Get better at Spanish with these Spanish phrases for police or law enforcement. 🚨

Don’t let language barriers get in the way of your work in law enforcement! Check out the top 7 Spanish phrases for law enforcement and improve your Spanish speaking skills. In addition, all sorts of roles can benefit from this vocabulary. Regardless of your role in law enforcement—if you are a police officer, detective, criminal investigator, correctional officer, jailer, sheriff, security guard, private detective, private investigator, or any of the numerous other roles law enforcement officials can play—this can help.

7 Key Law Enforcement Spanish Phrases

You never know when you’ll need to practice your Spanish skills, especially if you work in the field of law enforcement. Below you have 7 Spanish phrases that you can use at your job:

• Stop = Parése (to one person)/Parénse (to multiple people).
• Show me your hands = Muéstreme las manos. (to one person)
• Drop it = Dejelo
• Do you have any weapons or contraband? = ¿Tiene algunas armas o contrabando?
• What is your name? = ¿Cuál es su nombre?
• What was he/she wearing? = ¿Cómo se vistió?
• What did they take? = ¿Qué llevó? (in the sense of what item was taken)/¿Qué tomó? (in the sense of what medicine/drugs were taken)

These are all written in the usted form, which is the formal and more respectful way to speak to a stranger in Latin America and Spain (the plural of the form is ustedes.)

Additional Spanish phrases and words

Even if you don’t work in law enforcement, you can still benefit from this lesson. Here are some basic Spanish phrases and words for when you have to report a theft, are at the police station, or find yourself in need of police:

• I’ve come to report the theft of my wallet. = Vengo a denunciar el robo de mi cartera.
• I’d like to report = Quiero denunciar
• A  robbery/theft = Un robo
• A mugging = Un atraco
• My … was stolen = Me han robado …
• The thief = El ladrón
• I need to make a phone call = Necesito hacer una llamada
• I have lost my mobile phone = He perdido mi móvil
• Call the police! = ¡Llame a la policía!
• Where’s the police station? = ¿Dónde está la comisaría?
• Can you help me, please? = ¿Puede ayudarme, por favor? 

Now you know some useful Spanish phrases for law enforcement. Before you go, also check out how to say “no problem” in Spanish. It might come in handy no matter where you are.

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