ALABAMA RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE

Rule 5.

Chief probation officer.

The juvenile judge, or where there is more than one, the presiding juvenile judge shall appoint a chief probation officer or director of probation services who shall serve at the pleasure of the judge. The chief probation officer shall be responsible directly to the judge for coordinating the probation services of the court, their internal procedures, budgeting, office management, allocation of space, and personnel transactions.