IT COULD BE QUITE SOME TIME BEFORE THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE KNOWS WHO IT'S NEXT POLICE CHIEF WILL BE. MAYOR RICHARD BERRY SAYS RETIRING CHIEF RAY SCHULTZ WILL BE STAYING IN PLACE UNTIL THE D-O-J IS FINISHED WITH IT'S INVESTIGATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT COULD BE AS LATE AS THIS SUMMER. AT THAT POINT, BERRY SAYS HE'LL PROBABLY NAME AN INTERIM CHIEF.  HE SAYS HE WON'T BE NAMING A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT FOR SCHULTZ UNTIL AFTER THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN THE FALL.

 

BERRY SAYS IT WILL BE A NATIONAL SEARCH, BUT HE'S ALSO ENCOURAGING THOSE NOW IN THE DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE JOB.