Spanish for Public Safety Personnel

Spanish for Public Safety Personnel is a one-book, one-audio tape set designed as a reference for public safety personnel. This small, laminated booklet lists commonly-used phrases and their phonetic pronunciations for quick reference in the field. This useful tool will help public safety personnel improve communications and protect themselves and others. The accompanying audio tape reviews listening and pronunciation skills.

Spanish for Public Safety Personnel is designed to provide security and law enforcement professionals with the necessary tools to help improve communication with and partnerships between the police and the community. It provides hundreds of vocabulary words used in the most common security-related situations.

Arthur M. McCarthy has been a police officer in Boston for the past twenty-two years. He taught for five years at the Boston Police Academy and has taught Spanish and Community Policing at the university level.

James A. Nocito has been a teacher of Spanish for thirteen years, at both the university and high school levels. Jim holds an MS in Criminal Justice, and in 1994 he was selected into Who's Who Among America's Teachers.


Unique approach to acquiring a second language
Focus on criminal justice and security-related vocabulary
Helps promote positive relations between the police and the community