SALEM, MA – Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll today announced that she has appointed Lucas Miller to be the next Chief of the Salem Police Department.
Miller is a thirty-year veteran of the New York Police Department, including 16 years in supervisory capacities, and has been a Detective Lieutenant in that department since 2017. In that role he currently serves as a task force manager for the NYPD FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, where he oversees a staff of 33 and all the administrative command functions of the unit. A graduate of the FBI National Academy, Detective Lieutenant Miller started in policing with the Wellfleet Police Department before moving on to the NYPD in 1991.
In his three decades with NYPD he has served as a detective squad commander in both the NYPD Detective Bureau and the Intelligence Bureau, as well as homicide supervisor, patrol supervisor, narcotics investigator, and community policing officer. Detective Lieutenant Miller is also a counterterrorism instructor for the NYPD Police Academy.
“I am pleased to welcome Detective Lieutenant Miller to Salem and to the Salem Police Department,” said Mayor Driscoll. “Detective Lieutenant Miller excelled in the assessment evaluation of applicants for this important position and, after meeting with him, hearing the feedback from our diverse group of community stakeholders who interviewed him, and speaking with those who worked with and for him in the past, I am confident he will be a strong leader for the department. Policing in America has changed, even in just the past year, and we justifiably expect our law enforcement officers to approach their work with a commitment to equity. I’m confident Detective Lieutenant Miller will do just that. Detective Lieutenant Miller additionally has extensive command experience in large scale events and with community policing, both of which are especially relevant here in Salem. I look forward to welcoming him to Salem and into this extremely important role in our community.”
“I am so pleased and proud to be named Chief of Police of Salem,” said Miller. “I want to thank Mayor Driscoll and members of the Salem community for their confidence in me and for the opportunity to lead one of the finest police departments in the Commonwealth. We are at a critical time in American law enforcement and our commitment to fairness and public safety must not waiver.”
Detective Lieutenant Miller will be sworn in as Salem’s Chief of Police at a ceremony to take place later this spring. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance at the swearing-in ceremony will be by invitation only, however the event will be streamed live online and broadcast on Salem Access TV.
