New Mexico in Focus; Juvenile Parole and Probation
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July 13-19 is National Probation and Parole Officers Week. Each year Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD)'s Juvenile Probation and Parole Officers (JPPO's) provide direct services to more than 15,000 youth in communities throughout New Mexico. Coming up on New Mexico In Focus, David Alire Garcia sits down with several of these public servants. Plus, Gene Grant went to the town hall meeting at the Hotel Albuquerque, with Senator John McCain and interviewed some attendees. Then, he and The Line panelists give a New Mexico perspective on the presidential campaign and speculate on what the Governor will do with New Mexico’s 400 million windfall. Hosts: David Alire Garcia, Managing Editor, NewMexicoIndependent.com and Gene Grant, Albuquerque Journal Columnist. Panelists: Scott Darnell, Communications Director, New Mexico Republican Party; Margaret Montoya, UNM Schools of Law and Medicine; Jim Scarantino, Weekly Alibi Columnist. Guest Panelist: Terry Bruner, State Director for Senator Jeff Bingaman. Guests: Jeanne Masterson, Chief Juvenile Probation and Parole Officer, Bernalillo County; Roberta Muro, Supervisor of the JPPO Girls Unit, Bernalillo County; Ted Lovato, Deputy Director of Field Services, CYFD; Deborah A. Martinez, Public Relations Manager, CYFD.
