Dick Miller

The author has over forty years of investigative experience involving criminal, insurance, and security. His journey began in a small town in southern Indiana, where his character and values were shaped and influenced by small-town America. As a young boy, he wanted to be a criminal investigator but had no role models or encouragement from others to direct him toward that goal. With persistence, motivation, and desire, he achieved his goal through the US Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID).

An unlikely candidate for higher education, he graduated from Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, with a degree in criminology. Armed with this training, he eventually was accepted by the US Army CID as a special agent. He spent twenty-plus years as a special agent solving numerous crimes, such as murders, rapes, thefts, larcenies, and frauds; and identified and brought to justice those involved in the distribution and possession of illegal drugs. As he progressed through the ranks, he became an unmatched senior investigative manager in offices in the United States and Europe. He developed the reputation as an individual you could go to for answers in criminal investigations.

His final assignment in the US Army was that of CID special agent and chief personal security officer (PSO) for Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney during the first Bush presidency between 1989 and 1993. In this position, his travels took him around the world and throughout the United States, where he executed, managed, and supervised security missions for the secretary.

In 1993, he retired as a special agent and began a second career as a security consultant with many federal agencies. In 2011, he retired a second time and moved with his wife of thirty-five-plus years to Sun City Center, Florida.