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Probation commissioner urges data-driven shift as department grapples with vacancies and rising caseloads
Summary
Commissioner Chiron Goodwin told the City Council the Department of Probation is refocusing on evidence-based supervision, programming and workforce supports while managing a roughly $116 million budget, a 23% vacancy rate and average adult caseloads near 54 per officer.
Commissioner Chiron Goodwin opened the Committee’s hearing by describing a short-term agenda to make probation “datadriven” and to pair accountability with stronger supports for people under supervision. Speaking to the Council, Goodwin said probation’s preliminary operating budget is roughly $116 million and supports supervision of about 11,833 people across the city’s five boroughs, including 10,681 adults and 1,152 young people.
Goodwin said the department is updating policies, shortening the academy timeline while meeting state requirements, and shifting to a risk‑based supervision model so officers focus more time on higher‑risk clients. "At its core, probation believes people can change," she said in her opening remarks, and added that aligning programming and partnerships with supervision is central to reducing reoffending.
Council members pressed…
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