Requirements for training in fundamentals for new probation officers
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Later Register activity found — review the notice before relying on the compiled text.
- Latest notice
- CJS-04-26-00004-P · Proposed rule · Jan 28, 2026
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)All probation officers shall successfully complete, within the first six months of service, a basic program in the fundamentals of probation practice, which conforms to guidelines as issued by the State Director of Probation and Correctional Alternatives.
(b)This program shall consist of a minimum of 70 hours of training.
(c)The training shall be designed to:
(1)help the probation officer to understand the underlying philosophies and legal basis of the probation process;
(2)provide the officer with an understanding of probation's role in the community and in the criminal justice system; and
(3)introduce various principles, methods and techniques that will enable the officer to acquire knowledge and skills, and to develop attitudes which may be employed to accomplish the functions of the probation process.
(d)A basic program in the fundamentals of probation practice conducted by a local department shall be certified, in advance, by the State Director of Probation and Correctional Alternatives.
(e)A written division or division approved examination shall be given at the conclusion of the basic program.
(f)Probation officers who fail the examination of the basic program shall be required to pass a second examination within three months. Failure to pass the second examination shall require the officer to retake and complete the next available basic program. This subdivision shall not in any way impair, abridge or limit the exercise of any rights possessed by an employer of such an officer in accordance with applicable law governing employment.
(g)All new probation officers, deputy directors and directors shall comply with peace officer training provisions specified in applicable State law and rules and regulations.