Diploma in Police Interpreting (DPI)

The DPI replaces the Metropolitan Police Test as a newly accredited qualification recognised by Ofqual.

Level: first degree-level qualification in terms of language skills required.

• Ofqual-accredited, nationally recognised qualification
• Recognition of professional skills and career development
• Exemptions for the DPSI (Law) qualification, subject to meeting specific registration criteria
• Use the title 'DPI' after your name
• Eligibility for membership of the Chartered Institute of Linguists
• Widely recognised both by organisations who previously recognised the Met Test and those who will now use the DPI as a standard of eligibility for work. This includes acceptance of the DPI as qualification:
  • To apply for registration on the List of Metropolitan Police Interpreters (Metropolitan Police Service)
  • For registration on the National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI)
  • For interpreting work with UK Visas and Immigration and the National Crime Agency
  • For work in courts through the MoJ Framework Agreement (by registration at Tier 1 with Capita TI)

The qualification is composed of five units:

• Unit 01 (Level 6): Interpret consecutively two-way in a police context and take a police statement
• Unit 02 (Level 6): Interpret simultaneously – whispered – from English in a police context
• Unit 03 (Level 6): Provide a sight translation from English in a police context
• Unit 04 (Level 5): Translate a police statement into English
• Unit 05 (Level 5): Translate from English in a police context