Section 270.

Except as provided in Section 69906.5 of the Government Code, there shall be in each county the offices of probation officer, assistant probation officer, and deputy probation officer. A probation officer shall be appointed in every county.

Probation officers in any county shall be nominated by the juvenile justice commission or regional juvenile justice commission of such county in such manner as the judge of the juvenile court in that county shall direct, and shall then be appointed by such judge.

The probation officer may appoint as many deputies or assistant probation officers as the probation officer desires; but such deputies or assistant probation officers shall not have authority to act until their appointments have been approved by a majority vote of the members of the juvenile justice commission, and by the judge of the juvenile court. The term of office of each such deputy or assistant probation officer shall expire with the term of the probation officer who appointed the deputy or assistant probation officer, but the probation officer, with the written approval of the majority of the members of the juvenile justice commission and of the judge of the juvenile court, may, in the probation officer's discretion, revoke and terminate any such appointment at any time.

Probation officers may at any time be removed by the judge of the juvenile court for good cause shown; and the judge of the juvenile court may in the judge's discretion at any time remove any such probation officer with the written approval of a majority of the members of the juvenile justice commission.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 611. Effective January 1, 2003.)