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Adult Protective Services Systems APS
Though Automated Protective Services APS systems have been created by states to
track reports of abuse and neglect, they may still experience problems that
question the effectiveness of their overall system. Such problems that exist
are:
 Problems with Legal System: In some
cases there has been a lack of training for law enforcement officers. This has
resulted in less than thorough criminal investigations. However in places where
law enforcement had more than adequate training for handling such issues, this
was not a problem.
Not A Priority of State: On occasion
the local government does not see the need for preventing Elder abuse as much
as other, more notable forms of abuse such as child abuse. It has been noted in
situations where a respected system that has been effectively implemented by
other states is introduced, the local government may be inclined to be more
interested.
Lack of Reliable Data: Because of years
of working with cases manually, and duplicate case documents and confusion
arising from that, many systems have complained that there is a lack of
reliable data. This is an almost unavoidable problem, but in addition to being
more desirable than the alternative of not having an automated computerized
tracking system, it is only a temporary setback.
Other Problems: In some cases
differences between agencies have resulted in communication barriers between
agencies using APS systems (If there was a single system, this might not be an
issue).
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