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New Scotland Yard -- often referred to as simply Scotland Yard or The Yard -- is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (although not the City of London itself). New Scotland Yard is located at Broadway in Westminster, about 200 yards away from the Houses of Parliament.
The name derives from its original location on a street off Whitehall called Great Scotland Yard . The exact origins of this name are unknown, though a popular explanation is that it was the former site of the residence of the Scottish kings (when staying in England) or their ambassadors, prior to the union of England and Scotland. The premises later moved twice, once in 1890 to a location on the Victoria Embankment near the present-day Ministry of Defence and then again to the current premises in 1967Events January January 4 British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record in Coniston Lake. January 4 Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch " Operatio; both new premises were called "New Scotland Yard". (Source: [1])
The original Scotland Yard was taken over by the British ArmyThe British Army is the land armed forces of the United Kingdom. It numbers 99,400 fully trained and professional regulars (as of April 2004). In contrast to the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, the British Army does not include royal in its title, bec and became an Army recruiting office and Royal Military PoliceThe Royal Military Police (RMP) is the military police arm of the British Army. Its members are generally known as the 'Redcaps' because they wear red-topped peaked caps or red berets. Their stable belts are also red. Like other military police around the headquarters. Today, the only surviving element of the original Scotland Yard is a Metropolitan Police stables at 7 Great Scotland Yard. The first New Scotland Yard is now called the Norman Shaw Building and part of it is still used as a police station for the Westminster area.
Scotland Yard's crime database is called Home Office Large Major Enquiry System, and the acronym is HOLMESHOLMES can refer to: Home Office Large Major Enquiry System, the computer database of the Metropolitan Police Service Sherlock Holmes, a fictional detective.. The training program is called Elementary in honour of that great, if fictional, detective.
Scotland Yard's telephone number was originally Whitehall 1212. The majority of London area police stations, as well as Scotland Yard itself, still have 1212 as their last four digits.
1 See also
- Flying SquadThe Flying Squad is a branch of London's Metropolitan Police force. It was formed in 1919 as the "Mobile Patrol Experiment", a branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in response to a crime wave that followed the end of World War I. Its off and the fictional The SweeneyThe Sweeney is a British television police drama focusing on two crime-fighting members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the British police force specialising in armed robbery and violent crime. The programme originally aired on ITV from 1975 until
- Murder Squad and the Krays
- Specialist Crime DirectorateThe Specialist Crime Directorate is an elite unit within the Metropolitan Police Service. It deals with organized crime and other serious crimes. Law enforcement in the United Kingdom.
- Specialist Operations:
- Covert Operations (SO10)
- Intelligence (SO11)
- Special Branch (SO12)
- Anti-Terrorism Branch (SO13)
- Royalty Protection (SO14)
- Diplomatic Protection Group (SO16)
- Palace of Westminster Division (SO17)
- Force Firearms Unit ( SO19)
