Agency Mission Provide a continuum of services to meet the needs of those entrusted to our care, creating
a safe and professional environment with the outcome of reduced victimization, safer
communities and an emphasis on the premium of life
Florida Transition from Prison to Community Initiative (TPCI) is to REDUCE crime by implementing a seamless plan of services and supervision
* Re-entry The process of an offender TRANSITIONING from INCARCERATION in a facility TO
SUPERVISION within the community, while enhancing public safety and reducing
recidivism
- re-entry begins from the time that the department first has contact with an inmate or
offender
* Recidivism is a MEASURE of the likelihood that an inmate will reoffend in THREE YEARS of
release from incarceration
* John Augustus "Father of probation"
the ideals that parallel the goals of re-entry
* Correctional Probation Officer 943.10 (3) as a person responsible for the supervised custody, surveillance, and control of assigned
inmates, probationers, parolees, or community controlees within the department of
corrections institutions or within the community
* Correctional Probation Officers are responsible for - preforming professional work to investigate and assess offenders
- making sure offenders comply with any statutory or special conditions of supervision
ordered by the sentencing authority
-evaluating offender progress and making recommendations throughout the period of
supervision
-assisting offenders in securing employment and maintaining contact with local
employers in their community
-referring offenders to specialized treatment services such as substance misuse
counseling and mental health counseling
-maintaining awareness of offender's activities and providing direction as needed
-managing cased of all assigned offenders
* Role of Probation officer Ensure public safety while assisting in the successful re-entry of offenders assigned to
their caseload
* To be an effective probation officer You need to be a good leader
* Misdemeanor Probation officers Employed through the county, the court, the sheriff's office, or private entity
-this type of probation officer supervises an offender who bonds out of jail and is waiting
disposition of their case who is sentenced to misdemeanor probation
* Demonstrate (as a probation officer) assertiveness when needed, but also show compassion and EMPATHY when appropriate
* Criminal Justice refers to the structure, functions, and decision-making processes of those agencies that
deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders.
* Three main components of criminal justice Law enforcement
Court systems
Corrections
, Law Enforcement responsible for enforcing and maintaining civil order
Court systems responsible for interpretation of laws and sentencing
Florida Department of Corrections responsible for ensuring public safety and enforcing punishment
The systems of law enforcement City or municipal, county, state and federal
* Examples of Florida State Law Enforcement Agencies -Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
-Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle
(FHP)
-Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
-Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
-Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
-Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (ABT)
-Department of Agriculture and consumer services
-Florida Department of Finacial Services (DFS)
-Florida Office of the Attorney General (OAG)
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) provides investigative, forensic, and protective services in several key investigative focus
areas: major drug crime, violent crime, child predator cybercrime, public integrity,
fraud/economic crime, and domestic security.
- supports the criminal justice standards and training commission in the establishment
and oversight of criminal justice officers, standards, and training
* Division of Insurance Fraud This division investigates possible criminal activities related to the insurance industries
(life, health, title, worker's compensation).
* The Court System Local
County
State
Federal
* Jurisdiction means the type of cases in which the court can make decisions
* Judgement a formal made by the court; an obligation made by the ruling of the court
* Court Order defines a LEGAL RELATIONSHIP between person in a court proceeding, it requires
someone to do or refrain from doing something
examples: restraining order, warrants, divorce decrees, and summonses
* Injunction a court order that requires someone to do something or REFRAIN from doing something
a safe and professional environment with the outcome of reduced victimization, safer
communities and an emphasis on the premium of life
Florida Transition from Prison to Community Initiative (TPCI) is to REDUCE crime by implementing a seamless plan of services and supervision
* Re-entry The process of an offender TRANSITIONING from INCARCERATION in a facility TO
SUPERVISION within the community, while enhancing public safety and reducing
recidivism
- re-entry begins from the time that the department first has contact with an inmate or
offender
* Recidivism is a MEASURE of the likelihood that an inmate will reoffend in THREE YEARS of
release from incarceration
* John Augustus "Father of probation"
the ideals that parallel the goals of re-entry
* Correctional Probation Officer 943.10 (3) as a person responsible for the supervised custody, surveillance, and control of assigned
inmates, probationers, parolees, or community controlees within the department of
corrections institutions or within the community
* Correctional Probation Officers are responsible for - preforming professional work to investigate and assess offenders
- making sure offenders comply with any statutory or special conditions of supervision
ordered by the sentencing authority
-evaluating offender progress and making recommendations throughout the period of
supervision
-assisting offenders in securing employment and maintaining contact with local
employers in their community
-referring offenders to specialized treatment services such as substance misuse
counseling and mental health counseling
-maintaining awareness of offender's activities and providing direction as needed
-managing cased of all assigned offenders
* Role of Probation officer Ensure public safety while assisting in the successful re-entry of offenders assigned to
their caseload
* To be an effective probation officer You need to be a good leader
* Misdemeanor Probation officers Employed through the county, the court, the sheriff's office, or private entity
-this type of probation officer supervises an offender who bonds out of jail and is waiting
disposition of their case who is sentenced to misdemeanor probation
* Demonstrate (as a probation officer) assertiveness when needed, but also show compassion and EMPATHY when appropriate
* Criminal Justice refers to the structure, functions, and decision-making processes of those agencies that
deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders.
* Three main components of criminal justice Law enforcement
Court systems
Corrections
, Law Enforcement responsible for enforcing and maintaining civil order
Court systems responsible for interpretation of laws and sentencing
Florida Department of Corrections responsible for ensuring public safety and enforcing punishment
The systems of law enforcement City or municipal, county, state and federal
* Examples of Florida State Law Enforcement Agencies -Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
-Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle
(FHP)
-Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
-Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
-Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
-Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (ABT)
-Department of Agriculture and consumer services
-Florida Department of Finacial Services (DFS)
-Florida Office of the Attorney General (OAG)
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) provides investigative, forensic, and protective services in several key investigative focus
areas: major drug crime, violent crime, child predator cybercrime, public integrity,
fraud/economic crime, and domestic security.
- supports the criminal justice standards and training commission in the establishment
and oversight of criminal justice officers, standards, and training
* Division of Insurance Fraud This division investigates possible criminal activities related to the insurance industries
(life, health, title, worker's compensation).
* The Court System Local
County
State
Federal
* Jurisdiction means the type of cases in which the court can make decisions
* Judgement a formal made by the court; an obligation made by the ruling of the court
* Court Order defines a LEGAL RELATIONSHIP between person in a court proceeding, it requires
someone to do or refrain from doing something
examples: restraining order, warrants, divorce decrees, and summonses
* Injunction a court order that requires someone to do something or REFRAIN from doing something
