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LONGTIME PLEASANT RIDGE OFFICER TAKES ON NEW ROLE OF CHIEF BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
PLEASANT RIDGE — Pleasant Ridge officially has sworn in its new chief of police. At a March 12 City Commission meeting, Robert Ried took his oath of office to become the newest police chief of Pleasant Ridge. He succeeds Kevin Nowak, who retired last October. Ried has been with the department since 2000, when he was hired as a dispatcher and then became a police officer the next year. He has been a sergeant for
the last 10 years. Ried said becoming chief is something that he has strived for since entering the police force. “When you initially get interviewed for the job of a police officer, one of the questions they would ask is, ‘Where do you see yourself in 25 years?’ One of the answers that they were looking for is police chief,” he said. “Whether I knew it or not at that time, that’s what I said, and as the years have progressed, I’ve absolutely wanted to be in this position. So, I’m excited for the opportunity.”
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FERNDALE — A new superintendent has been selected for Ferndale Public Schools. The Ferndale Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously for Camille Hibbler to become the superintendent at its March 5 meeting. She succeeds Bobbie Hayes Goodrum, who resigned from the position at the end of last year. Hibbler was hired in the district in August 2022. Before becoming the interim superintendent following Goodrum’s departure, Hibbler was the assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and assessment. Hibbler said she is excited to take on the new role, one that she had to take into serious consideration before she officially applied. A mother of two children, Hibbler said she thought long and hard before deciding she wanted to become the district’s next superintendent. “Of course there was interest, but you know my family is first, my kids are first, my husband. So I needed to make sure that that was OK,” she said. “With the support in my village, I was able to see that it was possible, that I wouldn’t miss a step with any of my, you know, gymnastics for my daughter, swim for my son — all of the things that we had in place, I could keep going with the support in my village. So once I realized that, it was full steam ahead.”