Chris Godfrey

Chief Deputy Chris Godfrey has been a member of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department for 30 years and worked varying assignments in all four divisions during that time. As a part of the Sheriff’s management team for the last 13 years, Godfrey has managed the Todd Road Jail, the Regional Training Center, the Fillmore Police Department, acting as Chief of Police for that city, Patrol’s East County Bureau with oversight responsibility for the City of Moorpark and the unincorporated areas of East County Patrol, and Commander of the Professional Standards Bureau encompassing the Regional Training Center, Internal Affairs, and the Internal Audits Units.

Currently, Godfrey was assigned to the Support Services Division where he had oversight of the department’s budget as well as two bureaus, Professional Standards and Human Resources. Chief Godfrey has a Masters Degree in Public Administration from California State University, Northridge.

Chief Godfrey retired from the department on Friday, February 6, 2009 and was honored by approximately two hundred family, friends, and coworkers in attendance to enjoy a pictorial review of his career and an evening of dinning and friendship.

Chief Godfrey was honored with presentations from Federal, State, and Municipal entities, along with gifts of appreciation from many local organizations. Godfrey presented his wife, Patricia Godfrey of 35 years with a gold bracelet for helping him get through the trials and tribulations of being a law enforcement officer’s wife. The couple is the proud parents of one adult daughter and one grand-daughter.

The night culminated with the presentation of his retirement badge by Sheriff Bob Brooks. The retirement badge represents all of the years of service, sacrifice, and commitment that a successful law enforcement professional gives to the community.

Chief Godfrey is a Fillmore resident and a member of Fillmore’s Faith Community Church.