Law Enforcement and Language Diversity
A Demographic and Linguistic Survey of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force
Anonymous Ten-Question Survey
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1. Please indicate which of the following best describe (s) you.
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Rows
Age
Gender
Citizenship
Ethnicity/Race
Highest Level of Education
Description
Less than 18
18-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75 or older
Prefer not to respond
Man
Woman
Prefer not to respond
Prefer to self-describe
By birth (birthplace of Saint Lucia)
By birth (parents)
By birth (other)
By naturalisation (ordinary)
By registration (citizenship by investment)
By registration (adoption, marriage, parental legacy, residency status, administrative discretion)
Non-citizen (OECS national)
Non-citizen (other)
Prefer not to respond
Black (African, Afro-Caribbean, etc.)
White/ North European (English, French, German, Irish, Polish, etc.)
Amerindian (Arawak/ Taino, Carib, etc.)
American Indian/ Alaska Native (Aztec, Mayan, Navajo Nation, etc.)
East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Tibetan, etc.)
Hispanic/ Latino/ Spanish Origin (Cuban, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Central/ South American, etc.)
Indian Subcontinent/ South Asia (Afghan, Bangladeshi, Indian, Jordanian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc.)
Middle Eastern/ North African (Algerian, Bahraini, Lebanese, Arab, Moroccan, Syrian, Yemeni, etc.)
Native Hawaiian/ Other Pacific Islander (Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Fijian, Tongan, Marshallese, etc.)
Southeast Asian (Burmese, Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai, Vietnamese, etc.)
Mixed Parentage (two or more races)
Not known
Some other race, ethnicity, or origin (self-describe)
Prefer not to respond
Primary School/ Elementary School
Secondary School/ Middle & High School
Vocational/ Tertiary Education
Post-secondary non-university education
Some College Courses
Community College/ Associate's Degree
Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree
Doctoral or professional degree (e.g., PhD, M.D., J.D.)
Prefer not to respond
1. Self-describe gender:
1. Self-describe ethnicity/race:
2. Please indicate the number of years you have been a member of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force.
Please Select
Less than 1
1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31 or more
3a. Please indicate the option that best describes the location of your current base station/ department/ unit.
Please Select
Gros Islet Police Station
Rodney Bay Police Station
Castries Central Police Station
Marchand Police Station
Babonneau Police Station
Marigot Police Station
Anse La Raye Police Station
Canaries Police Station
Dennery Police Station
Richfond Police Station
Micoud Police Station
Soufriere Police Station
Choiseul Police Station
Laborie Police Station
Vieux Fort Police Station
Specialised Unit
3b. Please indicate the option(s) that best describes your tasks at your current base station/ department/ unit; please check all that apply.
4. Please indicate the option(s) that best describes your current rank.
Please Select
Below Constable (Special Police Constable, Apprentice, etc.)
Constable
Above Constable (Corporal, Sergeant, etc.)
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5. Please indicate your average annual income.
Please Select
.01 XCD - 4,000 XCD
4,001 XCD - 8,000 XCD
8,001 XCD - 12,000 XCD
12,001 XCD - 16,000 XCD
16,001 XCD - 20,000 XCD
20,001 XCD - 24,000 XCD
24,001 XCD - 28,000 XCD
28,001 XCD - 32,000 XCD
32,001 XCD - 36,000 XCD
36,001 XCD - 40,000 XCD
40,001 XCD - 44,000 XCD
44,001 XCD - 48,000 XCD
Above 48,000 XCD
Prefer not to respond
6. Please indicate if your workplace directly offers civilians any formal non-English language assistance programmes.
Please Select
Yes, internal interpreter services are available to civilians.
No, external interpreter services would be recommended.
7. Please indicate if a perceived language barrier has ever limited any of your law enforcement interactions.
Please Select
Yes
No
7b. If 'yes', please indicate the language(s) you encountered; please select all that apply.
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8a. Please indicate the language you use most often to communicate and your proficiency. Note: "Listen/ Understand" can include scenarios where you can comprehend but not converse in a language.
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Rows
Language
Speak/Sign
Read
Write
Listen/Understand
First Language
(most often learned and used at home)
English
Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa)
French
Guadeloupean Creole
Haitian Creole
Spanish
Portuguese (or any Romance language not mentioned)
Papiamento
Amerindian (including Arawakan, Cariban, etc.)
Arabic (or any Afro-Asiatic language not mentioned)
Dutch (including Afrikaans)
Hindi (or any Indo-Iranian/ Dravidian language not mentioned)
German (or any West Germanic language not mentioned)
Greek (or any Hellenic/ Armenian/ Albanian language not mentioned)
Indonesian (or any Austronesian/ Austroasiatic/ Kra-Dai language not mentioned)
Irish (or any Celtic language not mentioned)
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin Chinese (or any Sino-Tibetan language not mentioned)
Russian (Armenian or any Balto-Slavic language not mentioned)
Swahili (or any Niger-Congo/ African language not mentioned)
Swedish (or any North Germanic/ Uralic language not mentioned)
Turkish (or any Turkic/ Altaic language not mentioned)
Any form of sign language
Another language not represented
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
8. Please manually list language(s):
8b. Please indicate which technique best describes how you came to learn the aforementioned language; please select all that apply.
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Formal education
(requirement
/
elective)
Informal education
(hobby)
Informal education
(family & friends)
First Language
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9. Please indicate any additional languages you use to communicate and your proficiency. Note: "Listen/ Understand" can include scenarios where you can comprehend but not converse in a language.
Rows
Language
Speak/Sign
Read
Write
Listen/Understand
Second Language
(2nd most often used at home & elsewhere)
I do not speak additional languages
I do not speak a third language
English
Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa)
French
Guadeloupean Creole
Haitian Creole
Spanish
Portuguese (or any Romance language not mentioned)
Papiamento
Amerindian (including Arawakan, Cariban, etc.)
Arabic (or any Afro-Asiatic language not mentioned)
Dutch (including Afrikaans)
Hindi (or any Indo-Iranian/ Dravidian language not mentioned)
German (or any West Germanic language not mentioned)
Greek (or any Hellenic/ Armenian/ Albanian language not mentioned)
Indonesian (or any Austronesian/ Austroasiatic/ Kra-Dai language not mentioned)
Irish (or any Celtic language not mentioned)
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin Chinese (or any Sino-Tibetan language not mentioned)
Russian (Armenian or any Balto-Slavic language not mentioned)
Swahili (or any Niger-Congo/ African language not mentioned)
Swedish (or any North Germanic/ Uralic language not mentioned)
Turkish (or any Turkic/ Altaic language not mentioned)
Any form of sign language
Another language not represented
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Third Language
(3rd most often
used at home & elsewhere)
I do not speak additional languages
I do not speak a third language
English
Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa)
French
Guadeloupean Creole
Haitian Creole
Spanish
Portuguese (or any Romance language not mentioned)
Papiamento
Amerindian (including Arawakan, Cariban, etc.)
Arabic (or any Afro-Asiatic language not mentioned)
Dutch (including Afrikaans)
Hindi (or any Indo-Iranian/ Dravidian language not mentioned)
German (or any West Germanic language not mentioned)
Greek (or any Hellenic/ Armenian/ Albanian language not mentioned)
Indonesian (or any Austronesian/ Austroasiatic/ Kra-Dai language not mentioned)
Irish (or any Celtic language not mentioned)
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin Chinese (or any Sino-Tibetan language not mentioned)
Russian (Armenian or any Balto-Slavic language not mentioned)
Swahili (or any Niger-Congo/ African language not mentioned)
Swedish (or any North Germanic/ Uralic language not mentioned)
Turkish (or any Turkic/ Altaic language not mentioned)
Any form of sign language
Another language not represented
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
Very well
Well
Not well
Not at all
Not applicable
9. Please manually list language(s):
9b. Please indicate which technique best describes how you came to learn each of the aforementioned languages; please select all that apply.
Rows
Formal education
(requirement
/
elective)
Informal education
(hobby)
Informal education
(family & friends)
Second Language
Third Language
9c. If you do speak more than one language, please indicate if your multilingual skill was ever a useful asset to interacting with civilians.
Please Select
Yes
No
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10. Please indicate how often you encounter each of the following languages during typical civilian interactions. This question requires one response per row.
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Rows
Frequency
English
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Saint Lucian Creole
(Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
French
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Guadeloupean Creole
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Haitian Creole
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Spanish
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Portuguese
(or any Romance language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Papiamento
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Amerindian
(including Arawakan, Cariban, etc.)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Arabic
(or any Afro-Asiatic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Dutch
(including Afrikaans)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Hindi
(or any Indo-Iranian/ Dravidian language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
10. Please indicate how often you encounter each of the following languages during typical civilian interactions. This question requires one response per row.
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Rows
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
English
Saint Lucian Creole
(Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa)
French
Guadeloupean Creole
Haitian Creole
Spanish
Portuguese
(or any Romance language not mentioned)
Papiamento
Amerindian
(including Arawakan, Cariban, etc.)
Arabic
(or any Afro-Asiatic language not mentioned)
Dutch
(including Afrikaans)
Hindi
(or any Indo-Iranian/ Dravidian language not mentioned)
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(Continued)10. Please indicate how often you encounter each of the following languages during typical civilian interactions. This question requires one response per row.
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Frequency
German
(or any West Germanic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Greek
(or any Hellenic/ Armenian/ Albanian language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Indonesian
(or any Austronesian/ Austroasiatic/ Kra-Dai language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Irish
(or any Celtic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Japanese
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Korean
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Mandarin Chinese
(or any Sino-Tibetan language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Russian
(Armenian or any Balto-Slavic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Swahili
(or any Niger-Congo/ African language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Swedish
(or any North Germanic/ Uralic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Turkish
(or any Turkic/ Altaic language not mentioned)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Any form of sign language
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
Unrecognised language(s)
Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
10. Please indicate which language frequency category best reflects your typical civilian interactions. This question requires one response per row.
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Never
Very Rarely
Rarely
Occasionally
Frequently
Very Frequently
German
(or any West Germanic language not mentioned)
Greek
(or any Hellenic/ Armenian/ Albanian language not mentioned)
Indonesian
(or any Austronesian/ Austroasiatic/ Kra-Dai language not mentioned)
Irish
(or any Celtic language not mentioned)
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin
(or any Sino-Tibetan language not mentioned)
Russian
(Armenian or any Balto-Slavic language not mentioned)
Swahili
(or any Niger-Congo/ African language not mentioned)
Swedish
(or any North Germanic/ Uralic language not mentioned)
Turkish
(or any Turkic/ Altaic language not mentioned)
Any form of sign language
Unrecognised language(s)
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