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Laredo disability committee presses sheriff, commissioner to review arrest and booking protocols
Summary
Members of the City of Laredo Blue Ribbon Committee on People with Disabilities asked county officials to meet with sheriff’s staff after a recent case in which a young adult with a disability was arrested and processed without accommodations.
Members of the City of Laredo Blue Ribbon Committee on People with Disabilities asked county officials on Sept. 17 to open a formal review of how people with disabilities are arrested, booked and processed after a recent case raised concerns.
The committee said a 21-year-old with a disability was arrested, taken to booking and placed in a cell where family members worried he did not understand what was happening. The young man was later photographed with an officer from the mental-health unit after being released on bond, committee members said, and family members described the booking as traumatic.
Committee members said the incident suggests the county’s arrest-to-jail pathway may not consistently provide disability accommodations. A committee member said deputies processed the arrest at a jurisdiction other than Laredo…
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