After an ex-convict shot and wounded his parole officer at the downtown Brooklyn state parole office last week, three parole offices will be getting metal detectors. NY1 reports that the three offices will be part of a pilot program, "If successful, all parole offices in the state will be equipped with the security measures." That's right—no parole offices have detectors; as the parole officers' union said, "We are the only law-enforcement officers without metal detectors. Middle schools have metal detectors."
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