Stanley Knox, who served in the Detroit Police Department for 28 years, and eventually became the city’s 31st police chief, died Feb. 14. He was 85.
Knox took over as chief in February 1991 during a tumultuous time, replacing Chief William Hart who was indicted by federal authorities for embezzlement. Hart was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
“It was a trying time,” said Adolph Mongo, host of the podcast, “Detroit in Black and White” who worked for Mayor Coleman A. Young when Knox was first appointed. “He was a cop’s cop, serious minded. He had to walk a straight line after what the city had just gone through.”…