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Probation chief and presiding judge outline pretrial service shortfalls, funding risks
Summary
Chief Adult Probation Officer Kara Singer and Presiding Judge Reed told supervisors that pretrial services remain at a reduced level because of staffing shortages and uncertain fee-based revenue; state-level probation funding shortfalls may reduce local capacity without contingency planning.
At a work session during the Jan. 27 board meeting, Chief Adult Probation Officer Kara Singer, accompanied by Presiding Judge Reed and senior staff, briefed supervisors on pretrial services, caseload pressures and fiscal constraints. Judge Reed opened the session by noting sharply higher felony filings and growth in the probation population over the last three years.
Judge Reed said the court system is relying on community-based supervision to provide accountability and rehabilitative supports and stressed the comparative cost advantage: "Probation costs…
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