Police Chief John Roche has a new five-year contract renewal, approved by the Board of Selectmen and the Police Commission.
Chief John Roche
“John Roche has been with the department for 30-plus years, knows this town as well as anyone, and has done a good job for the people of Ridgefield,” First Selectmen Rudy Marconi said.
Chief Roche came into office in 2008. He had been the department’s second ranking officer, its captain, when Chief Richard Ligi died unexpectedly.
The Police Commission had vote to rehire Chief Roche, and the terms of the five-year contract renewal were approved by the Board of Selectmen Dec. 11, after an executive session discussion with Human Resources Director Laurie School.
“The Board of Selectmen took his previous five-year contract and brought it up to what he’s making now,” Ms. Scholl said later.
Chief Roche’s salary is a little under $134,000 a year.
“Nothing else changes from his previous contract,” she said. “He’s on the non-union medical plan.”
Chief Roche’s new contact will run through fall of 2018.
“It’s really just the same contract, for five more years,” Selectmen Andy Bodner said later. “It was literally just a roll-forward.”