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

Episode 30

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 • Duration 01:18:38

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 with him after the trial of one of his most notorious cases, the homicide of Opal Weil. The suspect had spent nearly 40 years thinking he’d gotten away with it, but when he received his life sentence he found out that no one gets away with crime when Chalmers is on the case. We talk with him about some of the other cases on his desk right now, such as the 1985 homicide of Shirley Badger Trenner who was killed at the computer store where she worked. Was it a random act of violence, a targeted robbery, or a scheme by illicit lovers to get an inconvenient wife out of the way? Thanks to genetic genealogy, Chalmers may soon have answers. With cold cases, sometimes a tiny detail noticed years later can provide new insight. Find out how reading a random article about a murder suspect in Ohio led him to a person of interest in a 2018 missing persons case. Do you have the clue that might solve one of our cold cases? Listen to this episode of 56 and find out.

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#29 "Meet the Recruiters" - HR Recruitment Team

Episode 29

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 • Duration 01:20:36

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 endless possibilities here at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Your hosts Ricky, Ashley, and Laura love working here, and we think you would too. Whether you’re fresh out of school and just starting out, or mid-career and needing a change, we have a job you’ll love. Does your corporate IT job feel meaningless? Use your skills to help keep your county safe. Are you an admin with boring coworkers? Come work with deputies and detectives. Want to be in the middle of the action without being in personal danger? You might have a future as a dispatcher.

You’ll also learn about what it takes to become a deputy, whether in the jail, on the road, or in the courthouse. Already certified? If you’re listening from the frozen north, or from a community that doesn’t support its law enforcement, you’ll find that Pinellas County offers a welcoming climate in more ways than one.

You’ve had hours of fun listening to PCSO members on this podcast. Wouldn’t you like to have a career alongside us? PinellasSheriff.gov/Careers.

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

Episode 28

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 • Duration 02:01:18

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 getting stabbed under his vest during a domestic wasn’t even a big deal compared to all the times he’s been shot at. After years as a law enforcement officer in Pennsylvania, plus a stint training K-9s for Navy SEALs, he came to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. (He passed up on an offer from NASA SWAT, which means working at our agency is cooler than… er, fighting aliens? Or is that Space Force? We’re really not sure.) While here, he’s worked on the beaches and in the Marine Unit for a welcome change from snow and slush in the concrete jungle. Right now he’s in the Training Division, keeping PCSO on the forefront of the most innovative technology, including our groundbreaking use of Virtual Reality. Hear about how he was first on scene at a mass shooting, how he put his life on the line for $5.25 an hour, and why he loved working with the beautiful chaos that is a Belgian Malinois. He says he’s been shot at so many times that he shouldn’t be here talking to us now, but his career shows that in police work, luck’s not a tactic, but it’s a very real thing.

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

Episode 26

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 • Duration 02:02:32

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 Forensic Science Supervisor Lisa Murphy. When she pulled up to her first dead body – a shotgun suicide – and said, “Wow, there’s a piece of skull!” she realized this was the perfect job for her. Since then she’s worked some of the grisliest crime scenes, labored for hours in houses full of decomp and no air conditioning, and never thrown up… although she’ll tell you about the times when she came close. Now she’s a blood pattern recognition expert who can reconstruct a homicide based on the blood evidence on the walls and floors. On this episode of 56, hear about the most disgusting, dangerous, and heart-wrenching cases she’s worked, and find out why she was the 2024 Forensic Science Specialist of the year.

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

Episode 25

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 • Duration 01:43:42

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 career path that made Sheriff Bob Gualtieri the sheriff he is today. Now we talk more about some of the issues that are near and dear to the hearts of Pinellas County residents, and issues that have far-reaching implications across our country. When Sheriff Gualtieri sees a problem, he fixes it. That’s why we have innovative, first of their kind programs like Safe Harbor, which diverts homeless people from jail to a safe shelter, or diversion programs to give young people or first-time minor offenders a second chance. He created the HOME Task Force to monitor the worst young offenders, and made a robust Threat Management Unit to identify problems at their earliest stage and nip them in the bud. You know that school safety is his top priority, and in addition to prevention, rapid response, and thorough investigation, he has added an innovative and much-needed component: family reunification. Find out why major crimes in Pinellas County are at historically low levels, how he’ll keep you safer during the next hurricane, and why he’s a hard man to categorize.

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

Episode 24

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 • Duration 02:07:55

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 known as the “Inmate Whisperer” for his ability to calm inmates with psychological issues. When he went to Patrol, he realized that deputies are first and foremost members of the community, and that it’s hard for people to yell at you if you’re talking to them nicely. But don’t let that genial demeanor fool you – he’s worked in Narcotics and the Violent Crimes Task Force, putting some of the worst criminals in jail. He’s done a lot for the youth of Pinellas County too, both the good ones and the bad ones. Are there bad kids? Well, there are kids who commit five or more felonies in a year, and he developed groundbreaking ways to keep them from reoffending, and arresting them if they do. Now he’s in Youth Services, keeping our schools safe with SROs and inspiring the leaders of tomorrow with the Cadets. On this episode of 56, get to know the respected leader who encourages creativity in the people who work for him. (Oh, and as a special treat for co-host Laura, he likes snakes, bugs, and opossums, and has tons of stories about animal rescues and other furry and scaly adventures.)

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#22 "Snooki" - Corporal Justin Fineberg

Episode 22

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 • Duration 01:36:08

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 Boston almost got to keep him, but when color-blindness disqualified him up there, he succumbed to the lure of our snow-free winters and joined PCSO. Now he’s a member of the K-9 unit and along with his dog Beau (“because he’s handsome like his daddy”) he’s apprehending some of the worst offenders in the county. He’s also one of the unit’s trainers, and knows how to get inside the heads of some of the most intense dogs you’ve ever met. One of the hardest things for a new handler to learn is how to find their voice – their praise voice that is. When the dog does what he’s supposed to, a handler has to give him positive reinforcement by getting goofy and talking in a high-pitched funny way. Your tail might wag too if Corporal Fineberg praises you in his special voice. Tune in to this episode of 56 to go fishing with K-9s, explore the jungles of Pinellas, fall down a hole in the darkness, and find out how someone goes from being one of the boys to a true leader.

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

Episode 21

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 • Duration 01:59:12

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 the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO). Coming from a law enforcement family, he knew he wanted to be a cop practically since he was a baby. In fact, his reward for potty training was a ride in cruiser running lights and sirens. From his first arrest (charge: Cat Running at Large) to his first week as the new chief, he’s never had a bad day at work. Despite the many challenges of law enforcement, he has always loved his job, whether he was working in the Marine unit where he saved lives with the right combination of “skillset and guts” or leading the Violent Crimes Task Force that reduced homicides and gun crimes in the county. It’s a peculiarity of law enforcement that as you rise through the ranks, once you get comfortable somewhere they move you somewhere else. But Chief Danzig thrived wherever he went because of a collaborative leadership style and a willingness to learn. In this episode, we talk about Chief Danzig’s career, and why he thinks the resiliency, strength, knowledge, and training of today’s PCSO deputies makes them the greatest generation of law enforcement officers.

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