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Apr 25, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
It's still #AutismAcceptanceMonth and I'm today writing about the UK police and PACE requirements when investigating crimes.
PACE requires that vulnerable persons who are questioned have an appropriate adult with them. This is specified in PACE and the term appropriate
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adult and the regulation's scope was expanded in July 2018.
However there is a worrying trend in some police forces to ignore this requirement, putting vulnerable people at risk of not having the protective factors that they should whilst in custody.
