Gov. Martin O'Malley appointed the national head of the Special Olympics as chairman of a new committee that will determine how well law enforcement officers are trained to handle encounters with people with disabilities.
Timothy Shriver, CEO and chairman of the board at the Special Olympics, will lead the committee O'Malley announced Tuesday.
It comes nearly two weeks after the family of Robert "Ethan" Saylor asked O'Malley to further investigate Saylor's Jan. 12 death while in custody of Frederick County deputy sheriffs. Three off-duty sheriffs moonlighting at a movie theater detained Saylor, who was 26 and had Down syndrome, after Saylor refused to leave the theater.