Perspective
Dec. 5, 2009
Who Will Be Our New Probation Chief?
Cyn Yamashiro of Loyola Law School says with a broken juvenile justice system, selection of a new probation chief deserves public comment.
By Cyn Yamashiro
Do you know who our current Chief of Probation is? Most people don't. In fact, most people don't know that the Los Angeles County Probation Dept. is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in Southern California; employing over 6100 people with an annual budget of over 700 million dollars. Along with the responsibility of supervising adults on probation, the department oversees the one of the largest juvenile justice systems in the country. In Los Ang...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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