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Legislators, unions and an applicant ask committee to relax age caps for police and firefighter appointments
Summary
The committee heard testimony supporting House Bill 4443, which would alter maximum-age rules for original appointment to firefighter or police officer posts, and a separate Senate petition asking the State Police to waive the 34-year age limit for applicant Jonathan Lewis.
Lawmakers, union representatives and a state trooper applicant told the Joint Committee on Public Service that statutory age caps limit recruitment and can disqualify otherwise-qualified candidates.
Paul Jacques, legislative agent for the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts, told the committee the union supports House Bill 4443, “an act relative to the maximum age requirement for original appointment to the position of firefighter or police officer,” and…
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