Long Branch hires ex-Bergen County undersheriff as new boss of cops
LONG BRANCH - William Broughton, who was formerly Teaneck's business manager and a Bergen County undersheriff, has been tapped as the city's new director of public safety.
Broughton, 62, and a resident of Jackson, will start the job on Saturday. He is the first Black man to hold this role in the city. He's taking over for Domingos Saldida, who served the position for two years, but recently retired after deciding to sell his Toms River home and move out of state following his son's graduation from high school.
Broughton's contract is for two years and he will make $175,000 annually. As public safety director he will oversee the city's police, fire and office of emergency management, which combined have a budget of over $15 million.
“We are very fortunate that William Broughton applied to this position. He has a lot of great ideas for our city and we are excited to get started,” Mayor John Pallone said.
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Broughton made some history in Teaneck as well, when he was the first Black man to be hired at the business administrator there. Broughton's career began in Teaneck as a patrolman in 1983. He rose through the ranks, promoted to captain in 2003.
Two years later, Broughton was hired as chief of department at the Bergen County Sheriff’s office, where he was responsible for the budget, capital projects, court security, prisoner transportation, facilities security, crime scene investigations, warrant and process service as well as internal affairs. In 2009, he retired from the Sheriff’s Office as an undersheriff.
The following year, William Broughton was hired back in Teaneck as the township manager, where he remained for over nine years.
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Saldida is not the only person retiring from the city's leadership. Business Administrator George Jackson is also stepping down at the end of the month after a lengthy public service career. Jackson was hired in 2018 after serving as business administrator in Eatontown following a career in the borough's police department, which he led at one point as police chief.
The city has not hired a replacement for Jackson. Pallone said Lindsay DeAngelis, who was the assistant business administrator, is now serving as acting business administrator.
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When Jersey Shore native Dan Radel is not reporting the news, you can find him in a college classroom where he is a history professor. Reach him @danielradelapp; 732-643-4072; dradel@gannettnj.com.
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Long Branch new public safety chief an ex-Bergen undersheriff
