[blindlaw] Law Enforcement Officers Seek Assistance

[Ray Wayne]

I think the existing badges are sufficient.  Let's not create more
government spending based on a far-fetched scenario.  During college I
worked in a student employment office in which I had to check students' ID's
as they came in.  Could I have been tricked?  Possibly.  But it did not
happen.
Ray Wayne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Fry" <mikefry79 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Law Enforcement Officers Seek Assistance


> If the badge was marked with braille, that would be a sufficient way to
> verify the officers identity because it seems difficult to counterfeit a
> medal police bage with braile.  Moreover, normally sighted people are
> susceptible to convincing con artist, occasionally I hear stories of
people
> being coned into believing a conman is an officer because they are
disguised
> in police gear such as for example they are wearing a uniform, have hand
> cuffs, etc.  Therefore, the threshold shouldn't be absolute proof of their
> identity but rather a reasonable assurance that the person claiming
> authority is actually who they say they are.  A braille engraved badge
would
> meet this threshold.  A blind person should have the right to feel the
> officers metallic badge and the badge should have a braille identifier.
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:39 AM, M BG <my5thattempt at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Though I like your idea of the baton and handcuffs being a way to
identify
> > the officer (and found it humorous), not all law enforcement carries
these
> > items.  I have a stalker and there has been an ongoing investigation in
> > which several members of law enforcement have had to come to my home to
> > obtain sworn statements, computer evidence, and what not.  Each time I
am
> > precautions and make arrangements to know who is coming and when in
addition
> > I will call my lead investigator if one shows up unannounced.
> >
> > I also live in San Diego and during the wild fires here, I truly wished
> > that there was a way for local fire departments and agencies to know
somehow
> > from my call or the reverse 911 call that I was blind and needed extra
help
> > when evacuations were mandatory.
> > Locke Milholland <lmilholland at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >  With the identification question, the Officer can allow the blind
person
> > to
> > call the police department and verify the officer's identity and
location.
> > Other than that, the baton and handcuffs can help convince the
individual.
> > Locke
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