Parole officers and probation officers play a role in the criminal justice systems by supervising offenders released from incarceration or sentenced to non-custodial sanctions such as community service. In some jurisdictions parole or probation officers are involved in presenting reports on offenders and making sentencing recommendation to courts ...
[n] - the officer of the court who supervises probationers
noun the officer of the court who supervises probationers
an officer who investigates and reports on the conduct of offenders who are free on probation.