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Georgia Police Learning Spanish

9:06 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bilingualism|Georgia|Justice|language · Comments Off

3 Jan 2007

police.jpgAs the population in the South of the US becomes more and more Latino so do the language needs of the area. For all the talk about the English only movement, the fact remains that basic services such as police and other emergency services need to be provided to all and need to oversome language barriers. Georgia is taking the lead in helping to train its police force and emergency telephone operators in speaking and understanding basic Spanish. According to the Univision article, most of the Spanish learned include basic words for car parts and orders like “drop that weapon”, which make me wonder if the police really want to help Spanish speakers or just pull more people over.

Via / Univision.com

Image Via / GACP

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