Fingerprints were used for the first time in 1901. Scotland Yard started using the Henry Classification System, invented by Sir Edward Richard Henry.
Five years later, in 1906 the New York City Police Department became the first in The United States to use fingerprinting.
London, England See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard
No London. It is where London Metropolitan Police have their headquarters
Scotland Yard was the first headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police Force.
Surveillance can help identify leading criminals, therefore allowing the police to detain them. This is also offputting to other would-be criminals.
Scotland Yard
Just London, but their expertise can be called on by other police forces.
no it has nothing to do with Scotland.Added: Scotland Yard is the name of the street location where the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police used to be located.
Scotland Yard
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Scotland Yard (actually, New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Service. Their mailing address is: Metropolitan Police Service New Scotland Yard Broadway London, United Kingdom SW1H 0BG
New Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service of London. You can contact the Met Police through their website. Link shown below.
The headquarters of the Metropolitan Police is so called because they were originally located in a street called Scotland Yard in London. The street is still there, but the police have moved to bigger premises in the Victoria area. Scotland Yard was originally where the Scottish Ambassador lived in London before the political union of England and Scotland.