“Craig Young to become permanent police chief in Middlesex Borough” |
| Craig Young to become permanent police chief in Middlesex Borough Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:07 PM PST MIDDLESEX BOROUGH — Almost 7 months after his appointment, acting Police Chief Craig Young is poised to have the acting dropped from his job description. Young, a 26-year veteran of the force, is scheduled to be sworn in as chief at noon Saturday during the municipality's annual government reorganization meeting at Borough Hall. "In everything, work hard, and prepare yourself to do the work," Young said, explaining the philosophy toward policing that he's sought to apply during his nearly three decades with the department. "I've tried to set high expectations for myself and my personnel," Young said. "I believe I should never ask someone to do something that I haven't already done or would stand next to them and do," he added, in describing his leadership approach. Young, who was promoted to acting chief from captain on May 1, will earn a base salary of $122,000 plus a 9 percent longevity bonus, plus vacation days. His predecessor, James Benson, earned $134,960. The Borough Council agreed to continue provisions of Young's captain's contract, which was guaranteed under the town's contract with the police union. Chiefs are not covered by those pacts. The Borough Council voted 5-0 to approve Young's contract. "If you didn't carry over these benefits, there would have been no incentive to take that (chief's) position," said Mayor Robert Sherr. Councilman Ron DiMura said it was a fair contract, noting Young's length of service. "You have to make the promotion enticing enough to take the promotion. He's not going to make any more than the previous chief." Young will take over at a time when a struggling economy has reduced resources and manpower. The department he took over had 30 officers. Retirements that have not resulted in replacement hires will reduce the agency to 26 sworn officers and two part-time civilian clerks by Feb. 1. When the department lost an administrative assistant earlier this year, Young assumed the required clerical duties along with those of acting chief. He also maintained his role as commander of the department's administrative division, which includes internal affairs, communications, domestic-violence response, technical services, training and inspection units. "Every police department is trying to do more with less," he said. A lifelong resident of the borough, Young had served as captain since 2003 before being elevated to acting chief. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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