Barry Krisberg Calls Plan to Arm Probation Officers a Bad Idea

San Jose Mercury News, January 30, 2010 by Karen de Sa
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14298168?nclick_check=1

“The issue boils down to: Are these people law enforcement officers, or are they treaters and helpers?” Krisberg said. “You can’t be delivering cognitive behavioral therapy with a gun strapped to your waist. The therapeutic relationship is inhibited and destroyed by someone carrying a gun openly.”