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Training Police Officers About Persons with Disabilities

A 50-State Policy Analysis

JAMES K. McAFEE is An associate professor of special education at The Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include special education law and due process, transition, and the interactions between persons with disabilities and the criminal justice system.

STEPHANIE L. MUSSO

STEPHANIE L. MUSSO is A candidate for a master of education degree in early intervention at The Pennsylvania State University. Her clinical and research interests include language development, preschool assessment, and the development of children prenatally exposed to drugs and alcohol. Address: James K. McAfee, 211 CEDAR, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802-3109.

Directors of police academies in the 50 states were contacted regarding training policies for new officers. Only Massachusetts and New Hampshire failed to provide any information. Thirty-Six states require instruction on persons with disabilities as part of initial police training; another four states provide some training but do not require it. An analysis of training topics reveals a wide variety of content, but most academies provide training about mental illness. Few academies include training about learning disabilities, mental retardation, or physical impairments (see note 1).

Remedial and Special Education, Vol. 16, No. 1, 53-63 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/074193259501600107


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