ADA Does Not Require “Contact Visit” for Alzheimer’s Afflicted Arrestee
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 22, Number 04, November/December 2020 , pp.58-58(1)
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Abstract:
Mr. Cropp suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Late one evening, Mr. Cropp was on a walk by himself near the Cropps’ Colorado home when officers with the Fort Collins Police department stopped him and began asking him questions. Confused by the encounter, Mr. Cropp attempted to walk away. In response, the officers violently tackled him, threw him into the gravel, handcuffed him, arrested him and transported Mr. Cropp to the Larimer County Jail. The jail then refused Mrs. Cropp’s request to speak to her husband away from uniformed officers. She sued for under the ADA claiming discrimination based on Mr. Cropp’s mental condition.Keywords: Crop v. Larimer Co. Colo., 793 Fed. Appx. 771
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