Los Angeles County officials will explore splitting the troubled Probation Department into two systems: one for youth and one for adults.
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a motion by Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sheila Kuehl to hire a consultant to work with the interim chief probation officer, other county department heads as well as the working group formed two weeks ago to explore a Probation Department oversight commission to explore dividing the Probation Department between adult and juveniles.