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Raymond Darnell Hughes
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Sergeant

Raymond Darnell Hughes

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
COVID-19 → Illness
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End of Watch December 17, 2021
Age 41
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
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Gender Male
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Incident

Sergeant Raymond Hughes died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.

Sergeant Hughes had served with the Detroit Police Department for 20 years and was assigned to the Third Precinct.

COVID-19 and Law Enforcement

Sergeant Raymond Darnell Hughes died on December 17, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 41.

He is one of 885 officers honored here, and one of 4 at Detroit Police Department.

Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.

Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and children.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Sergeant Hughes gave the Detroit Police Department 20 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Hughes.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Detroit Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 17, 2021
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Raymond is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2021, 564 officers in the United States were lost to illness, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Raymond was 41. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Raymond had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

December holds 9.6% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Fridays: 14.8%.

By month
By day of the week
IV

How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Raymond among them.

Across the years
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Where

Sergeant Raymond Darnell Hughes

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch December 17, 2021

Where the Name Is Cut

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Also Remembered

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