DCS Annual Report 2015 | Page 17

WHO WE ARE DCS is 2,000 staff members strong. It is through their professional excellence that we intend to become a national leader and transformative force in the field of community supervision. While developing our team, we have sought out the brightest, most skilled, and promising employees to join us. Our most important hiring qualification, however, has been that each employee who works with us shares a dedication to the values DCS is founded upon: accountability, integrity, and dedication to selfless service, teamwork, and personal and professional development. MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER The new work of DCS merges roles and responsibilities formerly handled by the Georgia Department of Corrections and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, and we now supervise approximately 180,000 offenders previously under their care. We have benefitted immensely from retaining the expertise of the more than 1,900 employees who have joined DCS from these agencies. 1,150 450 155,000 330 50 25,000 georgia department of community supervision 14