Tactical Spanish for Law Enforcement Officers

Table of Contents

Introduction

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Unit 1   Spelling words & names

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Vocabulary:  Alphabet & Cognates
2
Vocabulary:  Cognates
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Mini-Grammar: Verb To Write
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Cultural Info: Last names ending in S
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Check point
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Unit 2     Talking to adults and children

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Mini Grammar:  Masculine and Feminine Words
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Cultural Info:  Formal and Informal Spanish
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Vocabulary:  Basic Traffic Stop Words
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Vocabulary:  Spanglish
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Check Point
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Unit 3      Courtesy

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Vocabulary :  Greetings & Basic Commands
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Cultural Info:  Mexican & Border Slang
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Mini Grammar:  Basic Conjugation
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Check Point
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Unit 4     Asking someone's  name

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Vocabulary:  Field Interview Questions
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Cultural Info:  The Name Game
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Mini-Grammar:  What & Which
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Check point
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Unit 5    Conducting a routine traffic stop

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Vocabulary:  Traffic Stop Commands and Questions
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Mini Grammar:  Basic Conjugation
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Cultural Info:  The Police
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Check Point
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Unit 6   Asking age, weight & height

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Vocabulary:  Numbers
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Vocabulary:  Asking someone's weight
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Vocabulary:  Asking someone's height
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Vocabulary:  Asking someone’s age
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Cultural Info:  Quinceañera
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Mini-Grammar:  Three basic verbs
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Check Point
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Unit 7   Asking someone's date of birth

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Vocabulary:  The time
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Vocabulary :  Months of the year
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Vocabulary:  Asking someone's date of birth
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Vocabulary:  Days of the week
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Mini Grammar:  Verb: To be born
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Cultural Info:  Happy Birthday
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Check Point
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Unit 8    Describing people and objects

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Vocabulary:  Colors
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Vocabulary:  Skin Color
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Vocabulary:  People
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Vocabulary:  Features
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Vocabulary:  Sizes
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Vocabulary:  Clothing
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Mini Grammar:  Applying proper gender
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Vocabulary:  Describing people
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Cultural Info:  Terms of Endearment and nicknames
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Vocabulary:  Objects
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Check Point
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Unit 9    Giving Directions

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Vocabulary:  Places
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Mini Grammar:  Verb To Be -Temporary & Permanent
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Vocabulary:  Prepositions
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Vocabulary:  Giving Directions
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Cultural Info:  Colloquial expressions
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Check Point
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Unit 10  Handling Traffic Accidents

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Vocabulary:  Transportation
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Vocabulary:  Questions for Traffic Accidents
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Mini Grammar:   Verb To Be - Temporary/ Plural
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Cultural Info:  Slang for Transportation
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Check Point
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Unit 11    Asking about Family Background

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Vocabulary:  The Family
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Vocabulary:  Race
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Vocabulary:  Nationality
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Cultural Info:  Profanities
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Grammar Note:  Verb: To Live
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Check Point
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Unit 12    Searching for Weapons & Drugs

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Vocabulary:  Weapons
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Vocabulary:  Parts of the Body
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Vocabulary:  Arrest
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Vocabulary:  Drugs
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Mini Grammar:  The future tense
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Cultural Info:  Slang for Drugs
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Check Point
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Unit 13   Asking questions for Field Interview/ Citation/ Booking Sheet

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Mini Grammar:  Present Perfect Tense
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Vocabulary:  Questions for Field Interview/Citation/Booking Sheet
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Cultural Info:  Getting Personal
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Check Point
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Unit 14   Conducting a sobriety test

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Vocabulary:  Questions for DUI
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Mini Grammar:  For + ing Verbs
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Cultural Info:  Slang for Alcohol related words
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Check Point
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Unit 15   Handling Domestic Violence

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Vocabulary:  Family Members II
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Cultural Info:  Godparents
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Vocabulary:  Questions for Domestic Violence
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Mini Grammar:  Verbs for Domestic Violence
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Check Point
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Unit 16   Establishing the Circumstances of the Crime

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Vocabulary: Type of Hair
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Vocabulary: Jewelry
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Mini Grammar:  Verb To Know
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Mini Grammar:  Impersonal Past Plural
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Cultural Info:  Slang for Crime & Punishment
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Check Point
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Unit 17    Obtaining information about Gangs

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Mini Grammar:  Verb To See
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Cultural Info:  Colloquial expressions with "andar"
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Check Point
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EXERCISES

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Exercise 1   Spelling Words
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Exercise 2   Masculine And Feminine Words (Definite Article)
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Exercise 3   Masculine And Feminine (Indefinite Article)
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Exercise 4   Masculine And Feminine (Plural)
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Exercise 5   Formal and Informal Spanish
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Exercise 6   Basic Traffic Stop Words
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Exercise 7   Courtesy
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Exercise 8   Asking someone’s name
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Exercise 9   Field Interview Questions I
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Exercise 10  Traffic Stop Commands
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Exercise 11  Conducting a Routine Traffic Stop
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Exercise 12  Basic Conjugation
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Exercise 13  Numbers
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Exercise 14  Months and Days
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Exercise 15  Asking someone’s date of birth
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Exercise 16  Asking Height, Weight & Age
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Exercise 17  Describing people
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Exercise 18  Time
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Exercise 19  Colors And Objects
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Exercise 20  Clothing
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Exercise 21  Describing people’s clothing II
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Exercise 22  Describing people by sizes and features
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Exercise 23  General questions for Describing people
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Exercise 24  Nationality
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Exercise 25  Family
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Exercise 26  Occupations
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Exercise 27  To Be (Permanent)
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Exercise 28  To Be (Past Tense)
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Exercise 29  To Know (people/ places/data)
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Exercise 30  To recognize
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Exercise 31  Places/ To work
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Exercise 32  “To Be" (Temporary)
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Exercise 33  To Be (Temporary – Past Tense)
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Exercise 34  Prepositions/ Directions
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Exercise 35  Weapons
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Exercise 36  Body parts
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Exercise 37  Arrest/ Commands
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Exercise 38  Future Tense
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Exercise 39  Drugs
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Exercise 40  Transportation
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Exercise 41  Handling Traffic Accidents
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Exercise 42  To want
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Exercise 43  To drink/ to take
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Exercise 44  To Drink & To Take (Past Tense)
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Exercise 45  Field Interview II
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Exercise 46   Conducting a Sobriety Test
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Exercise 47  Handling Domestic Violence
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Exercise 48   Time Details
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Exercise 49   Establishing circumstances of the crime
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Exercise 50  Hair
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Exercise 51  Jewelry
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Exercise 52  Crime Related Verbs
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Exercise 53  Physical Abuse/ Domestic Violence
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Exercise 54  Basic Traffic Stop Part 2
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Exercise 55  Obtaining information about Gangs
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ANSWERS

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VOCABULARY

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Alphabet (Alfabeto)
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Pronunciation   (Pronunciación)
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Numbers (Números)
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Months (Meses)
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Days   (Días)
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Time   (La Hora)
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Hair   (Pelo)
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Clothing   (Ropa)
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Colors   (Colores)
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Sizes   (Tamaños)
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Jewelry   (Alhajas)
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Objects   (Objetos)
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Family members
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People   (Gente)
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Race    (Raza)
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Features   (Señas particulares )
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Nationality   (Nacionalidad)
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Places   (Lugares)
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Prepositions   (Preposiciones)
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Directions   (Direcciones)
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Transportation   (Transporte)
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Weapons   (Armas)
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Arrest   (Arresto)
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General commands   (Imperativos Generales)
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Field interview/ citation/ booking sheet (formularios)
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Additional questions and phrases for a citation
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Parts of the body   (Partes del cuerpo)
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Drugs (Drogas)
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D.U.I.   (Manejando bajo la influencia)
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Sobriety test   (Examen  de sobriedad)
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Diseases   (Enfermedades)
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First aid questions   (Preguntas de primeros auxilios)
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Crime report questions   (Informe sobre crimen)
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Domestic violence   (Violencia doméstica)
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Profanities   (Malas palabras)
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Danger expressions  (Expresiones de peligro)
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Dayworkers (Jornaleros)
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Cognates – Nouns
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Cognates – Verbs
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