According to a couple of my Twitter contacts, West Midlands Police are currently looking at their interpreting contract with Capita Translation & Interpreting, a name not unfamiliar this blog.
The first indication of this came yesterday from Agata McCrindle.
West Mids Police are reviewing their interpreting contract. Officers completing questionnaires. Sgt I spoke to said no improvement in 2 yrs.
— Agata McCrindle (@polish_linguist) June 26, 2014
This was followed later by Geoffrey Buckingham, Chairman of the Association of Police & Court Interpreters (ACPI).
If @WMPolice dump the @Capita_ti contract, will a proper service resume? Will #proterps trust them?
— Geoffrey (@Geoffrey_M_B) June 27, 2014