Полиция и порядок. Артемьева О.А - 11 стр.

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Text 5. A day with WPC Clark
PC means ‘Police Constable’. Can you guess the meaning of WPC? WPC Clark’s full name is Samantha Clark, and her friends
call her Sam. She is working at Ealing Police Station in West London.
4.00 p.m. Sam arrives at the Station. She changes into her uniform. She doesn’t carry a gun.
4.20 p.m. Sam’s first call. A shoplifter tried to steal a Walkman, and the shop manager is holding him. Sam and her colleague,
PC Jock McCoy, jump in the car. They put on the blue light and the siren, and drive to the shop.
4.28 p.m. The shoplifter is shouting and trying to get away. Sam and PC McCoy go in and arrest him. Sam says to him: I am
arresting you. You do not have to say anything. But, if you say anything, I will write it down. Do you understand?
The man keeps shouting. “I didn’t steal nothing” (this is London dialect In Standard English we say, “I didn’t steal anything”)
Leave me alone!
PC McCoy holds the man’s arms behind his back, and Sam puts on the handcuffs. They put him in the car and take him back to
the station.
5.10 p.m. A car accident. Nobody is badly hurt, but the cars are in the middle of the road. Sam writes a report. They take one of
the drivers to hospital for a check-up.
6.00 p.m. Nothing is happening. Clark and McCoy drive around just checking the streets. They see some boys sitting on a wall
by the river. “Who are they?” asks McCoy. “Do you know them?” “No. They’re not from round here. Let’s have a word with them”.
The boys are not very happy about answering questions. But they are not doing anything wrong. They are just waiting for some
friends.
7.30 p.m. Sam and PC McCoy get a takeaway dinner from an Indian restaurant and sit in the car eating it. But the radio comes
on: “Clark and McCoy! A mugging at Ealing Central underground station. The mugger stole £40 from an old) man. The criminal is
white, quite short, with long dark hair. About 25 years old. He’s wearing a baseball hat and black jeans. He has a strong Scottish
accent”.
7.33 p.m. They arrive at the underground station. “There he is!” shouts PC McCoy. Sam stops the car and they jump out. PC
McCoy holds the man and Sam speaks to him:
“OK. Where’s the money?”
“I’m sorry?” he says in an’ American accent.
‘It’s the wrong man, says Sam.
11.15 p.m. Sam goes back to the Police Station and writes her reports.
12.00 midnight Sam finishes work.
Text 6. Police car
Policemen are to be seen in towns and cities keeping law and order, either walking in the streets (“pounding the beat”) or driving
in cars (known as “panda cars” because of their distinctive markings).
A patrolling police car is no substitute for the constable on his beat. Each car is manned by a driver and an observer – both fully
trained policemen. From time to time the observer reports his position by radio to the control centre or ‘information room’ and also
keeps in touch to some extent with the ordinary beat constables in the area, passing on or receiving information about anything that
might be happening.
Police drivers
The police are not taught trick driving, but they are taught how to drive fast with safety over any sort of road surface and in any
weather. Their cars are kept in excellent condition and they seldom have to abandon a chase because of engine failure or other
breakdowns. The police therefore consider that their drivers are far more experienced in high-speed driving than the majority of
criminals. Their method for stopping escaping criminals is based on this assumption and on the fact that, because they also have the
psychological advantage which the hunter always has over the hunted, they are much less likely to get excited and to make mistakes
which, in high-speed driving, might be fatal.
Instead, therefore, of using shock tactics such as crashing into the criminal’s car or trying to puncture his tyres with gunfire, the
police simply ‘tail’ the escaping car. If he refuses to stop, they make no effort to overtake him or to edge him into the side of the road,
they simply keep close behind the criminal where he can see them in his driving mirror and they follow every move he makes. If he
slows down, the police slow down, if he accelerates, the police accelerate, aiming always to keep themselves in full view of the

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