The department conducts approximately 1,700 interviews a year and supervises approximately 1,110 offenders each month.

The goals of the department include:

• Community safety
• Rehabilitation
• Defendant accountability

The Department is comprised of three divisions:

• Adult Probation
• Juvenile Probation
• Sobriety court Probation

The Primary responsibility of the probation officers include:

• Assessing defendant’s needs
• Referring the defendant to the appropriate agency(s) for rehabilitation and/or screening.
• Monitoring the offender’s compliance
• Sentencing recommendation to the judges
• Supervision of jail, tether, work detail, community service, sobriety court and teen Court.

Our probation officers possess a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university. In addition, some officers possess national certifications in Criminal Justice work.

Probation Department Fax number: 734-781-0127

Phone Number: 734-459-4740 Option 6

Email Address: probation@35thdistrictcourt.org