Yolo County Chief Probation Officer Brent Cardall has announced the appointment of Patrick Turturici as superintendent of juvenile detention facilities.  He fills the position recently vacated by Ray Simmons, who was promoted to assistant chief probation officer.

Mr. Turturici’s career in law enforcement began in 1985.  Most recently, he served as the undersheriff in Lake County.  Prior to that, he was the undersheriff for San Benito County from 2005 to 2010.  In Yolo County, Mr. Turturici will be overseeing the business operations of the Juvenile Detention Facility and the Alternative Sentencing Work Program and Transportation Unit.  Additionally, he will continue the partnerships with the Yolo County Office of Education, California Forensic Medical Group and a variety of contractual partners associated with the Work Program Unit.

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Assembly Bill 109, Public Safety Realignment was enacted in 2011 in an effort to reduce state prison overcrowding by placing supervision and incarceration responsibilities for non-serious, non-sexual and non-violent offenders with local county criminal justice systems.  To aid Yolo County in strengthening its related planning efforts, the Crime and Justice Institute was engaged to develop an assessment and assist the county’s criminal justice partners in a strategic planning process.