Officer Allred outlines pretrial program duties and monitoring tools used in Bighorn County

Officer Allred told commissioners the county’s pretrial and misdemeanor probation program has grown into a program‑administration role that coordinates with justice partners and manages compliance monitoring for community members under court supervision.

"I currently function as a primary and central sole administrator of probation and pretrial services for the county," Allred said, listing responsibilities including risk assessment, monitoring compliance, coordinating services and maintaining program documentation (SEG 076–083). Allred explained the program uses tools such as SCRAM, SoberSafe and AlcoPro for alcohol monitoring and has a local download station for SCRAM ankle monitors so clients need not travel to Billings.

Allred emphasized the program’s public‑safety role and described work with other jurisdictions: Yellowstone and Crow courts refer individuals to the county for monitoring and testing to avoid travel to Billings; Allred provides testing and forwards results but does not adjudicate violations for those outside courts.