CARMEL, N.Y.—Incumbent Putnam County Sheriff Kevin McConville is seeking reelection. In a press release announcing his run, McConville, who completes his first term this year, highlighted his support from fellow Republicans in county and state government.
McConville defeated Democrat Robert Langley Jr. to win the office in 2021.
According to the release, County Executive Kevin Byrne praised McConville's leadership and his department's professionalism, which he said resulted in “professional law enforcement and unparalleled safety countywide.”
McConville also noted his longstanding connection with State Senator Rob Rolison (R). The two attended Marist College in 1980 and both served with the MTA Police in Manhattan.
“I went on to [become] a Poughkeepsie cop and Kevin became Chief of the MTA Police,” Rolison said, adding that McConville brings a “style of leadership resulting in the Putnam Sheriff’s Department becoming one of the finest law enforcement agencies found anywhere.”
Assemblyman Matt Slater (R) called McConville an “incredible leader," while County Clerk Michael Bartolotti (R) praised the department's “sense of professional law enforcement to our county.
“We are lucky to have him,” Bartolotti said.
Speaking to supporters while announcing his reelection bid, McConville expressed pride in serving during a period when Putnam County was named the eighth-safest county in America.
McConville also discussed the county's new CAD system for police, fire, and EMS, which he said improves “safety for first responders while providing law enforcement personnel with up-to-the-second information needed while responding to the scene of an incident.
“This keeps our men and women in law enforcement from Brewster to Cold Spring a lot safer,” McConville said. He also called the recent accreditation of his department a “major accomplishment.”
“We were accredited back in the 1990s, but somewhere, somehow the accreditation lapsed. Now it’s back, resulting in our department becoming one of 35 accredited Sheriff’s Departments in New York State,” McConville said.
He added that the Sheriff’s Department SWAT team—which separated from the multi-agency Emergency Response Team with Kent and Mahopac in late 2023—also recently achieved full accreditation.
Article provided by Kevin McConville and edited by Halston Media
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