SALINAS POLICE chief LOUIS FETHEROLF ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT HE WILL RETIRE NEXT WEEK. HE MADE THAT DECISION BASED ON HIS DOCTORS TELLING HIM THAT THE ‘PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF POLICE WORK POSED SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR FURTHER INJURY TO HIS BACK’. FETHEROLF HAS BEEN ON MEDICAL LEAVE FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS FOLLOWING EMERGENCY BACK SURGERY. DEPUTY chief CASSIE McSORELY HAS BEEN SERVING AS THE INTERIM SALINAS POLICE CHIEF, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO WHILE THE CITY OF SALINAS DOES A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF.
