:00:14. > :00:24.This morning. The sheep rustlers who carried out a sickening attack
:00:24. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:45.on a flock above the moors in Hello and welcome to Thursday's
:00:45. > :00:48.Crimewatch Roadshow. We are live and we have been on the air for
:00:48. > :00:53.almost four week, we start with great new, yesterday, we featured
:00:53. > :00:57.the case of a burglary at a house in Rotherham, yet again as a direct
:00:57. > :01:00.result of one of your calls two men have been arrested. They were
:01:00. > :01:05.interviewed overnight and have been charged. Keep watching because your
:01:06. > :01:12.calls are making a difference. Coming up today. On the hunt for
:01:12. > :01:17.the quick handed conman who cheated a Post Office cashier. Towed away,
:01:17. > :01:22.the thieves behind the hedge making off with a brand-new caravan, do
:01:22. > :01:27.you recognise this car? And the police puppies taken in by foster
:01:27. > :01:31.families until they are ready for the front line. The roadshow team
:01:31. > :01:36.are nearing the end of their tour round the country, they are still
:01:36. > :01:40.in South Yorkshire, in charge, is Dave Guest and you really are top
:01:40. > :01:43.dog today, aren't you? Yes, that is right. We have come to the police
:01:43. > :01:46.dog training centre, in Sheffield, and we have a new member of the
:01:46. > :01:50.team today. Meet ticker, now, Ticker is a very useful member of
:01:50. > :01:55.the team because he comes with his own camera on his head. Find out
:01:55. > :02:00.what he does with that later. Also once again I am joined by Nicola
:02:00. > :02:04.Rees of Look North. You have a new chum as well. Yes, this is gorgeous
:02:04. > :02:08.Georgia, she is a hand.. She is born and bread here, a mini police
:02:08. > :02:14.dog in training. This is one of the few centres that trains them from
:02:14. > :02:17.start to end, and we will hear more about that later. How cute! Let us
:02:17. > :02:22.get straight down to business and this is an unusual stories an
:02:22. > :02:27.attack on dozens of sheep above the moors over in Sheffield. Sheep
:02:27. > :02:31.rustling sound like something from a bygone rear but it is happening
:02:31. > :02:35.in modern Britain, in this case with disturbing consequences. A
:02:35. > :02:40.peaceful night on the moors above Sheffield was about to be shattered.
:02:40. > :02:48.By the time this gang finished its work in the field, 47 sheep were
:02:48. > :02:53.dead. Their bodys taken off to be butcher and sold off for meat.
:02:53. > :03:00.so much to produce and time and money, you know, it is a great loss.
:03:00. > :03:09.It is a great loss for anybody. Killed them sheep, they have killed
:03:09. > :03:14.them in a painful way. Sheep are allowed to roam freely on the moors
:03:14. > :03:20.in Yorkshire, they preserve the natural beauty of the landscape by
:03:20. > :03:26.feeding on grass and bracken. They are not afraid of hue moorns car,
:03:26. > :03:30.that freedom and friendliness makes them vulnerable to poemps. Farmer
:03:30. > :03:35.David Robinson tends his flock near long Shaw in the Peak District. The
:03:35. > :03:41.sheep from John Elliott's farm next door graze on the same common land.
:03:41. > :03:48.There will be 1500 to 2,000 sheep between us, so you know, you don't
:03:48. > :03:51.notice until you count up. It is early autumn on the peaks above
:03:51. > :03:57.Sheffield. The nights are getting longer giving the thieves enough
:03:58. > :04:04.time to carry out their crimes. Their target, David and John's
:04:04. > :04:08.sheep, roaming on the moor. With each carcass worth more than one
:04:08. > :04:15.hundred pounds, they have their yiens tidy profit. The men are
:04:15. > :04:20.about to slaughter the flock, to sell the meat on the black market.
:04:20. > :04:24.The shooters used a slerns, and adds the moors deserted at night,
:04:25. > :04:29.the crime went unnoticed. The farmers didn't even realise
:04:29. > :04:33.anything was wrong, until the time came to gather the flock. When we
:04:33. > :04:38.gathered in November, we knew when we were sorting the sheep out we
:04:38. > :04:42.were so many short. But we didn't just twig straight away, but we
:04:42. > :04:47.knew we were so many missing. first you think they are missing,
:04:47. > :04:53.when your neighbour has some miss, and then he finds some tho has been
:04:54. > :05:00.shot, some dead and alsome alive. You put two and two together and
:05:00. > :05:04.you know, realise what's happened. But the killers hadn't finished the
:05:04. > :05:09.job. Three sheep had been shot but had managed to escape. David
:05:09. > :05:16.discovered to his hor row three had terrible injuries. What happened?
:05:16. > :05:23.What did you do? I took, I took the the two when we gathered we got out,
:05:23. > :05:27.and we put them down. Humanly. To put them out of their suffering.
:05:27. > :05:32.How do you feel about what has happened? It is a cruel way to die,
:05:32. > :05:36.to be shot. When usually they would go to, when they finally go to
:05:36. > :05:41.slaughter, they go to a proper slaughterhouse and be killed
:05:42. > :05:46.properly. So really, scenic beauty spot this, but we are walking
:05:46. > :05:51.towards the scene of a crime here, aren't we? It is sickening, really,
:05:51. > :05:57.the fact an animal can be allowed to suffer in that way, been left
:05:57. > :06:02.out for so long, the animals are left with facial injuries, the jaw
:06:02. > :06:07.is hanging off for numbers of weeks and they are left out in the
:06:07. > :06:14.elements. What the killers hadn't taken into account was the meat
:06:14. > :06:17.wasn't ready to be eaten. The sheep had routine inject shuns and were
:06:17. > :06:20.due have three months of detox to allow the drugs to leave their
:06:21. > :06:28.systems. They have been injected for worms, and they have been
:06:28. > :06:33.injected for scab, and they have a period on them for 104 days after
:06:33. > :06:38.that. Mine were injected with a chemical, so if that gets into the
:06:38. > :06:43.food chain somebody will be poorly somewhere. It will be butchered
:06:43. > :06:48.without any cleaning facilities, and given straight to the public,
:06:48. > :06:50.and loifb the fact that the sheep have been treated with chemicals
:06:50. > :06:54.within a certain period ant it shouldn't enter the food chain that
:06:54. > :06:59.the point. The loss of their breeding stock has far-reaching
:06:59. > :07:04.implications for the running of both farms. Financial implications
:07:04. > :07:08.are, we will be some lambs short, lambs short next year, until we
:07:08. > :07:13.have bred the sheep back into the flock again. It is not just the
:07:13. > :07:19.financial loss that hurts them, it is their way of life that has been
:07:19. > :07:25.attacked. We didn't think anything like that would happen. But it has.
:07:25. > :07:31.It is a terrible thing, isn't it. You know, we feed us animals before
:07:31. > :07:35.ourself, so we think a lot about them. I know we run it as a
:07:35. > :07:41.business but we think a lot about us animals. We have bad lambing
:07:41. > :07:44.times and we are out in all wetter, bringing the lambs in the house and
:07:44. > :07:51.putting them in front of the fire to keep them warm and alive and
:07:51. > :07:56.someone shoots them and takes them away, how would you feel? Well, a
:07:56. > :08:00.really sad tale there, you saw PC Matt Duffy, she the wildlife
:08:00. > :08:04.officer investigating the crimes. We talked about the effects on the
:08:04. > :08:07.farmer and how inhumanely the animals were killed, but more
:08:07. > :08:12.importantly is some dangerous chemicals could have got into the
:08:12. > :08:15.food chain here. It was only recently that the farmer had
:08:15. > :08:19.injected them with the chemical. If they are eaten they will cause
:08:19. > :08:25.sickness. Where might this meat have ended up? More than likely
:08:25. > :08:29.ended up in the backs of pubs, restaurants and just basically sold
:08:29. > :08:34.to friends and family. Is this something you are seeing more of?
:08:34. > :08:38.Is it an increasing problem? It s last year 60,000 were taken across
:08:38. > :08:42.the UK and with the price of meat going up it will get worse.
:08:42. > :08:45.need the catch them and they might still be operating, even though
:08:45. > :08:50.this happened last year you are keep to hear from people at the
:08:50. > :08:53.moment. Why is that? Anyone who has information about these people, kit
:08:53. > :08:57.anybody who has access to a van and firearm. We think they will be
:08:57. > :09:00.going out and doing it and putting the public at risk. You know what
:09:00. > :09:07.to do. The numbers are on the screen, in the meantime back to you
:09:07. > :09:11.Rav. Time for today's wanted faces, and first up this fellow. Westley
:09:11. > :09:15.Linnen although he goes by the names of Allan Collins, Westley
:09:15. > :09:19.Fisher and Billy King. He is wanted by six police forces for
:09:19. > :09:22.questioning in connection with 17 different burglaries. He has strong
:09:22. > :09:26.connections to East London and Canvey Island in Essex, he has one
:09:26. > :09:30.tattoo with the name bill loin his left forearm and another of a
:09:31. > :09:34.bulldog on the top of his right arm. Next is Daniel Gheorghe Plesca, she
:09:34. > :09:38.wanted for questioning by detectives in connection with
:09:38. > :09:46.affray earlier after an incident outside a bar in Leicester in
:09:46. > :09:50.November town 10. He has a tattoo of the word "Box". He is known to
:09:50. > :09:54.work in car washes and has connections to the Leicester Rugby,
:09:54. > :10:02.Watford and Birmingham areas. Next look at this man, Darren Cowland.
:10:02. > :10:05.He also goes by the name Darren Tear. He is wanted by Devon and
:10:05. > :10:08.Cornwall Police. He has contacted in the Slough and Kent areas and it
:10:08. > :10:13.is believed he may be in Blackpool. He has a receding hairline and
:10:13. > :10:16.speaks with a London accent. And last one for today is 42-year-old
:10:16. > :10:20.Laimonis Kleins, he is wanted for questioning by officers in
:10:21. > :10:24.Merseyside, in connection with burglary offence, he is wanted on a
:10:24. > :10:28.European arrest warrant issued by the Latvian authority, he has
:10:28. > :10:33.connections to the Lancashire and Merseyside areas. So, if you know
:10:33. > :10:43.where any of our wanted faces r please get in touch. The numbers
:10:43. > :10:49.
:10:49. > :10:53.are on the screen. Or you can email us. Now, let us go back to Dave.
:10:53. > :10:56.Thanks, we have all heard of blood hound and here at the Sheffield
:10:56. > :11:00.centre they train a certain number of dogs to sniff out traces of
:11:00. > :11:03.blood. They can find even the tiniest speck that is not advice to
:11:03. > :11:06.believe the naked eye. Richard is one of the trainers here. At the
:11:06. > :11:10.moment on the floor we have something that resembles the
:11:10. > :11:14.contents of my washing machine, what is this about? We have items
:11:14. > :11:19.of clothing which they are going to screen, the dog will run over them
:11:19. > :11:25.and one has got human blood on and hopefully the dog will indicate it.
:11:25. > :11:30.This is not what you would do in a real life case. This is purely for
:11:30. > :11:34.a training exercise and for the cameras. Step to one side. Can we
:11:35. > :11:39.bring in the dogs. -- in the dog. Perhaps you could explain what is
:11:39. > :11:44.going to happen. Simon is going to set him up. Buster is going to work
:11:44. > :11:53.along the clothing and hopefully indicate with a bark. So he will
:11:53. > :12:00.bark when he has found it. That is the positive indication. OK. Let us
:12:00. > :12:05.look down here. See what he has got. Using the gloves. You open this,
:12:05. > :12:09.and on the label there. The blood son there is a bloodstain there.
:12:09. > :12:15.What is the advantage of using dogs for this kind of work? It saves a
:12:15. > :12:19.lot of money. If nothing is evident, on the clothing, you would have, it
:12:19. > :12:24.would be guesswork to which items were sent off. The dog will come
:12:24. > :12:29.along and give forensic science a better chance of identifying where
:12:29. > :12:33.blood is. What success stories have you had? Simone and Buster and one
:12:33. > :12:37.of the others went down to Norfolk, crime scene had been through a
:12:37. > :12:42.murder scene or what they believed was a murder scene, cleared it, the
:12:42. > :12:46.dogs went in and indicated on blood that was on a carpet. He found
:12:46. > :12:56.something that the humans didn't. For the training exercise you have
:12:56. > :12:56.
:12:56. > :13:00.to use real blood, where did it come from? Donation, officers,
:13:00. > :13:04.occupational health help us out and we are tight with health and safety.
:13:04. > :13:09.The fact is that the training they do here is so unique these dogs are
:13:09. > :13:13.in demand all round the country. And although Buster is celebrating
:13:13. > :13:18.his latest victory he has to go off to a live investigation elsewhere
:13:18. > :13:24.so goodbye to Buster and hello to you Rav. Now, still to come on the
:13:24. > :13:31.roadshow this morning P The foster families looking after the police
:13:31. > :13:36.dogs of the future. Sand this policing on the cheap? Increasing
:13:36. > :13:40.the role of Police Community Support Officers. Plenty to come,
:13:40. > :13:43.now it is time for seat and all these clips are from last summer's
:13:43. > :13:53.riots. These people still haven't been caught, and police really want
:13:53. > :13:57.your help. Now, the the riots last August and police need to identify
:13:57. > :14:07.people. This man had quite a night in the Greenwich area of London.
:14:07. > :14:10.
:14:10. > :14:15.Here he is only doing under And the same night, he goes into a
:14:15. > :14:21.At Argos he hangs about with some loot. He wears stolen sunglasses,
:14:21. > :14:25.that he sports with the label still on. Going anywhere nice? And the
:14:25. > :14:31.same guy was picked up later in superdrug, dodging through the
:14:31. > :14:38.broken door, and helping himself. Quite a night but with your help we
:14:38. > :14:48.can make the morning after. Riots again. This time Tower Hamlets.
:14:48. > :14:52.First, this guy smashes at a police car window with a weapon. This
:14:52. > :14:54.bureau dechange had its window kicked in. A Police Community
:14:54. > :15:04.Support Officer is hit over the head by this man and has to take
:15:04. > :15:06.
:15:06. > :15:10.The police would like to formally introduce themselves to these three.
:15:10. > :15:18.If you recognise anything or anyone in these clips, you know what to do.
:15:18. > :15:23.The numbers are on the screen. Lots of people dream of owning a
:15:24. > :15:30.caravan. What with it the freedom of the open road, and of course
:15:30. > :15:39.cheap holidays. But for one family, that dream turned into a financial
:15:39. > :15:45.nightmare when their new caravan was stolen. This CCTV footage shows
:15:45. > :15:50.a caravan park on 16th June, and a car is driven into the site. At
:15:50. > :15:57.caravan is pulled out from its storage place. The caravan is
:15:57. > :16:02.hitched up and ready to go. The car is driven out of the storage area
:16:02. > :16:06.and disappears down a side road. The next time we see it, it his
:16:06. > :16:11.being driven away with the caravan. The caravan belonged to Donald
:16:11. > :16:17.Sanderson. It was heartbreaking for you because you saved a long time
:16:17. > :16:23.for this. The that's right. It has affected my wife because she is
:16:23. > :16:27.disabled, and this has left us in financial difficulties, because the
:16:27. > :16:34.insurance doesn't cover the cost of the caravan, and I have to find
:16:34. > :16:41.�4,000. There is no way will be able to afford another one.
:16:41. > :16:46.must have been shocked. We are absolutely gutted. There is nothing
:16:46. > :16:51.we can do about it, just hope that someone sees it and brings it back.
:16:51. > :16:59.He had made plans to have happy times in a caravan. That's right.
:16:59. > :17:04.We had just retired. There is another instalment to this story. I
:17:04. > :17:11.am joined by Stephen Lister investigating the case. This car,
:17:11. > :17:21.what do we know about it? It is a grainy sound, stolen in a burglary
:17:21. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:27.in Liverpool. -- Nissan. We don't know where it was for two weeks
:17:27. > :17:34.between May 31st and 14th June. On 14th June it didn't drive off at a
:17:34. > :17:41.petrol station. So it was used to steal petrol? In it was. We have
:17:41. > :17:44.some CCTV images from that incident. Yes, quite good images of the
:17:44. > :17:50.people who we are sure the same people involved and the theft of
:17:50. > :17:54.the caravan. And the car has turned up about a week ago. We are still
:17:54. > :17:58.awaiting the results of the forensic examination. You can
:17:58. > :18:08.always call us here on the number on the screen, or if you want to
:18:08. > :18:09.
:18:09. > :18:13.remain anonymous, call Crimewatch - Staying with the animal theme, we
:18:14. > :18:19.have some creatures here in the studio. These creatures will steal
:18:19. > :18:27.all sorts -- people will still all sorts if they think it will turn
:18:27. > :18:32.into a quick buck. John here investigates pet theft. Why are
:18:32. > :18:38.these guys here? Thank you for having me here to do the appeal on
:18:38. > :18:43.behalf of a family living in Banstead in Surrey. They recently
:18:43. > :18:47.had their two little Herman tortoises stolen. We are here today
:18:47. > :18:52.to put the appeal out to try to track them down. It is not the
:18:52. > :18:57.value, it is the welfare of these animals. Whoever stole them would
:18:57. > :19:04.not know how to look after them or what they need to feed them on.
:19:04. > :19:11.have three times of tortoises here. Which one is the Herman? This one
:19:11. > :19:15.here. We can see on the screen now of the ones that were stolen. One
:19:15. > :19:19.has a little red mark on, and the owner put that on there to tell the
:19:19. > :19:24.difference between the two. You can show us hear how distinctive each
:19:24. > :19:30.animal is. The great thing about tortoises is they are all totally
:19:30. > :19:37.different with the features of the shell and the underside. Show us
:19:37. > :19:44.the underside now. You can see markings on here. Can we zoom in on
:19:44. > :19:51.that? The pigmentation and frustration markings is unique to
:19:51. > :19:56.this individual tortoise. The underside is absolutely unique to
:19:56. > :20:02.this actual animal. We recommend that all tortoise keepers are
:20:02. > :20:07.regularly photograph the underside, critically focus, so that we have
:20:08. > :20:13.all those marks, and that really is the passport for this tortoise. We
:20:13. > :20:17.call it the tortoise fingerprint. So you would encourage people to
:20:17. > :20:23.take pictures? And there are other ways. I want to talk about what you
:20:23. > :20:28.have here. This wouldn't just apply to tortoises, but all animals.
:20:28. > :20:32.animals, pets in particular, must be positively identifiable if they
:20:32. > :20:37.are ever lost or stolen. The first thing the police were last is, what
:20:37. > :20:45.do they look like? Will rely so much these days on the microchipped
:20:45. > :20:51.system. We have now got on the market the new Mini microchip, and
:20:51. > :20:59.you can see from the size that it is much smaller. We are talking a
:20:59. > :21:05.few pounds, but it is worth it? You would advise all pets to be
:21:05. > :21:08.microchipped indeed. We had better move on, because we have had a
:21:08. > :21:13.little bit of an accident here! If you know the whereabouts of those
:21:13. > :21:17.tortoises we showed you, please let us know.
:21:17. > :21:21.This is a Georgia. We met her earlier. She is only 13 weeks old,
:21:21. > :21:26.and she was born here at the training centre, as were her
:21:26. > :21:31.brother and sister behind us. This is one of the very few centres that
:21:31. > :21:34.train and breed dogs specifically for the police force. One their
:21:34. > :21:39.first-born, they can't go through full-time training, they go out to
:21:39. > :21:49.foster families for their first year. We spent some time with
:21:49. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :21:57.Georgia and her foster family. Good girl. This is Georgie. We have
:21:57. > :22:01.had an about five weeks now, and we will have to give her back probably
:22:01. > :22:07.at when she is about a year old so she can start her training to
:22:07. > :22:14.become a police dog. We have had one before her, and we gave him
:22:14. > :22:18.back about two months before we got Georgie, and it was really hard,
:22:18. > :22:22.but you know you are getting another puppy, which is most of the
:22:22. > :22:30.fun for me, and he couldn't have been anything else than a police
:22:30. > :22:35.dog, he was born for it. He would have been bored being a pet. The
:22:35. > :22:45.police pay for all her worming, fleas, vet bills, food, anything
:22:45. > :22:45.
:22:45. > :22:53.you need they provide you with. We are asked to just do simple things
:22:53. > :23:01.with them, get them to walk on the lead, sit, he'll, get them to speak
:23:01. > :23:04.on command, bark when you ask them to. A little bit of tracking - we
:23:04. > :23:14.played hide and seek in the woods with the dogs, and it is great for
:23:14. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:24.when they have to go and find I love having the companionship of
:23:24. > :23:28.the dock, and being able to go out for walks and teach her things. I
:23:29. > :23:38.love to see her grow up, and I love to teacher and see her learn. She
:23:39. > :23:45.
:23:45. > :23:49.Now, when Georgie is a big girl, she will be able to do what these
:23:49. > :23:54.guys are doing behind. They have all graduated from the training
:23:54. > :24:00.centre. It is a big commitment, isn't it? It is really hard work,
:24:01. > :24:05.but great fun at the same time. Have you ever had one fail? No. I
:24:05. > :24:09.had one, and he passed. It must be heartbreaking when you have to give
:24:09. > :24:16.them back. Yes, but you know they are going to go on to do good
:24:16. > :24:20.things, and then you get another one. Georgi's really keen to have a
:24:20. > :24:27.go, but it is not quite time yet. Harry, how much training do these
:24:27. > :24:31.dogs have to have before the going to the field? We do a puppy Sunday
:24:31. > :24:38.on the first Sunday of every month, and all puppies and the volunteers
:24:38. > :24:42.are together. Puppies who have just graduated to a 12 week course.
:24:42. > :24:46.is the benefit of breeding and training the main house? The beauty
:24:46. > :24:52.is that these dogs or reducing the Times on the courses, so we just
:24:52. > :24:57.have one handler who has completed a course in seven weeks. End you do
:24:57. > :25:03.rely heavily on Foster has to take the dogs in the first place? Yes,
:25:03. > :25:07.the Foster has deserve medals. They do all the hard work, and we can't
:25:08. > :25:13.do it without them. He how many of them fail to make the grade? We do
:25:13. > :25:19.have one or two who don't make the grade, but they are all offered to
:25:19. > :25:24.the Foster Walker's first as their pet, because they have spent time
:25:24. > :25:31.with them. What makes a dog suitable for police work? We test
:25:31. > :25:35.the temperament, the courage. It is a very hard test. And any one of
:25:35. > :25:39.the items can make them unsuitable. Because they have got to be
:25:39. > :25:43.ferocious, professional when needed, but also a sociable when needed.
:25:43. > :25:49.The ones we have seen today have been quite happy to be petted or
:25:49. > :25:53.fed. That comes as part of the puppy walking scheme. It allows the
:25:54. > :25:59.dog to be socialised, makes them friendly, until the time that they
:25:59. > :26:04.need to go into action. Harry, thank you very much. Contrary to
:26:04. > :26:08.popular opinion, I'm not going to be having a go at this course!
:26:08. > :26:11.Spoilsport. Criminals are increasingly using trickster, their
:26:11. > :26:18.victims almost like a sleight of hand that magicians use - at least
:26:18. > :26:23.that seems to be what happened in this Mickey theft.
:26:23. > :26:27.It was the way he was acting. It wasn't right. These people are
:26:27. > :26:32.professional criminals and excellent at their trek, and the
:26:32. > :26:41.trick is to perform confusion and get away with money. Absolutely
:26:41. > :26:47.devastated that week had been Thursday 12th April, and a man
:26:47. > :26:51.walked into a bank near Sheffield. He was picked up on CCTV at the
:26:51. > :26:55.counter, where he embarked on a complex request for a large amount
:26:55. > :27:00.of money to be changed into smaller denominations. But staff got
:27:00. > :27:03.suspicious and sent him on his way. But this man wasn't ready to call
:27:03. > :27:11.it a day. His next stop would be the post office next door, where
:27:11. > :27:15.his luck was about change. Joanna Gregory was in charge that day.
:27:15. > :27:21.were quite busy in the afternoon. There were only two of us there.
:27:21. > :27:25.The postmaster was on holiday, and I was running it. But I'm just
:27:25. > :27:31.double-checking on fail, because he is new and only work Saturdays.
:27:31. > :27:37.man went up to the counter and handed over �500 to the Lancashire.
:27:37. > :27:43.The gentleman came in and asked for notes to be changed into lower
:27:43. > :27:48.denominations. He counted them out to the gentleman. After the �500
:27:48. > :27:53.had been counted out in 20 panic, the man said he had changed his and
:27:53. > :28:00.now wanted his money in tens instead. See what �10 notes making
:28:00. > :28:04.up to �500? I asked him what he was doing, and is at the guy wanted
:28:04. > :28:12.lower denominations, but I was a bit suspicious, and I have heard of
:28:12. > :28:22.these schemes. So I asked him to stand to one side, and I took over.
:28:22. > :28:24.
:28:24. > :28:28.Phil was the UN witting victim of a scam. It is a sleight of hand. They
:28:28. > :28:32.ask you to change the notes into different denominations, then
:28:32. > :28:37.halfway through a change their mind, or they change from 20 to tens, and
:28:37. > :28:41.then to fives. And that creates the element of confusion. The cashier
:28:41. > :28:46.is wanted to help these people. There may be people waiting to be
:28:46. > :28:52.served after, and using that as an element of confusion forms part of
:28:52. > :28:55.the trick. And this is exactly what happened at the Post Office. While
:28:55. > :28:59.the young cashier had been distracted by the changing request,
:28:59. > :29:05.the man had swiftly removed some of the money before handing the one of
:29:05. > :29:08.notes back across the counter. Before we gave the guy the money,
:29:08. > :29:15.he said, where did you put the money we already counted, and he
:29:16. > :29:22.said, I put it in my drawer. I counted him out �500. But Joanne
:29:22. > :29:31.was concerned. After the man had left, she double-checked. We did a
:29:31. > :29:36.till check on his Kanter. The guy had stolen �175. Anyone can be
:29:36. > :29:42.tricked by these, because they are so good. This is their profession,
:29:42. > :29:46.and there cashier must not feel let down. Once we realise that we were
:29:46. > :29:51.�175 down, I was gutted, because I was running the office, and they
:29:51. > :29:54.didn't want to be the one to tell Rob that we had lost in this money.
:29:55. > :30:04.Absolutely devastated that this had happened. You never think it will
:30:05. > :30:05.
:30:05. > :30:09.It is a simple scam but bold. All it boils down into is a sleight of
:30:09. > :30:13.hand trick and clever distracting. Professional magician Stuart Watkin
:30:13. > :30:18.iss with me. You saw that then you are going to show us how you can
:30:18. > :30:25.use a sleight of hand to make money disappear. As the video portrayed,
:30:25. > :30:30.it is a classic sleight of hand misdirection. There are a number of
:30:30. > :30:39.�20 notes. He has brought them in very close, done a bit of fumbling,
:30:39. > :30:46.and then he has made a few of them disappear. You only have two left!
:30:46. > :30:49.That is where they were I have no idea how you did that. On a serious
:30:49. > :30:53.note what you did was what we wanted you to do. You got us to
:30:53. > :30:57.look where we want and the conmen work in that way. Yes the hand is
:30:57. > :31:03.doing the talking and the mouth, and at the same time. To nice
:31:03. > :31:08.people, we want to be helpful and we fall for in all the time. We are
:31:08. > :31:14.very polite. Now, what have we got here, there is one two, three, four,
:31:14. > :31:19.five, eight �20 notes. This is a similar scam. People are obtaining
:31:19. > :31:25.large amounts of cash and claiming to be short changed. You will show
:31:25. > :31:34.us that I have counted those up. They get a couple of notes and then,
:31:35. > :31:40.distracting. You are going to claim... False counting, less.
:31:40. > :31:46.count eight and simple as that you can change you say you are short
:31:46. > :31:50.change andly give you more money. It is a scam they use.Ly Hand over
:31:50. > :31:56.the extra cash. Time for dodgy deeds on CCTV. Look closely because
:31:56. > :32:01.police think all three thefts were carried out by the same man. First
:32:01. > :32:05.off, the cycle racks at Maidenhead station January this year. This
:32:05. > :32:10.guy's carrying a helmet and looks as if he is about to get on a bike.
:32:10. > :32:17.But under the jacket, he has got bolt cutters and he is quick. The
:32:17. > :32:23.lock is cut and he is wheeling the bike away all in less than a minute.
:32:23. > :32:29.Let us see that again. Now take note of the jacket, helmet and
:32:29. > :32:34.glasses because you are about to see them again. A few weeks later
:32:34. > :32:38.and this time we are at another station eight miles away. It is
:32:39. > :32:44.that jacket again, heading for the bikes. He loiters for a while. Then
:32:44. > :32:52.the bolt cutters are out once more and it looks as if he is at it
:32:53. > :32:58.again. Goodbye bike, and off he goes. Now this happened in October
:32:58. > :33:03.last year, back in Maidenhead, and the police think this is the same
:33:03. > :33:08.man too. The helmet and glasss are certainly familiar, different
:33:08. > :33:12.jacket but same method. The belt cutters are out and the bike is
:33:12. > :33:18.stolen, if you recognise the person in any of these three pictures get
:33:18. > :33:22.in touch. So come on, if you can help with any of those do the right
:33:22. > :33:27.thing, the numbers are on the screen. Let us go back to Nicola at
:33:27. > :33:32.the dog training centre. Thank you Rav. Look at this handsome boy.
:33:32. > :33:35.This is Ticker and this you saw earlier this is what South
:33:35. > :33:39.Yorkshire Police have nicknamed FIDO. If it is working you should
:33:39. > :33:42.be getting a live stream of me talking to you now from dog cam
:33:42. > :33:45.this is really important because Ticker is a especially trained
:33:46. > :33:50.firearms dog. He works with especially trained officers here in
:33:50. > :33:55.so, shie, you can tell us more about this Richard. What is he
:33:55. > :33:59.wearing that for? Ticker is wearing a camera that he wears when he goes
:33:59. > :34:04.into search buildings as part of a firearms operation. It projepblts
:34:04. > :34:10.an image on the screen, we can see inside. The nature of his job is
:34:10. > :34:15.highly dangerous, very risky for the dog.. He works in firearms
:34:15. > :34:18.operations alongside officers so it has a risk. I feel sorry for him
:34:18. > :34:21.because I see this beautiful creature. So we will have a go,
:34:21. > :34:26.sending him in, you will show us an operation as it would happen with
:34:26. > :34:31.the live stream, somebody is in there a suspect and you will track
:34:31. > :34:36.them down. We will be given the option to come out and if he
:34:36. > :34:39.doesn't respond Pat would issue a challenge, if not he releases the
:34:39. > :34:46.dog. Clear the building. Show yourself or the the dog will come
:34:46. > :34:49.and find you. Last chance to show yourself before I send the dog.
:34:49. > :34:52.so dramatic stuff. Ticker is searching. Once he finds something
:34:52. > :34:55.he will indicate. So you are watching on the monitor and
:34:56. > :35:00.hopefully keeping that live stream. We hope we are still seeing the
:35:00. > :35:07.live pictures inside. Is that still working? He is barking he has found
:35:07. > :35:12.somebody up there. He will bark. High pitched noises. Ticker, here
:35:12. > :35:16.he comes. Wow, look at that so he has found the suspect. Does he get
:35:16. > :35:21.a reward. In training he will get a reward which for Ticker is a ball.
:35:21. > :35:26.How does the training of these dogs differ to regular police dogs? They
:35:26. > :35:31.look the same? Yes, all the general purpose dogs we use are able to
:35:31. > :35:35.search. Not all of them are able to use the camera. It is amazing. An
:35:35. > :35:39.amazing piece of kit and a privilege to see it in action.
:35:39. > :35:46.Thank you for showing us. Now back to you. Of course we are heard in
:35:46. > :35:50.the news about cuts to front line policing and on Monday they
:35:50. > :35:54.estimated there could be 6,000 fewer front line officers in the
:35:54. > :35:59.next three year, it is no secret that all forces are having to save
:35:59. > :36:05.up to 20% of their budget at the moment. Here they have decided to
:36:05. > :36:07.try and beef up the powers of their PCSOs, their police and community
:36:07. > :36:11.support officers. It is controversial, some say it is
:36:11. > :36:19.police on the cheap. But what do they do? We spent some time out
:36:19. > :36:24.with a couple of ethem during a typical day. North of Sheffield is
:36:24. > :36:28.where PCSOs Deb and Steve are based. They are on patrol on their usual
:36:28. > :36:33.base. It is a general patrol. When you are out and about you are
:36:33. > :36:37.looking for things, you know, that could happen, you areied for
:36:37. > :36:42.something and deal with it as and when it happens. These two need to
:36:42. > :36:45.know their community. And keep an eye on what is going on. It is good
:36:45. > :36:55.old fashioned neighbourhood policing. The first job today, is a
:36:55. > :36:55.
:36:55. > :37:01.friendly warning to someone parked up on a bus stop. Come on. The
:37:01. > :37:04.royal has been from the beginning high visibility. Reassurance,
:37:04. > :37:08.patrol, reassure members of public. Even though they are wearing a
:37:08. > :37:12.uniform they don't have the same powers as regular officers. For
:37:12. > :37:18.example, they can't issue Fixed Penalty Notices and don't have
:37:18. > :37:24.powers of arrest. They also get paid less, a starting salary of
:37:24. > :37:29.round �16,000, compared to �23,000. They do work alongside regular
:37:29. > :37:35.officers, and today Steve and Deb are drafted in to help search the
:37:35. > :37:40.area. A job has just gone out, a youth has snatched a graing a lady
:37:40. > :37:46.and has been seen running through a local park. Keep an eye out for a
:37:46. > :37:52.male, he has a hat on, so we are looking for a male with a hat on.
:37:52. > :37:56.South Yorkshire is considering beefg up police community support
:37:56. > :38:00.offer's powers but they are adamant they -- adamant they won't replace
:38:00. > :38:04.bobbies on the beat. I don't see them take over from constable, it
:38:04. > :38:08.is a team activity and where they can both complement each other.
:38:08. > :38:15.Back on the search, even with the combined strength of the regular
:38:15. > :38:20.officers, the PCSOs and the police helicopter, the bag snatcher gets
:38:20. > :38:23.away. We do pick up dealing with neighbour disputes and low level
:38:24. > :38:27.crime to help police officers, give them more time to do the job and
:38:27. > :38:32.pursue things that need doing, that have a greater effect on the
:38:32. > :38:36.community. In the afternoon, the neighbourhood policing team and a
:38:36. > :38:44.specialist task force are acting on intelligence. They raid a local
:38:44. > :38:48.flat. But when they turn up, the suspects not there. Community
:38:48. > :38:52.officers are there to reassure the locals about the police presence.
:38:52. > :38:56.It reassures the members of the public, the areas where they live,
:38:56. > :39:00.work, go to school, go to church they are safe areas, and they
:39:00. > :39:06.should feel reassured that you know, they can go out on the street, they
:39:06. > :39:09.can go and meet members of the families and friends, and there are
:39:09. > :39:13.people -- police on the street. that kind of incident wasn't
:39:13. > :39:18.typical and soon Steve and Deb are back on their community patrol.
:39:18. > :39:23.When the PCSOs were first on the street their role wasn't understood.
:39:23. > :39:26.The more you get to talk to people, the more you get in with the
:39:26. > :39:30.community group groups they understand more. They are working
:39:30. > :39:34.the same areas every day, they build up good contacts. On many
:39:34. > :39:39.occasions I have referred to them as the glue that sticks
:39:39. > :39:42.neighbourhood policing together. But with reductions in the number
:39:42. > :39:50.of regular police officers, only time will tell whether the role of
:39:50. > :39:57.the support officers will change. PCSOs at work there. I am joined by
:39:57. > :40:03.Shaun morely what changes are you proposing to the role of PCSOs?
:40:03. > :40:07.are enhancing the training of them so they have more capability to
:40:07. > :40:11.undertake problem solving activity and we are intending to increase
:40:11. > :40:15.the number of powers available to them, so they can more effectively
:40:15. > :40:19.intervene in community based issues. At the moment they can't arrest
:40:19. > :40:23.people, will they be able do so in the future? They won't be able to
:40:23. > :40:28.arrest people, but at the moment there is 58 powers available to
:40:28. > :40:31.them. We use 37. We are going to give them additional powers
:40:32. > :40:36.including the right to confiscate alcohol, the right to issue fixed
:40:36. > :40:39.penalty tickets and the right to detain people for a short period
:40:40. > :40:42.until the arrival of a police officer. They would detain the
:40:42. > :40:47.person in a police vehicle or something until a police officer
:40:47. > :40:51.arrived to execute the arrest. could detain an offender until the
:40:51. > :40:56.arrival of a police officer to make the arrest. All this is coming as
:40:56. > :41:02.you are losing front line officers due to cuts, is it policing on the
:41:02. > :41:06.cheap? No, quite the contrary, really, we are not losing police
:41:06. > :41:09.officers, in fact our Chief Constable has said we are going to
:41:09. > :41:13.maintain the levels of front line operation. You are losing police
:41:14. > :41:17.officers but maybe not on the front line. We are not losing front line
:41:17. > :41:21.operational police officers, what we have described is our attempt to
:41:21. > :41:24.improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our community
:41:24. > :41:28.based teams. That has been very effective, because this year we
:41:28. > :41:31.have seen the 10% reduction in crime and a 20% reduction in anti-
:41:31. > :41:38.social behaviour. And that is despite the cuts. Shaun, thank you
:41:38. > :41:44.very much indeed. So, more powers possibly for PSCOs in South
:41:44. > :41:48.Yorkshire. Just time to give you an update. I can tell you that one of
:41:48. > :41:52.our wanted faces, Daniel Gheorghe Plesca, we have had a some
:41:52. > :41:59.information come in on him that police are following up he is
:41:59. > :42:03.wanted for questioning on affray and a possible sighting of another
:42:03. > :42:07.wanted face, this time Laimonis Kleins. We have had a possible
:42:07. > :42:12.sighting of him. So very encouraging coming through from you
:42:12. > :42:16.today, only minutes after it has been on air. Dave and Nicola, where
:42:16. > :42:21.are you tomorrow for our last show? We are going to an amazing place
:42:21. > :42:25.which is like a film set they have fake houses, streets and a
:42:25. > :42:30.courthouse. You have heard of unmarked police car, we are on the
:42:30. > :42:36.road with unmarked police lorries.. I went on that it is very exciting.
:42:36. > :42:40.She wants to take Ticker home. I? He is a working dog. So back to
:42:40. > :42:44.you Rav. Cheers guys. See you tomorrow. That is it for today. We
:42:44. > :42:50.are back for the final bit of crime fighting. Remember our wanted faces
:42:50. > :42:54.and the clips are on the website. In the meantime, have another look