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Name Number Rank Email
David Fox 105 Sheriff David.J.Fox@ VERMONT.GOV
Stephen Benard Jr 122 Transport Deputy Stephen.P.Benard@ VERMONT.GOV
Lynn Tucker ADMIN Project LifeSaver Lynn.Tucker@ VERMONT.GOV
Jennifer Coffin ADMIN Communications Supervisor-CTO Jennifer.Coffin@ VERMONT.GOV
Veronica Geryk ADMIN Bookkeeper Veronica.Geryk@ VERMONT.GOV
Amy Caulin ADMIN Office Manager Amy.Caulin@ VERMONT.GOV
Shirley Parkman DISP Communications Officer Shirley.Parkman@ VERMONT.GOV
Daniel Austin DISP Communications Officer, CTO Daniel.Austin@ VERMONT.GOV
Nathan Webster DISP Communications Officer Nathan.Webster@ VERMONT.GOV
Christina Hewitt DISP Communications Officer Christina.Hewitt@ VERMONT.GOV
Russell Schauer DISP Communications Officer Russell.A.Schauer@ VERMONT.GOV
Thomas Curran RC23 Corporal-School Resource Officer Thomas.Curran@ VERMONT.GOV
Joseph Hoffman RC24 Corporal-School Resource Officer Joseph.Hoffman@ VERMONT.GOV
Billy-Jo Mills RC25 Patrol Deputy 1/C Billy-Jo.Mills@ VERMONT.GOV
Christopher Conway RC26 Deputy Christopher.Conway@ VERMONT.GOV
Stanley Rhodes RC28 Court Corporal Stanley.Rhodes@ VERMONT.GOV
J.J. Bixby RC3 Captain Johnathan.Bixby@ VERMONT.GOV
Lori DeLance RC31 Deputy 1/C and Civil Process Server Lori.DeLance@ VERMONT.GOV
Lema Carter RC32 Patrol Corporal Lema.Carter@ VERMONT.GOV
Kevin Geno RC33 Lieutenant Kevin.Geno@ VERMONT.GOV
Robert Geryk RC37 Deputy 1/C Robert.Geryk@ VERMONT.GOV
Brendan Reilly RC38 Patrol Corporal Brendan.Reilly@ VERMONT.GOV
Gregory Ricketts RC40 Patrol Corporal Gregory.Ricketts@ VERMONT.GOV
Michael Tarbell RC47 Patrol Corporal Michael.Tarbell@ VERMONT.GOV
Scott Stevens RC48 Deputy Scott.Stevens@ VERMONT.GOV
Jamie Baker RC49 Deputy Jamie.Baker@ VERMONT.GOV
Corey Kendall RC50 Deputy 1/C Corey.Kendall@ VERMONT.GOV
Jimmy Baldea RC51 Deputy Jimmy.Baldea@ VERMONT.GOV
Ryder Paskevich RC52 Provisional Ryder.Paskevich@ VERMONT.GOV
Justin Cram RC54 Patrol Corporal Justin.Cram@ VERMONT.GOV
Tyler Duel RC55 Patrol Deputy Tyler.J.Duel@ VERMONT.GOV
Cheri McDermott RC57 Dispatch/Deputy Cheri.McDermott@ VERMONT.GOV
Andrew Cross RC6 Lieutenant -Patrol Commander Andrew.Cross@ VERMONT.GOV
Benjamin Herrick RC7 Patrol Sergeant Benjamin.C.Herrick@ VERMONT.GOV

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Our Memorial

Sergeant Jason Allen

Tour: 11/01/2002 - 10/18/2014

It is with deep regret that I, Sheriff Stephen P.Benard inform you of the passing of Sergeant Jason Richard Allen.

Sgt. Allen fought a courageous battle with cancer that started in December 2013. Throughout that battle, Sgt Allen remained strong and fought with the bravery of a warrior.

He lost that battle at 2215 on October 18, 2014, but not before seeing as many family, friends and fellow law enforcement professionals as he possibly could.

Sgt. Allen started his career at the Rutland County Sheriff's Office in November of 2002. He was promoted to Deputy 1/C on February 06, 2009, Then to Corporal and Sergeant, becoming a valued member of the Command Staff at R.C.S.D..

Throughout his career, and his life, he touched everyone that he came in contact with in a positive way. His smile was infectious, as was his personality and demeanor.

Please keep his family, and his children Anna and Malia, in your thoughts and prayers.



Sergeant Allen began his career with the Rutland County Sheriff's Department in November 2002. In 2007, Sgt. Allen attended the 84th Basic Academy for Police Professionals.

In 2010 Sgt. Allen was assigned to the Vermont Police Academy as a full-time academy class Training Coordinator for the 91st Basic Academy. Sgt. Allen had also been a consistent Training Assistant at the Vermont Police Academy since 2009.

Sgt. Allen was promoted to the rank of Corporal in October of 2011. In addition to patrol duties, Sgt. Allen acted as a first line supervisor, overseeing several other deputies and is a field training officer.

Sgt. Allen held a bachelors degree in psychology from Siena College.

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Awards

SHERIFF'S AWARD

Awarded to the department employee who lives up to the standards of honor, selflessness, giving, support of others and integrity that is expected of all members of this department. It is an honor that is given for the way one leads their life. Giving without looking for reward or recognition. Doing for others because they are in need instead of doing because one is asked. Doing the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do. It is an honor and can best be summed up by these words: “The true legacy of ones life is what we leave behind in the hearts of others.” Sgt. Jason Richard Allen


MOST VALUABLE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE

Awarded to civilian personnel who have made significant, outstanding and sustained achievements contributing to the efficiency and/or effectiveness of the department. The acts are representative of performance beyond the requirements of the normal work assignment.


DEPUTY OF THE YEAR

This award recognizes an individual who continuously seeks excellence in practice and often "takes it to the next level." This individual displays initiative and excellence in performing core job requirements, demonstrating professional behavior.


SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR

The Supervisor of the Year Award was established to draw attention to supervisors who excel in their positions and are highly regarded by their employees for their consistent leadership,integrity, understanding and support of their employees.


JASON ALLEN SPIRIT AWARD

This award recognizes an individual who demonstrates exceptional service to the department and works as an outstanding Team Player. This individual goes above and beyond in their work in order to help others and does so with a high degree of excellence, professionalism, and integrity.


HIGHWAY SAFETY AWARD

This award signifies that the recipient has made an outstanding effort to make the streets of Rutland County safe by noting violations and producing results which make the violators take notice. This award signifies the recipient’s effort of Highway Safety on Rutland County roads.


LIFESAVING AWARD

This Lifesaving Award is awarded to a member in appreciation for prompt and unselfish act of rendering aid and assistance to another human being that resulted in saving of a life.


A History of the Rutland County Sheriff's Department, Vermont 1781-2007

By Paul J. Crossman, Jr.

Abraham Ives was the first sheriff of record in Rutland County, Vermont. He was born in Wallingford, VT in 1741 and settled his family in the Town of Wallingford of the “New Hampshire Grants” (Vermont) in the early 1770s. He was first elected Wallingford Town Representative in 1779, and again in 1783. His most important public office however, was as Rutland county Sheriff. He served four one year terms from 1781-1875, a job that required extensive paperwork and a good deal of travel over poor roads. In those years, Rutland County extended from the northern boundaries of Rupert, Dorset, and Peru to the Canadian border, containing at least ninety of the towns of present-day Vermont. All of these towns were chartered, either by New Hampshire or Vermont, but many were unorganized and sparsely settled. Part of Ives’ responsibility was collecting the state property tax of 1783. Under the Debtor’s Prison Law, many persons faced imprisonment because they could not meet their creditors’ demands or pay their taxes. More property changed hands as a result of irregularities in Ives’ transactions than ever before or since in Vermont’s history. Ives and his agents had a reputation for being dishonest. Even after his term as sheriff ended in October of 1875, Ives found himself in a position so untenable that he fled to Wallingford, CT. The Debtor’s Prison was abolished in 1833.

Roy H. Leonard (1892-1955) was born in Pawlet, VT in 1892. He was a WWI veteran, served as a member of the Vermont National Guard and as a Reserve Officer for 10 years. From 1925 to 1934 he was Chief of Police for Rutland City. He resigned in 1935 and accepted an appointment with the Attorney General’s Office as a State Investigator. In 1936 Leonard was elected as Rutland County Sheriff and served for three terms until 1942. While Sheriff, he figured in the investigation of several homicide cases in which the state obtained convictions. He was president of the Vermont Sheriff’s Association in 1938 and 1939. He was one of a three-member committee that organized the Rutland Post of the American Legion. He was also and exalted ruler of the Rutland Elks Lodge. Leonard took pride in the accomplishments of his office during his three terms of honest, efficient and courteous service to the people of Rutland County. He was one of the state’s best-known law officers in 1942 when he went into semi-retirement. Suffering from a lung ailment, Leonard was advised to move to a warmer climate. He then relocated to Florida with his wife where he died on 19 March 1955 at the age of 63.

Geno N. Franzoni (1904-1955) was born in New York City on 4 May 1904. He was a law enforcement officer for 20 years having served eight years as a Rutland city patrolman and seven terms as a Rutland County Sheriff from 1943-1955. He had a wide acquaintance throughout the state and a solid reputation as a peace officer. During his term of office, and prior to establishment of the Vermont State police in 1947, Franzoni had to cope with the most dangerous law outbreaks in this area. He apprehended several men subsequently convicted of murder, solved many jail breaks, and was called in for hundreds of lesser incidents. Among the murders was Ronald Watson who was executed for fatally knifing Henry Teelon, a Rutland taxicab driver, at Chittenden on 24 December 1945. Watson was arrested by Sheriff Franzoni. Franzoni also captured Harold Frotten, alleged slayer of Robert Stratton of Woodford on 21 October 1944. Frotten, who had been incarcerated at the Bennington County Jail, escaped and drove a stolen truck to Granville, NY. Based upon a photograph of Frotten and a report that the stolen truck had been located in Granville, Franzoni traveled there, accidentally came upon the suspect, and took him into custody. Sheriff and Mrs. Franzoni operated the Beacon Restaurant that they built c.1947 near the Rutland Airport. Franzoni was also co-founder and treasurer of the Pico Raceway which was constructed on Route 7 on the site where the General Electric plant is now located. He was a member of the Royal Order of the Moose, Elks Club, Italian Aid Society, and the Police Benevolent Association. He died of a heart attack in Rutland, VT on 1 May 1955 at the age of 50.

J. Fred Carbine (1905-1977) was born in Rutland, VT on 23 June 1905. He worked for the Rutland Herald in 1928 as a route delivery driver, transferred to the News Room in 1943, and because Sports Editor and residence expert on local political matters. He served three terms on the Board of Alderman and was Board President from 1945 to 1946. In March 1946 Mayor Temple named Carbine as Police Chief to fill a vacancy created when Chief Harold Potter resigned. Carbine was very vigorous as Chief and vigilant in watching what his officers were doing. He had teams crack down on suspected houses of ill repute. His patrolmen never knew where he might show up to see if they were patrolling their designated area. Although carbine’s men often grumbled about it at times, they did what their chief told them. Upon the death of Sheriff Geno Franzoni in 1955, Carbine was named by Gov. Joseph Johnson to fill out the term. When first appointed as Sheriff, Carbine had custodial supervision of the County Jail on Center Street. On one occasion Sheriff Carbine was beaten unconscious by an escapee but recovered in a few days and went across county to bring the prisoner back to jail. Carbine was a member of the New England Police Chief’s Association and President of the Vermont Police Association. He was President of the Vermont Sheriff’s Association from 1966 to 1968. The county jails were turned over to control of the state as regional correctional centers in 1969. Sheriff Carbine then moved his office from the old Rutland County Jail on Center Street up the hill to the Rutland County Courthouse. He made a special effort to accommodate attorneys by providing competent civil process serving, one of his trademarks. He called for an increase in the patrol duties of deputy sheriffs and for modernizing the police equipment available to deputies. He sponsored several schools for police officers and deputies of the county in conjunction with the FBI. Sheriff Carbine resigned in April 1976 due to ill health and died 12 August 1977 at the age of 72.

Lee D. Jones (1929- ) was appointed Sheriff of Rutland County by Governor Thomas Salmon on 8 July 1976 and held that position for 20 years until retiring on 30 June 1996. He was a career law enforcement officer, having previously served as a Vermont State Trooper from 1954 to 1975. Sheriff Jones worked to improve and modernize that department beginning with a reduction in Special Deputies from 120 to 45 men and women. This resulted in more efficient training and a more dedicated work force. New in-service training methods were held every year and included accident investigation, report and affidavit writing, use of radio and radar equipment and firearms training. Sheriff Jones also set up a payroll system in 1977. Robert J. Elrick (1962- ) was appointed as Rutland County Sheriff to replace Lee Jones by Governor Howard Dean on 21 June 1996. Elrick, 33, had been Assistant Director at the Vermont Police Academy in Pittsford. He knew the county well and had developed valuable relationships in the community. He challenged the department’s supervisors to cross-train deputies so they could deal with any situation that might arise. After serving as Sheriff for eight years Elrick returned to the Vermont Police Academy as Director.

Stephen P. Benard, (1959- ) a ten-year veteran with the Ludlow Police Department, who had 14 years service with the Rutland County Sheriff’s Department, became the new Rutland County Sheriff.

The Rutland County Sheriff’s Department currently has a jurisdiction of over 945 square miles of urban and rural areas. The department currently has 19 full time and 16 part time deputies. The Department is under contract to provide patrol services to Chittenden, Clarendon, Pittsfield, Proctor, Shrewsbury, Tinmouth, Wallingford, and West Rutland. Several businesses also utilize RCSD services including Southern Vermont Regional Airport, Carris Reels, CVPS, Devil’s Bowl Speedway, Diamond Run Mall, GE, Green Mountain National Forest, Heritage Family Credit Union, Killington LTD, North County Properties and area schools. During 2006 these services amounted to 52,000 man-hours at a cost of $1.3 million. Deputies also respond to calls for domestic violence, assaults, breaking & entering, larceny, intoxication, shoplifting, automobile accidents, license checks, traffic violations, funeral escorts, court bailiff, transports, civil process and more. RCSD currently has 20 cruisers, two snowmobiles and one motorcycle. Standard weapon carried is a 40 cal. Glock model 23. Shifts are generally five to six days on and two days off, both days and nights.

Rutland County Sheriffs (1781 to present)

  • Abraham Ives 1781-1785
  • Jonathan Bell 1785-1802
  • Arunah W. Hyde 1802-1809
  • Eleazer Flagg 1809-1812
  • Ralph Paige 1812-1813
  • Eustus Barker 1813, 1815-1818
  • Thomas Hooker 1814
  • William Fay 1817
  • Jonathan Dyke 1819-1931
  • Jacob Edgerton, Jr. 1831-1833
  • John A. Conant 1833-1835
  • Ira Parsons 1835-1841
  • Jabob Edgerton, Jr. 1841-1861
  • William M. Field 1861-1878
  • D. P. Peabody 1878-1910
  • Enos C. Fish 1910-1919
  • Henry R. Adams 1919-1937
  • Roy H. Leonard 1937-1943
  • Geno N. Franzoni 1943-1955
  • J. Fred Carbine 1955-1976
  • Lee Jones 1976-1996
  • R. J. Elrick 1996-2004
  • Stephen P. Benard 2004-2020
  • David J Fox 2020-Present