By Allison Thomasseau
Lowell Sun
LOWELL, Mass. — A bill backed by area legislators would give hiring preference to the children of corrections officers killed on duty -- an advantage that is already provided to police officers and firefighters.
“The work that correction officers do is very dangerous, because they are essentially on the front lines working with a population of people going through justice system,” said Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, D-Leominster, who backs the bill. “Allowing their children the same opportunity to go into that field is fair.”
Flanagan said the bill could give family members the chance to follow in their parent’s footsteps, if they choose.
“It’s not a job someone enters into lightly; it has physical and emotional demands,” Flanagan said.
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