I was appointed as a Federal Probation Officer in February 1997. I have worked as both a Court Investigator and as an Intensive Supervision Officer. I am currently working as a Court Investigator. Prior to my appointment with U.S. Probation, I was a police officer for two years, and a parole officer with the State of Georgia for eight years. I am a defensive tactics instructor, ASP Baton Instructor, general instructor and also a Physical Fitness Coordinator. I have been a member of the FPPOA since I began my career as a federal probation officer.

I was appointed a United States Probation Officer in July, 1996. I have worked as both a Supervision Officer and a Pre-Sentence Investigator. I am presently in the pre-sentence unit. Prior to this employment, I was employed as a probation officer with the State of Nevada for nearly 6 years. I am a Firearm’s Instructor, Search Team Coordinator, Chairman of our district’s Data Quality Team, past Chairman of our Sex Offender Committee, Safety Instructor, Intern Liaison, Evidence Custodian, and Automation Committee Team Member.

In January of 1995, I was appointed as a U.S. Probation Officer in the Northern District of New York; promoted to Senior U.S. Probation Officer/Team Leader & Sentencing Guideline Specialist in April of 1999; and promoted to Supervising U.S. Probation Officer in August of 2003. As a supervisor, I have had oversight of a combined presentence and pretrial investigation unit in the Albany office. During my career in Northern New York I have served as assistant firearms instructor and a member of the Critical Incident Stress Management team.

I was appointed as a Federal Probation Officer (Presentence) in October 2007. My previous work experience consists of working as a legal counsel for Zions Bancorporation, responsible for privacy, compliance and audit reviews, and implementing a program to track all international transactions. I was also the healthcare privacy officer, assessing IT risks and training employees. Prior to that, I was an in-house attorney for a compliance software company.

In the course of completing graduate studies at the State University of New York at Albany, I was introduced to the United States Probation system as a student intern in the Northern District of New York. In July 2000, I was appointed as a United States Probation Officer in the District of Vermont where I have been the Sentencing Guidelines Specialist since 2008. I have an interest in sentencing policy and practice and serve as the POAG representative for the District of Vermont.

Scott is a Sentencing Guidelines Specialist working in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District of Georgia.