Qualifications of Regional, Assistant Regional, Provincial, and City Probation Officers.
Section 25
SEC. 25. Qualifications of Regional, Assistant Regional, Provincial, and City Probation Officers.—No person shall be appointed Regional or Assistant Regional or Provincial or City Probation Officer unless he possesses at least a bachelor's degree with a major in social work, sociology, psychology, criminology, penology, corrections, police science, police administration, or related fields and has at least three years of experience in work requiring any of the abovementioned disciplines, or is a member of the Philippine Bar with at least three years of supervisory experience. Whenever practicable, the Provincial or City Probation Officer shall be appointed from among qualfied residents of the province or city where he will be assigned to work.