Thursday, January 15, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Local police learn Spanish
Course teaches basic commands
By Ronnie Wachter Kansan staff writer
Through the years, the Lawrence Police Department has become good at tracking down the bad guys. In 1998, they are getting even better by learning how to track them down in two languages.
Lawrence police officers began taking a class about basic communication skills in Spanish on Monday. As part of a state-mandated In-Service Mini-Academy, all commissioned employees will take the two-hour course.
"We are in no way trying to teach the language of Spanish in two hours." said department spokesperson Sgt. Susan Hadi, who has a bachelor's degree in Spanish. Hadl and Lt. Ed Brunt are teaching about 110 police officers basic orders in Spanish.
"It's survival Spanish, things we'll use in the field," Hadl said. "If we want to try to interview someone,
we're going to bring them back to the station where we can get an interpreter."
Officers will be given repetitive oral lessons about pronunciation and will carry laminated language cards.
"I thought it was great, and it was very timely," said officer "Tom Moore. "It was very well presented. We learned where to place accents, and a few things about Hispanic cultures, so that our actions don't accidentally offend someone."
Hadi said the Hispanic population in Lawrence was growing, along with the chance that an officer would need to communicate with someone who does not understand English.
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Most of the non-English speakers the Lawrence police encounter are transients. They are traveling through the area on their way to a job somewhere else, Hadl said.
The Spanish lessons are the first block of the eight-hour mini-academy. Officers also are studying various aspects of law enforcement, including a workshop about animal control and instruction about Computer-Aided Dispatch. The final portion of the academy is an address from Ron Olin, police chief, about the state of the police department.
Police departments are required by state law to give 40 hours for miniacademies each year. These language activities are the first eighth-hour session, with four more sessions to come.
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By Aaron Knopf
Kansan staff writer
Novice computer users looking to build on their computer skills and experienced users ready to make the jump to power-user status can do so now at the Computer Center.
Beginning this semester, the Computer Center has a new schedule of free and fee-based classes for all levels of computer users at the University and in Lawrence. Topics range from a basic Windows 95 introduction to Java programming for Web pages.
The Computer Center's Spring 1998 Driver's Ed for the Information Superhighway publication contains a timetable, class descriptions and registration and fee information. The information is available online at http://www.cc.ukans.edu/~acs/training/index.shtml.
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Catlin said the Computer Center was offering 10 more courses this spring than it did in the 1997 spring semester.
Courses are free unless the Computer Center has to pay for the software involved. Catlin said.
The courses, including all Internetrelated training, vary in length and format. Some are taught at computer labs as hands-on seminars while others are taught at the Computer Center auditorium as presentations. Pre-registration for these courses is unnecessary.
The fee-based courses are all three-hour, hands-on seminars about business applications. The cost for these of courses is $20 for University students, $40 for University faculty and staff and $75 for non-University enrollees. Registration for fee-based classes is required
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