In this episode, Leslye Orloff, director of NIWAP, Detective Shelli Sonnenberg from the Boise, Idaho Police Department, and Investigator Michael LaRiviere from the Salem, Massachusetts Police Department continue their conversation around how to provide effective language access and best practices for agencies when implementing language access for all victims and witnesses. They discuss the best practices on working with an interpreter, how to get the most accurate information, they reflect on past experiences with language access issues, and lessons learned as examples from real cases. They end with tips on how to bring language access resources to other law enforcement agencies.

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In this episode, Leslye Orloff, director of NIWAP, Detective Shelli Sonnenberg from the Boise, Idaho Police Department, and Investigator Michael LaRiviere from the Salem, Massachusetts Police Department talk about language access for crime victims and witnesses. The podcast talks about working with immigrant communities where language and cultural barriers exist, the challenges that exist in working with immigrant communities and the legal responsibility of law enforcement in serving immigrants with limited language access. What the rules and regulations are when law enforcement works with members of the community that have less English proficiency, the resources available to immigrants and requirements of qualified interpretation.

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In this episode, NIWAP Director, Leslye Orloff, Sergeant Inspector Tony Flores from the San Francisco Police Department, Officer Irene Lee Klein from the West Hartford Police Department, and Sharla Jackson from the Prosecuting Attorneys Counsel of Georgia continue the discussion in talking about how law enforcement agencies get and disseminate information and tools (such as the Department of Homeland Security’s blue shield campaign) about the various forms of immigration relief available to victims of crime. They discuss accessibility issues and how lack of accessibility can be a problem in serving victims. The podcast then touches upon how T and U visa are used as a tool to build relationships with the community, how victims requests for police reports are handled and finally the discussion ends with the speaker’s offering tips on how communities can be built to serve victims better and the resources NIWAP’s library has available on this topic.

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