Tuesday, 6 June 2006 - 12:50 PM BST

I find it rather alarming that someone wrote of him that he "appears to see public protection as the key task" and intended it as a criticism

I don't find this alarming at all. His role as a probation officer is to to influence behaviour and help an offender find his or her place in the community.

He's not a policeman. (Though from the sounds of things he perhaps should have continued his police career instead.)


(Warning: Daily Mail readers may find the following statement outrageous.)

The key task of a probation officer is not to protect the public.