People with intellectual disabilities to get help dealing with police
By the first quarter of next year, trained professionals such as social workers will be allowed to accompany people with intellectual disabilities when their statements are being recorded at all six police land divisions.
By the first quarter of next year, trained professionals such as social workers will be allowed to accompany people with intellectual disabilities when their statements are being recorded at all six police land divisions.
This follows a successful pilot of what is known as the Appropriate Adult Scheme at Bedok Police Division from June to November last year. It was among the initiatives the Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc) announced would be expanded under its Justice for All project.
Separately, LawSoc aims to make legal knowledge more accessible to the public. For instance, it intends to step up engagement with the public through partnerships with the Community Development Councils.
It will also roll out a mobile legal clinic by next year targeted at helping local and foreign commercial sex workers.
In the schools, LawSoc will develop new topics for a project catered for schoolchildren, highlighting their rights and obligations under Singapore’s laws and informing them of the consequences of juvenile delinquency. Since its inception in July 2012, more than 15,000 students from 35 schools have taken part in the programme. AMANDA LEE
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