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HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- An expert on disability awareness training says Maryland could become the first state to require police and other first responders to get such training. http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/state/maryland-would-be-1st-to-train-police-on-disabilities David Whalen of Niagara University in New York spoke Thursday during an online seminar sponsored by national Down syndrome advocates following the death in police custody of a New Market man with Down syndrome. Whalen says no state requires the sort of broad training that Gov. Martin O'Malley has asked a state commission to recommend. Whalen has trained 53 police departments in New York state under a voluntary program. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the January death of 26-year-old Robert Ethan Saylor. He died of asphyxia in the custody of three Frederick County sheriff's deputies. A local grand jury declined to indict the officers. Read more: http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/state/maryland-would-be-1st-to-train-police-on-disabilities#ixzz2gIgKwxtE