By Marc Levy
The Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania state police chief who guided the agency through the Amish schoolhouse murders will leave to direct the NFL’s strategic security program.
Col. Jeffrey Miller will work on issues involving the integrity of the game - from fan conduct to security planning.
“It’s a really exciting opportunity, one that I consider to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Miller said.
Gov. Ed Rendell appointed Miller as state police commissioner in 2003.
Three years later, Miller was thrust into the international media spotlight after a gunman murdered five girls at a one-room Amish schoolhouse before taking his own life. He was praised for balancing the public’s need for information and the Amish community’s desire for privacy.
The 45-year-old Harrisburg native enlisted with the Pennsylvania state police - the nation’s ninth-largest police force - in 1984.