GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — Former Brown County executive, sheriff, and longtime Green Bay police officer Tom Hinz has died.
According to an obituary, Hinz died Saturday at his home surrounded by family. He was 83.
The Wisconsin Fraternal Order of Police says Hinz served for 30 years at the Green Bay Police Department. He retired from GBPD as an assistant chief in 1996. He then served as Brown County Sheriff from 1997 to 2002, and later as Brown County Executive from 2007 until 2011.
The Green Bay Police Department, Brown County Sheriff's Office, and top local leaders have posted statements remembering Hinz, and offered condolences to his family and friends.
Green Bay Police Department:
Brown County Sheriff's Office:
Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach:
Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich:
“I join the residents of Green Bay and Brown County in mourning the passing of Tom Hinz. He was an assistant police chief for the Green Bay Police Department, a Brown County Sheriff, and a Brown County Executive, but more important than those titles alone suggest, Tom was a decent, honest, and humble man.
In his leadership roles and as a private citizen, he had the interests of this community always in the forefront of his mind. Tom was always telling you about the latest book he was reading or a new perspective he was enjoying, because he never stopped learning about people, ideas, and this place that he served and loved. He was always prepared to offer his insight and his support to me and to so many others in leadership roles of all kinds.
I, like so many others, will miss his calm presence and wise counsel, but I’m deeply grateful to him and to his wife Ursula for the years he offered to Green Bay and Brown County and know that his legacy will live on for years to come.”
Green Bay City Council President Brian Johnson:
