Author: Greg Thomas
Nearly every week, the 2,000 probation/parole officers of DAC’s Community Supervision conduct field operations and spot-checks to make sure people under supervision are abiding by their conditions. That’s in addition to the officers’ regular daily duties like conducting office and home visits, assisting offenders with community resources and participating in court hearings.
The field operations have two main goals – insuring offenders are in compliance and making our communities safer by taking illegal weapons and drugs off our streets.
We take this opportunity to highlight the great work DAC’s probation/parole officers have accomplished during the first six months of this year.
So far in 2024, Community Supervision has carried out 48 field operations with resulted in the following:
- 30 absconder arrests
- 64 firearms seized
- 121 felony charge arrests
- 62 misdemeanor charge arrests
- 119 probation violation arrests as result of searches
- 91 outstanding orders for arrests
- 1 Post-Release Supervision/Parole Violation arrest
“This is real-world data demonstrating the outstanding efforts and results of our probation/parole officers,” said Tracy K. Lee, deputy secretary for Community Supervision. “Every day they are taking drugs and weapons off the streets of our communities. That holds the offenders accountable and helps increase community safety.”
Field operations are frequently conducted in collaboration with law enforcement partners such as local police departments, sheriff’s offices, DAC Special Operations and Intelligence Unit (SOIU) officers and federal agencies.
There are currently almost 64,000 people in North Carolina under probation supervision. Another 11,000 are on parole and post-release supervision.
Supervision never stops. It’s a 24-7 career and the officers of Community Supervision take every opportunity to keep our communities safe, make positive changes in those they supervise and assist citizens in need.