Short-term Deprivation of liberty according to the criterion established in paragraph 51 of the 2011 Annual Report, where a reference was already included regarding the existence of intimidating and threatening objects at the police facilities. Finally, during the visit to the Spanish National Police Force station in Algeciras (Cadiz), an officer was about to transfer a female minor to a shelter without noti­ fying this circumstance to her mother, due to a simple problem of ignorance of her language by such officer and also those who were on duty at the time. The technical experts who were conducting this visit proceeded then to inform both women of this transfer and, the next day it was brought to the attention of the female head of the foreign nationals group that, in cases like this one, an inter­ preter should be contacted. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN 57