56: A Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Podcast

#30 "Cold Case, Warm Leads" - Corporal Ron Chalmers

If you’ve been with 56 from the beginning you know cold case detective Corporal Ron Chalmers well – he was our very first guest. In this, our 30th episode, we catch up wi

#29 "Meet the Recruiters" - HR Recruitment Team

Looking for a meaningful job? We’re a lot more than just uniformed deputies on the road! In this episode of 56, we talk with our three HR recruiters about the almost endl

#28 "Luck Isn't A Tactic, But It's A Thing" - Corporal Jim Lancia

Corporal Jim Lancia is (to the best of our knowledge) the only 56 guest to have been ambushed with a Tommy gun. He has so many tales of adventure and danger that he said

#27 "Stem to Stern" - Fleet Manager Michael Vecchione

Deputies can’t walk to calls – gone are the days of the beat cop on foot patrol – so the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office depends on Michael Vecchione, manager of the Fle

#26 "Textbooks Aren't Scratch And Sniff" - Forensic Science Supervisor Lisa Murphy

Some forensic scientists train for years in the classroom, only to discover on their first real crime scene that they don’t have the stomach for the job. Not so for Foren

#25 "Don't Pigeonhole Me" - Sheriff Bob Gualtieri

In this episode, we bring back one of our favorite guests – and we’re not just saying that because he’s our boss. On his last visit you got to learn the history and caree

#24 "Crack Is Not Water Soluble" - Lieutenant Matt Thornton

For a guy who became a cop because of Super Troopers, Lieutenant Matt Thornton is doing pretty well in law enforcement. He started his career in the jail, where he was kn

#23 "She Just Needed A Cookie" - Deputy Syeeta Robinson-Deberg

Deputy Syeeta Robinson-DeBerg is the kind of person who will ride a bike down stairs without worrying about how she’s going to stop at the bottom. If it’s a new challenge

#22 "Snooki" - Corporal Justin Fineberg

Snooki, Tigger… Corporal Justin Fineberg is a man of many names but a singular purpose: to get the bad guys so victims can sleep peacefully at night. His hometown of Bost

#21 "Shoe-Leather Policing" - Chief Deputy David Danzig

Talk about rising through the ranks! Chief Deputy David Danzig is the number-two man at PCSO, second only to Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, and has done just about everything at

#20 "Nips & Bubblers" - Detective Jason Plumb

In this episode we talk with Detective Jason Plumb, who has spent a lifetime saving lives, first as a paramedic, then as an officer in the insanely busy Rochester, New Ha

#19 "The World's Most Uninteresting Man" - Deputy Chuck Skipper

In this episode we talked with “the world's most uninteresting man,” Deputy Chuck Skipper with the Crime Prevention and Community Awareness Unit. If you’ve seen some of o

#18 "X3 the Channel" - April Bonnemann

In this episode we talk with Assistant Communications Center Shift Supervisor April Bonnemann, whose world moves at a mile a minute as she gives deputies the crucial info

#17 "The Closer" - Sergeant Jake Viano

In this episode we talk with Sergeant Jake Viano, who was raised in Long Beach during the height of gang violence and grew up to become the hero who saved Corporal Matt A

#16 "It's Okay to be Broken" - Corporal Matt Aitken

You don’t have to do much to become one of the best-known people at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office – just get shot three times (once in the neck), and fight through

#15 "Do No Harm... Do Know Harm" - Tactical Paramedic Supervisor Joey Greco

In this episode we talk with Tactical Paramedic Supervisor Joey Greco, who carries guns AND tourniquets. If he ever has to shoot you, he’ll probably be able to save your

#14 "Is the Chicken Armed?" - Deputy Jana Demperio

Jana Demperio could have been a professional stand-up comic, but instead she’s a deputy currently working the desk at our North District Station. She’s done Patrol, Stree

#13 "Vigorous Talking" - Lieutenant Dave Stang

In this episode we talk with Lieutenant Dave Stang, a man so powerful he can lose eight pints of blood – the amount in an average human – and still be standing, a veritab

#12 "Buried Bodies, Scattered Skeletons" - Dr. Meredith Tise

In this episode we talk with PCSO’s answer to Bones – only better because she’s real! Dr. Meredith Tise is not only a forensic anthropologist, she’s also our Forensic Qua

#11 "Beacon of Joy" - Sergeant Jimmy Fortner

In this episode we talk with possibly the happiest man in the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office: Sergeant Jimmy Fortner. He began his career in a super max prison where st