About Us
My personal journey has instilled a strong sense of purpose and urgency in my work, driving me to create systems that are fair, restorative, and truly rehabilitative.
About Us
Chadwick J. Libby
Chadwick J. Libby is the Director of Dauphin County Probation Services. He started his career in Dauphin County in 1998 as a Juvenile Probation Officer. He was promoted to Director of Adult Probation and Parole in March 2012. Then in June 2013, he was appointed as the Director of Probation Services, a position with administrative leadership responsibility for both the Dauphin County Juvenile Court and the Criminal Division of the Court of Common Pleas.
Chad regards some of his core leadership responsibilities to be the protection of the community, the enhancement of public safety and ensuring that probation and parole policies and practices are guided by evidence-based practices that demonstrate effectiveness. He also created the first Quality Assurance Program for Adult and Juvenile Probation in Pennsylvania.
Chad serves on a variety of boards and committees as follows:
- President of the Pa Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers, 2020-2023
- Executive Committee – Pa Council of Juvenile Probation Officers, 2008 – current
- EBP Strategic Planning Leadership Team, County Adult Chief Probation and Parole Officers Association, 2017-2024
- EBP Leadership Team – Pa Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers, 2019-2023
- Chairman for Risk, Needs, Responsivity Assessment Leadership Team – County Adult Chief Probation and Parole Officers Association
- Chairman of the Dauphin County Re-Entry Coalition
- Chairman of the Safety Committee -Pa Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers and County Adult Chief Probation and Parole Officers Association
- Current Committee Member for the Firearms Education and Training – County Adult Probation and Parole Advisory Committee
- Current Commission Member (Governor Appointed) – Pa Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission
- Chairman of Juvenile Justice Leadership Committee – Dauphin County
- Critical Incident Stress Management Team Lead Member – Dauphin County
- Former NRA and Act 158 Senior Master Certified Firearms Instructor
- Former Treasurer – Pa County Adult Chief Probation and Parole Officers Association
- Former Chairman – Pa Firearms Education and Training Commission
- Big Brother for the Harrisburg Big Brothers and Sisters Program – 2007 to 2018
