Interviews paint a picture of disarray and indifference during much of the pandemic – problems that appear to have improved in late 2021, once the county switched medical providers. Especially in the early days of the pandemic, fear moved from cell to cell.
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by Nancy Derringer It slipped into the house while the doors were unlocked, while we partied through St. Patrick’s Day weekend, hugged one another hello and goodbye, leaned our heads close to hear what each other were saying in noisy bars and restaurants. We sang in choirs, danced cheek to cheek, threw back our heads and laughed, and all the while, the thief was at work. What it stole from us were people. Family, friends, acquaintances, colleagues, strangers, who one by one fell to the mysterious, frightening new plague. What we first called coronavirus, and later Covid-19, hit Detroit early and hard. By the time August arrived, and a drive-through memorial was staged on Belle Isle, the faces on the poster boards circled the perimeter drive. Most of them were Black.
Napoleon was appointed Wayne County Sheriff after the position became vacant in 2009. He was elected to remain in the position in 2012 and was re-elected every four years since, most recently in 2020. He spent most of his career at the Detroit Police Department, starting in 1975 and worked his way up to police chief, assuming the position in 1998. He retired from DPD in 2001 and became Wayne County assistant executive in 2004.
Napoleon ran for mayor in 2013, losing to the current mayor, Mike Duggan, by about 10 percentage points.
Napoleon, the son of a minister, was a Detroit Public Schools student, graduating from Cass Technical High School, later earning his bachelor s degree from Mercy College of Detroit and his doctorate from Michigan State University.