15 Jul 2011
The Reassignment of Officer Ken Parson: Standard Rotation or Sophisticated Discrimination? (288)
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Officer Kenneth Parson and his attorney John J. Scaccia join Peter Reitzes to discuss Officer Parson’s recent reassignment from detective duty back to road patrol.
Today’s episode concerns the allegation of Monroe, Ohio police officer Kenneth Parson, who stutters, that he has been treated poorly because of his stuttering, and that his police department should accommodate his stuttering by transferring him from his road patrol assignment to a permanent detective position. During this episode Officer Parson states that while he believes his stuttering may put him in danger while on road patrol assignment, his stuttering is an advantage on detective assignment. In a few days StutterTalk will post a companion episode to this one in which we speak with a police officer who stutters from a different department to get his feedback and commentary on this situation. So check back at StutterTalk.com for more on this story.
17 Jul 2011
Discussing the Reassignment of Officer Ken Parson and Stuttering (289)
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Police Officer Phil Peet joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and the reassignment of Officer Kenneth Parson in the Monroe, Ohio Police Department.
Officer Phil Peet is speaking from his own experience on today’s episode and does not represent the Orlando Police Department. Officer PHIL PEET is a chemical weapons specialist with 13 years of experience with the Orlando Police Department and is a person who stutters. During today’s episode Officer Peet comments on the reassignment of Officer Ken Parson (discussed on StutterTalk episode 288). Today’s topics include transfer and reassignment policies, stuttering on the job, fitness for duty evaluations on the force, meeting job descriptions, written policies and the culture of a department, accommodations, medical discharges, basic functions of the job and much more.