Hall Seeking Re-Election

Sheriff Kevin Hall has announced his candidacy for a fourth term in office. The election will be held Nov. 5. 
Hall, 54, serves as sheriff of Alleghany County and the city of Covington.
“If re-elected we will continue to provide a professional, and efficient law enforcement service for the entire community,” Hall said.
Hall qualified as a candidate on Feb. 8 after he submitted required petitions and paperwork to the Virginia Department of Elections.
Born June 4, 1964, in Alleghany County, Hall is a son of Barbara Hall of 804 Summit Drive and the late Houston E. “Eddie” Hall. Eddie Hall served on the Alleghany County Board of Supervisors.
Sheriff Hall attended Boiling Spring Elementary and he is a 1982 graduate of Alleghany County High School. He received a law enforcement certificate from Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in 1988 and as associate’s degree in criminal justice from DSLCC in 1989.
Hall is also a graduate of the Central Shenandoah Criminal Justice 49th Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy in Waynesboro. He was elected class president and honored as the top driver. Hall is a general instructor at Central Shenandoah and Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy in Salem.
He resides at 508 Bird Farm Road in Covington with his wife, Deanna, and two daughters Alexis, 20, and Delaney, 11. He has three adult children — two  reside in the Alleghany Highlands — a son, Ryan, 26, and a daughter, Addison, 25. Another daughter,  Bailey, 23, resides in Montgomery County. 
Hall has three granddaughters Kaliyah, Sadie and Raegan. 
He is a member of Temple Baptist Church in Covington.
Hall was hired as a patrolman at age of 21 by the Covington Police Department. During his 22 years of service to the city, he was a patrolman, DARE officer, a member of the Alleghany Highlands Drug Task Force and a patrol sergeant.
At the time of his election to office of sheriff, he was a detective sergeant. 
In 1997, Hall was named “Police Officer of the Year” by Covington Post 1033 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
His law enforcement training resume includes basic supervisor for training, a VCIN/NCIC  certified dispatcher, computer-aided dispatch  training and basic and advanced fundamentals of traffic accident reconstruction from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Transportation Safety Center.
Hall attended the U.S. Department of Transportation methamphetamine, and marijuana interdiction conference, has taken surveillance training through the Virginia State Police and death scene investigation and photography training. 
He attended the Roanoke Police Department’s Homeland Security Defense Instructor’s School. He is also a graduate of the National Sheriff’s Institutes 95th training session due to receiving an all-expense paid scholarship in Longmont, Colo.
Hall is on the Virginia Sheriff’s Association’s membership committee which has assisted 12 local high school graduates with scholarship money to attend college in the past 12 years. He was elected to the Virginia Sheriff’s Association board of directors by the membership in 2011, and he currently holds the office of secretary.   
Hall is a member of Covington Masonic Lodge No. 171 and he was worshipful master in 2002. He is also a member of the  Clifton Forge Shrine Club, the Roanoke Kazim Shrine Temple and the Safehome Board of Directors.
At Covington High School, he serves as varsity baseball coach and as an   assistant football coach. 
He has also donated his time to provide security for the Alleghany Heart Unit at the Queen of Hearts pageants. 
Hall worked with former Clifton Forge Police Chief Barry Balser, former  Covington Police Chief J.B. Broughman, former Iron Gate Police Chief Brad Hodge, former Bath County Sheriff Larry Norfleet and Alleghany County/Covington Commonwealth’s Attorney Ed Stein to negotiate a mutual-aid agreement that allows officers to cross jurisdictional boundaries when requested.
“This is so we can pool our resources and provide the entire Alleghany Highlands community with the best possible police service available,” he said.
Hall says he has also used $177,345 in a U.S. Department of Justice COPS Technology grant to purchase and install mobile-portable radios in the sheriff’s office, Clifton Forge P.D., Covington P.D. and Douthat State Park police vehicles.
“Also, portable radios were purchased for area Virginia State Police, to upgrade and enhance radio communications between all area law enforcement,” he said.
Hall says he also worked to help implement mobile data computers in all patrol vehicles as part of a technology grant as well.
“I also assigned a full-time investigator to the Alleghany Highlands Drug Task Force,” Hall said.
He says 10 of his deputies have attended a National Institute of Justice NIJ workshop “Innovations in Forensic Science” at Radford University with no cost for training, lodging or meals. Two officers also graduated from a 10-week forensic science training academy in Richmond.
“This gives them the ability to process crime scenes and properly package evidence to be processed,” Hall said.
Hall noted that he partnered with the District 23 Masonic Lodges (Covington, Clifton Forge, Millboro, Valley Springs) to provide child ID DVDs to guardians in case of a lost or missing child.
Hall was appointed in July 2015 to the E-911 Services Board by then-Gov. Terry  McAuliffe as the representative from the Virginia Sheriff’s Association. He was elected chairman of that committee in January 2019.
Recently, and his son, Ryan, have traveled the state with Gov. Ralph  Northam on a tour of five medical schools to educate  future physicians on the dangers of opioids.
“Due to my expertise on the opioid crisis, I was appointed to the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Opioids and Addiction, and we meet quarterly in Richmond,” Hall said. 
Last year, Hall worked with the Alleghany Board of Supervisors to increase school safety. Each school in the county now has a school resource officer. 
Hall says he partnered with the Alleghany Highlands Community Services Board to provide mental health and substance abuse counseling in the Alleghany Regional Jail.
He also worked with the CSB and Covington, Clifton Forge P.D. to obtain a grant to form a crisis intervention site and hire CIT officers to man the assessment center which should be operational July 1 this year. 
Hall’s hobbies include trout fishing, hunting, camping, coaching, working with area youth and spending time with family.
“Without the hard work of a very professional and dedicated staff, I wouldn’t have been able to implement my previous campaign goals such as fostering positive relationships with area law enforcement, fire and rescue agencies, been able to change the work schedule to increase patrol presence during the busiest times such as nights and weekends, provide a full-time drug task force member, establish a promotional process.
“I would like to thank the Alleghany County Board of Supervisors, city of Covington Council, Clifton Forge Town Council and Iron Gate Town Council for their support over the past 11 and a half years. I look forward to continuing a good working relationship the next four years,” he said.
He said his goals for the next four years are:
— Improving services provided by the sheriff’s office.

— Working with area leaders on the issue of overcrowding at the regional jail.

— Working with the commonwealth’s attorney and circuit court judges to establish a drug court.
“It is also a goal to maintain the trust, confidence and the support of the citizens of the Alleghany Highlands. I want to thank everyone for their support since my election to this office; it has been an honor and a pleasure to serve you. I ask for your vote on Nov. 5, 2019 to re-elect me as sheriff of Alleghany County/city of Covington,” Hall said. 
Hall said individuals desiring to assist his campaign can call 969-7367.