Division of Professional Development & Standards

The Division of Professional Development and Standards (OPDS) manages the Division of Professional Development, Office of Compliance, Office of Victim and Volunteer Services, and the Emergency Management Unit. 

The Division of Professional Development provides training programs supporting the Department's mission to enhance staff and partners' safety, security, and skills. The division is responsible for training nearly all the agency's full and part-time staff, including Georgia POST­ certified Juvenile Correctional Officers (JCOs), Juvenile Probation Officers (JPOs), Post-certified Juvenile Probation Parole Specialists (JPPSs), Teachers, Medical and Mental Health Professionals, Food Service Workers, Custodial Workers, and Administrative Staff.