Scotland Yard
New Scotland Yard [ nju ː ˌ skɒtlənd jɑ ː d] (English for " ( new ) Scottish Court " ), often shortly Scotland Yard or even called The Yard, is a building in London's City of Westminster. Here is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS ), but is also used as a metonym equivalent to the latter. This is responsible for Greater London, with the exception of the central and smallest district of City of London, who has with the City of London Police has its own police department. In addition to general policing the MPS also maintains a database of all offenders in the UK supported on request with the regional police forces in the investigation and provides assistance in the education and training of all police forces of the Commonwealth. Colloquially, usually meant the London Criminal Investigation in the German speaking with " Scotland Yard " therefore. Referred to as " New Scotland Yard" 20 -storey headquarters is now in a side street off Victoria Street in London's City of Westminster, close to the Palace of Westminster.
History
The name is derived from the original position at the end of Whitehall, corner Great Scotland Yard. The exact origin of this name is unknown. According to popular explanation it was before the union of England and Scotland, when they were the former location of the residence of the Scottish ambassadors as well as the Scottish kings in England. The organization later moved twice, once in 1890 at a location on the Victoria Embankment near the present Ministry of Defence in 1967 and then today in the premises. Both new locations were called " New Scotland Yard".
The original Scotland Yard took over the British Army and set up a one recruiting office and the headquarters of the military police. Today is the only surviving part of the original Scotland Yard, a stable of the Metropolitan Police in 7 Great Scotland Yard. The first New Scotland Yard is now called Norman Shaw Building, part of which is still used as a police station for the area of Westminster ( Cannon Row).
Was founded in Scotland Yard in 1829 by the then Home Secretary Robert Peel to build a completely new and powerful police force. In particular, the Department of Criminal ( Criminal Investigation Department, CID ) obtained ( eg by means of fingerprints ) worldwide fame, which was up to now reflected in numerous literary works and films and used by many states as a model because of their investigative methods.
The Home Office Large Major Enquiry System is Scotland Yard detective database, from which the Apronym HOLMES results. Likewise, a training program " Elementary " is called ( "elementary " ), in honor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous character Sherlock Holmes.
Scotland Yard's phone number was originally Whitehall 1212. The majority of police stations in the London area, as well as Scotland Yard itself, still has 1212 as the last four digits.