Richard L. Vauris

Richard L. Vauris devoted much of his adult life to public service in Michigan law enforcement. A 31-year veteran officer, he spent 27 years with the Detroit Police Department before continuing his career with the Clinton Township Police Department, where he served for four years. Those who worked with him remembered him as an experienced officer and negotiator whose long tenure reflected a steady commitment to protecting neighbors and assisting families in crisis.

Though public records about his private life are limited in digitized sources, contemporaneous memorial listings and law‑enforcement remembrances note his age at the time of his passing as 54 and emphasize his years of service. Colleagues and community members honored his memory in reflections recorded on law‑enforcement memorial sites and in later local references that acknowledged him as “the late Richard Vauris.” His long career — stretching from urban policing in Detroit to continued service in Clinton Township — suggests a life shaped by daily public contact, teamwork, and the responsibilities of keeping others safe.

Richard’s loss was felt across the policing community and by those who knew him professionally. Memorial pages and professional notices that list his name and service reflect the regard in which he was held by fellow officers and by regional organizations that commemorate those who die in the line of duty. While comprehensive personal details (such as a full birth date, family biography, or a published funeral notice matched to his exact date of death) were not found in the sources consulted, the record that remains is of a career public servant whose work spanned decades and communities.

Today, his service is remembered with solemn respect by law‑enforcement memorials and by his fellow officers. That enduring recognition honors a life spent in public duty and the ways he sought to serve others during a long career on Michigan’s streets.