Police officers must have latitude to make quick ground decisions, not have their actions unfairly critiqued: Shanmugam
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Attorney-General’s Chambers are considering appealing against the High Court’s recent decision to award aMinister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam said in Parliament on Tuesday that MHA and AGC are taking a closer look at the court’s reasons for reaching its conclusions, and that the Government will also make changes to the law to close any gaps between its policy intent and current laws if necessary.
“The police and AGC will look at these points and decide whether the court’s decision should be appealed,” he said. Mr Shanmugam said that while MHA has to be strict about upholding the highest standards for the police, there is a need to ensure that its analysis of officers’ ground judgements is reasonable and fair.
He noted that in deciding what to do, the ministry has to to bear in mind that decisions in individual cases can have much larger and unintended effect of negatively impacting how officers react in future situations. An average of 78 police officers have been subject to disciplinary proceedings annually over the past three years, said Mr Shanmugam. Around 10 police officers have also been charged in court each year for the past three years.
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