Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Feds Investigate Sheriff's Office

The Sheriff's Office in the California county of Alameda has cut a deal with federal authorities after a justice department investigation. Officers in the San Francisco-area county arrested a deaf and blind man but failed to provide him with a tactile interpreter two days. The Sheriff's office has agreed to now provide interpreters whenever needed, post notices in its waiting rooms and train staff members on the new policy.