In a city where the local government gets the most attention for big, brash moves like same-sex marriage and universal health care, Darrin Dill is doing cutting-edge work in San Francisco's adult probation department with little more than a bike, a helmet and mirrored sunglasses.

In 2008, for two days, I followed him around the streets of South of Market and the Tenderloin - San Francisco’s grittier neighborhoods - to film him at work.

In the same year, I was honored to personally witness Officer Dill receive the prestigious Scotia Knouff Line Officer of the Year Award held in Las Vegas, NV (where this short film was also presented), during the annual American Probation and Parole Association convention.

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Homeless Outreach Program, city, county, homeless probationers, shelter, food medical care, resource guides, housing, drugs, halfway house, recidivism, APPA