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Media inquiries can be made to Supervising Probation Officer Elise Vondrak at ProbationMedia@SacCounty.gov or 916-875-2347.

2023

2023- Nov 3: Sacramento County Probation Department Awarded Grant from the Office of Traffic Safety for Intensive Supervision Program for High-Risk DUI Offenders
2023- Oct 11: Family Violence Sweep
2023- Jul 16: Probation Service Week Commemorates The work of Probation Professionals
2023- Apr 26: Funding to Help Reduce & Eliminate Girls Incarceration
2023- Apr 14: Mobile Grant
2023- Mar 4: Probation Search Leads to Seizure of Fire Arms, Cash, and Honey Oil Lab

2022

2022-Nov 15: Grant to Supervise People With Multiple DUI Convictions
2022- Sep 1: Weapon & Narcotics Seizure
2022-Oct 27: Family Violence Sweep
2022- Jul 17: Probation Service Week
2022- Jul 8: Probation Compliance Check
2022- Jul 1: Probation Search Leads to Major Seizure of Narcotics, Guns, and Stolen Property

2021

2021 - Oct 22: New Chief Probation Officer of Sacramento County
2021-May 21: Weapons and Narcotics Seizure
2021 - Apr 23: New Interim Chief Probation Officer of Sacramento County
2021- Mar 26: Rocklin PD assist Firearms and Drugs

2020

- 2020- Sep 24: Pretrial Pilot Program
- 2020- Nov 1: Operation Night Watch
- 2020 - Jun 2: Probation Awarded $1.6 Million Grant

2019

2018

2018 - Dec 15: Firearms and Honey Oil Lab Seized During Probation Search - Two Arrested
2018 - Nov 14: Adult Day Reporting Center Celebrates Over 1,000 Program Graduates During 19th Graduation Ceremony
2018 - Nov 13: Sacramento County Probation Department to Monitor High-Risk, Repeat DUI Offenders
2018 - Oct 19: Sacramento County Probation Conducts Family Violence Sweep
2018 - Oct 3: Update: Subject Arrested After Stealing Vehicle and Escaping Arrest
2018 - Oct 2:Sacramento County Probation Subject Arrested on Post Release Community Supervision Felony No-Bail Warrant Steals Vehicle and Escapes Arrest
2018 - Sep 26: Sacramento County Installs "Little Libraries" Across Community to Encourage Literacy
2108 - Sep 14: Probation Search Leads to Largest Methamphetamine Bust in Department History
2018 - Sep 12: Sacramento Probation Officers Locate 10,000 Stolen Social Security Numbers
2018 - Aug 30: Sacramento County Probation Department Conducts Sweep of High-Risk DUI Offenders
2018 - Aug 24: Juvenile Hall Open House on Saturday
2018 - Aug 23: Sacramento Probation Sweep in the Arden-Arcade Area Nets Seven Arrests
2018 - Aug 7: Youth Detention Facility Receives National Performance-Based Standards (PbS) Award
2018 - Jun 12: Automatic Submachine Guns Seized During Probation Search
2018 - May 21: Sacramento County Agencies Celebrate National Drug Court Month with May Graduation Ceremony
2018 - May 14: Firearms Seized During Separate Compliance Home Checks
2018 - May 4: Stolen Firearms Seized During Probation Search
2018 - Mar 26: SAFE Probation Sweep
2018 - Mar 23: Semi-Automatic Handguns Seized During Search
2018 - Feb 28: Sacramento County Probation Department Arrests Two with the Assistance of Sacramento Police Department
2018 - Feb 07: Sacramento County Probation Department Makes Arrest of Subject for Cocaine Sales
2018 - Feb 07: Firearms Seized During Probation Search
2018 - Jan 09: Sex Offender Arrested During SAFE Team Operation

2017

2017 - Aug 17: Sacramento Youth Detention Facility Chosen as Top 10 Finalist in National Contest
2017 - Aug 17: MEDIA ADVISORY - Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility Is Top 10 Finalist in National Contest
2017 - Aug 01: Sacramento County Probation Department Recovers Firearms During Compliance Checks
2017 - Jul 17: Celebrity Chef Inspires Kids in Youth Detention Facility
2017 - Jul 14: MEDIA ADVISORY - Celebrity Chef Holds Cooking “Boot Camp" for Kids in Youth Detention Facility
2017 - May 19: 16th Adult Day Reporting Center Graduation Ceremony
2017 - May 17: Probation Academy Graduation and Promotion Ceremony
2017 - Apr 25: County Supervisors Honor Volunteers
2017 - Apr 04: Sacramento County Probation Department Conducts DUI Operation on High-Risk DUI Offenders
2017 - Mar 30: Probation, Kings, NCCT Partner for Youth
2017 - Mar 30: MEDIA ADVISORY - César Chávez Day with the Kings Organization
2017 - Mar 30: MEDIA ADVISORY - Probation and County Supervisor Give Back for César E. Chávez National Day of Service
2017 - Feb 14: MEDIA ADVISORY - Probation Program Helps Clients Get Second Chance At Fresh Start
2017 - Feb 10: Probation Program Helps Clients Get Second Chance At Fresh Start
2017 - Jan 24: Probation Manager Acknowledged for Her Contributions to Community Corrections
2017 - Jan 15: Chief Probation Officer Receives 2017 MLK, Jr. Difference Maker Award
2017 - Jan 13: MEDIA ADVISORY - Chief Probation Officer Receives 2017 MLK, Jr. Difference Maker Award

2016

2016 - Dec 12: Chief Seale Honored for His Leadership and Innovation
2016 - Dec 08: Probation Receives High Honor of Award of Excellence
2016 - Nov 29: Probation Supports the Reducing African-American Child Deaths Initiative
2016 - Nov 15: Sacramento County Probation Receives Another Award for Innovative Programming
2016 - Nov 15: Sacramento Probation's Youth Detention Facility Has Gone to the Dogs… Facility Assistance Dog Program Starts Today
2016 - Oct 26: Probation Leads Domestic Violence Offender Operation
2016 - Oct 14: Special DUI Operation
2016 - Jun 10: Graduation Ceremony Highlights Success of Probation Office of Education and NCCT
2016 - Apr 04: Drug Court Participants Graduate to Better Lives
2016 - Mar 30: Project Brings New Life to Little League Fields
2016 - Mar 17: North Sacramento Probation Sweep

2013

Nov - Chief Seale CA State Assembly
Oct - ADRC North Graduation
Oct - Adult Day Reporting Centers Program Facts
Oct - Probation News Release Rancho Cordova Award
Oct - PBS Award
Sep - High Risk Drug Unit Sacramento Bee
Jul - Juvenile Hall Lawsuit Sacramento Bee

2012

Jul - Chief Probation Officers of California Issue First Realignment Report

May - 200 Stolen Vehicles Located with Automated License Plate Reader

Mar - Man Arrested at Worst Place to Bring a Stolen Car
Mar - Q&A: Probation Chief Don Meyer Oversees Prison Population Realignment

2011

Dec 28 - Stolen Car Monday Is Looming - New Year's Top Stolen Car Holiday
Nov 21 - A Busload of Turkeys
Nov 18 - Turkey Donations
Nov 14 - Grant to aid crackdown on high-risk, repeat DUI offenders
Sep 26 - Sacramento Bee: Here come the inmates -- county debates where scarce funding should go
Aug 23 - PBS Award

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