July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 9 Ho-Ho-Kus Gil and Kirsch sworn in as police officers Communications Center in Mahwah and as a Class 1 police officer in Ridgefield. Ho-Ho-Kus Police Chief John Wanamaker explained that Class 1 is the highest degree an auxiliary police offi- cer can achieve. He said that, while auxiliary police are not authorized to carry weapons, they are certified for duties that include event work and supplemental patrols. Randall referred to the occasion as a renewal. Several members of the police department who are eligible for retirement are now exercising that option, including Chief (continued on page 13) Left: Michael Gil takes the oath of office as his mother Carol Gil holds the Bible and his father Edward Gill looks on. Right: Mayor Randall administers to oath to Jessica Kirsch as her mother Lorraine Campeau holds the Bible and her father William Kirsch, a retired Haworth police sergeant, looks on. by Jennifer Crusco Jessica Kirsch and Michael Gil have been sworn in as the newest members of the Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department. Both took their oaths of office last week before a capacity crowd at borough hall. “I am pleased to welcome our two new officers to our police force, and look forward to residents meeting them as well,” Ho-Ho-Kus Mayor Thomas Randall said after the meeting. “I am confident that they will serve our commu- nity well over course their careers in Ho-Ho-Kus.” Randall noted that both candidates were highly recom- mended. Before he administered the oaths of office, the mayor took a moment to introduce the new officers to the community. Gil is a resident of Washington Township and a 2005 graduate of Westwood High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Rowan University in 2009. He put himself through the Bergen County Police Academy in 2010, and is currently an auxiliary police officer. Gil has been a dispatcher for the Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department for the last two years. Kirsch, who resides in Dumont, earned a bachelor’s degree from Stockton University in 2011. In 2010, she was an intern at the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. She has been serving as a 911 dispatcher at the Bergen County