Unit 3. The structure of the British police

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Grammar. Participle I, Participle II

Text 1. Scotland Yard

Text 2. The UK Police. Logo of the Metropolitan Police Service.

Text 3. Sir Robert Peel

Text 4. Structure of the Metropolitan police

Exercise 1. Read the text.

Text 1. Scotland Yard

Vocabulary

to employ	принимать на работу
council	совет
to refer to	говорить о, упоминать
increasingly	все больше
transfer	переместить, перевести
distinct	отличающийся, отличный от
borough	зд. район
around the clock	круглосуточно

Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the London Police created in 1829 by Sir Robert Peel. The London Police’s duties are the detection and prevention of crime, the preservation of public order, and the organization of civil defense.

The administrative head of Scotland Yard is the commissioner, who is appointed by the crown on the recommendation of the home secretary. Scotland Yard has four main departments (administration, traffic and transport, criminal investigation, and police recruitment and training) and many sections.

The Criminal Investigation Department (the C.I.D.) deals with all aspects of criminal investigation and comprises the criminal record office, fingerprint and photography sections, a mobile police unit known as the flying squad, the police laboratory, and the detective training school.

Scotland Yard keeps extensive files on all known criminals in the United Kingdom. It also has a special branch of police for protecting very important persons (VIPs). Finally, Scotland Yard is responsible for maintaining links between British police agencies and Interpol.

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1) What is the headquarters of the London Police? 2) What are the police duties? 3) Is the head of Scotland Yard the commissioner or the home secretary? 4) Who appoints the head of Scotland Yard? 5) What departments does Scotland Yard have? 6) What does the C.I.D. deal with? 7) What sections does the C.I.D. comprise? 8) Does Scotland Yard keep files on all criminals in the world? 9) Who protects very important persons visiting the country? 10) With what international organization does Scotland Yard maintain links?

Exercise 3. Translate the words and word combinations into Russian.

to employ, council, excluding, to refer to, headquarters, increasingly, transfer, community support, traffic warden, distinct, borough, around the clock, force.

Exercise 4. Group the words into nouns, adjectives and verbs.

to employ, a criminal, police, independent, a suspect, enforcement, headquarters, public, to transfer, evidence, safety, former, to reveal, to prevent, enforcement, to interrogate, law, distinct, civil, a division, a constable, to protect, various.

Exercise 5. Study the following words and word combinations:

to enforce 1) принуждать, заставлять, обязывать 2) а) проводить в жизнь; придавать законную силу б) осуществлять, приводить в исполнение

enforcement 1) давление, принуждение 2) а) наблюдение за проведением в жизнь (закона) б) принудительное применение (права, закона); правоприменение; принудительное проведение в жизнь; принуждение к выполнению требований

judicial enforcement судебное, судейское правоприменение legal enforcement принуждение в соответствии с законом, законное принуждение law enforcement правоприменение, полицейская деятельность

Exercise 6. Translate these sentences into Russian.

1. The doctors want stricter enforcement of existing laws, such as those banning sales of cigarettes to children. 2. There is a law against dropping litter but it is rarely enforced. 3. Somebody figured it out – we have 35 million laws trying to enforce Ten Commandments. 4. What you cannot enforce, do not command. 5. I ask all Americans to respect and support our law enforcement officers. 6. Stricter border enforcement will help combat illegal drugs.

Exercise 7. Read the following derivative words.

'crime [kraim] (преступление) – 'crimin al – 'criminal ist – crimi'nali ty;

to de'tect [di'tekt] (обнаруживать) – de'tect ive – de'tec tion;

to pre'serve [pri'zə: v] (сохранять) – pre'servat ive – preser'va tion;

to train [trein] (учить; тренировать) – 'train er – 'train ing;

to pre'vent [pri'vent] (предупреждать) – pre'vent ive – pre'ven tion;

Exercise 8. Complete the sentences and translate them into Russian.

1. Scotland Yard is the ____ of the London Police created in 1829. 2. The head of Scotland Yard is ____. 3. Scotland Yard has four ____. 4. The Criminal Investigation Department deals with ____. 5. Scotland Yard maintains links ____.

Exercise 9. Decide if the sentence is true or false. Correct the mistakes.

1. Scotland Yard was created in 1829 by Sir Robert Peel. 2. The Home Secretary recommends the commissioner of Scotland Yard. 3. Scotland Yard has one main department and many sections. 4. Scotland Yard has files on all known criminals in the world. 5. A special branch of police protects very important persons (VIPs).

Exercise 10. Translate the sentences into Russian using the examples.

а) Example: Scotland Yard is ___. Скотланд-Ярд явля ет ся ___.

1. Скотланд-Ярд явля ет ся главным управлением полиции в Лондоне. 2. Главой Скотланд-Ярда явля ет ся комиссар. 3. Его обязанностью явля ет ся управление полицией. 4. Обязанностью полиции явля ет ся сохранение общественного порядка.

б) Example: The duties of the police are ___. В обязанности полиции вход ят ___.

1. В обязанности полиции вход ят обнаружение и предотвращение преступлений. 2. В обязанности полиции вход ят сохранение общественного порядка и организация гражданской обороны. 3. В обязанности Скотланд-Ярда вход ят уголовное расследование и дорожно-транспортные вопросы. 4. В обязанности Скотланд-Ярда вход ят защита важных персон и поддержка связей с Интерполом.

в) Example: The Crown appoint s ___. Королева назнача ет ____.

1. Королева назнача ет главу Скотланд-Ярда. 2. Скотланд-Ярд хран ит файлы на известных преступников. 3. Отдел уголовного розыска занима ет ся всеми аспектами уголовного расследования. 4. Скотланд-Ярд поддержива ет связи с Интерполом.

г) Example: Scotland Yard has ___. В Скотланд-Ярде есть ___.

1. В Скотланд-Ярде есть четыре главных отдела. 2. В Скотланд-Ярде есть административный и дорожно-транспортный отделы. 3. Скотланд-Ярд имеет отдел уголовного розыска и отдел по набору и подготовке сотрудников полиции. 4. В отделе уголовного розыска есть архив по уголовным делам, отделение дактилоскопии и отряд быстрого реагирования.

Exercise 11. Read and discuss the text below.

Text 2. The UK Police

Logo of the Metropolitan Police Service

Vocabulary

the Metropolitan Police	Столичная полиция
Criminal Investigation Department	отдел уголовного розыска
responsible	ответственный
law enforcement	Правоохранительная деятельность
Civilian staff	гражданский персонал
Police Community Support Officers	общественная поддержка
traffic wardens	Инспектор дорожного движения
the Commissioner of Police	Комиссар полиции

There are 52 police services, or police authorities in the United Kingdom. Each police service is employed and paid by their local governments or councils. The police services are completely independent of one another, and have their own policies, but they are always ready to go to each other’s help. Each force has its Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within Greater London, excluding the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police. A number of informal names and abbreviations exist for the Metropolitan Police, such as «the Met» and «MPS».

MPS employees consist of uniformed police officers, Special Constables, Civilian staff and Police Community Support Officers. The MPS was the first force to introduce these. Uniformed traffic wardens, who wear a uniform with yellow and black markings, are a distinct body from local authority civil enforcement officers. The former have greater powers that include being able to stop vehicles and redirect traffic at an incident. The heads of police forces are Chief Constables while the Metropolitan Police is headed by the Commissioner of Police. The lowest police rank in the British police is a constable.

The Metropolitan Police is not controlled by the local authority. It is responsible to the Home Secretary, and its chief officers are appointed by the central government.

Besides the regular police forces there are various police forces which protect the security of territories and properties of different public authorities. They include the British Transport Police, Civil Aviation Police, Manchester Dock Police and some others.

Exercise 12. Read the sentences from the text. Decide whether each sentence is true, false or not stated in the given text.

This sentence is