Police need bilingual officers

Posted on: August 17th, 2005
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The Richmond Police Department has five Spanish-speaking police officers for a steadily growing population of Hispanics in the city.

“That’s a problem. We need more bilingual officers,” Chief Rodney Monroe told a group of Hispanics, including the Mexican consul general, last night at the Southside Community Center.

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