CLINTON — The Massachusetts Probation Service kicked off what its leader called the beginning of an era Friday, graduating a class of recruits from its new Probation Officer Academy. “Sometimes, (this ...

The probation officers walked cautiously down the dark hall, their voices drowned out by a Twisted Sister song, “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” “Christopher, come out here,” a probation officer commanded.

A new San Diego Probation Department regional training facility in Scripps Ranch that is designed to provide officers from around the region with “cutting-edge training enhancement opportunities” ...