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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6263569" data-attributes="member: 19675">Training could help, but in fairness, its not a panacea.In fairness, the deaf guy was in no different a situation than anyone else who does not speak any language in common with the police.&nbsp; Makes it hard to comply.&nbsp; Example: A buddy of mine was a lawyer in Los Angeles.&nbsp; He told me that many documents are printed in over 2 dozen languages- including Braille- there because there are that many languages commonly spoken in the area.&nbsp; While the justice system has personnel trained in all of those languages on the payroll or speed dial.Which is awesome.But is it realistic to expect patrol officers to be fluent or even conversant in that many languages?&nbsp; I'm pretty sure that even in countries like Switzerland- with 3 official languages and a fourth widely spoken- not every patrolman is fluent in all of them.So how many languages do we expect patrol officers to learn?And if language training isn't the answer, what other training could be effective in reducing the liklihood of a repeat of this incident?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6263569, member: 19675"] Training could help, but in fairness, its not a panacea. In fairness, the deaf guy was in no different a situation than anyone else who does not speak any language in common with the police. Makes it hard to comply. Example: A buddy of mine was a lawyer in Los Angeles. He told me that many documents are printed in over 2 dozen languages- including Braille- there because there are that many languages commonly spoken in the area. While the justice system has personnel trained in all of those languages on the payroll or speed dial. Which is awesome. But is it realistic to expect patrol officers to be fluent or even conversant in that many languages? I'm pretty sure that even in countries like Switzerland- with 3 official languages and a fourth widely spoken- not every patrolman is fluent in all of them. So how many languages do we expect patrol officers to learn? And if language training isn't the answer, what other training could be effective in reducing the liklihood of a repeat of this incident? [/QUOTE]

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