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Working with Interpreters in Policing brings with it a range of additional and experiential skills and challenges. Following on from the first PD where working with interpreters was explored through general duties policing, in this session the presenters will explore the contexts in which police use interpreters in the course of complex investigations and the adaptations in practice when working with victims, offenders, and witnesses. The presenters will touch on various settings within the evidence gathering process and the importance of how evidence is presented for the benefit of the Court . The presenters will also explore the issue of language and access in a variety of operational and critical incident contexts and through authentic scenarios. Further they will explore and respond to the important aspect of vicarious trauma of interpreters when working in challenging policing contexts.

 
Notes On The Speakers:

JUDY SABA is a Cross Cultural Psychologist and Diversity trainer with the NSW Police Force. Judy has extensive experience in applied diversity training in both public and private sector organisations. She has also  delivered training at the East West Centre for Cross-Cultural Training, University of Hawaii, USA. In 2010 Judy was awarded a Churchill Fellowship, which enabled her to research Diversity training and human rights integration in policing jurisdictions in the US, Middle East and UK. She has been at the forefront of the delivery of training programs for professions in a vast array of areas including, among others, Effective Use of Interpreters (for Police, Doctors, Prosecutors, Emergency services and business ), Writing for Translation – clear and simple, and Counselling in  Cross-Cultural Contexts.

JAMIE MOHAMED has a professional profile combining both Criminal Investigation and Interpreting and Translation. He holds a Bachelor of Policing (Investigations) from Charles Sturt University, and a Master of Interpreting and Translation from Western Sydney University.

 
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