Then it might be a good public service announcement to all those 20 million deaf people.....that when they see cops running around, it might be a good idea to put the gun down......because, though uniformed cops won't know you're deaf just by looking at you, you SHOULD know they're uniformed cops just by 'looking' at them.
Deaf doesn't mean stupid......and like I tell cops at the range about running around PLAIN CLOTHES with a gun....the BURDEN is on YOU to make sure, if you're packing a gun, to take steps to be aware of when the uniforms arrive on scene....because they know who they are and you know who they are......but they may have NO WAY of knowing who in the heck YOU ARE!
Good advice. We just had an incident locally where an off duty rookie was killed by police because he was armed and attempting to stop an assault and didn't respond to orders to drop his weapon. http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803220350