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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 mo...

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...

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...

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 g...

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