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Wayne
County
sheriff
dies
from
COVID-19
complications
apnews.com
DETROIT
- Benny
Napoleon,
the
sheriff
of
Michigan’s
largest
county
and a
former
Detroit
police
chief,
died
Thursday
after
spending
weeks in
the
hospital
with
COVID-19,
his
family
said.
Napoleon,
65, died
at Henry
Ford
Hospital
with
family
present,
daughter
Tiffani
Jackson
said.
“Remember
his
generosity,
integrity
and
faithfulness
as a
public
servant
for over
45
years,”
she
said.
Napoleon
was
admitted
to the
hospital
on Nov.
20, a
day
after
publicly
disclosing
that he
had
tested
positive
for the
coronavirus.
Napoleon
was
Wayne
County
sheriff
since
2009. He
served
as
Detroit
police
chief
earlier
in his
career
and ran
for
mayor in
2013,
losing
to Mike
Duggan.
“I
cannot
think of
a leader
in this
town who
has been
more
loved
and
admired
than
Benny,”
Duggan
said.
“He was
born in
the
city,
served
our
community
courageously
his
entire
adult
life,
and
loved
Detroit
as much
as
anyone
I’ve
ever
known.”
Napoleon’s
brother,
Hilton
Napoleon,
survived
COVID-19
after
more
than two
months
in a
hospital.
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