Memorandum
Date: July 18, 2023
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Wendy Mondfrans, Chief Probation Officer
Subject: Presentation of Proclamation Designating The Week of July 16-22, 2023 as Probation Services Week
Executive Summary:
DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF JULY 16-22, 2023 AS PROBATION SERVICES WEEK
WHEREAS, Probation is an alternative to incarceration, and Lake County Probation's mission is to ensure a safer community while providing effective supervision and rehabilitation services to justice-involved individuals.
WHEREAS, Probation utilizes an accountability lens to be a connector and bridge for justice-involved individuals to receive the individualized rehabilitative services they need to be successful.
WHEREAS, Probation professionals play a unique and essential role in our justice system and communities. Probation is focused on helping justice-involved individuals transition out of the system permanently through transformative and evidence-based rehabilitation.
WHEREAS, Probation officers are trained experts that apply an equity lens to manage trauma and other individualized needs of justice-involved individuals and safely supervise and connect them to the resources they need.
WHEREAS, Probation employees are diverse and educated professionals focused on providing collaborative safety for our communities.
WHEREAS, Probation connects services and needs to enhance community safety and the restoration of justice-involved individuals. Probation is a connector in the justice system: bridging the gap and maximizing the resources available within the courts, local governments, law enforcement, social services, behavioral health, schools, crime survivor organizations, non-profits, and the community to reduce recidivism by carefully balancing direct human services and research-based deterrents and interventions.
WHEREAS, By delivering sustainable community safety, Probation has a profound impact on the health and safety of ou...
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