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Probation & Parole Officer’s Work Honored this Week

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole (BOPP) is joining with other agencies across the country to honor the Probation and Parole Officers who supervise offenders in the community. July 17-23, 2011 is national Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Week. Governor Bill Haslam has issued a proclamation marking the celebration in Tennessee.

BOPP employs approximately 800 Probation and Parole Officers (PPOs) who supervise 66,358 cases, including 12,320 for parole and 54,038 for probation. Community correction officers in locally run agencies supervise an additional 7,100 cases involving offenders placed on alternative sentences by judges.

Board Chairman Charles Traughber said, “The Board and its Probation and Parole Officers use evidence-based resources to manage offender risk. The officers are dedicated and do a great job in using these techniques to assist offenders. All of the excellent work they do enhances public safety. Success for every offender is our goal, although we realize that no one in the criminal justice profession can ensure that.”

BOPP’s Probation and Parole Officers enforce conditions of supervision placed on parolees by the Board and on probationers by the courts. Their work includes home visits, drug testing, making sure offenders attend counseling sessions and guiding offenders toward job training and placement programs. PPOs also prepare reports for the courts and work with other criminal justice and social services agencies on safe community initiatives.

The Board of Probation and Parole (www.tn.gov/bopp/) is an independent seven-member board whose members are appointed by the Governor. The Board is charged with the responsibility of deciding which eligible felony offenders will be granted parole and released from incarceration to community-based supervision. Along with the supervision of those granted parole, the Board is also responsible for supervising felony offenders who are placed on probation by criminal courts.

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