The recipients of the 2006 Probation Employee Recognition Awards have been chosen. The eight Probation Officers, five Support Staff employees, four Assistant Chief Probation Officers and two Associate Probation Officers from across the state will be honored at a special ceremony in the Great Hall of the Massachusetts State House on Thursday, May 11th.

 

Honorees are being acknowledged for their exemplary work in the community and in the Massachusetts Probation Service.

 

“It is my opinion that the employees who have been chosen to be honored are among the best of our organization. They are all deserving of this acknowledgement of their extraordinary efforts,” said Commissioner of Probation John J. O’Brien.

 

The four Assistant Chief Probation Officers to be honored are: Michael Thomas, New Bedford District; Roland Bouncuore, Lawrence District; Carol Maher, Holyoke District; and Kathleen R. Hurrie, Plymouth Superior.

 

Probation Officer honorees include: Christine S. Drew, Barnstable District; Michael Borden, Fall River District; Joann Lam, Salem District; Brian K. Crowley, Franklin/Hampshire Juvenile; Dennis J. Visconti, Woburn District; James Quinn, Plymouth Juvenile; Trina Higgins, Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court; and Candido Diaz, Jr., Worcester Juvenile.

 

Among the Support Staff honorees are: Kathleen Hunt, Probation Office Manager, Falmouth District Court; Patricia Haines, Probation Office Manager, Peabody District Court; Deborah Armstrong, Probation Case Specialist, Franklin/Hampshire Juvenile; Dolores Gervais, Probation Case Specialist, Eastern Hampshire District; and Carol Apgar, Probation Operations Supervisor, Northampton District.

 

Jean M. Tatro, Northern Berkshire District, and Jeremiah V. Murphy III, Essex Juvenile, are the two Associate Probation Officers who will be recognized at the ceremony.