Police van – siren one
The sound of a police van siren. Police vehicles sirens have different sounds which can be used in combinations to provide an…
Police – handcuffs
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About the sound
Handcuffs closed. Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists close together. They comprise two parts, linked together by a chain. Belgian police carry them and use them to prevent suspected criminals from escaping.
The federal police is in charge of both specialized and supralocal law enforcement operations and specialized criminal investigation operations. The force is also tasked with delivering support to the local police forces. The federal police concists of approximately 12,300 personnel members (civilian and operational staff).
Each local police chief is responsible for the execution of local law enforcement policy and ensures the management, organization and distribution of missions in the local police force. We have interviewed a patrol of two officers from the « Brussels west » district.
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Paper-cutting scissors (Slovenia Partisan Printing Shop)
These paper scissors are part of the Slovenia Printing Shop, which was the largest and best equipped Partisan printing shop in the…
Brewery: wort boiling (4)
Sounds of wort boiling in a copper. The recording was made in the Ursa Maior brewery in Uherce Mineralne (Poland). When wort…
Card catalog
Created in 1958 in Brussels, the Archives and Museum of Literature is a centre for documentation and research of the published heritage…