2020 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 54 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings After Conviction
Section 54-108 - Duties of probation officers.

(a) Probation officers shall investigate all cases referred to them for investigation by the executive director or by the court. They shall furnish to each person released under their supervision a written statement of the conditions of probation and shall instruct him regarding the same. They shall keep informed of his conduct and condition and use all suitable methods to aid and encourage him and to bring about improvement in his conduct and condition.

(b) Probation officers shall supervise and enforce all conditions of probation ordered pursuant to section 53a-30.

(c) Any interference with any probation officer or with any person placed in his charge shall render the person so interfering liable to the provisions of section 53a-167a.

(1949 Rev., S. 8834, 8835; 1955, S. 3336d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 155; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 76; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 74-183, S. 155, 291; 74-338, S. 37, 94; P.A. 76-436, S. 557, 681; P.A. 11-155, S. 2.)

History: 1959 act substituted circuit court for municipal court or trial justice; 1963 act updated statute, excluding court of common pleas and reference to appeal by minor and substituting state jail administrator for jailer; 1969 act substituted community correctional centers and their administrators for jails and their administrators; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas, reflecting reorganization of judicial system, and substituted “section 53a-167a” for “section 53-165”, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 74-338 repeated change in section reference enacted by P.A. 74-183; P.A. 76-436 reworded section to reflect transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, deleting references implying other courts' jurisdiction, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 11-155 inserted Subsec. (a) and (c) designators, amended Subsec. (a) to delete provisions re duty of probation officers to collect and disburse moneys and account therefor and to send record of all probations to director, re duty of police to notify probation officer whenever any minor has been arrested and re authority of court to commit minor to custody of probation officer while case is being investigated or when minor is in default of bail and is committed to a community correctional center and to make a technical change, and added Subsec. (b) requiring probation officers to supervise and enforce all conditions of probation ordered pursuant to Sec. 53a-30, effective July 1, 2011.

Cited. 207 C. 152. Where, pursuant to a plea bargain, defendant pleads guilty to sexual assault in fourth degree in violation of Sec. 53a-73a and public indecency in violation of Sec. 53a-186, trial court acted within its discretion in permitting Office of Adult Probation to notify members of defendant's community. 250 C. 280.

Cited. 31 CA 660. Section does not provide remedy for failure of probation officer to comply with statute and does not require that defendant's signature be on conditions of probation; section is directory and not mandatory and violation of statute by probation officer does not excuse defendant from requirement that he not violate a condition of probation as long as probation officer advised defendant of conditions of his probation and consequences of violating those conditions. 55 CA 622. Section is directory and not mandatory and violation of section by probation officer does not excuse defendant from requirement that he not violate a condition of probation. 58 CA 153.

Cited. 42 CS 574.