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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 749993" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><strong>Spanish language barrier hampers police</strong></p><p> <strong></strong> <strong>By KEITH PHUCAS</strong></p><p><strong>Times Herald Staff</strong></p><p> <strong>NORRISTOWN – </strong>The language barrier between Norristown Police Department officers and the town’s sizable Spanish-speaking population continues to hinder law enforcement efforts given that none of the officers are fluent in the foreign language, but civil service rules prohibit hiring prospective police solely for their fluency in Spanish.</p><p> The department’s sole policeman who spoke fluent Spanish, Officer Ricardo Quiles-Rosa, left the force for a job with Philadelphia Police Department earlier this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 749993, member: 12952"] [B]Spanish language barrier hampers police [/B] [B]By KEITH PHUCAS Times Herald Staff[/B] [B]NORRISTOWN – [/B]The language barrier between Norristown Police Department officers and the town’s sizable Spanish-speaking population continues to hinder law enforcement efforts given that none of the officers are fluent in the foreign language, but civil service rules prohibit hiring prospective police solely for their fluency in Spanish. The department’s sole policeman who spoke fluent Spanish, Officer Ricardo Quiles-Rosa, left the force for a job with Philadelphia Police Department earlier this year. [/QUOTE]
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