Double Life

Barnett Jones's non-retirement

by James Leonard

posted 3/10/2013

When Barnett Jones ended his six years as Ann Arbor’s police chief last March, no one really expected him to stay retired.

But who thought the fifty-nine-year-old would get two new jobs, as Flint’s public safety administrator and the head of security and integrity at the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, within a month? Making matters more complicated, Jones told Detroit about his Flint job but didn’t tell Flint about his Detroit job.

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