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which it was found that police officers had lied and
cheated
in
order to get
people
convicted of crimes.
As a result, trust
in the honesty and
incorrupti-
bility
of the police has
declined
.
Nevertheless, there is still a great deal of public sympathy for the police. It
is felt that they are doing an increasingly difficult job under difficult circum-
stances. The
assumption
that their role is
to serve the public
rather than to be
agents of the government
persists
. Police officers often still address members
of the public as ‘sir’ or ‘madam’. Senior officers think
it is important for the
police to establish a relationship with local people,
and the phrase
‘commu-
nity policing’
is now fashionable. Some police have even started to patrol on
foot again. Generally speaking, the relationship
between the police and the
public in Britain compares quite favourably with that in some other European
countries. British police still do not carry guns in the course of normal duty
(although all police stations have a store of weapons).
Task 3. Fill in the gaps with the correct word or word combination from the
list below. Use the words only once.
gun, patrol, incorruptibility, cheat, reassurance, complain, trust,
unique symbol, uproar
1.
Some police have started … on foot again.
2.
A strange-looking helmet and the fact that the police officer did not carry
… made him … for the tourists.
3.
Trust in the honesty and … of the police has declined.
4.
The sight of a police officer no longer creates a general feeling of … .
5.
The policemen had lied and … to get people convicted of crimes.
6.
The negative image of the police which this television police drama por-
trayed caused … and several police officials complained to the BBC about it.
Task 4. Choose the correct option.
1.
The local bobby was … on the streets, a reassuring presence that people
felt they could trust him absolutely.
a. riding a bicycle
b. patrolling
c. speeding
2.
The system of policing was based on each police officer having … .
a. a beat
b. an office
c. a district
3.
First … an increasingly motorized society and therefore increasing mo-
torized crime the police started patrolling in cars.
a. mentioning
b. in response to
c. pointing
4.
There is … that the police role to serve the
public rather than to be
agents of the government persists.
a. a saying
b. an assumption
c. a statement
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5.
Senior officers think it is important for the police to establish a relation-
ship with local people and the phrase … is now fashionable.
a. friendship
b. community policing
c. mutual understanding
6.
Patrolling in cars, police officers became … and stopped being the fa-
miliar faces that they once were.
a. famous
b. a remote figures
c. popular
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