Central Intake (Inmate Booking)

Captain Louis Fontanazza
Lt. Frances Breneman, Executive Officer

555 SE 1st Ave.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33310
(954) 831-5900

Housed within BSO's Main Jail Bureau, the Central Intake Unit handles booking, records maintenance, release, transport, temporary housing and court activities of inmates within the Broward County jail system. Three satellite booking facilities, located throughout the county, also process inmates who are then transferred to the Main Jail pending court hearings. The Central Intake Unit handles bookings for all Broward County law enforcement agencies.

The facility also operates the Juvenile Intervention Facility, oversees the Baker Act and Confinement Status units and provides security details for medical transports.

General Information about charges, bond, the arrest process and visiting and phoning incarcerated inmates in any Broward Sheriff's Office jail.

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Louis Fontanazza

Captain Louis Fontanazza
Central Intake
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In April 1987, Louis Fontanazza began his career with the Broward Sheriff’s Office as a deputy assigned to the North Broward Bureau. During his career, he worked in the Mental Health Unit, the Drug & Alcohol Program, Master Control, Special Operations and Intake before being promoted to sergeant in 1994. As sergeant he was responsible for a myriad of assignments throughout the detention process....
Frances Breneman

Lieutenant Frances Breneman
Executive Officer
Central Intake Unit
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Lieutenant Frances Breneman began her career with the Broward Sheriff’s in August 1987, serving as a Detention Deputy in the Main Jail, later moving to the Central Unit. She served as the Training Coordinator from 1998-2004, and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 2004 assigned to the Compliance Unit. In 2007, she was promoted to Lieutenant and reassigned to the Central Intake Unit as shift...