3 promoted in sheriff’s office

Sussex County Sheriff Michael Strada has announced three promotions:

• Sgt. Kieran McMorrow to lieutenant. A 1992 graduate of Kittatinny Regional High School, a U.S. Army veteran and a 24-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, he began his law enforcement career as a corrections officer in the Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Corrections. That same year, he transferred to a position as a sheriff’s officer in the Bureau of Law Enforcement.

McMorrow has been assigned to several different units, including the Courthouse Security and Prisoner Transportation Unit, Sheriff’s Traffic Unit, Sussex County Hazardous Materials Team (HAZMAT), Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and Sheriff’s K-9 Unit.

He has received numerous awards.

He has been supervisor of the Courthouse Security and Prisoner Transport Unit as well as the public information officer of the Sheriff’s Office. After his promotion, he will be assigned to oversee the Courthouse Security and Prisoner Transportation Unit.

• Sgt. Bennett Milnor to lieutenant in the Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Corrections. A lifelong county resident and a 2001 graduate of Lenape Valley Regional High School, he was hired as a corrections officer in May 2003.

In January 2010, he was assigned as the Sheriff’s Work Assistance Program (SWAP) coordinator, overseeing the inmate labor program. He was promoted to sergeant in December 2011 and has been a shift supervisor since then. In addition to his daily duties, he was responsible for overseeing inmate disciplinary hearings from 2017 through 2019 and to maintain the emergency operations plan for the Bureau of Corrections.

In July 2023, he was reassigned to oversee the daily operations of the Bureau of Corrections which include inmate transports from police agencies statewide to the Morris County Jail as well as inmate hospital transports.

• Cpl. Joseph Cahill to sergeant. A 1999 Wallkill Valley Regional High School graduate and a U.S. Army veteran who deployed in support of both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, he began his law enforcement career in 2005 when he was hired as a corrections officer by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

In 2007, he accepted a position as a sheriff’s officer in the Bureau of Law Enforcement and was assigned to the Courthouse Security and Prisoner Transportation Unit. A certified field training officer (FTO), Cahill has served in several units, including the Detective Bureau, Home Detention Program and OEM.

He holds associate’s degrees in psychology and criminal justice from Sussex County Community College.

After his promotion, he will be assigned to supervise sheriff’s officers assigned to the Courthouse Security & Prisoner Transport Unit.

Strada said, “I am proud of these officers and I congratulate them on their achievements. I have the utmost confidence in their leadership abilities and look forward to working with them.”