0:00:02 > 0:00:06Today, a wake-up call for a fine dodger in Birmingham. Pay up, or else...
0:00:08 > 0:00:10- Yes.- That's long, bruv.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12From drink-driving to speeding.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15About 10% of the prisoners here in Bristol
0:00:15 > 0:00:18are in for offences connected to cars and driving.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Clunk, click, every trip.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24With seven times more cars on the road now than in 1952,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27it's a huge operation to keep our roads safe.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Welcome to Crime And Punishment,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50the show that explores the changes in policing and prisons
0:00:50 > 0:00:52throughout the Queen's 60 years on the throne.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54I'm here, inside Bristol Prison.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And I'm here at Birmingham Central Police Station.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Can you believe the total of unpaid fines and confiscation notices
0:01:01 > 0:01:05in this country comes to a whopping £2 billion?
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Fines for offences as varied as speeding, unpaid council tax,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12and court charges all add up to some big money.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15So here, in the West Midlands, persistent offenders
0:01:15 > 0:01:16are getting a wake-up call.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26It's just after 7am. Senior court officer Garry Robinson
0:01:26 > 0:01:29is already on the road with a pocketful of warrants.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Operation Crackdown, an intensive two weeks
0:01:34 > 0:01:39aimed at catching hundreds of persistent offenders with outstanding fines to pay.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42They've had many letters, they've been summonsed to court,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44not turned up at the court date.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46And obviously, the warrant is issued
0:01:46 > 0:01:49due to the fact they haven't surrendered to court
0:01:49 > 0:01:51on a given court date.
0:01:51 > 0:01:57That enables us to go round and basically they've got to pay up or be arrested.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01It's a joint operation with police working closely with the courts
0:02:01 > 0:02:07and a mobile custody suite has been set up to process offenders quickly.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11The fines can range from no TV licence...
0:02:12 > 0:02:15..up to robbery, drugs possession.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21You know, we don't willy-nilly send teams out to arrest people.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23These are people we can't get in by any other means.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I'm afraid, in this cash-strapped society we live in,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30the Government want every penny they can get in
0:02:30 > 0:02:35so this is why we are really pushing it for the money
0:02:35 > 0:02:38and we're not going to let go.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42The concept of fines goes back to medieval times,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44always a useful source of revenue,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47they've been increasingly used since then.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Alongside the usual court fines, in the 1950s,
0:02:51 > 0:02:56fixed penalty notices were introduced for minor parking offences.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57They proved effective.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Since then, the number and range of offences has grown.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02If you're drunk and disorderly,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05allow your dog to foul a pavement, or scrawl graffiti,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08you could end up with a fixed penalty notice.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12But, if you don't pay up for any kind of fine,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16you could eventually find yourself getting an early-morning call from the police.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Can I speak to- BLEEP- please?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- He's not in, he's at work. - He's at work.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- We're trying to contact Mr- BLEEP. - Karl.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Karl's mum claims she hasn't seen him for eight years.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Eight years?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Although they haven't managed to collar them today, they will be back.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41The next visit they make, however, proves to be more successful.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Yep, chap here. What's your date of birth...
0:03:44 > 0:03:47This fine dodger is about to get the shock of his life.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Hello there, sir, is it Michael - BLEEP?- It is, yes.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55- Hello, Michael, my name's Garry Robinson, I'm a warrant officer, can we have a quick word?- Yes.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58What it is, Michael, I don't know if you're aware
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- but you've got an outstanding fine for 90 quid.- Have I?- Yeah.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05You were given a ticket for exceeding 30 miles an hour,
0:04:05 > 0:04:06back in 2007.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12Because it hasn't been paid, they've issued a warrant for your arrest.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Right.- Have you got £90 to pay this fine?
0:04:15 > 0:04:20- Not on me at the moment...- We'd have to take it now, I'm afraid.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22- Do you?- Yes. Otherwise you'd have to be arrested,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25and taken up to the Magistrates' Court.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Lack of cash is no excuse. All the usual credit cards are accepted.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32He hasn't got the cash at the moment.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I've told him he's got to come up with the full amount or come with us.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40He's a nice enough chap, he's gone to phone his partner, see if he can get a debit or credit card.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43If that's possible, we'll take the money.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45If not, he'll have to come with us.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Hello?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Hello there, matey.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50After a quick ring to various family members,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53his brother agrees to loan him the money.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Thanks for your help, cheers, bye bye.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Wonderful. All paid. OK, mate, you take care.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- See you later, bye.- See you, take your brother out for a pint tonight!
0:05:02 > 0:05:03- I will do!- Cheers.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Not all Garry's cases are so obliging.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10I've been doing this job now for... I'm in my 23rd year.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15So I've knocked many thousands of doors doing this job over that time.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20So, one thing I've learnt is that everyone is different.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23The ones you think are going to be trouble often aren't.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28And the ones you think are going to be no trouble at all sometimes are.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30GARRY KNOCKS AT DOOR
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- Hello, Patrick?- I'm Patrick, yeah. - Hello, Patrick.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Warrant officer from the Magistrates' Court.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38You've got an outstanding fine.
0:05:38 > 0:05:44- The fact is, mate, you've got to pay £117...what's that number?- 14 pence.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I've rung the courts up, I've paid so much a week
0:05:47 > 0:05:49but I can't pay the whole lot up front.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Right, you've either got to pay or come with us.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- What do you mean? Come with you where?- To prison.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- What?- Prison.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01They've issued a warrant because it hasn't been paid.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- We've got access, this is a warrant. - But he don't live here. - But he's here!
0:06:05 > 0:06:06He doesn't have to live here.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09He wasn't expecting that.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12SECOND OFFICER: Speak to your mum, has she got a debit card?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15GARRY: Anyone who can pay on your behalf?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It takes a while but a phone call to his dad
0:06:17 > 0:06:20leads to the cash suddenly appearing.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22All right, thanks a lot, take care.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Eventually phoning the father, they had got the money in the house,
0:06:30 > 0:06:31they didn't want to pay it.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34They'd realised I wasn't going to take any part-payment.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37He offered me half the money now, I said no.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Lo and behold, they've gone upstairs, got the money,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44paid in full, just issued a receipt, job done. All paid up.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49The money's started flowing in, but with hundreds of doors
0:06:49 > 0:06:51to knock on, there's no time to waste.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Garry's working with PC Jim Alfin for this one.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04We're just en route to an address here in Aston
0:07:04 > 0:07:09with warrant for outstanding fines for over £1,000
0:07:09 > 0:07:13for various offences from motoring offences to assault.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Please be in, please be in.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22GARRY KNOCKS AT DOOR
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Movement upstairs...
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- Have you seen someone?- Yes, the blinds are moving.- Good, OK.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Can you come to the door, please?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42DOG BARKS
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Ohh... Big dog!
0:07:45 > 0:07:47DOG CONTINUES TO BARK
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Can you come to the door? It's the police.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56- I think we might have to get someone down here, force entry.- Yes.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Someone's been seen at the window so we know someone's in there.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03We're banging loud enough, they know we're here. Officer's called to say we're police.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06They're refusing now to come to the door which indicates to us
0:08:06 > 0:08:12it could be the person we're after. Officer's calling for back-up. If need be, we'll force entry.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15DOG BARKS
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Your last warning, if you don't come downstairs, we'll force entry.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Garry and Jim aren't giving up easily on this one
0:08:21 > 0:08:24and neither are we, we'll join them later.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32In 1952, there were only five million vehicles on the road.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Today, there's a staggering 34 million.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Keeping roads safe has seen the police change with the times
0:08:38 > 0:08:42and a whole industry has grown up around keeping the public in the picture
0:08:42 > 0:08:45and out of places like this.
0:08:47 > 0:08:511958. Prime minister Harold Macmillan took a spin
0:08:51 > 0:08:53on the new Preston bypass and told motorists
0:08:53 > 0:08:57they'd never had it so good.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02The eight-mile section marked the beginning of our love-hate relationship with motorways.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Now it's hard to imagine life without them.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09But with their introduction came an entirely new way
0:09:09 > 0:09:10of policing the motorist.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18The 30-mile-an-hour speed limit in built-up areas had been in place since 1934.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21But for all other roads, there was no restriction.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24It wasn't until 1965
0:09:24 > 0:09:27that a temporary limit of 70 miles an hour
0:09:27 > 0:09:30was introduced on all motorways and unrestricted roads.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34It was passed into legislation in 1973.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38With speed limits came speeding fines, and points.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43Collect enough and you face a driving ban or worse.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49The introduction of speed cameras in 1991 was controversial
0:09:49 > 0:09:54and remains so. But the fact is, there are 35% fewer deaths
0:09:54 > 0:09:56or injuries at the camera locations.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02There are around 6,000 of them and because of budget cuts,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05some authorities are switching some of them off.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08But drivers have no way of knowing which.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11With the increase in the number of cars on our roads
0:10:11 > 0:10:15and the speeds we're able to achieve, safety of the driver and passengers
0:10:15 > 0:10:17came to the fore.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25The seatbelt is perhaps the most important safety device
0:10:25 > 0:10:26in transport history.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31Seatbelts have saved about a million lives worldwide,
0:10:31 > 0:10:3335,000 in the UK alone.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Crash tests by Volvo show why.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54But how do you get the message across?
0:10:54 > 0:10:59It's very likely that 400 of you will be injured in your cars tomorrow
0:10:59 > 0:11:02and it's going to happen to a lot of you ladies.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04You'll be shopping, collecting the kids.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07For some of you, the face you start out with in the morning...
0:11:07 > 0:11:10won't be the same face you end up with by the evening.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Clunk the car door, click the seatbelt,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19even if you are just going round the corner, clunk, click, every trip.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23The campaign had a huge effect.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26But even now, an estimated 300 people a year
0:11:26 > 0:11:30die in road crashes because they don't clunk, click.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35On-the-spot fines ranging from £60 to £500
0:11:35 > 0:11:39can now be given to anyone not wearing a seatbelt.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45One of the biggest contributors to road deaths was alcohol.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48The breathalyser began life half a century ago.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54And its job is to measure how much alcohol there is in the breath
0:11:54 > 0:11:55and therefore in the body.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58And it works like this.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03The subject, a man perhaps, who is thought to have had too much to drink to be able to drive,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06at the police station, gives a sample of his breath
0:12:06 > 0:12:08by blowing into this tube.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14Once again, public information films were used to get the message across.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18'Most of us reckon we can handle our motors after a few pints.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20'Take it easy and you don't attract the law.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24'But what if some stupid git does this?
0:12:25 > 0:12:26'Or this?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28'Or this.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34'Those few pints have just cost you your licence.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37'So who's the stupid git now?'
0:12:39 > 0:12:44Drinking and driving slowly became a social stigma.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47A conviction carries an automatic ban in most cases.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52Even so, more than 3,000 are still killed or injured each year because of it.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Drug driving is harder to police.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Even though the driver might have taken drugs,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04the police must prove, beyond reasonable doubt,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06that they made them unfit to drive.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09The process is far from perfect.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12One part is checking a suspect's coordination,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15touching your nose, walking in a straight line and standing on one leg.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21In one Christmas clampdown, they carried out only 500 drug driving tests,
0:13:21 > 0:13:25against 200,000 alcohol tests.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30Yet drugs are behind 250 fatal accidents a year.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Mobile phones are the new menace. You're four times more likely
0:13:35 > 0:13:38to crash if you use them whilst driving.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Reaction times for drivers using a phone are around 50% slower
0:13:44 > 0:13:46than normal driving.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50And if you don't have a hands-free, you're breaking the law.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53It carries a penalty of up to £1,000
0:13:53 > 0:13:55and three points on your licence.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Since the 1950s,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04the Government has spent millions on road-safety campaigns.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Those films may seem outdated today,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11but the campaigns have changed the face of modern motoring.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Looking at that footage really brings back some memories.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Steve Rounds works for the Central Motorway Police Group
0:14:24 > 0:14:26and works in police vehicles all the time.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- Looking back at those adverts, did they really change things?- Yes.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Yes, especially the drink-drive adverts,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35they had a real impact. In the '60s, we had no legislation,
0:14:35 > 0:14:40we had a terrific collision rate with fatalities.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44We had the campaign that ran just after the legislation was introduced
0:14:44 > 0:14:49and then within 10-15 years, drink-driving became socially unacceptable
0:14:49 > 0:14:52so it was a mixture of the two, the ads and the enforcement.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56What about seatbelts? I do remember that ad there particularly well.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58The clunk, click with Jimmy Savile, yeah.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01We still get people we stop now, "remember clunk, click".
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Even people that weren't old enough and weren't alive,
0:15:04 > 0:15:08but it's been passed through the families - clunk, click, put the seatbelt on.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Wearing a seatbelt is very important for everybody.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12It's important for a driver
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- to make sure rear-seat passengers are belted up.- That saves lives.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19What about the design of cars, has that changed in safety terms?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Yes, obvious and not so obvious.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Inside the vehicles, we have air bags and air cushions and air curtains
0:15:26 > 0:15:28for front and side impact.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32But the actual design of cars, they're now made much lower
0:15:32 > 0:15:34so that when a car hits a pedestrian,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36it picks them up onto the bonnet.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39The old saying "if you get run over" doesn't wash any more,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42you get run under and you get picked up.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46That really limits the amount of damage cars can do to people
0:15:46 > 0:15:49at slow speeds. Don't forget, at 30 miles an hour,
0:15:49 > 0:15:51eight out of ten people would survive.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Raise the speed by ten miles an hour, 40 miles an hour,
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- eight people would die.- Gosh, it's really a very stark statistic.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04Tell me about this car. I know police cars have a lot of technology now, don't they?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07There's a lot of technology you wouldn't find in a normal car.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The most obvious thing is the big screen.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14What we have is a front camera which is a colour camera
0:16:14 > 0:16:16and a rear camera which is infrared.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21But the front camera records continuously from the moment we start the vehicle up,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24on a continuous spool. For instance, if we came to traffic lights
0:16:24 > 0:16:28on green for us and a car came over on red across our path,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30and we saw that, we can press the record button.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33The machine spools back about 30 seconds
0:16:33 > 0:16:35and captures what we've just seen happen
0:16:35 > 0:16:38which is strange, takes a bit of getting used to!
0:16:38 > 0:16:44- Yes, but incredibly useful. This car is like having another police officer.- Yes, it is.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46It's mobile technology, it really is.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51Thank you for showing me around. I'll let you go, I know everyone here is very busy!
0:16:59 > 0:17:04We're back with court officer Garry Robinson and PC Jim Alfin.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06They're on a mission to try and collar fine dodgers.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09If they don't pay up now, they'll be arrested.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12It's all part of Operation Crackdown.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Can you come to the door? It's the police.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21We'll force an entry if you don't come to the door.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25They're at this particular address to try and catch a man who owes
0:17:25 > 0:17:28over £1,000 in fines.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Someone's appeared at the upstairs window
0:17:31 > 0:17:33so there's clearly someone in the premises.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37We've knocked very loudly, we've shouted, told them to open the door.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41It's obvious they know we're here, they're refusing to open the door.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Garry and Jim have now been knocking for over 25 minutes.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48There is some concern if the person we want is in there,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50he may go out the back of the property.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55We'll try any means not to do any damage. At the end of the day,
0:17:55 > 0:18:00officers will be here shortly with equipment to get in this door and we'll have to force entry.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05But seconds before they arrive, there is finally a breakthrough.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- Cancel that, all right?- Yes.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Hello, we need to speak to Sandeep please, Sandeep Dulay?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- Yes...- Sleeping?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15We need to come in, we've got a warrant.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Why haven't you opened the door when you've heard us banging?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20INDISTINCT SPEECH Sorry?
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- But we were banging really loud! - Can we come in, is that all right?
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Sandeep's mother claims she was asleep while all the knocking was going on.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Where's Sandeep?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Does he live here?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Yeah, we're checking, don't worry about that.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Jim's gone straight upstairs.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45What's your name, mate? Surinder?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Are you his father?
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Sandeep? When did you last see him?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54You don't know?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Was he sleeping here last night?- No.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01INAUDIBLE SPEECH
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Can you come and op... This door's locked.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Have you got the key to this door here, sir?
0:19:12 > 0:19:13You haven't?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16If you haven't got the key, I'm going to put the door in.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18I don't want to kick your door down for no reason.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20The key miraculously appears.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23We just need to check, all right?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Once we've checked, we'll be out of the way.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Thank you.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- There's someone been in this bed. - Has there?- Yes.- It's warm.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36There's someone been in this bed. Yes, still warm.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- This is the bedroom when we came to the door.- That's right.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Lying to us, you see.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46Garry checks every conceivable place he could be hiding.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53The bed's still warm, there's someone been sleeping in that.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Did you come to the window to start off with?
0:19:56 > 0:19:59It's him, he's been in here.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- So you were asleep in that bedroom? - Yes.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Apparently the lady was sleeping in that bedroom.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09So you were sleeping in there this morning?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Who...who looked out the window?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Why didn't you open the door?
0:20:23 > 0:20:27If you see police officers outside your door, shouldn't you answer the door?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29...English understand.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33We've done a search of the premises and there's no sign of him.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37We've been to the bedroom whereby we think he is sleeping
0:20:37 > 0:20:39but obviously, he's not there.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43One place I haven't checked that I do want to check is the outhouse.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47But there's a dog in the garden. I'll wait until the lady moves the dog and I'll go and check.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Now....
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Now, now...
0:20:52 > 0:20:54No, no.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00The dog is under control but only for a moment.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04WOMAN SHOUTS AT DOG
0:21:06 > 0:21:08It won't hurt him anyway, just keep him...
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Happily, it's a gentle giant.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15That's all right, we've had a look, we've had a look.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Thanks, love.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24'The fact he wasn't there, and they may well see him later on today,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26'I've left a card with my details.'
0:21:26 > 0:21:30I've asked, "Can you tell him to contact me asap, straight away?"
0:21:30 > 0:21:34If he's got any respect for his parents, after today,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36he won't want this to happen again.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Hopefully he'll do the honest thing and come forward.
0:21:40 > 0:21:46So, no sign of Sandeep for now but Garry and Jim will be back for a surprise visit.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48As well as saying sorry to their victims,
0:21:48 > 0:21:52many prisoners need to fix damaged relationships with their families.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56A parent in jail for a long time can have a devastating effect on their children.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00So a scheme's been set up here at Bristol Prison
0:22:00 > 0:22:03to help dads become better fathers when they get out.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07"And baby owl had been out in the snowy woods, playing on his sledge."
0:22:07 > 0:22:10When we first met Toby, he was still serving his sentence.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13But he was working hard to repair some of the damage he's done
0:22:13 > 0:22:15to his family by being in prison.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18He was trying to maintain contact with his children
0:22:18 > 0:22:20by recording a story for them.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23"I am Santa, OK? I'm Santa, ho ho ho!"
0:22:23 > 0:22:29It's a first step, but being a good dad doesn't come easy to Toby or his fellow prisoners
0:22:29 > 0:22:31who are taking part in a four-week course.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35But how on earth can playing a ukulele help?
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Today we're encouraging the men to work as a team
0:22:39 > 0:22:42by learning a very simple tune on the ukulele
0:22:42 > 0:22:45which is being taught by a professional musician.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50The prisoners need to learn again how to learn.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55Most of these chaps didn't have a very good experience at school.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58So this, to them, is quite new.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01# Without you by my side
0:23:02 > 0:23:07# He was a true, true... #
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I have been so incredibly delighted with the way the prisoners
0:23:10 > 0:23:13have been getting on. They've been working as a team,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16they've been helping one another, showing each other tricks
0:23:16 > 0:23:17for playing the chords.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22Last week we did a workshop and they played through their tea-break,
0:23:22 > 0:23:26they weren't interested, they wanted me to show them some Bob Marley!
0:23:26 > 0:23:27# Stir it up... #
0:23:27 > 0:23:29F!
0:23:29 > 0:23:35'Ukulele is great because you can play a song on the first lesson,
0:23:35 > 0:23:37'so it's easy and it's kind of...'
0:23:37 > 0:23:41no offence to the recorder but it's got more street cred!
0:23:41 > 0:23:44But the men need to learn more than just a few chords.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51Part of the appeal is the chance to work on relationship skills with their wives and partners.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Toby's wife, Terri, is joining the session today.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00But this course isn't just about making these men better dads.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Hopefully it'll help them change their ways on the outside.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06This afternoon is a workshop for couples.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08We've got some outside agencies
0:24:08 > 0:24:11to come in and talk to the couples who are on the course
0:24:11 > 0:24:15about the sort of support they can get in the community,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18both now and when they're released.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22It's quite unusual to actually have a course where partners,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25supporters, family members, persons that are close
0:24:25 > 0:24:29can actually work with them. Because this is a parenting course,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33they've got a common aim. What the men have to remember is right now,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37their partners are out there being a parent on their own.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42There's a tangible reward for learning how to improve relationship skills
0:24:42 > 0:24:45and to be open to advice when it's offered.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48The end goal is a family day.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Today is the culmination of the Fathers Inside course,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55which enables the learners, the prisoners,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59to put into practice many of the things they've learnt
0:24:59 > 0:25:03during the course - how to play and communicate with their children effectively.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07By that means, we hope they'll have been able to enhance
0:25:07 > 0:25:09their relationship with their families.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15For one day only, the restrictions usually placed on family visits are lifted.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16On a normal visit, you sit down.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20We get to move round with them, play games,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22obviously face-painting!
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Get some more colour.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28We've finished it now. It was a four-week course, Fathers Inside.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30This is our family visit at the end of it.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32And it's done with now, so...
0:25:35 > 0:25:39It's a good incentive to stay on the course, to have this at the end.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44When they leave the prison, hopefully they'll find themselves
0:25:44 > 0:25:48better equipped to communicate with their families
0:25:48 > 0:25:51and to interact with their children.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55I've learnt how to sit down and understand my kids a bit more,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59rather than shout or tell them off, sit down and be more understanding.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03With a stable family, we imagine and expect
0:26:03 > 0:26:07that they'll be less likely to re-offend.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Welcome to the nerve centre of Bristol Prison.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14This is the control room.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Each cell, landing and wing here at Bristol Prison
0:26:17 > 0:26:19is under lock and key.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23But this place is the eyes and ears of the security team at the prison.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26I'm going to have a quick chat with Neil. Hi, Neil, how are you doing?
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- Can you chat for a second?- Sure. - Excellent.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33What can you see from here that the officers on the ground can't?
0:26:33 > 0:26:36The cameras give us almost peripheral vision
0:26:36 > 0:26:40so we obviously observe things from a greater height.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44People on shift on the ground floor can't see everything we can see
0:26:44 > 0:26:47so we're here to complement the staff on the ground floor.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49You have a lot of monitors and technology,
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- but you still do things by hand here, don't you?- Yes, sure.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55One of the most important things we do is keep control
0:26:55 > 0:26:58of the prisoners and know where they are at any one time.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03We've got a system over there, it's run by Mike, he'll tell you about it.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Hi, Mike, how are you doing?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07I can see you're busy at it at the moment.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10It looks old-school compared to everything else around you!
0:27:10 > 0:27:12What exactly is this board?
0:27:12 > 0:27:17This board is recording where we're moving people off of the wings
0:27:17 > 0:27:22from the morning, where they go, in and out of the prison
0:27:22 > 0:27:26and the key thing would be roll check on these numbers here.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31So it's kind of keeping a headcount all the time cos you have so much movement every day?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Yes, we have to know exactly the number of prisoners we have
0:27:35 > 0:27:40so that tells me where they are, how many we've got
0:27:40 > 0:27:42and we can tally that way.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Have to be sure of your maths then, don't you, Mike?
0:27:45 > 0:27:49So if it did kick off in here for whatever reason,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51what happens, what do you do?
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Most incidents we're able to command from here and on the ground floor.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58If we have a protracted or really serious incident,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01we run the operation from the command suite next door.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- Can we have a look at that? - Yeah, sure.- Excellent.
0:28:04 > 0:28:10Ah, OK. I can imagine you have some high-pressured meetings in here!
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Yeah, sure. This is the command suite so if we have a serious
0:28:13 > 0:28:17or protracted incident, this is where we fall back to,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21so as we can manage that situation and also run the rest of the prison.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26To assist us in our planning, we have a full-scale model of the prison.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28It's like a picture paints a thousand words.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Just helps us do that planning.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34So if you have an incident, say, in that wing over there,
0:28:34 > 0:28:38what would you do? Would you make a plan to move prisoners elsewhere?
0:28:38 > 0:28:41It all depends on the seriousness of the situation as well.
0:28:41 > 0:28:46What we always try and do, whatever we've got to deal with, we try and contain it to stop it spreading,
0:28:46 > 0:28:48more people getting involved.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52Then we'll plan how we're going to resolve that incident
0:28:52 > 0:28:54and then we'll act on that.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I love the fact you've got a red phone as well,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- just adds to the drama a little bit, doesn't it?- Yeah, sure!
0:28:59 > 0:29:02What have we got here, weird-looking objects?
0:29:02 > 0:29:06- These are items that we've found on prisoners.- Really? In the prison?
0:29:06 > 0:29:12Absolutely. Prisoners are very resourceful, some are extremely talented.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Unfortunately they put some of their talents and skills
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- to inappropriate uses! - How do you get that in?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Oh, it's just wood!
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Yeah, it's pretty lifelike, isn't it?
0:29:22 > 0:29:26That was made in one of the workshops, using bits of scrap wood.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31It's been painted up and certainly has the look of a real firearm.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34So you've got the metal at the end as well.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37So it would feel like a real gun, especially in the dark,
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- you'd think that was the real thing, wouldn't you?- Yeah.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45- What is that?- This is a tattoo machine.- A tattoo machine!
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Absolutely, yeah.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50The motor's been taken from a battery shaver,
0:29:50 > 0:29:52you've got two wires off there, connect to a battery,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55and there you've got the makings of a tattoo machine.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00Tattoos are banned in prisons, it's against prison rules.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Many people, because of lifestyle choices and their health,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06shouldn't share needles at all.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Obviously, when people tattoo in prison, they don't follow
0:30:10 > 0:30:13the normal hygiene regulations that a tattoo artist would.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17As you said, that's talented - I wouldn't have a clue how to do that!
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- Many prisoners are very resourceful, very talented.- What about this?
0:30:21 > 0:30:24- This.- Oh, it's a blade!
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Yes, this is a knife that's been made.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29This has got two blades on there.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33The blades have been taken from a disposable razor,
0:30:33 > 0:30:36attached to a piece of ruler, with a handle.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38You'll see there's two lines of blades there.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42So when somebody's been cut, actually they can't be stitched...
0:30:42 > 0:30:48I've heard about this before, the double blade means...it extracts more blood.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- Yeah, extremely...- Is that a rubber glove?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- It's the finger of a Marigold glove. - Oh, my goodness.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58It's a weird thing to say but it's quite clever but scary and...
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- the intent behind it is awful, isn't it?- It certainly is, yeah.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- It's quite sinister.- Tin can, is that to cut someone?
0:31:04 > 0:31:10No, a tin can, this has been adapted in order to hide some contraband.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14To all intents and purposes, it is a tin.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17And then, it's been hollowed out.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21So prisoners would keep valuable things in here?
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Oh, mobile phones if they've got one secreted, drugs, could be anything.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28What they'll also do, they'll put a weight in it so if we pick it up,
0:31:28 > 0:31:32it has the weight and feel of a full can of whatever it's meant to be.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36So you've got your work cut out, haven't you, here?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- Absolutely.- And that's why you need all of this technology
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- and the man power cos you never know what the prisoners are up to. - That's right, yes.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46We're always trying to stay one step ahead of them
0:31:46 > 0:31:48but it's not always easy to do, I'm afraid!
0:31:48 > 0:31:53- I hope you continue to stay one step ahead.- Thank you.- Nice to meet you.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Back to court officers Garry and Jim,
0:31:58 > 0:32:02who are on a relentless search for the persistent fine dodgers
0:32:02 > 0:32:08of Birmingham. For one man, their knock on the door could mean he ends up in prison that very day.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Time is going by. Despite leaving his card and instructions to call,
0:32:16 > 0:32:21court officer Garry Robinson still hasn't heard from the fine dodger
0:32:21 > 0:32:23he narrowly missed this morning.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27What I've decided to do now is the job we went to this morning
0:32:27 > 0:32:30where we had a problem getting into the property.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Eventually we were allowed in, after threat of forcing entry.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Me and the police officer are not convinced he wasn't there
0:32:37 > 0:32:40and at some point, he's been let out the back.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44What we're going to do is a quick call back there, another knock,
0:32:44 > 0:32:48and just see if we can catch him in there.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Another call today is the last thing he'll expect.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58Right, her car's gone. She said the other car was hers
0:32:58 > 0:33:00so she's gone out.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04We'll leave it here cos the slant of the drive, they might not see us.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08This time, there's no delay in getting an answer.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Hello, sir. Has Sandeep popped back?
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Is he in the house?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Is anyone in the house?
0:33:18 > 0:33:20We noticed the car had gone. You haven't seen or heard him?
0:33:23 > 0:33:25There's no-one in there?
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Just quickly. We're trying to get this warrant sorted...
0:33:30 > 0:33:31..so you don't have hassle.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Jim's straight up the stairs.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38- Got him.- You've got him?
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Got a warrant here, Sandeep, £1,500 worth of fines, mate.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49And bingo.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Yep... If you can get yourself dressed.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Get yourself dressed and we'll sort this out, yeah.
0:33:55 > 0:34:00- So you've seen the card then?- Yeah. I'm supposed to be phoning you.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Should have rung straight away, we can get you sorted.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Luckily for you, there's an operation at the moment so it's much quicker.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08We'll get you to the courts today.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11- Yes.- That's long, bruv.- No, no, no.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15The father said he wasn't in the house, decided to check it anyway,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18I've gone downstairs, Jim's come upstairs,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21straight in there, he's in bed asleep.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25- In the very room...- Yeah, in the very room this morning.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Yeah...
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Good result! Coming back.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35This embarrassing, what are you doing?
0:34:37 > 0:34:38Mug shot, mug shot.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40GARRY LAUGHS
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- It's quite low. All right, Sandeep. - Keep your head down.
0:34:46 > 0:34:52That's it, it's only a short trip up the road, OK?
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Once in the van, Sandeep's taken to the mobile custody suite.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Put your money to one side and any other property you've got.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Place on the desk for me.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Sergeant Helen Carver has been processing offenders all day.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17She's heading up the whole operation.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Yeah, 'fraid so, mate.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22'The 25-year-old gentleman just brought into custody
0:35:22 > 0:35:25'has been searched to make sure he hasn't got any drugs'
0:35:25 > 0:35:28or implements on him he shouldn't have then he's taken down
0:35:28 > 0:35:32to the celled van you can see, then to a dedicated crackdown court
0:35:32 > 0:35:34for a district judge or a magistrate
0:35:34 > 0:35:40to go through the right decision. So whether that's a payment plan,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43a suspended sentence or whether that's prison.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48Numerous defendants have been given prison sentences over the course of this operation.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Sandeep's led away to court.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Once there, unable to pay his fines,
0:35:53 > 0:35:56he was given a 45-day prison sentence.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01Over the whole two-week crackdown, 200 people were arrested,
0:36:01 > 0:36:06£40,000 was collected in outstanding fines.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12A man and his dog is one of the classic partnerships in life.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15In police work, it's a critical combination.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18It takes the right kind of dog and the right kind of handler
0:36:18 > 0:36:20and some say it's all in the breeding.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38DOG PANTS
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- Hey you, what are you doing in there?- OK, OK!
0:36:42 > 0:36:45OK! Hello, son, what are you doing?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Dad, what have I told you about hiding?
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Sorry, sorry, son!
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Good boy, good lad!
0:36:51 > 0:36:56Cop-show partnerships don't get closer than father and son David and Keith Bennett.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59They have nearly 40 years' police work between them.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Most of it is in the force dog section.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06We've probably had 15 dogs, some have done well,
0:37:06 > 0:37:10some not quite so well. So we've had a vast turnover of dogs.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Police dogs live with their handlers.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16If they make it through the training, they stay.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19If they don't make the grade, they go to other homes.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24Working police dogs, I had five. Once I put the shirt on to go to work,
0:37:24 > 0:37:28they were eager to get into the car, let's get to work.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32At home, they're a different dog all together.
0:37:32 > 0:37:38Tris, Sabre, Trooper, Roly, Tosh, Max, Storm, Ska and Heath
0:37:38 > 0:37:40are the dogs that have special places
0:37:40 > 0:37:42in the Bennett family kennel hall of fame.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Keith grew up with the dogs. He was five
0:37:47 > 0:37:49the first time a police dog visited the house.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52From then, he wanted to be a policeman
0:37:52 > 0:37:54since he could walk and talk really.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57One of my earliest memories of Dad being in the police
0:37:57 > 0:38:00was when he came to do a demonstration to my class at school
0:38:00 > 0:38:03and telling us about what he did. Not just in the police,
0:38:03 > 0:38:08but also as a dog handler. He put on a demonstration with his dogs.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13I remember feeling immensely proud that that was my dad.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18It was those kind of things that made me think, "That's the job for me, I really want to do that."
0:38:18 > 0:38:23In 1987, Dave Bennett was awarded Police Dog Handler Of The Year.
0:38:23 > 0:38:28In summer 2011, Keith won the same accolade.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30They rubbed shoulders on the unit for ten years
0:38:30 > 0:38:33and even appeared at Crufts together.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36We're going to bring on a father and son combination.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38PC Keith Bennett and his father, Dave Bennett,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41and their dogs, Tosh and Max.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45But when it came to arrests, they only met on the job once.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47That was a fluke.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49The suspect was seen running away.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54I took my dog, Tosh, at that time, we tracked across a couple of fields
0:38:54 > 0:38:58and we located, or the dog located, the suspect hiding under a caravan.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00As soon as the dog went underneath and started barking,
0:39:00 > 0:39:04he jumped over a six-foot fence.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09But little did the burglar know, he'd jumped into the path
0:39:09 > 0:39:12of an off-duty PC Bennett and his dog, Max.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15I was in the back garden, saw the helicopter up,
0:39:15 > 0:39:17and came out to see what was happening.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21It just so happened I was in the right place at the right time
0:39:21 > 0:39:23which is dog handling all over really.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26The suspect came over in front of me.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Joint effort, joint effort.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Joint enterprise.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34He said, "Well done, son." That's what he said. He didn't.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36He said something different to that.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Something about pinching a prisoner!
0:39:41 > 0:39:42DOG BARKS
0:39:43 > 0:39:47It wasn't until the 1950s that dogs became a regular feature
0:39:47 > 0:39:52in policing. But the first known use of police dogs was in 1888.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57The Met tested out the skills of two bloodhounds, Barnaby and Burgho,
0:39:57 > 0:40:01in the hunt for Jack The Ripper. It was an unsuccessful experiment.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Some reports claim it ended with the police commissioner being bitten.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09Now, police employ over 2,500 dogs across the UK.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Keith has two dogs.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14This is Ska, he's a four-year-old German shepherd
0:40:14 > 0:40:17and he's one of our general purpose police dogs.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Come on, H.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22This is H. He's one of our drugs dogs.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25He's a 12-month-old English springer spaniel.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28He's only been licensed two or three months
0:40:28 > 0:40:30and he's had some great finds already.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33We got a stop, just a normal stop on a vehicle.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37It smells of cannabis inside so if it's all right with you,
0:40:37 > 0:40:40can you look after the occupants while I put the dog through?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42There's no typical day for me.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Local policing teams may require me to search for offenders,
0:40:45 > 0:40:48or for missing persons. It might be that they want
0:40:48 > 0:40:52to search for property with my dogs.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57It may be that they stop a vehicle, they can smell cannabis,
0:40:57 > 0:41:01and they want me to come along with H to search the vehicle for drugs.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04I'll often search the area around the vehicle,
0:41:04 > 0:41:06in case anything's been discarded.
0:41:06 > 0:41:11H's predecessor, Storm, had an illustrious career.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13She served the West Midlands for nine years
0:41:13 > 0:41:21and she won an award in the summer for finding £25,000 that had been
0:41:21 > 0:41:24basically hidden by three bank robbers.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26They'd been arrested near to the scene
0:41:26 > 0:41:30but they'd hidden the £25,000 that they'd stolen.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34It was the key evidence that linked the offenders to the bank robbery.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37It's that kind of teamwork that Dave misses, now he's out of the force.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39She's seen H!
0:41:39 > 0:41:42'I'd like to be involved still.'
0:41:42 > 0:41:46The buzz of working a good operational police dog,
0:41:46 > 0:41:48there's nothing better.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Good boy!
0:41:51 > 0:41:52It's a great feeling,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54it's a great feeling.
0:41:54 > 0:41:55Hiya, Cass.
0:41:55 > 0:42:00When you do catch somebody who's wanted or missing,
0:42:00 > 0:42:02and you work your dog and you find them,
0:42:02 > 0:42:06I think he does really miss that, the thrill of the chase, I suppose.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Now Dave is retired, he has his own dog, called Cassie.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14She's not big enough to go and chase after someone
0:42:14 > 0:42:18but she would make a very good search dog, I think.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22But she finds her ball, that's all she's interested in, playthings.
0:42:22 > 0:42:28In the summer, you have to pinch yourself you're being paid to work with police dogs.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Great job. Fantastic.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34You get a good sense of satisfaction
0:42:34 > 0:42:40when your dog finds someone and nobody else can find him.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42I live it through Keith still.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51That's it for Crime And Punishment today. See you next time.
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