STRATHCLYDE POLICE HEADQUARTERS

Kenneth Maclntyre When I saw Strathclyde Police Headquarters I was surprised because it was bigger than I thought. It was very neat and tidy. There were stairs leading up and down. We went with Angus Kennedy to his office. His office was medium-sized with ladies outside. One would be his secretary and the others would have been typists. He took our coats and took us upstairs to have our lunch.

I had pie, chips and beans and after that I had ice-cream. Once we had our lunch we had to go to a special room with a special door. Angus pressed the button. If I had done it it wouldn't have worked because it has a special code.

When the door opened we went up to the control room where they picked up all the 999 calls and the other calls. It is all done by computers. We got our photos taken for the Oban Times. We were shown how everything worked. Then we were taken downstairs to where you get finger prints taken. We were given magnifying glasses and real finger prints from real crimes. We were asked if we wanted our finger prints taken and we said yes. I was first. After all of our finger prints were taken we went back to Angus' office. Angus gave us some things and we all said thank-you.