Editing Monroe County, New York (section)

===Executive branch===
The county's executive branch is headed by the [[county executive]], Adam Bello.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monroecounty.gov/executive-index.php|title=Monroe County Executive website|access-date=June 22, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2019/11/05/monroe-county-executive-results-2019-democrat-adam-bello-cheryl-dinolfo/4171877002/|title=Bello defeats Dinolfo, becomes first Democratic Monroe County executive in nearly 30 years|last=Sharp|first=Brian|website=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|language=en|access-date=November 6, 2019}}</ref> The executive's office is on the first floor of the county office building on West Main Street in Rochester. The county clerk is [[Jamie Romeo]], a Democrat.
 
The county was exclusively governed by a board of supervisors for the first 114 years of its history. In 1935, the position of county manager, appointed by the board, was approved by popular referendum.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite journal | date = 1986 | title = Monroe County Guide to Local Government | location = [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], New York | publisher = Monroe County [[League of Women Voters]] | page = 10 | oclc = 13907929 }}</ref>  In 1983, the position was replaced by a county executive, directly elected by popular vote, with expanded powers (e.g., veto).<ref>{{Cite journal | date = 1986 | title = Monroe County Guide to Local Government | location = [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], New York | publisher = Monroe County [[League of Women Voters]] | page = 11 | oclc = 13907929 }}</ref>  In 1993, the legislature enacted term limits for the executive office of 12 consecutive years to start in 1996.<ref name="Monroe limits legislator terms">{{Cite news | date = November 3, 1993 | title = Monroe limits legislator terms | periodical = [[Democrat and Chronicle]] | location = [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], New York | page = 1A | issn = 1088-5153 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ '''Monroe county executives'''
|-
! Name !! Title !! Party !! Term
|-
| Clarence A. Smith || county manager || {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || January 1, 1936 – December 31, 1959
|-
| Gordon A. Howe || county manager || {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || January 1, 1960 – December 31, 1971
|-
| Lucien A. Morin || county manager<br />county executive || {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || January 18, 1972 – December 31, 1982<br />January 1, 1983 – December 31, 1986
|-
| Thomas R. Frey || county executive || {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || January 1, 1987 – December 31, 1991
|-
| [[Robert L. King]] || county executive || {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || January 1, 1992 – January 14, 1995
|-
| John D. "Jack" Doyle || county executive || {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || January 14, 1995 – December 31, 2003
|-
| Maggie Brooks || county executive || {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || January 1, 2004 – December 31, 2015
|-
| Cheryl L. Dinolfo || county executive || {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2019
|-
| Adam J. Bello  || county executive || {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || January 1, 2020 –
|}

====Sheriff====
The Monroe County Sheriff's office (MCSO) provides law enforcement and has the constitutional authority to operate the county jail and provide civil functions. As with most counties in New York, the MCSO also performs a range of police services and provides physical and operational security to the courts. The MCSO is led by a [[sheriff]] who is elected by the residents of Monroe County, serving a 4-year term. The sheriff is considered the highest [[police]] official in the county, followed by an appointed [[undersheriff]] and subordinate [[chief deputy]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=NY |first1=Monroe County |title=About the Sheriff's Office {{!}} Monroe County, NY |url=https://www.monroecounty.gov/sheriff-about |website=www.monroecounty.gov |access-date=October 7, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The Monroe County Sheriff is Todd K. Baxter, a Democrat.

Organizationally, the office is composed of numerous bureaus, each responsible for a given scope of functional operations. The jail bureau is the largest component of the sheriff's office, overseeing an inmate population of around 1,000. Under the New York State Constitution, the sheriff is the [[prison warden|warden]] of the county jail.

The police bureau of the sheriff's office operates a sizable road patrol force which serves municipalities within Monroe County that do not independently enforce traffic. They are also responsible for primary police patrols at the [[Greater Rochester International Airport]] and parks throughout the county. Deputies assigned to the marine unit patrol the coastline of [[Lake Ontario]] as well as [[Irondequoit Bay]]. The police bureau further employs a [[mounted police|mounted unit]], bomb squad, SWAT team, hostage recovery, criminal investigations, [[scuba diving|scuba]], and [[police dog|canine]] units. The court security bureau provides security at the Hall of Justice as well as at the [[New York Court of Appeals|state appellate court]] building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monroe County Sheriff's Office Bureaus |url=https://www.monroecounty.gov/sheriff-bureaus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313231459/https://www.monroecounty.gov/sheriff-bureaus |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |access-date=March 13, 2022}}</ref>

In 2011, the uniforms were named the 2011 Public Safety Uniform Award in the County Sheriff's/Police Department category by the North American Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD).<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 10, 2011 |title=Top Score: Twenty programs receive NAUMD's 2011 Image of the Year and Public Safety Uniform Awards |url=https://www.madetomeasuremag.com/naumd-2011-image-of-the-year-and-public-safety-uniform-awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313233122/https://www.madetomeasuremag.com/naumd-2011-image-of-the-year-and-public-safety-uniform-awards |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>