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Have sent the following to Chief of Police, but was either unable to locate or unable to access other email addresses. Police and the Disabled It was appalling to learn how Officer Aaron Kline and an unnamed Ohio Highway Patrol officer allegedly treated Ashland resident Bob Kendall who has Parkinson's Disease, assuming him to be drunk, resistant and lying, handcuffing him because of his tremors, mocking, tackling and verbally abusing him. His abuse in 2006 by Officer Huckleberry suggests the department is not adequately trained to recognize and appropriately deal with such people. Ignoring the problem seems not to be new. I strongly recommend to Chief Miracle and the Ohio Highway Patrol that serious inservice training is needed. It is clearly not only a matter of ignorance and rudeness that puts these agencies, Ashland, and the state of Ohio in a vulnerable situation subject to being sued for abuse and mistreatment. Do they also taser people? Failure to talk with Mr. Kendall, hear the problem, apologize and take corrective action is inexcusable. If administrators cannot handle such situations, they should be replaced. Otherwise it reflects badly on all residents. Sincerely, Dan McRight Nashville, TN Dan Dan A. McRight [log in to unmask] 615-662-6901 home 615-473-8083 cell 309 Brunswick Place Nashville, TN 37221-3009 Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. - Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th president (1890 - 1969) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn