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Probation chief outlines services, mobile unit and reentry plans; board proclaims July 2025 Probation Services Week
Summary
Chief Probation Officer Kelly Vernon briefed the board on staffing, recidivism trends, a mobile service unit and partnerships; the board presented a proclamation recognizing July 2025 as Probation Services Week and toured the department’s mobile unit.
Kelly Vernon, chief probation officer, told the Tulare County Board of Supervisors on July 15 that the probation department has expanded services, reduced vacancies and launched a mobile services unit intended to reach unhoused and remote populations.
Vernon described the department’s organizational structure, seven operational divisions, and recent initiatives including an adult transition unit (launched in 2023) that works inside the jail to provide pre-release connections to community services; a “Connections” one-stop hub (launched 2022) that co-locates partner agencies and sees roughly 700–710…
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