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Probation and parole agency asks for IT upgrades, fleet funds and more staff for victim services and hearings
Summary
Chad Gambrell, acting director (agency title given in testimony), presented budget priorities for probation and parole including IT modernization, vehicle fleet costs, body-worn camera funding and expansion of specialized caseloads; he asked to convert a recurring fleet ask to nonrecurring to allow a procurement strategy review.
Chad Gambrell, identified in the hearing as the acting director for the probation/parole agency present, told the Criminal Justice Budget Subcommittee his agency needs targeted funds for IT modernization, fleet replacement, body-worn camera support and additional staff for victim services and administrative hearings.
Gambrell introduced several deputy directors and subject-matter staff and said the agency supervises more than 72,000 offenders in jurisdictional caseload and reported roughly 22,000 people under active supervision at the state level. He said the agency’s mission remains supervising offenders, assisting victims and protecting public safety.
IT and technology: The agency described a three-part IT ask: hire in-house developers to reduce reliance on outside contracts (the agency reported $2.3 million…
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