Saturday, February 25, 2006

 

Loitering

On 16th Feb a Straits Times newpaper article caused a stir: 'Police act to keep teens off streets after 11 pm'. It reported that police were implementing an anti-loitering measure against teens below 17 years of age. Parents of teens found loitering in public places after 11pm would get a letter from the police. Although a Straits Times article said on 17th Feb that "GOOD Parents, social workers welcome move", the 20th Feb Straits Times editorial was critically titled "Crime fighters or babysitters?"

It seems that the measure rasied enough eyebrows that the Police Force had to 'clarify' their position on Feb 22nd: only selected cases would have letters sent to parents. Nothing has come up on this recently so I presume the issue has settled to the bottom of the ocean.

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