Chief McClelland: we have put special emphasis on the deaf and hard of hearing community. This citizen is a very active participant in our PIP. I don't ever want anything to happen like he described (officer involved shooting in another state) We have over 1300 officers who are bilingual.
As far as training is concerned, we have video for interpreters at all stations to assist the deaf and hard of hearing. We have also installed video in the patrol cars so if a deaf person gets stopped they can bring the citizen to the car to help communicate.
We are one of the few agencies that offers these type of resources for the deaf and hard of hearing.
