Comments on: With more sex offenders, probation officers want more money

By: JZ

JZ — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 18:35:35 +0000

Best quote from article, “None of the reports you’ll see will show you what officers are seeing in those offices, sometimes 20 to 25 percent over what they’re supposed to be,” Manguso said.

So, all probation officers are falsifying their reports?

Also, by definition, any sex offender on probation is considered to be high-risk, so we can assume there are only 4,724, out of 166,966 (2.8%) sex offenders on probation! How many murderers are on probation? Elder batterers? Wife beaters? Aggravated assaulters? But only the sex offenders are causing officers to quit and require a pay increase? More smoke and mirrors to bilk the taxpayers.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:47:10 +0000

Ugh the verbiage in the article – they are all dangerous. Makes me sick…..

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:32:20 +0000

Capt., you are so correct on this, and Dave too. No more needs to be said.

By: MJ

MJ — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:14:22 +0000

Well duhhhhh. If Florida would stop creating sex offenders out of thin air with these damn scam sting operations just so they could get federal money, then there wouldn’t be so many damn sex offenders to monitor! There’s an idea, why don’t they just use the millions of dollars they get from the Feds for the stings to give the PO’s a raise. …..GOOD! I’m so glad. I hope every freakin PO in the state strikes or quits. I hope the whole damn system just collapses on itself. It’s going to happen eventually.

By: MJ

MJ — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:12:29 +0000

In reply to Ben. You're right. But getting any group of people to unite for any cause like that would be damn near impossible unfortunately.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:46:44 +0000

Imagine how the system would collapse is all parolees and probationers just stopped checking in every month. Most importantly, stopped paying.

By: Tired Of Being Mistreated

Tired Of Being Mistreated — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:12:24 +0000

If the State wasn’t so quick to convict almost every person that goes before the Judge, And wasn’t handing out Sex Offender Convictions like candy, These Probation Officers wouldn’t have such a huge Caseload !!!. I know for a FACT that a Probation Officers job is to “Find a Way to VIOLATE the Offender” so they get sent to prison !! So why even put someone on probation ???. The whole”System” is Corrupt !!!

By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret)

Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret) — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:52:58 +0000

I can’t speak for everyone, but if the ‘charges’ that my probation officer watches over are like me, she could spend her days at the beach and have nothing to worry about. Could it be that the case loads are increasing because Florida doesn’t want to let go of anything? I wonder if Florida knows the difference between ‘dangerous’ and ‘not the least bit dangerous’? As in most cases the bureaucrats are their own worst enemy. They are masters at creating problems and solving few if any.

By: ken usa army vet.

ken usa army vet. — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:24:26 +0000

what are the probation officers caseloads other then sex offenders. the way they talk the caseloads are primarily
sex offenders only. where are the statistics and numbers.?
just another scare tactic to intimidate the public about
sex offenders what about other crimes like domestic violence, drug dealings or any other low-level or high level crimes committed. I understand the need to be paid will in order to raise your family. stop using sex offenders as a primary need for a raise. people open your eyes and look at the truth.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:06:24 +0000

Maybe this will be a wake-up call to release the least trouble sex offenders from the registry to free up some of the officers to watch the more violent offenders…