Ex. 19. Answer the following questions.

1. What is the Metropolitan Police Force?

2. Who supervises and directs the Metropolitan Police?

3. Who heads the sectional police stations?

4. What specialist branches are there in the Force?

5. What are the ranks in the English police system?

6. What are the main goals of policing?

Text 4

Scotland Yard

Ex. 20. Read the text about the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police and say what Department of Russian police performs the same functions.

Vocabulary for reading the text:

1. headquarters, n – штаб-квартира

2. ambassador, n – посол

3. palace, n – дворец

4. consist of, v – состоять из…

5. staff, n – штат

6. to be charged with, v – вменять в обязанности, возлагать ответственность

7. subversive, adj. – подрывной

8. criminal record office – отдел криминалистического учета

9. fingerprint department – дактилоскопический отдел

10. flying squad – отряд быстрого реагирования

 

Scotland Yard

Though Scotland Yard is in fact the headquarters of Metropolitan Police Force, the name is almost always associated with the Criminal Investigation Department (C. I. D.) of the Metropolitan Police. The C. I.D. was set up in 1878. The name Scotland Yard comes from the fact that originally there was a palace used by the Scottish kings and their ambassadors when they visited London.

Later the palace was replaced by the building of the Metropolitan Police. But the name of Scotland Yard sticked to it.

The Criminal Investigation Department consists of about 1.500 detectives, of which 1.300 do ordinary detective work. The remaining 200 detectives work in the Special Branch, which in many respects is national first, because it has a staff at every airport and seaport, and secondly, because it is charged with protecting very important persons (VIPs) and dealing with actions which may be regarded as subversive to the state.

Other branches of the C. I. D. which operate on a nation wide scale are as follows:

1) the criminal record office, which is the only office in the country that maintains a central record of all criminals.

2) the fingerprint department, which by status, maintains all fingerprint records.

3) the flying squad, which is used all over the country by chief constables when necessary.

Although the C. I. D. usually operates on a nation wide scale it can go to the help of a provincial police force only if it is invited. In serious cases it is usually invited.

 

Ex. 21. Find English equivalents in the text.

был основан; первоначально; послы; дворец; штат служащих; поручать (вменять в обязанности); подрывной по отношению к государству; отдел; информационный центр; группа немедленного реагирования; центральный архив.

 

Ex. 22. Give all possible word combinations.

record – рекорд, запись, протокол, досье, архив.

to make a record of facts; a criminal record; a world record; fingerprint records; the criminal record office.

headquarters – штаб-квартира; главное управление.

police headquarters; Headquarters of the United Nation.

Ex. 23. Indicate the numbers of sentences with wrong information.

1.Scotland Yard is the Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Force.

2.The C. I. D. was set up in 1829.

3.The Special Branch of the C. I. D. is charged with patrol and traffic service.

4.The criminal record office maintains all fingerprint records.

5.The flying squad of Scotland Yard can be used by all police forces of England.

 

Ex. 24. Answer the questions.

1. What was Scotland Yard originally?

2. Whose headquarters is Scotland Yard now?

3. Are the head offices of the C. I. D., as a part of the Metropolitan Police, located here now too?

4. When was the C. I. D. established?

5. What are the responsibilities of the Special Branch of the C. I. D.?

6. How many detectives work for the Special Branch?