British Culture一 Police 英国文化之 警察.pptVIP

Police Crime When do you think the first Police force started? 1682: Edinburgh Town Guard formed to police the city and enforce an initiated curfew (宵禁); it was disbanded in 1817. However it wasn’t until 1829 when the Government founded the Metropolitan Police. This was the first official Police Force in the world. Police The founder was Sir Robert Peel Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846. He helped create the modern concept of the police force while Home Secretary (leading to officers being known as bobbies, in England) Bobby is short for Robert My Mom calls me Bobby Bobby on the beat (meaning police officers patrolling an area) Police Some slang words for the police are; Cops Fuzz Pigs (offensive) Filth (offensive) Police In the UK police are called Police officers or Police constables When referring to an officer within the UK it usually relates to a Police officer In China if you say officer – that might be a job working for the Government. There are over 100,000 police officers within the UK Around 25% are plain clothes officers within dedicated types of crime departments, such as CID (Criminal Investigation Department) Height Traditionally all Policemen were very tall and strong. In the 19th and early 20th centuries most forces required their recruits to be at least 178 cm in height. By 1960 many forces had reduced this to 173 cm, and 163 cm for women. In 1999, the height restriction was seen to discriminate against those of ethnic backgrounds such as the Chinese, who are generally much shorter. No British force now requires its recruits to be of any minimum height. However, there are still a lot of the police who are very powerful looking and intimidating (威胁的, 咄咄逼人的). Can you trust the Police? If you found some money in the street and you gave it to the police what would they do with it? In the UK, if you hand money into the police you will be given