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| The Mission of the Delaware Municipal Court Probation Division is to effectively and efficiently
supervise and monitor all persons placed under its control by the Court, to insure accountability and
compliance with all Court orders and conditions of probation. To enforce the orders of the Court in
a fair and impartial manner as to provide an element of public safety in the community. To provide
those persons using the Court with timely and appropriate service. |
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| PURPOSE |
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| The Probation Division is responsible for supervising and monitoring all persons placed under its
control by the Court with the ultimate goal being to rehabilitate the offender. To safely and efficiently
supervise offenders placed on probation and enforce other Court orders as directed, and perform
other assigned tasks. |
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| The Probation Division of the Delaware Municipal Court operates during normal Court hours. The
Probation Division is located on the second floor of the Justice Center, and is handicap accessible.
If there is an emergency after normal Court hours, contact may be made by calling the Delaware
Police Department at (740) 203-1111. Advise the dispatcher of the nature of the emergency, the
probation officer you need to contact, your name, and a number where you can be reached. |
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| The Probation Division is staffed by four (4) Probation Officers, and the Chief of Probation. The
phone number for the Probation Division is (740) 203-1525, Fax: (740) 203-1549. |
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| The Probation Division provides supervision of offenders at various levels of intensity as ordered by
the Court or as otherwise deemed appropriate for the offender and the safety of the community. The
probation officer’s challenge is to see that the offender participates in all required treatment/education
programs, refrains from criminal behavior, and addresses all orders of the Court in a responsible and
conscientious manner. Probation protects the community, and also gives the offender the opportunity
of correcting behavior that is harmful to society. |
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| Other sanctions implemented and supervised by the Probation Division are: community service (as
part of sentence or in lieu of fines), electronically monitored house arrest, ignition interlock, presentence
investigations, expungement investigations, restitution, and referral to community based
mental health, alcohol/drug services, and other social service delivery systems as needed and/or as
ordered. |
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