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

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 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