Corrections Supervisor Training

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 Frank Leonbruno.

Corrections Supervisor Training

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 Frank Leonbruno

Captain Cynthia Brooks,Jail Administrator, CLEE, CJM

39 years in the field of Corrections (started in 1984) / Promoted to Lieutenant in 1993 / 4 years as Sergeant
American Jail Association Jail Administrator of the Year 2022
Associates Degree of Applied Science -Law Enforcement- Lakeland Community College
Certified Law Enforcement Officer for the State of Ohio 27 Years as a Special Deputy
Certified Jail Manager since October 2007
Police Executive Leadership College Graduate 2006 PELC XLVII
CLEE Certified Law Enforcement Executive Academy Graduate 2015
120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Attended National Institute of Corrections Longmont, Colorado Women Offender Programming
Attended National Institute of Corrections Longmont, Colorado Children of Prisoners Programming
Attended National Institute of Corrections Longmont, Colorado Strategies For Building Effective Work Teams
Lake County Metropolitan Housing Authority Commissioner since 2004
Lake County Community Corrections Board member since 1995
Women in Transition Through Support Chairman since 2003
Certified OPOTA Corrections Academy Commander
Certified OPOTA Instructor – Corrections 140 Hour Training Academy since 1992
Certified Cultural Diversity Instructor – Certified through the Department of Justice
Crisis Intervention Training Team (CIT)

Captain Scott Simpson

20 Years in the field of Corrections (started in 2003) Promoted to Sergeant June 2014
Promoted to Lieutenant January 2019
Promoted to Captain in January 2023
136 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor since 2005
Crisis Intervention Team training (CIT)
Transformational Leadership Development 2015
OPOTA Basic Training for Full Service Jail Personnel 2003
OPOTA Instructional Skills 2020
OPOTA Community Diversity & Procedural Justice Instructor
OPOTA Jail Administrator School 2022

Lieutenant Michele Prather, Shift Commander

29 years in the field of Corrections (started in 1994) / Promoted to Sergeant in 2001 / Promoted to Lieutenant in 2014
120 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Certified OPOTA Instructor – Corrections 140 Hour Training Academy
Firefighter / Advanced EMT / CPR Instructor (1994-2004)
Crisis Intervention Team Training (CIT)
Lake County Crisis Hotline Volunteer
FBI-LEEDA Training / Executive Leadership Institute – June 2020
FBI-LEEDA Training / Command Leadership Institute – June 2022
FBI-LEEDA Training / Supervisor Leadership Institute – September 2023
PREA Coordinator
PREA Train the Trainer
Protective Custody / Admin Seg Tracking

Lieutenant Eric Vanjo, Shift Commander, PELC

20 years in the field of corrections (started in 2003) Promoted to Sergeant in September of 2011
Promoted to Lieutenant in August of 2015
Associate Degree of Arts – Lakeland Community College
136-hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Police Executive Leadership College Graduate 2018 – PELC 73
Management and Leadership Skills Development 35 hours Lakeland Community College
Instructional Skills – OPOTA Academy Instructor 2015
Field Training Officer – OPOTA 2014
Crisis Intervention Team Training (CIT) 2014
Certified Corrections Academy Commander – OPOTA 2022
Report Writing Instructor – OPOTA 2022
Training Program Coordinator
Trained as a Dispensary Officer and Classification Officer

Lieutenant Benjamin Longbons Shift Commander, PELC

Seventeen (17) years in the field of corrections (started in 2006) Promoted to Lieutenant in 2020
136 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Police Executive Leadership College Graduate 2019 PELC LXXVI
Completed FBI LEEDA-Law Enforcement Executive Development Association Trilogy Award for Organizational Leadership, 2021
Certified OPOTA Instructor – Corrections 140 Hour Training Academy
Crisis Intervention Training (CIT)

Sergeant, Martin Bontrager

24 years in the field of Corrections (started in 1999)/ Promoted to Sergeant in 2014
8 years as a part time Peace Officer for Geneva-on-the-Lake Police Department
Graduated the Ohio Basic Police Academy in 1999 (Lakeland Community College)
120-hour Corrections Academy Graduate in 2000

Management & Leadership Skill Development Seminar (2015)
FBI-LEEDA Supervisor Leadership Institute
Certified OPOTA Instructor
PREA team member // PREA Instructor
5 years active duty in the United States Army (honor graduate Advanced Individual Training)
Completed courses in Criminal Justice, Psychology, and Federal Case Law at Eastern Kentucky University, Central Texas College and Elizabethtown Community College

Sergeant, Matthew Darone

15 Years in the field of Corrections (started in 2008) 2015/ Promoted to Sergeant May 0f 2015
136 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate (2009)
4 Career “Life Saving” Commendations
2021 FBI LEEDA Supervisor Leadership Institute
2021 Advanced Supervision Training
2021 Field Training Officer (FTO)
Lake County Sheriff’s Office Rescue and Recovery Dive Team
Recipient of the 2018 CIT Award – ADAMHS BOARD
2016 First Line Supervision Training
Juvenile Corrections Officer (2006-2009)

Sergeant, Sandra Davis

5 years in the field of Corrections (started November 2018) Promoted to Sergeant November 2020
148-hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Advanced Supervision Training February 2021
Crisis Intervention training (CIT) November 2020
National Institute of Corrections (NIC) PREA
Associates Degree in Applied Science of Internet Information Systems – 2003 Remington College
Associates Degree in Applied Science of Emergency Medicine/Management – 2011 Fortis Institute
First Line Supervision March 2021 – North Coast Polytechnic Institute
OPOTA Corrections Instructor May 2021
OPOTA Subject Control Instructor April 2022
American Red Cross CPR Instructor
Lake County Sheriff’s Office Rescue and Recovery Dive Team
Lake County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard
Lake County Sheriff’s Office Explorers
NREMT Paramedic 2011 – Tri-State Business Institute
City of Cleveland EMS Academy 2007

Sergeant, Matthew Greig

15 years in the Corrections Field (started in 2008) Promoted to Corrections Sergeant – July 2021
136 Hour Corrections Academy Graduate

Served in US Army and US Army National Guard April 3, 2001 through November 06, 2008
First Line Supervision course completed – October 2022
OPOTA Corrections Instructional Skills 80-hour course- 2022
CJIS Level 2 Security Certified
CPR/AED/Adult First Aid certified
American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma “Stop the bleed” certified
Basic Honor Guard Training graduate – October 2021
Lake County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard squad leader and instructor
Lake County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team member since October 2020
Currently serving board member for Leroy Softball Association
Lake County 4H volunteer

Sergeant, Danielle Trumble

Sergeant, Christopher Ward

9 Years in the field of Corrections (started December 2014) / Promoted to Sergeant December 2021
Associates Degree of Applied Science – Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement- Lakeland Community College
136-hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Frontline Supervision Training (October 2022)
Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) April 2019
ODRC Corrections Training Academy Graduate April 2012
Lake County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard

Sheriff Frank Leonbruno has 85 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:

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