How to Use probation officer in a Sentence

probation officer

noun
  • Lara has been a probation officer for years.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Their probation officers might need to meet with their bosses.
    — Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The child is required to check in with a probation officer once a month for three months, Moore said.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Those people will still be required to check in with probation officers.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • All lawmakers should visit a prison and do a ride along with a probation officer.
    — Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, 19 July 2019
  • Nelson failed to report to his probation officer on the day of the murder.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Hall was probation officer assigned to the Tuscaloosa field office but has since been fired.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 3 Oct. 2022
  • His visits are capped at two weeks, up to four times a year, and require at least five days’ notice to probation officers.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Weiss' team said the probation officer never signed it, rendering it null and void.
    — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • His probation officer still calls on him from time to time to talk to at-risk teenagers and young adults and encourage them to turn their lives around.
    — Liza Weisstuch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • She was turned over to the custody of New Haven probation officers.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
  • A week later, a co-worker called the probation officer and broke the bad news that her new fish also died, the report says.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • When the probation officer asked Conley if the guns were all his, Conley said yes.
    — oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2022
  • If Philip strayed too far from the transmission unit on the kitchen counter, his probation officer would be alerted.
    — Ann Neumann, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Taylor says the brothers gave up the location of the third pup to their probation officer after the first two were found safe.
    — Fox19 Digital Staff, The Enquirer, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Bruzzese and a probation officer returned fire, killing Richmond, who had a matter in the judge’s court.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2020
  • The jobs are much like those of parole or probation officers, except for people who haven't yet been convicted of a crime.
    — Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2018
  • The probation officer didn’t see who fired the shots but dove to the ground to take cover, scraping himself, Boisvert said.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 21 July 2021
  • To report to her probation officer and go to counseling.
    — Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Flores was on probation at the time of the shooting, but his probation officer hadn’t seen him in person in more than six months.
    — Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
  • Gantt, a deaf man who relied on sign language, had missed earlier hearings and failed to check in with his probation officer.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Cobb also had to pay about $100 combined every month for court fees and to his probation officer.
    — Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Fillmore was jailed, Ayres adds, for failing to provide a change of address to a probation officer.
    — Washington Post, 18 June 2019
  • The first step is having a probation officer look through the facts of the case and put together a detailed pre-sentence report.
    — Anthony Derosa, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2022
  • If convicted, Orellana should be sent to prison, the probation officer wrote.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The probation officer glanced into DeWalt’s bedroom and saw a black knife with blood on it.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Another probation officer applied a tourniquet to the woman's leg and found the knife on the floor next to the woman's desk.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The probation officer did not confirm video footage was Teasley, but said the build and profile of the man in the video matched Teasley's.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2023
  • Police reached out to the man's federal probation officer and got his cellphone number.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Any findings are publicly released each month, although the names of deputies and probation officers are withheld in most cases.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026

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