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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE ROCHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT, ROCHESTER, MICHIGAN PURPOSE

Settlement Agreement • May 5th, 2020

• Contract Type
  Settlement Agreement
• Filed
  May 5th, 2020

This Agreement is entered into between the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, a component of the United States Department of Justice (“the United States”) and the Rochester Police Department (“RPD”) in Rochester, Michigan (collectively, “the Parties”). The Parties share a mutual interest in promoting and maintaining equal access to law enforcement services and programs by persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Accordingly, it is the Parties' intent that this Settlement Agreement shall put policies and procedures in place to ensure effective communication with persons who are deaf and hard of hearing so that they may participate in or benefit from the services, programs, or activities of the Rochester Police Department on an equal basis with other individuals, including but not limited to arrestees, detainees, suspects, victims, witnesses, companions, complainants, and visitors. This Agreement reaffirms and restates the Rochester Police Department's