In his 25 years with the Edmonton Police Service, Staff Sgt. Patrick Ruzage has used Swahili and Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda, on the job.

This year, Ruzage started a language-identifier pilot project so other officers can make the most of their second or third languages.

"Edmonton is so diverse right now that we thought this project would be very helpful," Ruzage told CBC's Radio Active.

"And for employees to wear their language identifier, [it] gives us a sense of pride."

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