Do you take spanish classes in the Academy?

[retdetsgt]

Kinda like cue balls, the hard ya hit 'em, the more English you get outta them!

[Safety Steve]

Kinda like cue balls, the hard ya hit 'em, the more English you get outta them!

+100, lol. Would not let me rep you!


Be Safe.

[marinepilot]

Not offered in the academy here, but there are off-duty classes you can take to get an idea of how to understand it a bit better, for example the guys in the car during the traffic stop. We concentrated on specific things to listen for and say as a law enforcement officer. Great class, our instructor was originally from Spain! Unfortunately, if you don't practice it, it fades over time. I remember quite a bit, tho, and I think the funniest thing we learned was that the word for "handcuffs" and "wife" was exactly the same - esposa! (I know that probably isn't spelled right...)

Our instructor said if you didn't have the rifle like Switch talked about, just swinging your cuffs (esposa) around on your finger and saying "arrestado" usually made them learn some English pretty quick.

[MikeG]

Not offered in the academy here, but there are off-duty classes you can take to get an idea of how to understand it a bit better, for example the guys in the car during the traffic stop. We concentrated on specific things to listen for and say as a law enforcement officer. Great class, our instructor was originally from Spain! Unfortunately, if you don't practice it, it fades over time. I remember quite a bit, tho, and I think the funniest thing we learned was that the word for "handcuffs" and "wife" was exactly the same - esposa! (I know that probably isn't spelled right...)

Our instructor said if you didn't have the rifle like Switch talked about, just swinging your cuffs (esposa) around on your finger and saying "arrestado" usually made them learn some English pretty quick.

las esposas. Handcuffs are plural . And they derive from the same meaning .

And bad spanish makes it better "Who wants to be my wife, tonight?" Can be much more intimidating than what you wanted to say.