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What will the court provide
the court may provide that the defendant “permit a probation officer to visit him at his home or elsewhere as specified by the court- http://www.uscourts.gov/services -
Who They Are
Provide services that protect the community -
What you must allow the probation officer to do?
You must allow the probation officer to visit you at any time at your home or elsewhere. http://www.uscourts.gov/ -
What you must satisfy?
satisfy the statutory requirements to keep informed of the conduct and condition of the defendant. http://www.uscourts.gov -
Officer assistants
Help probation and pretrial services officers carry out investigation and supervision duties, providing assistance and technical support in a wide range of areas.-http://www.uscourts.gov -
Probation act
The Probation Act of 1925 gave U.S. district courts the power to suspend the sentence of an individual convicted of a crime not punishable by death or life imprisonment, and place that individual on probation. https://www.fjc.gov/history/timeline/probation-act -
Probation fees
In 1988 Probation supervision fees had just started popping off. This is where youd have to pay your probation time off. https://www.fjc.gov/history/timeline/probation-act -
Supervision start up
Probation officers begin to receive for supervision persons sentenced to serve a term of supervised release. https://www.fjc.gov/history/timeline/probation-act -
Criminal Justice and Court
The criminal justice and court services act renames the probation service as the national probation service for England and Wales,replacing 54 probation committees with 42 local probation boards and establishing 100% -
Drug Testing
The Judicial Conference of the United States adopts a workplace drug testing program for officers and officer assistants and a zero tolerance policy for the use of controlled substances. https://www.fjc.gov/history/timeline/probation-act -
Reducing Crimes.
The National Offender Management Service is established with the aim of reducing re-offending through more consistent and effective offender management.
