There’s an article on the New Zealand News website called Police defend move to send in the dogs. Essentially, a Deaf man aimed a replica Glock pistol at two neighbours, who then called the police. The police arrived, and after bellowing at him to come out of his flat, which he didn’t do, they sent [...]
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) and Greater London Action on Disability (GLAD) are holding a conference Disabled people and the Police ? a new relationship? Thursday 7th October 2004 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Broad Sanctuary London SW1P 3EE Disabled people and the Police ? a new relationship is the title of a [...]
Somerset East Police have two PLODs to help forge good relations with the deaf community. Sergeant Steve Christopher and PC Alison Norman are taking part in the force?s Police Link Officers for Deaf People (PLOD) scheme. They have volunteered for the role and are receiving deaf awareness and sign language training. They have also been [...]
The following article, taken from here, illustrates the ignorance of police officers and deafness: Deaf woman spat at police A DEAF driver spat at police and assaulted officers who tried to question her about a suspected drink-drive offence. Officers trying to question ….[snip] … did not realise her speech impediment was a normal characteristic of [...]
The Metropolitan Police Service is recruiting disabled people to become independent advisors to the Met on community police issues. The new Disability Independent Advisory Group (IAG) will help the Met to improve its service for disabled people. Its involvement could range from reviewing and improving the investigation and prevention of disability hate crime to advising [...]
Following the Press Release from the Met Police in Westminster, the contact numbers for the officers are: Voicemail: 0207 230 0793 Fax: 0207 230 0795 Minicom: 0207 230 0794 SMS text: 07990 672 801 Email: westminster.diversity@met.police.uk Met Police say, “I must stress that the service is for non-urgent calls only in the City of Westminster [...]
A new service for deaf and hard of hearing people, who live, work or socialise in the City of Westminster will be launched by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 9/6/04. Four dedicated police officers have been trained in basic British Sign Language (BSL) and deaf awareness as part of the new ?Link Officer? scheme [...]