To: Board of Supervisors
From: Esa Ehmen-Krause, County Probation Officer
Report Title: 2024 Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND prior Board action (C.5) from July 9, 2024, which adopted Resolution No. 2024-244 proclaiming the week of July 21-27, 2024, as National Probation Services Week in Contra Costa County; and
ADOPT Resolution No. 2024-XXX proclaiming the week of July 21-27, 2024, as Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week in Contra Costa County, as recommended by the County Probation Officer.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
See Resolution text.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
A resolution will not be adopted in recognition of Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week.
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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IN THE MATTER OF DECLARING THE WEEK OF JULY 21-27, 2024, AS PRETRIAL, PROBATION AND PAROLE SUPERVISION WEEK IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
WHEREAS, Probation utilizes an accountability lens as a connector and bridge for justice-involved individuals to receive the individualized rehabilitative services they need to be successful; and
WHEREAS, Probation is an alternative to incarceration, and California Probation's mission is to deliver a seamless approach to providing effective supervision and rehabilitation services to justice-involved individuals; and
WHEREAS, Probation professionals play a unique and essential role in our justice system and communities. Probation is focused on helping justice-involved individuals transition out of the system permanently through transformative and evidence-based rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, Probation officers are trained experts prepared to manage trauma and other needs of justice-involved individuals and safely supervise and connect them to the resources they need; and
WHEREAS, California Probation officers are diverse, educated and gender equ...
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