Adult Services

Probation Officers closely monitor sex offenders, released from prison, who score 3 or lower on the Static 99 assessment. The officers often use a multi-disciplinary approach that includes the Probation officer, treatment provider, polygraph examiner, and input from a victim or victim advocate. Additionally, the use of a GPS monitor may be used, at the discretion of the officer, to assist in monitoring PRCS sex offenders.

Felons sentenced under PC 1170(h) who are not ordered to serve their entire sentence in county jail, and instead receive a sentence that is split between jail and local supervision by Probation or a sentence to be served entirely under Probation supervision are assigned to MS. Clients assigned to MS are supervised at the high risk supervision level and receive custody credit for each day completed under MS in the community. Clients participate in substance abuse treatment, mental health, and other intervention services as deemed necessary and participate in regularly scheduled Review Hearings, MS Court. Split sentences allow for Probation to provide supervision and case-management services to assist the client in his/her community re-entry.

Proposition 36, also known as the Substance Abuse Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), was passed by voters in November 2000, and intends to “divert from incarceration into community based substance abuse treatment programs nonviolent defendants, probationers and parolees charged with simple drug possession offenses”. Those drug users charged with certain narcotic offenses are mandated to probation supervision and drug treatment. Eligible offenders must participate in and complete a drug treatment program not exceeding 9 months with up to 3 additional months of aftercare treatment services.

Probation Officers initiate court action when terms of probation are violated, however, the primary emphasis of the Proposition 36 Officer is directed toward helping the probationer achieve sobriety and obtain employment, thereby becoming a productive member of the community.

Deputy Probation Officers work with the Courts, police, victim advocates, and other community resources to provide services to domestic violence cases and to comply with the California Penal Code Section 1203.097.

California’s military diversion program, establishes a pretrial diversion program for current and former members of the U.S. military who are charged with a misdemeanor offense. Under Penal Code, section 1001.80, subdivision (a), the military diversion program applies to a defendant accused of a misdemeanor offense, who was or currently is a member of the United States military, and who may be suffering from sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, or mental health problems as a result of his or her military service." If a defendant meets this criteria, the Court may place him or her into a pretrial diversion program.

Existing law allows individuals charged with specified crimes to qualify for deferred entry of judgment. A defendant qualifies if he or she has no conviction for any offense involving controlled substances, the charged offense did not involve violence, there is no evidence of a violation relating to narcotics or restricted dangerous drugs other than a violation that qualifies for the program, the defendant’s record does not indicate that probation or parole has ever been revoked without being completed, and the defendant’s record does not indicate that he or she has been granted diversion, deferred entry of judgment, or was convicted of a felony within 5 years prior to the alleged commission of the charged offense. Under the existing deferred entry of judgment program, an eligible defendant may have entry of judgment deferred, upon pleading guilty to the offenses charged and entering a drug treatment program for 18 months to 3 years.

If the defendant does not perform satisfactorily in the program, does not benefit from the program, is convicted of specified crimes, or engages in criminal activity rendering him or her unsuitable for deferred entry of judgment, the defendant’s guilty plea is entered and the court enters judgment and proceeds to schedule a sentencing hearing. If the defendant completes the program, the criminal charges are dismissed. Existing law allows the presiding judge of the superior court, with the district attorney and public defender, to establish a pretrial diversion drug program.

The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS) is a federal program that requires active supervision of certain clients who wish to move to a state other than the one in which they were convicted. In 2004, ICAOS established strict guidelines for travel and transfer of clients across state lines.

For additional information please visit the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision website.

A conservatorship is a court case where a judge appoints a responsible person or organization (called the “conservator”) to care for another adult (called the “conservatee”) who cannot care for himself or herself or manage his or her own finances. For additional information please visit the Judicial Branch of California website.

This program involves using systems based radio frequency or global positioning system technology to monitor offenders’ locations and movements in community-based settings. The goal is to increase compliance and reduce recidivism.