Groton, CT
Detective Lieutenant Miner has been a member of the Groton Town Police Department for 20 years. Presently assigned as the Commander of the Criminal Investigation Division. In this role, Miner is responsible for the effective and ethical oversight of major crimes investigation. He also has supervisory responsibility for the agency evidence function, digital forensics laboratory, and task force operations. Miner is currently a Citizens Police Academy instructor, Awards Board Chair, Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Coordinator, Draeger Instructor, CT POST and CALEA Accreditation Manager, CT POST Accreditation Assessor, CALEA site-based assessor, and the Peer Support Team Commander. During his tenure in these command roles, his agency was recognized by the National Police Foundation for small and rural agency crisis response innovative programs. The department was awarded its initial state POST accreditation in June 2023 and initial CALEA accreditation in March 2024. He has additionally held roles as a narcotics detective, patrol commander, and union president.
As part of an executive leadership series on missing and exploited children training, Miner created a community action plan designed to impact policy on locating missing children from state run facilities. As the CIT Coordinator, he gathered data on crisis intervention team encounters and submit quarterly reports to Chief of Police. At the end of year 2022, he analyzed the data using SPSS for associations among the variables and discovered that there was a significant association between intoxication and crisis. The findings helped secure funding for a community outreach specialist position within the department.
Miner received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Connecticut, a Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from Columbia College, and a Doctor of Criminal Justice from Saint Leo University. His dissertation focused on the effects of shift work on police officer aggression. He is the first sworn officer of my department to receive a terminal degree in law enforcement. Miner is a graduate of the Capital Region Chiefs of Police Association Leadership Academy, the New England FBI Regional Command College, and the FBI National Academy Session 286 where he was selected to participate in the International Partnership Program (IPP) and where he received a Graduate Certificate in criminal justice education.
His primary areas of research interest are officer wellness, juvenile justice, and crisis intervention.