0:00:02 > 0:00:03Today on Crime And Punishment...
0:00:03 > 0:00:05Armed police!
0:00:05 > 0:00:09Armed police are an ever-more frequent sight.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13But, as we'll find out, the police connection with guns goes back a very, very long way.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16And one of the biggest jewel heists in the last 60 years,
0:00:16 > 0:00:19and how the police foiled it.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23One of them said, "I was 12 seconds from payday."
0:00:23 > 0:00:25What he didn't know, of course,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27was he was 12 seconds from nothing.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Here in Birmingham, like our other big cities,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50gun crime on these streets is a growing problem.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54So it's reassuring that police firearms teams are highly trained
0:00:54 > 0:00:57and ready to roll at a moment's notice.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Armed police on the streets - still a very unusual sight in Britain.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09We've been informed that somebody that's wanted
0:01:09 > 0:01:14for recently pointing a firearm at a police officer during an incident
0:01:14 > 0:01:18has recently been arrested by a firearms team on public transport.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24They have been found to be in possession of possibly the firearm that was used in the incident
0:01:24 > 0:01:26and pointed at officers at the time.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28So we're attending the location.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32The two suspects have been arrested, but we need to recover the firearm.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Apart from having threatened a police officer earlier,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40even carrying a gun in a public place is an offence.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48When Steve arrives, another firearms team has already taken possession of the gun.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51It was taken off him while he was on the bus.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53OK, all right.
0:01:53 > 0:01:59- They don't want it forensic...? - No, it was taken off him. - They've been locked up?- Yep.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Louise Proffitt is making sure that the gun is now safe.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04This is an air rifle.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07What we need to do is make sure the weapon's clear
0:02:07 > 0:02:10so we can hand it to an armed officer.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13You're looking for a magazine,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17and you're looking to see whether there's any rounds in the breach.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20I can't look down here, just purely because of the angle it's at,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23so what I'm going to do is, into the ballistics bag I've got here,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25is just fire off the action.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29I'll just put it into fire and fire it off.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33And that, we can see, nothing's come out of the barrel.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38I can put that safe and hand that to an arms officer.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Armed police! Drop the weapon!
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Armed police! Drop the weapon!
0:02:56 > 0:03:01These days, whenever a job comes in to the police which could involve firearms,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03specialist police officers are called in.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09They're part of an elite firearms squad,
0:03:09 > 0:03:14and they're there to protect members of the public, and keep their unarmed colleagues safe.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19It is a dangerous job, in relation to the fact that we're dealing with people with firearms.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26The way that I look at it, I know what I'm dealing with.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I know that when I turn up at an incident,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31the chances are that person may have firearms,
0:03:31 > 0:03:35may be violent towards others and officers,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and that is a consideration.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43The difference being is that when you're on your neighbourhood and you're front line policing,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46you don't necessarily have that information.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52With firearms officers on the road around the clock in armed response vehicles, or ARVs,
0:03:52 > 0:03:56they're rarely more than 10 minutes away from a call for help.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58It wasn't always so.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02A policeman was shot dead and another seriously wounded in Coventry today
0:04:02 > 0:04:05as they tried to stop two bank robbers.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09In 1988, unarmed police officer Gavin Carlton was murdered
0:04:09 > 0:04:12when he was called to an armed robbery at a bank in Coventry.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18He was the 17th unarmed officer to be killed that decade,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21and his violent death helped to bring about a massive change
0:04:21 > 0:04:24in the way firearms policing was organised.
0:04:24 > 0:04:30No longer would unarmed police be sent to face criminals with guns without armed protection.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32The training officers undergo nowadays
0:04:32 > 0:04:35compared with that from 30 to 40 years ago is worlds apart.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40It's fair to say that they're some of the most highly trained officers in the country.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Training to become an ARV officer can last up to nine to ten weeks,
0:04:50 > 0:04:55and beyond that there's continual refresher training, whereas previously, it was very minimal.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59The level of a couple of hours maybe, a couple of days per year.
0:05:00 > 0:05:07Gavin Carlton's death came just two years after another tragic incident in the West Midlands.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14A five-year-old boy dies in a house in Birmingham,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17shot by a bullet from a policeman's gun.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21West Midlands police say the shooting was a tragic accident,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23with an officer's gun going off by mistake.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28Officers had gone there, apparently to arrest the dead boy's father.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32The boy, John Shorthouse, was shot in the chest and died before reaching hospital.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35As a police officer searched under a bed,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37he rested his gun hand on top of the bedclothes.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41The gun went off, and the result was disastrous.
0:05:41 > 0:05:47An appalling tragedy. One of the main reasons that the firearms units have developed in the way they have.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52The organisational of firearms policing underwent a complete overhaul.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57It's now all done through a specialist unit.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Guns that 50 years ago would have been kept in a locked cabinet on a police station wall
0:06:01 > 0:06:07are all housed in a special armoury, and rigorously checked in and out.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14Louise Proffitt is one of five women in West Midlands Police firearms unit.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18When she joined the force 16 years ago, she knew nothing about guns.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22It took an open day aimed especially at women officers
0:06:22 > 0:06:24to get her interest.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27We were able to shoot the weapons, see how we felt about that,
0:06:27 > 0:06:31because a lot of us, the only time we've ever seen a gun is on TV.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36And then we did some judgmental shooting,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39the thing that we might be expected to deal with,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43to see where our decision process took us.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51At the beginning of that day, I probably wasn't that interested in the firearms department.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55By the time I got home, I very much was.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I'd suddenly found something that I'd got an interest in,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00and sort of given me that buzz again.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05She's now been in firearms for three years and she loves it,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07despite the immense pressure of the job.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11I've not come across anything yet I can't do that I've been asked to do.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16There's only your own personal bridges you have to cross.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Training is intense and continuous.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24We're looking for an individual who's able to deal with the huge burden of responsibility,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27but also be able to confront, and deal with,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30probably the high end of aggression an officer would face.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35It's an extremely difficult job, which demands a huge level of training.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40When they attend an incident, they make judgments that will be pored over by barristers, legal advisers,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44for years, depending very much on the circumstance and decision they've made
0:07:44 > 0:07:48in the heat of the moment, in a matter of seconds.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51It's a huge responsibility, which they're trained to deal with.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54As well as putting themselves in the firing line,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57armed police officers always know that the day may come
0:07:57 > 0:08:01when they'll be called upon to fire at a living target.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03And that could come at any time.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08We'll be back on the streets later with Louise and the firearms team.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Still to come on Crime And Punishment: One of the biggest jewel heists in the last 60 years
0:08:16 > 0:08:17and how the police foiled it.
0:08:17 > 0:08:23It would have made the Great Train Robbery look like pocket money.
0:08:23 > 0:08:30Every day, police on the street could be faced with confiscating tools like this and guns like these.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Here in Bristol Prison, there are seven wings.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39This is G wing, where senior officer Mark Stroud and his team
0:08:39 > 0:08:44have to keep a lid on 140 men, all cooped up in one place.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53It's 7.30 in the morning on G wing.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Senior officer Mark Stroud is holding his daily briefing session.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03My role here at Bristol is to run G wing.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07We have roughly 140 prisoners, and 20 staff.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12I run the wing on a day-to-day basis, and make sure that, hopefully, everything runs smoothly.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18We've got to make a different role boards, four landings,
0:09:18 > 0:09:23and these are the current amount of prisoners we've got on those landings,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26with the top row of 130 being on the wing.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29This one here's broken down a little bit more.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Out of the 140 we can hold, we've got four high-risk prisoners,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36they've been risk assessed so they can't share a cell with someone else.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Technically, we've got no bullies and victims on the wing at the moment.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Three people on ACCT books,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45they're the people we monitor for self-harm and suicide.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47But we have got nine enhanced prisoners,
0:09:47 > 0:09:52so their behaviour is deemed to having more privileges than the standard prisoner.
0:09:52 > 0:09:5420 young offenders, 18 to 21 year old,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58and right at this moment, we've got four spaces on the wing.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Morning.
0:10:04 > 0:10:10At eight o'clock sharp, after breakfast packs have been handed out and eaten,
0:10:10 > 0:10:15the doors are unlocked for prisoners to shower, clean cells and hand in applications.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I'll put your name forward. What are you in for?
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Prisoners can apply for work duties, education courses or enhanced status.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Been enhanced, they get to wear their own clothing.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28They get extra visits, and more time out of their cell.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30It's a control measure for ourselves.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33We can always remove it as well if their behaviour deteriorates at all.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37G Wing has to cater for a very wide range of prisoner.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Some are young and full of energy. Others are short-stay, waiting to be allocated elsewhere
0:10:42 > 0:10:46for their sentencing in court. And if they don't fit easily
0:10:46 > 0:10:50into any of the other wings at Bristol, they end up here.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Right, what's this here?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Right, OK. Where's that? Up in the medical arch, is it?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10We're everything to a prisoner here.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15We're their mothers, their fathers, people that discipline them,
0:11:15 > 0:11:17and at times we're their friends.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22We talk to them, deal with their problems,
0:11:22 > 0:11:26and by doing that we've built up a really good rapport with all the prisoners on the wing.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Rather than just shut people behind doors now,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31we send them on the right pathways for when they get out.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Things seemed to be a lot harder ten years ago, for some reason.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I think that was a lack of engagement back then.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Last call, food choices!
0:11:41 > 0:11:448:30, and it's time for the morning exercise.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45You all right, yeah?
0:11:47 > 0:11:51One in five prisoners is rubbed down to ensure no weapons
0:11:51 > 0:11:55or illicit items are taken to the yard.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Oop, what do you need this for? What's this for?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- I'm taking an exam today. - Taking an exam?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- Thank you.- There you go.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Don't go hurting someone with that, all right?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Go on, Watts, off you go. - Not all prisoners exercise.
0:12:10 > 0:12:16Some go to this school classroom or workshop, whilst others are sent to court.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19On a daily basis, we usually send in and out around 30 to 50 prisoners,
0:12:19 > 0:12:24different magistrates and different crown courts around the southwest area.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Prisoners from my wing have come out for an hour's exercise, an hour out in the fresh air.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34Gives the prisoners a chance to burn off steam and tends to settle the wing down a bit more.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Today, some officers are going to burn off a bit of steam, too.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42Who's playing? You three, who else? Lidders? Is Lidders playing?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45He was going to. One, two, three.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50There's to be a five-a-side football match challenge between staff and prisoners.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Mark's quietly confident.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02We've got an unbeaten run at the moment. We've lost one game,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05but I have got to say, me and me Cody weren't here at the time,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08so we're going to try and keep up the good work.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15While on the pitch, they look for some searching passes,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19officers Fowler and Elliott look for something entirely different.
0:13:19 > 0:13:26The cells in G Wing have to be routinely searched to make sure nothing untoward is taking place.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29We are looking for drugs,
0:13:29 > 0:13:35escape equipment like sheets made up into ropes, weapons...
0:13:35 > 0:13:41They're quite ingenious. They do have a lot of time on their hands to sort of think of these things,
0:13:41 > 0:13:47whereas you and I and normal, everyday person, wouldn't even dream about doing it.
0:13:47 > 0:13:55I've put my hand on the wall, which a big paper on, put my hand through to the next cell before now.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00We did find a complete still up on B Wing once, didn't we?
0:14:00 > 0:14:07A whisky or an alcohol fermenting. It were behind one of these boards.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11We used to have boards on the walls. Now it's just a painted square.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15But when we had boards, it were made of this, and cork.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21They'd carved out, the inmate had taken the board off and carved into the wall,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24and God knows where he got the copper piping from,
0:14:24 > 0:14:29but he actually managed to get all the copper piping and aerials and made a still out of it.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36But on this occasion, the cell is clean.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41And that concludes that.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48And the footy has also concluded, with a clear victory for the staff.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52It was a good little run around. And it does the world of good for staff and prisoners.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- And the right result? - 4-0 I think, in the end.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Was it four or fire?- Four!
0:14:58 > 0:15:02All right, I know I weren't that good, but calm down, only four.
0:15:02 > 0:15:044-0 to us. Cheers.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Now it's back to G Wing for 11 o'clock clean-up, and then lunch handouts.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Ali. Chris.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Who are you in there with? Who are you in there with? You're in there?
0:15:17 > 0:15:22All prisoners will be back in their cells by 12:20 for roll-call.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28The staff are planning a special lock-in.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Extra officers are coming in to help Mark's team rifle through
0:15:31 > 0:15:37every cell to reclaim all the prison kit that's been smuggled away over the last few months.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Prisoners have been warned about the purge.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42But it's potentially a volatile situation,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and no-one's quite sure how they'll react.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56In the year 2000, thieves hatched an audacious plan to steal a priceless diamond
0:15:56 > 0:16:03on display at the Millennium Dome. It was a plot that turned into a triumph for old-fashioned policing.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Good evening. Five men who tried to put off the biggest robbery in history
0:16:11 > 0:16:13have been jailed today for a total of 74 years.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19They tried to steal £200 million worth of diamonds on display at the Millennium Dome.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24To get away with that amount would have put them on a status that was,
0:16:24 > 0:16:28in criminal terms, right at the very top.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33It would have made the Great Train Robbery look like absolute pocket money.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36This would've been the big one that people would've spoken about.
0:16:36 > 0:16:42The robbers didn't get away with it and it was a coup for the Flying Squad.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44The investigation was big and meticulous.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Well over 200 police were waiting in and around the Dome,
0:16:47 > 0:16:49most of them armed.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52They'd had the gang under surveillance for five months.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55The raid lasted less than a minute.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00John Shatford, then Detective Superintendent in the Flying Squad,
0:17:00 > 0:17:01was the man who led it.
0:17:01 > 0:17:0512 years on, he cannot believe how daring a raid it was.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09The plan was good. What went wrong for them was we got a whisper about it.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15We started to pick up what was happening, and we did that, I must say, by detective work.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18On this, we had no informants telling us what was happening.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22This was the glittering prize -
0:17:22 > 0:17:28the flawless 203-carat Millennium Star, displayed with 11 other diamonds
0:17:28 > 0:17:32behind armoured glass in a special bomb-proof vault.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37The gang leaders were William Cockram, on the left, and Raymond Betson.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41They came to recce the Dome as tourists with video cameras.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44We were actually filming them, and they had families with them.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48They had a pram, a pushchair, I remember.
0:17:48 > 0:17:54It was ladies and men together, the happy, perfect family scene with a video going around.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Of course, what they were planning, that was their intelligence they were gathering.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01What they didn't know, of course - we were filming them,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05gathering intelligence of them filming their own intelligence.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09If the Dome was the target, how could they get away?
0:18:09 > 0:18:13This was how - a speedboat, bought at a marina in Kent,
0:18:13 > 0:18:17the invoice cheekily signed Mr Diamond.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Shatford had been ready to ambush them twice before,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24but each raid was aborted. Now he knew why.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29We realised that the times these robbers hadn't committed the crime in the past,
0:18:29 > 0:18:35the tide was not high enough. They needed a high tide to get away on this river.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39If it wasn't high, they wouldn't be able to make their escape from across there.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41So that was critical.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45So on the day it took place, the tide was at its highest.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Then, on the morning of November 7, he knew he was right.
0:18:48 > 0:18:54The gang were filmed heading towards the Dome, not in a car but in a stolen digger.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59What happened totally astonished me, even with all the planning.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03It drove around, and we thought, well, what's happening here?
0:19:03 > 0:19:07And then it almost started to rock forward and back.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10All of a sudden, it just drove straight for the outer perimeter gate,
0:19:10 > 0:19:16crashed straight through the gate and was heading towards the Dome.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18It was just going, "This is stopping for no one."
0:19:18 > 0:19:23And lo and behold, it crashes through the Perspex doors,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26the large doors of the Dome, straight inside.
0:19:26 > 0:19:32It goes hammering around to the front of where the diamonds were and stops.
0:19:32 > 0:19:38The Dome had just opened - 600 visitors and staff, and, out of sight, more than 100 armed police,
0:19:38 > 0:19:42many disguised as cleaners with their guns in bin bags.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47In seconds, two of the gang are beside the glass cabinet housing the gems.
0:19:47 > 0:19:55They fire the nail from the nail gun into the reinforced glass over the diamonds,
0:19:55 > 0:20:00and follow that up with banging it with a sledgehammer.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05Now, we were told by the manufacturers that that could withstand phenomenal pressure.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10They were actually able to get through that in seconds.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Another of the gang revs the digger's engine
0:20:13 > 0:20:16while a fourth hurls smoke grenades.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Suddenly, armed police surround them.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Operation Magician has started.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25In the chaos, onlookers are told to keep back.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Officers know the two men inside the vault are trapped.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Now they're challenged by armed police and forced to lie down.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36The damage they've inflicted on the armoured glass is spectacular.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39The Millennium Star was ready to be grabbed.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44When we actually captured the robbers after and arrested them,
0:20:44 > 0:20:47one of them said, "I was seconds..." I think he said.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49"I'm 12 seconds from payday."
0:20:49 > 0:20:53What he didn't know, of course, was we'd swapped the diamonds
0:20:53 > 0:20:56and he was 12 seconds from NOTHING.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00The night before, the police were so confident that the raid would happen
0:21:00 > 0:21:04that they'd switched the Millennium Star with a fake.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07We have our own launches along this river,
0:21:07 > 0:21:11so we gave the order to move in and stop the boat,
0:21:11 > 0:21:13intercept the getaway boat.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16The same is going on inside the Dome, and they are captured.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Operation Magician was a huge success,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25but Jon is worried that budget cuts and reduction in man power
0:21:25 > 0:21:29might make the same level of police commitment difficult today.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32The easy option would be to say, "Well, let's not do it,
0:21:32 > 0:21:36"let's put marked cars down there, let's frighten these away."
0:21:36 > 0:21:38That's not what policing should be about -
0:21:38 > 0:21:42policing should be about getting in there when you have the intelligence,
0:21:42 > 0:21:46dealing with it and dealing with it properly and boldly.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50For the robbers, it wasn't supposed to end like this.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52The judge said they'd played for high stakes
0:21:52 > 0:21:56and knew what the penalty would be if they failed.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58They were all found guilty and jailed.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02As for the real Millennium Star, it went back on display.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09On G Wing, here in Bristol Prison,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12we've been following senior officer Mark Stroud.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14So far, things have gone quite smoothly,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17but now Mark has an unpopular job on his hands.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30It's coming up to 2pm on G Wing.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34All prisoners are in their cells.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38At this time, usually, they would be let back out to exercise,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42work or go to class, but not today.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Senior Officer Mark Stroud has called for a special lock-in -
0:22:46 > 0:22:48he wants to reclaim all the prison kit
0:22:48 > 0:22:52that has been smuggled away into cells over the last few months.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55At two o'clock, we go on a bit of a...
0:22:56 > 0:22:59A bit of a raid through the cells, excess kit.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Inappropriate material, take it off the walls.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Shouldn't take too long, but no-one's unlocked whilst we're doing it.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08There are 70 cells to get through.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Got excess stuff in there, fella?
0:23:11 > 0:23:12No, no.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13I'll be in in a minute.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Prisoners have been warned about the purge,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19but arguments may still develop with staff,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22and the potential for tension to escalate is very real.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26I'll keep a general overview of everything, make sure it all runs smoothly
0:23:26 > 0:23:30and be there for another staff member in case anything does happen.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33The search is well under way.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Some enhanced-status prisoners who work as cleaners
0:23:36 > 0:23:39gather up the items that officers have found.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Tend to find prisoners hoard stuff for some reason.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44There's plenty to go around for everyone.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47But there'll be stuff coming out of cells left, right and centre.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Clothes, flasks, mattresses,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54even chairs soon start to fill the trolleys.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56It's not Pepsi Max, that's for sure.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Ah, it's only disinfectant. I thought it was something else.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Things have gone well so far, but on the two's landing,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07some prisoners resent the intrusion and Mark has been called in.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11- They rushed in my cell. - No-one rushed in, they asked you to take a seat.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12What, one, two, three, four, five?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Take a seat. They're taking kit from your cell.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- There ain't no excess kit. - Sorry?- There ain't none.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Well, there seems to be a fair bit going out right now, don't there?
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Mark is an expert at calming potential blow-ups,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26and exerts his authority when needed.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Right, this is the bit you ain't going to like.- What?
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- That thing on your head. - No, I'll take it off in my own time.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- No, don't come in my cell playing games.- Listen, listen.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Right, take it off your head, or we'll remove it for you.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Get me the clippers and I take it off.- No, it doesn't work that way.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- Yeah, because... I've got a dodgy haircut.- Right.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- Pass the clippers and then I'll take it off.- Right.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50- Simple as that. - No, it doesn't work that way.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53You take it off your head or the gentleman will take it off.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- No way. Hey! Come on. There it is, it's off my head.- Thank you.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Mark has 12 years' experience as a prison officer.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03The one genuine time I've been in fear
0:25:03 > 0:25:07was when I was an officer back in 2000, on this wing, actually.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10We used to be a Category A prison back then.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14And one of these said Category A prisoners was probably about...
0:25:15 > 0:25:18..6'8" and probably about 25, 30 stone.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23He decided he'd wanted to fight a prisoner on the ground floor,
0:25:23 > 0:25:27during our association period, when we had lots of prisoners out.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Staff, professional as they are,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30restrained the two prisoners involved,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33but when we were waiting for assistance,
0:25:33 > 0:25:35a few of the other people that were outside
0:25:35 > 0:25:37have kicked the staff when they were on the floor.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Myself being one of them.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42I would say that's the only time I've had true fear in this job -
0:25:42 > 0:25:44I feared I'd get hurt and the whole place would go off,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46but I've enjoyed every day of it.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51I'm not just saying that - even the difficult times I've enjoyed.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Problems have been solved and no-one's been injured.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56For me, generally, that's a good day.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00During the search, officers also remove indecent posters from the cell walls.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02What is it with Michael Buble? Don't nobody like him?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I like him, I think he's a good lad.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Christmas thing you can sing along to in the background.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09- Not too bad.- Put it this way, my nan likes Michael Buble.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11LAUGHTER
0:26:13 > 0:26:14To me, to you.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16The rest of the operation goes smoothly.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Oh, you didn't!
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Oh, we did!
0:26:19 > 0:26:21That's for an old mate. You took it off an old mate.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Mark's pleased with the result.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25It's done surprisingly well, actually.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Had a couple of little gripes and little moans, but surprisingly well.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32And we haven't got as much kit as I thought we were going to get,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34so not too bad at all.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38It's four o'clock, and with the major upheaval out of the way,
0:26:38 > 0:26:41everybody can get back to the strict daily routine of the wing.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45It's time to get ready for hot meals at five.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48We'll just go up now and get the dinner and the lads will count it.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50And bring it back.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54A small, trusted team gets the food every day from the kitchen.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Er, liver and onion, cottage pie,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00macaroni cheese, pasta
0:27:00 > 0:27:02and that baguette.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Just make sure none of that falls.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07I need a number one, me.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Tea time.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20We're about to serve the tea-time meal to the prisoners.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23They've pre-made a choice - they'll come through the servery,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26take the meal and take it back to their cell and eat it.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29To help avoid any accidents with hot food,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31they come down one landing at a time.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35I've got mashed potato, macaroni cheese, greens,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38bit of brown bread, and my doughnut.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42It's not too bad. Trying to keep my weight down -
0:27:42 > 0:27:46I've got a strong-man competition this year. I can lift double my body weight.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47- SHOUTING - Shut up!
0:27:47 > 0:27:48LAUGHTER
0:27:48 > 0:27:51So, yeah, I've got a good chance of winning the competition.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Bit of association, fella. Association.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58One of the best.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02At 6pm every fourth day,
0:28:02 > 0:28:06a landing's prisoners are allowed out for evening association.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Those with enhanced status - earned through good behaviour -
0:28:09 > 0:28:10are out every night.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14The most important thing about the association period
0:28:14 > 0:28:18is it's really to let the prisoners maintain family ties...
0:28:18 > 0:28:21feel a little bit normal themselves
0:28:21 > 0:28:24and help to relieve some of the frustration some of these guys get
0:28:24 > 0:28:26from being behind their doors all day.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Post is also delivered at this time.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Thank you. Good man. Well done.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33At 7:15, everything's packed away
0:28:33 > 0:28:35and prisoners are locked up for the night.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- Cheers, boss.- Thanks, fella.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40All the prisoners are now behind their doors,
0:28:40 > 0:28:43which means accounting for every single one of them,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45get the staff to say they're all there.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48A little bit of admin to do,
0:28:48 > 0:28:50and then the staff will be off duty.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54See you later, guys. See you tomorrow.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58That's it. That's the day done.
0:28:59 > 0:29:05And, in just under 13 hours time, the daily routine starts all over again.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- Mark, we've just seen you in action. - Yeah.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16How would you describe your relationship with the prisoners in here?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18OK. First and foremost, er...
0:29:18 > 0:29:21we're the authority within the Prison Service.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24But it goes a lot further than that.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Prisoners can't do anything without us at all -
0:29:27 > 0:29:30they see us as mother, father, brother, sister, really.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Probation officers. A wide range of jobs we actually do.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40And, to some extent, when we get them off their drugs,
0:29:40 > 0:29:44alcohol, et cetera, we can become quite friendly with these guys.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47I've seen you chatting to quite a few of them today, one in particular.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52But you had a bit of a run-in with him almost seven years ago.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Yep, funny old story.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57The prisoner you're chatting about didn't want to leave Bristol Prison
0:29:57 > 0:29:59and go to another establishment.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- And he's quite a big lad, bigger than myself.- He's massive!
0:30:02 > 0:30:04He is a big boy.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06And we had to physically take him out of his cell
0:30:06 > 0:30:08because he was barricaded in there.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Unfortunately, I was the first one through the door
0:30:10 > 0:30:12and he'd barricaded part of the cell,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15and I ended up going flat on my face
0:30:15 > 0:30:18and he decided he wanted to kick me in the head quite a lot,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21but I was lucky to have the protective equipment on.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Despite this attack,
0:30:23 > 0:30:26I see you chatting to him almost like friends now.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29You obviously don't - or you can't - bear a grudge.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Not at all.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Like you said, it's about seven years ago this happened,
0:30:34 > 0:30:37and I've seen this gentlemen quite a few times since,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40and we've built up that relationship since.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42It was a bit funny when he first came back to prison,
0:30:42 > 0:30:44but we got past that and, like you say,
0:30:44 > 0:30:47we don't hold grudges here, we have to move on.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51And just being here, what I've noticed is kind of the noise level -
0:30:51 > 0:30:54the shouting, the banter, what have you, the music as well.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57It's quite an intimidating place to work.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59It can be, and we sort of take it for granted now,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02but when I first started in the job here, for the first week,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05I went home with a headache every single night.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08And it's just grown on me over the time.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Not just sound, there's also a smell that prison officers get used to.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- Yeah, yeah.- But, no, we get used to it and that's where I am now.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- You're doing a great job. Thanks for talking to us. - Thank you very much.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23As we've seen, the armed police in the West Midlands
0:31:23 > 0:31:25have to be ready for anything.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27We're going back to them now on the night shift.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30And it turns out to be a very busy evening.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35It's just before midnight.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Firearms officer Sergeant Steve Jenkins is out on the road.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40The jobs are coming in.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44We're currently making an address in western Birmingham.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48There's been a report of a serious disturbance at a location,
0:31:48 > 0:31:49somebody's home address.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52During that altercation,
0:31:52 > 0:31:54the injured party's saying
0:31:54 > 0:31:56people have pointed a handgun at his head.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58And they've now made away from the address.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Any report of a gun on the streets triggers an immediate reaction.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Two more armed response vehicles are already on their way.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Louise Proffitt is among the first to arrive.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12SIRENS WAIL
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Hello, have you called the police?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20OK. Have the people left?
0:32:20 > 0:32:22'Our first question is, "Are they still here?"'
0:32:22 > 0:32:25We want to know, are they still here?
0:32:25 > 0:32:29There was mention in the phone call there was a firearm.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33On arrival, it is quite hectic, from the public's point of view.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Have YOU seen it?
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Right. OK. You seen a gun?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47'We have set information we need to get,
0:32:47 > 0:32:50'and that's what we're doing when we get there.'
0:32:50 > 0:32:51We have a look to make sure,
0:32:51 > 0:32:53to see if we can see anything.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56What we saw were three people, two clearly injured,
0:32:56 > 0:32:58and quite a distressed female.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06What did the man look like, that had the gun?
0:33:08 > 0:33:09People are in shock.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12The man's brother has been attacked with a baseball bat,
0:33:12 > 0:33:15and is bleeding profusely from a head wound.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17So, they've walked up? How many are there?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Four or five. All masked up, all in dark clothing. Didn't speak to you.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Did they go off on foot, or in a car?
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Have you heard a car, at all?
0:33:32 > 0:33:35And you've stayed inside since then?
0:33:35 > 0:33:37The masked gunmen have fled the scene,
0:33:37 > 0:33:39but could still be in the area,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41and therefore are still a serious threat.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Other units have now arrived,
0:33:46 > 0:33:48allowing Louise to go on the hunt for the armed gang.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57They've got the dog with them, and he's got a good track.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01A police dog unit has found a scent outside the house,
0:34:01 > 0:34:03and have tracked it to the rear of the property.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Louise heads round to back them up.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Unfortunately, the dog finds nothing.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41We've tried to do a track. The dog has initially just pulled off,
0:34:41 > 0:34:43tracking up the road.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47So, we've gone with a couple of firearms officers,
0:34:47 > 0:34:50and just took us where he's took us to, the rear of the premises.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52At which point, it's gone cold.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Most importantly, Louise can now be satisfied
0:34:57 > 0:35:00the gunman is definitely no longer around.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01Our job is then done.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05There are no further risks with firearms.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06Because they HAVE left.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09We've conducted an area search with the dog.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11It's no trace. They've left that scene.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14On this occasion, no officer has had to decide
0:35:14 > 0:35:18whether to open fire or not. But that isn't always the case.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27When you're facing a gun, it's all about making split-second decisions,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30and a life could depend on what decision you make.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Sergeant Wayne Bellamy has been in the firearms unit for 15 years.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40Looking at that, is that real, or is it a replica?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43That's the sort of decision we face.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Do we shoot, or don't we shoot?
0:35:45 > 0:35:46If somebody pointed that at you,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49in low light, or at night-time,
0:35:49 > 0:35:52you would think that was real, and you'd probably shoot.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56OK?
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Wayne's had one close call.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Once incident, I came very close to pulling the trigger.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06But, fortunately, didn't. And that all worked out.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10That's the one I always think back to, and refer to.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13And I think, "Oh, yeah that WAS close".
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Some good shooting. Well done.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Fatal shootings are mercifully rare within the West Midlands Police area.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24The last time it occurred, within this force, was 1996.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27That said, every time an officer draws a weapon,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29on the streets of the West Midlands,
0:36:29 > 0:36:31there is potential for him to be confronted by somebody
0:36:31 > 0:36:35who poses a threat that may ultimately end in a fatal shooting.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39The training is designed to try and avoid that circumstance,
0:36:39 > 0:36:41but occasionally it does occur.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46And Paul is firmly against arming all police officers.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49If one looks at the history of armed policing,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52and looks at the reasons why we've moved to the ARV structure,
0:36:52 > 0:36:55armoured response vehicles, with highly-trained individuals,
0:36:55 > 0:36:56that's because previously,
0:36:56 > 0:37:00officers with a lower level of training were carrying firearms.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Some appalling tragedies occurred.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05If we were to routinely arm every police officer in the UK,
0:37:05 > 0:37:07there's a strong danger such things would occur again.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11You can't train every officer up to the standard my staff currently are.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14GUNSHOTS
0:37:17 > 0:37:19I'm not allowed to tell you exactly where I am,
0:37:19 > 0:37:22but I'm deep underground,
0:37:22 > 0:37:25where the West Midlands Police store confiscated weapons and firearms.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29OK, Tony. Over to you. I'll get out the way.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Fire.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Bang! Woh! I saw that ricochet back!
0:37:42 > 0:37:47This is called "the savage firetrap".
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Tony is going to explain to us exactly what it does.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Tony, why did you just do that?
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Ammunition that's seized by the police, from crime scenes,
0:37:57 > 0:37:59needs to be tested,
0:37:59 > 0:38:01and occasionally we fire a live round,
0:38:01 > 0:38:05or alternatively, we will fire a primer into the bullet trap,
0:38:05 > 0:38:08to make sure the ammunition is in fact live.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Based on that bang,
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- I presume that was live ammunition? - Oh, yes.- Good job.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- This is just a fraction of the weapons in this storeroom?- Yes.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- Can we see the rest? - Yes, you can.- Excellent.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Let's step into your office,
0:38:23 > 0:38:26which is slightly different to most people's office.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Yes, we've got one or two added extras.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Loads of different guns, different shapes and sizes.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35We see some shotguns in here. Is that an AK-47, as well?
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- Yes, that's it.- I won't touch you. I might be in trouble.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41You have quite some bizarre stuff, as well.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Before we get to THAT,
0:38:43 > 0:38:46what's the most popular weapon on the street at the moment?
0:38:46 > 0:38:50At the moment, the main weapon used in crime is a converted pistol,
0:38:50 > 0:38:52called a "Baikal".
0:38:52 > 0:38:54It's a gas-firing weapon,
0:38:54 > 0:38:57that's been converted to fire live cartridges.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59If I just show you...
0:38:59 > 0:39:01It IS unloaded.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04They're imported from Eastern Europe, where they're available.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06That's kind of a conventional weapon.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10I know you have some quite odd stuff, as well.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11Can you show us an example of that?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Something slightly unusual, is the walking cane.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21Hang on, I've seen a walking stick that's a sword, but this is a gun?
0:39:21 > 0:39:22This is a shotgun.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26- So, that's where the bullet goes? - Yes, one cartridge.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29It's now cocked and ready to go. Turn the bezel.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- (No way!)- Out comes the trigger...
0:39:31 > 0:39:32TRIGGER CLICKS
0:39:32 > 0:39:33..and fires.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36Just goes to show,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38don't mess with old people.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40That's incredible!
0:39:40 > 0:39:41It IS slightly unusual, yes.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44I suppose the biggest thing for the police,
0:39:44 > 0:39:47is trying to establish what's a fake, and what's a real gun.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Do you have examples of that?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52It CAN be extremely difficult to tell the difference between
0:39:52 > 0:39:54a live-firing weapon, and an imitation.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56We've quite a selection there.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00You can see the problems presented to officers out on the street.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Some of these are fake, and some of these are real?
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Which one is which? What have we got here?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08We've got one live-firing pistol, air pistols,
0:40:08 > 0:40:11blank-firing pistols,
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- and one cigarette lighter. - HE LAUGHS
0:40:14 > 0:40:15OK, so, a real gun,
0:40:15 > 0:40:19a lot of air pistols, and a cigarette lighter.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21I think the fake one is that one.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25I think the real one
0:40:25 > 0:40:27is this silver one, over here.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28You're almost right.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31You've got a real pistol.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Just show there's no bullets in it, again.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36It is a deactivated weapon.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38It's a real gun, that's been cut away and machined,
0:40:38 > 0:40:40so it can no longer be used.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43You could possess this, in your home, without a certificate,
0:40:43 > 0:40:44quite legally.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46OK, so close with that one.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48It's not the real one. And then, the fake one?
0:40:48 > 0:40:51That's an air cartridge pistol,
0:40:51 > 0:40:53which is effectively an air weapon.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56So, yes, you're right on that one again.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Tin air pistol.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01OK, so where's the real, actual firing gun,
0:41:01 > 0:41:03and where's the cigarette lighter?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06I suppose this is the challenge the police have on the streets,
0:41:06 > 0:41:08especially in the night -
0:41:08 > 0:41:10deciphering what's real and fake, in a split second.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14You've had a few seconds to stand, and look, and study,
0:41:14 > 0:41:16and it's still EXTREMELY difficult.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19So, we've got one live-firing...
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- That's it!- ..nine millimetre weapon.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24And one cigarette lighter.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26This is the cigarette lighter?!
0:41:26 > 0:41:28No way!
0:41:28 > 0:41:30TRIGGER CLICKS
0:41:30 > 0:41:32TRIGGER CLICKS
0:41:32 > 0:41:33Have you got a fag(?)
0:41:36 > 0:41:38That's it for today.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Join us next time, for more fascinating developments
0:41:41 > 0:41:42in prisons and policing.
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