Amador County has a new Chief Probation Officer. Mark Bonini has been promoted to the top spot in the Probation Department following the retirement of Mark Giannini. Bonini started with the county probation department 12 years ago as a deputy probation officer shortly after graduating from Fresno State University, where he played college baseball. As the chief of the department, Bonini says the big jobs on his desk are budget tracking, relationships with other law enforcement agencies and keeping up with changing technology. Bonini is married with 2 young children, is a member of Jackson Lions and coaches his son’s soccer team. When asked about future plans, Bonini said he loves Amador County and plans to stay with the department as long as former boss Giannini, who also started and ended his 30-year career with Amador County Probation.