Policing and Parkinson's Disease: Encounters, Training, and the Need for Awareness

People with Parkinson's disease (PD) and police often have unpleasant interactions that result from officers' lack of awareness of the symptoms, for example, when tremors are mistaken for inebriation. In this research-based book, passionate Parkinson's advocate Dr. George Ackerman describes initial police training and focuses on the great need in the law enforcement field for PD awareness. Officers' shocking lack of awareness and symptoms can lead to highly unpleasant or even dangerous enco...