Officers Get Training On Communicating With Deaf

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Officers Get Training On Communicating With Deaf - cbs4denver.com

Traffic stops and communicating with police can be tough for the deaf, but the Cheyenne Police Department is trying to change that with training for officers.

Lori Cielinski of Wyoming Vocational Rehabilitation says some people with a hearing impairment fear getting pulled over and not being able to follow directions.

Some might reach for paper and pencil, making an officer uneasy. Others have trouble reading lips when an officer shines a light on them.

Trainer Heather Parsons says others may get ignored, for instance in domestic violence cases, if one spouse can hear but the other can't.

Parsons says trainers are teaching officers how to communicate, whether through basic signs, an interpreter or writing.
 
Pfffffttttt!....Here in Jacksonville...officers were supposed to do the same thing after we went to Tampa (Florida) with all our complaints against treatment of deafies.....we were promised the sun and the moon!...Has never happened!....Not one officer in the JSO force that was "supposedly" to have taken basic sign language...can finger spell that I've met....
One thing that did "improve" somewhat was the TDD's at the jail....Still, some duty officers were not even "informed" there were TDD phones for deafies and they still have "no knowledge" of how they work....
 
They need picture books to carry for all sort of communication needs.
 
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