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BATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1989
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PROBATION OFFICERS COMMENDED
THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE. MR RICHARD HAWKES, TODAY (SATURDAY) COMMENDED PROBATION OFFICERS FOR THEIR HIGH STANDARD OF WORK.
"I ALMOST NEVER FAIL TO BE IMPRESSED WITH THE THOROUGHNESS AND FAIRNESS OF PROBATION REPORTS, BUT WHAT IS PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED BY MAGISTRATES, HOWEVER, IS THE REALISTIC RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH ARE USUALLY MADE," HE SAID.
HE SAID IT WAS QUITE REMARKABLE THAT PROBATION OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO SET CONSISTENTLY HIGH STANDARDS IN THEIR REPORTS. THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 70 PROBATION OFFICERS
TO PROVIDE ABOUT 8,500 PROBATION REPORTS A YEAR AND TO COPE WITH THE NEARLY 3,000 OFFENDERS PLACED ON PROBATION EACH YEAR, HE NOTED.
MR HAWKES WAS SPEAKING AT THE CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR THE VOLUNTEER SCHEME FOR PROBATIONERS (VSP) ORGANISED THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
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MR HAWKES NOTED THAT THE SCHEME HELPED PROMOTE GREATER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE REFORMATION OF OFFENDERS AS WELL AS GREATER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND STRONGER COMMUNITY ACTION AGAINST CRIME.
HE COMMENDED THE VOLUNTEERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE SCHEME FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE THEIR OWN LEISURE TIME TO SERVE OTHERS WITHOUT MONETARY REWARD.
THESE VOLUNTEERS COULD ASSIST PROBATION OFFICERS PERSONAL AND MORAL SUPPORT FOR PROBATIONERS, HE NOTED.
BY PROVIDING
SCHOOL WORK,
"THEY CAN ASSIST IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS SUCH AS AND ENCOURAGING THE PROBATIONERS TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THEIR LEISURE TIME BY DEVELOPING INTERESTS IN HOBBIES, SPORTS AND OTHER WORTHWHILE ACTIVITIES.
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