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Thanks George. This is a great discussion for any support group. Carolyn Stephenson Central Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "George J. Lussier" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 6:31 AM Subject: Police Training and PD > Dear Colleagues, > Recently my support group ( PSG@EH- Parkinson Support Group @ Emerson > Hospital-Massachusetts )had as a guest speaker a community oriented police > officer who didn't have much to say but asked for questions. So we asked the > usual questions about Disabled Parking spots, placards autorizing parking > privilege and the like but when it came to the police officer identifying a > PWP whom he may have stopped for,say a traffic violation, then the confusion > set in. What if the PWP was sluring his words and the cop thinks the PWP is > drunk. > > There is very little on PD and the police on the internet. I did find a > great paper on police training to deal with the disabled person with Autism > and another on Alzheimers but nothing on PD. It may not be relevent because > a good cop is a good cop and the really good ones will seek out the > opportunity to improve their skills but what about the more average officer? > > I told the guest officer that I would find some documents that might > help clarify how to identify and manage some one who is unable to clearly > communicate. Any of you have any thoughts? > > Thanks > george > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn