{"id":29000,"date":"2014-10-15T02:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=29000"},"modified":"2014-10-15T02:01:56","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T07:01:56","slug":"traffic-stops-for-hearing-impaired-drivers-practical-tips-for-public-safety-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/10\/15\/traffic-stops-for-hearing-impaired-drivers-practical-tips-for-public-safety-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Stops For Hearing Impaired Drivers: Practical Tips For Public Safety – Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"oklahoma<\/a>Traffic Stops For Hearing Impaired Drivers: Practical Tips For Public Safety<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 14, 2014<\/p>\n

News On 6 anchor and crime reporter Lori Fullbright worked with the hearing impaired community and Tulsa Police Department to produce a video that shows a police car stop from both the officer’s and the deaf person’s perspective.<\/p>\n

It gives practical advice to open the lines of communication and ensure public safety.<\/p>\n

Whenever police officers make a traffic stop, they don’t know who they are stopping. They are thinking – has this person committed a crime, could they be a prison escapee, do they have a weapon? Are they going to try to hurt me?<\/p>\n

That’s why they approach every car with caution and are on high alert. The last thing they want to see is someone fidgeting. They don’t want to see someone reaching into a glove box or console, however innocent the driver may be.<\/p>\n

“You know who I am. You know I’m a police officer. I don’t know who you are,” said Officer Leland Ashley, Tulsa Police.<\/p>\n

When a hearing impaired or deaf person is being pulled over, they too have a set of concerns. They worry they won’t be able to let the officer know quickly enough that they have special communication needs – or whether the officer will have the patience to try to communicate with them.<\/p>\n

They worry the officer may become aggressive and the stop<\/span><\/span> might become a physical altercation.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know where or how to interrupt the person and gesture to the fact that I can’t hear,” said Azael Buperry.<\/p>\n

“Be aware that deaf people aren’t the best communicators when it comes to English being a second language.”<\/p>\n

TULSA, Oklahoma – A town hall meeting is taking place Tuesday in Tulsa between emergency service agencies and the deaf\/hearing impaired community. It’s sponsored by Total Source for Hearing-Loss Access and the Tulsa Police Department.<\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.newson6.com\/story\/26785651\/traffic-stops-for-hearing-impaired-drivers-practical-tips-for-public-safety<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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