Lake County Record-Bee – By Mandy Feder — Managing Editor – Updated: 09/27/2011 09:10:42 PM PDT LAKE COUNTY — Steve Buchholz returned to a familiar position. He came out of retirement to serve as Interim Chief Probation Officer for Lake County. He worked for the Lake County Probation Department for more than 30 years and served as Chief Probation Officer for nearly 16 years. Buchholz will assist in the management of the transition that Lake County will make as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in May to fix California’s overcrowded prison problem. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation began efforts to cut the inmate population in its 33 prisons by May 2013. State legislators then passed, and the governor signed into law, Assembly Bill 109 to help meet the court order. Lawmakers allocated $5 billion for counties to…[For full story: http://www.record-bee.com/ci_18991935 ]
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California – Lake County – Securing citizen safety while managing more offenders