Officer Survival and Communication Spanish - Level 1

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Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Ends On: Thursday, August 6, 2026
Registration Deadline: Saturday, August 1, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Instructor Location:
LETAC Training Center & Office
840 S. Spring Street, Suite B
Springfield, IL 62704
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Instructor: Alentado Training Consultants - Adam Chacon
Member's Fee: $0
Non-Member & Civilian Fee: $100
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This training covers the following mandates:
Cultural Competency 3.00 hours
High-Risk Traffic Stops 3.00 hours
Procedural Justice 11.00 hours
COURSE OVERVIEW: This 24-hour course enables attendees to engage with Spanish-speaking, limited proficient individuals and successfully manage the first responder function, including identifying individuals.  This includes handling general, and known risk traffic stops, affecting standing, kneeling, and prone arrest, and gathering the basic information for intake and booking.  It also prepares attendees to respond to threats that might otherwise be missed when slang/code language is used in Spanish to communicate around the officer.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
* Learn the essentials to gather information and complete paperwork in Spanish
* Acquiring interview control techniques
* Learn to transition safely from scene security commands to investigative questioning
* Questioning to assess need for additional resources
* Become functional with arrest commands and control expressions in Spanish
* Learn to handle general/unknown-risk and known-risk/high-risk traffic stops in Spanish
* Recognize Spanish street-slang, gang slang, drug terms and weapons terms
* Recognize imminent danger and when to take safety precautions
* Learn to navigate cultural and behavioral differences to enhance preparedness & improve outcomes
* Become familiar with pertinent legal cases
 
To Register: Email registration to register@letac.org. You may also fill out and submit our online registration form through the website at www.letac.org or call 217-726-7014 to register by phone (be sure to include all pertinent information). MTU #10 local member department officers will be given registration preference until seven days prior to the date of class. After that date, registrations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis, regardless of MTU status. We cannot accept registrations from individual officers. All registrations must go through your Chief, Sheriff, or department training office, even if you are attending class on your own time.

Cancellation: If a class must be canceled for any reason, every effort will be made to do so at least 2 weeks before the class is scheduled to begin. However, there are circumstances where last minute cancellation is out of our control. All officers who have been registered for training will be contacted at the email address given at registration, so please be sure to provide an email address which is checked often