Megan Volker

Chief Probation Officer Megan Volker has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Saint Xavier University. She has been with the department since 1994, starting as a probation officer working with standard probation and sex offender caseloads. She was promoted to supervisor in 2000 and oversaw units in standard caseload, compact, youthful offender, Veteran’s Court, and compliance. In 2015, she was promoted to Deputy Chief, overseeing several different locations. In 2019, she was promoted to Assistant Chief over the Home Confinement Unit and probation operations at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. She was appointed as Acting Chief Probation Officer in 2020 and became the Chief Probation Officer in 2022.

Chief Volker is a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Probation Advisory Board, the Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board, and the National Institute of Corrections Urban Chief’s Network.