Captain Kevin Ward, OHP (born 1963) is an American police officer and politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
He joined the Department of Public Safety in 1980 serving on the Governor's Mansion Security before his appointment the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in 1985.
Upon his return, Ward was reassigned back to OHP Troop A to become the supervisor of state troopers in Lincoln and Oklahoma Counties.
In August 1996, Ward was assigned to the Office of the Commissioner of Public Safety and promoted to rank of first lieutenant.
[1] Following the resignation of Robert Ricks to become the Chief of Police of Edmond, Oklahoma, in 2004 Governor Brad Henry appointed Ward to serve concurrently as his second Secretary of Safety and Security.