This intensive 3-day course places emphasis on drug terminology, field interrogations, executing arrests and specialized Spanish vocabulary that indicates impending danger. In addition to Spanish language, a special cross-cultural component addresses the elimination of non-verbal communication barriers that will enhance officer safety and effectiveness when dealing with Spanish speaking persons.
Basic Spanish is a 3-day course. Instruction is broken down into the following blocks: Spanish pronunciation, approaching a vehicle, removing the driver from the vehicle, searching the vehicle, phrases for drug interdiction, information questions, medical emergencies, communication strategies, giving a citation, Miranda warning and waiver, alert words, and danger words.

Dr. Sam L. Slick is a professor of Spanish and former Chairman of the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Southern Mississippi. He holds a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Iowa. Dr. Slick has logged hundreds of hours riding with police officers, as well as completing line tours with such diverse groups as the U.S. Border Patrol and the "Chicano Squad" of the Houston P.D. Dr. Slick has taught survival Spanish across the United States, including dozens of Police Academies, D.E.A, U.S. Customs and U.S. Special Forces. Dr. Slick is a member of the American Correctional Association and the Southern States Correctional Association.