PROTECTIVE services officers are handing out hundreds of fines to disabled, mentally ill and homeless people for minor infringements.
In one case, protective services officers fined a teenager with a severe intellectual disability 13 times in two months for riding his bike on a platform, failing to wear a helmet, failing to have a bike light and obstructing a pathway by sitting on steps. Some of the fines were issued 20 minutes apart.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/psos-target-disabled-homeless-with-fines-20121206-2axp1.html
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