What is Scotland Yard? Detailed answer

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What is Scotland Yard?

Anyone who has ever read detective stories or watched TV has certainly heard of Scotland Yard. When you say this word, the figure of an experienced policeman, in uniform or without, leading an uncompromising war against criminals, rises before your eyes.

Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the largest establishment of its kind in the UK. The department employs 27 people who are responsible for an area equal to 000 square meters. km and a population of 787 people living in London and the surrounding area.

In addition to providing the capital with police officers and investigators, Scotland Yard performs other tasks. It monitors transport in London, issues driver's licenses, controls taxi and bus fleets, as well as their drivers. Scotland Yard is also engaged in civil defense, maintenance of buildings, looking for missing things, registering foreigners. Scotland Yard keeps records of investigations throughout the country, but does not intervene in court cases in other areas until special permission from the provincial police is obtained.

The history of Scotland Yard is very interesting. About a thousand years ago, the English king Edgar gave the Scottish king Kenneth a piece of land next to the Palace of Westminster in London. He demanded that King Kenneth build a residence there and visit it annually, thereby paying tribute to the kingdom of England on behalf of Scotland.

King Kenneth built himself a palace and lived there whenever he came to England. The palace remained the possession of the Scottish kings and was considered the territory of Scotland.

When Queen Elizabeth died in 1603, King James VI of Scotland became King of England and Scotland and the palace lost its original purpose. It was divided into two parts: the first was called "Big Scotland Yard", the second - "Average Scotland Yard". They began to be used as government buildings.

Author: Likum A.

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