Post by Logan on Jun 3, 2016 18:59:17 GMT -6
COLCHESTER — Almost a year after state social worker Lara Sobel was gunned down leaving work, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed two bills into law Thursday intended to protect social workers from assault.
The governor honored Sobel’s memory during a training day for Department of Children and Families employees in Colchester. Lawmakers and DCF officials and many of Vermont’s social workers were also in attendance.
“These laws are an acknowledgement that we all know there is nothing we can do to bring Lara back, but what we can do is honor her legacy to insure that we protect (social workers),” Shumlin said.
Sobel was allegedly shot by a woman who had lost custody of her child in a case that Sobel was involved in with. She was killed while leaving the state offices in Barre last August.
Read more: vtdigger.org/2016/06/03/shumlin-signs-worker-protection-bills/
The governor honored Sobel’s memory during a training day for Department of Children and Families employees in Colchester. Lawmakers and DCF officials and many of Vermont’s social workers were also in attendance.
“These laws are an acknowledgement that we all know there is nothing we can do to bring Lara back, but what we can do is honor her legacy to insure that we protect (social workers),” Shumlin said.
Sobel was allegedly shot by a woman who had lost custody of her child in a case that Sobel was involved in with. She was killed while leaving the state offices in Barre last August.
Read more: vtdigger.org/2016/06/03/shumlin-signs-worker-protection-bills/