Los Angeles County now has fewer than 120 probation officers left to supervise nearly 22,000 probationers as a result of the redeployment of most of its officers to the county’s troubled juvenile hall and a controversial policy decision to force others with medical restrictions to stay at home.

In an effort to offset the dwindled workforce, the county has signed an agreement with L.A. Impact, a regional law enforcement task force focused on drug traffickers and gangs, to use police officers from around the county to conduct home visits and compliance checks traditionally handled by the Probation Depaartment.

Probation also is reconsidering a policy in place for more than a year that left significant portions of its employees sitting at home while the number of cases handled by the rema

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