Saturday, July 10, 2010
Kanawha County Hiring Probation Officers
WEST VIRGINIA....
Kanawha County Prosecutor Mark Plants has stepped up indictments significantly. Kanawha County will hire two more probation officers, the first expansion of that staff in 27 years. The new officers could be on the job within a month. Their addition will bring the number of adult probation officers in Kanawha County from 10 to 12. Plants said probation officers are doing 75 percent more criminal pre-sentence reports, which are required by judges before defendants are sentenced. The Supreme Court also approved an additional secretary for the probation department.