THE WORK OF THE RUSSIAN POLICE

THE WORK OF  THE RUSSIAN POLICE 

Our police was created by the working people to protect their rights. The officers of our police have always displayed courage and heroism in the fight against enemies of our state during the Great Pa­triotic War as well as in the years of peaceful construction.

The main aim of police has always been to maintain public order, to protect state and personal property and safeguard the rights of our citizens. Nowadays great attention in the work of police is paid to pre­vention of crime, to its suppression. But if a crime has been committed, the police officers are to solve the crime as quickly as possible. To fulfil these tasks the organs of internal affairs are composed of different departments.

 The Criminal Detection Department is one of the most compli­cated police services.'The main responsibility of the officer of the Criminal Detection Department is to detect the criminal, that is to lo­cate and apprehend him. In many cases the detective must trace a fugi­tive who is hiding.

The officers of the Criminal Investigation Department collect facts to prove the guilt or innocence of the suspect. The final test of a crimi­nal investigation is in presentation of evidence in court. Corpus delicti must be established, the defendant must be identified and associated with the crime scene. The investigator must also provide competent witnesses.

Economic Crimes Department fights against those who don't want to live an honest life The responsibility of the officers of this Department is to reveal the criminal activity of those who commit embezzlement and other economic crimes, bring them to justice.

The State Auto-Inspection is responsible for traffic regulation and, safety on the roads.

The Transport Police maintains law and order on the railway, air lines and water ways of the country.

The Juvenile Inspection handles «difficult» juveniles and their careless parents. They also do much work to prevent juvenile delinquency.

A new service for the fight against organized crime has been cre­ated in our police. Organized crime operates on fear, bribery and force. Police officers of organized crime department are devoting their efforts to collect sufficient evidence to bring gang leaders to justice.

 

Some new words to the text: 

to create	[kri'eit]	– творить, создавать
to protect	[prOtekt]	– защищать, ограждать
to commit	[kO'mI:t]	– совершать
to commit a crime		– совершать преступление
to detect	[di'tekt]	– разыскивать, обнаруживать
to locate	[lou'keit]	– определять местонахождение
to trace	[treis]	– следить, выслеживать
fugitive	['fju:Gitiv]	– беглец
to hide	[haid]	– прятаться, скрываться
to prove	[pru:v]	– доказывать
guilt	[gilt]	– вина, виновность
innocence	['inosns]	– невиновность
defendant	[difendqnt]	– ответчик, обвиняемый, подсудимый
to identify	[ai'dentifai]	– опознавать, устанавливать личность, идентифицировать
to associate	[q'souSieit]	–
to reveal	[ri'vi:l]	– 1)раскрывать, показывать; 2) признаваться, выдавать
embezzlement	[im'bezlmqnt]	– растрата, присвоение денежных средств
to bring smb. to justice –		привлечь кого-либо к суду
to rehabilitate	["ri:q’biliteit]	– исправлять, перевоспитывать
bribery	[brqibqri]	– взяточничество

 

Questions to the text

1. What is our police created for?

2. How did the police work during the history of its existence?

3. What is the aim of police activity?

4. What departments is police composed of?

5. What is the main responsibility of the Criminal Detection De­partment?

6. What are the duties of the officers of the Criminal Investigation Department?

 

missing person	['misiN'pq:sn]	– пропавший без вести
bank frauds	[bxnk frO:dz]	– банковские махинации
embezzlement	[im'bezlmqnt]	– растрата, присвоение денежных средств
moral offence	['mOrql q'fens]	– моральные преступления
Forgery	['fO:Gqri]	– подделка документов, фальшивка
counterfeit	['kquntqfait]	– поддельный, подложный, фальшивый
records department	['rekOd di'pa:tmqnt]	– регистрационный отдел, архив
fingerprint	['fingqprint]	– отпечаток пальца