QUESTION
What are the new needs for staffing and programs at the Department of Probation (DOP)?
1:31:20
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The Department of Probation (DOP) requires additional staff and programming to manage increased caseloads effectively.
- Currently, the DOP operates with 423 probation officers, down from 694 in 2019.
- The Commissioner has submitted requests to the Mayor's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for additional hirings.
- Each probation officer now manages over 40 cases, highlighting the need for more staff.
- There's an emphasis on quality management over mere procedural completion.
- The DOP is also seeking to enhance its programs, although many are currently outsourced.
Gale A. Brewer
1:31:20
And finally, new needs.
1:31:22
What are your new needs?
1:31:24
People.
1:31:25
No.
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I mean, so
Juanita Holmes
1:31:26
my new needs so my new needs
Gale A. Brewer
1:31:28
to hear anybody.
1:31:28
If you look
Juanita Holmes
1:31:29
at staffing naturally.
1:31:31
I think we're at 423 probation officers.
1:31:35
Our peak year was 600 and 94 officers for total, and that was in 2019.
1:31:44
So we're down to 423 175 SBOs.
1:31:49
We do currently have a class going in the next couple of months.
1:31:52
I just submitted to OMB.
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2 parts.
1:31:55
1, I believe, is for 65 in the hirings and another for 50, and I'll be submitting more.
1:32:01
We need more people.
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The caseload has increased.
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You're managing anywhere from 40 plus cases per probation officer.
1:32:10
I don't want it to become ways to check the box referral, check the box.
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We want real management.
1:32:15
You need people.
1:32:16
So I definitely need people in order to be effective in that, and more programs.
1:32:21
We're looking we have a lot of programs that we kinda farm out.
