Police to train teachers, social workers to spot signs of youth gang involvement
A new programme will also help young people who want to leave gangs make a clean break and rebuild their lives.
Singapore's police force and government agencies are launching measures to train teachers and social workers in identifying early signs of gang involvement among youths. The initiative aims to prevent youth offending by enabling closer and earlier intervention upstream. Under the Gang Renunciation Programme at the Singapore Boys' Home, young people wishing to leave gangs will receive support in making a clean break and rebuilding their lives.
Desistors, or former gang members, will provide mentoring support. The Youth Community Outreach Patrol (Youth COP), currently operating in eight schools, will expand to more institutions in the future. The Ministry of Social and Family Development, the Ministry of Education, and the National Council of Social Service will also enhance the Youth GO!
Programme to better support at-risk youth aged 12 to 21. Families will be actively engaged to foster stable and supportive home environments. These measures are part of the National Committee on Preventing Offending and Re-offending, an inter-agency platform co-led by the Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The committee aims to provide comprehensive support to at-risk individuals, offenders, and their families, breaking the intergenerational link of offending and imprisonment.
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