The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Spanish for Law Enforcement Professionals

by Jacquelyn R. MacConnell

Overview

Communicate with ease with the Spanish-speaking public!

Learning Spanish is vital to performing many public services, include police work and other law-enforcement professions. Police, patrollers, detectives, and corrections, parole, court, and security officers who interact with Spanish-speaking people need this specialized, easy-to-use guide to help them communicate and sometimes translate quickly and effectively—anywhere.

•  From expert authors with experience in Spanish language instruction for law enforcement officials.
•  Essential phrases—including Miranda rights—and vocabulary for patrol, investigations, emergency situations, narcotics, corrections, and more.
•  Easy-to-use phonetic translations.
•  Useful information on Latino culture and street Spanish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101217191
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	09/02/2008
Series:	POCKET IDIOT'S GUIDE Series
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Jacquelyn R. MacConnell is currently a lieutenant with the Phoenix Police Department where she has been employed since 1994.She learned Spanish as a child, living in Colombia, South America.Becoming a police officer in Phoenix, she quickly learned the advantages of knowing Spanish and created a program for the police department to teach other officers basic street Spanish.Ms. MacConnell has also used her knowledge to create her own security consulting business