Woman reports past car damage at service station, Maplewood NJ


A woman who speaks only Creole reported past damage to her vehicle at a service station in Maplewood. Police assisted with communication, noting the issue was civil and no crime was in progress.
Audio|Source: Maplewood Police Department
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Transcript:
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Joe, I'm sorry, I don't know how you're going to be able to assist, but at Richard's service station, I actually have to use the language line.
00:08
It sounds like it's going to be past tense damage on a vehicle when female took her car there for a wash on Saturday. It sounds totally civil,
00:18
but she only speaks Creole.
00:20
I can tell you from my experience with her on the language line, she understands English perfectly fine.
00:32
All right, so forth. I'll have that way.
00:36
All right, let me know if you want to bring her into quarters so we could set up a language line interpreter again.
00:43
Or,
00:44
like I said, she definitely understands English.
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Location mentioned:
Near Springfield Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040
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