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Coming up:

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On the case, on the ground...

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-Oh,

-BLEEP!

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Make it stop!

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..bottoms up in the sticks...

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HE GASPS

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HE COUGHS

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..pulling over and pulling shapes.

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-Team!

-BOOM!

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When the scum of Scotland kicks off,

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the Scottish police force are the crack cops

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who kick in and kick it out.

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Whoo!

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This is...Scot Squad!

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In the Caledonian crime-fighting community,

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one single super man heads up the MacJustice League -

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Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson.

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Vladimir Putin is First Minister of this country - it's not me to blame.

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In the ding-dong between right and wrong, he rights the wrongs

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and fights for the rights of the right, and he ain't wrong.

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I'll tell you something that gets my goat,

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it's the glorification of the bad guy. You know?

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The whole "Bonnie and Clyde" ethos, the antihero, you know?

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There's a pub on the high street here called the Burke & Hare.

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Grave-robbers. It's celebrating grave-robbers, you know?

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And what's Edinburgh's iconic image these days?

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When I was a lad, it was Edinburgh Castle, the Forth Bridges,

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something to be proud of.

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What is it now? Trainspotting!

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Got all these skinny, radgey bams running down Princes Street.

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You know, forget Sick Boy and the boys,

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the poster should be the poor wee police officer

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having to rugby tackle the wee radges running out of Boots,

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cos he's off and getting the skag.

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So, that's what I'm proposing.

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Statue of Rebus outside the Oxford Bar, why not?

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Hamish Macbeth up in Plockton.

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And if we must, OK -

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a statue of me in St Andrew's Square.

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Fair enough, I won't stand in your way, but it's just more acclaim,

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more attention, more dignity, more justice.

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Urban cops Jack McLaren and Sarah Fletcher have a duty of care

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to protect the city's party animals.

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What's going on, big boy?

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When a hot new nightspot pops up, these cops rock up to suss it out

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and give the thumbs up from the law's ultimate bouncers.

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In a city with a large nightlife community,

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it's important for us to work closely with the club owners.

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There was a new club had opened,

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it had been refurbished, under new management.

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-Oh!

-Oh, hiya, how are you doing?

-Hiya, officers.

-Hiya.

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We just visited it, let ourselves be known to the guy.

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Do you want to show us around?

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Yeah, no problem at all. Come on and I'll show you.

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Yous aren't wearing trainers, so that's superb.

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As you can see here, we've got a grand selection of drinks.

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Are yous wanting a drink at all?

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-Not on duty. Not on duty.

-Are you sure?

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You look like a man that likes a slippery nipple there, no?

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I do, but it's no drink.

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THEY LAUGH

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-Excellent.

-There's been no problems so far?

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No problems at all. It's been rammed every night.

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We're kind of doing kind of, like, a promotion,

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with competitions and stuff. You know?

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We've got, like, lap dancing competitions. A bit of fun.

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-Pole dancing competitions, you know?

-That's fantastic.

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-Are you single?

-At the moment? Well, not really, no.

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-That's just the best.

-I've got kind of...my fingers in many pies.

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-Like, literally.

-Aye.

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Can I check your fire escapes?

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And you two can get to know each other a bit better,

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maybe swap numbers, and...

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Yeah, certainly. The fire escape is down this way.

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My partner, Sarah, went to check fire exits

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and have a look round the building to see what else had changed,

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and he gave me a tour of the VIP area.

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-VIP. Very Important Policeman, mate. That could be you.

-Aye, very good.

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-That could be you.

-Aye, it could as well. It's brilliant.

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-It's not bad.

-This is where all the tidy lassies come?

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If you want them in here, my man, that's what we'll get.

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Is that for the football?

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Aye, that's where we watch football. Aye. Aye.

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Oh, there you go. There's a wee insight

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into the extras that you get in this room, Jack. That's...

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-That's Sarah.

-That's your partner, my man. Yeah.

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-Is that the toilet?

-Oh, aye, it's the toilet.

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-That's a wee bit of extras, man.

-You can't do that!

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It's what the punters want. It's...

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That's illegal. You cannot film a toilet.

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-Oh, come on, it's a good laugh.

-Sarah, no!

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-Sarah, don't drop your kecks!

-Come on!

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Sarah, don't drop your kecks!

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Come on. Surely, she's your partner -

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you've seen her from that angle before.

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No! I saw it! I saw that!

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-Sarah, I saw it!

-It's just...

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No! No, that is wrong on every level.

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-That's all...

-Sarah... Please, get this off!

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You cannae do that!

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Surely, she's your partner - you've seen that before.

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-It's a good laugh.

-No, she's a work partner.

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You, my friend, are under arrest, you Very Important Pervert.

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Afterwards, Jack told me the situation,

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that the club owner had put in a CCTV inside the female cubicle.

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Everything seems to be fine with the fire escapes.

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Yep, everything's fine. We're just going to take him down the station.

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-What's going on?

-Er...

-Jack, what's wrong?

-Oh...

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-Sorry, my hands are wet.

-Aye. Yep. Yep. They are.

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Yeah, definitely are. So we know that. Let's go.

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-VOICEOVER:

-It's not often we're caught with our pants down,

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but, in this case, well, he was caught with, well, my pants down.

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I don't understand what I've done wrong.

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I'm just pleased that scum like that, due to our intervention,

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can't run a club any more.

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And I was happy to take one for the team.

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Well, do one for the team.

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When the public need the police,

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long-serving desk sergeant Karen Ann Millar

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is the go-to cop the public go to.

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Service with a smile is something that I really aspire to,

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and I like to think that my smile is the first thing

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that welcomes someone into the station.

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Officer Karen! Officer Karen!

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All right, Officer Karen?

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-Are you all right there?

-Aye, I'm all right.

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Officer Karen, look what I found in a skip!

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Whoa, Bobby. You need to take that out.

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-I found it in a skip!

-You need to go.

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-Sawdust.

-Outside, right now.

-Sand!

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-Go, go, go!

-Have you got milk? Milk?!

-Just go, go, go!

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Right, OK. See you. OK, sorry, Officer Karen.

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-Go faster!

-FIREWORKS WHISTLE AND POP

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Approachability is my byword, my watch word,

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and sometimes my failing.

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Officer Karen...

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..I think I've found some evidence.

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Okie dokie, Bobby, give me a second to get my special pad.

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There's a good chance it's just somebody's left something behind,

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but where did you run across it?

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No, somebody ditched it in a hedge down the canal when I was walking.

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I'm sure it'll be nothing. It'll...

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Oh...

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Well done, Bobby.

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OK, you just need to bear with me a couple of minutes,

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I just need to go and get a couple of bits of kit, OK?

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You just stay there for me, and just make sure nobody touches it, OK?

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I just need to get an evidence bag.

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MUFFLED BANG

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HE SPLUTTERS

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Right.

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What did you do, Bobby?

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I never done nothing.

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-You opened the bag, didn't you, Bobby?

-Yeah.

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I'm not even going to lie to you, Officer Karen.

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You set off the dye pack.

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I set off the what?

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The dye pack. These bags have dye packs in them.

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Why?

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So when someone who's not meant to open the bag

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opens the bag, they get covered in dye,

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and it makes it really easy for us to find the person that did it

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because the dye doesn't go away for a couple of weeks.

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A couple of weeks?! Are you kidding me on?

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I'm going to be cutting about like a fat Smurf

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for a couple of weeks?

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I'm sorry, Bobby.

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Oh, my God.

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I look like a really bad Braveheart.

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Just accept the blueness of your life for the next two weeks.

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-We've both learned a valuable lesson here today, Bobby.

-Yeah.

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When I tell you not to open a bag, you don't touch the bag.

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Right. I can see where you're coming from on that one.

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-Yeah.

-And I'm going to go now.

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-DOOR BANGS OPEN

-See you later, Officer Karen!

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-WEARILY:

-See you later, Bobby.

-Bye!

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So we're asking the public, who are our friend, to be aware.

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You know, we want the public to report something to us.

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Even if that something turns out to be nothing, still report it.

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You know? So we've got a campaign behind that.

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Here's some of the choices.

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"Do something about nothing."

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Um...

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I'm not convinced about that one. Little bit confusing.

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Er, "Don't do nothing about something."

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What do you think about that one? I think it...

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I know, I agree, it's a wee bit...

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I think it's the double negative that worries me about that one.

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"Make nothing happen."

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I saw you - instantly, you sunk. It's too downbeat, isn't it?

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Yeah.

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"Do nothing together."

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I like "Do nothing together," I'll tell you. Um...

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But I'm thinking, I don't know, is it a wee bit rom-commy?

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It kind of smells of Sandra Bullock, that one, doesn't it?

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So we won't have that one.

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I think this is the boy for me, frontrunner certainly.

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"Watch out for nothing."

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Because it keeps the "be aware, be alert",

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but also has the keyword of "nothing",

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because, currently, that's what the Scottish Police Force stands for -

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nothing.

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And I stand, front and centre, behind nothing.

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When Scotland sees something, Scotland must say something...

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Police emergency, how can I be of assistance?

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..and the someone they say it to is Maggie LeBeau.

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It's just, if I was kidnapped,

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I think I'd be quite sure that I had been kidnapped.

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Speaking to anyone and everyone,

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sorting through everything,

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for something.

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Very often, the public don't know the correct terms

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for crimes that they're trying to report.

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So, sometimes, you get someone reporting a thing

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which is not the thing that they think they're reporting.

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No, a hit-and-run is very serious, sir.

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You've done the right thing to call 999.

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We're going to have a unit with you very shortly.

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In the meantime, could you give me

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a description of the vehicle that was involved?

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OK, sir. Um...

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So, a hit-and-run is when someone's hit by a car

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and then the driver flees the scene,

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but a young lad knocking on your door and then running away

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is what we'd call chappy.

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Could you appreciate the difference there?

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Out in the country... COW MOOS

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..Charlie McIntosh and Jane Mackay

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are the fearless Wyatt Earps of the wild.

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I'm being chased by a tractor!

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They go off the beaten track to follow the moonshine trail.

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Anyone down there?

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There's swallies in them there valleys.

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This is an actual distillery.

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-A what?

-This is a distillery.

-It doesn't look much like a distillery.

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No, there's a group of guys,

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they used to come up here from the village,

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and they were distilling their own moonshine.

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Yeah, they'd bottle it up. See, all these, and they'd make it,

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they'd ferment anything they can find -

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cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, turnips, beetroot -

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mash it all together, ferments, bottle it up.

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Like a smoothie?

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-HE PUFFS

-Well, a vicious smoothie.

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You know, one that'll blow your head off.

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-Hang on.

-What are you doing?

-I'm just going to have a wee look.

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No, it's really... Honestly, it's quite, quite severe.

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-Do you want a hit?

-I wouldn't. No, well, we're on duty, so...

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-I know, but we need to know that's definitely alcohol...

-Yeah.

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-..before we go looking for people.

-Ah, it's not my first...

-Go on.

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-..moonshine.

-It's just a wee bit.

-It's just a wee bit.

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-OK...

-You're not scared, are you, Charlie?

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HE SCOFFS

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"Moonshine Charlie", that'll be your new name.

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Yes. OK.

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-JANE LAUGHS

-Mmm.

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Charlie, you don't need to actually... No, don't, er...

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HE GASPS

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HE COUGHS

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-Oh, boy...

-Strong?

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-Farah, that is...

-More?

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Occasionally, you have to take a shot in the line of duty,

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and Charlie did that.

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You're not going to have a wee...?

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-I'm on duty, I don't drink.

-What?!

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-Sorry.

-Oh, hey...

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-SHE CHUCKLES

-Jane...

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We left the bunker where we'd found the home-brew...

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-SLURRING:

-Feeling a wee bit woozy, if I'm being completely honest.

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Oh, Charlie, come on. Hang on...

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-VOICEOVER:

-..and we stumbled across four postal workers

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who were lying unconscious outside.

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Charlie?

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Char...? Charlie!

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Charlie!

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Charlie was also unconscious.

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I nearly had to give him mouth-to-mouth,

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but I called for an ambulance,

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and, luckily, the paramedics arrived very quickly

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-so it didn't need to come to that.

-Yeah...

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-Charlie.

-Jane, Jane, Jane...

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-That is my name.

-# Jane, Jane, Jane! #

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The home-brew stuff, you have to understand,

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is particularly potent, and, yes, I fell victim to the devil drink.

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He's got blue hands!

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It hit me hard.

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I don't really remember what happened afterwards. I just...

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Hopefully, didn't embarrass myself or humiliate myself in any way.

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Not at all. Not at all.

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It's a kissing gate.

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Nope.

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-HE MAKES KISSING SOUNDS

-Nope.

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You booze, you lose...

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..your dignity, opportunities,

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and quite a lot of your bladder, unfortunately.

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Jane... Jane, I love you!

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Hey...

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Oh, it's like the TARDIS.

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A lot of people are claiming to be the fourth emergency service.

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You know, you've got your AA, the coastguard claim it's them.

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Honestly, I know a few stoners who claim that Domino's delivery pizza

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is the fourth emergency service, you know?

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Um, I guess it's all context. Isn't it?

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I mean, if you're drowning,

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then I guess the coastguard becomes the first emergency service.

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Although, you know, just so you know, we can do that too.

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We can be there for you. You know, we've got frogmen. So...

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I think, more important debate is what's your one, two, three?

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Now, taking them... Obviously, the police is one. We know that.

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Firemen, now, listen, if you're going to praise the firemen,

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you get behind me in the queue, OK?

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Cos those boys are the bravest boys you're going to meet,

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but they don't work that often, let's be...

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let's be honest about it.

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It's a lot of cleaning that van, a lot of ping-pong.

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We've got a phrase in this game -

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"show me a fireman that isn't good at Scrabble", you know what I mean?

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That's the downside of those boys. Then you've got your ambulance.

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Brilliant boys. First responders, OK?

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That's you onto the scene first. When we arrive on the scene,

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and go, "What happened here? Did the big bam hit the wee bam?"

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they go, "Oh, no, it's nothing. We just treat...

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"They're all humans to us." Imagine if we did that in court.

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"Oh, it doesn't matter, we're all born equal."

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We're not going to get anywhere.

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So, weighing it all up, I would say, first place, police,

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second place, police,

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third place, fire and ambulance jointly.

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Virtual crime needs a real crime-fighter.

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Archie Pepper, cyberspace bam hunter.

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I've been made Employee Of The Month.

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Again.

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Who else are you going to pick?

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They should have given it to the computer system, really.

0:14:340:14:36

That's... It does all the work.

0:14:360:14:38

Archie's doing right by swiping right on the nation's wrong'uns.

0:14:380:14:43

Sometimes, for more serious crimes,

0:14:430:14:45

the perpetrators, they want to go underground.

0:14:450:14:48

Now, that obviously makes it more difficult for me,

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but not impossible.

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I'd say the most successful method

0:14:510:14:54

is to pose as someone on a dating website or app,

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cos you might be underground, but you still want to have sex, and...

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..though I am not going to have sex with you,

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I can pretend to be someone

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who can pretend to want to have sex with you.

0:15:090:15:12

I don't have to have sex with them.

0:15:120:15:14

Right? I want to make that very clear.

0:15:140:15:17

I'm still an investigator. I never leave the desk.

0:15:170:15:19

This is me creating my online dating profile to lure Tony Peterson,

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the local gang kingpin.

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The way I do that, usually just pick an attractive woman.

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I don't know if you've looked on the internet -

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there's quite a few on there.

0:15:340:15:36

I'm going for this one. Classic bikini shot.

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Doesn't really matter if it's, like, a professionally-taken picture.

0:15:390:15:42

They don't seem to realise the difference between...

0:15:420:15:44

I mean, I've been to East Kilbride and I've not seen her.

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So name? Go..."Emma".

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Three of my ex-girlfriends are called Emma.

0:15:520:15:54

You can read into that what you want.

0:15:540:15:57

Pick an age. Er, 26?

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Appeals across the board -

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18-years-olds think they've got a chance.

0:16:010:16:02

They don't, but... Well, they do with her, cos it's me.

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Interests? Interests is good to keep vague.

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Basically, people think they've got a connection.

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Like, if you say, "I like going to the cinema" -

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"I like going to the cinema!"

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Like, everyone likes going to the cinema, mate.

0:16:120:16:14

There he is, Tony Peterson.

0:16:160:16:18

"You look hot, baby."

0:16:180:16:19

Return the flirting. Um...

0:16:200:16:23

I don't even bother with words most of the time, it's a waste of energy.

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I just... Emojis. The non-thinking man's words.

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Let's just do four random emojis.

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Straightaway, "Want to go out?"

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Yes, I do, Tony.

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I do want to go out with you, but not the way you think, sir.

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Maybe... You just basically pick a location for the date.

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Cinema would be great.

0:16:420:16:43

And then I'll just send the officers round there,

0:16:430:16:45

handcuff the guy, in the jail.

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And he certainly won't see Emma88.

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You are not going to Nando's, Tony.

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In the Force, there's no better personification of dedication

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than long-standing Volunteer Officer Ken Beattie.

0:17:000:17:03

This...! Police! Argh! This is a bust!

0:17:030:17:08

Ken is still chasing his dream

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of one day becoming an actual police constable.

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At this stage, I've lost count of the amount of times I've applied.

0:17:140:17:18

You know, um... Got a lot of rejection over the years, but...

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..it's my dream,

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so I've always kept going with it.

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Also, I applied to work at Bargain Warehouse just as a backup.

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"Thank you for attending the recent interview for Store Assistant.

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"Regret to inform you that, after careful consideration,

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"you're no longer being considered."

0:17:380:17:40

Bargain Warehouse didn't want me.

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Andrew Turley works at that Bargain Warehouse,

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and let me tell you about Andrew Turley,

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OK? He once took a jobbie in the playground.

0:17:540:17:57

His mum eats soap.

0:17:570:17:58

Now he's serving people and I can't.

0:17:580:18:00

Very next day, I received my letter from the police.

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And I was... Opened it, and I thought,

0:18:080:18:10

"If Bargain Warehouse don't want me,

0:18:100:18:12

"there's no way the police want me."

0:18:120:18:14

But they did! Ha-ha!

0:18:140:18:16

I'm a real policeman!

0:18:160:18:18

Finally! Eh?!

0:18:180:18:20

Police Constable Ken Beattie.

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Ever since I was a wee boy,

0:18:280:18:30

all I ever wanted was to be a real policeman...

0:18:300:18:32

..and now I am one.

0:18:340:18:35

HE SNIFFS

0:18:350:18:37

Morning, Hamish.

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So, now I'm on two years probationary.

0:18:390:18:41

How do I forward it? Do you just come over here, or...?

0:18:410:18:44

Er, no. Just press transfer.

0:18:440:18:46

Transfer.

0:18:460:18:47

You've got an image in your mind

0:18:470:18:49

of what you think it's going to be like.

0:18:490:18:51

And how do you put it on hold, Hamish? Is there a...?

0:18:510:18:54

-Sorry.

-You just hit hold.

0:18:540:18:55

But it's even a million times better than that.

0:18:550:18:58

-Hold, transfer...

-DISCONNECT TONE

0:18:580:19:01

..and then I can...

0:19:010:19:03

I've not pressed hold.

0:19:030:19:04

Hello?

0:19:050:19:06

You know, and essentially what I'm doing now,

0:19:060:19:08

I'm just like a volunteer officer.

0:19:080:19:10

Excuse me, young lady.

0:19:100:19:12

Do you mind putting that in the bin, please?

0:19:120:19:13

Except I actually get paid, and people listen to me.

0:19:130:19:16

This was my dream job, and it always has been.

0:19:180:19:22

I-I can't tell you how happy it makes me, you know?

0:19:220:19:24

I run into work, skipping and jumping.

0:19:240:19:27

Not literally, because that would look weird,

0:19:270:19:30

a real policeman skipping into work.

0:19:300:19:33

But every day, in my head...

0:19:340:19:36

..I am skipping.

0:19:380:19:40

When collecting clues to crack the toughest cases,

0:19:410:19:45

the Scottish Police Force counts on the detectives

0:19:450:19:48

of its Criminal Investigation Department.

0:19:480:19:51

-I'm DC Squire.

-I'm DC McGill.

0:19:510:19:53

These sleuths unearth the truths.

0:19:530:19:56

-Is that the McGann case files?

-That's them, yeah.

-Thanks.

0:19:560:19:58

He never looks at me.

0:19:580:20:00

And as DC Andrea McGill is learning from her partner, Megan Squire,

0:20:000:20:05

it's a steep learning curve as you wise up to being streetwise.

0:20:050:20:10

I think what I've learned from DC Squire can't actually be taught.

0:20:100:20:13

It's something that I think you learn on the job,

0:20:130:20:15

and that's people skills.

0:20:150:20:16

I'm just going to record the interview

0:20:160:20:18

for the purpose of the tape.

0:20:180:20:20

Just to remind you once more, you are under caution.

0:20:200:20:22

This suspect was brought in, he was found at a raid, from...

0:20:220:20:25

A lot of stolen goods were found at this warehouse raid.

0:20:250:20:28

DC Squire isn't here at the moment,

0:20:280:20:30

so I'm just going to start the interview.

0:20:300:20:32

Unfortunately, I was actually looking at evidence from that raid,

0:20:320:20:34

and McGill had to take the questioning herself.

0:20:340:20:37

Could I please take your full name?

0:20:370:20:39

-RAPIDLY:

-Col'n Bert'm.

0:20:390:20:40

Sorry, what?

0:20:410:20:43

I says to you - Col'n Bert'm.

0:20:430:20:45

I couldn't understand a word he said.

0:20:450:20:47

-Col'n Bert'm.

-I'm getting...

0:20:470:20:50

Col'n Bert'm.

0:20:500:20:51

To be fair, McGill was very much up against it, you know?

0:20:510:20:54

I managed to get his first name.

0:20:540:20:56

Colin... Colin Bear?

0:20:560:20:57

Bear?! No, I'm a Cel'ic man. Cel'ic man.

0:20:570:21:00

Hail, hail! Cel'ic man.

0:21:000:21:02

Let's... Let's just go with Colin for now.

0:21:020:21:03

The riverside warehouse on the 19th of March, can I just ask,

0:21:030:21:06

first of all, what you were doing there?

0:21:060:21:08

'S'like I says, 's'like I says to 'em,

0:21:080:21:10

all right, I wun't e'en mean'ta be there la'er.

0:21:100:21:12

It was th' start o' it. I was only mean'ta be at th' star', right?

0:21:120:21:15

but they's all shoutin' in the text an' all.

0:21:150:21:17

It wasnae a text - you know that WhatsApp?

0:21:170:21:19

-This was like...high-level bam talk.

-Totally.

-It was full-on.

0:21:190:21:22

SHE GABBLES INCOHERENTLY

0:21:220:21:25

-WhatsApp, says like that...

-Colin, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

0:21:250:21:28

-I was mean'ta be workin'...

-I'm going to need to stop you.

0:21:280:21:30

Can we just start...? Just a little bit slower?

0:21:300:21:32

I'm literally focusing right in on those lips?

0:21:320:21:34

-Just start one more time.

-Right. Here's the thing, right?

0:21:340:21:36

Thing is...can make it. Sa'urdays maist of the time...

0:21:360:21:39

And my wee dug, know what I mean?

0:21:390:21:41

Wee dug, you know, like a wee Shih-Tzu.

0:21:410:21:43

I don't... Have you ever played charades? Charades?

0:21:440:21:48

It's like you know how you do the film or the book, or the...

0:21:480:21:51

Yeah, need to do two syllables like that.

0:21:510:21:53

-Well, you do...

-Wee syllable, like that.

-Aye. You could.

0:21:530:21:55

My uncle can't do that, he's a junkie.

0:21:550:21:57

I tried blinking, I tried writing it down, I tried charades.

0:21:570:22:00

At one point, I even got him to draw, you know, like, a picture,

0:22:000:22:03

like they did on Art Attack, but, unfortunately,

0:22:030:22:06

I couldn't get any further.

0:22:060:22:07

Hi, there. For the benefit of the tape,

0:22:070:22:09

joining the interview is myself, DC Squire.

0:22:090:22:11

-Squire, I've had...

-With your hands.

0:22:110:22:14

I've had a wee... We've had a wee bit of a...

0:22:140:22:15

What's the matter? You look rattled.

0:22:150:22:17

I'm absolutely... I'm sweating buckets.

0:22:170:22:19

He was pretty indecipherable, to be honest.

0:22:190:22:21

It was pretty difficult, even for me,

0:22:210:22:23

and I'm used to doing it all the time. I'm used to the bam talk.

0:22:230:22:25

Right, it's OK. So what's his name? Let's get started.

0:22:250:22:28

-Col'n Bert'm.

-I've got Colin.

0:22:280:22:29

Colin Bertram.

0:22:290:22:30

Mm-hm. Age?

0:22:300:22:32

HE MUTTERS

0:22:320:22:33

25. Smashing.

0:22:330:22:35

Now, you know why you're here, Mr Bertram?

0:22:350:22:37

You've got this down haven't you, at least?

0:22:370:22:38

-I couldn't get further than his name.

-Well,

0:22:380:22:40

I've been looking at the stolen goods

0:22:400:22:42

-we retrieved from the raid that we were at.

-Like,

0:22:420:22:44

nothin' do wi' me. Thought it was jus' cash in haun'.

0:22:440:22:47

That's what we thought. So we'll just put that down here.

0:22:470:22:49

How are you getting any of this?

0:22:490:22:51

It's just the bam chat. Just tune your ear in.

0:22:510:22:53

There is a wee bit of reputation that goes around the station -

0:22:530:22:55

she is called the Bam-Whisperer.

0:22:550:22:57

It's like a sixth sense, almost.

0:22:570:22:59

And who else? Could you give us names of your accomplices?

0:22:590:23:01

-Well, my big pal, wi' the WhatsApp, my big pal.

-We know him.

0:23:010:23:05

-His bra'r, Big Marco...

-Who?

-Big Marco.

-Oh, Big Marco.

0:23:050:23:08

-How are you getting anything?

-It's his bra'r.

-It's...

0:23:080:23:10

-It's his bra'r.

-His bra'r.

-His bra'r.

0:23:100:23:12

-It's his bra'r.

-His bra'r.

0:23:120:23:13

-His what?

-His bra'r. Do that. Bra'r.

-Bra'r?

0:23:130:23:15

Yeah, it's all about learning, it's all about growing,

0:23:150:23:17

and we learn the lingo.

0:23:170:23:19

It's like when you go to Spain on holiday,

0:23:190:23:21

you do a wee bit of homework,

0:23:210:23:22

you learn a wee bit of the local lingo, you know?

0:23:220:23:24

Your gracias, your buenos noches.

0:23:240:23:26

So we learn the Scottish chat.

0:23:260:23:27

All right, troops, what's happening?

0:23:270:23:29

And when they start to bam us up, we just bang them up.

0:23:290:23:33

On the road to hell,

0:23:340:23:36

traffic officers Hugh McKirdy and Surjit Singh

0:23:360:23:39

are a combination made in heaven.

0:23:390:23:42

I think we're a cracking team together.

0:23:420:23:44

I would actually compare us a wee bit to a McFlurry.

0:23:440:23:47

You know, I'm the, kind of softer, sweeter, smoother,

0:23:470:23:49

ice cream part - he's the biscuit bit, the rough, tough,

0:23:490:23:51

and harder bit, and once they're mixed together, it's absolutely...

0:23:510:23:54

what a combination. Beautiful.

0:23:540:23:56

And these ice-cool cops get whipped up

0:23:560:23:59

when they see a driver has whipped out his mobile phone.

0:23:590:24:03

Still on it, look.

0:24:030:24:04

Sort him out.

0:24:040:24:05

My colleague, PC Hugh McKirdy here,

0:24:050:24:07

went out to talk to the young gentleman.

0:24:070:24:09

Right, sir, I'm going to need to get you to come out of the car.

0:24:090:24:11

I know, I know, I know, but, listen, I'm just on hold.

0:24:110:24:13

I'm just waiting to see if I'm going to be on the radio.

0:24:130:24:16

I don't care.

0:24:160:24:17

The driver was reluctant to put his phone down.

0:24:170:24:19

It turns out he was waiting to get on the Jeremy B £200 quiz,

0:24:190:24:22

and everybody and their dog's talking about it,

0:24:220:24:25

and I've actually tried myself to get through and do the quiz.

0:24:250:24:28

JEREMY B: Today's lucky caller is Bruce.

0:24:280:24:29

Let's hear the first legend.

0:24:290:24:31

MUSIC: We Like To Party by The Vengaboys

0:24:310:24:35

What are you doing?

0:24:350:24:36

It's only Jeremy B, ScotiaFM, for the £200.

0:24:360:24:38

JEREMY B: Name the song and the act.

0:24:380:24:40

We Like To Party (The Vengabus) by the Vengaboys.

0:24:400:24:43

-Correct.

-Yes!

-Well done, mate.

0:24:430:24:45

Naturally, when the questions began to be asked,

0:24:450:24:48

we were there, and we provided our knowledge on music.

0:24:480:24:52

-# Come on, Barbie, let's go party

-Ah, ah, ah, yeah

0:24:520:24:55

# I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world

0:24:550:24:59

# Life is plastic... #

0:24:590:25:01

JEREMY B: What was the name of the Scandinavian pop combo's

0:25:010:25:04

number one follow-up single?

0:25:040:25:07

-Oh, um...

-Doctor Jones.

0:25:070:25:08

Doctor Jones!

0:25:080:25:10

Is the correct answer!

0:25:100:25:11

Yes!

0:25:110:25:12

Let's make things a tiny bit trickier.

0:25:120:25:15

Listen to this.

0:25:150:25:16

MUSIC: Fight The Power by Public Enemy

0:25:160:25:19

# Our freedom of speech is freedom or death

0:25:190:25:21

# We've got to fight the power... #

0:25:210:25:23

Is this your jam?

0:25:230:25:24

# Fight the power! #

0:25:240:25:26

Are you into all that?

0:25:260:25:27

Fight the power now and again. Yeah.

0:25:270:25:29

Which member of Public Enemy is famous for performing onstage

0:25:290:25:32

with a great big clock around his neck?

0:25:320:25:35

-Flava Flav.

-Flava Flav!

-I don't know, is it?

0:25:350:25:38

That's right!

0:25:380:25:39

Whoa-ho! What are you all about?

0:25:390:25:40

You knew some of the answers, I knew some of the answers.

0:25:400:25:43

# I made up my mind... #

0:25:430:25:44

She had a really high beehive and that in the video.

0:25:440:25:46

A bit of a team effort.

0:25:480:25:49

1997.

0:25:490:25:50

Absolutely right!

0:25:500:25:51

MUSIC: American Idiot by Green Day

0:25:510:25:53

# Can't live... #

0:25:540:25:57

-It's a sad one, this.

-Aye, it is. It is a sad song.

0:25:570:26:00

# Can't live any more... #

0:26:000:26:01

DANCE MUSIC PLAYS

0:26:010:26:04

-Can you do that?

-No. He looks like he's having a seizure.

0:26:090:26:12

-Calvin Harris.

-Calvin Harris.

0:26:150:26:17

That is the one.

0:26:170:26:19

It's "I Stop It, You Sing It".

0:26:190:26:21

# Anybody find me... #

0:26:210:26:27

# Somebody to lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ove! #

0:26:270:26:34

Well done! You are indeed a pop legend.

0:26:340:26:38

THEY CHEER

0:26:380:26:39

Well done. Well done.

0:26:390:26:41

A prize of 200 smackeroonies.

0:26:410:26:43

Yes, well done.

0:26:430:26:45

He actually won the £200.

0:26:450:26:46

-Congratulations. Congratulations.

-Oh, wow, thank you.

0:26:460:26:49

Congratulations, old boy.

0:26:490:26:50

Actually, we were delighted for the guy.

0:26:500:26:51

That's what people like to see, is the police helping the community,

0:26:510:26:54

-and that's what it was, it was unity in the community.

-There you go.

0:26:540:26:57

-Unity in the community. Team!

-Aye, indeed. Team!

-Boom!

-Boom!

0:26:570:27:00

-I need to get you in the back of the car.

-Aye.

-How?

0:27:000:27:03

As soon as the show was over, we were back to business.

0:27:030:27:07

-Lovely moment, but we need to go discuss it.

-Yeah, please.

0:27:070:27:09

Oh, you're joking.

0:27:090:27:10

And he had his day in court, and, at the end of the day,

0:27:100:27:13

it all balanced out because his fine was £200.

0:27:130:27:17

I've got in my hand here, a letter from a human rights campaigner.

0:27:170:27:20

And, er... Objecting to the force's use of Tasers

0:27:200:27:23

in the fight against crime. There you go, right there.

0:27:230:27:26

Well, I'm afraid the Taser is an integral part of the police force.

0:27:260:27:30

But, no, they're very vocal.

0:27:300:27:32

"We don't like this, human rights," etc, etc, you know?

0:27:320:27:36

I tell you, they're not so vocal when someone breaks into their place

0:27:360:27:39

and takes a dump in their Aga.

0:27:390:27:41

What you've got to do with these people,

0:27:410:27:42

you've got to call their bluff.

0:27:420:27:44

I'm about to be tasered, to prove once and for all

0:27:440:27:47

that being tasered is safe, and the pain is brief and momentary.

0:27:470:27:52

In your own time.

0:27:540:27:55

-ELECTRICAL ZAPPING

-Argh, you

-BLEEP!

0:27:560:27:59

-Ow!

-BLEEP!

0:27:590:28:01

-Argh! Argh!

-BLEEP!

0:28:010:28:04

-Oh,

-BLEEP!

0:28:040:28:06

-Oh, my

-BLEEP!

-My

-BLEEP's

-on fire!

0:28:060:28:10

Make it stop! Make it stop!

0:28:100:28:12

-BREATHLESSLY:

-Right, I hope that's...

0:28:120:28:15

..finally put this nonsense to bed.

0:28:150:28:17

It's perfectly safe, getting tasered.

0:28:180:28:22

Still a wee bit wobbly. I think it's low blood sugar more than anything.

0:28:220:28:25

Jean?

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Jean, have you still got the Christmas Quality Street?

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