# Cody Miller Major, Training Division Commander, Little Rock Police Department. **Authored the July 10, 2024 memo recommending LRPD's transition from Background Solutions, LLC. to [[Guardian Alliance Technologies]] for background investigations**, effective for the February 2025 recruit class. ## Role and affiliations - Major, Training Division Commander, [[Little Rock Police Department]]. - Reports to Asst Chief Executive Bureau ([[Troy Ellison]]). - LRPD command authority for training, recruiting, and background investigations. ## Appearances in the corpus - **2024-07-10** — Authored Guardian Alliance Technologies transition memo to Asst Chief [[Troy Ellison]]: "After viewing a background investigation software demonstration from Guardian Alliance Technologies, the Training Division recommends utilizing this software for all future background investigations and no longer utilizing Background Solutions, LLC." (Tier-1 corpus, [[_overview]], Dept. Approval Memo - Guardian Alliance.txt, p. 1) ## Notes - Cody Miller's transition memo documents a cost-comparison rationale ("approximately $1,475 cheaper than the current price of Background Solutions, LLC."), an operational rationale ("all mailouts and correspondence will be handled by the new software versus the old method of staff handling this responsibility"), and a timing rationale ("begin utilizing this software for the February 2025 recruit class recruiting cycle"). - **Not** the same person as Asst Chief [[Micheal Miller]] (Executive Bureau). The corpus distinguishes the two by rank (Major vs. Asst Chief) and by division (Training vs. Executive Bureau). Both spellings (Cody vs. Micheal) and middle initials confirm the distinction.