SYKESVILLE, Md. (AP) -- Maryland will be the first state to teach all law enforcement officers about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in training sessions led partly by disabled people, the chairman of a commission developing the program said.
Timothy Shriver, who also chairs the national Special Olympics, said lessons taught by those whom the program aims to serve will have more impact "because they don't just teach it with words, they don't just teach it with exercises, they teach it with relationships."
Panel members met Thursday in Sykesville to begin shaping the training regimen. They plan to produce a curriculum for use in police academies and in-service training for all 17,000 veteran officers starting in 2015.
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Finally the cops will understand how to deal with JT. All they have to do is take the battery out of his Hoveround.
ReplyDeletegood maybe they will stop beating them
ReplyDeleteIt's a good idea, unfortunately too late for that fellow in metro DC...RIP
ReplyDeleteJust don't have to lead them that much when taking a moving shot.
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