Commissioner's retirement fuels speculation about mayoral run

Boston Police Department Commissioner William Gross is retiring from the department.

COMMISSIONER WILLIAM GROSS ISSET TO RETIRE.NEWSCENTER 5’S SERA CONGI JOINSUS LIVE FROM BPD HEADQUARTERSWITH THE DETAILS.SERA?SERA ERIKA, AFTER NEARLY 40YEARS WITH BOSTON POLICECOMMISSIONER GROSS WILL RETIRE, TOMORROW, AND THE DECISIONFUELING SPECULATION THAT HE WILLRUN FOR MAYOR.GROSS MADE HISTORY HERE TWO ANDA HALF YEARS AGO WHEN HE BECAMETHE CITY’S FIRST AFRICANAMERICAN TO BECOME POLICECOMMISSIONER.MAYOR WALSH CREDITS GROSS WITHREDUCING MAJOR CRIME, ANDUNDERTAKING AMBITIOUS POLICEREFORMS, THE COMMISSIONER’S NAMEHAS BEEN FLOATED AS A CANDIDATEFOR MAYOR.THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUTTHAT POSSIBILITY, TWO WEEKS AGO.