Accessible Training Leads to Employment

Calvin Britt is a 51-year-old individual with deafness who has had the life-long dream of becoming a police officer. He reached out to our staff at Disability Rights Florida about being discriminated against in his trainings at the Police Academy. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) interpreted a rule in a way that discriminated against Calvin’s disability and violated the ADA by denying sign language interpreters for specific firearm training exercises. Disability Rights Florida challenged the FDLE interpretation, arguing that Calvin deserved the same access as other training police officers. FDLE reversed their interpretation of the rule and allowed Mr. Britt to re-enroll in the police academy. We are excited to share that he passed the officers exam with a high score. Congratulations, Calvin!