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Officer Down Memorial
Unveiling March 9, 2009

State Officers Day
March 10, 2009

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Welcome to the Florida Correctional Probation
Officer Chapter website of the Florida PBA. Our purpose is to keep
probation officers informed about critical issues and trends within
Community Corrections. As officers, we are faced with
ever-increasing demands and responsibilities in the supervision of
offenders. The mission of this website is to provide officers with
the resources, information, and assistance necessary to function in
a complex, changing environment. We encourage you to visit the
website often and hope you find it a valuable resource. Please
e-mail us, your Chapter Officers, with your comments and
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Current News
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SPECIAL SESSION
Please let all CPO's be aware that the Florida Legislature will
convene in a Special Session beginning January 5 to deal with
another very large budget deficit. As Mr. Grant stated in his 10/24/08 Community Corrections
Update, the Department has been called upon to identify a 10% budget
cut if revenues continue to fall short. Mr. Grant continued to state
that this 10% cut would translate into a 25 million dollar cut for
Community Corrections, but that this is only a proposed cut, and may
not actually be enacted by the Legislature.
The Florida PBA does anticipate that the Legislature will be
searching for more ways to enact budget cuts for all state agencies,
including the Department. As this process unfolds, all CPO's must be
ready to mobilize quickly to lobby their local legislators to
prevent any more cuts to the ranks of probation officers. The PBA
will keep everyone posted on the latest developments in this area,
but all officers must be ready to answer the call.
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