No
Yes, your Probation Officer can certainly warn you if you have violated the conditions of your probation. He can also return you to jail.
yes
No. A Probation Officer is not a Law Enforcement Officer. Only Law Enforcement Officers are required to give the Miranda Warning.
no
no -.- druggy
This same thing happened to me. I went there thinking that i would be tested, but he actually just asks you a lot of questions. Plus nothing would happen anyway. It's not like they can do anything about it because your probation didn't start.
The best way to check on the status of a probation transfer from another county, is to speak with the probation officer in charge. They may be able to give you information if you or a family member are involved.
Not if she is smart. She could ask her probation officer, but they will likely give a similar answer. (It's also not wise to lie, or withhold information from them.)
It depends on how serious the probation violation is considered to be. Your violation wasn't a repeat of the offense you were on probation for, so it's really up to your probation officer. He can give you a warning and another chance, or he can have you arrested and sent to a hearing where your probation could be revoked, and you would serve out your jail sentence.
I would imagine that it would, but why would you want to do that?
This would be considered a "technical" violation, meaning that there are no new charges. The most amount of time that CAN be revoked for a technical violation is two years (for a felony conviction, which this obviously was a felony due to the amount of time on probation). However, if the person on probation is honest with his/her probation officer then they will usually work together. It's usually best to be honest and upfront with a probation (and parole) officer. I don't know the details ~ did the probationer tell the probation officer he/she had used prior to the test or did the probationer play "dumb" and try to lie to get out of it. With what I have seen over the past 14 years, the probation officer can give the probationer a very stern warning and may 'up' the terms of probation (possibly putting him/her on, say, 3-6 months of intensive probation or make him/him attend some type of drug classes for a certain amount of time). I have a friend who had been passing drug tests by using someone else's urine and after months and months of doing this, she finally broke down and confessed to the fact that she had been using. Her parole officer put her in jail for 45 days and when she got out of jail, she went straight back into the 3/4ths house where she has been for approximately two (2) years. I am certainly no expert, but this is what I have seen and heard for the past 14 years.
Probably four. A bachelor's degree in criminal justice would give you a good start.