by Chris Condon on 2014-07-16

The San Bernardino County Probation Department joined with the Redlands Police Department to conduct a city-wide probation compliance operation recently. 21 Probation and Police Officers participated in the sweep. The operation targeted 68 offenders who resided in Redlands and were on supervised release as either adult probationers or AB 109 offenders. AB 109 offenders were formerly released to CDCR parole, but are now supervised by the Probation Department due to the Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011. Six teams comprised of both Probation Officers and Police Officers made home contacts throughout the city. This resulted in 23 residential searches. 13 offenders were arrested. 4 of these arrests were for active bench warrants and 9 were for violations of their terms of release. One AB 109 offender was arrested, while the remainder of the arrests were probationers. The San Bernardino County Probation Department conducts on-going compliance operations throughout the county to ensure that released offenders abide by their terms of probation. Offenders who are found to represent a threat to public safety are arrested. Those who are determined to be at-risk of violating probation terms or re-offending are referred to an array of programs designed to stabilize the offender and promote rehabilitation. These resources include the Blessing Center in Redlands or services offered at the probation department’s Day Reporting Center in San Bernardino. As of June 2014, there were 43 AB 109 offenders and 256 adult probationers residing in the City of Redlands. Chief Probation Officer Michelle Scray Brown stated, “Each city in the county has a probation officer assigned to the police department to specifically supervise AB 109 offenders. We continue to support their work by conducting compliance operations where probation officers from throughout the county team up with our police partners in a specific city.” The Chief Probation Officer also remarked, “While we have focused on AB 109 offenders and public safety, the probation department continues to work with adult and juvenile probationers. This operation also targeted a large number of probationers for home visits.”