Los Angeles County Probation Department

Adult Field Services Bureau

The Adult Field Services Bureau consists of the Pretrial Services Division (PTS), Adult Investigations, Adult Supervision, Specialized Programs and Special Services functions conducted at nineteen field offices and more than 19 additional branch offices in court locations. Pretrial Services Division completes approximately 88,095 eligibility assessments/reports a year. Adult Investigations conducts approximately 72,000 investigations per year and AFSB has under its supervision approximately 62,000 adult probationers, resulting in 92,000 supervision reports per year.

Pretrial Services Division

Pretrial Services consists of the following units and programs:

Bail Deviation Program
Drug Court Program
Early Disposition Program
Own Recognizance Program
Electronic Monitoring Program
Civil Court Name Change Petitions Program
Drug Treatment
County Parole Program
JAWS/PAAWS
Adult Compliance Teams(ACT)

Adult Investigations

With an investigative staff of 220 Deputy Probation Officers, AFSB conducts approximately 72,000 investigations per year utilizing the latest in computer technology, including the use of an information management system and video interviewing of defendants in custody. The types of investigations conducted by Investigation DPOs are as follows:

Early Disposition Investigations
Pre-plea Investigations
Probation and Sentence Investigations
Post Sentence Investigations
Bench Warrant Pickup Investigations

Adult Investigations also includes the following units and programs:

Adult Services Court Officer Team (ASCOT)
Early Disposition Program (EDP)
Custodian of Record
Bench Warrant Unit
Central Records

Adult Supervision

AFSB has approximately 62,000 adults under the supervision of approximately 330 Deputy Probation Officers. There are a wide range of programs and types of supervision. Among the services performed in Adult Supervision are the following:

Supervision Intake Team (SIT)
Kiosk Report-In System
Automated Minimum Service Caseload (AMS)
BIG MAC (BIG)
Child Threat (CTH)
Domestic Violence (DOM)
Family Caseloads (FAM)
Gang (GNG)
High Risk Offenders (HRO)
Narcotic Testing (NTU)
Community Assessment Services Centers (CASC)
Proposition 36/Tier II
Welfare Fraud

Specialized Programs

The function of specialized programs is to enhance the Department’s operation in areas such as collections and restitution, communications and information, special interactions between State agencies, and registration and DNA collection activities.

The current specialized programs in AFSB are:

Adult Compliance Tracking Team (ACT)
Financial Evaluation Team (FET)
County Parole Program (PAR)
NIXIES Unit
Centralized Custody Caseloads Unit
Clearinghouse
Probation Information Center (PIC)
Out of County Unit (OCU)
Proposition 69 DNA Collection Unit
LiveScan Unit
Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA)
Targeted Case Management (TCM)

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