John Kettler Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Am watching the excellent British crime show DCI Banks. In it, some sort of higher order police unit referred to as soco or soccer has taken an interest in the case because the local investigations impinge on a huge case involving an MP. So far, the closest I've been able to get to understanding the presumptive acronym is SOCO (Scene Of Crime Officer), somewhat akin to the American CSI. Obviously, that SOCO can't be right, for whatever it is that's intervened has resources Yorkshire's MCU (Major Crimes Unit) can only dream of, to include the ability to magically provide expensive electronic whiteboards despite severe budget problems at the MCU level. Would someone from the U.K. please provide the correct acronym, definition and such so that I can more readily follow what seems to be a significant aspect of British police work? Thanks! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak_43 Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Probably SOCA http://www.soca.gov.uk/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron Jacquinot Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 A. C. A. B. ;-))))) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Speaking of acronyms... Cheka> NKGB>MGB>KGB. The Communists loved to keep their citizens off balance. Smart tactic! The KGB's successors are the secret police agency FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) and the espionage agency SVR. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron Jacquinot Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Speaking of acronyms... Cheka> NKGB>MGB>KGB. The Communists loved to keep their citizens off balance. Smart tactic! The KGB's successors are the secret police agency FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) and the espionage agency SVR. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Speaking of acronyms... Cheka> NKGB>MGB>KGB. The Communists loved to keep their citizens off balance. Smart tactic! The KGB's successors are the secret police agency FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) and the espionage agency SVR. There was also OGPU, which succeeded Cheka. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron Jacquinot Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 There was also OGPU, which succeeded Cheka. Michael СheKa - extremely committee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 Pak_43, That's got to be it, and sch an organization could probably provide electronic whiteboards out of its paperclip budget and not miss it. baron Jacquinot, ? Childress, Was about to mention the OGPU, but Michael Emrys got there first. Putin is indeed ex-KGB, which, I suspect, is rather like being ex-CIA! But all of us missed several more, as detailed in this short but useful compilation. http://www.topspysecrets.com/kgb-history.html Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Cheka (December 1917) GPU (February 1922) OGPU (July 1923) GUGB (July 1934) GUGB (July 1941) NKGB (April 1943) MGB (March 1946) MVD (March 1953) Good, God, there were more acronyms than I realized. I maintain these numerous name changes represented an well conceived strategy designed to demoralize the Russian populace. Change, even nominalistic change, can be exceedingly disconcerting. Lenin and, to far greater degree, Stalin, were a master psychologists, veritable scientists of human nature. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Childress, More bad news, I'm afraid. The discussion left out the NKVD! Note similarity of emblem to later KGB. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 On a more cheerful note, it seems the Russians are adopting NFL football! There's always a silver lining, JK. One team offered Tim Tebow $2 million to play a couple of games. http://rt.com/sport/american-football-moscow-patriots-nfl-977/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 On a more cheerful note, it seems the Russians are adopting NFL football! Ha! The plan is working! First blue jeans and Macdonald's, now pro football. Soon they won't be drinking anything but Budweiser and our takeover will be complete! Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verulam Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Am watching the excellent British crime show DCI Banks. In it, some sort of higher order police unit referred to as soco or soccer has taken an interest in the case because the local investigations impinge on a huge case involving an MP. So far, the closest I've been able to get to understanding the presumptive acronym is SOCO (Scene Of Crime Officer), somewhat akin to the American CSI. Obviously, that SOCO can't be right, for whatever it is that's intervened has resources Yorkshire's MCU (Major Crimes Unit) can only dream of, to include the ability to magically provide expensive electronic whiteboards despite severe budget problems at the MCU level. Would someone from the U.K. please provide the correct acronym, definition and such so that I can more readily follow what seems to be a significant aspect of British police work? Regards, John Kettler SOCA, Serious Organised Crime Agency. HQ in London, but with regional offices. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Ha! The plan is working! First blue jeans and Macdonald's, now pro football. Soon they won't be drinking anything but Budweiser and our takeover will be complete! Baseball, too: But it seems the Russians, damn them, got there first. Wiki: Lapta (Russian: лапта́) is a Russian bat and ball game first known to be played in the 14th century. Mentions of lapta have been found in medieval manuscripts, and balls and bats were found in the 14th-century layers during excavations in Novgorod. It is similar to cricket, brännboll, Rounders, baseball, oină and pesäpallo. According to Russian magazines Little Light and Izvestia, baseball was developed from lapta by 18th century Russian Americans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Seems to me that people have been banging away at balls with sticks forever, or at least for millennia. Let's not forget about golf and lacrosse too. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 According to Russian magazines Little Light and Izvestia, baseball was developed from lapta by 18th century Russian Americans. Those Russians, always claiming they either invented or discovered everything. Tell me, do you think Abner Doubleday sounds like a Russian name? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 You're asking me? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 You're asking me? Why not? Go ahead, take a shot at it. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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