article_snippet.sent: Lieutenant Alec Chase Miller, 28 (left) and Casey Joe Stafford, 30 (right), were apparently trying to initiate a new recruit into Lieutenant Alec Chase Miller, 28 (left) and Casey Joe Stafford, 30 (right) department .
article_snippet.sent: According to the department's Facebook page, Miller was named the department's 2014 officer of the year.
article_snippet.sent: But Ellis County District Attorney Patrick Wilson said "it was some sort of rite of initiation" for a new recruit.