| New York State
Awards or Commendations
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| 1999 Executive
Chamber Proclamation by Governor
Pataki An acknowledgement for outstanding achievement within the New York State Criminal Justice System, this is the first and only time a probation department has been so honored The National Association of
Counties NACO Achievement Awards
Program is a non-competitive award
program which seeks to recognize
innovative county government
programs.
The
Westchester County Department of
Probation is proud to have received
NACo awards for the following
programs: 1989:
Probation Electronic Home
Monitoring Program
This program
provides an Alternative to
Incarceration and was deemed by the
association as providing an “innovative
solution” and commended the
department on our “ingenuity and
creativity in establishing this
useful program.” 1990:
Special Operations
Unit – Probation Warrant
Enforcement Program 1990:
Juvenile Community
Service The Juvenile
Community Service program provided a
new dispositional option for
juvenile delinquents before the
Family Courts of Westchester County.
Prior to the inception of
this program in 1988, there was no
formal juvenile community service
program in Westchester County.
Individual efforts to place
juveniles at work sites were not
successful. The
Juvenile Community Service
program provides stringent
accountability, on-site supervision,
consistent public relations and well
planned meaningful jobs as was
specifically requested by the
judiciary.
1991:
Adult Community
Service Program 1991:
New Beginnings – A
Substance Abuse Program (a
collaborative program with the
Westchester Medical Center) 1992:
Direct Treatment
Alternatives to Incarceration (DTATI–Bridge) 1992:
The Computerization
of Economic Sanctions 1993:
Sex Offender
Program
The Sex Offender Program was
developed in order to enhance the
safety of victims and the public.
While many sex offenders are
incarcerated, a growing number are
being sentenced to probation.
These offenders pose a very
serious threat to the community and
present unique problems for
effective supervision. This program
addresses these problems by closely
monitoring offenders through
coordination of probation
supervision, mental health treatment
and a network of critical community
contacts, such as the probationer’s
family members, employer, landlord
and the victim. 1995:
DWI (Driving While
Intoxicated) Offender Enforcement
Unit
The DWI Offender Enforcement
Unit provides aggressive, intense
supervision of felony DWI offenders
considered at high risk to reoffend,
thus compromising community safety.
The unit’s operational plan
and work schedule facilitates the
strict monitoring of treatment and
allows for field surveillance during
non-traditional, high risk hours for
this offender group. 1995:
Gang Related
Intervention Program (GRIP)
The Gang Related Intervention
Program is a strategy to prevent and
address gang involvement and
gang-related violence in the cities
of Mount Vernon and Yonkers.
Through intensive supervision
it holds probationers accountable
for their actions and through
community resources builds
competencies to enable them to live
abiding lives. 1996:
The Staff Safety Committee 1997:
Linkages
Linkages is a Westchester
County coordinated initiative
designed to provide mental health
and substance abuse services to
Juvenile Delinquents in an effort to
avoid further involvement in the
juvenile justice system and
placement outside of the home.
The Linkages
interdisciplinary team is comprised
of Mental Health professionals, a
Substance Abuse Counselor, and
Family Court Probation Officers.
The team works closely
together to provide clinical
assessments, short-term individual,
family, and group counseling, and
linkage to needed service such as
mentoring, tutoring, job training,
student advocacy, and parenting
classes.
The project serves youngsters
in New Rochelle, Mt. Vernon, and
Pelham. 1997:
Pre-Sentence
Investigation Telecommute Program
The Presentence Investigation
Telecommute Program was conceived as
a means to address serious problems
with regard to high overtime and
other expenses; quality of product;
staff burnout; and limited office
space by initiating a program
whereby officers could do the bulk
of their work at their homes while,
at the same time, being accessible
to their unit supervisors and the
defendants, victims, police, and
other individuals involved in the
cases.
Through an integrated
combination of computers at home; 24
hour voice mail service; “core”
days for all staff to be in the
office, as well as individualized
interview days; sharing of
workstations; usage of
non-traditional work hours; close
quality control; and a flexible, “let’s
make it work” attitude and follow
through on the part of every one
from departmental administrators to
line probation officers, we have
made the program an unqualified
success. 1998:
Supervised
Visitation Program The Supervised Visitation Program provides a safe, secure, neutral, child friendly environment for children to visit with their non-custodial parent or caretaker who present an element of significant risk to the child’s safety and well-being. The program serves to neutralize the risk factors during the visitation which may include domestic violence, sexual abuse, chemical dependency, mental instability or other risk issues resulting from a present or prior criminality. The program, run under the auspices of the Westchester County Department of Probation serves residents county-wide at the two visitation centers of the Young Women’s Christian Association of White Plains and Central Westchester. Transportation to the visitation centers is available as a program component. 1996
Marilyn Etcheverry Award of
Excellence awarded by the New York
State Alliance of Sex Offender
Service Providers to Westchester
County Department of Probation Sex
Offender APPA:
Probation Officer of the Year
Other Staff Awards 1995 Rocco A.
Pozzi Commissioner 1997
Rocco A. Pozzi Commissioner 1997
Rocco A.
Pozzi Commissioner 1998 Nancy
M. Lick, Chief of Planning, Research
and Staff Development 1999
Rocco A. Pozzi Commissioner 1999
Rocco A. Pozzi Commissioner 2000
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