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| Kansas parole officers want state to arm them |
| By hutchnews.com |
| Published: 06/02/2014 |
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WICHITA – Kansas parole officers are asking the state to provide them with weapons and training to protect them as they interact with convicted felons, but their employer is resisting the move. Steve Bukaty, an Overland Park attorney who represents the parole officers, said they face many of the same risks that police do and should be armed. Parole officers deal directly with the same offenders that police put in jail, he said, “and a police officer would never think of confronting these individuals unarmed.” “In my opinion, your parole officers are dealing with violent offenders much more than the FBI is,” Bukaty said. Read More. |
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