Alaska § 33.05.040 - Duties of probation officers.

§ 33.05.040. Duties of probation officers.

 (a) A probation officer shall        (1) furnish to each probationer under the supervision of the officer a written statement of the conditions of probation and shall instruct the probationer regarding the same;

 (2) keep informed concerning the conduct and condition of each probationer under the supervision of the officer and shall report on the probationer to the court placing that person on probation;

 (3) use all suitable methods, not inconsistent with the conditions imposed by the court, to aid probationers and to bring about improvements in their conduct and condition;

 (4) keep records of the probation work, including administrative sanctions and incentives the probation officer imposes under AS 33.05.020 (g), keep accurate and complete accounts of all money collected from persons under the supervision of the officer, give receipts for money collected and make at least monthly returns of it, make the reports to the court and the commissioner required by them, and perform other duties the court may direct;

 (5) perform duties with respect to persons on parole as the commissioner shall request, and in that service shall be termed a parole officer;

 (6) use administrative sanctions and incentives developed under AS 33.05.020 (g) to respond to a probationer's negative and positive behavior in a way that is intended to interrupt negative behavior in a swift, certain, and proportional manner and support progress with a recognition of positive behavior;

 (7) upon determining that a probationer under the supervision of the officer meets the requirements of AS 12.55.090 (g), consider recommending to the court that probation be terminated and the probationer be discharged from probation;

 (8) for each probationer who owes restitution and who is under the supervision of the officer, create a restitution payment schedule based on the probationer's income and ability to pay if the court has not already set a restitution payment schedule;

 (9) accommodate the diligent efforts of each probationer to secure and maintain steady employment or to participate in educational courses or training programs when prescribing the times at which a probationer shall report;

 (10) permit each probationer to travel in the state to make diligent efforts to secure and maintain steady employment or to participate in educational courses or training programs if the travel is not inconsistent with other terms and conditions of probation;

 (11) report on the probationer by making a recommendation to the court to revoke probation or to maintain existing probation conditions when a petition to revoke probation is filed.

 (b) The caseload of a probation officer supervising probationers or the combined caseload of a probation officer or parole officer supervising probationers and persons on parole as provided for in (a)(5) of this section may not exceed an average of 75 persons, except in temporary or extraordinary circumstances approved by the commissioner.