Ruiz Swear-In

Set For Friday

(Reprinted from Amboy Beacon, Dec. 15, 2010)

PERTH AMBOY — Capt. Benjamin Ruiz will officially take the Oath of Office

as the city’s first Hispanic Deputy Police Chief in a ceremony scheduled for

Friday, Dec. 17, at 4 p.m. at City Hall, High Street.

Ruiz, a 1979 graduate of Perth Amboy High School, Eagle Avenue, is the

Police Department’s senior Captain, having served in that position since 2004.

His appointment by Mayor Wilda Diaz, which took-effect early this week, was

listed on the City Council’s meeting-agenda last week for discussion at a

closed-door executive session.

Unlike many of his recent predecessors, including retiring Deputy Chief

E.J. McDonald, whom he succeeds, Ruiz continues to live in Perth Amboy.

McDonald’s retirement is effective on Friday, Dec. 31, but his last day of

work was last Friday, as he uses-up accumulated sick-leave and vacation-days.