Fresno County Probation Department Annual Report 2005/2006
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County of Fresno LINDA PENNER CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER March 29, 2007 The People of Fresno County of Fresno County The Honorable Edward Sarkisian, Jr., Presiding Judge, California Superior Court, Fresno – 2006 The Honorable Hilary Chittick, Presiding Judge, California Superior Court, Fresno – 2007 The Honorable Denise Whitehead, Presiding Judge, Juvenile Delinquency Court Supervisor Phil Larson, Chair, Fresno County Board of Supervisors – 2006 Supervisor Bob Waterston, Chair, Fresno County Board of Supervisors – 2007 Ruby Hefley, Chair, Juvenile Justice Commission I am pleased to submit the Fresno County Probation Department’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. The year was one of the finest in the Department’s history, highlighted by the completion of the new state-of-the-art Juvenile Justice Campus. As the fiscal year closed, final plans were underway to close the old Juvenile Hall, which had earned the dubious nickname of the Hall of Shame, and to staff and occupy the new facility. This year also marked my first full year as the Chief Probation Officer of Fresno County. During the course of the year I completed assembling my administrative team. While much of our focus was on completing, opening, and implementing innovative new programs within the Juvenile Justice Campus, along with dealing with some very difficult budget issues, we continued our efforts to expand services to all offenders and to the community at large. In addition to operating the former Juvenile Hall and ramping up for the opening of the new Campus, we continued to operate the Elkhorn Correctional Facility, our long-term, boot-camp styled juvenile commitment facility. During the course of the year we implemented new programs at Elkhorn, including Aggressive Replacement Training (ART), which uses a multimodal intervention design to alter behavior of chronically aggressive youth through skill streaming, moral reasoning, and anger control. A Building Maintenance and Repair Workshop was also developed at Elkhorn in collaboration with the Fresno County Economics Opportunities Commission, which in addition to providing training in this area provides follow-up job and apprenticeship opportunities for youths upon their return to the community. Fresno County Schools also continued to provide education and training to youth at Elkhorn, including the very successful Culinary Arts Program. As mentioned in my letter accompanying last years Annual Report, supervision of adult offenders has taken a backseat to juvenile justice concerns over the past decade. However, even with the focus on the new Campus, we were able to implement new adult supervision programs this year targeting probationers who pose the greatest danger to the public, including selected youthful adult offenders, chronic perpetrators of domestic violence, and the most serious, repeat drunk drivers. Providing services to mentally ill offenders also was emphasized in both the adult and juvenile arenas, as we sought funding and developed intervention strategies to deal with this difficult population. We also initiated the Truancy Intervention Program (TIP) in Juvenile Probation Services. During this year we continued our efforts to provide comprehensive services to crime victims through our nationally recognized Crime Victims Assistance Center. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER 1100 Van Ness / Suite 874 / 8th Floor / Fresno, California 93721 / Phone (559) 488-3640 / FAX (559) 262-4327 Equal Employment Opportunity ● Affirmative Action ● Disabled Employer As we entered the 2006/2007 Fiscal Year, we began with the opening of the Juvenile Justice Campus. Since then we have not only incrementally expanded the number of beds at the JJC, but have also been provided the opportunity to offer dynamic new supervision and intervention services to many other juvenile and adult probationers. I look forward to reporting on our many successes during the current Fiscal Year when our next annual Report is prepared at the close of this year. Despite ongoing budget constraints, our future is bright. As I write this letter, the State is facing a serious population crisis in the state prison system and is looking to Probation for solutions. We are excited about these opportunities. The men and women who staff our agency are bright, creative, and hardworking, and together we have the broad perspective and skill-set to respond to challenges in a positive and productive manner. Linda Penner Chief Probation Officer Chief Penner’s Letter .......................................................................................................................... I. Introduction Probation Administration............................................................................................................... I-1 Court Administration & Fresno County Board of Supervisors ..................................................... I-2 Juvenile Justice Commission ......................................................................................................... I-3 Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council Membership ..................................................................... I-4 Mission Statement.......................................................................................................................... I-5 II. Office of the Chief Finance and Personnel .................................................................................................................II-1 Human Resources .........................................................................................................................II-2 Probation Volunteers ....................................................................................................................II-3 Public Information ........................................................................................................................II-4 Training/Officer Safety.................................................................................................................II-5 Grant Team ...................................................................................................................................II-6 INFOLINK.........................................................................................................................II-7 to II-8 Automation in the Office of the Chief ..........................................................................................II-9 Automation in the Adult and Juvenile Divisions...........................................................II-10 to II-12 III. Adult Services Continuum of Sentencing Sanctions – Adult Offenders..............................................................III-1 Honor Release..............................................................................................................................III-2 Deferred Entry of Judgment Drug Court .....................................................................................III-3 Adult Offender Work Program ....................................................................................................III-4 Work Furlough Program..............................................................................................................III-5 Adult Investigation ......................................................................................................................III-6 Adult Field Services.....................................................................................................................III-7 Drug Suppression.........................................................................................................................III-8 Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (Proposition 36).......................................III-9 Domestic Violence.....................................................................................................................III-10 Help Eliminate Auto Theft.........................................................................................................III-11 I Narcotics Enforcement Team ....................................................................................................III-12 Victim/Witness ..........................................................................................................................III-13 Elder Abuse Program.................................................................................................................III-14 IV. Juvenile Services Continuum of Sentencing Sanctions – Juvenile Offenders ........................................................ IV-1 Juvenile Intake ............................................................................................................................ IV-2 Juvenile Court Investigations...................................................................................................... IV-3 Juvenile Drug Court.................................................................................................................... IV-4 Juvenile Traffic Court................................................................................................................. IV-5 Restorative Justice ...................................................................................................................... IV-6 Juvenile Supervision................................................................................................................... IV-7 Campus Unit ..............................................................................................................................