“They are scared to communicate with law enforcement officers because they are worried they would be shot in case they ‘act’ as if they are not listening to the police officers’ instructions,” said Steven Brown, vice president of Oregon Association of the Deaf.
Oregon aims to keep deaf drivers safe during traffic stops
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“The body camera policy is regularly flouted, violations are rarely punished, and the transparency these cameras are supposed to provide the public is undermined,” the ACLU wrote in a letter to Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Paré and police chief Col. Hugh Clements Jr., Executive Director Steven Brown said in a statement Monday.
ACLU seeks better Providence police body camera compliance
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