Posted: 12/5/2005 9:00:03 AM EDT
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Pennsylvania Police Look For Way Around Language Barrier Story by wgal.com Lancaster police are trying to erase language barriers with Spanish-speaking residents. Some officers went through an intense course in Indiana to learn Spanish. Officers say learning Spanish helps them interview witnesses. "Automatically when you walk up to them they're like, 'Why do you want to talk to me?' After you start speaking in their language, they let the walls down. They are more willing to give you information and to talk you," said Officer Kirk Wolfe. The department wants to see how successful the training is before deciding whether to send additional officers to the language course. I wonder how much this language course cost and what are the costs to backfill the officers patrol position with overtime whaile he's away? Probably more than a bunch of bus ticket from Penn to tijuana would cost. |
Repeat after me: "We speak English in this country. " "We speak English in this country." |
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Seems like it'd be tough to be an effective cop if you don't speak the local language. I heard an arab guy talking about how he was approached by Saddam loyalists in Iraq who started giving the biz about who was he, why was he in that neighborhood. There were Marines walking past on patrol as this happened, they had no clue what was going on. |
Nail, meet head.... You'd be amazed the stuff I hear out of hand, while some of the 'locals' are yammering away in espanol, assuming that the stupid gringo cop doesn't speak it. I consider it essential to officer safety. Sheep |
Hablamos Ingles en los estados unidos, Hablamos Ingles en los estados unidos. |
shit. |