Spectrum News got an inside look at the life of members of the small, less talked about division of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. Members enforce court orders ranging from warrants to eviction notices every day. 

Andrew Laughlin and Joe Chimino are part of the 15 member team; nine of which are sworn deputies and six who are civilians.

"Knocking on a door, in our mind, is a lot like a traffic stop when you’re approaching the unknown. You don’t know what’s behind that door," said Laughlin.

Deputies enforce evictions, income and property executions, seizures and warrants of civil arrests along with serving subpoenas, petitions and orders.

When they serve, they can also encounter emotional situations with a defendant.

"A lot of people we come in contact with, they’re in a rough patch in their life. It’s a lot of things that just might not be going right for them. You gotta understand that people have hard times. You just gotta understand that," said Deputy Joe Chimino.

"We act as the enforcement arm of the courts," said Bureau Chief Philip Gombatto.

"The deputies cover all the towns that have their own police departments including Rochester so they’ll travel anywhere inside the Monroe County jurisdiction and enforce the paperwork that comes in," said Gombatto.

Last year, Civil Bureau deputies completed more than 11,300 process and enforcement actions. The efforts bring money in to the Sheriff’s Office and the county.

In 2018, collections totaled $11.2 million, an increase of $320,000 from the year prior.