Sunday, December 23, 2012

PSOs target disabled, homeless with fines

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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