Kissimmee Police aim to improve communication with deaf community

By Gene Wexler

March 06, 2018 at 2:28 pm EST

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By Gene Wexler

March 06, 2018 at 2:28 pm EST

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Kissimmee Police Department is looking to communicate better with its deaf community.

On Tuesday the department tweeted about its new “two-sided post card to utilize when encountering a citizen who may be hearing impaired.”

In order to better communicate with our deaf community, KPD Officers will be given this two-sided post card to utilize when encountering a citizen who may be hearing impaired. pic.twitter.com/FxNLoVTabG
— Kissimmee Police (@kissimmeepolice) March 6, 2018

(Tweet)

The card has a number of pictures next to common items such as driver license, registration, stop sign, DUI, texting, etc.

It could be part of a growing trend in the United States. Earlier this month, sheriffs deputies and corrections officers in Hawaii took part in a program to learn American Sign Language.

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