United States Marshal Ronald R. McCubbin

Marshal McCubbin is responsible for the management, administration, and direction of operations throughout the district. His overall responsibilities are leading and directing a staff in the 51 county area of the District for the protection of the United States Courts, criminal investigations, executions of federal court orders, and other law enforcement activities. Marshal McCubbin is also responsible to act as the chief policy maker, decision maker, final disciplinary official, and the implementation and development of new programs both administratively and operationally.

In June, 2003, Marshal McCubbin started the “Western Kentucky Fugitive Task Force” based out of the Louisville office. This task force is fulltime and is comprised of numerous police officers from the community and four Deputy U.S. Marshals. Since becoming the Marshal, he has made it a top priority to get the name
“U S Marshal’s” into the public eye and has implemented an open door policy with the local media to not only help in this quest, but he believes that good work by the deputies deserves recognition. Marshal McCubbin hosts “Federal Crime Stoppers” in the Louisville media market with the CBS affiliate. This successful television spot has assisted the task force and other local police agencies in hundreds of arrests since its inception.

In 1995, he became the youngest president of Kentucky’s largest law enforcement organization, the Fraternal Order of Police. Marshal McCubbin was ultimately elected to three consecutive terms and held this position until his appointment as U.S. Marshal. He represented over 1200 professional law enforcement officers and has many years of both labor and management experience. He has served on numerous committees regarding local and state government and was chosen to lobby for law enforcement issue in Washington, DC. During his tenure in this position he implemented policy and procedure, and worked with labor and management to establish rules and regulations to maintain and improve the law enforcement profession. Marshal McCubbin not only worked and lobbied for the Police Officer Bill of Rights in the State of Kentucky, but implemented, with the City of Louisville, disciplinary procedures to hold law enforcement officers to a higher standard, such as random drug testing and accountability.

Marshal McCubbin’s education includes Eastern Kentucky University’s Department of Criminal Justice, University of Louisville’s Department of Criminal Justice, where he holds a Bachelor of Science, and he is honored to be a graduate of the nations top law enforcement’s chief executive school, Southern Police Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. Marshal McCubbin works with several community groups as a volunteer and believes that being involved with our youth is the best avenue to make changes. He is a volunteer basketball coach and is the Athletic Director for a school in the community where he resides.