California Probation Officer Training Manual Now

In California, the primary document governing the training of entry-level probation officers is the Probation Officer Core Course Manual , published by the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)

With the reclassification of simple possession as a misdemeanor, the manual teaches "treatment-first" approaches. The old punitive models of the 1990s (intensive sanctions for relapse) have been replaced by (Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement) adapted for California—swift, certain, but moderate sanctions. California Probation Officer Training Manual