NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED
OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE
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3.2.6. SPECIALISED TRAINING OF
PROFESSIONALS
Given that intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities
can be detected or emerge at any stage of the criminal
justice process, it is essential that law enforcement
officials, prosecutors, judges and probation professionals
are equipped to recognise and respond to the needs of
persons with disabilities. However, the data provided
by the institutions show that such competences are not
universally addressed.
According to the Police Department, police officers and
trainees of the Lithuanian Police School (LPS) participate
in the following trainings:
– „ Communication etiquette. People with
disabilities" (The Lithuanian Association of
People with Disabilities) - 278 officials and 26
LPS trainees completed the training in 2022.
– „Deaf Culture and the Ordering of Translation
Services" (Lithuanian Sign Language Translation
Centre) - 228 officers completed the training in
2022.
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