Public Safety

Operation Nets Nearly 400 Arrests

| 5:04 PM

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Nearly 400 people are under arrest after a weekend operation involving more than a thousand law enforcement officers, including members of the County Sheriff’s Department, District Attorney’s Office and Probation Department.

Public Safety

Probationer’s Marketing Ideas a Winner

| 3:24 PM

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If the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)  starts offering free wi-fi or television monitors promoting tourism, it could be because of some suggestions made by an 18-year-old probationer in the Camp Barrett program.

Public Safety

Probation Officer is ‘Like a Mom Away From Home’

| 10:15 AM

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Supervising Probation Officer Mindy McCartney is part law enforcement officer, part social worker, part teacher/tutor and part counselor in her job. She supervises the County’s only all-female Youthful Offender Unit at Kearny Mesa juvenile hall, the “end of the line” of sorts for young women in the juvenile justice system.

Public Safety

A World in Common

| 2:35 PM

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Carissa Phelps spoke with a group of female detainees at Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Center recently about her path from being a victim of human trafficking to successful author and businesswoman.