0:00:02 > 0:00:06Today on Crime And Punishment, a motorist who joins the 2,000 a year who end up in prison
0:00:06 > 0:00:08when they learn the hard way that drink and drugs
0:00:08 > 0:00:10don't go with driving.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14And an all-night booze-up leads to a violent family fight
0:00:14 > 0:00:17and a trip to the custody suite.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- All of you stay there. - Calm down, mate.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39In 1952, when the Queen came to the throne,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42the phrase "social media" didn't exist.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Now she even has her own Facebook page.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49And the police can't afford to ignore Facebook or Twitter either.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hi there, can you ask her to come to the door?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55SHOUTING AND SHRIEKING
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Why are you giving me duff details?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Policing our cities never stops, day and night,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02right around the clock.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05He smelt of some alcohol, he's provided a positive breath test.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12In Birmingham South, Bournville Police Station is the nerve centre of operations.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15So he was located outside the premises, yes?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Everyone arrested ends up here
0:01:17 > 0:01:21and it's been like that for the last 60 years.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23But today is a bit different.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27For the next 24 hours, each detail of what goes on in this Bournville Station
0:01:27 > 0:01:32will be recorded on Twitter, for a special police Tweet-a-thon.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37It's a modern-day attempt to involve the surrounding community in what goes on at their local nick.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40It all kicked off at 7am.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Darren Colley is the communications officer
0:01:49 > 0:01:50who's doing the tweeting.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53This morning, we've had various incidents.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Everything ranging from a drive-off at a petrol station...
0:01:57 > 0:02:01We've had parking problems, where a vehicle has been causing an obstruction.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Officers have gone out and ticketed that vehicle.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05We've had some fail-to-appear warrants
0:02:05 > 0:02:09where officers have been at a premises, arresting people who've failed to appear
0:02:09 > 0:02:14for issues such as shop theft, criminal damage, assault,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16all of which is being relayed to our followers.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Sergeant Vanessa Eyles and her team are about to serve
0:02:22 > 0:02:25one of those arrest warrants and bring in the person
0:02:25 > 0:02:26who's failed to appear at court.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29The warrant was issued by the courts
0:02:29 > 0:02:33just four days ago, because this woman failed to appear
0:02:33 > 0:02:40for a matter of theft which was connected to what we called a domestic-related incident.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43First, they need to get into the woman's flat.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Hello, you all right? It's nothing to worry about,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50we're trying to get to a flat above the bookies. How do we get there?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- At the front, there's some wooden gates.- Yes.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54You've got to go through those gates.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00OK, thank you for the information about the dog.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01Apparently they've got a dog.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05One of the blokes said, "HE'S got a dog" so there's a male here as well.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08KNOCK AT DOOR, DOG BARKS
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Hello, sorry to bother you.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13OK...nice and calm!
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- Is- BLEEP- home?- She is, yeah.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- She is.- Hi, are you all right?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Do you want to take the dog away?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25The dog seems harmless, but to be on the safe side, he's locked away.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28The woman is soon found.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35She's arrested on the fail-to-appear for a theft charge warrant,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and she's brought out to the police van.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Hopefully this message will go out to the community of Birmingham South
0:03:42 > 0:03:44that we do execute our warrants,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48and reinforces that people need to comply with bail conditions
0:03:48 > 0:03:52and abide by those instructions given by the courts.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57And Darren makes sure the arrest gets tweeted.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Police emergency? Hello, Amber.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09You've got a report of a stabbing. How many patients, please?
0:04:09 > 0:04:14One patient, male, 18 years.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18In the control room, emergency calls are coming in thick and fast.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23And it's their responsibility to dispatch officers on the ground to each job.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Darren Basterfield and James Debuse from the local policing unit
0:04:27 > 0:04:31are out in a patrol car. They head for the house,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33knowing they could be walking into a dangerous situation.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52They arrive to a scene of chaos.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54If you just want to come outside for us.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Is the dog OK? What's happened? What's happened?- I don't know.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03- Who's called us? Who's called us? - Me.- What's happened?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05I stabbed him in there.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Right, who's been stabbed?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Where have you been stabbed?
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Show me, lift your top up?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- I'm all right.- Turn round. Where's the knife?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- I'm all right.- Where's the knife?
0:05:17 > 0:05:21It seems the people in the house have been drinking all night, ending up in a fracas
0:05:21 > 0:05:25where a young man has got a minor injury from a knife
0:05:25 > 0:05:26wielded by his girlfriend.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Where did you say you stabbed him?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Whereabouts? Top of the arm?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51The officers are trying to calm things down.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54They want to keep the two people involved away from each other.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Just step outside here so I can search you.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Have you got anything in your pockets?- No.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03But just as things seem to be under control,
0:06:03 > 0:06:08the injured man's family, who live around the corner, get wind of what's happened
0:06:08 > 0:06:12and turn up outside. We'll see later how things go from bad to worse.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13SHRIEKING
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- On the ground!- Get off her! - Stay there.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Politicians may be calling for prisoners to be made to work harder
0:06:23 > 0:06:26whilst they're inside, but the problem is,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28how do you get work for the prison workshops
0:06:28 > 0:06:31when there isn't enough to go round on the outside?
0:06:31 > 0:06:37The idea is to provide hard work in prison
0:06:37 > 0:06:40so that prisoners will be doing something productive
0:06:40 > 0:06:41instead of doing nothing...
0:06:41 > 0:06:42For Kenneth Clarke,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45the business of prisons is to stop re-offending.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48He believes the way to do it is to get prisoners to work
0:06:48 > 0:06:5140 hours a week and learn to live a normal life.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54It's not rocket science, actually!
0:06:54 > 0:06:57At Bristol, the new policy is already under way.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00It's important for prisoners to work while they're in prison
0:07:00 > 0:07:04so they have something meaningful to do to take up their time here.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07But also so they build the essential skills they need
0:07:07 > 0:07:12to move into employment when they get released. We give them the opportunity for rehabilitation.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Work's not easy to find, even beyond the gate.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18So it's a big job, tempting companies to use prison labour.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19OK?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22It's Nikki Secker, the prison's head of business development,
0:07:22 > 0:07:26who has to bring in the contracts to keep the workshops working.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Today, she's holding an open day for local firms.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32What we're now offering is a commercially viable solution
0:07:32 > 0:07:34in terms of your own business models.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36That's what we're going to be able to demonstrate.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Next, the honoured guests are taken on a tour of the prison's workshops.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44It's absolutely critical they should like what they see.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Previously, when we'd approach businesses,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50we were very much going and asking for something.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51We were asking
0:07:51 > 0:07:54for a commercial company to offer employment opportunities on release.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57That's the major shift because we're now saying,
0:07:57 > 0:08:02"Yes, I'd still like you to take on X offenders on release
0:08:02 > 0:08:08"but also, what I can do is offer a very competitive solution to your business needs."
0:08:08 > 0:08:11We want to employ more prisoners and generate more revenue
0:08:11 > 0:08:13and deliver more skills. And we can't do that on our own.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18But even in a recession, there is still work that is so labour-intensive
0:08:18 > 0:08:21that British businesses can't afford to do it in the UK.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Typically, it might be being done in the Far East
0:08:23 > 0:08:25so it'll be assembly work
0:08:25 > 0:08:28that because of our cost structure in the UK,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31generally is migrated elsewhere.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Earning money to pay back to victims
0:08:38 > 0:08:43instead of dreaming of creating more victims in future crime.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46But there's another side to Ken Clarke's agenda.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49It's not just about making offenders employable
0:08:49 > 0:08:51by giving them work inside the prisons,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54it's making them employable on the outside.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Current figures suggest that almost 75% of ex-offenders have no work.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03They need to find someone who's willing to give them a job.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Adam Chaim is one of more than 150 former prisoners
0:09:07 > 0:09:11who are working for the Timpson shoe-repair and key-cutting chain.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15It's a family business and managing director James Timpson is sure
0:09:15 > 0:09:18that employing ex-offenders makes business sense.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21We've got dozens of superstars we've recruited from prison.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24What we find is they're confident, they're bright,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27they have a real urge to prove
0:09:27 > 0:09:32to people they deserve a chance and they're going to make a success of their life.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35But what about the risks?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37The advantage I have when I recruit an ex-offender
0:09:37 > 0:09:40is I know what I'm getting because I know their full history,
0:09:40 > 0:09:45I get the full chapter and verse so I know what I'm dealing with,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47rather than people lying on their application form
0:09:47 > 0:09:49which, I'm afraid, is all too common.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Since we've been recruiting ex-offenders,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54we've doubled the number of shops, we've doubled our profits
0:09:54 > 0:09:56and the number of people we employ.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Putting all that together, I believe it's good for our business.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04James Timpson is so convinced of the benefits of employing ex-offenders
0:10:04 > 0:10:08that he, together with business leaders like Richard Branson,
0:10:08 > 0:10:12signed a joint letter to the Financial Times on the subject.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Adam Chaim would agree with every word.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29You start off emptying bins and sweeping the floor and build up
0:10:29 > 0:10:34to a level... I'm happy with shop manager, or a bit higher than that.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37I'll be happy running my own shop. You can go up and up and up.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40But all of these benefits to businesses, to society,
0:10:40 > 0:10:46and to ex-offenders, will come only if enough offenders learn how to work when they're inside,
0:10:46 > 0:10:48which brings us back to Bristol.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52I think it's very positive for the prisoners, for business.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57I believe the business model that's been developed is very strong.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00What I've seen is that each prison differs in what they can offer.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Bristol has been brilliant in showing us
0:11:04 > 0:11:07what they give back to prison inmates.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11But likewise, it gives them an opportunity to find work
0:11:11 > 0:11:14and get a vocational skill which will help them.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I think the day's been a great success,
0:11:16 > 0:11:20we've opened people's eyes to the fact the prison service has dramatically changed.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23And the prison's marketing efforts have paid off.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Since the open day, two new contracts - one for making tables
0:11:27 > 0:11:30and another for recycling - are in discussion.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Mr Clarke will be delighted.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39When there's an incident on the road and someone is hurt,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42the first job of the police is to make the area safe
0:11:42 > 0:11:43and get the traffic moving again.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46In some cases, what starts as an accident location
0:11:46 > 0:11:49becomes the scene of a crime.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53West Midlands Police Collision Investigation Unit
0:11:53 > 0:11:57was set up in 2010. If they get called to a car accident,
0:11:57 > 0:12:02it means it's so serious that someone is likely to die as a result of it,
0:12:02 > 0:12:06or at the very least, someone's life will be changed forever by it.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10The CCTV footage you're about to see will make you think twice
0:12:10 > 0:12:12before ever breaking the speed limit.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17It's shocking but it provided vital evidence for the police.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21It shows the precise moment when a woman was hit by a car.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27On Christmas Eve, 2010, this 23-year-old woman was walking home
0:12:27 > 0:12:29from work.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35She was hit by a drunk driver doing nearly 60 miles an hour
0:12:35 > 0:12:38on an icy residential street.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44She survived the impact but is still receiving treatment for serious head injuries.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48This is the story of the investigation
0:12:48 > 0:12:52and how modern technology brought the driver to justice.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Graham Harrison from the West Midlands Police Collision Investigation Unit
0:13:01 > 0:13:03was in charge of the case.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09The road had been closed by our colleagues from the local area.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13I could see straight away there was a body lying in the road,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16being attended to by a number of paramedics and doctors.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21There was a vehicle parked, a silver VW Golf, in the middle of the road,
0:13:21 > 0:13:26at a sort of 70-degree angle, which was obviously the collision vehicle
0:13:26 > 0:13:28because I could see apparent damage to the front of it.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32At this stage, it seemed unlikely the woman would survive.
0:13:32 > 0:13:38Graham began gathering evidence for what he believed would become a fatal accident.
0:13:38 > 0:13:44We're looking for skid marks, damage to the vehicle itself, road surface,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47basically anything we can find, debris that might give you an idea
0:13:47 > 0:13:51of where the person had been stood when the vehicle collided with them.
0:13:51 > 0:13:5320, 25 years ago,
0:13:53 > 0:13:57officers would come down to a scene such as this with tape measures
0:13:57 > 0:14:01and they'd do what we call "chain and offset". Measure across the road and along a datum line,
0:14:01 > 0:14:05write it all down and go back to the office and like a draughtsman,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08then draw a plan to scale.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11These days, we have advanced surveying equipment
0:14:11 > 0:14:13which allows us to set the gear up,
0:14:13 > 0:14:17and then go along and do hundreds of points,
0:14:17 > 0:14:21then feed it into a computer and it will provide us with a scale plan
0:14:21 > 0:14:24that's accurate to millimetres.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28And from the very start, it was clear that CCTV footage
0:14:28 > 0:14:30would play a vital role in the investigation.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Back in the 1980s, you were very pleased if you got a VHS video
0:14:34 > 0:14:36with a blurry image on it.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40These days, with digital imagery recording systems,
0:14:40 > 0:14:44one of the first questions we're asking is how many frames there are per second.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47You can work things out if you know the timings.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51On this occasion, fortunately, everything was being recorded on a digital recorder.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57As well as having the footage, one man saw the whole thing.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Patrick Baggott was taking his children to the circus
0:15:02 > 0:15:05as a Christmas treat. He was driving carefully
0:15:05 > 0:15:07because of the freezing conditions.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10It was a real bad cold snap.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12My son was sitting there
0:15:12 > 0:15:16and the other little fellow was in his seat at the back.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18As you can see, the size of the road,
0:15:18 > 0:15:23and it was like pure ice. As I drove down here,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26I've seen the girl on my left-hand side walking towards me.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Patrick had to swerve to avoid another car
0:15:29 > 0:15:31coming in the opposite direction.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35This is the point here now where I've had to slide to move over to the side
0:15:35 > 0:15:39as he was bombing up there, flying really, basically.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43The next few minutes will stay with him forever.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I looked in the mirror. That's when I've seen her flying through the air.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Patrick stopped to see if he could do anything.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Only a few months before, one of his best friends had been knocked down
0:15:55 > 0:15:56and killed by a car.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58As I got out, I slipped a little bit,
0:15:58 > 0:16:04gone running up towards him, told him he was driving...called him a few more choice words,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07and then told him he was driving way too fast.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11And with that, he started crying. I said, "Is she all right?"
0:16:11 > 0:16:12He says, "I think so."
0:16:14 > 0:16:18With the CCTV footage, a clear eyewitness account,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20and precise measurements from the scene,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Graham could begin to piece together what had happened.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Time now for our second look at Bournville Police Station,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37where they're still recording the day's events on the web.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42Things are hotting up as they try to sort out a domestic incident that's spilled onto the street.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Ladies, go home and we'll bring him to you.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54On a housing estate in Birmingham, there's a real rumpus going on.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58The mother and two sisters of the young man attacked by his girlfriend
0:16:58 > 0:17:00have turned up and start pitching in.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Joe, Joe, who are they?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05What you doing? What you doing?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Joe! Who are they?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11James has taken hold of the older sister's arm
0:17:11 > 0:17:12to keep her away from her brother.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Joe, stand still, mate, stand still.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18The officers are doing their best to keep things calm
0:17:18 > 0:17:21but all members of the family have lost their tempers
0:17:21 > 0:17:25and the youngest sister has decided to take it out on the police.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- Get the- BLEEP- off. - There's a dirty- BLEEP.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34AGGRESSIVE SHOUTING
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Meanwhile, the young man has decided to show the police previous wounds
0:17:37 > 0:17:42he's allegedly sustained from his clearly rocky relationship.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Get off her!- Stay there, all of you, stay there.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49The young sister is handcuffed and led away.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Her brother has now broken down in tears over his girlfriend.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Of course, that's just his side of the story.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07It's escalated from being a domestic-type incident,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09both parties have had a few drinks,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12even though it's only just gone 11 in the morning.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Obviously, family members are very agitated,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19getting involved and making matters ten times worse, so...
0:18:20 > 0:18:24The young man has said he doesn't want to go to hospital to be checked over.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27For his own safety, he'll be taken to his other sister's house,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30well away from the area.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34The younger sister is taken off to the police station to be questioned.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41Darren keeps the Twitter followers informed of the disturbance.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51Superintendent Peter Blackburn is doing his rounds of the station.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56Just for today, he'll be sending a record of all his activities to Darren to be tweeted.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59I'm just going to the custody block next
0:18:59 > 0:19:03to review what prisoners we've got down there,
0:19:03 > 0:19:07to see if there's anyone I need to authorise to be in detention longer than 24 hours.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I drop in there to see how things are going.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12This will be automatically picked up by Darren over here.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16He'll be able to re-tweet that, send it back out to all the followers
0:19:16 > 0:19:17for Birmingham South.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Everyone who's arrested on Pete's patch gets brought into custody.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35We need to try and establish the truth, basically.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38So we have to interview the people, and a lot of the times,
0:19:38 > 0:19:43people don't tell us the truth so we try and find evidence to establish whether they're guilty or not.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48All the evidence capture is done here, so we do DNA,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50if someone's reported or charged,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54and we also do photographs and we do fingerprints as well.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59What's important to mention is not everybody who comes here is guilty
0:19:59 > 0:20:03so we treat everybody fairly and transparently.
0:20:03 > 0:20:09Just being checked in is our young woman who went for the police officer in the street.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10She's much calmer now.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13So she tried pushing past you in order to get to...
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Anything being said at the time?
0:20:19 > 0:20:23She'll be thoroughly searched before being taken to the cells.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Farham Din is the arresting officer.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31She's pushed past me and that was clearly an act of antagonisation.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33In an effort to keep her where she was,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35at a safe distance from the other officer,
0:20:35 > 0:20:39she's then pushed me up against the side wall.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Once that's happened, I've arrested her
0:20:42 > 0:20:44on the suspicion of assaulting a constable.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47She's then continued to be verbally abusive towards us
0:20:47 > 0:20:50and the other officers. A small struggle has taken place,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53she's been handcuffed and taken away.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Once it gets physical, you've got no choice but to get hands-on
0:20:56 > 0:21:00and make them understand what they've done is wrong.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10The day's moving on and the cells are filling up.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12The Tweet-a-thon log records everything.
0:21:12 > 0:21:1860 years ago, no-one could have imagined this kind of instant communication would be possible.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23As darkness falls, another operation swings into action.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27We'll be out on the road with them as the Tweet-a-thon continues.
0:21:32 > 0:21:3860 years ago, there were only 1,100 female prisoners in the system.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Now, that number has quadrupled.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44And the number of women officers working in prisons has grown even faster.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47I'd like to introduce you to Lorna and Nikki.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52First question, do I address you by your first names, or Ma'am or Miss?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Lorna's fine for me.- Nikki's fine for me!
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Good, I wanted to get it out of the way. Nikki, tell me what it's like
0:21:58 > 0:22:02being a female prisoner officer in a male jail.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06I think the most important thing, for any individual,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10is how they work, it's irrelevant what sex they are, male or female.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12It's what skills you bring to the job
0:22:12 > 0:22:16and that's the most important thing. You want people from a wide range
0:22:16 > 0:22:18of society. We just happen to be two of those people.
0:22:18 > 0:22:24Lorna, do you find you get a different reaction to some of the male officers or is that a myth?
0:22:24 > 0:22:28No, I'd say it's definitely a myth. I agree with Nikki, it's about
0:22:28 > 0:22:32the skills you bring to the job - the attitude, the values
0:22:32 > 0:22:34and how you treat people who are in prison.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38If you treat people with respect, you'll get respect back. It really is as simple as that.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I'm sure a lot of women who are watching think,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44"Wow, it's a scary job, it's quite an intimidating job to do."
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Do you feel scared when you walk up and down the wings?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50No, absolutely not and it goes back to that previous comment
0:22:50 > 0:22:53about treating people with respect. It's about having great relationships
0:22:53 > 0:22:57with the staff you work with but also good relationships with prisoners.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00People used to say to me, "It must be a really scary job"
0:23:00 > 0:23:03but I'd say to them, I feel safer walking down the wing of a prison
0:23:03 > 0:23:05than walking down the street at night sometimes.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07And Nikki, you'd agree with that?
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Yes. I think the difference is, when you're in an establishment,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14we know the risks and we manage the risks
0:23:14 > 0:23:16so we're far more in control of the environment
0:23:16 > 0:23:20which results in it being far safer than the outside community, where you can't control those risks
0:23:20 > 0:23:23and you're not even aware of what they are a lot of the time.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Thank you for your time, lovely to meet you.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I might just call you Ma'am and Ma'am, out of respect!
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- Please not.- Yes, don't.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Earlier, we saw West Midlands collision investigator
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Graham Harrison collecting evidence at the scene
0:23:42 > 0:23:44of a serious road accident in Birmingham.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Now he's got to put it all together to find out exactly what happened.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54When a young woman was run over by a car and almost killed
0:23:54 > 0:23:58on Christmas Eve, 2010, Graham Harrison,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02from the West Mids Police Collision Investigation Unit, had the job
0:24:02 > 0:24:06of putting together a picture of exactly what had occurred.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08As well as an eyewitness account,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12he had CCTV footage from four different cameras.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Looking at camera one, you see the pedestrian appear
0:24:16 > 0:24:19from the bottom left-hand corner of the screen,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21and start to cross the road.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26She gets to over three-quarters of the way across
0:24:26 > 0:24:30when you see Mr Shanahan's car come into view from the left-hand side
0:24:30 > 0:24:35and collide with her. At this point, it's already lost control.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38It's going sidewards down the street.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Looking at camera number five,
0:24:39 > 0:24:44you can see she gets flung down the road surface towards us.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49As you click through, you actually see she slides down the road,
0:24:49 > 0:24:54and actually out of camera shot, she slides so far.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57This all happens in less than ten seconds.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Graham can click through the recording frame by frame to find
0:25:01 > 0:25:03the precise point of impact.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07You can actually see the car touching the pedestrian's leg.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12So from this, we can pinpoint the exact point of the collision.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15You can then work out how fast the car was travelling when it hit the pedestrian.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Four clear skid marks at the site of the crash provided more evidence.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24We can measure those, using surveying equipment
0:25:24 > 0:25:28and a prism. And then later on, we can take those measurements,
0:25:28 > 0:25:33apply equations of motion to them and they will tell us how fast
0:25:33 > 0:25:37the vehicle was travelling at the start of those skid marks.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43It was down to old-fashioned maths to work out the speed the car was travelling when it hit the woman.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45The figures were checked and double-checked
0:25:45 > 0:25:47by the collision team. There was no doubt
0:25:47 > 0:25:51that the driver was way over the speed limit.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54We can prove at the start of the skid marks
0:25:54 > 0:25:56that he was doing not less than 57 miles an hour.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00He's then skidded, lost a bit of speed and actually collided
0:26:00 > 0:26:02at about 40 miles an hour.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09As well as the tyre marks, the position of every piece of debris is recorded.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11From this data collected at the crash site,
0:26:11 > 0:26:16computer software can recreate a detailed picture of the incident.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19So you've got the skid marks,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22and the computer tells it to put it in as skid marks,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25all the various cars, showing which direction they were facing,
0:26:25 > 0:26:31the debris field, and you can highlight the different types of debris there were with colours.
0:26:31 > 0:26:37And the red mark at the end which shows where she came to rest.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41And this can then produce an animated version of the crash.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44You can look at it from any angle you wish.
0:26:44 > 0:26:50So, as you can see, the skid marks are already laid down on the road,
0:26:50 > 0:26:52to give an idea of what's going to happen.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55She starts to cross the road,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58the vehicle comes into sight,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01and follows the skid marks exactly,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04and the blood spot shows where she ended up.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10With all the evidence gathered and processed,
0:27:10 > 0:27:16Laurence Shanahan appeared in court to face charges of dangerous driving.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20On top of the speeding, he also had well over the limit of alcohol
0:27:20 > 0:27:22in his blood.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Had the woman died, the driver could have served up to 14 years
0:27:26 > 0:27:28in prison.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Under current legislation, the maximum is dangerous driving which is two years.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37He received a 16-month prison sentence and a four-year driving ban.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42The young woman is recovering but will still have to undergo
0:27:42 > 0:27:44months of surgery.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47If he'd been doing 20 miles an hour, he wouldn't have even hit her.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52When you're driving a car, it's a lethal weapon, half a tonne of metal.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54You've got to concentrate on the job in hand,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57you've got to be aware of what you're doing and what others are doing,
0:27:57 > 0:28:02not thinking about what you'll do at the end of the journey, you've got to keep your mind on the job.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Here in the control room at Birmingham Central Police Station,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10they don't just deal with CCTV,
0:28:10 > 0:28:12they take non-emergency calls from the public.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15The man who knows all about it is Inspector Andy Bridgewater.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Tell us a little, you've got a new service, haven't you? 101.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- What is it?- 101 is hopefully a memorable number
0:28:21 > 0:28:26that people can use as an alternative to 999 if it's not an emergency.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27What kind of things
0:28:27 > 0:28:30should they call 999 for and then, what's the difference?
0:28:30 > 0:28:33If there's a crime in action, if you're witnessing a crime unfold,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36you're a witness to something happening there and then,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39that's an emergency, they should phone 999.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43- And 101?- 101 is if there's an ongoing issue
0:28:43 > 0:28:46or a crime that's already happened that you need to report,
0:28:46 > 0:28:48then we can tailor the best police response to that
0:28:48 > 0:28:53- and it might not be an immediate one. - I know you get time-wasting calls,
0:28:53 > 0:28:55what sort of examples have you had here?
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Er, a recent one was a gentleman phoned to say
0:28:58 > 0:29:02his brother hadn't invited him to a wedding. He abused the 999 system
0:29:02 > 0:29:07- by calling us for that.- He called 999 because he hadn't been invited to his brother's wedding?- Yeah!
0:29:07 > 0:29:09- That's not the end of it, is it? - No, it's not.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Very common calls are people contacting us on 999
0:29:12 > 0:29:15to say they've run out of credit on their phone!
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Clearly, that clogs up the emergency network
0:29:18 > 0:29:22and stops real emergencies getting through and will hamper our response.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25The other thing you've noticed is there's a generational issue.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29- Perhaps the older generation don't even call for emergencies, is that right?- Yeah.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33There certainly are people who don't want to bother us with stuff.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Clearly, if your house is getting broken into,
0:29:35 > 0:29:40- that's the kind of thing the police should be responding to immediately. - Quite right. Thank you.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Over the past 40 minutes or so,
0:29:46 > 0:29:49we've been watching the work of one police station in Birmingham
0:29:49 > 0:29:51as they mount a 24-hour Tweet-a-thon
0:29:51 > 0:29:53on the social network site Twitter.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Darkness is falling and it's moving into its closing stages.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00There's still plenty to tell their thousands of followers.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10It's just another night at Bournville Police Station.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Officers are going about their duties.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16However, tonight, everything they do is being tweeted
0:30:16 > 0:30:18on the West Mids Police website.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22It's the most up-to-date way for the police to keep in touch with the public.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26I know from my own 15-year-old daughter, it's a part of daily life,
0:30:26 > 0:30:28particularly for younger people.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30If their phone breaks or doesn't work, or they drop it,
0:30:30 > 0:30:34it's like part of their life, part of their body's been cut off!
0:30:34 > 0:30:38We're here to police the community and represent them, protect them.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41If we don't move with the times and communicate in a way
0:30:41 > 0:30:44that the community are communicating, we'll get left behind.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58An operation has been set up on one of the main roads out of Birmingham.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01It's all part of their drink-drive campaign.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07We're working with force traffic, they're out in the road stopping the vehicles for us.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09They're picking half a dozen vehicles randomly
0:31:09 > 0:31:12and directing them onto the forecourt here
0:31:12 > 0:31:16where officers are speaking to the drivers and making them aware of what we're doing.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21We're also looking at doing voluntary breath tests with people,
0:31:21 > 0:31:24whether it be a passenger or the driver.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27If they've had a drink, they may want to know what their limits are.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31It's an opportunity for them to go through the procedure voluntarily.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33I'll tell you when to stop, OK?
0:31:37 > 0:31:42As they check this car, they get a strong smell of cannabis coming from it.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47It's enough to warrant a search of both driver and passenger.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57It seems history may repeat itself as the police have found two bags
0:31:57 > 0:32:00of marijuana. But that's not all.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04We recovered a small amount of herbal cannabis from the car.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08And the passenger's got a lock knife on him as well,
0:32:08 > 0:32:11which is an offensive weapon.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16There are more offensive weapons in the back of the car.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Keith Bennett and drugs dog H have been called in.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24We use this type of dog because they're so agile
0:32:24 > 0:32:27and they're the right size to use in vehicles.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30You can see he's extremely enthusiastic, energetic
0:32:30 > 0:32:33and he can get into the smallest of areas.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44H makes short work of the small car.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45I'm happy with that.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48An officer's done a physical, we've put the dog in,
0:32:48 > 0:32:53we're happy the car's now clear and there's no further drugs inside.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56The driver and passenger are arrested and taken to the station.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59It's all added to the Twitter log.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03The operation continues. This man tested clear
0:33:03 > 0:33:06but it was extremely close.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09I'm interested from the point of view of having had a beer at lunchtime
0:33:09 > 0:33:13that you can come out and I've still got something in the system,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15which...I wouldn't have given it a thought.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18I mean, I wouldn't have had a beer after work and come out
0:33:18 > 0:33:23under any circumstance this time of the year, so very, very surprising.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26The legal limit is 35 micrograms of alcohol.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Anyone over that will be taken back to the station.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32This man has blown way over the limit.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Come over to the van.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43The guy says he's had alcohol the last two hours,
0:33:43 > 0:33:46he smelt of alcohol and has provided a positive breath test.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48At the roadside, he's blown a reading of 52.
0:33:48 > 0:33:54Legal limit is 35 so anything over 35, we can arrest them and take them back to the police station.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57At the police station, if they blow over 40,
0:33:57 > 0:33:59they'll be offered a blood test or a blood option.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01If they blow between 40 and 50, that is.
0:34:01 > 0:34:06Anything over 50, it's a charge and go to court in a week or so.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11By the end of the night, the operation has had good results.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15A very successful day. We've had just under 200 cars stopped today.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19We've had four prisoners in - two for drink-drive
0:34:19 > 0:34:22and we've had two in for offensive weapons and drugs as well.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26The public appear happy too with the crackdown.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28It's a very good campaign
0:34:28 > 0:34:33where we can find out the people who don't know what are the penance of drinking and driving.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36I'm a GP myself so I would definitely encourage it.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40It's nice and high-profile so people can see what's going on.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41It makes people stop and think.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43A very good idea, yes.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46You shouldn't drink and drive, should you!
0:34:50 > 0:34:54The 24 hours are up. Thanks to the Tweet-a-thon, there's a complete record
0:34:54 > 0:34:58of everything that has gone through Bournville Police Station.
0:34:58 > 0:35:03270 calls for help, 24 arrests, 200 tweets.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08The number of police Twitter followers has also gone up to 4,000.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11It's a busy place, it doesn't stop, it runs 24 hours a day
0:35:11 > 0:35:15and we've got police officers coming in and out of here continually,
0:35:15 > 0:35:20all doing different sorts of roles but the one thing in common with all of them is to make a difference
0:35:20 > 0:35:23and to protect the community and work with them.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36These fantastic-looking cars were on parade in 1954 for an inspection
0:35:36 > 0:35:39by the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43And amazingly, this magnificent beast is still on the road.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45BELL RINGS
0:35:46 > 0:35:49What a fantastic car, what a fantastic noise! Thank you!
0:35:49 > 0:35:53This was one of the original police cars, it's a Wolseley.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Steve knows lots about these kind of cars.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00Tell me, what were its defining features?
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Obviously the big illuminated Wolseley badge on the grille,
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- which terrified the public.- Did it?
0:36:05 > 0:36:08They'd drive up behind them and they'd be really worried?
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Yes, if you saw one of those in your rear-view mirror,
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- you'd know you were being followed by the police.- When were these used?
0:36:14 > 0:36:19- From 1953 to about 1958, '59, around then.- A beautiful car.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Were they fast or not?
0:36:22 > 0:36:26We wouldn't think so today but then, '53, about 80 miles an hour.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- They eventually had to be replaced because of the speed issues?- Yes.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32To something which I prefer even more than that.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36- This is a beautiful car, a Daimler Dart.- Yes.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37Why did these come into service?
0:36:37 > 0:36:43The Met Police in particular had a problem with a group called Cafe Racers
0:36:43 > 0:36:48which were basically rockers who'd soup up their motorbikes
0:36:48 > 0:36:52and they'd race from the local cafe, the Ace Cafe in North London in particular,
0:36:52 > 0:36:57around a series of roundabouts, and get back to the cafe.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00They'd put a piece of music on the jukebox...
0:37:00 > 0:37:04They had to get back to the cafe before the record finished.
0:37:04 > 0:37:05This, how fast did it go?
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- 120 miles an hour.- Gosh.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11You'd never imagine a police officer driving this kind of car now
0:37:11 > 0:37:14because, for a start, it's convertible!
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Yes, and they had to drive them with the hood down.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21And then this came into being, didn't it?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- Yes, the panda car.- The panda car, look at it!- The original panda.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Sky blue. Why did we call them pandas if they were sky blue?
0:37:27 > 0:37:30When these were first introduced in 1965,
0:37:30 > 0:37:33all the photos in the papers were in black and white.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36A journalist coined the expression they looked like pandas.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38And it stuck ever since.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Walk us through it. I mean, it's tiny for starters.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45We had one when I was growing up, with three kids in the back.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49- How do you put criminals in the back of this?- Well, we did.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Minis were the first pandas I ever drove.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54And we used to put prisoners in the back.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Let's have a listen to the siren on this one as well.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Slightly different, with the two tones.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02TWO-TONE SIREN BLARES
0:38:04 > 0:38:06That's straight out of a film, isn't it?
0:38:06 > 0:38:09So those obviously had their particular purpose.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13- And then we got quite a different looking car, didn't we?- Yes.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18This is a Jaguar XJ6, from 1983, '84.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22This was one of the standard motorway patrol cars for the whole of the UK.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25We had the panda, we know why that was named.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27This was called "a jam sandwich".
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Yes, for obvious reasons, you don't need to explain it, do you?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34But it was a sort of standard livery for most UK forces,
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- up to the mid-1990s. - Presumably a nice car to drive.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41- Was it reliable?- It wasn't the most reliable car on the road.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43When it was going...
0:38:43 > 0:38:44SIREN WAILS
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- ..it was lovely to drive.- They are more reliable now?- Certainly are.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51Here comes the modern version. Ooh!
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Thank you very much, Steve.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- So, yes, straight into 2012. Hi, Neil, thank you very much.- Hi.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Ooh, that's very loud.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02I'll let you get out, shall I?
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- Nice piece of kit?- Thank you.- Yeah? Nice piece of kit?
0:39:05 > 0:39:06It is, definitely.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Talk us through it. It's a Jaguar, it's very fast, isn't it?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12It is, yes. Jaguar XF 3-litre, about 150, 160 miles an hour.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17150 miles an hour. How does it feel, driving at that speed?
0:39:17 > 0:39:20It's comfy. We've all done courses to be able to drive at that speed.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Of course, nobody's allowed to do that.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27Tell us about other things, we've got cameras, all sorts of kit on it.
0:39:27 > 0:39:33It's fitted with automatic number-plate recognition that reads all the vehicles that pass us.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35OK, so there's a camera there.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38And from there, the shots go into your computer.
0:39:38 > 0:39:43Correct, they come up on the computer screen and give us the information on vehicles that pass us
0:39:43 > 0:39:45and tell us if they're required,
0:39:45 > 0:39:47no insurance or criminals using them on a regular basis.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- What's your favourite bit about the car?- It's nice, comfy and quiet!
0:39:51 > 0:39:55- Would you like one of those though? - They do look nice!- Thanks very much.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Can we have the sirens on and everything?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01SIREN WAILS
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