The Boston Globe continued its focus on the Probation Department with an editorial on February 5 calling for the legislature to eliminate the unlimited term of the Commissioner of Probation:
Probation office needs fixing, not commissioner for life
EDITORIAL February 5, 2010
STATE PROBATION Commissioner John J. O’Brien is untouchable. Insulated by an unlimited term and allergic to scrutiny, he is the new symbol of unaccountability in Massachusetts. Read the rest of this entry ?