Former Germantown Police Chief Peter Hoell will be remembered as “a police officer’s police officer”

Former Germantown Police Chief Peter Hoell has died, according to a post on the Germantown Police Department’s Facebook page.

Hoell served as Germantown Police Chief from 2004 until his retirement in January 2020.

In his retirement, Hoell communicated with the community through his Facebook page, “Retired Germantown Police Chief Peter Hoell,” where he posted stories from his time as police chief, shared updates from his life, and wrote about his passion for the police industry.

After his retirement, he and his wife Anne-Marie Hoell continued to live in Germantown.

Anne-Marie Hoell posted on the retired boss’s page on Wednesday that her husband had died early Wednesday morning.

According to a Facebook post from the Germantown Police Department, Hoell spent his entire 30-plus year career with the Germantown Police Department and was known as the “cop’s cops.”

“A police cop is someone who looks out for his officers, has their backs, and gives them the support they need to do their jobs,” the department’s post said.

Hoell’s first day with the department was April 17, 1989. In 1994, he was promoted to sergeant. Just one year later, he was promoted to administrative sergeant. In 1997, he was promoted to lieutenant, the department’s third in command, a position he held until his appointment as chief in 2004.

According to the post, Hoell began his career at the Washington County Metro Drug Unit and showed his passion for the job, missing out on graduating from college because of an undercover assignment.

According to the authority’s post, Hoell’s last Facebook post as police chief showed how much importance he placed on communication in the community.

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