| Probation Services Mike Garcia, Chief Probation Officer Seventeenth Judicial District |
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| The Seventeenth Judicial District Probation Department
serves both Adams County and the City and County of Broomfield with offices in
Aurora, Brighton, Broomfield, Commerce City and the Main Office in Thornton.
Probation officers provide community supervision and rehabilitative services to
misdemeanor, felony and juvenile offenders.
There are a number of specialized programs which are utilized to enhance community safety and promote rehabilitation of offenders. Intensive supervision services for both adults and juveniles attempt to reduce the danger that higher risk offenders pose to the community while simultaneously promoting appropriate rehabilitative services at a significant cost savings to taxpayers. Services for female offenders and specialized, on-site day treatment supervision for juveniles provide highly focused rehabilitative treatment plans which have a demonstrated efficacy. Drug and alcohol treatment as well as multi-disciplinary screening for services where appropriate are essential components of the services provided by the Seventeenth Judicial District Probation Department. Office Locations, Hours of Operation and Telephone Directory |
| Brighton Probation Office | |
| 3508 North Peoria Street | 1000 Judicial Center Drive |
| Aurora, Colorado 80011 | Brighton, Colorado 80601 |
| See Directory for Telephone Numbers | (303) 835-5720 |
| Broomfield Probation Office | Commerce City Probation Office |
| 17 DesCombes Drive | 4201 East 72nd Avenue |
| Broomfield, Colorado 80020 | Commerce City, Colorado 80022 |
| (720) 887-2150 | (720) 322-1370 |
| Thornton Probation Office (Main Office) | Alcohol Unit |
| 12421 Washington Street, Unit H | 1000 Judicial Center Drive |
| Thornton, Colorado 80241 | Brighton, Colorado 80601 |
| (303) 451-5555 | (303) 654-3408 |
| Probation office hours of operation are 8:00 o'clock a.m. to
5:00 o'clock p.m. Monday through Friday.
Direct line telephone numbers can be found at the Telephone Directory which is in Adobe Acrobat format. To read the list of numbers you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be obtained by clicking the graphic below:
Return to Top↑ Specialized Programs for Enhanced Community SafetyThe Seventeenth Judicial District Probation Department has developed a number of specialized programs to enhance community safety and promote the rehabilitation of offenders. These programs utilize intensive treatment and supervision to make certain that offenders who are deemed appropriate for community placement but who present a higher risk to re-offend receive adequate supervision and services. The assessment and screening of offenders is indispensable to the decision-making process regarding which individuals can be contained in the community and which individuals should be removed from society. The Seventeenth Judicial District Probation Department has been a state leader in the development of the tools, policies and procedures to ensure that tax dollars are used wisely while contemporaneously protecting community safety. Among the specialized programs are Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation, Intensive Supervision Probation, Recognizing Opportunities for Change (ROC) and the PPRT/Connections Screening Team. Intensive Supervision Probation The Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP) program monitors both juvenile and adult offenders in the community. Before being permitted to participate in the program, an extensive screening process takes place. The criminal history, social history, mental health and substance abuse history of the offender are reviewed by specially trained representatives of the Probation Department who then recommend acceptance or denial of entry into the program to the sentencing judge. The court ultimately determines whether an offender is sentenced to Intensive Supervision Probation. Offenders who are sentenced to intensive supervision probation are required to personally report to their supervising probation officer more frequently. Additionally, they may be required to participate in electronic home monitoring or other tracking services in order to ensure that they are maintaining a law abiding lifestyle. Supervision services such as remote breath analysis and unannounced jobsite or home visits are also utilized to make certain that an offender is complying with the requirements of his or her probation. Offenders are also more likely to be brought before the court for a probation revocation hearing based upon technical violations of probation. Return to Top↑ Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation The mission of the violent offender unit is to monitor high risk domestic violent and sex offenders in the community through a collaboration of probation, law enforcement and community agencies. The violent offender unit has no eligibility requirement, all domestic violence and sex offender cases are accepted whether misdemeanor, felony or lifetime supervision offenders. If the court places the offender on probation they are assigned to probation officers who have specialized interest and training in either domestic violence or sex offender supervision, or both. All Sex Offender-Intensive Supervision Probation and Non-Intensive Supervision Sex Offenders (Regular Sex Ofenders) are automatically placed in an offense specific caseload and supervised by specially trained officers. The Recognizing Opportunities for Change (ROC) Program The Recognizing Opportunities for Change (ROC) Program is a short term, structured program offered for juvenile offenders as an alternative to detention. In 2003 the Colorado Legislature was faced with a dramatic budgetary shortfall which required cuts in spending for detention services. The Seventeenth Judicial District was limited in the number of juveniles who could be placed in the Youth Detention Center by State of Colorado Division of Youth Corrections policy. The ROC program was developed as a result of detention caps to make certain that juvenile offenders who were in need of a higher level of containment to protect the community could receive that level of supervision without being placed in detention. This would help insure that offenders who could not be placed in the community remained in the detention facility. Juvenile offenders who desire to participate in the ROC program must undergo a multi-disciplinary screening process which reviews specific criteria in making a determination as to whether a juvenile should be accepted into the program. Among the criteria the screening committee considers are: whether the juvenile is at risk for detention; whether the juvenile is employed or involved in an educational program; whether the juvenile demonstrates some level of motivation; and whether the juvenile poses a risk to himself or herself or to the community. If a juvenile is accepted into the ROC program, the program has a number of requirements. These include:
The juvenile offenders who participate in the ROC program attend the program Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 o'clock a.m. until 3:00 o'clock p.m. To insure that there is adequate supervision and that the juvenile attends the program, transportation may be provided by the Seventeenth Judicial District Probation Department. The Family Treatment Court is an innovative program for substance abusing juvenile offenders combines intensive probation supervision for juvenile offenders, family treatment planning and intensive judicial supervision to insure that high risk youth can safely be integrated into the community. The program requires youthful offenders and their parents to attend drug and alcohol counseling, parent groups, parental responsibilities training, and individual treatment at the ROC site. The program is divided into three tracks with various levels of intensity of supervision and treatment. The program is unique in the State of Colorado. Return to Top↑ The PPRT/Connections Screening Team The PPRT/Connections Screening Team is an interagency staffing team developed to review juvenile offenders who are in serious jeopardy of residential treatment center placement, specialized programs supervision, detention sentencing or commitment to the Division of Youth Corrections. The staffing team provides a multi-disciplinary approach to assessing the holding status and treatment needs of juveniles considering a continuum of supervision or containment from least restrictive to most restrictive environments. The emphasis is the safety of the juvenile, the juvenile's family and the community. The PPRT/Connections Screening Team reviews all relevant information within a multi-disciplinary setting to determine the appropriate level of supervision or containment and then makes recommendations to the court regarding sentencing. Although the recommendations are not binding upon the court, they are given great weight by the judge at the time of sentencing. The PPRT/Connections Screening results in both better sentencing decisions and a significant saving of taxpayer dollars by making certain that services are appropriately directed to those juveniles who need them. The use of competent professionals from diverse fields of expertise with substantial experience increases community safety through maximizing rehabilitative potential where warranted or insuring containment by commitment when needed. Return to Top↑ Domestic Violence Treatment ProvidersState Approved Domestic Violence Offender Treatment Providers in the Seventeenth Judicial District can be viewed in Adobe Acrobat format. Substance Abuse Treatment ProvidersFor information regarding substance abuse treatment services in both Microsoft Word and pdf format, please click on the appropriate link. Note that the Microsoft Word document has interactive hyperlinks and the Adobe document does not. Return to Top↑ |
