Year. Under the project we are working on to enhance services, we devised a multilingual card so the Police Service aids, civilians, people that victims might think are officer, this is an important mechanism so that Domestic Violence victims coming to the station to file reports, there is immediate communication so that things can get moving in a rapid manner. On the Technology Side we are grappling with how to enhance dispatch. We are working closely with lisa hoffman to have a system that identifies the Language Skills of bilingual officers immediately and in realtime so that they can be more readily dispatched to the scene and it gives equally Important Information which is to know if there arent bilingual officers, waiting on the scene, and can move onto the next level, the Language Line system. We are working on how do we get officers who want to be bilingual, who want to be certified as bilingual officers, how do they more rapidly get the certification process in place . Officer
That language, so if it is held in chinatown or wherever, for that outreach. It is important when the victim makes the police report; it helps if a native speaker is there, eases some of the angst the victim may have when reporting a crime. In terms of outreaching and publications, i dont know everything that we have this is internally where we are trying to streamline and have more officers certified. I know you have been on the job three months, its wonderful progress. I want to add that we are in the process of creating a card that we can all of the stations have, all psas, where the victim comes in, the card explains the process. The card will be printed in five different languages. They can pick the language they speak; point to it, then we know what they need. The officer will get them the service. I want to say that the chief and i especially the chief, he is out there all the time, i work with Public Affairs and recently we did an interview on the chinese speaking channel on th
That language, so if it is held in chinatown or wherever, for that outreach. It is important when the victim makes the police report; it helps if a native speaker is there, eases some of the angst the victim may have when reporting a crime. In terms of outreaching and publications, i dont know everything that we have this is internally where we are trying to streamline and have more officers certified. I know you have been on the job three months, its wonderful progress. I want to add that we are in the process of creating a card that we can all of the stations have, all psas, where the victim comes in, the card explains the process. The card will be printed in five different languages. They can pick the language they speak; point to it, then we know what they need. The officer will get them the service. I want to say that the chief and i especially the chief, he is out there all the time, i work with Public Affairs and recently we did an interview on the chinese speaking channel on th
Obviously part of my concern that talk about over the last few weeks is in light of recent events in the city. The concern is that women who dont speak english or are living in poverty will have concerns about reaching out of the Police Department. We want to reassure and reach out. Can you talk about your efforts to reach out to communities through various newspapers in different languages and how the department is getting the message out that we do have access to other languages and can serve diverse populations . Anytime there is a community meeting, and it is based on a certain ethnicity group, we try to have Interpretation Service provided. We will post those signs in that language, so if it is held in chinatown or wherever, for that outreach. It is important when the victim makes the police report; it helps if a native speaker is there, eases some of the angst the victim may have when reporting a crime. In terms of outreaching and publications, i dont know everything that we have