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3. Rank

  1. climbing plant

  2. state

  3. status

  4. step

Ex.11. Make up sentences using “to be responsible to/for” and translate them:

  1. The police

is/are responsible

a police authority

  1. Home Secretary

for/to

safeguarding public order

  1. Each force in Britain

Metropolitan Police

Ex.12. Write down all the nouns, which are used with the word "police". Translate them.

Ex.13. Complete the sentences. Choose the correct version:

1. A British police force may be responsible for...

  1. one county.

  2. more than one county.

  3. half a dozen counties.

  4. three counties.

2. The Home Secretary controls...

  1. the Cambridgeshire Constabulary.

  2. the Metropolitan Police.

  3. the appointment of chief constables.

  4. the Scottish police force.

3. Police authorities ...

  1. appoint assistant chief constables.

  2. appoint all police officers.

  3. instruct the police.

  4. appoint chief constables.

4. Police officers ...

  1. must be impartial.

  2. are automatically members of a professional organization.

  3. usually join a trade union.

  4. are active in politics.

Ex.14. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian and make up your own sentences:

plain-clothes officer, frogman, dog-handler, sophisticated equipment, truncheon, to carry guns, to perform duties

Ex.15. Find the English equivalents in the text:

відповідати за щось, міністерство внутрішніх справ, банк даних, кийок, транспортна поліція, управління, столична поліція, звання, озброєний, ефективна та дійова служба, міністр внутрішніх справ, поліцейські сили, дільниця патрулювання

Ex.16. Translate the words and word-combinations in brackets:

  1. Any police officer walking his or her (дільниця патрулювання) can now call upon a vast support network.

  2. (Столична поліція) is the largest police force.

  3. In the Metropolitan Police Service and (поліція району Лондона Сіті) the term Chief Constable is not used.

  4. The most senior (офіцер поліції) in each of those two forces is titled Commissioner.

Ex.17. Decipher the following abbreviations:

CID, WPC, CCTV, H.M.IС, PC, DI.

Ex.18. Read the following sentences and decide if they are true or false:

  1. There are 42 police forces in England and Wales.

  2. The forces are divided into divisions, subdivisions and local police stations.

  3. The Metropolitan Police Service is responsible to the local police authority.

  4. The headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Services is New Scotland Yard.

  5. Only some police forces have volunteer special constables.

  6. Police officers generally don’t carry guns.

  7. Any police beat can get a vast support if necessary.

  8. Police officers are allowed to join a trade union.

Ex.19. Answer the questions:

  1. How many police forces are there in England, Wales and in Scotland?

  2. What are the British Transport Police, the Ministry of Defence Police, the UK Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary responsible for?

  3. Whom is each police force responsible to?

  4. What responsibilities does the Police Authority have?

  5. In what case can one police force operate in another’s area?

  6. What factors does the size of the individual force depend on?

  7. What forces are responsible for policing London?

  8. Whom are the Metropolitan Police responsible to?

  9. What is the largest police force?

  10. Who helps the police to perform police duties in their spare time?

  11. For how many hours do they work?

  12. Do police officers carry guns in Great Britain?

  13. Who supports any police beat if necessary?

  14. Are police officers allowed to join a trade union, a political party or to go on strike?

  15. Are there any associations representing the interests of the various ranks?

  16. Who is responsible for the provision of an effective and efficient police service?

Ex.20. Read and translate the text. Speak on the tasks of the police:

In 1829 Sir Robert Peel founded the Metropolitan Police in London (today “Metropolitan Police Service”), which can be regarded as the first modern police force. The following guidelines were laid down at that time: “The primary object of an efficient police is the prevention of crime. The next is that of detection and punishment of offenders if a crime has been committed. All efforts of police must be directed to these ends. The protection of life and property, the preservation of public tranquillity and the absence of crime will alone prove whether those efforts have been successful.”

Ex.21. Speak on the structure of force organization in England and Wales using the information below: