Boca Raton Police Department Mourns Former Chief Peter A. Petracco

Boca Raton Police Department Mourns Former Chief Peter A. Petracco

BOCA RATON, FL — The police department's announcement said Peter A. Petracco served from October 1983 to May 1998. His family's obituary says he was with the agency for 35 years. The two are not in conflict. The dates the Boca Raton Police Department posted cover his run as chief. According to an obituary published by Edgley Cremation Services, Petracco joined the department in 1963 and spent 35 years as a police officer, the last 15 of them lea…