Shawn L. Hill has worked in the Criminal Justice field for 28 years. He started his career in California working for Fresno County Juvenile Probation, working inside Juvenile Hall in Maximum Security. He later worked for the California Youth Authority (when it was called that) in Modesto, California. He later moved to Portland, Oregon and then on to Idaho Falls, Idaho where he began working for Bingham County in April of 1999, with his office in Blackfoot, Idaho. He has worked will all cases in the juvenile realm and once carried a caseload of Misdemeanor Drug Court Participants. He has worked as a Juvenile Detention Officer, Juvenile Probation Officer, Juvenile Diversion Officer, Juvenile Drug Court Officer, Juvenile Sex Offender Officer, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Adult Misdemeanor Probation Officer, Adult Misdemeanor Chief Probation Officer, and Probation Director at present. He started a Youth Court in Bingham County in 2007 and in 2019 attended the American Probation and Parole Association Conference in San Francisco where he was exposed to the “Re-Entry Simulation”. Director Hill along with his staff and the County Commissioners, brought the “Re-Entry Simulation” back to Idaho to share with fellow criminal justice professionals. They call their version the” Probation Simulation”. In addition to his Bingham County responsibilities, he served on the Board of Juvenile Corrections for ten years. He has been a member of the Idaho Council for Juvenile Interstate Compact since March 2008 and has been the Chair of this Council since March 2009. He is currently the President Elect for the Idaho Association of Counties Misdemeanor Probation Administrator’s Association.
