PO didn't tell me not to call- he said to tell him at our next meeting how difficult child does on the house arrest rules. I did call him when difficult child violated by drinking- PO still took 2 days to return my call then. PO won't be coming by to do house checks- he said the mentor helps monitor difficult child in that way, although the mentor will only be coming at previously scheduled times. I'm still trying to figure all this out, too. Apparently this house arrest is nothing like when difficult child was on the ankle bracelet awaiting trial a couple of years ago. However, when he was on probation I was to just call and leave a message- sometimes that PO called back and sometiimes she just waited and dealt with it at the next visit. difficult child won't have weekly visits with PO- he'll only see him once a month unless PO increases it after this and he might want to move this visit up a couple of days.
I think the way they handle things must depend on the specific concern they way with that juvenile. When they let difficult child come home after setting the brush fire (he was awaiting trial), they had him on an ankle bracelet and jumped at the slightest infraction. This is more of a test to see if difficult child is going to comply with rules ITRW, like staying home when he's supposed to. Every day he breaks that he digs himself in deeper. PO asked about how he was doing in this regard when I talked to him about the drinking incident. At that point difficult child had done fine with staying home so I figured if he only messed up on Monday and we had a mentor start this week, I'd just tell the mentor. But, we still have no mentor in place and difficult child did even worse yesterday so I'm going to call PO later today. I have to get something done for work and get aa car inspection today though so I'm waiting until later this afternoon to call. There is noo one to call after hours so I couldn't call last night. Of course if difficult child became violent, I'm calling 911 and skipping the PO, and I've already told all of them that.