Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Officers’ Week.pdf
PROBATION, PAROLE AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OFFICERS’ WEEK
2024
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, community supervision professionals play a vital role upholding the law with professionalism while recognizing the right of the public to be safe-guarded from criminal activity; and
WHEREAS, community supervision professionals are responsible for helping people involved with the criminal justice system become successful members of their communities; and
WHEREAS, community supervision professionals answer a daily charge to aid in the reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals as they return home; and
WHEREAS, in partnering with community agencies and groups, these trained professionals provide services and support to people on probation, parole and post-release supervision; and
WHEREAS, community supervision professionals promote prevention, intervention and advocacy to reduce recidivism and improve public safety; and
WHEREAS, more than 2,000 certified probation/parole officers serve the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction supervising the approximately 80,000 justice-involved individuals across our state; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina’s community supervision officers and those across the nation have made the vital commitment to make positive changes in their communities with their dedication, perseverance and training;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim July 21 – 27, 2024, as “PROBATION PAROLE, AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OFFICERS’ WEEK” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
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Roy Cooper
Governor
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.