probation officer
noun
: an officer appointed to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on probation
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Before probation officers could carry out Keesler’s order and fix a monitor to Altunar’s leg, ICE agents again took him into custody — this time severing him from his lawyer for about a month, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.
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Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
In 2014, Youth Law Center and a coalition of civil rights organizations filed a 34-page complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, arguing that probation officers routinely used pepper spray to quell violence instead of trying less aggressive tactics.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
The probation officer had DeWalt open the bathroom door and saw the woman in the bathtub.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
The Board of Supervisors cast a public vote to remove Corpus from office, but the basis for that vote — the investigations and a probation officer’s hearing that led up to it — have been kept secret by the county.
—Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 19 July 2025
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Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
In 2014, Youth Law Center and a coalition of civil rights organizations filed a 34-page complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, arguing that probation officers routinely used pepper spray to quell violence instead of trying less aggressive tactics.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
The probation officer had DeWalt open the bathroom door and saw the woman in the bathtub.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
The Board of Supervisors cast a public vote to remove Corpus from office, but the basis for that vote — the investigations and a probation officer’s hearing that led up to it — have been kept secret by the county.
—Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 19 July 2025
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“Probation officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/probation%20officer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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