Misdemeanor Probation Oversight Unit
The Misdemeanor Probation Oversight Unit
(MPOU) along with the Advisory Council
provide regulatory oversight to Georgia’s
public and private misdemeanor probation
providers. MPOU was embedded into
the DCS organizational structure in order
to provide for a collaborative, inclusive,
and thorough analysis of Georgia’s adult
community supervision model to ensure
that taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently.
The significant measure of this new
regulatory system is to give providers and
officers the requisite training hours and
materials to confirm they are operating with
fidelity to the intent of the misdemeanor
reforms. DCS managed to find ways to make
these training more affordable by allowing
the providers to co-host the trainings at their
homebase. This allowed rural areas greater
access to training and resulted in bolstering
the attendance by providers.