Dave Goff helped

create a "virtual office" by consolidating the DeKalb-Rockdale

and Fulton County parole investigation districts beginning in July 2002.

Parole investigators now use alternate work locations and the unit has

also increased productivity and efficiency, officials said.

During the

transition, the units investigated a record 7,669 cases while saving $70,000

in real estate costs per year, officials said.

Parole investigators

conduct detailed pre-parole investigations, providing parole board members

with details necessary to consider an offender for parole. Investigators

gather information from court documents, prosecuting attorneys, victims,

family members of the offender and others who may offer input into the

crime and the offender's potential for life on parole.

Goff began

working with the Parole Board in 1983 as a parole officer. This is the

second time he has been awarded for developing an innovative solution

to parole issues.

In 1996, Goff

was honored for creating the Results Driven Supervision parolee supervision

model, which identifies parolees most likely to return to prison and matches

them with intervention programs proven to reduce the likelihood of repeat

offenses.