WE ARE Cynthia Brooks

Captain Cynthia Brooks is the Jail Administrator of the Adult Detention Facility. She has served at the Lake County Sheriff’s Office since 1984, serving 4 years as a Corrections Sergeant, and 20 years as a Corrections Lieutenant. Promoted to Captain, and serving as the Jail Administrator, she is responsible for over-seeing the operations of the 400 bed jail facility.

Captain Brooks has her Associates of Applied Science degree in the field of Criminal Justice, and is a graduate of Cleveland Heights Police Academy.

In 2007 she was a certified as a Jail Manager by the American Jail Association. A 2006 graduate of the Police Executive Leadership college (PELC). Capt. Brooks has had extensive training in the field of Corrections through the National Institute of Corrections on jail management, team building, working with women offenders and their families. As well she has instructed at the Corrections Academy on issues of jail management, diversity, and numerous aspects of operations. She is recognized nationally for her development of the W.I.T.T.S. program (Women in Transition Through Support).

She serves on the Lake County Community Corrections Board, the Lake County Metropolitan Housing Board, and as chairman of WITTS. Captain Brooks is a 2015 graduate from the Ohio Certified Law Enforcement Executive Program (CLEE) class of XIX. In addition to graduating from CLEE she received the Chief Michael Kallai award for excellence as the leader in academics and community service.