Beyond the Badge, Division of Adult Parole Operations, Inside CDCR Video

Watch: A day with Parole Agent Valdez

Agent Valdez leads a parole team for compliance checks.

Parole Agent Valdez helps maintain public safety with the Division of Adult Parole Operations, where he’s worked since 2018.

Inside CDCR caught up with Valdez to discuss his career and the role parole agents play in the community.

Video by Chris Medina, Director (specialist), TV Communications Center
Office of Public and Employee Communications


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