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I am a hearing father of a profoundly deaf son. I have concerns and I have heard about incidents involving the police and deaf citizens. The concern I have is when the police react to people that aren't following their commands/orders. I understand that is a difficult situation for the police but you have to remember that you might be dealing with a deaf individual. Not all deafies can read lips. All I would say is to consider the fact that you might be dealing with a deaf individual before you take someone down for not complying with orders. Obviously you must do this with great caution. This is something that I personally believe should be part of all police training. Imagine if you are deaf and wallking down the street. An officer of the law is behind you yelling halt and you just go on your merry way (because you can't hear the officer). Then all of the sudden you are tackled from behind, taken down and cuffed. All because you didn't comply with orders that you could not even hear. Get the picture?

<blockquote data-quote="rockdrummer" data-source="post: 859178"><p>I am a hearing father of a profoundly deaf son.&nbsp; I have concerns and I have heard about incidents involving the police and deaf citizens.&nbsp; The concern I have is when the police react to people that aren't following their commands/orders.&nbsp; I understand that is a difficult situation for the police but you have to remember that you might be dealing with a deaf individual.&nbsp; Not all deafies can read lips.&nbsp; All I would say is to consider the fact that you might be dealing with a deaf individual before you take someone down for not complying with orders.&nbsp; Obviously you must do this with great caution.&nbsp; This is something that I personally believe should be part of all police training.&nbsp; Imagine if you are deaf and wallking down the street.&nbsp; An officer of the law is behind you yelling halt and you just go on your merry way (because you can't hear the officer).&nbsp; Then all of the sudden you are tackled from behind, taken down and cuffed.&nbsp; All because you didn't comply with orders that you could not even hear.&nbsp; Get the picture?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="rockdrummer, post: 859178"] I am a hearing father of a profoundly deaf son. I have concerns and I have heard about incidents involving the police and deaf citizens. The concern I have is when the police react to people that aren't following their commands/orders. I understand that is a difficult situation for the police but you have to remember that you might be dealing with a deaf individual. Not all deafies can read lips. All I would say is to consider the fact that you might be dealing with a deaf individual before you take someone down for not complying with orders. Obviously you must do this with great caution. This is something that I personally believe should be part of all police training. Imagine if you are deaf and wallking down the street. An officer of the law is behind you yelling halt and you just go on your merry way (because you can't hear the officer). Then all of the sudden you are tackled from behind, taken down and cuffed. All because you didn't comply with orders that you could not even hear. Get the picture? [/QUOTE]

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