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Riverside public safety director resigns

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
September 16, 2004
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The City of Riverside is looking for a new director of public safety.

Wylie A. Simpson has resigned as public safety director for the City of Riverside. Riverside’s Board of Aldermen authorized a ‘separation agreement’ with Simpson at a meeting last Tuesday night.

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As part of a severance agreement, Simpson will receive paid administrative leave until March 1, City Administrator David Blackburn told The Landmark this week.

“The separation agreement basically places him on administrative leave until March 1,” Blackburn said. He said the director, like all other Riverside city employees, didnot have an employment contract and was considered an “at will” employee.

Asked if there was anything that led to Simpson’s resignation, Blackburn said: “No, he chose to pursue other opportunities.”

Simpson could not be reached for comment. His last day on the job, which paid him roughly $67,000 per year, was Sept. 1.

Blackburn said the board of aldermen has not yet established a time frame for hiring a permanent replacement. He explained that Cpt. Tom Archibald, senior officer, is in charge of the department following Simpson’s resignation.

The director of public safety is the executive chief officer of the department. Department members are trained as law enforcement officers, firefighters, and medical first responders.

  

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Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley is owner/editor/publisher of the Platte County Landmark. Foley has been on the news beat in Platte County with The Landmark for 38 years, specializing in local government issues and accountability journalism. He has penned multiple award-winning investigative pieces. He provides weekly observations and editorial commentary in his Between the Lines column and serves as host of Landmark Live, a light-hearted videocast featuring newsmakers and events in the Northland. During his time at the helm of The Landmark, the newspaper has been awarded on multiple occasions for General Excellence in the Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. In 2016, Foley won the Tom and Pat Gish Award, a national honor given by the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky for displaying courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. A big fan of the Chiefs and Royals, Foley resides in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

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