Studies at the University
READING
Life at the Academy
During this time, cadets are trained to a standard of excellence with demanding physical training and law studies forming a part of their daily work.
Cadets study Criminal Law, Police Procedures, The Law of Evidence, Patrol and Investigation Techniques, Traffic Law and Procedure, Written and Oral Communications, Interviewing Techniques and Statement Taking.
Recruits are also instructed in physical fitness, driving techniques, self-defence techniques and the use of firearms, batons, survival techniques, specialist investigative training, and ethics and cultural diversity.
The dining room comfortably accommodates 350 persons at one sitting. Self serve is the norm. Each residential room is well equipped with a wardrobe and built-in study desk. On each floor there are the kitchens with microwave and tea and coffee making facilities.
The academy offers a number of practical training facilities that replace the surroundings which trainees will face on duty. There is a fully fitted shop with groceries, videos, newspapers, and other goods. It allows wide ranging training scenarios from simple shoplifting to fraud. At the academy you can see a small police station with general office, public counter, and cell corridor. This provides practical exercises in reception of prisoners and dealing with enquiries from members of the public. At the room (typical for a bank) cadets have the opportunity to deal with robberies and hostage situations. To facilitate interview training there are six fully fitted, sound proofed interview rooms with CCTV (closed-circuit television) equipment and connected to a dedicated control room. Three rooms have been furnished with second hand furniture for training wide ranging scenarios such as domestic violence, house breakings, searches and murders. Cadets have the opportunity to practise in giving evidence in court when they have lessons at the model of a court room.
Classes begin promptly at 9.00 a.m. There are some rules:
- the Academy is a smoke-free institution; smoking is not permitted in the building or on the grounds.
- recruits are not allowed to use mobile phones during classes.
- consumption of alcoholic beverages is not permitted on the academy grounds.
- administrative offices are to be entered on official business only.
At the completion of their 26 weeks, recruits partake in a graduation parade within the Academy grounds where they parade to family and friends and are congratulated by the Commissioner of Police.
10x2=20
Task 1. Define the statements to be true (T) or false (F).
- The period of training lasts twenty-six months.
- Recruits attend classes five days a week.
- Classes start at 7.00 a.m.
- At the dining room recruits are served by waiters.
- There are a wardrobe, desk, microwave and tea and coffee facilities in each residential room.
- There is a fully fitted shop to train scenarios from simple shoplifting to fraud.
- Cadets visit a local police station to exercise in reception of prisoners.
- There is a model of a court room where cadets have the opportunity to practise in giving evidence in court.
- Smoking is banned in the building and on the grounds.
- After a 26-week period recruits get a rank of the Commissioner of Police.
10x2=20
VOCABULARY
Task 2. Match the words which go together.
1. full-time |
a) expert |
2. to get a higher |
b) student |
3. forensic |
c) witnesses |
4. to interview |
d) legal education |
5. to interrogate |
e) a crime scene |
6. to establish |
f) corpus delicti |
7. to examine |
g) criminals |
8. highly-qualified |
h) organized crime |
9. to study |
i) specialists |
10. combating |
j) Law |
10x2=20
Task 3. Complete the sentences.
1. I have passed my entrance exams and… |
a) four years. |
2. The course of studies lasts… |
b) learn many special subjects. |
3. To become highly qualified specialists we… |
c) entered the University of Internal Affairs. |
4. Besides special subjects we also learn… |
d) a weapon, drive a car, interview witnesses, apprehend and interrogate criminals, etc. |
5. For our future work it is necessary to learn to handle … |
e) to work to the benefit of the Ukrainian people, solve and prevent crimes. |
6. Danger, overtime and bad reputation are regarded as … |
f) general subjects such as History of Ukraine, Economy, Philosophy, Ethics, Logics, Foreign Language and others. |
7. I joined the Ukrainian militia … |
g) we leave the hostel and go home. |
8. The cadets of our University are provided with |
h) hostel accommodation. |
9. On each floor of the hostel there is… |
i) disadvantages of a militia officer’s career. |
10.When summer holidays come, … |
j) a public telephone, a reading room, cadets’ rooms. |
10x2=20
Task 4. Complete the sentences with a word and a word-combination from the box below.
a) subjects c) graduating f) service i) the application b) credits and exams d) law and order g) scientific j) probationary period e) trains h) competent |
- After the … from the University we shall get a higher legal education.
- The University … specialists for all branches of law enforcement activities.
- We learn many different … such as Criminal Law, Administrative Law, Civil Law, Criminology, Forensic Science, and many others.
- An officer of militia must be … not only in his special field but also in human behaviour and human understanding.
- At the end of the term we take colloquiums, … .
- In four years we’ll work to the benefit of the Ukrainian people and Ukraine protecting … .
- To my mind … in militia is a job for real men.
- The police training in England and Wales lasts a two-year … .
- If you want to join the militia you must send … , be tested for memory, intelligence, physical fitness, and pass entrance exams.
- Kyiv National University of Internal Affairs is an educational, … , and methodological complex.
10x2=20
WRITING
Task 5. Write a for-and-against composition about advantages and disadvantages of militia service.
Use the ideas below.
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