New York probation officers ordered to carry guns.NEW YORK CITY New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. -- Probation services in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. have shifted from social work to law enforcement services. Following the trend in the country, New York City probation officers probation officer n. 1. An official usually attached to a juvenile court and charged with the care of juvenile delinquents. 2. An official charged with supervising convicts at large on suspended sentence or probation. have recently been ordered to carry guns as they work. The order is part of a new policy intended to increase their supervision of probationers by requiring the officers to make routine visits to probationers' homes and neigbourhoods. The practice of probation officers carrying guns has been growing around the U.S.A. in the past two years. Probation departments are arming their officers as the number of probationers increases and the officers' duties become more dangerous due to increased home and neighbourhood visits. United Probation Officers Association president Dominic Coluccio hailed the new policy as a "step in the right direction," also said that firearms This is an extensive list of small arms — pistol, machine gun, grenade launcher, anti-tank rifle — that includes variants. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
Since the policy became effective, 298 New York City probation officers began carrying concealed con·ceal tr.v. con·cealed, con·ceal·ing, con·ceals To keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; hide. See Synonyms at hide1. 9-millimeter Glock pistols The following is a list of pistols, firearms that are normally meant for wielding one-handed and for self-defence, and that differ from revolvers and other singled handed weapons through their semi-automatic action. , and eventually 550 officers are scheduled to carry guns after they first pass a psychological exam and complete a safety course. The city's probation commissioner, Martin Horn, decided as part of an overall strategy to interact with and get tougher on ex-convicts on probation in New York City. As well, the officers' caseloads have been reduced from 200 0r more a few years ago to the current average of 65 cases. They are also required to spend more time visiting their clients in their neighbourhoods and homes while an automated check-in program has been created for use by low-risk probationers in order to free officers from desk work. "We're going from an agency that held the probationer's hand in the office and gave them a handkerchief handkerchief. In classical Greece pieces of fine perfumed cotton, known as mouth or perspiration cloths, were often used by the wealthy. From the 1st cent. B.C. to an agency that is going out into the community and holding probationers accountable for the promises they made to the court," said Martin. |
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