Seneca’s top cop calls it a career

Thursday, November 26 is the day that Seneca’s chief of police, John Covington, will retire.  The city made the announcement late yesterday afternoon, saying that until Thanksgiving Day its chief will remain on personal administrative leave.  Which means Casey Bowling, the interim chief, will continue in that capacity until a successor is found.  Covington is part of a large Seneca family, several members of which worked in Oconee law enforcement.  Including Covington’s dad, the late Pat Covington, who was a former police chief and mayor.  Of John Covington, City Administrator Scott Moulder remarked, “We wish him a happy and restful retirement.”