Chief of police
Cox's father, Michael A. Cox Sr., a Boston police officer, had been the victim of a mistaken but vicious beating by fellow police officers in 1995. The beating of Michael Cox investigation was all but tossed under the rug, and became infamous as "Boston's Rodney King case." Eventually, Cox's father sued and was awarded $900,000 by the Boston police department, which he continued to serve as a superintendent until 2019. In 2020, the older Cox became the Chief of police in Ann Arbor, Michigan.