BEHIND THE BADGE WITH MCSO

Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter with Co-Host Deputy Jamie Owen interviewed Gary Beikirch.  Mr. Beikirch is a Monroe County resident who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during a battle in Dak Seang Camp in Vietnam on April 1, 1970.  Mr. Beikirch talks about the battle in Vietnam, his battle to recover from injuries but more importantly, his battles once he came bac...

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter shares an inside view of the Jail Bureau's SRT (Special Response Team).  Sheriff Baxter is joined by Captain Salvatore Amatore (SRT Commander), Sergeant Matt Knapp (SRT Assistant Commander), Sergeant Joel Kluth and Deputy Timothy Romach to discuss the teams mission and training.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter along with co-host, Undersheriff Korey Brown interview SCUBA Commander Captain Chris Fay.  Captain Fay is the B Zone (Henrietta, Mendon, Rush and Wheatland) Commander along with being in charge of the SCUBA Team.  Listen into find out how our SCUBA team trains and a overview of their mission.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter and MCSO Court Bureau Deputy Sanders Tisdale interview MCSO Court Bureau Chief Marvin Patterson, MCSO Chief Deputy Michael Fowler and MCSO Jail Superintendent Matthew VanDuzee about servant leadership and the roles of thier Bureaus.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter with co-host Sergeant Greg Wildman interviewed Kim Butler (Monroe County Office of Mental Health), Rosa Ford (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and Mark Concordia (Roberts Wesleyan College) to discuss what the Rochester Threat Assessment Center does to keep our county safe.

Monroe County Undersheriff Korey Brown and MCSO Deputy Michael Favata interview Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley and ROCovery Fitness Co-Founder Yana Khashper about the Opioid Epidemic in our community and the progress the Monroe County Heroin Task Force is making in our community.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter and MCSO Deputy John DeMarco, who is also a Command Sgt. Major in the U.S. Army, interview Retired Two Star General John Batiste.  Here we talk about leadership and how the General is assisting the MCSO to bring to life to its Values Based Culture.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter and MCSO Capt. James McGowan speak with Monroe County Executive Adam Bello about his new role as County Executive.  Shortly after the County Executive took office....then came COVID.

MCSO Sheriff Todd Baxter, Captain John Kennedy and Director of Communications Amy Young, sat down to interview Retired US Navy Seal Master Chief Mark Wilmot about his service to our country.  We also discussed his assistance in getting a multi jurisdictional, comprehensive training unit for Law Enforcement, Fire and EMS from a dream into the planning phase.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter goes behind the badge to interview Captain James McGowan (Jail Bureau), Dr. Tisha Smith (Director of Rehabilitation) and T.J. St. John (MAT Unit Graduate) about the MAT Unit inside of the Monroe County Jail.  The Medication Assisted Treatment unit assists inmates who have chemical dependency addictions start down the path of breaking those addictions.

Sheriff Baxter sat down with RPD Deputy Chief Mura, Dr. Torrance Jones, Rev. Marlowe Washington, Pastor Don Stevens and Calvin from the Champion Academy to discuss community relations.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter interviews Commander Janson McNair who is in charge of the Staff Services Bureau and Chief Phil Gombatto who runs the Civil Bureau.  Sheriff Baxter was joined by Lt. Providence Crowder from our Jail Bureau to act as co host.  

Welcome to the Behind The Badge with MCSO podcast series.  Listen to Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter interview deputies, command staff and members of the community give insight into our department.  The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is located in Rochester, New York.  We are a full service Sheriff's Office with a Patrol Bureau, Jail Bureau, Court Security Bureau, Civil Bureau and...