Facebook and Twitter training lined up for student detectives - Text 1

Facebook and Twitter training lined up for student detectives

A Facebook, Twitter and other social networks will be used by detectives to track down killers and other criminals. This new approach has been revealed by police leaders. The move is part of great changes being made to the training given to thousands of student investigators to bring their work into the 21st century.

B As well as new information on tracking down suspects through social networking sites, where wanted people may reveal valuable clues, updated training exercises include examining how to gather the best information from computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices. Students of police schools will also receive guidance on how best to investigate honour-based violence, record evidence of domestic abuse and solve the problem of rape, while another new material will link to a national collection of footprints made by specific shoes as well as how to collect financial information.

C Deputy Chief Constable Nick Gargan, acting head of the NPIA (National Policing Improvement Agency), commented that modernized training is very important. “This programme is an important part of the career training for detectives and the new schooling covers sensitive areas of policing where limited guidance existed in the past,” he noted. “These improvements are exactly what detectives need to solve the problems and of modern policing effectively.”

D Gargan also added: “The changes underline the importance to having a national agency to provide guidance and train detectives to a single high standard so they can work on investigations in any part of the country and give their colleagues and the public the best quality service in fighting crime.”

E Earlier this year, escaped prisoner Craig Lynch mocked police with clues about his location on Facebook during four months on the run. In London, detectives have been examining Facebook and Twitter posts relating to the murder of 17-year-old Marvin Henry during a suspected fight between rival gangs.

clue – vodítko, stopa

guidance – poradenství, řízení

posts – příspěvky

rape – únos, znásilnění

to mock – vysmívat se

to reveal – odhalit

to track down – vystopovat

to underline – vyzdvihnout, zvýraznit

1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.

1 Students of police schools will receive special guidance

2 National agency is needed to provide guidance

3 Cases of cybercrime

4 Social networks will be used by detectives

5 Nick Gargan’s comments

2) Read the article again and answer the questions.

1 What is the article about?

2 What will social networks be used for by the police?

3 Who is Nick Gargan? What does he say?

4 Why is a national agency needed?

5 What has police found out on Facebook and Twitter so far?

3) Explain the following words.

1 suspect

2 social networking sites

3 domestic abuse

4 investigation

5 murder

What is computer crime? What are types of computer criminality? What are social networks? What are they used for? How can they be misused?

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