I participated in an event at Higashi-Funabashi Police Station for non-Japanese living in Japan, which was a presentation about how to call the police in Japan.
I was part of a demonstration, where I called the call center and talked to the police, demonstrating how an interpreter is used to communicate. The police station hopes more non-Japanese residents will call the police when something happens, and not be afraid or nervous that they won’t be able to communicate.
Using interpreters, they are aiming to make the services more accessible to all people.