Law Enforcement Spanish. Of interest to police.
Spanish for the police and corrections officers who want to learn Spanish, and use it in the Line of duty.
A knowledge of Spanish can avoid misunderstandings.
You'll find publications and cassette/CD courses for learning Spanish.
Spanish language basics, Spanish slang, survival Spanish for law enforcement Officers, street Spanish and Spanish self-study.

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These are the best books for learning Spanish. The list of books is tailored for law enforcement and corrections personnel.
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Spanish for Law Enforcement Personnel.


By William C. Harvey

This guide gives English-speaking police whose duties take them into Hispanic communities a working knowledge of very fundamental conversational Spanish.
Very popular book on this site.
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Community Spanish for Law Enforcement: Field Guide By Paul Madera Useful translations of important phrases that police officers need to say to Spanish-speaking citizens. Inspect/Order Community Spanish for Law Enforcement

Quick Spanish for Law Enforcement Audio CD By David B. Dees More than 2,000 key Spanish words that cover situations such as a missing child, the reading of Miranda rights, a building fire Audio CD's, so you know how it sounds! Inspect/Order Quick Spanish for Law Enforcement Audio CD

 

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Spanish For Law Enforcement: Reference Manual By Language Institute of Colima English/Spanish manual for law enforcement personnel, with easy-to-use reference tabs, organized to enable quick on-the-job utilization when interacting with the Spanish-speaking public. Taking into account the varied methods employed by different law enforcement organizations in responding to situations, we have chosen questions, instructions, and commands based on their simplicity and ease of pronunciation. Inspect/Order Spanish For Law Enforcement

Workplace Spanish for Police Officers & 911 Dispatchers Learn to communicate simply, but effectively, with Spanish-speaking citizens in emergency situations! Contains more than 400 frequently used law enforcement/dispatch terms & phrases. Very popular on this site. Inspect/Order Workplace Spanish for Police Officers & 911 Dispatchers

Spanish for Law Enforcement English/Spanish Virginia Benmaman Presents 23 situations in a series of relevant statements and questions. Also presents statements and questions in English and Spanish with a phonetic representation of the Spanish pronunciation. Pocket-sized with cassette. Inspect/Order Spanish for Law Enforcement English/Spanish

Action Spanish for Law Enforcement: Spanish for Beginners (Book w/CD) By Michael Kane Examines the common encounters a law enforcement or correctional officer responds to in their line of work and provides them with the Spanish they need to be more effective in those scenarios. Inspect/Order Spanish For Law Enforcement

Every-Day Spanish for Police Officers By Jack Rudman (Career Examination Series: Cs-31) Inspect/Order Every-Day Spanish for Police Officers II

Joe Blanco's Survival Street Spanish for Police Officers By John M. Callahan The book is a course given to police officers. See the sample pages at Amazon and you'll see how practical this book is. A popular book on this site. Inspect/Order Joe Blanco's Survival Street Spanish for Police Officers

Spanish for Law and Law Enforcement By Ralph Kite Inspect/Order Spanish for Law and Law Enforcement

Spanish Phrasebook for Law Enforcement and Social Services Professionals By Ana C. Jarvis Inspect/Order Spanish Phrasebook for Law Enforcement and Social Services Professionals

Essential Spanish for Law Enforcement: Living Language at Work. Audio Cassettes. By Ana Novas, Sergeant P.J. Guido Covers common situations, such as basic traffic stops, DUI procedures, gang-related violence, domestic abuse, interviewing witnesses, reading Miranda rights, booking a suspect, and supervising prisoner activities. The most popular book on this site. Inspect/Order Essential Spanish for Law Enforcement

Street Spanish 1 By David Burke Inspect/Order Street Spanish

Street Spanish 2. By David Burke Inspect/Order Street Spanish 2.

Street Spanish 3. By David Burke Inspect/Order Street Spanish 3.

Street Spanish Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus. By David Burke Inspect/Order Street Spanish Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus

Mierda!: The Real Spanish You Were Never Taught in School. By Frances De Talavera Berger Inspect/Order Mierda!:

Dictionary of Spanish Slang and colloqual expressions Michael Mahler I like this book. It tells you what countries you are likely to hear a slang word in! Inspect/Order Dictionary of Spanish Slang

Streetwise Spanish: Speak and Understand Everday Spanish By Brenda Wegmann Here is Spanish as it's really spoken--in conversations, jokes, and cartoons that are full of everyday slang and colloquialisms. Inspect/Order Streetwise Spanish

Wicked Spanish By Howard Tomb Reviews indicate that this may not be a serious book for learning Spanish colloquialisms. Inspect/Order Wicked Spanish

Pimsleur Spanish I The Pimsleur method is the best when you are beginning, don't like reading grammar books, and want to learn how Spanish sounds. Inspect/Order Pimsleur Spanish I

Pimsleur Spanish II This is for someone who knows some Spanish and wants to learn more. Not as easy as Spanish I from Pimsleur, but it will take you to real Spanish in the best way there is. Inspect/Order Pimsleur Spanish II

Mastering Spanish Vocabulary, a Thematic Approach By Jose Marķa Navarro This book teaches you new words in the most sensible way possible: organized by subject! So you learn about tellers and deposit slips at the same time, unlike most other books which teach you things in the stupidest way - by alphabetical order! Inspect/Order Mastering Spanish Vocabulary

The Everything Learning Spanish Book: Speak, Write, and Understand Basic Spanish in No Time By Frank H. Zambrano Very interesting, well written book. Although this publisher has only a few language books, they have found a winning formula with this series. Inspect/Order The Everything Learning Spanish Book

Spanish Now: Level 1 By Ruth J. Silverstein For Spanish Beginners. Low price, humor, useful vocabulary, clear grammar explanations, logical organization, extensive cultural information, and the textbook/workbook format. Inspect/Order Spanish Now: Level 1

Spanish Now: Level 2 By Christopher Kendris For Spanish Beginners. Designed especially to complement Barron's Spanish Now! Level 2, 2nd Ed. textbook, this package features dialogues and drills in Spanish. Their focus is to help students become proficient in conversational Spanish, and acquire skills in speaking and listening comprehension. Other features for building speaking proficiency include popular phrases, idiomatic expressions and verb forms in different tenses. 2 cassettes Inspect/Order Spanish Now: Level 2

E-Z Spanish By Ruth J. Silverstein For Spanish Beginners. This newly revised edition contains amusing dialogues and stories to introduce Spanish vocabulary and grammatical concepts to beginning students. Useful as an informal self-teaching manual, the book can also be used in a classroom situations as a language text or supplement. The new edition features additional exercises and more than 100 illustrations. Inspect/Order E-Z Spanish

Learn Spanish the Fast and Fun Way By Gene Hammitt For Spanish Beginners. Here's how to learn Spanish painlessly for vacationing, shopping, making phone calls, dining, sightseeing, and generally getting around Spanish cities and countrysides. Vocabulary cards, gummed labels and other fun-learning features come as part of the book. Inspect/Order Learn Spanish the Fast and Fun Way

2001 Spanish and English Idioms By Eugene Savaiano A bilingual dictionary of high-frequency Spanish and English idioms alphabetized according to their key words. Inspect/Order 2001 Spanish and English Idioms

Spanish With Michel Thomas By Michel Thomas Audio CD This is another approach to learning by audio. Some people like it more than Pimsleur, others like Pimsleur more. You decide. Using Spanish with Michel Thomas, listeners learn in real time--fully understanding as they go along, turning words into short sentences, and then building them into longer, more complex sentences, until they are conversing in Spanish. Inspect/Order Spanish With Michel Thomas

1001 Most Useful Spanish Words by Seymour Resnick It has the Spanish word, its definition, then it has an example in Spanish plus the English translation. Inspect/Order 1001 Most Useful Spanish Words

Dahl's Law Dictionary: an annotated legal dictionary English and Spanish by Henry Saint Dahl An annotated legal dictionary in Spanish and English. Inspect/Order Dahl's Law Dictionary: an annotated legal dictionary English and Spanish

Spanish for EMS By Aida de La Cruz Dean Features include an audio CD-ROM, pronunciation guide, dialogues, practice exercises, and cultural capsules to enable emergency technicians to learn Spanish. Inspect/Order Spanish for EMS

Out of print but listed for reference:

Survival Spanish for Correctional Staff
ISBN: 1888467061 By Sam L. Slick

Prison Slang: Words and Expressions Depicting Life behind Bars
ISBN: 0899506461 By William K. Bentley
Written by former "guests" of the state.

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Links For learning Spanish

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English & Spanish Dictionary

Slang and popular language of Puerto Rico

Learn Spanish - Free on-line Tutorial

Worldwide Spanish newspapers

Spanish Flash cards. For the real beginner.

Actual Spanish you may need in an encounter. This page will really be helpful to police officers!

Univision in Spanish

CNN in Spanish

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