Sergeant Michael J. Bossuyt, Detroit Police Department, Michigan

Sergeant Michael J. Bossuyt

Detroit Police Department, Michigan

End of Watch Tuesday, March 8, 1983

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Michael J. Bossuyt

Sergeant Michael Bossuyt was shot and killed after he stopped two men who were stealing a video game console from an arcade at the intersection of East Forest Avenue and Gratiot Avenue.

The subjects were able to gain control of his service weapon and shot him in the head. They then stole the gun and threw it into Lake St. Clair, where it was later recovered. The suspect was sentenced to life in prison.

Sergeant Bossuyt had been with the Detroit Police Department for 12 years. He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, father, and three sisters.

Bio

Age 34
Tour 12 years
Badge S-1055

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun; .357 caliber
Offender Sentenced to life

robbery

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Mike and I attended Graduate School at the University of Detroit at the same time. We were both "on the job" at the time, he at D.P.D. and I worked in Southfield. We sat side-by-side during many classes of the Master's program. We proudly graduated on the same day.
In March of 1983. with great shock I recieved a telephone call from Dan Kennedy, head of the Criminal Justice program at U of D at the time. You see, Mike had accepted the position of Adjunct Professor at U of D and was teaching mid-semester. Tragically, they needed someone to step in to complete the course he had been teaching. With a heavy heart over the loss of a brother officer and a friend, I agreed to help out. I will always remember the sad, empty shallow feeling I had in my gut the day I walked into the front of that classroom. Somehow, the class and I together, got through to the end of the semester. All of these years later . . . I will never forget my friend.

Sgt. Roger Fleming,retired
Southfield Police Department

December 12, 2024