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Bellevue probation manager outlines services, rising caseload and outcomes to parks board
Summary
Probation Manager Craig Fritz told the Parks & Community Services Board that Bellevue’s municipal probation office has seen referrals climb since 2020, serves about 1,500 clients and reported a 2024 three-year recidivism rate of 15.5% (3.5% for offenses committed in Bellevue).
Probation Manager Craig Fritz briefed the Parks & Community Services Board on the city’s municipal probation program, describing an upward trend in referrals, program offerings and performance measures.
“Probation essentially is a sentence that is handed down by the judge… it is an alternative to incarceration,” Fritz said, explaining that Bellevue operates its own probation unit while partnering with King County Courts to receive misdemeanor referrals. He told the board the division expects continued demand as Bellevue’s population and criminal-justice activity grow.
Fritz said referrals dropped during the pandemic but rose afterward. From 2022 to 2024 the division’s referrals roughly doubled; the office now serves about 1,500 clients in total. Fritz said the three probation officers (plus a supervisor) have…
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