Existing law establishes the office of the adult probation officer, and provides for the appointment and removal of the adult probation officer in each county by the court, except if otherwise provided for in a charter county.
This bill would require the board of supervisors, in conjunction with the presiding judge, to appoint and would authorize the board to remove, for good cause, the adult probation officer. The bill would permit the courts to have input during the appointment process.
The bill would require, in a county where the superior court has more than 2 judges, that the board of supervisors, in conjunction with a majority of the judges, make the appointment and be authorized to effect the removal of the adult probation officer.
Existing law authorizes the office of probation officer to be appointed by the juvenile court, upon nomination by the juvenile justice commission or the regional justice commission, unless otherwise provided in charter counties. This probation officer and his or her appointees are ex officio adult probation officers, unless the county charter provides for a separate office of adult probation officer.
This bill would require the board of supervisors to appoint the probation officer, upon nomination by the juvenile justice commission or the regional justice commission, in a manner determined by ordinance, with input by the juvenile court during the appointment process.
This bill would require the board of supervisors to, by ordinance, direct the manner in which a probation officer in any county is nominated by the juvenile justice commission or the regional justice commission, and would require the board of supervisors, in conjunction with the judge of the juvenile court, to appoint the probation officer.
Existing law authorizes the probation officer to appoint deputies or assistant probation officers, subject to approval by a majority vote of the juvenile justice commission and the judge of the juvenile court, and in order for the probation officer, in his or her discretion, to terminate or revoke the appointment of the deputies or assistants, the probation officer would need the written approval of a majority of the members of the juvenile justice commission and of the judge of the juvenile court. Existing law authorizes the judge of the juvenile court to remove
the probation officer for good cause shown, and
but the removal may take place at any time, in the judge’s discretion, with the written approval of a majority of the juvenile justice commission.
This bill would delete the requirement that the judge of the juvenile court approve the probation officer’s appointments and instead require the county board of supervisors to do so. The bill would delete the probation officer’s discretion to terminate or revoke the appointment of deputies or assistant probation officers. The bill would also delete the judge of the juvenile court and the juvenile justice commission’s authority in the removal of the probation officer, and only allow the probation officer to be removed by the county board of supervisors for good cause shown.