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Ellen Pascoe is working hard to keep Dubbo community safe
After completing a Bachelor of Criminal Justice, Dubbo’s Ellen Pascoe couldn’t decide whether to become a police officer or parole officer.
She eventually chose the latter and is this week one of 10,000 Corrective Services NSW staff celebrated on National Corrections Day for her commitment to reducing reoffending.
The Dubbo Community Corrections officer has only been in the job for two years and in that time has put numerous offenders on the path to rehabilitation.
“I like working with people and being a parole officer is more welfare-based and about helping people, rather than being in police, which is more about locking them up,” she says.