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TECHNICAL VIOLATION NOTIFICATION LETTER

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The "Technical Letter" procedure for violations of probation is now in place in Broward County.  As first reported in October, 2008, Judge Holmes and the DOC's Thomas Sharrard developed the letter to replace the system of an automatic warrant being filed for a judge's signature on every violation.  Now, as of March 1st, the Technical Letter is prepared by the PO, and sent for the judge to determine whether a warrant/violation should be filed, a reprimand hearing set, or no action taken.  The letter will be used for any violation except new law violations, except in cases of high risk supervision (ie sex offenders, etc.), where a warrant would most certainly be automatically filed for a dirty urine (to pick one example).This is a large step forward...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on March 13, 2009 (boomark / email).