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CSUEB grad retires as Hercules police chief

Fred Deltorchio

Fred Deltorchio (by: City of Hercules)

  • June 15, 2011 5:30am

Cal State East Bay alumnus Fred Deltorchio is retiring June 30 from the Hercules, Calif.  police department, “and I’m looking forward to it,” he said.

After retiring as the police chief,  he’ll have a full schedule — one he says will include very little, if any, political activity.  He is a small claims court judge and is a member of Benicia’s Civil Service Commission. A law school graduate and a member of the California State Bar, in addition to having attended the FBI Academy, he also has a Lifetime Community College teaching credential. Serving on the Civil Service Commission is the closest thing to political activity Deltorchio expects to do.

Deltorchio, 54, has had opportunities to be in front of the cameras while his city has endured recent political upheavals. Mayor Ed Balico quit in January, and two other Hercules council members became targets of a recall. Deltorchio grew up in Contra Costa County. He said he’d always wanted to become a police officer. He entered the Air Force after high school to become a law enforcement specialist, and after his service he attended Cal State East Bay, earning his undergraduate degree in history.

Read article in the Benecia Herald.

GJ/KS

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