Sex Offenders
This program enables the
department to utilize specialized services for sex offenders. The program
includes contract services for counseling, polygraphs, and other treatment
tools. The program requires that the probationers pay for full costs of the
program so that the limited funds can be used strategically. All officers who
are assigned to these caseloads receive specialized training in treatment
methods, supervision strategies, offender profiling, polygraphs, along with
other tools. The caseloads maintain a much higher contact level with the
offender and a smaller caseload ratio to further ensure the safety of the
community. Furthermore, the caseloads maintain very strict compliance to
specialized conditions of probation that are specific to sexual offenders. The
officers assigned the Sex Offender Caseloads maintain a very close working
relationship with all treatment providers. Information about the offender are
shared and the offender does not enjoy any sense of confidentiality among
treatment providers or officers. This is to combat the instinctive nature of
sexual offenders to hide and disguise their deviancy. The Sex Offender Caseloads
operate at both the Supervised Probation and Intensive Probation level of
supervision depending on their risk assessment
Sex offender supervision includes counseling, psychosexual evaluations, polygraphs, DNA, and community notification
