Somerville Man Part of Corrections Officers Graduating Class
Ducakis Germain was among the 53 graduates of the first Middlesex County Sheriff's Office Corrections Department Basic Training Course in four years.
Middlesex County Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian pulled no punches when he described the job of corrections officer as "difficult" and "stressful." With that in mind, he expressed great pride in the 53 men and women who graduated from the Middlesex County Department of Corrections 35th Basic Training Academy in a ceremony at Dargin Hall on the South Campus of UMass Lowell. Among them was Somerville resident Ducakis Germain, a military veteran whom Koutoujian honored at the graduation ceremony. Koutoujian told the hundreds of friends and family in attendance that the work done by corrections officers is often under appreciated, a situation he is committed to changing. “Corrections officers should be recognized in the way firefighters and police…
