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New Scotland Yard, London
New Scotland Yard, London

New Scotland Yard or Scotland Yard, informally known as The Yard and NSY, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (excluding the City of London; see City of London Police). "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The City of London Police is the Home Office Police force responsible for the City of London in England, including the Middle

New Scotland Yard occupies a 20-storey office block along Broadway and Victoria Street in Westminster, about 450 metres away from the Houses of Parliament. Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. The famous rotating sign, which is often seen on live television statements and in films, is outside the main entrance on Broadway.

Founded on 29 September 1829, on a street off Whitehall, Scotland Yard was called "New Scotland Yard" when moved, in November 1890,[1] to the Victoria Embankment, beside the present-day Ministry of Defence. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional The Victoria Embankment, is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in London. The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters In 1967, New Scotland Yard moved to the present 20-floor building at 10 Broadway, and the old building was renamed Norman Shaw North and converted to offices for MPs

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The name derives from the headquarters' original location on Great Scotland Yard, a street of Whitehall. Richard Norman Shaw RA ( Edinburgh, 7 May 1831 &ndash London, 17 November 1912) was the most influential British architect This is about the direction for other uses see North (disambiguation. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional The exact origins of this name are unknown, though popular explanations include: that it had once been the site of a diplomatic mission owned by the Kings of Scotland prior to the Union of England and Scotland; that the street was owned by a man called Scott during the Middle Ages; or that stagecoaches bound to Scotland once departed from the street. The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed during 1706 and 1707 by the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland to put into England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. For other meanings see Stagecoach (disambiguation. A stagecoach (also called diligence) is a type of four-wheeled enclosed [2] By the 17th century, the street had become the site of a number of government buildings, with the architects Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren living there. Iñigo Jones ( July 15, 1573 &ndash June 21, 1652) is regarded as the first significant British architect, and the first to bring Sir Christopher Wren ( 20 October 1632 &ndash 25 February 1723) was a 17th century English Designer, Astronomer From 1649–1651, the poet John Milton lived there during the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell's rule. John Milton ( 9 December, 1608 – 8 November, 1674) was an English Poet, Prose Polemicist and The Commonwealth of England was the Republican government which ruled first England (including Wales) and then Ireland and Scotland Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 Old Style &ndash 3 September 1658 Old Style) was an English military and political leader best known

Scotland Yard was founded along with the Metropolitan Police by Sir Robert Peel, with the help of Francois-Eugene Vidocq. Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 &ndash 2 July 1850 was the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April Eugène François Vidocq ( July 23, 1775 &ndash May 11, 1857) was a French criminal who later became the first director of It opened for business as administrative headquarters of the Service on 29 September 1829, housing the two commissioners and their administrative staffs in a complex of about 50 rooms. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display It has never been a police station in the usual sense, with each division of the police instead operating their own local stations.

The building's main entrance was at number 4 Whitehall, but a public office was installed at the rear of the building in Great Scotland Yard and so gave the building its name. The staff of Scotland Yard were responsible for internal security, public affairs, recruitment, correspondence and other administrative matters. Their duties grew steadily over time as the size of the Service increased.

New Scotland Yard: 1890 Victorian building (centre), near Big Ben tower.
New Scotland Yard: 1890 Victorian building (centre), near Big Ben tower. New Scotland Yard or Scotland Yard, informally known as The Yard and NSY, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. The Clock Tower is the world's largest four-faced chiming Clock.

Development on a new location along the Victoria Embankment,[1] overlooking the River Thames, just south of the current Ministry of Defence was started in 1888. The Victoria Embankment, is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in London. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters During construction workers discovered the dismembered torso of a murdered woman, although the case was never solved. On October 2, 1888 during construction of Scotland Yard 's new headquarters on the Victoria Embankment near Whitehall in Westminster, a worker In November 1890 Scotland Yard moved into its new location. By this time, the Metropolitan Police had grown from its initial 1,000 officers to about 13,000, necessitating more administrative staff and a bigger headquarters. Further increases in the size and responsibilities of the force required even more administrators, and in 1907 and 1940, New Scotland Yard was extended further. This complex is now a grade I listed building. A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance

By the 1960s the requirements of modern technology and further increases in the size of the force meant that it had outgrown its Victoria Embankment headquarters. In 1967, New Scotland Yard moved to the present building at 10 Broadway, which was an existing office block acquired under a long-term lease. The name transferred with it and the first New Scotland Yard is now called the Norman Shaw (North) building. The Norman Shaw Building (formerly known as New Scotland Yard is a building in Westminster, London. Part of it is now used as the Headquarters for the Metropolitan Police's Territorial Policing department.

The original Scotland Yard was taken over by the British Army after the police moved out. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. Rebuilt, it became an Army recruiting office and Royal Military Police headquarters, complete with cells in the basement. The Royal Military Police ( RMP) is the branch of the British Army responsible for the policing of service personnel and providing a Military police It was bombed by the Provisional IRA in 1973, killing one person. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the It subsequently became the Ministry of Defence Library, a role which it retained until 2004. Today, the only surviving element of the original Scotland Yard is a Metropolitan Police stables next door at 7 Great Scotland Yard.

Scotland Yard's crime database is called Home Office Large Major Enquiry System and the acronym is HOLMES. Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are Abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name In the United Kingdom, HOLMES 2, the successor to HOLMES (the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System) is an IT system used by the police In addition, the training program is called "Elementary" in honour of the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887

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.

Popular culture

Scotland Yard Detective Stories magazine, issue 12, 1930
Scotland Yard Detective Stories magazine, issue 12, 1930

Scotland Yard has become internationally famous as a symbol of policing, and detectives from Scotland Yard feature in many works of crime fiction. Crime fiction is the Genre of Fiction that deals with Crimes their detection criminals and their motives It is usually distinguished from They were frequent allies — and sometimes antagonists — of Sherlock Holmes in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous stories (see, for instance, Inspector Lestrade). Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 was an Anglo-Scottish Author most noted for his stories about the Inspector Lestrade (pronounced l' Estrade "less-TRAHD" is a Fictional character It is also referred to in Around the World in Eighty Days. Around the World in Eighty Days (Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours is a classic Adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first

Many novelists have adopted fictional Scotland Yard detectives as the heroes or heroines of their stories. John Creasey's stories featuring George Gideon are amongst the earliest police procedurals. John Creasey ( September 17, 1908 &ndash June 9, 1973) was born in Southfields, Surrey, England and died in Commander George Gideon of London's Scotland Yard is a fictional policeman created by John Creasey under the pseudonym J The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a Police force as they investigate Crimes Commander Adam Dalgliesh, created by P. D. James, and Inspector Richard Jury, created by Martha Grimes are notable recent examples. Adam Dalgliesh is a Fictional character who has been the protagonist of fourteen mystery novels by P Phyllis Dorothy James Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (born 3 August, 1920) is an English Crime writer Richard Jury is a fictional Scotland Yard detective who stars in a series of mystery novels written by Martha Grimes. Martha Grimes (born 1931 is an American Author of Detective fiction. A somewhat more improbable example is Baroness Orczy's aristocratic female Scotland Yard detective Molly Robertson-Kirk, aka Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. Emma (" Emmuska " Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi (anglicized to Baroness Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josephina Best known as the creator of The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Baroness Orczy also created two immortal turn-of-the century detectives the old man in the corner and

Agatha Christie's numerous mystery novels often referenced Scotland Yard, most notably in her Poirot series. Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English The Belgian detective of the same name was often accompanied (and sometimes thwarted) by a hard-working yet not-as-effective Chief Inspector Japp (played in the TV series by Philip Jackson). Detective Chief Inspector James Japp is a Fictional character of Scotland Yard appearing in many of Agatha Christie 's novels and stories about Hercule Philip Jackson (born 18 June 1948, Retford) is an English Actor, Singer and Television presenter, best known

In the novels written by Ngaio Marsh, the lead character is Roderick Alleyn (often called Rory). Dame Ngaio Marsh DBE ( April 23, 1895 &ndash February 18, 1982) born Edith Ngaio Marsh was a Crime writer and Roderick Alleyn is a Fictional character who first appeared in 1934 He's a Chief Detective Inspector (later Chief Superintendent) at Scotland Yard. On TV, the role has been played by George Baker, Simon Williams and Patrick Malahide.

In children's fiction, the Time Machine series had one title about Scotland Yard (#17 - Scotland Yard Detective), in which the mystery is the rescue of an Indian prince. Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12 Time Machine was a series of children's novels published by Bantam Books from 1984 to 1989 similar to their more successful Choose Your Own Adventure India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

During the 1930s, there was a short-lived pulp magazine called variously Scotland Yard, Scotland Yard Detective Stories or Scotland Yard International Detective, which, despite the name, concentrated more on lurid crime stories set in the United States rather than having anything to do with the Metropolitan Police. Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

In the popular computer game, Civilization IV, amongst the wonders of the world Scotland Yard is considered a national wonder of which each civilization can build as to train spies for use during war time. Sid Meier's Civilization IV ( Civilization 4 or Civ4) is a Turn-based strategy computer game released in

Scotland Yard was the name of a series of cinema second features made between 1953 and 1961. A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double Introduced by Edgar Lustgarten, each episode featured a dramatised reconstruction of a 'true crime' story. Edgar Marcus Lustgarten (born 3 May 1907, Manchester England) and deceased on 15 December 1978) was a British True crime is a Non-fiction literary genre in which the author uses an actual Crime and real people as a point of departure Filmed at Merton Park Studios, many of the episodes featured Russell Napier as Inspector Duggan. Merton Park Studios was a British Film production studio in South Wimbledon, London. Russell Gordon Napier ( 28 November, 1910 - 19 August, 1974) was an Australian Actor. The series was succeeded by The Scales of Justice, which dealt with a similar theme. The Scales of Justice was a short series of British B-movies produced in the 1960s for Anglo-Amalgamated at Merton Park Studios in In the comedy series Batman, the caped crusaders in England meet members of "Ireland Yard"- clearly a spoof of Scotland Yard. Batman is a 1960s American Television series, based on the DC Comic book character of the same name.

Fabian of the Yard was a television series transmitted by the BBC made on film and transmitted between 1954 and 1956, based upon the career of the by then retired Detective Inspector Robert Fabian. This is about the police rank/position For the use in graphical user interfaces see Inspector window. It focused on the subject of forensic science, which at the time was still in its infancy. Fabian usually appeared in a cameo shot towards the end of each episode. For the "brief appearance" see Cameo appearance. For the "chemical emergency software" see Computer-Aided Management of Emergency For the Stratovarius album see Episode (album. An episode is a part of a Dramatic work such as a serial television

Scotland Yard is the name of a Scottish rap collective. They have released an E. P. entitled The Scotland Yard E. P. , produced by Seanie Bee.

Scotland Yard is the division that a youthful Gatse Becker was handpicked from to join the Policenauts squad in Hideo Kojima's Japanese cyberpunk adventure game. is a cinematic Adventure game, with a hard science fiction storyline published by Konami, written and directed by Hideo Kojima. is a Japanese video game designer originally employed at Konami.

Scotland Yard is the basis of a board game by German company Ravensburger. Scotland Yard is a Board game in which a team of players as "police" cooperate to track down a player controlling a "criminal" around a board

In the alternate history novel Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove, depicting an England which was defeated and occupied by the Spanish Armada, the original Scotland Yard - not yet having anything to do with police matters - is used as a secret rendezvous point for conspirators seeking to free England from Spanish rule. Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of Speculative fiction (or Science fiction) and Historical fiction Ruled Britannia is an alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove, first published in hardcover and paperback by Tor Books in 2002 Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14 1949) is an American historian and novelist who has written Historical fiction, Fantasy, and England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Spanish Armada ( Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, "Great and Most Fortunate Navy" or Armada Invencible, "Invincible

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  1. ^ a b "Metropolitan Police" (history), Thomas Twiglet, 2005-10-23, Tiscali. Specialist Operations was a group of twenty specialist Metropolitan Police units which were set up in 1986 as part of Sir Kenneth Newman 's restructuring of the Metropolitan The Specialist Crime Directorate (SCD is one of the main branches of the London Metropolitan Police Service. Central Operations (CO is a major command of the London Metropolitan Police that provides operational support to the rest of the service The Central Communications Command ( CO10 or CCC, also known as Metcall) is the largest Operational Command Unit of London 's Metropolitan The Specialist Firearms Command (CO19, better known by its former Specialist Operations designation SO19, is a specialised armed unit within London 's The Territorial Support Group (or CO20) is a Central Operations unit of London 's Metropolitan Police Service, that specialises in public order The Air Support Unit (ASU provides aerial reconnaissance and other air support operations for the Metropolitan Police Service over London and its suburbs Murder/Major Investigation Teams ( MIT) are the specialised homicide squads of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, based in the Specialist Crime Directorate Economic and Specialist Crime is an Operational Command Unit of the Specialist Crime Directorate within London 's Metropolitan Police Service. The National Identification Service ( NIS; also called SO4 from its Specialist Operations designation is a department of the London The Directorate of Professional Standards, or DPS, is a part of the Metropolitan Police that is responsible for preserving the standards and ethics of the Metropolitan The City of London Police is the Home Office Police force responsible for the City of London in England, including the Middle The British Transport Police ( BTP) (Heddlu Trafnidiaeth Prydeinig is a Special police force empowered to police those railways and light-rail systems in The Royal Parks Constabulary ( RPC) was the Police force formerly responsible for the Royal Parks in London and a number of other locations in The Serious Organised Crime Agency ( SOCA) is a Non-Departmental Public Body of the United Kingdom government and a national Law enforcement agency The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA is a Non-Departmental Public Body established to support police by providing expertise in such areas as information technology There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. co. uk webpage: Tiscali-UK-MetPol.
  2. ^ Metropolitan Police Service - History of the Metropolitan Police Service


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Scotland Yard

-proper noun

  1. The headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force.
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