media advisory
August 19, 2009
CONTACT: Kerri Webb,
Public Information Officer
562-315-3388
Probation Department Dedicates New Office in Southwest Los Angeles
Who: Chief Probation Officer Robert B. Taylor, Los Angeles County Probation
When: TOMORROW, Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 12pm NOON
Where: 1330 West Imperial Highway
Los Angeles, CA 90044
(Thomas Guide Page 703 B-6)
Chief Probation Officer Robert B. Taylor will dedicate the Probation Department’s new Juvenile and Adult Field Services Bureaus Centinela Area Office located in the Athens community of Los Angeles.
The Centinela Area Office has about 90 Probation staff members who serve approximately 5,000 probationers each month—including 2,000 juveniles. It is just one of 20 Area Offices throughout the County. There are approximately 82,000 adult and juvenile currently on probation in the County of Los Angeles.
The Probation Department is the correctional services arm of the Superior Court whose effort is to ensure victims’ rights, offender accountability and provide appropriate rehabilitative services. Probation Department staff provides evidence-based programs to assist in probationers’ successful re-entry into society.
Deputy Probation Officers (DPO) supervise juveniles and adults on probation. While Juvenile Field Services DPOs recommend appropriate dispositions for juvenile offenders to preserve the family unit; Adult Field Services DPOs investigate and supervise adult offenders. Both services are in efforts to reduce recidivism.
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Kerri Webb
Public Information Officer
Los Angeles County Probation Department
(562) 315-3388
WARNING: This communication with its contents (including attachments) may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information.Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited by law.
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