Armin Aris

Responsible for providing Probation, Parole, and Conditional Sentence supervision to adult offenders serving sentences in the community

• Managed up to 70 offenders at once, including high-risk cases, such as those convicted of guns and gang charges, with exceptional care and vigilance, minimizing potential threats to public safety.
• Demonstrate good judgment, administrative and analytical skills while employing effective case management strategies including assessing risk level, determining individual offender needs, maintaining collateral contacts with family members/victims, and exercising sound enforcement practices.
• Demonstrate ability to apply training through application of risk assessment evaluation tools such as the Level of Service Inventory – Ontario Revision (LSI-OR), Ontario Domestic Assault risk Assessment (ODARA), Risk Assessment for Sex Offenders (RASO), and application of skills received through specialized Ministry training with respect to Offender Tracking Information Systems (OTIS).
• Practice strong legal interpretive skills through application of Ministry policies, Federal Statues, Acts, and other pertinent legal policies.
• Compile accurate, concise, and timely court ordered reports such as pre-sentence, pre-parole, and other requested reports.
• Enhanced public safety by effectively supervising and monitoring offenders' activities and compliance with court-ordered conditions.
• Collaborated with law enforcement agencies to apprehend violators, leading to a significant decrease in recidivism rates and promote public safety.
• Leveraged strong communication skills to maintain rapport between probation and parole officers, police, offenders, and community partners throughout the supervision period.
• Testified in court proceedings as witness on behalf of assigned caseloads, providing valuable information for judicial decisions.
• Conducted thorough pre-parole investigations, including house visits, employment checks, treatment plans validation, and collateral contacts, ensuring seamless transition from incarceration to community reintegration.
• Ordering regular field visits to verify compliance with curfew or house arrest and other court-ordered conditions.
• Maintained accurate records of client interactions and progress updates, supporting data-driven decision-making processes.
• Demonstrate initiative and promote community safety when working with victims by assisting them with safety planning and accessing appropriate services within the community.
• Employ all precautions necessary to ensure confidentiality for all offenders and collateral contacts.
• Demonstrate continual commitment to endorsing a positive work environment, creating and maintaining safe spaces, and complying with all Respectful Workplace Policy mandates.
• Provide appropriate pro-social modelling, effective reinforcements, and conduct logical cognitive-behavioral counseling to facilitate change in order to reduce recidivism and assist offenders with complying with their supervision orders.
• Utilize the spirit and techniques of motivational interviewing in a manner that recognizes the offender’s right to self-determination and ability to change, while achieving a balance for the safety needs of the community.
• Engage in continuous learning to remain abreast with current literature and theoretical knowledge, and further develop professional skills related to correctional services.

• Promoted to the position of Sergeant, thanks to a demonstrated leadership qualities.
• Be trained and able to apply trainings such as gang graffiti identification and documentation, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), and gas station and convenience store robbery reduction initiates (Project Clear zone)
• Conduct a variety of canvasses, such as for homicide investigation, missing persons, and upcoming police initiatives.
• Ability to interview witnesses, members of the public, document findings, and follow proper evidence preservation and adherence to evidence continuity principals.
• Facilitate crime prevention projects/patrols, in partnership with the Toronto Police command structure and community stake holders.
• Enrolled in the newly created Public Safety Response Team (PSRT) for responding to immediate public safety issues regarding gang activity, riots, critical infrastructure threats, or terrorist incidents.
• Need to demonstrate effective leadership, while working in a strong teamwork oriented environment, and to effect proper liaising between the upper management, immediate supervisors, and constables who report to me.
• Interpretation and enforcement of the Highway Traffic Act, Trespass to Property Act, The Privacy Act regulations, Criminal Code of Canada, and Police Services Act.
• Be up-to-date/trained and able to administer correct forms of Toronto Police's Use-of-Force training.
• Conduct investigations into the conduct of the officers serving under me and disseminate after action reports to the appropriate stake holders.
• Provide mentoring and training to new officers assigned to the division.
• Maintain effective written and verbal forms of communication as evident by compiling concise and detailed reports, as well as effective verbal/radio communications.
• Maintain highly tuned time management skills in order to facilitate communication in prompt and timely manner between all stake holders.
• Manage time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
• Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.

• Elected from among my peers to be their representative on the joint Health & Safety Committee to discuss/investigate/resolve issues that pertain to our safe daily activities.
  
• Entrusted to possess, handle, and transport extreme valuables and commodities while adhering to strict codes of confidentiality and security.
  
• Provide prompt, courteous, and safe service to variety of clients.
• In charge assessment and analysis of different customer locations in order to anticipate, detect, and mitigate risk/threats in variety of environments as a member of the company's "Site Risk Assessment" team.
• Required to possess and continually provide high levels of integrity, honesty, and transparency during everyday roles due to the sensitive nature of the occupation.
• Required to maintain a clean variety of licenses and certifications related to the job, such as DZ/G drivers license, CPR, Firearms license, Pearson/Hamilton Airport Security passes, Criminal check, etc.
  

• Help prepare official documents as it relates to offender community supervisions.
• Requires extreme adherence to privacy regulations and safeguarding of sensitive info.
• Explain, verify, and enforce probation orders as it relates to the clients and their obligations.
• Continuously monitor and note the "Risk-to-Offend" level of the clients.
• Inquire about, advise, and provide community and rehabilitation/counseling programs for clients in need.
• Ensured compliance with court-ordered sanctions by closely monitoring probationers' adherence to conditions of release.

• Provided gate access to the venue in accordance with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario rules and procedures
• Provided close personal protection services to VIPs and celebrities in attendance
• Interpretation and enforcement of the Trespass to Property Act
• Interpretation and enforcement of the Liquor License Act
• Liaise with Pay-Duty Police Constables in law enforcement matters relating to the venue

• Undercover Loss-Prevention duties for major retailers
• Undercover surveillance of high-risk construction sites
• Mobile alarm response
• Condominium Host duties
• Enforcing Trespass to Property Act by-laws
• Enhanced client satisfaction by providing personalized service, understanding their unique needs and objectives, and delivering results that exceeded expectations.