YEAR ONE
WHAT WE’VE ACHIEVED ONE YEAR IN
LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD
In our first year, DCS has achieved tremendous things—some of the highlights are shared here. We have
spent our year establishing a solid foundation for a strong, healthy organization. Now, as we enter our
second year, it is our intention to continue this tradition of accomplishment and to extend our work out
beyond what we have ever done before in the field of Community Supervision.
OUR
TEAM
BUILDING A STAFF OF THE FINEST COMMUNITY SUPERVISION PROFESSIONALS.
Our Human Resources Unit was the first in the door on
July 1, 2015 and worked to staff DCS with more than
2,000 of the very best professionals across Georgia.
To meet our fast-paced recruitment needs, they
implemented a statewide hiring process that reduced
time to fill vacant Community Supervision Officer
positions from more than six months to less than two
weeks, reduced the cost of hiring, and improved the
quality of the candidates that now compose our family.
Technology helps: We implemented Digital Voice Stress
Analysis examinations to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of the hiring process for sworn positions.
GETTING STRONGER ALL THE TIME.
We developed in-house leadership and professional
development programs to keep us at the top of our
field. And we’re grooming the next generations of
Community Supervision Officers with more than 170
officers graduating from six 320-hour basic training
classes in 2016. We also created an Office of Professional
Standards to handle internal investigations, keeping us
accountable to the public—and ourselves.
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