Working for Interpol

A look at the life of a real-life, global crime fighter
你所不知的國際刑警組織 . 一窺真實世界中全球犯罪剋星的生活.

This month Studio Classroom talks to Charles Chang about life as an Interpol agent. Charles is now retired from law enforcement.
SC: What is Interpol?

CC: Interpol is the popular name of the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO).

SC: How is it different from other police organizations?
CC: Sometimes people think that Interpol is some sort of international police force, but it isn't. Its agents arrest people, but they don't chase criminals from country to country. Instead, each ICPO member sets up a central bureau that acts as a window for joint operations and exchanging in formation on criminal activities.
Let's say, for example, that police in Australia are looking for a criminal in Thailand. The Australian police might not know which police agencies they should deal with. They might also experience language barriers. Interpol acts as local contact to help police from different countries overcome those problems.

SC: How did you become involved in Interpol?
CC: Originally, I worked as a police lieutenant of the foreign affairs police. Then in 1982, I passed the detective's test for the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) and was assigned to the Interpol Division. My first task was to attend an ICPO assembly in Paris, France, with the director of Interpol Taipei. That was my first trip abroad.

SC: What was your role?
CC: I was a police captain from 1982 to 1989. My job was basically to investigate criminal cases that involved a second country. Since criminal cases are usually urgent, I spent a lot of time communicating with agencies from other countries. When we received information on a crime, we took the necessary actions. We made a search or made an arrest or referred the case to the prosecutor's office.

SC: How was the Interpol office run on a local level?
CC: When I was involved, international policing was the responsibility of the CIB. There were two sections at Interpol Taipei. The first was a communications section that kept in contact with other communications sections all over the world. The second provided operational support services. Like other police at the CIB, its officers were all detectives selected from other police organizations or recruited from universities. They had to speak and write in a foreign language like English, Japanese, Spanish or French.

SC: What did you find most interesting about your work?
CC: It was very challenging work, but it gave me lots of opportunities to travel and study abroad. Oh, and I was once responsible for escorting two dangerous criminals back from Japan!

Grammar Tips:
Sometimes people think that Interpol is some sort of international police force.
"some sort of " - is a way to say " a kind of "- we say something we are not very clear in the area.
Sometimes people think that Interpol is a kind of international police force.
I had to fill out some sort of paper work before they interviewed me. (many different forms)
A tangyuan is some sort of Chinese dessert dumpling made from rice.

Vocabulary Tips:
agent -someone is work for an organization. (use it before  or after the name) 特务，特工。
*The movie is about a secret agent who lost his memory.失去记忆力的特务。
*Karl worked as an undercover agent for the CIA.
agent - someone is represent someone or some company. 中介，代理人。
*a real estate agent -房地产中介。
*an insurance agent - 保险经纪，代理人。
bureau - is a government investigation place to collect information. 政府单位的局，处，部，或署。
* the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 联邦调查局。
*The U.S Census Bureau. 人口普查局。
bureau - 办事处，联络处。
*Zack is a reporter who works for Newsweek's  Beijing's bureau. 北京办事处。
assembly (n) -聚会，集会。与会的人。
*The charity organization will hold their annual assembly in Los Angeles, California. 年度大会
*The chairman addressed the assembly on the issue of education reform. 针对与会的人发表有关教育方面的改革。
window - allow the light to come in or pass through. here is refer to access of share or exchange information.
window person = go-between. a middle man, that exchange and share information between two parties. 中介，中间人。媒介。介绍人。
bridge - allow to go across from one place to another.
language barrier - face the problem of communicate, don't understand each other because different language in different counties. 语言交流困难的。
lieutenant - a chief position.
arm - refer to "weapon" here.
abroad - go to other country. 出国。
refer - you sent (bring )to someone else. 提交，交付。
referred/ referring 
*The proposal needs to be referred to the department manager. 提案需要提交给部门经理。
*The customer service referred the complaint to the head office. 提交，或交付给。。
refer - 提及，说起。
*Bill referred to his childhood in his speech. 在他的演讲中提到自己的童年时期。
recruit - hire people. "re" - mean "come back" 聘用，招募。
*The company is recruiting college graduates as their new blood.
*Most of our players were recruited from other states. 大部分的球员都是从外州聘雇来的。
escort (v) - go with someone in a vehicle to a place safely. 护送，解送。陪同。
*Richard will escort his younger sister back to London.
*The superstar was escorted by security officers when she arrived at the airport. 在保安人员的护送下。。
escort (n) -护送。
*The singer left the stadium under escort.。。在护送下离开体育场。
role - is a job or position.
investigation - you search to get more information to solve the case.
urgent - things need to be done right away, can't wait, need to be done now. similar as emergency.
important - thing need to be done.
arrest - take someone to jail.
make a search - take time to looking for information on a specific case.
search - looking for something.
involve - you are in it.
case - a situation. Agent deal with many different cases.
communications -getting info and giving out info to talk or exchange information with each other.
operational - all activities to get things done.

Chat Room:
window -窗户。也指 窗口，平台。
ticket window - 卖票的窗口。
cashier window -银行，邮局的柜台窗口。出纳窗口。
Interpol- 中央局。
acts as a window for joint operations and exchanging in formation on criminal activities.窗口，平台.
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contact -接触，联络。
make contact - 首次接触。first time in touch.
make contact with aliens.- 尝试着去与外星人接触，与外星人接触（联络）。
have not had contact with / have not been in contact with - 好久没有和（好朋友）联络了。
stay in contact with / keep in contact with - 保持联系。
Keep in contact with other communications sections all over the world. 与全世界所有的通信（讯）处保持联络。
touch / contact - 接触，联络
Let's keep in touch.-保持联络。（平常的，口语的）
communications sections - 通信处， 通讯部门。


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