This is the first topic that I feel very passionately about. Nearly 1 in 5 people have disabilities in the Unites States per U.S Census Bureau (Bernstein, n.d.) Police in some areas get training in handling people with special needs, but there isn’t any agency that trains for every case across the country, and no one really gets enough. Training is always the first area to be cut when budget get tight, and everyone has a pet training topic. The cops generally favor officer safety training that will keep them from becoming killed. Prosecutors want law and procedures updates, the chief wants whatever topics keeps the agency from being sued, Cops get paid to attend mandatory training,
Police in some areas get training in handling people with
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special needs, but I don't know of any agency that trains for every case across the spectrum, and no one really gets enough. Training is always the first area to be cut when budgets get tight, and everyone has a pet training topic.
The cops generally favor officer safety training that will keep them from becoming dead (small wonder there), prosecutors want law and procedures updates, the chief wants whatever topics will keep the agency from being sued. But where is the training to handle citizen s with disabilities.
Without the appropriate amount of mental health training for police, experts say, rash stigmatization and misinterpretation of the intentions of the mentally ill can cause vital errors and ultimately make the difference between life and death.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) strives to increase awareness and understanding of the mentally ill through its partnership with the University of Memphis Crisis Intervention Training Program, but within the law enforcement population, much is still to be done.
Hundreds of Americans with disabilities die each year in police encounters, and many more are seriously injured. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case about one of these interactions.
Hundreds of Americans with disabilities die each year in police encounters, and many more are seriously injured. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case about one of these
interactions. Police shootings of persons with mental disabilities tend to follow a pattern. Someone calls the police about a person in crisis. The police arrive, but the person in crisis fails to immediately follow police commands, not because the person is a “criminal” but because they are experiencing a crisis related to their mental disability In response to the person’s noncompliance, the officers start shouting and draw their weapons. They may surround the individual or spray them with mace. The crisis escalates. In a panicked effort to resist, the person grabs a nearby object – a knife, a screwdriver, a pen, a mop. The officers fire. Usually the disabled person dies. There is a safer way for police to interact with persons with mental disabilities in crisis. In communities across the country, officers are trying to resolve these situations without resort to lethal force by using accepted crisis intervention and de-escalation tools, including calm communication, collaboration with mental health resources, physical containment of the individual from a distance, and patience To some it all up police officers need more training when dealing with citizens with disabilities. This could prevent police officer involved shootings.
U.S. Department of Justice, (2006). Americans with Disabilities Act. Retrieved February 18, 2008, from ADA Homepage Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/q%26aeng02.htm
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination based upon their disability (Bennett-Alexander, 2001). The protection extends to discrimination in a broad range of activities, including public services, public accommodations and employment. The ADA's ban against disability discrimination applies to both private and public employers in the United States.
Background and Audience Relevance: According to the Human Rights Watch 2012 report on Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States; police brutality has become one the most serious human rights violation. As citizens of the United States it is our duty to make sure that those with authority don 't take advantage of their power.
Individuals with disabilities have laws in place to protect them and their rights as Americans. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act “requires public schools to make available to all eligible children with disabilities a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment appropriate to their individual needs” (Us department of education, 2011). Schools have resources available to help educators meet the needs of any individual with a disability.
Police reform should start by giving proper training to the new recruits and veterans in the force. During their training, “Law enforcement agencies should adopt and enforce policies prohibiting discrimination based on race, ethnicity immigration status, etc.” (Cops, p.90). It is apparent
Stateman, Alison. "Lawsuits by the Disabled: Abuse of the System?" Time. Time Inc., 29 Dec. 2008. Web. 21 May 2014.
On July 26 1990 the American with Disabilities law was enacted This law became the most comprehensive U.S. law addressing the disabled.Society tends to isolate, and segregate individuals with disabilities. The constant discrimination against individuals with disabilities persist. Such critical areas such as; housing,public accommodation,education,communication,and health services.All Existence of unfair and unnecessary discrimination and prejudice will be eliminated. Anyone who denies a person or people an opportunity will compete will be breaking the law. This law enacted that all people with disabilities will be treated the same as everyone else. People with disabilities will not be denied because of their disability. No unnecessary discrimination or prejudice will be taken. This law has made it, so that people with disabilities today can receive tings such as; a house, job, health services,and an education. They do not receive any discrimination in such critical areas such as; housing,public accommodations,education,communication,and health services.
“A common news account of mental illness, for instance, involves a sensationalized and violent crime in which an innocent person is killed by a mental health patient. The article is laced with graphic descriptions, emotional diction and a glaring headline. It also depicts the mentally ill person as devoid of social identity and dangerous, capricious, aggressive and irrational” (Fawcett, 2015). In prime time television “characters who were identified through behavior or label as having a mental illness were 10 times more likely than other TV characters to commit a violent crime – and between 10 to 20 times more likely to commit a violent crime than someone with a mental illness would be in real life” (Fawcett, 2015). Besides violence, there is also the inaccurate portrayal of mentally ill people never getting better. There is rarely ever a time where the recovery of a mentally ill person is shown. They often are not given any screen time that shows them integrated into society with jobs and friends (Fawcett,
...abled is difficult to address. Society continues to hold on to ancient ideals, and the lack of support in the judicial system only reinforces the sentiment of inequality.
According to a survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control, 22.2% of the United States population reported having some sort of disability (2013). While the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), acts to prevent the discrimination of people with physical and mental disabilities, it has been unsuccessful in erasing it all together. Almost a quarter of the US population is disabled, meaning that almost a quarter of the population face some form of inequality due to their physical
A study published by Smith, S. E. states that “Over 50 percent of fatal police shootings in many areas of the country involve mentally ill.’’ Still nobody seems to bring up the topic of mental health till a horrific act of mass violence. Even after the terrible act not a lot of talk is being done about what can be done to help the people who struggle with this everyday. Also what should be done to reduce to violence we see coming from this source of.
If everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedom that is set forth in the Declaration, disabled people should not be robbed of their rights. However, they are still devalued from conducting common tasks which puts them at the bottom of the priority list as an employee and even so as a friend. In search to solve this problem, according to “The Disabled” by Bender, D. on July 26, 1990, President G...
“In the last five years There is an unmistakable gap between police officers and the deaf culture. Most states require that all police officers are required to take some training in communicating with deaf people however, there is a gap between the training and what happens in the field. Because many deaf people rely on body language, sight and signs to communicate there is a break in the communication when an officer stops a deaf person. There is a desperate need for a way to better bridge the gap in communication. Officers are supposed to take appropriate measure to communicate effectively with deaf people, either with an interpreter or an auditory device or even just writing out the conversation if necessary. Unfortunately there are too many times where an officer feels threatened by a deaf person because of the signs or gestures made by a deaf person and retaliate before taking the time to understand and realize the person is deaf and only trying to communicate. In this paper I am going to share three different situations where police brutality against a deaf
In today’s society if one was to see a person with a disability or be around them in the same environment it is likely that the person with the disability will be categorized immediately. “Safety threat” is 1/10 of Jane Smart’s societal prejudice and discriminations discussed in her book. The “safety threat” of PWDs means that they are stereotyped by PWODs and often discriminated against causing prejudgments. Society feels that PWDs are a threat physically. For Instance, people with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities are often seen as violent, hostile and destructive. As disabilities are categorized false stereotypes are often made because not every individual with a disability share the same experiences or characteristics so this causes negative societal responses. People with disabilities don’t often get to let the real them show because they are ...
...ate and local government. The government will protect and defend people with disabilities’ right against discrimination, but the law contradicts itself by pushing standard measures to ensure the prevention of a baby with a disability to be born.