probation officer
noun
: an officer appointed to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on probation
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Prosecutors and probation officers agreed to the date.
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USA Today, 8 July 2025
Last May, the board found that two probation officers used excessive force against a developmentally disabled boy housed at the Youth Transition Campus in Kearny Mesa.
—Kelly Davis, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
Bakken was an intern at the attorney’s office while studying pre-law in college, then left to be a juvenile probation officer in Dakota County.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2025
Powell noted that probation officers in Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties wear almost identical blue-and-gold shields.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
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USA Today, 8 July 2025
Last May, the board found that two probation officers used excessive force against a developmentally disabled boy housed at the Youth Transition Campus in Kearny Mesa.
—Kelly Davis, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
Bakken was an intern at the attorney’s office while studying pre-law in college, then left to be a juvenile probation officer in Dakota County.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2025
Powell noted that probation officers in Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties wear almost identical blue-and-gold shields.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for probation officer
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“Probation officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/probation%20officer. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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