William McVey

William McVey currently serves as the Director of Public Safety for Bensalem Township, PA. As Public Safety Director, he serves as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the Police Department, while also coordinating Fire, EMS, and Emergency Management response within the Township. He is responsible for 107 Police Officers, 12 Career Firefighters, and a professional support staff of 60 civilians with an annual budget of $45 million. Director McVey has climbed the ranks over his 28-year law enforcement career and has served in many capacities within the Bensalem Police Department. These assignments include: Patrol, Field Training, K-9, Sergeant (Patrol and Investigations) Lieutenant, Deputy Director, and Public Information Officer. Director McVey takes great pride in leading the Bensalem Police Department, which he believes to be one of the finest in Pennsylvania. Bensalem Police are accredited by the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (PLEAC) and internationally by the Commission for Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). The Department was honored by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) as a premier law enforcement agency in 2023 and received special recognition by the NAACP in 2024. Director McVey has a bachelor's degree from Millersville University and a master's degree from St. Joseph's University. He is also a graduate of Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command, the Senior Management Institute for Police presented by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) Executive Leaders Program. In addition to his duties in Bensalem, Director McVey is a past President of the Chiefs of Police Association of Southeastern Pennsylvanian, Vice President for the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, an Executive Board member of the Bucks County Chiefs Association, an Executive Board Member of the Philadelphia FBI Joint Terrorism Taskforce, and President of the Bucks County Hero Scholarship Fund. He is married to his wife, Susan, for the past 26 years and they have three daughters