ADA information for law enforcement
By Greg George
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
The Department of Justice has just released a set of booklets and videos on how law enforcement is to work with the disabled. There have been many stories of law enforcement using too much force against the disabled because we usually cannot follow the commands of the officers. As a tetraplegic, I could not get on the ground and put my hands behind my back. My titanium rods make it impossible to move my arms behind me but the police don’t seem to be interested in verifying that. Instead, reports of the disabled being dumped out of wheelchairs and beaten because the deaf could not understand police commands are common problems. These documents and videos should be viewed and followed by all police officers in the country. We do not ask to be treated any differently then anyone else, just to be cogniscent of disabilities so that we are not beaten or thrown out of a wheelchair because the police officer has no training in dealing with this kind of problem.
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