ABPO - The National Offender Management Service & Ministry of Justice Black staff Association. National Association of Probation Officers. Napo (formerly the National Association of Probation Officers) is the trade union and professional association that represents probation staff including probation officers and other operational and administrative staff and Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service staff in the United Kingdom.
Napo was formed on 22 May 1912. It was a member of the Standing Conference of Organisations of Social Workers from 1962, but decided not to join the new British Association of Social Workers in 1970. Federal Probation and Pretrial Officers Association (FPPOA) APPA.