Officers assigned to road patrol, undersheriff
Putnam County Sheriff Kevin McConville on Monday (Nov. 4) promoted two sergeants to first sergeants.
Sgt. Peter Vigilio is a 16-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, having served as a corrections officer, road patrol deputy and narcotics investigator. He has been a sergeant on the road patrol for three years and supervises the motorcycle unit. He will assist the captain in overseeing the Patrol Division.
Sgt. Johnathon Cihanek is a 14-year veteran who has been a sergeant for eight years with assignments in road patrol and as a supervisor in the Youth Aid Bureau overseeing the school resource officer program. He is an assistant commander of the Sheriff’s Response Team and will work for the undersheriff on administrative functions such as grant writing, equipment and accreditation.
In October, the Legislature approved a request from McConville to reclassify a lieutenant’s position to first sergeant after an officer “voluntarily demoted himself” to deputy because he could not earn overtime as a lieutenant.
