FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Fort Worth Police Department terminated an Officer this week following an administrative investigation into a use of force incident that occurred in January.
The department released video of the incident on Friday.
According to FWPD, on January 28, Officer Mitchell Miller arrested a person for public intoxication and transported him to the Fort Worth Jail. While Officer Miller was escorting the arrested person toward the jail entrance, the arrested person turned toward Miller and Miller reacted by shoving the individual toward the ground. The arrested person fell face first onto the concrete, while his hands were handcuffed behind his back, which caused the person to strike his head and lose consciousness. Officer Miller then failed to report this use of force and told his supervisor that no force was used when she directly asked him.
“After another FWPD officer reported his concerns about this incident, the Internal Affairs Unit immediately initiated an administrative investigation to review Officer Miller’s actions during this incident, and he was placed on restricted duty and stripped of all police powers pending the outcome of the investigation,” FWPD said in a statement. “After a thorough review of the Internal Affairs investigation, it was determined that Officer Miller used excessive force and that he was untruthful in the reporting of this incident.”
Chief Neil Noakes terminated Officer Miller’s employment with the department on Thursday. The Fort Worth Police Department is also forwarding the case to the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office for review.
According to Police, Officer Miller was hired by the department in 2017 and was assigned to Patrol at the time of this incident. Officer Miller was previously disciplined for violating several of the department’s general orders during his contact with a prisoner.
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