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Cops must better train its frontliners on sexual crime response, says PSSC report
PARLIAMENT | A parliamentary special select committee (PSSC) has urged the police to improve their handling of sexual violence cases.

The call follows the PSSC on Women, Children and Community Development's review of the government's One Stop Crisis Centres (OSCC), which uncovered shortcomings in the police's response to sexual crime reports.

OSCCs are located at government hospitals and where domestic violence or rape survivors can receive treatment, collect medical evidence for legal purposes, lodge police reports, seek shelter and receive counselling services.

Among its findings, the committee said...


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