[gps-talkusers] FW: Re: They thought I was a terrorist

 

 

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From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Hogan
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 8:30 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: They thought I was a terrorist

 

 

 

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From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerry Leary
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:13 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: They thought I was a terrorist

 

Hello there,

 

Please folk I agree with Charles that this topic is to far out of the GPS
discussion.  If you are afraid then lock your door and throw the key away
and do not answer your door again.  This is a GPS list not a Copper and
Victim list.  Thank

 

I know that a lot of people have responded, but here is another suggestion.
If you got the man's name, ask the department if you could get together with
them for a blindness awareness seminar.  That may help the Police become
more aware of the blind people in your community.

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Rick Fox <mailto:Rick@xxxxxxxxxxx>  

To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:22 AM

Subject: [gps-talkusers] They thought I was a terrorist

 

Hi folks,

Sunday was a perfect late September day in New Jersey, where I live, so I
decided to take me and my guide dog on a 2-mile walk at around 8 am. We have
a wonderful route in a quiet residential neighborhood.

I was carrying mhy BrailleNote QT 32, and my old Magellan receiver, since I
had left my newer one at work. I stopped to adjust some route settings and
proceeded.

About 5 minutes later a car pulled up beside me, and the driver said,
"Excuse me, are you blind?" 

I told him yes, though I thought it a strange question with my dog and
harness in full view.

"What's that thing on your shoulder?" he inquired.

I told him about the BrailleNote and the GPS, and some things it could do,
and then I heard the police radio. I found that one of the neighbors was
concerned and suspicious because I was typing into a little computer in
front of the house. For the life of me, I don't know what they thought I
might be doing in full view in broad daylight. 

The thing that bothered me most about this amusing encounter was the officer
didn't immediately identify himself as a policeman before asking me
questions. A person believing a questioner to be a civilian might ignore him
or tell him to go to Hell or worse, which is not the kind of talk a
policeman likes to hear.
   

 

Rick Fox

VP, Field Operations

De Witt & Associates

700 Godwin Avenue

Suite 110

Midland Park, NJ 07432

Voice: 201-447-6500 Ext. 213

Fax: 201-447-1187

Email: rick@xxxxxxxxxxx

www.4dewitt.com <http://www.4dewitt.com/> 

 



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