Adult Probation Services
Probation Field Supervision Unit (PFSU)
In keeping with the Circuit’s move toward the evidence-based practice to focus resources on the highest risk offenders, the Probation Field Supervision Unit (PFSU) began formal operations in July of 2005. This unit provides evening, weekend, and holiday unannounced visits in the community to continuously monitor risk factors. The target offenders are sex offenders, domestic battery offenders, high risk DUI offenders, Intensive Probation cases, repeat property offenders, gang members, and others who perpetrate a disproportionate number of criminal offenses. The unit was organized from existing surveillance officers who were cross trained in relapse prevention. The officers perform duties which include home and employment visits, random urinalysis, monitoring of attendance at evening treatment sessions, compliance with no contact provisions of their court order, and general surveillance duties.
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