**PRESS RELEASE ** Effective March 13, 2020   (SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF PRESS RELEASE DATED 3/27/20)

In response to the Notice issued today by the Tennessee Supreme Court, Blount County Mayor Ed Mitchell announces that the Blount County Adult Probation and Driving School office will be extremely limiting in-person probation appointments and classes offered effective Monday, March 15, 2020 through Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

We will adopt the following provisions effective Monday, March 15, 2020 through Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

• All Probation clients with ankle monitoring devices will be seen as required.

• All Driving School classes, Batterer’s Intervention Meetings, and any other group meetings held at the Blount County Probation Office will be cancelled.

• Probation Staff will be contacting probation clients individually to schedule their court-ordered reporting via telephone. 

• Instead of in-person payments, Probation clients need to mail payments to 1006 East Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, TN, 37804, or an alternative arrangement will be made to receive court-ordered payments. (Please make sure to include your name and date of birth).

• Probation staff will be present during normal office hours, Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm to answer any questions via telephone.

Any questions relative to an appointment or payment, please call the Probation Office at (865) 273-5990.

*****UPDATE-MARCH 27, 2020**** The above stated provisions will now continue through April 30, 2020******If you have not been contacted by your PO, you are expected to call them ASAP. If your Probation Officer is unavailable, you must leave a detailed message on their voicemail with a accurate phone number for them to call you back.