Community Supervision in Minnesota
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COUNTY |
COMMUNITY | DEPT. OF | ||
| PROBATION | CORRECTIONS | CORRECTIONS | ||
| (CHAPTER 244.19) | (CHAPTER 401) | (CHAPTER 244.19) | ||
| ADMINISTRATION | By local Courts in collaboration with County Boards. | By Community Corrections Advisory Board (Minimum of nine members) per comprehensive plan approved by Dept. of Corrections. | By State of Minnesota (Dept. of Corrections). | |
| STAFF | Appointed by Court with approval of County Board. Staff serves at the pleasure of Court. | Hired in accordance with comprehensive plan. | Provided by Dept. of Corrections. | |
| SUPERVISION | By Director/Chief Probation Officer appointed by the Court and serving at the pleasure of the Court. | By Director responsible to Community Corrections Board. | By Dept. of Corrections District Supervisor per authority of Commissioner of Corrections. | |
| FUNDING | State reimburses counties up to 50% of Probation Officer salaries and fringe benefits. | Block grant by State augmented with continued level of local spending. | County reimburses State for Probation Officers salaries in accordance with same formula as County system. | |
| SERVICES PROVIDED | Determined by Court served, (i.e. pretrial services, diversion, restitution & community service, bail studies, custody mediation & visitation, alcohol assessments, chemical awareness and other prevention programs). | Range of services as determined by Board and authorized in comprehensive plan. | As requested by Court and approved by Commissioner of Corrections. | |
| PERSONNEL POLICIES | Established by Court/Local Personnel Department. | Established by Community Corrections Board and/or per union agreement. | By Dept. of Corrections per union agreement. | |
| PROFESSIONAL SALARIES | Set by Court in accordance with State Scale. | Set by Board and/or per union agreement. | State Classified Service and union agreement. | |
For individual probation officer contact information,
please search via the Department of Corrections Community Services Directory.