Special Services to Captain - Field Services
Captain Matt McCaffrey
Captain Matt McCaffrey is a 26-year veteran of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department. Matt started his career as a Correctional Officer in the Main Jail and later became a Deputy Sheriff and worked out of the Sonoma Valley and Roseland Sub-Stations as well as the Main Office. Later as a detective, he worked in the Investigations Bureau in Narcotics for seven years. As a Patrol Sergeant he worked out of the Main Office and later supervised the Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Team (MAGNET). As a lieutenant he was assigned to the Main Office as a Watch Commander with collateral assignments including the managing of the Department’s Field Training Program, Tactical Team, MAGNET, Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving Unit, On-line Patrol Briefing Training Program and Crime Prevention Unit. In 2006 Matt was promoted to captain and assumed command of the Field Services Bureau. In 2011, due to budget cuts, a reorganization of the Sheriff's Office Command Staff took place. The Special Services Bureau was eliminated and those assignments were spread throughout the Law Enforcement Division. Captain McCaffrey returned to the Field Services Bureau which he currently commands.
Matt attended Santa Rosa Junior College and possesses Advanced, Supervisor and Management Certificates from the Peace Officers Standards and Training of California. In March of 2008 Captain McCaffrey graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia http://www.fbi.gov/hq/td/academy/na/na.htm
Patrol Bureau:
- Main Office and Substation Patrol
- Helicopter Unit
- Reserve Deputy Unit
- Volunteers In Policing Unit
- Many collateral specialty units
- Marine Unit
- Crime Prevention Unit
Dispatch Bureau
Contract Cities:
- Town of Windsor
- City of Sonoma
The Patrol Bureau is responsible for providing law enforcement and crime prevention services to the residents of the unincorporated area of Sonoma County. There are approximately 140 deputies assigned to our Patrol Bureau and patrol the larger portion of 1,604 square miles of land and the 63 miles of the Pacific shoreline that make up the County of Sonoma. Approximately 500,000 people live in Sonoma County with nearly a third residing in the unincorporated cities.
Deputy Sheriffs work an assigned shift, patrolling an assigned area performing law enforcement and crime prevention work. This includes serving criminal and civil warrants, making arrests, issuing citations and conducting preliminary criminal investigations. Other duties include the serving of civil process, performing transportation for the Detention Division and, assisting the Investigation and the Court Security Bureaus.
A variety of specialty assignments are available to our patrol deputies, including: The Bomb Squad, Special Weapons And Tactics team (SWAT), Hostage Negation Team, Field Training Officer, K-9 Handler, Helicopter Unit, Marine Unit, Motorcycle Unit, Mounted Unit, Dive Team, Defensive Tactics Instructor, Firearms Instructor, Tactical Team, Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Team (MAGNET) and the Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving Unit (COPPS).
The Dispatch Bureau is responsible for receiving all 911 calls and dispatching Sheriff's patrol units from the unincorporated area of Sonoma County, Additionally Dispatch services are provided to other county agencies and by contract to the Town of Windsor and the City of Sonoma.
