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What should you
expect as a Nevada Parole and Probation Officer.
A parole and probation officer's role in law enforcement is multi-faceted
and very unique. It requires wearing many hats and it requires exceptional
maturity and personal strength. Not everyone is cut out to be a DPS Parole
and Probation officer, not can everyone meet the daily challenges. If you
meet our strict requirements to become a DPS Parole and Probation officer,
you will protect our community by encouraging and supporting offenders in
their commitment to live a productive, law-abiding lifestyle. And if needed,
you will address substance abuse problems, mental health issues and/or life-
coping skills, such as education and employment.
For those offenders who choose to continue their involvement in criminal
conduct or refuse to comply with court and parole board orders, you as a
parole and probation officer will be tasked to investigate and document the
violation, interview witnesses and victims, and conduct surveillance and
search and seizure operations, if deemed appropriate. Your efforts may result
in the arrest of the offender, invoking a violation hearing, which could result
in the offender returning to jail or prison. It is a task you will not take
lightly.
Depriving an offender of their freedom is a serious matter. You will make all
reasonable efforts to keep the offender in the community as a cost saving measure
to Nevada; however, you will constantly evaluate risk factors that the offender
may pose to the safety of our community. You will share the Division's philosophy
that it is the offender that ultimately chooses whether to remain in the community
or forfeit their right to freedom.
As a parole and probation officer you will find yourself interacting with a wide
range of offenders from sexual predators, gang members, drug addicts, the mentally
impaired, violent prone individuals to sophisticated white-collar defendants. As an
ambassador for the Division, you will work with other law enforcement agencies, social
services agencies, employers, and family members. You will have frequent interaction
with District Courts and the Parole Board. You will be involved in homeland security
training and will play a role in national law enforcement efforts.
In addition to the responsibilities described above, you might participate in some
of the Division's special assignments that included the DPS deployment to Mississippi
for law enforcement duties immediately after the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina;
assisting the Highway Patrol during the New Years Task Force in traffic, commercial,
and homeland security enforcement; assisting DPS help evacuate citizens during
firestorms and flooding; or working with the U.S. Marshals Service during their
national fugitive roundup operations.
You could also be involved in the Division's own special operations, such as
on Halloween night (Operation Scarecrow) when a task force of Parole and
Probation and Division of Investigation officers visited high risk sex offenders
at their residences to ensure that they were home and not having contact with
children. Arrests have been made of those offenders not in compliance.
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