The US doesn’t have an official language and it’s completely unreasonable for Pima County, where ~25% of residents speak Spanish as their primary language, to not have Spanish-speaking dispatchers available.
Just weird to think that you wouldn’t expect a 911 to have dispatcher to speak to Spanish speakers when necessary pretty much anywhere in the Southwest. You can “para Español, oprima el dos” on virtually every phone system here and I’m in Indiana.
The US doesn’t have an official language and it’s completely unreasonable for Pima County, where ~25% of residents speak Spanish as their primary language, to not have Spanish-speaking dispatchers available.
Just weird to think that you wouldn’t expect a 911 to have dispatcher to speak to Spanish speakers when necessary pretty much anywhere in the Southwest. You can “para Español, oprima el dos” on virtually every phone system here and I’m in Indiana.
32/50 states have English as the official business language, where all business and official government function must operate. Arizona is one of them.
Article 28, section 2 of the Arizona state Constitution.
With, of course, a specific exception for “(d) ACTIONS OR DOCUMENTS THAT PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.”