Kevin McConville Launches Campaign for Putnam County Sheriff

Kevin McConville, a lifelong Putnam County resident with thirty years of law enforcement experience launched his campaign for Putnam County Sheriff on the steps of the Putnam County Courthouse. McConville will be seeking the endorsement of the Republican and Conservative parties.

McConville retired in 2008 as Chief of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Police Department, where he oversaw a 770-member force with a $100 million dollar budget. During his tenure as Chief, Kevin created the Interagency Counter Terrorism Team to address Terrorism, working with the FBI, members of the Joint Terrorist Task Force (JTTF), and numerous law enforcement agencies throughout the Hudson Valley to ensure the safety of commuters, including those using MetroNorth.

Additionally, McConville served as a member of the Governor’s Homeland Security Team and developed and implemented plans and strategies to prevent bombings on commuter rail systems, like the ones in London and Madrid. For the past twelve years, Kevin has served as Director of Security Emergency Management at a local healthcare facility.

In announcing his candidacy, McConville said, “It is time to have a responsible, accountable and efficient law enforcement leader, one that manages the budget, and the Department. The role of the sheriff is not about politics, it is a hands-on job that requires the knowledge of how a law enforcement agency works and how to do it effectively and efficiently, provide support and training to your personnel and excellent service to your communities.”

“I support, without hesitation, the men and women of law enforcement. Let’s give our deputies and corrections officers a leader, one who isn’t afraid of transparency and fiscal accountability. Training, resources and assets are a large part of that support. So is leadership; providing a mission and goals allows deputies and corrections personnel to fulfill the Department’s job,” said McConville. “As my good friend, Dutchess County Sheriff, Butch Anderson says, ‘treat others as you want to be treated.’ That is a promise we will uphold in the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department.”

McConville thinks the race for sheriff should focus on ideas, law enforcement experience, effectiveness, responsibility and accountability to the taxpayers.

“Who is going to do a better job for the Sheriff's Department from today forward should be the focus of this campaign,” said McConville. “The sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer in the county, so you have to work well with everyone and have everyone on the same page with your agency. More can be accomplished by working together because simply put, we are better together.”

“I have been at the head of one of the states’ largest law enforcement agencies,” McConville said. “You have to be accountable, responsible and able to work with everybody. [The MTA police] worked with everybody—local and county police departments as well as state and federal agencies, during my time as chief.”

McConville, 63, has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Marist College, and lives with his wife Janice in Cold Spring. They have three children and two grandchildren, all of whom live in Putnam County

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