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Wow, that's bad news. You could consider to give up your drinking for rest of your life because your record might be ruined. Not even one tip of beer or wine.
My hearing friend was arrested at once when he was drunk on the road at 2 a.m. He has not drunk one tip of a beer and a wine for 15 years. He is afraid of his record that might be denied for his future jobs. So far, he is doing fine with his jobs. He is extremely lucky that his record is stable.
I think that you might want to move out of state. You could live in a better town as near a deaf community and hopefully friendly policemen and policewomen. That's where you need to "feel" safe place. Actually, I don't have the perfect answer. It's just my opinion.
For the technology or any improvement services, you still have to be careful anyway. No matter what the ADA laws tell you or the police. We have so many people everywhere, and it is impossible for most police to deal with. They won't do it for you unless if there is a major deaf community such as NTID and Gallaudet areas that they have to be aware of. BUT, I do care that almost all police should respect our deaf people for our interpreter needs.
It is a good thing that you got out of the jail without a physical abuse at the police station. Whew!
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