>Newly appointed Police Chief John Ward will continue to keep 2009 salary
New Ridgewood chief will keep his 2009 salary
Thursday, August 26, 2010
BY EVONNE COUTROS
The Record
STAFF WRITER
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RIDGEWOOD – Newly appointed Police Chief John Ward will continue at his current 2009 salary of $160,623 until a new salary is approved by the governing body, likely by October, according to Village Manager Kenneth Gabbert.
The 27-year veteran of the department will start Sept. 1.
Ward, 49, has been serving as the senior officer in charge since last month, when Chief John LiPuma announced he was retiring.
Ward joined the department as a patrolman in 1983 and was promoted to sergeant in 1998. He became a lieutenant five years later and a detective captain in 2009.
Police Chief John LiPuma is receiving a terminal leave payout of $15,882 for 2010 and compensation for unused sick time at a 50 percent rate. That amount of $96,223 will be paid out over three years, bringing the total received by LiPuma to $112,105, according to Gabbert.
LiPuma, 50, who was appointed chief in January 2009, is a 1978 graduate of Ridgewood High School and a 1983 graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. State records show he received a pensionable salary of $165,059 in 2009.
Ward, the married father of two grown boys and a teenage son, serves as an adjunct teacher at Bergen Community College teaching police administration, criminal justice, crime prevention and public administration. He has commanded every position in the Ridgewood Police Department.
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