Roll of Honor
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 884 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.
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- July 23, 2026
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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
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Raymond Darnell Hughes is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MI, 23 of 718 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 3.2% of this state's fallen. That is 5.9 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Detroit Police Department, 7 of 250 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 2.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Raymond Darnell Hughes's cause is highlighted.
How Raymond Darnell Hughes Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Raymond Darnell Hughes is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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