Aaron Osborne, a Rice County Probation Officer, has been named the 2023 Best Supporting Agent by the Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties.
The award, according to a statement issued by Rice County, is presented annually to a person who demonstrates an ability to help peers even under the most stressful circumstances, is positive and encouraging and is the “go-to” person when someone needs assistance.
According to Rice County Probation Supervisor Jackson Hanson, that was precisely why Osborne was nominated for the award.
“Aaron has taken on many roles in our office, but the one that is constant is that he is the go-to agent,” he said. “He is the person that, despite the challenges and stresses of his own caseload, will drop everything to help… and does this without hesitation and always with a smile.”
Osborne, who has been with the county for five years, said receiving the award is gratifying.
“I’m grateful that I have great supervisors who thought of me and the work that I do, and that they felt it was appropriate to nominate me for the award,” he said.
The statement said Osborne is a member of the department’s Search and Seizure, and De-escalation teams, and this year he will help train all the department’s agents in both areas. He is also a qualified trainer for several cognitive skills programs the Community Corrections department provides to clients and he will often facilitate sessions and work with participants in the county’s Treatment Court.
According to their website, the Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties is a consortium of 35 counties across the state who operate corrections programming within their communities under the provisions of the Minnesota Community Corrections Act of 1973 and are organized into 22 administrative service units.
