County Requires Police To Learn Sign Language; Growing Deaf Population Prompts Training From: The Washington Post | Date: November 17, 1988| Author: | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Responding to the needs of an increasingly active and growing deaf community, Prince William County has become the first jurisdiction in the Washington area to require all its police officers to learn sign language.

Under the program, which began in August, the department's 274 officers are receiving six hours of training in finger spelling and sign language.

As of last week, about 95 percent of the force had completed the training, which was initiated after officers reported an increasing number of encounters with deaf people and after a police survey of county residents elicited a few ...

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