probation officer
noun
: an officer appointed to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on probation
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That means the sheriff and chief probation officer are not obliged to implement its recommendations.
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
As part of their sentencing, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported the parents will be required to regularly take their children to a pediatrician and maintain health insurance, while also notifying their probation officer anytime one of their children become sick or injured.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
It had previously been limited to law enforcement and juvenile probation officers.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
As part of their sentencing, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported the parents will be required to regularly take their children to a pediatrician and maintain health insurance, while also notifying their probation officer anytime one of their children become sick or injured.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
It had previously been limited to law enforcement and juvenile probation officers.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Probation officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/probation%20officer. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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