Message from the Chief
Chief Probation Officer Tracy Reece
My name is Tracy Reece and I am the 13th appointed Chief Probation Officer for the San Bernardino County Probation Department.
I started as a Probation Officer in 1990 at the Barstow Field Office. In my 30+ year career, I have served in all areas of the Department, including both the Community Corrections and Detention Corrections Bureaus. I was sworn in as Chief Probation Officer on March 13, 2021.
One of my first initiatives as Chief was to implement the Department’s revised Guiding Principles and Core Values. These fundamental ideals frame the manner in which Probation operates and the goal of the newly-updated standards is to align the Department with the same beliefs to work toward better serving and protecting the community.
Our Vision Statement is simple, To Protect the Community. Our goal at San Bernardino County Probation is not just talking about arresting probationers who are a danger to the community. Although this is one aspect of our responsibility, protecting the community goes much further. When we are talking about protecting the community, we are talking about making a difference, being agents of change, and believing in the ability of people to grow and evolve. We Protect the Community by ensuring we are improving the lives of those we serve.
Our Mission Statement is building stronger families and safer communities by improving the lives of those we serve through assessment, treatment, rehabilitative services and enforcement. We do this by focusing on our Core Values which are deeply engrained principles that must be maintained and used every day, as they define who we are.
During her Probation career, Chief Reece has been a part of several ground breaking programs, including developing a database of community resources for adolescent offenders and their families, participating in the original arming committee, facilitating the closure of the West Valley Juvenile Detention and Assessment Center, and creating the modern K9 Drug Program.
Chief Reece graduated from the University of Toledo with Bachelor of Art degrees in Political Science and Psychology. In 1998, she graduated from the San Bernardino County Management Leadership Program and in 2012, she graduated from the Chief Probation Officers of California Command College. She received her Master of Art Degree in Leadership and Organizational Studies in May 2018, and two months later received the California State Association of Counties Institute Credential as a California Senior Executive. In 2019, she was recognized as a Fellow of the Institute.
In 2020, she completed the Regional Leadership Academy and the next year, she completed the Executive Leadership Academy through the Chief Probation Officers of California.
She holds membership in the California Probation, Parole and Corrections Association, the American Probation and Parole Association, Women Peace Officers of California, the American Jail Association, and the Women Executives in Corrections.
Chief Reece currently sits on the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Racial and Ethnic Disparities (R.E.D.) subcommittee, the Advisory Board for the University of Riverside’s Robert Presley Center of Crime and Justice Studies, and the San Bernardino Countywide Gangs and Drugs Task Force Executive Committee.
