Great catch there. Perhaps he wasn't a beat cop? More of an auxiliary support role, pencil pusher type gig? It'd be absolutely fucking absurd to allow a deaf individual into any sort of role that involved fighting/combat. Imagine: a deaf cop is wrestling with a savage nigger. His partner is trying to wrangle a different nigger, but then he spots the first nigger pulling a knife. The deaf cop doesn't see it, he's clinched up and trying to control the nog. His partner shouts "KNIFE!! HE'S GOT A KNIFE!!" The deaf cop hears nothing, of course, and is subsequently stabbed to death. Insanity. But this is 2021 Clown World. I'm almost certain that this shit goes on. Need to be virtuous and SHOUT IT FROM THE FUCKING ROOFTOPS, even if it endangers *everyone involved.*