Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Started as reserve deputy two years before being hired
Randy Miller's sister pins his badge on him.
COLFAX - Randy Miller served Colfax as a volunteer firefighter for years and now he is the newest deputy for the Whitman County Sheriff's Office.
"I've known of him for the last 10 years through the fire department," said Undersheriff Chris Chapman. "I don't think there is a person who doesn't get along with him."
Miller returned from the Basic Law Enforcement Academy in Spokane on July 7 and began his field training two days later. He joins the 18 deputies working for the sheriff's office.
He's a volunteer firefighter for the Colfax Fire Department and worked at Spokane Seed Company in Colfax before being hired as a full-time deputy.
"Randy proved himself as being a hard worker and a really nice guy," said Chapman.
Before being hired, he volunteered time as a reserve deputy for two years.
"We really like the reserve program. If you look at the program for the last 20 years, Sheriff *Brett) Myer and I started with it," said Chapman. "They get to know the job and we get to see who they are ... It's a great program."
People interested in becoming a volunteer reserve deputy, visit the website http://www.whitmancounty.org/289/Sheriff.
Bill Stevenson is the former editor of the Whitman County Gazette, Colfax Daily Bulletin and Franklin Connection. He has nearly 30 years of journalism experience covering news in Eastern Washington.
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