PROBATION OFFICERS GET NEW CONTRACT.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer Ending a years-long stalemate stale·mate n. 1. A situation in which further action is blocked; a deadlock. 2. A drawing position in chess in which the king, although not in check, can move only into check and no other piece can move. tr.v. , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County supervisors ratified rat·i·fy tr.v. rat·i·fied, rat·i·fy·ing, rat·i·fies To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See Synonyms at approve. a three-year contract Tuesday for thousands of 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. , providing a 5 percent raise, a $1,300 bonus and a uniform allowance. The officers, besieged be·siege tr.v. be·sieged, be·sieg·ing, be·sieg·es 1. To surround with hostile forces. 2. To crowd around; hem in. 3. by rising violence in the juvenile halls and camps in recent years, staged a massive walkout last September, saying years of inadequate staffing had left them in grave danger Grave Danger is the name of the last two episodes in the of the popular American crime drama , which is set in Las Vegas, Nevada. This two parter was directed by Quentin Tarantino and was aired on May 19, 2005. . ``Hopefully, this will help improve the morale of the current employees,'' Chief Administrative Officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive David Janssen said. ``We are also looking at budget issues related to staffing and training. All those kinds of improvements are under way now.'' Probation Department Chief Paul Higa said he expects to get additional funds from the county next month, which will help recruit more than 200 additional probation officers and staff, especially for the county's three juvenile halls. ``This is a significant issue for the juvenile halls in terms of the overall safety, and we need additional staff to address that issue,'' he said. As the juvenile halls have become increasingly understaffed in recent years, violence has increased dramatically, particularly at the Sylmar facility. Violent incidents increased 12 percent, from 2,094 in 2003 to 2,352 in 2004 and were expected to hit 2,700 last year. Last September, about two-thirds of the probation officers called in sick or walked off their jobs. They urged the supervisors to approve a new contract that would allow the department to hire more officers. Those actions came more than four years after the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into abuses at the halls, finding that staff used pepper spray excessively, hogtied children and failed to meet the youths' mental health needs. Troy Anderson, (213) 974-8985 troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com |
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