Cops Install Phone Devices for Deaf in 12 Places

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The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department has installed TTY telephone devices - although more than two months late - that enable the deaf to communicate with hearing persons, thus fulfilling a major portion of a legal agreement, according to an announcement this week.

Police have installed the TTY machines in all seven district stations, two substations and three other locations, Chief Charles H. Ramsey said in a written statement issued Thursday.

"The installation of these TTY devices and the other measures we are taking are significant steps forward in our ability to serve the District's deaf and hard of hearing communities," Chief Ramsey's statement said.

Officials also plan to install the devices in other offices, including …