OAKDALE — A Twin Cities suburb has settled a disability discrimination complaint about how police interacted with a deaf suspect.

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights found probable cause that Oakdale officers discriminated against Alan Read when they responded to a domestic dispute call in August 2013. Read requested a sign language interpreter to communicate with officers. Instead they communicated with hand-written notes. He was taken to the Washington County Jail and held for 48 hours.

The city of Oakdale has agreed to pay Read $30,000 and update its policies on deaf and hard of hearing services.

Minnesota Department of Human Rights Commissioner Kevin Lindsey told Minnesota Public Radio that failing to accommodate people like Read is a growing concern in places like hospitals and jails.