Полиция и порядок. Артемьева О.А - 18 стр.

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appear to make mistakes. The serial killer Fred West was known to the police for 20 years but they never took his record of petty
crimes seriously. During that time he killed ten young women, including his own daughter. Even when they had caught him, they
failed to bring him to court; he managed to kill himself in prison before the trial began.
It is even more serious when the police intentionally do things wrong. There have been a number of celebrated cases of
miscarriages of justice, where, by lying or concealing evidence, the police have managed to have innocent people sent to prison. They
apparently wanted to show results, even if the wrong people suffered. The two most notorious cases of this type involved suspected
IRA terrorists – the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six. These Irishmen were convicted of planting bombs and killing people in
the mid-70s, and some spent 17 years in prison, until the courts accepted that a mistake had been made.
The overwhelming majority of police officers are white males, and there is a persistent problem of sexism and racism. If you are
a young black man, you are far more likely to be stopped in the street by the police. And sometimes these attitudes among officers
have even more serious results. In 1993, a black 18 year-old called Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death at a bus stop in south
London. The attackers were a group of white men, and there were witnesses. But the police did not seem very interested in doing
anything about the crime, and no one was ever convicted for his murder. In the end, the case attracted huge publicity, and an official
report accused the police of racism.
Task 1. Find English equivalents of the following Russian expressions in the text:
- делать нужную работу;
- брать взятки;
- предотвратить коррупцию;
- самая обычная жалоба;
- нет смысла обращаться в полицию;
- рост преступности;
- воспринимать серьезно;
- довести дело до суда;
- судебная ошибка;
- скрывать улики;
- отправить в тюрьму невиновных;
- быть осужденным за ….;
- нападавшие;
- свидетели;
- обвинить полицию в расизме.
Task 2. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
a) A slang word for the police is Jack.
b) 75 per cent of people in Britain consider that the police are doing a good job.
c) The police are worse paid than teachers and much worse paid than nurses.
d) The fact that the police are unarmed is good for their public image; they look less threatening.
e) The organisation used to be called the Police Force, but it has now decided to call itself the Police Service.
f) The police pretend to control people rather than to serve them.
g) The most common complaint about the police is that they accept bribes.
h) Britain now has the highest rate in Europe in car theft.
i) The serial killer Fred West was known to the police for 20 years but they never took his record of petty crimes seriously.
j) Sometimes in order to show results the police intentionally do things wrong.
k) If you are a young white man, you are far more likely to be stopped in the street by the police.
l) Special Constable is a trained policeman who investigates serious criminal cases.
m) Traffic wardens are responsible for controlling offences like speeding, careless driving and drunken driving.
Task 3. Focus on discussion.
a) Which name of the police is more preferable the Police Force or the Police Service?
b) Do you regard the work of the British police perfect? If you don’t, say why. Comment on your statement.
c) What is your attitude towards policewomen?
d) What is the public attitude to the police in your country? What is your personal attitude?
Text 17. From the history of the police force in Britain
Before 1829, there were no police anywhere in Britain. In that year, the Prime Minister, Robert Peel, set up a force in London;
they were often called Bobbies, and the nickname is still occasionally used today. (Bobby is the familiar form of the name Robert.)
There was considerable resistance to the idea of a permanent police force, rather than groups of citizens brought together to deal
with particular problems. The early 19th century was a time of political unrest in Britain as elsewhere in Europe, and workers
suspected (rightly, as it turned out) that the police would be used against them. A writer named J.P. Smith warned in 1812 that the
police would mean: “... a system of tyranny; an organised army of spies and informers, for the destruction of all public liberty, and the
disturbance of all private happiness.”
Most countries have a national police force, which is controlled by central Government.

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