This is not a complaint about any particular police officer, they are all nice guys. I've had the same complaint wherever i've lived, that police do not know how to communicate with deaf. This is a very small town. I emailed the Chief of Police in October 2010 asking for written communication. The response i got was that i can call 911 on live relay or TTY. This is not the same as WRITTEN COMMUNICATION when someone comes to my front door, particularly if i did NOT call for help. When someone comes that I did not call, because of a neighbor's vaguely ambiguous report of "loud noises and someone yelling stop" there is no justifying "imminent danger" there is no "life threatening emergency" and PD have no business coming into a private home. The fact that they ignored my previous request for written communication means for me that I heard/understood little of what they communicated, because i am bad at reading lips. Bottom line is they have no jurisdiction absent an emergency. What goes on inside any private home is PRIVATE, protected by the First Amendment and nobody's business, not the neighbor's who called and not the City's. Barging into a private home, regardless of the best intentions and the fact that these guys were "nice" is wrong. The fact that the police chief knew about my particular unusual but not unheard of needs two months before sending his men to barge in makes it intentional invasion of privacy, knowing disregard of ADA protections without any justifying circumstance (I told them at the door there was no emergency, they barged in anyway). This is an ongoing problem for deaf, autistic, stroke victims, for any INDEPENDENT disabled adult who needs to read/write, not talk/listen. We do not want help unless we ask for it. Forced help is no different from any other unwanted intrusion, it is harassment.