Heather Sides is a Supervising Deputy Probation Officer at the Sonoma County Probation Department, Adult Division. Heather joined the department in 1998 and has worked in Field Services, Investigations and as a Court officer. As a supervisor, she has managed field officers, treatment court officers, investigators, jail alternatives staff and is the Training Coordinator for the Adult Division. In late 2019, she assumed one of the two supervisor positions in the expanded Sonoma County Pretrial Services Unit, part of the Judicial Council of California’s Pretrial Pilot Program. Heather assisted in the implementation of the new pretrial program, including the transition to a new assessment tool. She remains in that position today.