Lawmakers discuss social workers’ safety

Lawmakers discuss social workers’ safety

In July, social worker Brenda Yeager was murdered during a visit to a client’s home.

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Now lawmakers are studying what can be done to improve the safety of social workers. The nature of their job puts them in homes that are in turmoil, but during interim meetings in Bridgeport on Tuesday, lawmakers heard of ways that the job could be made safer.