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61 PA Cons Stat § 6161 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6161 - Parolee Homicide Review Team

§ 6161. Parolee Homicide Review Team. (a) Establishment.--The department shall establish the Parolee Homicide Review Team, which shall examine circumstances surrounding those who have committed criminal homicide while under supervision by the board.  (b) Powers and duties.--The department, in cooperation with the members of the Parolee Homicide Review Team, shall have the following powers and duties in relation to the program:  (1) Collect, review and analyze all appropriate events and issues surrounding and related to homicides committed by those while under the supervision of the board.  (2) Identify compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, guidelines, best practices, protocols and other standards.  (3) Develop and recommend any appropriate changes in applicable statutes, regulations, guidelines, best practices, protocols and other standards.  (4) Review relevant and applicable issues related to the training of individuals who interact with those under the supervision of the board and develop and recommend any appropriate changes to such training.  (5) Review relevant and applicable issues related to collaboration with other criminal justice agencies and develop recommendations to address any systematic gaps in supervision and public safety.  (6) Review relevant and applicable issues related to treatment, counseling, services and reentry programs and develop recommendations to improve case management of individuals.  (7) Submit a report to the Governor and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives by September 30 of each year relating to the activities, review, findings, analysis and recommendations of the Parolee Homicide Review Team. The recommendations shall address all issues identified under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), as well as factors that are likely to improve supervision practices, identify deficiencies in the system and recommendations to address them in order to reduce recidivism and improve public safety and strengthen collaboration with criminal justice agencies.  (c) Nonhomicides.--The chair, in consultation with and approval of the other members of the Parolee Homicide Review Team, may include case reviews of nonhomicide cases if such cases resulted in a serious breach of public safety and review of such cases is necessary to maintain or improve the safety of the public.  (d) Meetings.--The Parolee Homicide Review Team shall meet no less than once per year, but as often as the chair deems necessary to fulfill the duties of the Parolee Homicide Review Team.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6162 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6162 - Members

§ 6162. Members. (a) Permanent members.--The Parolee Homicide Review Team shall consist of the following individuals or their designees:  (1) The Secretary of Corrections, who shall chair the Parolee Homicide Review Team. (2) The chair of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. (3) The commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. (4) Three district attorneys selected by the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association. Each district attorney shall be from different regions of this Commonwealth.  (5) Three chief county probation officers selected by the County Probation Officers Association. Each chief county probation officer shall be from different regions of this Commonwealth.  (6) The executive director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing. (7) The Attorney General. (8) The executive director of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. (9) The victim advocate. (10) No more than two professors of law with expertise in criminal justice, appointed by the Governor.  (11) A representative from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, appointed by the Chief Justice.  (12) A representative of a local victim services organization, appointed by the Governor. (13) The executive director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. (b) Ad hoc members.--The chair, in consultation with and approval of the other members of the Parolee Homicide Review Team, may invite other relevant individuals to serve on an ad hoc basis and participate as full members of the review team for a particular review. These individuals may include individuals with particular expertise that would be helpful to the review panel or representatives of organizations or agencies that had contact with or provided services to the homicide victim or the alleged perpetrator.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6163 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6163 - Confidentiality

§ 6163. Confidentiality. (a) Maintenance.--Members of the Parolee Homicide Review Team shall maintain the confidentiality of any identifying information obtained relating to this section.  (b) Agreement.--Each member of the Parolee Homicide Review Team shall sign a confidentiality agreement applicable to all reviews conducted by the Parolee Homicide Review Team.  (c) Liability.--An individual, agency or entity that in good faith provides information or records to the Parolee Homicide Review Team shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability as a result of providing the information or record.  (d) Discovery.--The discussions, deliberations and records of the Parolee Homicide Review Team are privileged and confidential and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena or introduction into evidence in any civil or criminal action.  (e) Right-to-Know Law.--The provisions of this chapter shall not be subject to the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.  (f) Meetings.--Meetings of the Parolee Homicide Review Team shall be closed to the public and shall not be subject to the provisions of 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings).  (g) Penalty.--A person who violates the provisions of this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6164 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6164 - Regulations

§ 6164. Regulations. The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6171.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6171.1 - District offices

§ 6171.1. District offices. (a) Principal office.--The department shall provide offices for the board. The board shall appoint and employ such number and character of officers, agents, clerks, stenographers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The salaries of persons so appointed and employed by the board shall be fixed by the board.  (b) District offices.--The department shall divide the Commonwealth for administrative purposes into a suitable number of districts, not to exceed 10, in each of which shall be a district office which shall have immediate charge of the supervision of cases of probation and parole arising in the courts of the judicial districts embraced within its territorial limits, but, as occasion may require, the supervision of particular parolees may be transferred by the department to other appropriate parole districts.  (c) Location of district offices.-- (1) The department shall fix and determine the location of the various district offices within their respective districts, having regard to local conditions in each district and to the most convenient and efficient functioning of the office established in each district.  (2) At each of the locations so fixed and determined, the department shall provide such office accommodations, furniture, equipment and supplies as may be reasonably suitable and adequate for the proper handling and dispatch of the parole business of the district.  (3) The department may enter into contracts on behalf of the Commonwealth for such office accommodations, furniture, equipment and supplies through the Department of General Services.  (d) Consideration for fixing compensation.--In fixing compensation for its officers, clerks and employees under the provisions of this chapter, the department shall have regard to the kind, grade or class of service to be rendered, and, whenever any standard compensation has been fixed by the Executive Board for any kind, grade or class of service or employment, the compensation of all persons appointed or employed by the department in the same kind, grade or class shall be fixed by it in accordance with such standard.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6171.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6171.2 - District directors

§ 6171.2. District directors. (a) Establishment.--Each district office shall have a district director who:  (1) Shall be appointed by the department. (2) Shall receive such annual salary as the department shall determine in conformity with the rules of the Executive Board.  (b) Status and role.--The district director shall be the executive head of the district office to which the district supervisor is appointed and shall have the control, management and direction of all employees of the department assigned to the district, subject to the supervision of the department.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6171.3 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6171.3 - District office employees

§ 6171.3. District office employees. (a) Department to appoint.--The department shall appoint in the various district offices a sufficient number of agents, clerks, stenographers and other employees to fully and efficiently administer the parole laws of this Commonwealth, but no employee of the department shall be appointed by the department except in the manner provided by this chapter.  (b) Salaries and qualifications.--The salaries of the appointees in subsection (a) shall be fixed by the department. The department shall from time to time by appropriate rule or regulation prescribe the qualifications to be possessed by its personnel. The qualifications shall be such as will best promote the efficient operation of probation and parole.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6172 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6172 - Probation services

§ 6172. Probation services. (a) General rule.--The department shall have exclusive power to supervise any offender placed on probation by any judge of a court having criminal jurisdiction when the court, by special order, consistent with the regulations of the department, directs supervision by the department.  (b) Presentence investigations.--The department shall make presentence investigations when requested to do so by the court in accordance with the regulations of the department.  (c) In-service training.--The department shall provide in-service training for personnel of county probation offices when requested to do so by the court having jurisdiction of the probation office.    Cross References. Section 6172 is referred to in section 6140 of this title; section 9718.5 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).
61 PA Cons Stat § 6173 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6173 - Investigation of circumstances of offense

§ 6173. Investigation of circumstances of offense. (a) Duty to investigate.--The department, upon the commitment to a correctional facility of any offender whom the board is given the power to parole, shall investigate and include in its report to the board:  (1) The nature and circumstances of the offense committed. (2) Any recommendations made by the trial judge and prosecuting attorney. (3) The general character and background of the offender. (4) Participation by an offender sentenced after February 19, 1999, and who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence in a victim impact education program offered by the department.  (5) The written or personal statement of the testimony of the victim or the victim's family submitted under section 6140 (relating to victim statements, testimony and participation in hearing).  (6) The notes of testimony of the sentencing hearing, if any, together with such additional information regarding the nature and circumstances of the offense committed for which sentence was imposed as may be available.  (7) The conduct of the offender while in prison and the offender's physical, mental and behavioral condition and history, in addition to history of family violence and complete criminal record.  (b) Cooperation of public officials.--A public official who possesses offender records or information shall furnish the records or information to the department upon request and without charge so far as may be practicable while the case is recent.  (c) Duty to transmit.--A court sentencing any offender to a term as to which power to parole is given to the board in this chapter shall transmit to the department, within 30 days after the imposition of the sentence:  (1) A copy of the notes of testimony of the sentencing hearing that may have been filed or recorded in the case.  (2) Copies of any criminal identification records secured from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (3) Copies of presentence investigation reports and behavior clinic reports, if any were submitted to the court, the last two of which records, being confidential records of the court, shall be treated confidentially by the department, who shall not permit examination of the records by anyone other than its duly appointed officers and employees and the board and its officers and employees, except upon court order.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6174 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6174 - Right of access to offenders

§ 6174. Right of access to offenders. All prison officials shall: (1) At all reasonable times grant to the properly accredited representatives of the department access to any detainee whom the board has power to parole.  (2) At all reasonable times provide for the board or its properly accredited representative facilities for communicating with and observing a detainee while imprisoned.    Cross References. Section 6174 is referred to in section 6137 of this title.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6175 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6175 - Investigations for the Board of Pardons

§ 6175. Investigations for the Board of Pardons. The department shall make an investigation for the Board of Pardons in cases coming before it and upon its request. The investigation shall include all information set forth under section 6135 (relating to investigation of circumstances of offense), including a risk assessment if the applicant is incarcerated.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6181 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 61 - Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole|Section 6181 - Status as peace officers

§ 6181. Status as peace officers. An agent is declared to be a peace officer and is given police power and authority throughout this Commonwealth to arrest without warrant, writ, rule or process any department-supervised offender for failing to report as required or for any other violation of his conditions of supervision.    Cross References. Section 6181 is referred to in section 8332.7 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).
61 PA Cons Stat § 6301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 63 - County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training|Section 6301 - Short title of chapter

§ 6301. Short title of chapter. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Law.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 63 - County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training|Section 6302 - Definitions

§ 6302. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Board." (Deleted by amendment).  "Certification." The assignment of a certification number to a probation or parole officer after successful completion of a mandatory basic training course or receipt of a waiver of basic training from the County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Commission and successful completion of mandatory training.  "Commission." The County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Commission.  "Fund." The County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Fund established under section 6308 (relating to County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Fund).  "Officer." A county probation or parole officer of this Commonwealth.  "Program." The County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Program established in this chapter.  "School." A school currently approved by the Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D (relating to municipal police education and training).  "Weapon-carrying officer." A county probation or parole officer who is authorized to carry a weapon in connection with performance of the duties of the officer's employment.  (June 30, 2021, P.L.260, No.59, eff. imd.)   2021 Amendment. Act 59 deleted the def. of "board."
61 PA Cons Stat § 6303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 63 - County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training|Section 6303 - County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Commission

§ 6303. County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Commission. The County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee established under the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Law, shall serve as the County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Commission under this chapter, including assuming all of its funding, powers, duties and responsibilities under this chapter.  (Dec. 18, 2019, P.L.776, No.115, eff. one year)
61 PA Cons Stat § 6304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 63 - County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training|Section 6304 - Commission and advisory subcommittee

§ 6304. Commission and advisory subcommittee. (a) Composition.--The chairperson of the County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee shall appoint an advisory subcommittee to be composed of:  (1) Three county adult probation officers who are full members of the County Chief Adult Probation and Parole Officers' Association of Pennsylvania, one of whom is a chief adult probation officer from a county authorized to carry firearms and two of whom are firearms instructors certified as such by the National Rifle Association, the Pennsylvania State Police or the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  (2) One member of the Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers. (3) One representative of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission. (4) One judge of a court of common pleas of a county that employs officers who carry firearms. (5) One director qualified under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D (relating to municipal police education and training).  (6) One county commissioner from a county which employs officers who carry firearms. (b) Terms.--(Deleted by amendment).  (c) Vacancies.--(Deleted by amendment).  (d) Compensation.--The members of the commission and subcommittee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed the necessary and actual expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the commission and in the performance of their duties under this chapter.  (e) Organization.--The chairperson of the County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee shall serve as chairperson of the commission. The commission shall act only with the concurrence of the majority.  (f) Meetings and quorum.--The commission shall meet as may be necessary, but at least once annually. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson of the commission or upon written request of three members. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members appointed.  (Dec. 18, 2019, P.L.776, No.115, eff. one year)
61 PA Cons Stat § 6306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 63 - County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training|Section 6306 - Training mandatory

§ 6306. Training mandatory.  Within two years of the establishment of the County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training Program and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, a county shall provide for the training of any officer in its county probation and parole department who carries a firearm. Following this two-year period, a county shall provide that training and certification requirements of this chapter are met prior to a county probation officer being authorized to carry a firearm.
61 PA Cons Stat § 6307 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 63 - County Probation Officers' Firearm Education and Training|Section 6307 - Requirements for program participation or waiver

§ 6307. Requirements for program participation or waiver.  In order to participate in the training program or be granted a waiver of training requirements, at a minimum, the officer must: (1) Be employed as a full-time county probation officer. (2) Be a United States citizen. (3) Not have been convicted of an offense graded a misdemeanor of the first degree or greater or punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than two years, unless in possession of a waiver from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the Department of the Treasury. (4) Have had the officer's fingerprints submitted by the officer's employer to the Pennsylvania State Police for the purposes of a background investigation. The officer shall have results of the investigation which indicate that the requirements of paragraph (3) are met.