What is the difference between probation and community supervision?
• A: By acts of the 71st Legislature, effective January 1990, the name “Adult Probation Department” was changed by law for all departments in the state to “Community Supervision and Corrections Department”. This was to recognize the greater scope and role of community corrections in our state today. In keeping with this, in 1993 the 73rd Legislature changed the terms “probation” and “Probation Officer” to “community supervision” and “Community Supervision Officer”.
