DON'T LEAVE THE STATE!
If you leave without dealing with ALL the paperwork, or at the very least having written permission to leave until your next appointment with the probation officer, then a warrant will be sworn out for your arrest. You'll end up having to serve the MAXIMUM sentence for the DUI, plus additional jail time for ';failing to complete your sentence'; as well as skipping town. You might even be charged and sentenced as if you'd escaped prison.
Sadly, you're getting SPEEDY service. I kid you not, but you can expect to wait another four or five days for your probation officer to show up and even then, he or she will just make an appointment. The appointment itself may not even be kept.
The entire system assumes that you, having been convicted of a crime, have nothing to do but wait around for the justice system to get around to you.
Expect the probation officer to make a fuss about you wanting to leave the state. He or she will have trouble with the concept that you live in a different state. You may end up with another court hearing over it.
Expect to be stuck there for another day to another three weeks, possibly longer. Do you have any friends in town ho can put you up for a few days? Is there a ';Day Laborer'; temp agency in the area that can hook you up with some short term work? (Most office style temp agencies won't touch someone who is planning to leave the state in under a month.)Question for my probation officer...need advice help?
I would contact my attny immediately, and also go to the court bldg and see someone face to face to explain the situation. Thats BullS**t that you cant even find your P.O. something fishy there.. he should be available all day every business day... take action.. dont just let it slide.. its your life.. not theirs.. that couldnt give a care about you.. you need to take matters into your own hands here.
get it resolved in whatever way you can, you should go to the probation office. You dont want this to come back and bite you in the rear. You want to handle this before you get back to Tex. and they are coming to your door with a warrant and to extradite you, then it gets really expensive. You need to get it approved by someone, if no one enters it into the system then it is going to tell that you have not completed your time. You need to get it in writing, i think they should give you a sheet claiming you have completed everything necessary to have your charge cleared.
You did what you're supposed to, so you owe nobody nothin. Nashville sucks, I wouldn't hang in that hellhole for a minute longer than I had to.
first of all, you got off easy with only 24 hours of Community service! my husband who blew a .03 in Utah got 48 hours of community service!
can you contact the court house that issued the restitution? they should be able to advise you on what you have to do. they should be able to provide you with another Probation Officer.
You have to get ahold of your probation officer somehow or you will get in more trouble.
Get a hold of someone!! Go to his office and have someone sign something saying you did your part. Don't just leave or you will be in hot water. Get in contact with any authority and let them know what's going on. We all make mistakes in life, at least you are owning up to yours! Thank you for serving for our country! :)
Try 2 call somebody above the P.O. If u leave, that'll give em an xcuse 2 put u thru more bullshyt
Try to get in touch with your probabtion officers supervisor. You need to clear this up so no warrants are issued.
If you cant get a hold of your probation officer i would go to the office where he/she works and ask for them or a supervisor. They should not be making you wait so long.
straight up you can probably go in and talk to any of the probation officers to take your info and have them give it to him or her or you could always fax the info.
Speak to someone over your probation officer his supervisor or someone and let them know that your in the service and you are in danger of being AWOL if they don't approve your paperwork so that you can report back. If you don't get any satisfaction, you can report it to your CO so that he can move on your behalf and at least he knows what is going on with you.
Contact the probation office and give them your officers name/shield number and tell them you have completed everything and must leave. They should be able to verify this and give you some type of clearance. Afterall, it isnt your fault your officer is a flake
Dont leave without taking care of this or a bench warrant may be issued on you
Just report to the probation department and show your proof of service. They will clear you without you having to make contact with your probation officer especially if you are from out of state.
Your anwser is simple, don't drink and drive and you won't have a problem.
Have a nice day. :)
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