mojobreakfast
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US mainland dispatch comms in language other than English
Just a curious question. Are there places in the mainland US where common public safety dispatch (police, fire, EMS) communications are in a language other than English? A mix of English and another language? If so, where are they, and is this formally accepted? Asking because I've noted a local public service frequency using a mix of Spanish and English and this seems to be new, as I've monitored this for a while. The specifics aren't important and I don't have a problem with it as long as the job gets done, more than anything just wondering what anyone else has observed.
Note I am not talking about bilingual dispatchers who can talk to callers in a language other than English, I am talking about radio dispatch communications.
And a quick edit: yes, I know that the US does not have an official language.
Just a curious question. Are there places in the mainland US where common public safety dispatch (police, fire, EMS) communications are in a language other than English? A mix of English and another language? If so, where are they, and is this formally accepted? Asking because I've noted a local public service frequency using a mix of Spanish and English and this seems to be new, as I've monitored this for a while. The specifics aren't important and I don't have a problem with it as long as the job gets done, more than anything just wondering what anyone else has observed.
Note I am not talking about bilingual dispatchers who can talk to callers in a language other than English, I am talking about radio dispatch communications.
And a quick edit: yes, I know that the US does not have an official language.
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