2. About the Fresno County
Probation Department
The Fresno County Probation Department is an active member
criminal justice system that service the people and courts in
our county. Fresno Probation Officers supervise just under
20,000 adult and juvenile offenders on court-ordered
probation or are in other diversion programs. Fresno County
Probation Officers also serve an investigative role for the
courts, by producing sentencing reports and
recommendations. Fresno County Probation Officers serve in
schools, diversionary programs, and specialized units work
with other police agencies in programs like the Multi Agency
Gang Task Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC) to reduce gang-
related crime , and in the Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET)
to help in the fight against drugs.
4. Juvenile Probation Services Division
Linda Penner
Chief Probation Officer
Michael Elliott
Juvenile Probation Division Director
Del Ann DeVaux
Secretary III - Confidential
VHEA/Supervisor #1
Probation Services Manager
Karen Rocha
Supervision #2
Probation Services Manager
Gordon Dahlberg
Court Services/Intake
Probation Services Manager
Craig Downing
Campus
Probation Services
Manager
Gilbert Sanchez
Placement/BHC
Probation Services
Manager
Cliff Downing
VHEA
Susan Downing, Lead DPO IV
Michael Farmer, DPO III
Jorge Jauregui, DPO III
Chris Moses Ex-H DPO
Sue Matu’u JCO
Phillip Toomey DPO III
Clovis 1
Hilary McCarty DPO III
Clovis 2
Ray Guevara DPO IV
Informal/CJC 1
Vida Steele DPO IV
Informal/CJC 2
Olga Garcia DPO III
Limited Super 1
Tim Crecelius DPO III
Limited Super 2
Kathleen Fernandez DOP IV
Coryn DPO III
Limited Super 3
Joe Ortiz DPO IV
Limited Super 4
Irma Maacias DPO III
Limited Super 5
Melissa Madsen DPO IV
Drug Court
Court
Jeannie Starks DPO IV
Dorrick Minnis DPO IV
Susan Solis DPO IV
Gerald Sandoval DPO IV
Selina Sanchez DPO III
George Aguilera DPO III
Bob Muller ExH DPO
Stephanie Thomas DPO IV
Court Officer A
Rodney Jones DPO III
Court Officer B
Jill Quadro DPO III
Court Officer C
Mark Cutshall DPO III
Central HS
Juan Flores DPO IV
Bullard HS
Carlos Gonzales DPO IV
Roosevelt HS
Antonio Herrera DPO III
Fresno HS
Barbara Holuin DPO IV
Hoover HS
Rosendo Lopez DOP IV
McLand HS TBD
Jesse Montemayor DPO IV
Edison HS
Bea Sanchez DPO IV
Cambridge HS
Debbie White DPO IV
Sunnyside HS
Daniel Nunez DPO III
TIP
Louis Cortez DPO IV
Chris Maranian DPO IV
Corey Thomas DPO III
Melanie Johnson DPO IV
Ralph Mendoza DPO III
Meredith Black DPO III
Margarita Urzua Ex-H JCO
Supervision (1)
Freda Fowler, DPO III
Sex Offender Caseload
Maria Canizales-Valenzuela
DPO IV
ECI
David Rodriguez DPO III
ECII
Ray Martinez DOP IV
WIC
Guilliermo Jalomo DPO III
WCII
Martin Sanchez DPO IV
High Risk
Intake
Ana Villalobos DPO II
Phil Fuentez DPO III
Jill Chandler DPO IV
Linda Kaloostian DPO IV
Janice Kulekjian Ex-H DPO
Marissa Sosa Ex-H Prob Tech
BHC
John Reyes DOP IV
Cindy Carender DPO III
SB 163
Calvin Herr DPO III
Elizabeth Arredondo
DPO III
Rudy Pinon DPO III
5. Community Content
*Crime Prevention and Intervention*
To positively change the lives of individuals that come into
contact with the criminal justice system and promote community
awareness of the role each person has in preventing crime
*Victim Advocacy*
To do everything that we can to support victims in recovering
from crime
*Supervision*
To ensure a steady and continuous decline in recidivism and
crime in Fresno County
*Resource Management*
To be superior stewards of the public trust by being best in class
for human and resource development
7. Mission
As a member of the Criminal Justice System, the
Fresno County Probation Department’s
mission is to enhance public safety through
crime prevention, offender supervision, victim
advocacy and support of the court
8. Placement Unit
The Juvenile Placement Unit places minors removed
from the custody of their parents by Juvenile Court
order in accordance with WIC 727. Based on individual
level of care needed, minors are placed in group
homes, foster homes or other appropriate out-of-home
placements. Some minors are returned to the custody
of the parents after successful intervention but, if there
is no parent available for return, a plan for
emancipation is developed. All minors are supervised
in placement by assigned Deputy Probation Officers,
and are seen on a monthly basis. This unit also
operates a pre-placement supervision program in an
effort to strengthen/stabilize the minor's home
environment to negate the need for out-of-home
placement.
9. Social Work Values
In prevention effort, Deputy Probation Officers are
assigned to work with the Department of Children and
Family Services Intensive Services Treatment Team in
an attempt to keep WIC 300 dependent children from
becoming WIC 602 delinquent wards. Officers in the
Placement Unit conduct annual on-site evaluations of
group home placement providers and monthly warrant
sweep operations. In addition, “The Group Home
Advisory Committee,” consisting of representatives
from all Group Homes, meets quarterly at the
Probation Department to discuss issues, concerns,
and best practices for providing the most effective
treatment for minors in their homes
10. The operational goals of the Campus Probation officers
are, through a cooperative effort involving probation,
police, schools, and community-based agencies, to
closely monitor and supervise juvenile probationers
within designated schools. Further, the program is
actively involved in developing and operating a
spectrum of intervention and/or diversion programs
designed to improve behavior in the community,
home, and school and to restrict further entry of
minors into the Juvenile Justice System.
Juvenile Supervision Unit
11. Juvenile Justice Campus
The Juvenile Justice Campus is used primarily as a
detention facility to hold minors who have committed
a law violation while they are being processed
through the Juvenile Court. In addition to holding
minors pending court action, the Juvenile Justice
Campus provides secure confinement for minors
pending delivery to the California Youth Authority,
other juvenile and adult justice jurisdictions, foster
and group home placements, and court ordered
commitments.
