A $7.3 million investment is coming to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, County Executive Adam Bello, Sheriff Todd Baxter and other local officials announced Monday.

County officials say it will bring 41 additional sworn members to the sheriff’s road patrol crews in towns and villages.

The funding will also establish a new Regional Investigative Operations Center, which officials say will monitor and respond to real-time criminal activity.

“This unprecedented investment is needed to respond to the surge in shootings, car thefts, smash and grab crime and threats to our schools — crimes driven by a lack of accountability,” Monroe County Executive Adam Bello said in a statement. “Protecting the public is job one. Never before has a County administration made an investment this substantial and this transformative in public safety and our Sheriff’s office. The added deputies and new RIOC center will give Sheriff Baxter the deputies, technology and tools he needs to keep our residents safe.”

“We are grateful to Monroe County for the additional staffing resources that will help us to better protect the citizens in the areas we serve,” Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter said in a statement. “Over the past couple of decades, the population in our service area has grown by 8%, yet our staffing has not grown. We need to ensure the areas we police have adequate resources, not just the bare minimum. We must hire more men and women to patrol, answer calls for service, and engage with our community. We must also staff our zones at a rate that prioritizes deputy wellness. Policing has evolved with technological developments at an exponential rate. In turn, the expectations of professional police agencies have also grown. We must grow with the times.”

Funding will also be used for enhanced MCSO coverage at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, an additional juvenile investigator and a county-wide crime coordinator.