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a) a number of telephone booths, which are connected with the emergency-call system of the town or city (the ‘999’ calls) and
where calls from the public for police help are received;
b) a large table in the middle of the room, which is covered with a detailed map of the police district, showing all the streets and
the patrol areas of the police cars;
c) an antique furniture.
3. The usual time lag between a report to the information room and the arrival of a car on the spot is about
a) four minutes;
b) ten minutes;
c) twenty minutes.
4. False police alarms are easy to trace by keeping the caller talking while the call is traced.
a) true;
b) false.
Task 3. Arrange the following activities of the telephone operator in the right order.
- the telephone operator takes down details of the crime or accident;
- a call for help comes in;
- the telephone operator calls out the name of the street as soon as he gets it.
Arrange the following activities of the radio operator (supervisor) in the right order:
- passes details to the driver and observer;
- notes which car is nearest to the scene of the crime or accident;
- gets the rest of the details;
- instructs the car to start moving in that direction;
- keeps in touch with the observer of the police car.
Task 4. Fill in the gaps with a proper preposition.
1. The Information Room receives all emergency calls … the public and directs patrol cars… the scenes … crimes, accidents,
or other incidents requiring police help.
2. The Information Room also keeps in radio touch … the patrol boats … the Thames and patrol helicopters.
3. The room consists of a number of telephone booths, which are connected … the emergency-call system … the town or city
(the ‘999’ calls) and where calls … the public … police help are received.
from, with, to, of, on, from, with, of, for.
4. A large table… the middle … the room is covered … a detailed map … the police district, showing all the streets and the
patrol areas … the police cars.
5. The cars themselves are shown … coloured tokens – cubes, pyramids, or circles – which represent the type … duty … which
the cars are engaged and which are moved about … the map according to the information which comes in … the observers.
6. The radio operator or the supervising officer meanwhile notes which car is nearest … the scene and instructs it to start
moving … that direction.
of, by, in, with, of, on, from, of, on, to, of, in.
7. As soon as the rest … the details are known, they are passed on … the driver and observer, but the chief aim is to get the car
moving … the spot first.
8. The usual times lag … a report … the information room and the arrival … a car … the spot is … four minutes.
9. The address was relayed immediately … the car, and the thieves were caught … the individual making the report had
finished talking.
of, between, to, of, towards, on, about, to, before, to.
10. An annoying outbreak … false calls … Birmingham was cleared up simply … keeping the caller talking while the call was
traced.
11. A police car was … the spot … less than a minute and the offenders, four schoolgirls, were caught red-handed.
12. They later admitted that they had been making the calls … different parts … the town and had then retired … hiding-places
near by in order to enjoy the excitement … watching the cars arrive.
of, on, of, in, from, by, to, in, of.
Task 5. Describe the Information room.
Task 6. Speak on the work of the staff (telephone operator, radio operator or supervisor). The scheme can help you.
SOS!!! (the child is lost!)
Telephone
operator 1
Telephone
operator 2
Patrol
helicopter
Constable
on beat
Londoner
Londoner
Map of London
Supervisor
Where?
W
hat
Patrol car.
Patrol boat
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