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Things Police See: Firsthand Accounts

17 Years of Oregon & Montana Law Enforcement | Adam Miller

Things Police See: Firsthand Accounts

Steven D Gould

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In this intense and insightful episode, host Steve Gould sits down with Adam Miller, a veteran lawman with over 17 years of experience across the Pacific Northwest and Big Sky Country. From his 13 years at the Benton County Sheriff's Office in Oregon to his current role as a State Investigator in Montana, Adam shares the raw reality of life behind the badge.

Adam recounts a harrowing high-risk traffic stop involving a subject with a shotgun on his birthday and takes us inside a chaotic officer-involved shooting from 2012 that changed the way his agency viewed medical gear like tourniquets and QuickClot. Beyond the high-stress calls, Adam shares the "bizarre" side of the job—including a burglary involving a $20,000 nude statue and a run-in with a man claiming to be the love child of JFK and Marilyn Monroe.

To close, Adam offers profound advice for the next generation of officers on maintaining mental health, the importance of "phone-a-friend" in the field, and why you should always take more photos of the people you work with.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Things Police See, first-hand accounts with your host, Steve Gold.

0:08.6

Welcome to the podcast to interviews active and retired police saucers about their most intense, bizarre, and sometimes humorous moments on the job.

0:16.0

It is I, old ginger face, here with you as always.

0:19.1

Thank you for being here ladies and gentlemen always an honor

0:22.6

that you're here and that you've and also an honor that you found the show through

0:27.4

sergeant steve channel thank you so much so weird to think about i started this podcast um

0:33.5

i don't know seven years ago and it's been a wild ride it's's giving me a bunch of great opportunities, and I'm very thankful for that,

0:41.5

and I'm thankful for all the guests that come on and tell their wild and amazing stories.

0:46.6

But the Sergeant Steve thing started like six months ago and has like,

0:51.5

geez, I think in a month or so, we'll be at a quarter million subscribers.

0:56.0

And it's been a totally incredible and crazy.

1:00.0

I can't believe it.

1:00.7

And it's bringing people to the podcast

1:02.3

so they can hear the true stories, wild stories,

1:06.3

unedited how they live them,

1:07.7

of the men and women of law enforcement.

1:09.1

So we can all have a better appreciation for what it is they do for us when we're sleeping soundly in our beds. Today's

1:17.7

guest is no different. He is a lawman starting in Benton County, Oregon. He worked for the

1:25.1

sheriff's office for 13 years. He did patrol. He did five years on the street

1:29.4

crimes unit and then back to patrol before he came over to the great state of Montana and is working

1:35.4

as a state investigator. That role will be, we'll leave it at that because he's active right now.

1:43.2

Without further ado, let me bring on the great Adam Miller.

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