Re: How Can I Make A Complaint Againt A Probation Officer

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I too am on probation currently. i have had no problems until i
obtain my current po I have been eagerly fight for my children
who are in foster care. I have had some situation that did put
me at risk of being violated. But they were reported to my po at
that time. now my new po is coming back six months later to say
that i viiolated my probation after being told i wasnt foing to
be violated her reasoning are that i didnt tell her about the
violation but that would have been impossible seeing she was not
my po at the time I request several time for a new po but my
request are ignored so now im facing jail time its been month
that ive been doing well i have only been vilated twice because
i could not affor to pay my workrelaease fee but i am also
homeless too I now have a job but what do i do i cant return
back to jail i lose everything Ive worked so hard for. Here the
real getter my found out about the new violation on sept 17 knew
i was going to court on sept 28 wait until id already went
before the judge to violate me again see what im talking about i
believe she doing it because I reported her to her supervisor
for verbally abusing me earilier this year please some one what
do I do.

On 5/31/08, Jenny wrote:

> On 5/31/08, Former PO wrote:
>> On 5/20/08, Jenny wrote:
>>> I am a 32 yr old mother of two. In March 2005 I was
>>> indicted for Conspiracy to commit identity theft with 16
>>> others. Because I was the least in the case I BARELY got
>>> to stay out of prison. I was given 3 months house arrest
>>> and 3 years probation. I was assigned a Federal probation
>>> officer. I walked down the 3 months house arrest with NO
>>> PROBLEM. No incidents whatsoever. I was subject to random
>>> visits by my probation officer in the early morning (5am)
>>> and late at nite (1130pm) just to make sure that I wasnt
>>> violating any rules. For the 1st 1 1/2 months I did not
>>> have a job. I was actively searching for employment but
>>> couldnt find a job because in my case I certainly couldnt
>>> say I was not a felon on applications because my federal
>>> probation officer was to call and let them know I am a
>>> felon and my charge (they say its the governments
>>> responsibility). I obtained employment for a company
>>> because the PO finally said that he would not need to call
>>> them as long as he could verify my work schedule with time
>>> card sheets (which I faithfully supplied him). After
>>> working there for 2 months he told me that he was going to
>>> need to contact the employer and let them know of my
>>> status (being on probation and what my charge was). Rather
>>> then go throught that embarrassment, I quit. He has now
>>> sent a violation to the courts and is requesting that I
>>> get another 120 days on house arrest! Here are my
>>> complaints:
>>> #1 He has on several occassions confused me with one of
>>> his other clients--confused my case with theirs etc.
>>> #2 He says that I quit on 04/04/2008 even though I showed
>>> him my last check stub shows being paid thru 04/10/2008. I
>>> dont know what the difference in 6 days mean but he is
>>> saying that I was not truthful with him. The employer, he
>>> says, stated that my last day was on 04/04/2008 yet my
>>> checkstub shows 04/10/2008 and pay day of 04/15/2008.
>>> #3 He keeps stating that I am getting money from somewhere
>>> else but I am ABSOLUTELY NOT. I make monthly payments to
>>> the court of $100 for restitution. He says being
>>> unemployed, there is no way I can do this without getting
>>> money from somewhere else. I advised him that the money
>>> comes from my last 2 checks because I was not spending any
>>> money.
>>> #4 He came to my house unannounced since I have been off
>>> of house arrest, left a card and advised me to come to his
>>> office the next day because I was not home. I went there
>>> and he demanded to know where I was when he came, the name
>>> of the person I was with, and their address. I stated to
>>> him that I didnt have to tell him that as long as I was in
>>> the metro area and was not breaking any laws. He stated
>>> that the provision of my release that states "the
>>> defendent shall truthfully answer all reasonable questions
>>> from the probation office" means that I do have to tell
>>> him where I am at all times when I asks me.
>>>
>>> I would like to point out that I have had no new cases in
>>> 3 1/2 yrs, not even a traffic violation. I have not broke
>>> any laws. I have not been with a felon. I have not left
>>> the area. The only thing I have done is have trouble
>>> finding a jobs under these circumstances. Is there
>>> ANYTHING I can do to help myself from this Probation
>>> officer??? I am drowning here.
>>
>> First be proactive. You have your conditions of release.
>> Review them and know them so that you give him what he wants
>> before he asks for it. Never quit your job! You made a
>> mistake and if the job fires you then that is on them. Use
>> your status of being on supervision as a selling point. As
>> an employee under supervision, you are guaranteed not to be
>> using drugs, to be at work for 40 hours because you want to
>> comply with your conditions, and the employer can receive a
>> $5,000 tax benefit for hiring an ex-offender. Do not fight
>> your officer even if you win, you will pay for it. If your
>> officer is incompetent, he/she will not admit it and target
>> you for trying to point it out. On your next job
>> application, do not write yes to, "have you committed a
>> felony". You should write down that you will explain then if
>> they want to know, they will have to interview you to find
>> out. Now you explain your situation, if they hire you the
>> officer's potential call is harmless because your mistake is
>> in the open. Everyone makes mistakes, don't compound it but
>> fighting a battle without a trophy is a waste of effort and
>> you will still have to find work.
>
> Thank you for your response. Good information. I have since
> found another job, a good one. The guy that hired me was all
> too happy to do so, so I'm assuming he was already aware of
> the $5000 tax benefit. As for the Probation Officer, yeah he
> is a control freak and confuses me with his other clients and
> conversations that THEY must have had but I am doing my best.
> I write down EVERYTHING and anything I can keep proof of, I am
> doing that. I just have to cover myself. It will be over one
> day so hopefully I will make it through......
>
> Thanks again for the response.