Making a Difference in our Communnity 2018....Another Victory for Offenders!

New York Gov. Cuomo gives parolees the right to vote in his state

All felons who have served their time will now have their right to vote restored in New York.

During a National Action Network press event on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he signed an executive order giving parolees the right to vote.

According to the governor's office, there are roughly 35,000 individuals on parole in New York who cannot vote.

Making a Difference in our Community 2018....

Gates Police are in Whitesboro NY for the funeral of Ofc. Kevin Crossley killed on duty in an auto accident on April 11th.He police car was struck by another motorist. Our prayers are with the Whitesboro Police Department and the Crossley Family!

Making a Difference in our Community 2018......

Message from the Chief

Last night’s story by Lynette Adams of Chn 10 shows just how “discombobulated” the medical and treatment providers are in dealing with this ongoing, sustained, mass casualty event called the Opiate Epidemic. First responders continue to be pre-occupied by this crisis 24/7. Each day, loved ones and families continue to suffer.

We are 4 months into 2018 and it appears it is business as usual in the medical/treatment portion of the solution. This is a health epidemic – a disease – that Law Enforcement is not going to be able to solve. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and hoping for a different out come.

We have heard from our Public Health Director Dr. Mendoza, on many occasions. Who we have not heard from are any of the Chief Executive Officers of our Health Care Providers who are key partners in this solution. There has been little to no communication from the people who hold the power to make change. The fact that not one local hospital took the State of New York up on the offer to open additional Detox beds leaves our community in a predicament. As citizens, we have no idea what the next step would be and nobody is talking – that is not right. The present 25 beds operated by Syracuse Behavioral Health (Our Champions!) is in a former warehouse on University Ave.

Consider this analogy: You walk into an Emergency Dept. with chest pains, they diagnose you with Heart DISEASE. They wouldn’t just medically stabilize you, tell you to stop eating “fatty foods” and send you home. Instead, they would provide you with a comprehensive treatment plan.

This is a call out to the Medical and Treatment providers in Rochester; will SOMEONE please step up and be the leader in changing the way we are handling patients with addiction? Be the Hero and save our community.

Making a Difference in our Community 2018.....Opiate Epidemic

If you are with someone who is overdosing, CALL 911! In 2011 New York passed the Good Samar1tan Law that protects you from prosecution for any drugs that might be present at the overdose. We have had a few situations in the last week here in Gates where people were afraid to call 911 during an Overdose in fear of being arrested by Law Enforcement.

Thursday night at the Gates to Recovery, 1605 Buffalo Rd., Gates Recreation Center, we have free Narcan Training at 6pm. The training takes about 30 minutes and you leave with a free Narcan kit.

Gates Police are looking for Scott W. Pernesky of Henrietta for Tampering with Evidence from an incident on February 2, 2018. Pernesky was at the scene of a fatal overdose and failed to call 911, an instead tampered with evidence at the scene and left the victim's body which wasn't discovered for another 24 hours. You can call 911, call Crime Stoppers or send us a Facebook message if you know where Scott Pernesky is. Scott has been on the run since the incident. There is an Arrest Warrant for his arrest.

This afternoon 4pm Smith Science Center Auditorium at Roberts Wesleyan College we are having an Opiate Forum open to the public. Sheriff Baxter, Chief JVB, and three people from Recovery Now NY will be hosting the event. There is a dinner afterwards at 5:30pm in Garlock Commons - Drugs over Dinner - discussion. Cost for the dinner is 15 dollars.