Scotland Yard
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| - | :''[[gory death scene]], [[freak accident]]'' | + | The headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force. |
| - | :[[Raymond Chandler]]'s stories ''[[I'll Be Waiting]]'', ''[[The Bronze Door]]'' and ''[[Professor Bingo's Snuff]]'' all feature [[unnatural death]]s and [[investigator]]s (a [[hotel detective]], [[Scotland Yard]] and [[California]] local police, respectively), but the emphasis is not on the investigation of the deaths." --[[Sholem Stein]] | + | '''Scotland Yard''' or '''New Scotland Yard''', informally known as '''The Yard''' or '''NSY''', is the headquarters of the [[London]] [[Metropolitan Police Service]], responsible for [[police|policing]] [[Greater London]] (excluding the [[City of London]], which is policed by a [[City of London Police|separate force]]). |
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| - | '''Unnatural death''' is a category used by [[coroner]]s and [[vital statistics]] specialists for classifying all human deaths not properly describable as [[death by natural causes]]. Hence it would include events such as: | + | |
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| - | *[[execution]] | + | |
| - | *[[homicide]] | + | |
| - | *[[misadventure]] | + | |
| - | **being attacked by [[insect]]s, [[reptile]]s, [[fish]]es, [[lion]]s, [[tiger]]s, [[bear]]s, [[stingray]]s, or other [[wild animal]]s | + | |
| - | **adverse outcome of [[surgery]] (note that this is not failure of surgery) | + | |
| - | *[[suicide]] | + | |
| - | *[[terrorism]] | + | |
| - | *[[war]] | + | |
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The headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force.
Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard, informally known as The Yard or NSY, is the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (excluding the City of London, which is policed by a separate force).
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