_By NANCY SHIELDS_ (mailto:shie...@app.com) • STAFF WRITER • July 22, 2010 ASBURY PARK — The city Board of Education has hired former city police director Louis Jordan as a part-time security manager to oversee the school district's security and 18 security guards.
Jordan will make $30,000 in the 12-month position. School Superintendent Denise Lowe said Thursday it is a new position, and one of her early questions after taking over as superintendent last year was why the district didn't have someone in charge of security. "Part of the position is training, safety assessment, assessing our needs," she said. Lowe said Jordan comes with the expertise needed to train the security staff and work with parents. Jordan served as Asbury Park's police director from 2002 to 2005 but did not get his contract renewed after using a quasi-military approach, with new titles and new honorary positions to make his officers more accountable. He ended up prompting resentment and opposition from both the majority of his superior officers as well as the rank and file, and could not hold on to his job. But through the years, Jordan has held the deep respect of many city families. He has made children a priority in his work and was an investigator for 14 years with the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, specializing in bias crime and gangs. Before that, he was a Neptune police officer from 1980 to 1987. Steve Herman, Asbury Tower,1701 Ocean Ave [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/