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How Probation Officers Make a Difference

By DALVANIE POWELL
Posted 2/15/19

I recently was ordering at a midtown Shake Shack when the cashier noticed my lapel, which was affixed with a United Probation Officers Association pin. He asked if I was a law-enforcement officer, and when I responded that I was a Probation Officer, his eyes lit up.

He said he’d recently been arrested and was now on probation. He credited his Probation Officer for helping him land a job, reconnect with family, and get his life back together.

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