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Saying goodbye is even harder when the officer’s career is cut short by a health condition.
After nearly 28 years in law enforcement, Officer Wendell Metzler retired from the New Holland Police Department on March 23. It’s sooner than he would have liked, a circumstance forced by his 2018 diagnosis of stage 4 melanoma, which had progressed to a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2020.
“I was forced to officially retire at 20 years of service instead of my anticipated 25 years due to declining health,” Metzler says.
New Holland police Chief Bill Leighty says it’s difficult to see Metzler, 52, leave the force.
“It’s always a loss when a member of our police family leaves, but especially in Wendell’s case whose career was cut short by disease,” Leighty says. ....

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