Emergency Preparedness
Letter from Assistant Attorney General Kim to federal agencies regarding nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin: hurricane-related issues December 12, 2005 (PDF)
Guidance
Assistant Attorney General R. Alexander Acosta letter to recipients of federal financial assistance regarding
LEP materials - June 10, 2005
Letter dated April 22, 2005 from Assistant Attorney General Acosta to state court administrators with information about new LEP materials
Letter dated December 1, 2003 to state court administrators from Deputy
Assistant Attorney General Loretta King regarding LEP Guidance
LEP Policy Guidance for DOJ Recipients
(PDF) - June 18, 2002
Implementation and Compliance
Executive Order 13166 Limited English Proficiency Resource Document: Tips and Tools from the Field (PDF)
Guidelines for Determination of Eligibility for Court-Appointed Interpretation and Translation Services
Supreme Judicial Court, State of Maine
It should be noted that, unlike the definition of limited English proficiency contained in the Department of Justice LEP Guidance, which derives its definition of LEP persons as "those individuals who have a limited ability to read, write, speak or understand English" from Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (which prohibits recipients from discriminating on the basis of race, color or national origin, and contemplates a close nexus between one's national origin and one's language), the Maine Judiciary definition of LEP includes individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. For further information on legal issues involving the deaf or hard of hearing
community, please visit ADA.gov, the website of the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
Language Assistance Implementation Plan
for Federally Conducted Programs Pursuant to Executive Order 13166
Lost in Translation: Limited English Proficient
Populations and the Police by Bharathi A. Venkatraman, Attorney, Civil Rights Division, Coordination and Review Section, US Department of Justice.
Memorandum of Agreement between USA and Lake Worth, FL Police Department
Memorandum of Agreement between USA and Town of Mattawa WA - March 18, 2008
One Example of a Plan for a Law Enforcement Agency - Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice. This example will not necessarily be appropriate to address the language access needs of every community or law enforcement agency and does not represent the entire implementation process of the city.
It is posted merely as an additional resource.
Planning Tool: Considerations for Creation of a Language Assistance Policy and Implementation Plan for Addressing
Limited English Proficiency in a Law Enforcement Agency (MS Word)
Coordination and Review Section
Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice
Planning Tool for Creating a Language Assistance Policy and Plan in a Department of Corrections
(MS Word)
Coordination and Review Section, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice