Probation Services

Probation Services provides services to adult misdemeanor/ gross misdemeanor offenders. Probation serves the judges of the district court by:

• Monitoring offenders’ compliance with the court orders for chemical dependency treatment, domestic violence treatment, sexual offender treatment, law abiding behavior and other sentencing requirements.
• Referring offenders to treatment and community resources.
• Motivating offenders to stay in treatment,
• Reporting violations to the Prosecutor’s Office and ultimately to the court, for increased offender accountability.

Probation officers use a validated risk assessment for every offender seen. This classification determines how often an offender should be seen to impact the overall goals. Offenders may be seen face to face, weekly to once every 3 months. Risk is reassessed every six months. Compliance with court orders generally reduces the frequency of face to face contact, but the offender continues to be monitored for violations.

Probation maintains many community partnerships, with chemical dependency treatment provides, mental health providers, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and defense attorneys. Equally important is the partnership with victim advocates in our community, such as the YWCA.
 

Additional Services Provided

• Deferred Prosecution applications are reviewed by Probation Officers for approval by the court. Once granted by the court, Probation Services monitor defendants’ compliance with treatment monthly for the first two years and review the defendants driving record every six months. Since February, 2008, 40 Deferred Prosecution applications have been reviewed by Probation.
• For offenders of certain crimes, who desire to move out of state, Probation Services processes a formal request for supervision in the receiving state for our District Court and the Bremerton Municipal Court. (See below)
• Probation officers conduct screenings for the District and Superior Courts, when a victim requests a No Contact Order (NCO) to be modified or rescinded.