A part-time police officer with the Kahoka Police Department in Missouri is under investigation for allegedly pointing a handgun at her daughter over unfinished chores, local WGEM reports. Michele Miller, 42, was charged with misdemeanor domestic assault and released after posting bond, the station reports.
According to reports from WGEM, Miller came home from a trip on Sunday and became angry at her daughter for not doing her chores. In a written statement later given to police, the daughter said Miller threatened her with a handgun and said, “it would only take one bullet and she wouldn’t have to be here.”
The court documents go on to say two neighbors told police they saw Miller pointing the handgun at her daughter.
Miller’s daughter, who Memphis Police Chief Bill Holland said was a teenager, told police that Miller had returned from a float trip Sunday and was upset that chores were not completed. She said her mother came out of the home with a pistol and threatened to shoot holes in the swimming pool if her daughter didn’t go back into the house.
Kahoka Police Chief Bill Conger said Miller was placed on unpaid leave pending the result of the investigation.
“I talked to the (Memphis police) chief and he said he had to pursue charges,” Conger said. “I told him ‘do what you have to do to follow the law.'”
Conger said Miller had been a part-time officer for approximately one year.