[nagdu] UK: Sutton police rescue snow bound blind woman and her guide dog

[Jewel S.]

Whatis this Braille strip they mentioned? Is this something police
have in the U.S. as well? How does it help to verify a police
officer's identity?

On 12/2/10, Ginger Kutsch <gingerKutsch at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sutton police rescue snow bound blind woman and her guide dog
> 11:52am Wednesday 1st December 2010
> http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/8713106.Police_rescue_snow_b
> ound_blind_woman_and_her_guide_dog/
>
>
> A blind woman and her guide dog were rescued by police after
> becoming stranded in the snow.
>
> Inspector Stuart Hinks and a colleague were on patrol in their
> marked police 4x4 when they saw the woman, aged in her 30s with
> her guide dog on Tuesday at 2pm.
>
> The woman told the officers she had become stranded at the
> railway station on her way home from work.
>
> Inspector Stuart Hinks, said: "The woman told us she would have
> struggled to get home without our help in the slippery, snowy
> conditions."
>
> "She only accepted a lift after we showed her the Braille strip
> below the crest on our warrant cards to prove we were police
> officers - this is the first time I have ever used this."
>
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