504 Providing Services for Disabled Individuals Flashcards
Who is the owner of Disabled Services?
Director of Personnel & Professional Standards
An interpreter certified by the National or Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Certified Interpreter
_____________ – A qualified sign language or oral interpreter is defined as one who is able to effectively, accurately, and impartially interpret, both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized vocabulary.
Qualified Interpreter
Certification is not required in order for an interpreter to be ________.
“qualified.”
A keypad device used to provide communication for the hearing impaired that utilizes basic telephone lines for transmitting and receiving.
This equipment may also be referred to as a ________ by the Federal Communication Commission.
Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD/TTY)
“text telephone”
____________ - is a service which is available 24 hours a day seven days a week providing live on-demand interpreting for people who are deaf and hard of hearing and who rely on ASL to communicate.
Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) (Deaf Link)
The JSO currently has ______ units, one at every substation, five at the Pretrial Detention Facility (PDF), one at Pretrial/Felony Registration, one at the Community Transition Center (CTC), two at Montgomery Correctional Center (MCC), and a portable unit located in the Police Memorial Building (PMB) Security Office.
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The VRI connection points within the PMB are located in the “Family Rooms” within what 2 units?
Homicide
Special Assault
Police Officers will contact the Communications Center and advise that they have arrived at the door of the victim or complainant when either is _____.
blind (vision impaired)
All written correspondence generated with a hearing impaired person who is the victim, witness or suspect in a crime or Baker Act call will be listed in the property section of any reports generated and placed in the _____ ______.
Property Room
Civilian Observer Program
________ _________ will make the appropriate determination as to whether the disability is to the extent that articulable officer/observer safety concerns are validated.
Watch Commanders
Suspects and/or arrestees who are confined to a wheelchair (may/may not) have their hands handcuffed to the wheelchair.
may
_______ must respond to the scene of any call where a hearing impaired person is being taken into custody
Sergeants
Officers will contact the _______to request a wheelchair transport van/bus for all suspects requiring a wheelchair for mobility. If the PDF Watch Commander is unable to guarantee a __ minute response time to the scene, the officer shall transport the arrestee without the chair.
PDF watch commander
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Florida State Statute (F.S.S.) 413.08 provides that individuals who are hearing impaired, blind, or otherwise disabled are entitled to use service animals to accompany them in places that are ________.
open to the public.
F.S.S. 413.08(4) provides any person, firm, or corporation, or the agent of any person, firm, or corporation, who denies or interferes with admittance to, or enjoyment of, the public facilities or otherwise interferes with the rights of a deaf person, hard of hearing person, a totally or partially blind person, or an otherwise physically disabled person under this section, or the trainer of a service animal while engaged in the training of such animal pursuant to subsection (8), is guilty of a _________.
misdemeanor of the second degree (M2)
Under Florida law, the blind and all other physically disabled persons who use service animals are entitled to equal access, without extra charge, to all common carriers, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, streetcars, boats and other public conveyances or modes of transportation, and at hotels, lodging places, restaurants, places of public accommodation, amusement or resort and other places to which the general public is invited. Violation of this law is a ___________, which may result in incarceration and/or a criminal fine.
Additionally, violation of this law may result in civil penalties for mental anguish, loss of dignity, and any other tangible injuries. Florida law also provides for punitive damages not to exceed _________.
second-degree misdemeanor (M2)
$100,000
__________ that the service animal is trained is not a precondition for providing service to an individual accompanied by a service animal.
Documentation
Prior to an officer excluding a service animal from any location, he will request a _______ respond to
the scene.
supervisor
F.S.S. 413.081(1) states a person who, with reckless disregard, interferes with, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to interfere with, the use of a service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the service animal or its user commits a ____________ for the first offense and a __________ for each subsequent offense.
misdemeanor of the second degree (M2)
misdemeanor of the first degree (M1)
F.S.S. 413.081(2) states a person who, with reckless disregard, injures or kills, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to injure or kill, a service animal commits a ____________.
misdemeanor of the first degree (M1)
F.S.S. 413.081(2) states a person who intentionally injures or kills, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to injure or kill, a service animal commits a ___________.
felony of the third degree (F3)
JSO is not required to provide a particular auxiliary aid or service if doing so would fundamentally alter the nature of the law enforcement activity in question, or if it would cause an undue administrative or financial burden.
If the decision is made not to provide the requested auxiliary aid or service (decided by a Chief), documentation, via email within ___ hours, must be forwarded to the __________________ indicating why the request was not granted and what steps/aids were provided.
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Director of Personnel & Professional Standards
When a __________ determines that providing a particular auxiliary service or aid is an undue financial burden, the most effective means of communication must be used.
Chief or designee
Each VRI device shall be inspected at least once a _______ to ensure the device is working properly.
month
The assistant chief responsible for where the device is located will ensure the inspection is completed.
VRI inspection responsibilities are as follows:
PMB -Asst. Chief of Major Case
PTDF-Asst. Chief of Pre-Trial Operations
Sub-Stations- Asst. Chief of the Zone
The Communications Center maintains a list of sign and oral interpreting services that are available (on-call 24 hours per day) and willing to provide qualified interpreters as needed. The list is updated _____.
Annually
When a detective requires an interpreter for a prearranged interview/interrogation, special event or meeting, he must contact NCIC _____ in advance of the meeting whenever possible.
48 hours
On Monday through Friday, between the hours of 0800 – 1630, the booking officer will contact the ____ ________office at (904) 630-1656 to request a sign language interpreter.
Court Administrator’s
