SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE NORTH KINGSTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMPLAINT NUMBER 204-66-34Settlement Agreement • May 5th, 2020
Contract Type FiledMay 5th, 2020This matter was initiated by a complaint filed under title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134, with the United States Department of Justice (Department of Justice) against the North Kingstown Police Department. The complaint was received by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, under the authority of 28 C.F.R. Part 35, Subpart F. The complainant, who is deaf and uses American Sign Language to communicate, alleges that he was a witness to an accident but that on two occasions the North Kingstown Police Department failed to provide an interpreter to provide effective communication when he was being interviewed by the North Kingstown Police Department. The respondent, North Kingstown, Rhode Island (the Town), denies complainant's allegations and asserts that the North Kingstown Police Department repeatedly offered the complainant an interpreter for the purpose of taking his statement for the police report The Department of Justice is auth
ContractSettlement Agreement • May 5th, 2020
Contract Type FiledMay 5th, 2020SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE NORTH KINGSTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMPLAINT NUMBER 204-66-34 This matter was initiated by a complaint filed under title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. �� 12131-12134, with the United States Department of Justice (Department of Justice) against the North Kingstown Police Department. The complaint was received by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, under the authority of 28 C.F.R. Part 35, Subpart F. The complainant, who is deaf and uses American Sign Language to communicate, alleges that he was a witness to an accident but that on two occasions the North Kingstown Police Department failed to provide an interpreter to provide effective communication when he was being interviewed by the North Kingstown Police Department. The respondent, North Kingstown, Rhode Island (the Town), denies complainant's allegations and asserts that the