Supervised Adult Crew (SAC)

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors authorized the Supervised Adult Crew (SAC) Program in 1985, when capacity limits were imposed on the county's overcrowded jail. Since the program was authorized, there have been no serious law violations by the offenders while completing community projects. There are currently 10 SAC Mobile Units (90-100 offenders) working on Community Restitution Contracts with 15 government agencies that complete thousands of offender-days of community work each year.

AC crews complete development and maintenance projects for government and non-profit agencies. They develop parks, schoolrooms, park staff residences, libraries, beach and inland park trails, refurbish historic sites and maintain public buildings and grounds. They are supervised by Probation Peace Officer staff with construction/maintenance skills who are specially trained in group control.

Some advantages of this program:

1. It enhances the community by completing government and non-profit projects.
2. It builds a sense of community in the offenders, teaches work skills and allows them to work off their community debt rather than becoming a taxpayer's burden in jail.
3. It recycles the tax dollar by charging fees for services at a labor savings to the taxpayer.
4. It allows offenders to work off a sentence during vacations, holidays and weekends — and to keep their jobs, continue to pay taxes, and meet family obligations.
5. The program has completed over 150,000 offender days of work on community projects.

SAC crews contribute to the community, public safety is addressed, and offenders are held accountable for their crimes as they participate in a low cost, constructive program that completes valuable community projects.