Captain - North Country Detention Facility
Captain Phil Lawrence
Captain Philip Lawrence has been a resident of Sonoma County since 1972. He was hired as a Correctional Officer in February of 1988. As a Correctional Officer, Philip held many different assignments and was promoted to Sergeant in February of 1998. As a Sergeant, Philip worked as an Operational Sergeant and an Internal Affairs Sergeant.
In October of 2001, Philip was promoted to Lieutenant. He worked the MADF Watch Commander’s position until October of 2002, and was the Detention Division’s Research and Planning Lieutenant until June of 2007.
Philip’s current assignment is the Operations Captain of the North County Detention Facility, which has him responsible for managing the daily operations of this facility.
The North County Detention Facility (NCDF) is located five miles north of Santa Rosa at 2254 Ordinance Road. Adjacent to the Charles M. Schulz Airport, the site originally housed the Santa Rosa Army Airfield (SRAAF) during World War II. After WWII, SRAAF was deactivated and subdivided into several parcels. In 1967, one of these parcels became the "honor farm" for 35 minimum security inmates. The facility grew to house the rated capacity of 559 inmates until April 1997, when 172 inmates were moved to the expansion at the Main Adult Detention Facility (MADF).
The NCDF sits on 15.3 acres with 9.62 acres for the facility and 5.91 acres used for the Agriculture Program. Facility inmate programs are coordinated by the Program Officer and benefit both inmates and the county. To be eligible for work crew programs, inmates are classified at booking and cannot have violence charges, escape histories, or disciplinary behavior problems. Currently, there are over 200 work crew inmates in variety of work details on & off site which include:
- MADF and NCDF Laundries
- Commissary and Food Services
- Facility Ground, House Keeping and Janitorial
- Cal Trans, Road and Dump Crews
- Equipment Garage, Fairgrounds, and Airport
- MADF Booking and Sheriff's Car Wash
- Supervised Adult Crew and Extras
- Agriculture
Currently, facility staffing includes 51 Correctional Officers, 4 sergeants, one lieutenant, and one captain. Support staff includes 7 legal processors.
As with the Main Adult Detention Facility, the primary duties of a Correctional Officer are the supervision and care of inmates while in custody. In addition to these duties, there are a variety of other assignments and specialty positions Correctional Officers can work at NCDF. These positions are either incorporated into their daily assigned positions, or are three- year assignments. These positions include:
- Specialized Emergency Response Team (SERT)
- Facility Training Officer (FTO)
- Classification Officer
- Disciplinary Grievance Officer (DGO)
- Program Officer
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