Compassion fatigue is a common occurrence in those professionals who work with the criminal community. This is particularly so for those who work with offenders who have experienced trauma or perpetrated heinous offences. For frontline professionals in the criminal justice arena such as police, probation and prison officers, the constant exposure to recounts of traumatic experiences, unpicking of sexual and sexually violent crimes or dealing with traumatic incidents of violence, can have a devastating effect. Those who are vulnerable to compassion fatigue can be overlooked as the criminal justice sector strives to manage with rising caseloads, and focuses its work on the recovery of those who have committed the crime. In recent years, trauma-informed practice has become increasingly popular across the sector and whilst this is a positive step for those offenders who have experienced trauma, the vulnerability of practitioners and effective strategies to manage them, is not always evident. Written from a unique mixed vantage point of previous probation practice, lived experience of trauma and now, a leader of police education, this chapter sets out a discussion on how or if, trauma-informed practice is extended to these frontline, public sector practitioners, with the same intent and rigour as is expected of their work with the sexual offending community.