 | |  | Officer John V. Mills
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California
Friday, January 16, 1970 |
Rest in Peace, Officer Mills. Your sacrifice is not forgotten. Officer 11169
2009-06-08
YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE, GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO LOVES YOU VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH
2008-01-06
The sacrifices made by Officers Shull, Mills, and Davis, are most certainly not forgotten !
One of my closest friends is presently employed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. I will take the mean streets of Southern California, any day over the thankless job he has. I send him E-Mails every day from this website regarding those who have been killed serving as he. I am hard on him and we participate in street fighting combatives to maintain a level of proficiency.
During the 1980's and 1990's, I met and spoke with many former CDC Correction Officers(CO's), some who are now employed by LAPD. I also met with many former inmates and participated in several radio shows with some of them. Being on patrol in the LA area it was not uncommon for me to make contact with many parolees who actually did time at Soledad and San Quentin during the time that these CO's made the ultimate sacrifice.
Law Enforcement personnel need to recognize that many of those incarcerated back in the 1970's are now being released and I am beginning to see some of that "old school" mentality returning to the streets. Today, the Black Panthers have become the New African Vanguard and while maintaining a visual during the Stanley "Tookie" Williams wake, I observed no less than 10,000 come to pay their respects. Although I do not agree with much contained, for anyone who wants a better idea what was in the minds of those responsible for the deaths of these CO’s, I highly recommend the following books:
1. THE MELANCHOLY HISTORY OF SOLEDAD PRISON, MIN YEE, HARPER’S MAGAZINE PUB. 1970.
2. BLOOD IN MY EYE, GEORGE JACKSON, BLACK CLASSIC PRESS 1972.
3. SOLEDAD BROTHER: THE PRISON LETTERS OF GEORGE JACKSON, 1970. Maj M. B. Parlor
USMC / LAPD
2007-07-23
REST I PEACE MY BROTHER.. C/O C. Miller
CDC Former Soledad Current WSP
2005-01-20
Officer Mills,
As one LEO wrote in another fallen Officer's reflection, "No fallen officer should be without a reflection." I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of California for doing the toughest job there is in Law Enforcement-Corrections Officer.
R.I.P.
Anonymous
2005-01-18
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