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                 Corrections Division Training and Certifications
       
      
Lake County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Division,
maintains one of the highest levels training and certification for personnel in the field of Corrections. The summary below will highlight some of the training and certification of the Corrections Staff under Sheriff Daniel Dunlap. 


Capt. Frank Leonbruno Jail Administrator  CLEE ,  CJM
Ø                  Bachelor of Arts Degree from Borromeo College of Ohio
            ... Masters work in Psychology and Theology at WTU
Ø                  CJM (American Jail Association Certified Jail Manager) since 1997
Ø                  Certified Law Enforcement Executive Academy Graduate 2004
Ø                  Police Executive Leadership College Graduate 2003
Ø                  Adjunct Professor at Lakeland Community College in Criminal Justice
             since 1996
Ø                 120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                 Lakeland Police Academy Graduate - Certified Law Enforcement Officer
Ø                 
Lake County SWAT / Lead Hostage Negotiator since 1992
Ø                  FBI Crisis Negotiations Certification  /  OPOTA Crisis Negotiations Certification
Ø                  OPOTA 136 Hour and 40 Hour Corrections Academy School Commander since 1994
Ø                  OPOTA Police Academy Instructor since 1994
Ø                  OPOTA 137 Corrections Academy Instructor since 1994
Ø              
 Trained at the National Institute of Corrections 
Ø                 Certified in the Reid Technique Criminal Interviews and Interrogation

Lt. Cynthia Brooks,  MSJ Supervisor

Ø                  
23 years in the field of Corrections (started in 1984) / Promoted to Lieutenant in 1993 / 4 years as Sergeant
Ø                  Certified Law Enforcement Officer for the State of Ohio10 Years as a Special Deputy
Ø                Certified Jail Manager since October 2007
Ø                  Police Executive Leadership College Graduate 2006    PELC XLVII
Ø                  120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                  Attended National Institute of Corrections  Longmont, Colorado Women Offender Programming
Ø                  Attended National Institute of Corrections  Longmont, Colorado Children of Prisoners Programming
Ø                  Attended National Institute of Corrections  Longmont, Colorado Strategies For Building Effective Work Teams
Ø                  Lake County Metropolitan Housing Authority  Commissioner since 2004
Ø                  Lake County Community Corrections Board member since 1995
Ø                  Women in Transition Through Support Chairman since 2003
Ø                  Certified OPOTA Instructor - Corrections 136 Hour Training Academy since 1992
Ø                  Certified Cultural Diversity Instructor - Certified through the Department of Justice

Lt. Robert Hungerford,  Shift Commander
Ø                  20 years in the field of Corrections  (started in 1987) / Promoted to Lieutenant in 2004 / 11 years as Sergeant
Ø                  120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                  Attended University of Chicago
Ø                  Certified Law Enforcement Officer for the State of Ohio
Ø                  Veteran of the United States Navy  ...  Naval Letter of Commendation
    Ø                 Weapons Ordinance Officer
    Ø                 Medal Recipient ... Expeditionary and Navy/Marine Corps Commendation
Ø                   Trained at the National Institute of Corrections  Longmont, Colorado

Lt.  Nicholas Iliano,  Scheduling Supervisor / Inmate Discipline Hearing Officer
Ø                 
18 years in the field of Corrections (started in 1989)
Ø                  120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                  Promoted to Lieutenant in 2003
Ø                  
Promoted to Sergeant in 1997
Ø                 United States Air Force Veteran
Ø                  Certified OPOTA Instructor - Corrections 136 Hour Training Academy
Ø                  Certified Jail and Prisoner Legal Issues
Ø                  Trained at the National Institute of Corrections  Longmont, Colorado

Lt.  Gregory Reid,  Shift Commander
Ø                 
18 years in the field of Corrections (started in 1989) 
Ø                  120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                  Promoted to Lieutenant in 2000
Ø                  
Promoted to Sergeant in 1991
Ø                  Attended Columbia College and Urbana College
Ø                  21 1/2 years service in United States Coast Guard
    Ø                 Executive Officer of the Fairport Harbor Coast Guard Station
    Ø                 Executive Officer Aids and Navigation  at Cape May, New Jersey
    Ø                 Affairs petty Officer USCG Governors Island, NY
    Ø                 Housing Supervisor for USCG Base San Juan, PR and St. Thomas VI
    Ø                 Recruiting Petty Officer Cincinnatti, Ohio
Ø                  Former Certified OPOTA Instructor - Corrections 136 Hour Training Academy
Ø                  Trained at the National Institute of Corrections  Longmont, Colorado

Lt.  Mark Soeder,  Shift Commander
Ø                 
19 years in the field of Corrections (started in 1988)
Ø                  120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                  Promoted to Lieutenant in 2003 / Promoted to Sergeant in 1997
Ø                  Member of Midwest Gang Investigators Association since 1993
Ø                  Classification / Training / Jail Statistics Supervisor
Ø                  Certified OPOTA Instructor - Corrections 136 Hour Training Academy
Ø                  Served three years with the Los Angelas County Sheriff's Office
             Ø                 Member of the California Gang Investigator Association
             Ø                 Service in Men's central Jail, Hall of Justice, North County Correctional, Wayside facilities
             Ø                 Member of the California Gang Investigator Association
         
 Ø                 Graduate of North Academy Class 250 - Deputy Sheriff / Marksmanship award
Ø          Veteran of the United States Air Force 
             Ø                 Maintained the avionics computer navigation, attack radar and weapons delivery systems for FB-111A
                        midrange nuclear bombers and first strike aircraft
         
 Ø                 Air Force commendation award, outstanding unit award, as well as numerous awards for service
             Ø                 Service in Men's central Jail, Hall of Justice, North County Correctional, Wayside facilities
             Ø                 Strategic Air Command. 8th and 45th Air Force Divisions, 380th Bombardment wing

Sgt. Kevin Borris,  Shift  Supervisor
Ø                  10 years in the field of Corrections (started in 1997) /  2 years as Sergeant
Ø                  120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                  Attended Kent State University in Political Science
Ø                  Studied Criminal Justice at Lakeland Community College
Ø                  1997 Graduate Lakeland Police Academy

Sgt. Michael Corbut,  Shift  Supervisor
Ø                  17 years in the field of Corrections
(started in 1990) /  10 years as Sergeant
Ø                  120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                  Former member of the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's office
Ø                  Veteran of the United States Army
             Ø                 National Defense medal, Vietnam Campaign Ribbons including Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation
                         Badge, Civil Actions Honor medal, Service Medal with Three Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal
            
Ø                  Meritorious Unit Emblem with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
              Ø                  First Class Unit Citation Bar
Ø                  Attended Cleveland State University - certified law enforcement academy
Ø                  Attended Lakeland Community College
Ø                  Attended National Institute of Corrections  Longmont, Colorado
Ø                  Training in human diversity, supervision, prisoner and legal issues, interviews and interrogations
Ø                  Research and development of the Prisoner Law Library, jail Statistics, Jail Inmate Programming, Hazards and
            Alerts supervisor


Sgt. Barbara Morris,  Shift  Supervisor
Ø                  
7  years in the field of Corrections (started in 2000 ) /  2 years as Sergeant
Ø                  120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                  40 Hour OPOTA Instructor Training program
Ø                  Certified OPOTA Instructor 136 Hour Basic Corrections Officer Training Program 
Ø                  US Department of Justice training on Women Offenders and Developing Agency Approaches
Ø                  WITTS Member
Ø                  Assistant Training Program supervisor
Ø                  2000 Corrections Academy "Cadet of the Cycle" award winner
Ø                  1997 Graduate Lakeland Police Academy

Sgt. James Pethtel,  Shift  Supervisor
Ø                 
9 years in the field of Corrections (started in 1998) / Promoted to Sergeant April 2007
Ø                  120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                  Assistant Director of Inmate Programming
Ø                  1998 Graduate of Akron University, Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice
Ø                  Worked for 2 years mentoring troubled youth through the Summit County Juvenile Justice System

Sgt. Michelle Prather,  Shift  Supervisor
Ø                  
13 years in the field of Corrections (started in 1994) /  6 years as Sergeant
Ø                  40 Hour OPOTA Instructor Training program
Ø                  Certified OPOTA Instructor 136 Hour Basic Corrections Officer Training Program 
Ø                  
Certified in Advanced EMT, Firefighter, Hazardous Materials, Vehicle Extrication, CPR, Crisis Intervention
Ø                  Lake County Crisis Hotline Responder
Ø                  Attended Lakeland Community College

Sgt. James Turek,  Shift  Supervisor
Ø                 
13 years  in the field of Corrections (started in 1994) / Promoted to Sergeant August 2007
Ø                  Associates degree in Applied Science, Lakeland Community College
Ø                  Graduate of OPOTA's 120 Hour Corrections Academy
Ø                  CPR/First Aid Instructor
Ø                  Field Training Officer in the field of Corrections
Ø                  Served as a Dispensary Officer
Ø                  EMT-A 26 years
Ø                  26 years of service as a Fireman with the Madison Twp. Fire District
Ø                  Ø                  Certified Instructor in Fire Science
Ø                  
120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø                  
120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate

 

         Sheriff Daniel Dunlap has an additional 93 Corrections Officers certified in the field of Corrections through the Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy.  Annually officer receive over 25 hours of in-service training in a variety of fields.  Training in the Lake County Adult Detention Facilities is multi-faceted. Through the training programming we seek to:

1.     Provide the necessary skills, knowledge and abilities essential to satisfactorily perform the employee’s job assignments
2.     Provide a systematic and controlled means of change, increasing job knowledge, improving efficiency and reducing liability
3.     Keeping officers current with policy revisions, procedural updates, and new educational developments
4.     Maintain efficient and safe operational

Below is a summary of some of those areas:

Ø                  Legal Issues and Inmate Rights
Ø                  Report Writing
Ø                  Investigations
Ø                  Close Quarter Response to Resistance and Aggression
Ø                  Policy Review
Ø                  Staff Communications
Ø                  Bomb Threats
Ø                  Computer Usage
Ø                  Chemical Dependency
Ø                  Managing Mentally Ill Inmates
Ø                  Cross Gender Supervision
Ø                  Bus Transportation
Ø                  Medication Pass
Ø                  Inmate Discipline
Ø                  Religious Programming Knowledge and Applications
Ø                  Time Management
Ø                  Defensive Tactics
Ø                  Hostage Survival
Ø                  Suicide Prevention
Ø                  Dealing with Stress
Ø                  Medical Issues
Ø                  Security Assessment and Response
Ø                  Fire Response and Evacuation Procedures
Ø                  Special Needs Assessment