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In England and Wales, an appropriate adult must be called by police whenever they detain or interview a child (under the age of 18 [2]) or vulnerable adult. They must be present for a range of police processes, including interviews, intimate searches and identification procedures, as detailed in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE ...
Vulnerable adults sometimes have guardians - these are individuals with a legal right to make decisions on their behalf, such as those related to medical care and housing. [13] Guardians may be family or friends, [ 13 ] or they may be professionals who make decisions on behalf of many vulnerable people in exchange for their money.
National Adult Protective Services Resource Center, 2012. "Adult Protective Services in 2012: Increasingly Vulnerable." Este, Stephen, 2007. "The Challenges of Accountability in the Human Services: Performance Management in the Adult Protective Services Program of Texas" (2007). Applied Research Projects. Texas State University Paper 250.
IPCC Investigation 2012/011560 - A breach of Code C of PACE occurred in 2012 when a vulnerable 11-year-old girl Child H with a neurological disability similar to autism who was denied an appropriate adult at Crawley Police Station, after she was arrested in Horsham on 4 separate occasions for minor offences between February and March 2012.
William had been arrested after walking into Saracen Street police station in Glasgow while carrying a knife. He was remanded in custody after being deemed a "potential risk to public safety ...
Studies have found that less than 10% of adults who start fires meet the ... will add to stigmatization of some of L.A. County's most vulnerable residents. ... in custody only on suspicion of a ...
An Ohio man who was handcuffed and left facedown on the floor of a social club last week died in police custody, and the officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave. Police ...
The Independent Police Complaints Commission publishes annual reports on deaths during or following police contact. The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly "Safety in Custody statistics" looking at deaths and incidents of self-harm and violence in prisons in England and Wales. In the year up to March 2017 this statistical report showed the ...