Based on observations of the many difficulties encountered in the process established by British police for taking interpreted witness statements, an experiment was conducted in which Police Officers used a variety of interview techniques and procedures in writing down interpreted statements. The outcomes were then compared and analysed. The purpose of this small-scale study was to show how each method used by Officers to elicit an account from a witness through an interpreter could potentially yield different results. This paper examines the processes involved in interviewing witnesses and taking statements hrough an interpreter, describing the attendant ethical, linguistic, and practical implications of this process for interpreters. The experiment was designed to uncover what really went on in recording interpreted statements, as opposed to what was prescribed by the procedures that Officers believed they were following.