Demands a Comprehensive Social Protection Network for High-Risk Families
Presiding over a December crime and public safety report meeting, Mayor Chu reminded that the police, as the embodiment of city authority, should demonstrate their profession when handling cases or they will cost the citizens’ trust in the government.
During the crime report meeting, the Social Welfare Department presented a report on high-risk families. According to the report, the derived social problems can be divided into five categories: child care problem, family economic hardships, mentally ill, suicidal, drug-addicted or alcoholic adult family members, unemployed main family supporters, and behavior deviations in children.
To establish a comprehensive high-risk families protection system, the Social Welfare Department said they will change their approach from “proactive check-ups and reports” to “precise reports and comprehensive services” and, with the help from cross-department offices, devise protection and prevention measures to handle family cases.
Mayor Chu said that the high-risk families protection system shall not let any high-risk families or potential high-risk families pass under the radar. He emphasized that the quality of family case reports are crucial to the prevention of derived social problems, demanding all reporting agencies to have a thorough understanding of the definition of high-risk family and always ensure a preliminary understanding of the family cases before relegating them.
Because reports by mass media on domestic violence cases can cause a negative citizen perception of public security, Mayor Chu said the emergency handling abilities of the government are very important. He directs that all public servants should develop their professions through training and the government agencies spokesmen shall not sound bureaucratic and elusive when answering to mass media.