BEHIND THE BADGE WITH MCSO

Sheriff Todd K. Baxter sat down with C Zone Acting Captain Dean Tuthill and Sergeant Ben Melos to discuss zone operations.  Listen in to learn more about how our patrol zone substations operate and the people that work there.

Captain James McGowan filled in this week for Sheriff Baxter to give an inside look into medical care at the Monroe County Jail.  PrimeCare Regional Manager Christine Graupman and Health Services Administrator Nadly Thompson joined to talk about the COVID-19 response, Medication Assisted Treatment program and other services provided to inmates. Listen in to learn more.

MCSO Chief Deputy Michael Fowler filled in for Sheriff Baxter for this weeks podcast.  Chief Deputy Fowler was joined by Brighton Police Department Chief David Catholdi and Captain Jose Caraballo to give an inside look into the operations of the Brighton Police Department and the community in which they serve.  Take a listen!

Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter sat down with Brockport Police Department Chief Mark Cuzzupoli and Sergeant Paul Wheat to talk about their department.  Listen in to learn about Brockport PD and all that their department has to offer.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter was joined by Lieutenant Pat Rojas, Sergeant Chris Gallina and Sergeant Shaun LeClair from the MCSO Internal Affairs Unit to discuss the vital role they play in our agency.  Tune into learn more about what Internal Affairs does and about the people that work there.

Sheriff Baxter sat down with Lt. Providence Crowder from our Jail Bureau, Jennifer Rivers, Director of Rehabilitation and Kelly Robinson, Addictions Counselor to discuss why community partnerships are so important to rehabilitation in our jail.  Also discussed was how our addictions counseling works with in the jail and the different programs offered to inmates to offer assistance.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter spoke with RPD Sergeant Justin Collins who also runs Police Exam Career Prep and MCSO Recruiter Deputy Todd Kenney about our upcoming Police Bureau exam.  Listen into hear about what you can do to prepare and how to sign up.

This week's episode of Behind the Badge with MCSO features our new Commander Samuel Bell and Recruiter Deputy Amanda Hanlon.  Listen in as we learn about the many functions of our Staff Services Bureau and our efforts to recruit new members and diversify our agency.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office Quartermaster supplies the agency's nearly 1100 deputies and civilian staff with everything they need to operate.  From uniforms to paper clips and everything in between, we could not operate without this department and its awesome personnel.

Monroe County Undersheriff Korey Brown filled in for Sheriff Baxter for this weeks podcast.  Undersheriff Brown interviewed Chief Chris Mears and Sergeant David Marcucci from the Ogden Police Department.  Listen in to learn about the Chief and Sergeant along with their department.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter sat down this week to speak with Ken VanDuzer and Eric Rothfuss from the MCSO Fleet Garage.  When most people think of our Sheriff's Office, they often think of our vehicles but not what it takes to keep our fleet of nearly 380 vehicles going.  Listen into hear about the great behind the scenes work that is done everyday to keep our fleet in operational...

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter switched up this week's podcast and tried something new.  MCSO reached out to members from all across our community to offer words of encouragement to our deputies and all police officers.  Faith leaders, radio personalities, people from town government and non for profits left messages expressing their commitment and support of our hardworking deputies....

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter was joined on this weeks podcast by Deputy Phil Fantanza and Deputy Sal Latore of our Community Services Unit.  They gave an in depth look into what the Community Services Unit provides to the community such as the D.A.R.E. Programs, Teen Police Academy and Child Safety Seat inspections.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter was joined by Wayne County Sheriff Barry Virts, Ontario County Sheriff Kevin Henderson and Livingston County Sheriff Tom Dougherty to talk about what it's like to be a Sheriff.  The four Sheriff's discussed how they got to the position, the responsibility that comes along with the position and what a great honor it is to serve their communities.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter invited Fairport Police Chief Sam Farina and Sergeant Matt Barnes to the podcast to talk about their department and the exciting things happening in the village.  Also, listen in to hear a side conversation about the Baja 1000 and rolling a vehicle down a hill in Mexico.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter spoke with Vince Schillaci and Liz Gamache from the US Department of Veterans Affairs and Gary Horton from the Veterans Defense Program to discuss how all three agencies work together to assist veterans in times of need.  

Learn more about the NYS Marijuana Laws and Traffic Enforcement as Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter speaks with MCSO Lt. and Drug Recognition Expert Lt. Rick Bancroft.

Monroe County Sheriff Baxter put together a "Best of Episode" from two previous podcasts with Dr. Cedric Alexander and General John Batiste.  We took the best of both podcasts and put them together to highlight our mission of leadership and Values Based Culture.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter was joined by Irondequoit Police Chief Alan Laird and IPD Sergeant Nick Chaimang to discuss the Irondequoit Police Department and the collaboration between MCSO and IPD.  Also, listen in to hear Sgt. Chaimang's amazing story of how he got to this country and then later decided to dedicate his life to service to the community.

In this week's podcast, we laugh, reminisce, reflect and more importantly, celebrate a Rochester media icon.  Listen in as Sheriff Baxter and MCSO Communications Director Amy Young sit down with Channel 13's Don Alhart, as he does what he does best...share stories with our community.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter was joined by Sergeant Scott Bevilaqua and Deputy Rich Miller to discuss the IRIS Biometric Technology being used by our agency to verify arrested person's identity.  Listen in to learn more about how this technology is used to make sure that the right person is identified at arrest and prior to release.

Monroe County Undersheriff Korey Brown interviewed Dep. Ryan Perruccio, Inv. Mike Montagno and Lt. Brian Unterborn to speak about 2 recent mental health crisis's that our agency responded to.  Dep. Perruccio responded to both incidents, Inv. Montagno is a part of our Hostage Negotiation Team and Lt. Unterborn is our Crisis Intervention Team coordinator.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter was joined this week by Gates Police Chief James VanBrederode and Randy Cimino from Gates to Recovery to talk about addiction and recovery in our community.  Join our conversation to learn about the heroin epidemic in our community and how multiple agencies are combatting the epidemic.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter is joined by Sgt. Luther, Cpl. Scally and Cpl. Reusch from the Jail Transport Unit.  Listen in to learn about the vital role they play in our agency with transporting inmates to court, medical appointments and pick up prisoners from around the country.

On March 8, 2021, MCSO will celebrate our 200th Anniversary.  Undersheriff Korey Brown was joined by MCSO Historian Todd Allen, longest serving sworn member, Major Edward Krenzer and newest sworn member, Deputy Leighann Pettis to discuss where we started, where we are now and were we are headed.  Listen in to enjoy a glimpse inside our history.