This is a puzzler. Chief Rilling applied for a job in Weston. And so Norwalk wants to extend his contract another 4 years. Rilling has demonstrated he has a problem supervising sex crimes investigations. He has allowed investigations to be botched such as the “spa” prostitution investigations and likely others that we all don’t even know about.
The commissioners said they also plan to extend Rilling’s contract until September 2011 at the Oct. 18 meeting. His salary will be discussed as part of the contract process, they said. Currently, the chief makes $102,000 per year and has held the job since 1995.
“We felt it appropriate that the chief remain in place as a guiding force,†said Commissioner Peter Torrano, a former Norwalk police captain. The commissioners voted unanimously in March to extend Rilling’s contract by two years, agreeing that the department needs stable leadership during a major exodus of experienced officers who’d opted for the Deferred Retirement Option Plan. Before that, Rilling’s five year contract was extended for one year in July 2006.
update: The original post implied that Rilling personally botched the spa investigation. Rilling did not personally botch the investigation, rather he is the the chief of the force and therefor is responsible only as leader of the force.
source: The Hour, Commission plans to extend Rilling’s contract by four years, By NOELLE FRAMPTON, October 3, 2007
