Mexican officials are looking to the San Diego Police to help train a new team of Mexican tourist police working along the Mexican coast.

• Mexican officials say officers with the new police group will speak English and Spanish.
• A new cross-border collaboration is in the works to keep tourists safe in Baja California. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders signed a letter of intent Monday.

Cesar Santiesteban, who’s Ensenada’s assistant chief of public security, says the officers will also train with the San Diego Police to learn how to be sensitive to foreign visitors.

“Many tourists complain that police approach with their gun drawn. With the help of the San Diego police, we’ll change that practice.”