United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Section Coordination and Compliance Complaint, Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, National Origin 6/29/2016 Complainants: Kathy Card Coordinator, Florida Language Access Coalition 535 East 11"* Ave, Mount Dora, FL 32757 352-455-3580 Victor A, Valdes South Florida Coordinator, Florida Language Access Coalition Valdes Civil & Human Rights Foundation 4184 23 Place SW, Naples, FL 34116 239-601-7745 Farmworkers Association of Florida State Headquarters 1264 Apopka Blvd. Apopka, Florida 32703 886 Coalition of Immokalee Workers P.O. Box 603 Imokalee, Fl 3414 eal Persons discriminated against: All limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals in Collier County, Florida We have LEP members of the Florida Language Access Coalition residing in Collier County.Discriminating Agency: Collier County Sheriff's Department 3319 Tamiami Trail East Naples, Florida 34112 Telephone- 239-252-9900 Date of Discrimination- January 31, 2016 - on-going. Website is not translated. Details- On Sunday, January 31, 2016, a LEP Spanish-speaking man called the Collier County 911 service three times to seek help for an emergency in Immokalee, Florida Please refer to the recordings of the call I previously sent to Paul Uyehara and also refer to the FOX News Story, http://www.fox4now.com/news/911-call-from- shooting-shows-language-barrier The dispatcher did not speak Spanish, there was no other dispatcher available who spoke Spanish, and the dispatcher did not obtain a telephone interpreter to establish effective communication with the LEP caller ina timely manner during this emergent situation, The Collier County Sheriff's Department was able to identify the location of the cell and sent a deputy to the location. Although they were able to locate the cell location, this is not always possible, and the fact remains that the dispatcher did not speak Spanish or obtain interpretation services in a timely manner for an emergency call. Furthermore, based on the Spanish language used by the 911 caller, the Sheriff's Department, should have reasonably known that a Spanish-speaking bilingual officer or a trained and qualified Spanish interpreter accompanying an English-only officer would be needed on site to effectively and safely manage the unknown situation to which they were called as an emergency. According to the Statistical Atlas (who obtains their data from the U.S. Census), 38,3k individuals in Collier County reported "Speaking English Less Than Very Well" and 67.9 percent of the Population or 13.7k persons in Immokalee reported living in Spanish-speaking households. | c county/La /county/F Upon arrival to the location, the deputy fatally shot a man who was wielding a knife, The incident is currently under investigation.exposed the of cers to greater risk in addition to hampering their ability to Process the scene, gather evidence, ete, Remedy Requested: and @ Resolution Agreement.