U.S. Probation Officer

[cadillac94]

I'm a new member of real police.net. I was referred by ssrider98 who I might say is a advate reader and question poser on realpolice.net.

Now, I was informed that a 1811 position is the highest level of federal law enforcement. I haven't read or seen any forums on U.S. Probation Officer so I what to know if their are any individuals on realpolice.net that are current employees or formerly employed by the U.S. Probation Office and if so what's the job like? Pretty much the up's and downs? How's the work climate and staff?

Thanks

[Kimble]

Now, I was informed that a 1811 position is the highest level of federal law enforcement.

You were misinformed. There is no "highest level" of federal LE. A CBP officer doesn't take orders from a SA with FBI. It is true that many 1811 positions are highly sought after, and thus very competative to obtain, but it has nothing to do with "being on a higher level" than other FLE agencies or positions. No more than being a detective with NYPD is any better or worse than being an FBI SA, or a motorscout with LAPD, or a patrol deputy with Shelby Co Sheriff's Office. For some, one position in LE is a better fit than another, but it has nothing to do with one position being on a higher level than another (unless your talking about inner-agency administration, in which case the Chief/Sheriff/Director/etc would certainly be on a "higher level" rank-wise within the agency).

I haven't read or seen any forums on U.S. Probation Officer so I what to know if their are any individuals on realpolice.net that are current employees or formerly employed by the U.S. Probation Office

I would venture to say if you haven't seen any forums or posts about US Probation on realpolice.net, there are no current members who are USPOs. I could be wrong, but if there are I am not currently aware of any that post here.

...and if so what's the job like? Pretty much the up's and downs? How's the work climate and staff?

You may want to search the Federal section on 911jobforums.com. There are current and former USPOs there who have posted responses to your above questions, as well as others.

[Switchback]

I am not, and have never been, a U.S. PU. However, I work closely with them and I can speak from experience in several districts.

Their duties can vary a great deal from district to district and it is guided by the Chief of the U.S. Probation in each district.

Duties can vary a bit, depending on whether you are pretrial or not. Regardless, a good deal of the duties are more social-work oriented.

Pretrial Officers will do work-ups on new arrests and make suggestions on detention and such. They check into the veracity of the subjects statements, regarding criminal history, financial history, etc. Theyt also supervise those subjects released on bond.

Other POs make compose presentence reports. These are length reports on a subjects criminal hostory, the offense level of their current charges, as well as personal histories. These presentence reports guide the judge for sentencing.

There are other POs who supervise those subjects who are on supervised release and parole (whish is now defunct).

As I said, the way things are done can vary greatly from district to district. In some districts, the U.S. POs are out helping us serve warrants on the subjects that they supervise... being proactive and enforcement-oriented. More often than not, however, they tend to be more hands-off... requesting arrest warrants when their subjects violate and then seeing the subject after we have gone out and arrested them.

[cadillac94]

Thanks for the information and I will search the recommended forums you posted for me. Thanks. I will post information when I find out any good information about U.S. Probation.

[cadillac94]

Thanks for the helpful information. It would be a dream of mine to have the oppportunity to get a interview with the U.S. Probation Office. My previous experience really fits the qualifications they are looking for. I will keep the forum going when I come around any new info.