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Neues Altes Scotland Yard LONDON Erstes „New Scotland Yard“: Norman-Shaw-Gebäude an der Themse; Scotland-Yard-Hauptquartier am Broadway seit 1967. Neues altes „Scotland Yard“ Seit fast 200 Jahren steht „Scotland Yard“ als Synonym für die Polizei von London. Die historische Adresse wird als Bezeichnung auch nach dem Umzug des Polizeipräsidiums erhalten bleiben. riminalbeamte in Trenchcoats, (Großer Schottland-Hof) zugänglich hörde gemeint. 1875 übersiedelte die KVerfolgungsjagden an nebeligen war. Mehrere Straßen und Gassen, da - Führungsebene der Met in ein größeres Uferpromenaden, Spurensiche - runter Middle Scotland Yard, Lower Gebäude direkt am Great Scotland rung in Kopfsteinpflaster-Gassen: Die Scotland Yard und Scotland Place, erin - Yard. Weitere Stützpunkte des Präsidi - Polizeiarbeit von Scotland Yard gehört nerten in dieser Zeit an das schottische ums wurden in nahegelegenen Gebäu - zu London wie der Buckingham-Palast Königshaus, das bis zur Vereinigung den und am Whitehall Place bezogen; oder der Big Ben und ist eng verbunden mit der englischen Krone zu Beginn des auch mehrere Ställe wurden eingerich - mit Kriminellen wie Jack The Ripper 18. Jahrhunderts bei Besuchen des eng - tet: Pferde waren das übliche Fortbewe - und Romanfiguren wie Sherlock lischen Königshauses immer wieder im gungsmittel. Holmes. London war zu Beginn des 19. Whitehall-Areal untergekommen war New Scotland Yard. Jahrhunderts eine der größten Städte der und dort seine Gesandtschaft unterhal - 1886 war das Welt, das enorme Bevölkerungswachs - ten hatte. Great Scotland Yard, das Sitz Konglomerat an Standorten so reichhal - tum und ein großes soziales Gefälle tru - von Verwaltungsgebäuden und Wohn - tig geworden, dass das Innenministeri - gen zu hoher Kriminalität bei. Innenmi - häusern für Staatsbedienstete war, er - um einen Neubau für die Zentrale der nister Sir Robert Peel, der wenig später hielt mit dem Besuchereingang für das Met am Kai der Themse (Thames Em - britischer Premierminister wurde, initi - neue Polizeipräsidium zusätzliche Be - bankement) unweit des Parlaments be - ierte 1829 die Einrichtung der Metropo - deutung. Der Volksmund sprach schon schloss. Der Kai war in den 1860er-Jah - litan Police (Met) als moderne Polizei - bald davon, zu Scotland Yard zu gehen, ren architektonisch befestigt worden organisation. Ihr erstes Hauptquartier wenn ein Amtsweg zur Polizei führte. und seither für große Bauwerke geeig - bezog die neue Londoner Polizei im Be - Waren 1829 rund 1.000 Polizisten in net. Der Architekt Richard Norman zirk Whitehall, dem politischen Macht - den Dienst gestellt worden, die nach Shaw wurde mit der Gestaltung beauf - zentrum der Hauptstadt. dem Gründer Robert Peel die Spitzna - tragt. Während des Baus entdeckte ein Großer Schottland-Hof. men Bobby oder Peeler erhielten, zählte Arbeiter am 2. Oktober 1888 ein Paket Dass der die Metropolitan Police 20 Jahre später mit Teilen einer Frauenleiche, das ver - Ausdruck Scotland Yard im Verlauf von bereits mehr als 5.000 Polizisten. mutlich sechs bis acht Wochen zuvor in knapp 200 Jahren zum Namen mehrerer Kriminalabteilung. der bereits fertig gestellten Unterkelle - Polizeihauptquartiere und einem Syno - 1842 wurde die rung versteckt worden war. Noch an nym der Londoner Polizei werden soll - erste Kriminalabteilung (Detective De - zwei weiteren Plätzen in London wur - te, ist einem Zufall zu verdanken: Sir partment) gegründet. Einer der ersten den Reste des Frauenkörpers entdeckt, Robert Peel wählte ein Gebäude an der Polizisten in Zivil, Detective Inspector der Kopf blieb verschwunden. In Zei - Adresse Whitehall Place 4 als erste Jonathan „Jack“ Whicher, wurde von tungen wurde die Vermutung geäußert, Dienststelle für die Führungsspitze der Journalisten und Schriftstellern porträ - es gebe einen Zusammenhang mit Jack A Met, die beiden Commissioners Charles tiert und gilt als Vorlage für viele Ro - The Ripper; ein Beweis dafür existierte D N E Rowan and Richard Mayne sowie lei - manfiguren. Scotland Yard, oder kurz allerdings nicht. Die Identität der toten W R O G tende Beamte und unterstützendes Per - The Yard, wurde danach vielfach mit Frau, die Todesursache und der Täter E R G sonal. Der Besuchereingang befand sich der Kriminalpolizei gleichgesetzt – tat - sind bis heute unbekannt. Der Leichen - : S O T an der Rückseite des Gebäudes, das sächlich war mit dem Begriff jedoch fund ging als Whitehall Mystery in die O über die Straße Great Scotland Yard immer die gesamte Londoner Polizeibe - Kriminalgeschichte ein. F 42 ÖFFENTLICHE SICHERHEIT 3-4/16 NEW SCOTLAND YARD Metropolitan Police Service: 32.000 uniformierte Polizisten, 13.000 Verwaltungsbedienstete und 3.700 Wachpolizisten. 1890 öffnete der siebenstöckige Zie - eindrucksvollsten Verwaltungsgebäu - kleine Plakette weist auf die Geburts - gelsteinbau an der Themse. Das Londo - den Londons. stätte von Scotland Yard hin; ein Hin - ner Polizeipräsidium erhielt die Be - Ab 1935 wurde ein weiteres Amtsge - terausgang führt weiterhin in die Paral - zeichnung New Scotland Yard und da - bäude neben den zwei Norman-Shaw- lelstraße Great Scotland Yard, wo noch mit erstmals einen Bezug zur Ursprung - Bauten errichtet, das 1940 bezugsfertig vereinzelte Spuren des zweiten Ur- Scot - sadresse, da der volkstümliche Aus - war. Es stammte vom Architekten Wil - land-Yard zu finden sind: Das Eckhaus druck Scotland Yard nie offiziell gewor - liam Curtis Green. Nach seiner Fertig - zur Verkehrsader Whitehall ist heute ein den war. Das Hauptquartier, heute als stellung kam es auf Grund des Zweiten Pub, im Gebäude daneben waren lange Norman Shaw North bezeichnet, erwies Weltkriegs sofort in militärische Ver - Zeit Militärdienststellen untergebracht. sich wenige Jahre später erneut als zu wendung; Lord Louis Mountbatten, Bis 2017 soll hinter den entkernten Fas - klein; die Zahl der Bediensteten war auf Kommandant der Combined Operati - saden ein Luxushotel entstehen. Immer 13.000 angestiegen. Neben dem Haupt - ons, dirigierte von dort aus einen Teil noch in Polizeibesitz ist die Adresse 7 quartier wurde ab 1902 ein neues Ge - der britischen Streitkräfte. 1945 zog Great Scotland Yard mit einer Einheit bäude errichtet. Das 1907 eröffnete New Scotland Yard mit einzelnen Ein - der Berittenen Polizei. Täglich werden Haus, heute als Norman Shaw South be - heiten in das Curtis Green Building ein; von hier aus Patrouillen in das Regie - kannt, wurde über eine Brücke mit dem hier befanden sich unter anderem foren - rungsviertel und zum Königspalast aus - Hauptquartier verbunden. Westlich des sische und technische Dienste. Ab 1985 geschickt; Pferde werden in Großbritan - Zentralgebäudes wurde 1902 eine neue war es Sitz verschiedener Kommando - nien traditionell auch für ordnungs - Polizeistation eröffnet. Mit über 100 ebenen der Metropolitan Police, 2011 dienstliche Einsätze verwendet. Bediensteten war sie für Streifen- und wurde es geschlossen. Die Norman- Drehendes Logo. Überwachungsdienste vor dem Sitz des Shaw- Gebäude gehören seit 1979 dem 1967 bezog Scot - Premierministers sowie um die Gebäu - Parlament, die einstige Cannon-Row- land Yard einen modernen Glasbau am de verschiedener Ministerien und des Polizeistation ist in Privatbesitz. Broadway in der Nähe des Parlaments Parlaments verantwortlich. Die Cannon An der ursprünglichen Polizeiadresse und der Abtei von Westminister. Die A Row Police Station gehörte bis zu ihrer Whitehall Place erinnert heute nichts Bezeichnung New Scotland Yard wurde D N E Schließung 1992 zu den bekanntesten mehr an das Straßenbild des frühen 19. erneut übernommen. 1968 wurde vor W R O Polizeiinspektionen im Stadtzentrum. Jahrhunderts. Die zahlreichen kleinen dem 20-stöckigen Komplex ein rotie - G E R G Das Ensemble von Polizeigebäuden an Häuser sind wenigen großzügigen Bau - rendes, dreiseitiges Schild mit gleich - : O T O der Themse zählte im 19. Jahrhundert werken gewichen – darunter dem nun - lautender Aufschrift aufgestellt, das F neben den Houses of Parliament zu den mehrigen Energieministerium. Eine zum Wahrzeichen und Symbol der mo - 43 ÖFFENTLICHE SICHERHEIT 3-4/16 NEW SCOTLAND YARD Whitehall, Ecke Great Scotland Yard: Einst Polizeigebäude, heute Privatbesitz. Scotland-Yard-Schild: 1968 errichtet. dernen Metropolitan Police werden soll - der Dacre Street umschlossene Fläche Im Komplex, der völlig neu gestaltet te. Das Logo ist eine der meistfotogra - war 41 Jahre lang angemietet. 2011 und werden soll, sind teure Privatwohnun - fierten Sehenswürdigkeiten Londons. 2012 wurden am Gebäude Sanierungs - gen geplant. Der Verkauf, der einen um Die Schriftart, Flaxman, ist geschützt arbeiten vorgenommen, wobei eine 120 Millionen Pfund über dem Ruf und findet sich im gesamten Hauptquar - Kostenevaluierung ergab, dass ein Wei - preis liegenden Erlös einbrachte, er - tier auf Beschriftungen und Nummerie - terbetrieb zu umfangreichen Erneue - möglichte Investitionen in die verblie - rungen wieder; die Metropolitan Police rungsarbeiten in der Höhe von 50 Mil - benen Liegenschaften der Polizei und in erhält Erträge aus der kommerziellen lionen Pfund führen würde; zusätzlich neue Technologien. Seit 2013 wurden Verwendung des Logos, etwa in Filmen würden für den Komplex pro Jahr 11 im Rahmen eines Reformprogramms oder Fernsehserien. Das Schild dreht Millionen Pfund an Kosten anfallen. des Londoner Bürgermeisters über 60 sich 14.000 Mal pro Tag um seine Ach - 2013 wurde daher beschlossen, das Polizeigebäude verkauft und Dienststel - se und muss wegen des Dauerbetriebs 20-stöckige Gebäude am Broadway 10 len zusammengelegt. etwa alle 15 Jahre generalsaniert
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