Read and translate the following word-combinations paying attention to the form- and link-words.

These mundane duties, only maintenance of peace and order, such hazard for safety, our acquaintance, those missing persons, this little squad, the best squad car, many disputants, the only abbreviation, most estimates, less trouble, their beat, more every day calls, your violation, much damage.

4. Write out the pairs of synonyms:

Precinct	usual	to warn	to handle
Manpower	security	to quiet	to answer
Safety	Police station	to deal with	to prevent
Law-breaker	damage	to respond	to pacify
Injury	personnel	to aid	to ring
Routine	offender, criminal	to call	to help

5 Translate from Russian into English:

Укомплектовывать личным составом, посредничать, полицейский участок, миротворческая деятельность, ДТП, оперативная машина, правонарушитель, правопорядок, развод (планерка).

6 Find the Russian equivalents given in column B:

A B

1. roll call 1. радио-оборудованная патрульная машина

2. stolen cars 2. расследование уголовных преступлений

3. dogbite reports 3. автодорожные правонарушения

4. radio-equipped patrol car 4. угнанные машины

5. criminal investigation 5. рапорта об укусах собак

6. missing person reports 6.развод (планерка)

7. traffic violations 7. рапорта о пропавших без вести

8. hit-and-run 8. преступление, в результате которого,

водитель, сбивший человека, скрылся, не

оказав помощи

7 Make up different word-combinations using the following words (A,B) and translate them:

A B

Criminal call

Peace-keeping reports

Contemporary troubles

Roll investigation

Stolen dispatcher

Juvenile precincts

Radio activity

Missing person alarm

Silent cars

8 Find one sentence of the text from the three given below:

1. The problem dealt with in the report was an important one.
2. Policemen also spent much of their time with «juvenile troubles».
3. Roll call usually took from fifty minutes to an hour.

9 Find and read the sentences corresponding to these:

1. Он принимал рапорта о пропавших без вести, руководил дорожным движением, контролировал толпы на пожарах, писал рапорта об укусах собак, и проводил опознание оставленных без присмотра машин.
2. И диспетчеры в своих радио вызовах, и офицеры полиции в своих рапортах, предпочитали сжатое описание происшествий.
3. Обычно полицейские начинают свою смену с развода.

10 Correct the following statements according to the text:

1. The police officer became implicated in a wide range of human troubles many of which had to do with criminal law enforcement.
2. The officer usually finished their shift after roll call.
3. That is a very complete list of routine police work that the officer performed over the period covered.

11 Explain the following abbreviations:

«B» and «E»; «family trouble», «silent alarm», «a man down», DK, PD, P.I., H-and-R.

12 Put the following sentences in accordance with the logic of the text:

1. He took missing person reports, directed traffic, controlled crowds at fires, wrote dogbite reports, and identified abandoned autos.
2. The officer usually began their shift after roll call.
3. As you know criminal investigation is the keystone of American police service, its law enforcement.
4. We see they used some kind of police slang.

13 Fill in the gaps in the text below with the appropriate words from the previous text:

As you know criminal investigation isof American police service. The police officer became in a wide range of human troubles many of which had little or nothing to do with. He transported people to the hospital, wrote reports of auto accidents, and andbetween disputants. Policemen spent much of their time with . The officers usually began theirafter roll call. …and … became the center of contemporary precincts. Policemen used some kind of police … in their work.

14. Answer the questions:

1. What percentage of police manpower resources dealt with non-law enforcement activities according to available estimates?

2. And what percentage dealt with law enforcement activities?

3. Did you read much about police peace-keeping activities as their everyday mundane duties, i.e. about routine police work?

4. When did the majority of incidents the police handled arise?

5. Did the police officer become implicated in a wide range of human troubles?

6. What did the police officer have to do?

7. When did the officers usually begin their shift?

8. What did the officers do during motorpatrolling?

9. What room became the centre of the contemporary police precinct?

10. What language did the police officers prefer to use in their operational work?