Captain Charles,
ANCHORS AWAY my friend. And “that one anchor” is gone

Two weeks ago, quite by surprise, I was released from probation.

NOTHING!

Well written letter ,though I don’t live in Florida I sincerely hope they accomplished there intended results. If they are not answered I hope the letters could be published in local newspapers even if the space has to be purchased.

correct, he will have to abide by FL AND whatever his probation conditions are.

@Wdorin

If you are on Probation with NY living in FL via an Interstate Compact than that information is correct if it states as such in your Probation Orders. If you are an RSO living in FL not on Probation you are now governed by FL rules only.

Either way you will ALSO have to abide by FL rules.

My offense was in Virginia but I now have my home in Florida. The instructions that I have been given is that Florida, as the monitoring agency acting in the stead of Virginia, sets my probation conditions but only Virginia can release me from probation. Earlier this year I, and my Florida lawyer, got into a “peeing” contest with Florida probation over my request to travel out of state for a high school reunion, a professional symposium, and my Naval Academy reunion. I put my request to travel in to the probation office here in Florida and was told only Virginia could approve such travel. When I went to the probation office in Virginia Beach they said Florida had to approve it. Thus a “Catch 22″. Two weeks before the high school reunion there was still no resolution. My lawyer got on the phone to Tallahassee and the next day all three trips were approved. It is sort of like ‘everybody is in charge and no body is in charge”. When I was in the Navy it was an officer who had to make decisions on situations that were not fully addressed in the instructions and regulations…it’s impossible to write a document that will cover all situations, therefore, officers are there to fill in the gaps…and they cannot be afraid to do so. I once had a department head who told all his division officers that it was their jobs to bring him solutions and not problems. It seems that many probation officers are afraid to do that…maybe “job security”? There is the ‘letter of the law’ and the ‘intent of the law’, and they must know when it is time to exercise one or the other…and not be afraid to do so.

You might want to double check the info they gave you. I think it’s incorrect.