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Reader says a decorated family history of public service, did everything right in the hiring process but they just had the wrong last names

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Reader says a decorated family history of public service, did everything right in the hiring process but they just had the wrong last names

How to become a ridgewood police officer:
1. Resident of ridgewood
2. Score well on the civil service exam
3. Village council has to ok recruits in the budget, which are put into almost every pd budget.
4. Pass psych, medical, background

Top scores who want the job always get hired. Now with that being said, from what I’m aware, the only people to ever get passed over or skipped, (excluding deferrals) from the lists in the last 20+ years, were done so by upper management not in law enforcement, (gabbert). So where in that process can the chief pick his guy. (Insert nepotism conspiracy theory here) Test scores tell the story. The Chief has no control over that.

The fact is, when kids grow up in a family with members in police or fire, they have a passion to follow that career path. Civil service was put in place to make sure it is earned and not political, (test score). Want it bad enough, take a test prep course. It’s not a perfect system, but look at towns that give their own test. I can see it being more of problem there.

“Nepotism is rampant in police and fire” is only said to stir up the mob of uninformed police & fire haters. It sounds like these two young men, with a decorated family history of public service, did everything right to get to where they were in the hiring process, but in this case, they just had the wrong last names, weird.

FYI, nepotism in the private sector “is rampant.” No wait a minute, that’s just called networking for your son or daughter

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14 thoughts on “Reader says a decorated family history of public service, did everything right in the hiring process but they just had the wrong last names

  1. I hope the new manager is not a scum bag, because we had to much bull shit in the last four years.

  2. this all started from the police not checking their own oil in the car that they drive for that shift. all other towns around us make the on duty cop check the fluids,what a joke. the council is going nut’s over this.

  3. 2016 pay freeze.

  4. # 1 Do you think that this Council is going to hire a new VM that is going to come in and give everybody a raise and hire more workers and #2 this all started with the cops not checking the oil. Really what have you been smoking? The majority of the Council already have in the mind who they want and she is not your friend.

  5. Who ever provided this information must be an idiot. THe fact is if you score high on the written test and pass all the other requirements. you are hired but then of course if you are hired in Ridgewood we all now know that the mayor is the idiot who tells new hires in the eleventh hour ” oh sorry its not in the budget”. Does not matter what your last name is in Ridgewood even if you are the perfect candidate for the job Nepotism does not exist in this town of stupidity


  6. Carol:

    Who ever provided this information must be an idiot. THe fact is if you score high on the written test and pass all the other requirements. you are hired but then of course if you are hired in Ridgewood we all now know that the mayor is the idiot who tells new hires in the eleventh hour ” oh sorry its not in the numbers
    ”. Does not matter what your last name is in Ridgewood even if you are the perfect candidate for the job Nepotism does not exist in this town of stupidity

  7. I would not trust any one from the top managers or the top brass, they all sleep in the same bed.

  8. All I can say is that if you don’t like what went on here then sign the RECALL PETITION when it comes around and believe me it coming around. A councilperson that signs a Ordinance and then claims that it was someone else fault does not deserve to be in office. Take responsibility for action.

  9. this new council is in a big jam, I don’t think they know what they are doing. why is aldo a depty mayor, he has dam brains for that job, who cares he’s a lawer. no one gives a shit.

  10. Aldo is a Hotel attorney but he comes on like he is a law professor. What and ego. The only case he probably ever handled was bed bugs.

  11. Well which ever way this goes so be it but I hope residents have seen how these three work.

  12. this is not all it seems. im curious how no one noticed that one of the candidates failed the academy once already. does he even want the job?

  13. He didnt fail….. you have made this statement like 4 times. Its not working…. he was injured during the last academy. You dont just fail out and try again….its not the boy scouts.. keep trying to plant that seed though.

    1. because they are trying to undermine the candidates and help the mayor

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