Duties
 

General duties for probation officers are set by Indiana State Law IC 11-13-1-3-3 as follows:

A probation officer shall:

1. Conduct pre-hearing and pre-sentence investigations and prepare reports as required by law;

2. Assist the courts in making pretrial release decisions;

3. Assist the courts, prosecuting attorneys, and other law enforcement officials in making decisions regarding the diversion of charged individuals to appropriate non-criminal alternatives;

4. Furnish each person placed on probation under his supervision a written statement of the conditions of his probation and instruct him regarding those conditions;

5. Supervise and assist persons on probation consistent with conditions of probation imposed by the court;

6. Bring to the court's attention any modification in the conditions of probation considered advisable;

7. Notify the court when a violation of a condition of probation occurs;

8. Cooperate with public and private agencies and other persons concerned with the treatment or welfare of persons on probation, and assist them in obtaining services from those agencies and persons;

9. Keep accurate records of cases investigated by him and of all cases assigned to him by the court and make these records available to the court upon request;

10. Collect and disburse money from persons under his supervision according to the order of the court, and keep accurate and complete accounts of those collections and disbursements;

11. Assist the court in transferring supervision of a person on probation to a court in another jurisdiction; and

12. Perform other duties required by law or as directed by the court.