The law

The most famous palace station in Britain is New Scotland Yard in London.
For most people the police are the face of the law. They can arrest people in the street, buy they also give information.
We visited a new police station in Lewisham, an area in south-east London.
This is the custody room of the police station. A suspected criminal in being charged with a crime.
Next they take fingerprints to check the person's identity.

next day he went to court. Here three magistrates listen to evidence from The police and witnesses
They then decide if the person is guilty or not guilty.

The evidence that the police collect from a crime scene is analysed in laboratories like this.
The people who work here are called forensic scientists.
Fingerprints are a good way of identifying people but DAN is more reliable.

Each person has got a unique DNA profile.
DNA profiles can be matched on these computers.

The police are the most obvious part of the law in Britain. Their fob is to make sure that people don't break the law and to catch them when they do.