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Home Front: Culture Wars
More Spanish-Speaking Police needed in D.C.
2007-06-24
Leaders within D.C.'s latino community say the city needs more police officers who speak Spanish.

"The police department should get more police officers that speak Spanish to make sure that there is compliance with the Language Access Act and to build more trust within the community," said Saul Solarzano, of the Central American Resource Center."
Lord knows that's easier than teaching 'residents' how to speak English.
Posted by:Bobby

#10  Thanks SB, as if the immigration situation couldn't get anymore depressing....
Posted by: Broadhead6   2007-06-24 19:07  

#9  Laugh all you want guys.

I remember in my days at the Phoenix PD when I used to interpret in the field for the officers. I was surprisingly good at it and got sent to advanced training in Spanish (including trips to Mexico to polish the espa~nol).

Want to know something that will make you even more pissed off? We were told that when we read someone his rights we had to bend over backwards to make sure that they understood what everything we were saying meant.

That meant that in order to get "certified" by the department as a Spanish speaker, we had to be able to explain to the guilty bastard hardworking person who simply couldn't get his documentation in order and who dreamed of working for $3 with no bennies what a judge was, what a jury was, etc. Under the law stated above plus several additional court decisions, we were to assume that Spanish speakers had the equivalent of a 3rd grade edumacation and proceed like we were interrogating a child. If we didn't do that and basically act in place of a defense attorney from the start, we could get zinged later for taking advantage of the poor misguided soul's lack of formal training.

It was ok for us to take advantage of someone's stupidity only if they were born here in America.

Have a nice day, kids.
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2007-06-24 18:52  

#8  Hable inglés, por favor.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-06-24 14:09  

#7  What a f*n joke. Our politicians are such cowards. I'll make it easy for them:

1. Build a wall that makes that one in China look like a 4th graders matchstick project.

2. Shoot any sappers that try to breach #1 above.

3. No more amnesty talk.

4. Incrementally Deport all illegals still here over the next 10 yrs. To include their anchor offspring and extended illegal families.

5. Cancel any visas to residents of un-friendly countries. Yes, heartless. No, I don't care.

6. Rinse and repeat as needed.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2007-06-24 14:01  

#6  More Spanish-Speaking Police needed in D.C.

More INS needed in D.C.
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-06-24 11:41  

#5  Pollos coming home to roost?
Posted by: RWV   2007-06-24 10:37  

#4  More importantly, they have to know MS13 gang signs and protocols, what so they can pay obeisance to their new masters, an' all...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2007-06-24 09:33  

#3  or...

Less Spanish speaking people needed in DC.
Posted by: jds   2007-06-24 09:27  

#2  MORE SPANISH ENGLISH-SPEAKING POLICE CITIZENS NEEDED IN D.C.
There, fixed it.
Posted by: GK   2007-06-24 09:16  

#1  I don't recall that the District of Columbia was ceded as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. So the claim that they, the unassimulated, are just 'reclaiming' lost territory is certainly empty. However, given current circumstances, I'll be more than willing to negotiate the transfer of all the residents, land and property within in the beltway to Mexico.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-06-24 08:49  

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