0:00:02 > 0:00:03'Never before have so many
0:00:03 > 0:00:05'on-the-spot fines been issued in Britain.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08'We're going to be following the men and women who hand out
0:00:08 > 0:00:12'over £30 million worth of tickets every month...'
0:00:12 > 0:00:15- Oops!- Round here they are an absolute blight.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16I'm at 104 now.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19- Wow.- That is disgusting.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Just walk away.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23'..for behaviour that's downright dangerous...'
0:00:23 > 0:00:25That was stupid for these sort of conditions, wasn't it?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27'..simply selfish...'
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Look at the mess you've created in the street.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32- How is that our fault? - What is he doing?
0:00:32 > 0:00:35'..or just...well, plain silly.'
0:00:35 > 0:00:36What a doughnut.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39'We'll be revealing the cost of their bad behaviour...'
0:00:39 > 0:00:41£100 fine.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43- ..pays £260.- Ouch.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45'..and how this could affect you.'
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Might give him a punch.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48You want to see me kick off?
0:00:48 > 0:00:50'The police are on it...'
0:00:50 > 0:00:52What the... Sir?!
0:00:52 > 0:00:54'..the parking wardens are on it...'
0:00:54 > 0:00:55They should be thanking us for being here.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57'..and I'm on it.'
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Careful, it's a 30mph limit here!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01'I'm Dom Littlewood,
0:01:01 > 0:01:02'and I'm On The Spot.'
0:01:03 > 0:01:08This time, I'm on the spot while this guy's on the phone.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13So you do realise it is a driver's licence and not a Tesco Clubcard?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16It is not designed to collect as many points as humanly possible.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20They are paying the penalty for a wildlife buffet
0:01:20 > 0:01:21on the streets of Cardiff.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- That's mush.- Nope.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Mice...
0:01:26 > 0:01:28BLEEP!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And things get hot and bothered when there are fines
0:01:31 > 0:01:32on the parking patrol.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33I'm not by your vehicle.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37How you could just be so annoyed with just my presence...
0:01:37 > 0:01:39CAR HORN HONKS
0:01:39 > 0:01:44In Cardiff, waste enforcement officer Steph Marnell Jones
0:01:44 > 0:01:47is on garbage patrol,
0:01:47 > 0:01:51and she's on high alert because today is bin day.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58Steph's joined by rookie waste enforcer Naomi Stediford.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Steph's teaching Naomi how to track down recycling avoiders
0:02:02 > 0:02:05and issue them with on-the-spot fines of £80.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Unless, of course, she has already put the house on a warning,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11in which case it's a £100 fine.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14What I'll do is travel all these streets today
0:02:14 > 0:02:20and any waste that's not supposed to be there, search and remove it.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23The pair are looking for wrongly-bagged waste
0:02:23 > 0:02:25that binmen can't take away.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Have a look.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Again, full of recycling.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41But Steph isn't going through the smelly bin bags for fun.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45She has to be 100% certain where the rubbish has come from
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- before she can issue a fine.- 17.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52So the recycling rookie needs to know the latest waste rules.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Recycling in green bags.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Food waste in secure brown caddies to keep out the rats and seagulls.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02General waste in the new slim, black wheelie bins.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06And when the rules are broken, the bins overflow,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and the local wildlife get an all-you-can-eat buffet.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11If they put the food waste in the food waste bins,
0:03:11 > 0:03:15the seagulls can't open bins...yet.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17OK, Naomi, you got that?
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Anyone breaking the rules can be hit with an £80 fine
0:03:20 > 0:03:23or £100 if they've already had a warning.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26So, now, Naomi, it's down to the dirty work,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29and you're going to need a strong stomach.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31These are really smelly. Hah.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Oh, it's mush! - The garden's quite bad.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Steph and Naomi have to clean up anything
0:03:38 > 0:03:41that the binmen weren't able to take because it was in the wrong bags.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43First time I've got to go through the bins today.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45You know, cos I had my training before.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48But already I can see how frustrating it is for everyone,
0:03:48 > 0:03:52having to... I was out with another loader yesterday and already...
0:03:52 > 0:03:55The minute we went round a corner there was a sofa there.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Made a note of it. Drove down about five minutes later,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01went back, sofa was gone. So, it's like... They're going everywhere.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04People are just picking up things.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05I can still see you, Steph.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I'll probably have creepy-crawlies all over me now.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11But it's in the leftover rubbish that they'll find their evidence,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15something that will tie the waste to a particular address,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17which is where another essential skill
0:04:17 > 0:04:22of the trainee environmental crime officer comes in - detective work.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24No, no evidence here.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25It's all food waste.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Looks like Naomi's getting the hang of it.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33That's under a different name.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36But not enough for fine - yet.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39OK, Naomi, you've had a taste - or should that be smell -
0:04:39 > 0:04:42of life as a waste enforcement officer.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Now it's time to apply those skills to a particular case.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49The area they're patrolling is full of students.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51It's nearly the end of term,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53when students usually pack up and move out,
0:04:53 > 0:04:57and now Steph and Naomi are at a property
0:04:57 > 0:04:59with a large pile of bags outside.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06I think some of them are starting to move out.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11And now...everything's going out now.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15You'd think with all those qualifications
0:05:15 > 0:05:19they'd be able to get the hang of recycling, but apparently not.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Here's all their saucepans.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Too lazy to wash up?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25These residents thought it would be easier
0:05:25 > 0:05:27to just chuck them in the bin,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31but they should have been recycled or at least taken to the tip.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34They've either had a clear out before they move in or they're gone,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36or they can't be bothered to wash their dishes
0:05:36 > 0:05:38and have just bought new ones.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41But is there any evidence that could lead to a fine
0:05:41 > 0:05:44hidden amongst this treasure trove?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50All these are shoes.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Found some evidence there.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Let's take a look at what Steph has found -
0:05:56 > 0:06:00unsorted, unrecycled waste, dumped outside the house,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04and paperwork possibly linking the rubbish to the residents.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06OK, Steph, what's it to be?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09This is just deliberate fly-tipping, really.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Even though it's outside their property,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13it's still, you know, dumping a lot of waste.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Looks like six or seven bags in total there.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18You'll get a fixed penalty for that.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Hopefully they're still at the address.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Some of the items in there make me think that they may have moved out
0:06:24 > 0:06:26or they're starting to clear out.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27So I'll check with council tax,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29if they've got any up-to-date information.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32If the residents can be tracked down,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34then it's an £80 fixed penalty fine -
0:06:34 > 0:06:36the first of the day.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Really frustrating.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41They just don't care whatsoever.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44They dump it out and think somebody else can deal with it.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45And it happens every year.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50And it's time for Naomi to learn lesson number three - paperwork.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Her own this time - not the stuff that's been dumped on the street.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Basically, how many bags were outside the property,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59whether we've removed the waste, which we do when we search it.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01And if we find evidence we write it down
0:07:01 > 0:07:04cos then Steph's got the pictures on her phone.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05But if there isn't any evidence,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07what I'll write is "no evidence" in there.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10The issue is not just the mess, terrible though it is.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13It's hitting Cardiff Council taxpayers
0:07:13 > 0:07:15right where it hurts - in the pocket.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18And unsurprisingly, Steph is less than impressed.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23If my children went to university
0:07:23 > 0:07:27and just had complete disregard for the neighbourhood that they lived in
0:07:27 > 0:07:29and just threw their rubbish out and didn't really care
0:07:29 > 0:07:31how it was going to be collected,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I'd be so embarrassed to be their parents.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37But nobody teaches their kids how to put the bins out, do they?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40It should be a new thing.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41SHE LAUGHS
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Steph and Naomi now have to head back to the depot
0:07:44 > 0:07:46with a van full of unsorted waste.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51But on the way, there's just time for one last training day lesson,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55that a fineable offence can happen at any time.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Steph has spotted a driver smoking a cigarette out of his car window.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Is she about to issue on-the-spot fine number two?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07I'm not sure. I think that's a BMW 1 Series.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09There's no passengers.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12He can smoke, he hasn't done anything wrong yet.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16There it goes, flicked it,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19he flicked that across and it landed on the pavement.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22We're on Newport Road, outside TGI Friday's at 11.50am.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25So, what are we looking at?
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Cigarette thrown,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29and the car drives away.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31OK, Steph, what's it to be?
0:08:31 > 0:08:35So basically when I get back to the office now, I'll do a DVLA check
0:08:35 > 0:08:38and get the owner's details.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41If Steph is able to trace the driver,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44it'll mean her second fine of the day.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48This time, a fixed penalty of £80 for littering.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55But she still has all that rubbish to dispose of.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59I've got a van load, I've got a 3.5 tonne van,
0:08:59 > 0:09:03so just a little bit depressing
0:09:03 > 0:09:07that it never gets better, even though they get fixed penalties,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09they don't really care.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I mean, you know, an £80 fixed penalty to a household
0:09:12 > 0:09:15is quite a lot of money, cos it's usually the ratepayer paying it.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17But when it's, you know, ten students,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20they've just had a load of waste taken away for £8 each.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22You know? I think the fines should be bigger.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Well, hopefully, those litter louts will be brought to justice.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37It's a glorious day in Havering
0:09:37 > 0:09:38on the outskirts of London.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Great for ice cream sellers,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43bad for traffic wardens.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Whatever little bit of chance we do have of people
0:09:46 > 0:09:50being sort of cool with us, that kind of goes out the window.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53You tend to find in hot temperatures
0:09:53 > 0:09:57people are tending to lose their cool a lot quicker.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00They kind of just snap at the smallest things.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Kam Paul is the parking officer.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Today she's tackling hot-under-the-collar car owners.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12On a hot day like this, the poor things are dehydrating,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16just like us, so it kind of takes their tolerance
0:10:16 > 0:10:19and patience down to a minus.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24It may be one of the hottest days of the year so far
0:10:24 > 0:10:26but Kam isn't cutting anyone any slack.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Park in the wrong spot or overstay your ticket,
0:10:30 > 0:10:34then you could be hit with a £130 on-the-spot fine.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36MUFFLED SHOUTING
0:10:40 > 0:10:42In future, you need to look,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44cos you're going to get yourself a ticket like that, sir.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47On a day like today,
0:10:47 > 0:10:51drivers facing down a fine can easily reach boiling point.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54We've got a car on the footway over there.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I'm going to politely ask the gentleman to move
0:10:57 > 0:11:00and hopefully he won't be too fuming.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Kam has spotted a car that's taking up a big chunk of the pavement.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08There's no getting away from that single yellow line.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Could this be Kam's first fine of the day?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Can't park like that.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21She's let him off, and everyone's kept their cool.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26That's a thumbs up. No abuse, no conflict, he just moved on.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Those are the kind of drivers I don't mind.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33It's when we turn up and ask them politely to move on
0:11:33 > 0:11:36and they still don't want to move, that can be a bit annoying.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Because then you're left with the option of giving them a ticket,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44and obviously, they're not going to be too happy about that.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50It's like people have just got nothing better to do.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53The temperature's hotting up and so are tempers.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59That's pretty normal as well, language like that.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07You see weird things here sometimes.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10What I don't understand is, if I'm not by your vehicle,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13how you can just be so annoyed with just my presence?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Just looking at me?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Whoa, whoa, whoa, don't get excited!
0:12:19 > 0:12:22I'm not excited, sir.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23- Have you done it?- Nope.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- Can I put some money in? - Yeah, go ahead.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Kam's spotted a driver sleeping at the wheel, parked up,
0:12:31 > 0:12:36but, oh, dear, the ticket on the windscreen has expired.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38So, Kam's options -
0:12:38 > 0:12:43a rude awakening or a £130 on-the-spot fine.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- You're expired, boss. - Was it? I'm going anyway.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- All right, brilliant. - It's another no fine.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56That's quite common as well, people will purchase a ticket,
0:12:56 > 0:12:58fall asleep in the car.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- Ticket?- It's in there. - Where is it?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Now, it's the curious case of the invisible ticket.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I've just started the ticket, that's all.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Kam can't see it anywhere.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17I paid £1.20.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18It's fallen down.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24With no ticket displayed, it could mean a penalty of £130.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- That's fine, no problem.- Sorry, it must have fallen down.- No worries.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38We've all done it, when a gust whips the ticket from the windscreen.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40This time, no fine.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Luckily, the driver came back in time.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47It's came up and it's fallen down, the wind probably,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49and that's how it's fallen.
0:13:49 > 0:13:50So, yeah, I was well pleased.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I could have got a ticket.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Next, we're in the district of Pendle in Lancashire...
0:14:03 > 0:14:05SHEEP BLEAT
0:14:05 > 0:14:08..where the council team who protect the environment
0:14:08 > 0:14:10are on patrol every day.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14So, where are we off to?
0:14:14 > 0:14:19First job of the day is a skip that's apparently been emptied
0:14:19 > 0:14:24by the skip company after a dispute over payment.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Um, apparently they've turned up after they've not been paid
0:14:28 > 0:14:30and just tipped the skip onto the back street.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32That's the story we're getting.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36It's Environmental Crime Officers Matty Hargreaves
0:14:36 > 0:14:40and Jeff Brown's job to clamp down on antisocial crimes
0:14:40 > 0:14:42by issuing on-the-spot fines.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44And, if the offence is serious enough,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46they can issue a court summons.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51They've taken the skip away and left the waste,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54but we need to really speak to people,
0:14:54 > 0:14:56see if anybody's actually seen it.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- That's pretty awful. - That's not good, is it?
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Especially for what you'd hope would be a responsible company
0:15:02 > 0:15:04when it comes to waste, a skip company,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06they should know what's right and what's wrong.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09We'll just go, we'll see what we can find.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Do a few door knocks, see if anybody has seen anything,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14find out whose waste it is that's been dumped.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- Do we know the skip company? - Not yet, no.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19That's something we need to find out.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23The tip-off came from a local resident in the town of Colne.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26It appears the contents of a skip had been dumped
0:15:26 > 0:15:28in a back lane behind a house.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31It's not only restricting access to people's houses,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34this could be a potential fire hazard.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37HORROR FILM STYLE MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:37 > 0:15:39I tell you what, that's disgusting, isn't it?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41If the culprit is caught,
0:15:41 > 0:15:45they could get an on-the-spot penalty of up to £400,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48but, if it's serious enough and the case goes to court,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51they could be looking at a fine of up to £50,000,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54or even five years in prison.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Somebody's going to know whose waste it is, who's hired the skip,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00so that's what we're here to really find out.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03So, what's the crime?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06A massive pile of waste blocking the entire alley.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Just need to do some door knocking.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Nobody wants to talk to us today.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Hang on. Someone's actually in.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35DOG BARKS
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Hiya. I'm from the council. I believe you used to live at...
0:16:40 > 0:16:43It's just, we're here regarding the waste in the back street.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47The tenant claims it's her landlord who's responsible for the skip.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Do you know who your landlord was?
0:16:49 > 0:16:53The skip has been on the backstreet more or less since she moved in,
0:16:53 > 0:16:57and she says it's the landlord that's dealing with the skip.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00She's given her landlord's name.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02But it's a step in the right direction.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Just need to probably knock on a few more houses,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07see if anybody's seen anything.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Hiya. I'm from the council.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15It's just regarding all the waste on the back street.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17I'm just going to find out... No, no, no.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19As far as I'm aware, it's...
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- Hold on, she'll tell you in a minute.- There was a skip there...
0:17:22 > 0:17:25They finally find someone who has a memory for details.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Did you see it happen?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30No, I saw the van come.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33It were... What day are we on today? Wednesday?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35It could have been Friday last week.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Possibly Friday last week.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Possibly Friday last week, it could have been.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40The skip were full and then, obviously,
0:17:40 > 0:17:41they came and picked the skip up.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I don't know whether they left the waste or not.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- I'm not too sure.- Right. There's a big pile of waste.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- I ain't seen it.- Right, OK.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51It seems that when the skip company wasn't paid,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54they returned and dumped the contents of the skip
0:17:54 > 0:17:56behind the house that had rented it.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00So let's take a look at Matty and Jeff's case -
0:18:00 > 0:18:02a pile of waste blocking an alleyway,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05contacts for the landlord for the property it came from
0:18:05 > 0:18:08and a lead for the skip hire company.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Could this all lead to a fine,
0:18:10 > 0:18:11or worse?
0:18:11 > 0:18:15So we've got a landlord that we can contact, hopefully,
0:18:15 > 0:18:16regarding one of the addresses
0:18:16 > 0:18:19and also a skip company who has supposedly, er...
0:18:21 > 0:18:23..dealt with the waste.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26But we've definitely got something to go on for now.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29If Matty and Jeff's leads pay off,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32somebody could be looking at a court summons,
0:18:32 > 0:18:37which could mean up to a £50,000 fine or up to five years' jail time.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Now that's a big price to pay for dumping a load of old rubbish.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50In Crawley in Sussex,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53partners Sam Lucas and Naveed Ur-Rehman
0:18:53 > 0:18:55are council community wardens.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59They're working to stamp out antisocial behaviour around the town
0:18:59 > 0:19:01and, when they find it,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04they'll need to ensure the culprits are dealt with.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09We've got a call that, um...
0:19:09 > 0:19:14there's a group of people, either they're drinking or smoking drugs.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16It's in Goffs Park in Crawley,
0:19:16 > 0:19:19so we're actually heading towards that place.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22To reduce incidents of antisocial behaviour
0:19:22 > 0:19:24in Crawley's public spaces,
0:19:24 > 0:19:29Naveed and Sam can stop and move on anyone found drinking in public.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31If they refuse to hand over the alcohol to us,
0:19:31 > 0:19:33then we call the police for assistance.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Let's see if we can go and catch them.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Public drinking in this area is prohibited...
0:19:46 > 0:19:50..but there might be more than booze at play here.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52We'll go and see what they're doing.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57They're moving now.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59But Naveed and Sam are in pursuit.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Hello, guys. Are you all right?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07We are the wardens, Crawley Council.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Can I ask what you're doing here, sir?
0:20:09 > 0:20:15This area, basically, a lot of drinkers, people who come and drink.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18This is an area well-known to the Crawley wardens.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22OK, people do come and do the business of drugs.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- And drugs dealing. - And drugs dealing as well.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28No alcohol here, but evidence of something more worrying
0:20:28 > 0:20:30just around the corner.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37Naveed's just found an empty morphine bottle and also some foil,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40which is quite common with using drugs.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Of course, we don't know if this group was involved in drugs
0:20:50 > 0:20:54but, with the group moved on, Naveed and Sam's patrol continues.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Another hour, another park.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Sam and Naveed know some culprits take cover in the bushes.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09So that's the place. Normally, they come round, sit round over here
0:21:09 > 0:21:12but, because we are checking this area more frequently now,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15so we're having less problems now.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21So people are not coming here, so it means we're achieving our aim.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27This group on the grass have attracted the team's attention.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31It's the morning and they're enjoying a tipple and a smoke.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- Hello.- Hello, Mike.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Hello, sir. We're the wardens.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Crawley Council, yeah?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43You're just having a drink, yeah?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Obviously, they're drinking and Crawley's a non-alcoholic zone.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Is that your cigarette?- Sorry?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Excuse me, is that your cigarette?
0:21:51 > 0:21:52- OK.- Sorry.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- You can't...- You can't leave it on the floor, sir.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56If they refuse to pick it up,
0:21:56 > 0:22:00there could be an £80 fine for littering on the cards.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01Yeah, you can smoke.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05You can smoke, but once you finish, make sure it goes into the bin, OK?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08But the littering doesn't end there.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09There's a bottle in the bushes.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Is that your bottle, yeah?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Is this your bottle?
0:22:13 > 0:22:14And a defensive reaction.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16This is not mine, not mine.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17But you are drinking Coke.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20No, no, no. It isn't mine.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24So let's look at what the team found.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Drinking alcohol in a restricted zone
0:22:29 > 0:22:31could result in action by the police.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34If they're acting antisocial,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37then we do take their drink from them, we can do.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Sam's decided to give them a warning, this time.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44We've obviously advised them they shouldn't really be drinking,
0:22:44 > 0:22:47but, in this case, they're just having a general drink,
0:22:47 > 0:22:51so we've just told them they should really leave if they want to drink.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54They shouldn't really be drinking here.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06I'm in Wiltshire, on the spot with PC Jay Clifton.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10In 12 years as a traffic cop,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13he's handed out thousands of on-the-spot fines.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Do you ever think, "This person probably can't afford this fine"?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Or, "Perhaps I should cut them a bit of slack" or whatever?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Or is it very black and white to you?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26We understand that not everyone's got a lot of money
0:23:26 > 0:23:30and times can be hard, but, at the same time,
0:23:30 > 0:23:32if you're going to do something
0:23:32 > 0:23:36which is blatantly breaking a traffic law,
0:23:36 > 0:23:38then you know that you're going to have to pay the consequences
0:23:38 > 0:23:40and that is going to be,
0:23:40 > 0:23:44normally, a fixed penalty notice or going to court with a hefty fine.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47So, the rules are the rules,
0:23:47 > 0:23:53and it's not long before Jay spots a driver breaking one right behind us.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55The guy behind us is definitely on the phone.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- I'm just going to pull over.- Oh.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59You can tell from there?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Yeah, in the van, he's coming past us now. See it?
0:24:02 > 0:24:04'We're in an unmarked car,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07'so this white van man is unaware his lawbreaking
0:24:07 > 0:24:09'has been clocked by the cops.'
0:24:09 > 0:24:11So we're going to go past him now.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- Hello.- Bang to rights. - Yeah, there we go.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20So we've got a driver on the mobile phone.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22What we're going to do is I'm going to get him to follow me
0:24:22 > 0:24:24into the service station up ahead.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26He looked you right in the face and dropped it immediately, didn't he?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Yeah, he knows exactly what he was doing was wrong.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32'But he might not realise he could be facing a hefty fine.'
0:24:32 > 0:24:34He knows he's in for a ticking off.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Or could it be worse than a ticking off?
0:24:38 > 0:24:42There's a £100 on-the-spot fine for using your mobile while driving,
0:24:42 > 0:24:46so could this guy be on the sharp end of a ticket?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Do you find that annoying, that people are doing that?
0:24:48 > 0:24:51They're on a motorway, middle lane, in a van,
0:24:51 > 0:24:56one hand on the phone, chatting away, does it rile you?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59There's no excuse for it. There is no excuse for it.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03As we've just said, technology today, there are hands-free kits,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Bluetooth kits, there's a multitude of ways
0:25:05 > 0:25:06to be able to deal with this,
0:25:06 > 0:25:10without having to have your hands off the steering wheel.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15And this gentleman's about to find out the hard way.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Listening to Jay, does anyone else feel
0:25:17 > 0:25:19there could be a fine on the way?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Hello.- Hello. - Do you have your licence with you?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- No.- No? OK. Is the vehicle yours?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27It's not mine, it's my dad's. But I'm...
0:25:27 > 0:25:29OK. I know it's obvious.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31The reason I've stopped you is, as I've gone past,
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I've seen you using a hand-held mobile phone.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35I've got to point out it is an offence to drive a motor vehicle
0:25:35 > 0:25:37whilst using a hand-held mobile phone.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Is there any lawful reason you can give me
0:25:39 > 0:25:40- as to why you were doing that? - Um, no.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43No? OK. Thank you for your honesty.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47So let's look at the facts -
0:25:47 > 0:25:50spotted on his mobile phone, while driving on the motorway.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54You know what? You've even got it on camera.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Hello!
0:25:56 > 0:25:59What we're going to do, we're going to take a seat in my car,
0:25:59 > 0:26:00got a bit of paperwork to fill out.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03The way I propose to deal with this is by way of a fixed penalty notice.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06It's a £100 fine with three points on your licence.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07So there it is -
0:26:07 > 0:26:10three points on his licence and a £100 fine.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13How do you feel about the outcome of what's just happened to you?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Um...
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I feel very stupid, to be honest with you.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I've even got Bluetooth in my van.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- Why didn't you use it?- I didn't have it switched on in my phone.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- Yeah.- It's habit, isn't it?
0:26:25 > 0:26:26Your phone goes, you...
0:26:28 > 0:26:33..you pick it up. It's wrong, it is wrong, but it does happen.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Do you have any sort of animosity or anger...?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- LAUGHING:- No, cos you shouldn't be on your phone!- Yeah.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40You shouldn't be on your phone, so, no, not at all.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44OK. So basically you've got your hands up in the air.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Yeah, a stupid, stupid mistake
0:26:46 > 0:26:48and so I'm definitely going to learn from it.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51What I'm finding, the more and more time I'm spending,
0:26:51 > 0:26:56not just with you, but out on the road with various police forces,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59most people are so...
0:27:00 > 0:27:03They're sort of almost relieved that you've been so nice
0:27:03 > 0:27:05and that they know they've done wrong,
0:27:05 > 0:27:07and that no-one seems to have a problem with it.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10You know, it's a case of, "Yeah, it's a fair cop."
0:27:10 > 0:27:13I rather expected people to be a little bit more annoyed,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16either with themselves or certainly with you guys,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19but people know they're doing wrong and they just take it, don't they?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22They do, and it's all about how we speak to them.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25I expect to be spoken to the way I speak to people.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27If I jump out and start shouting and screaming,
0:27:27 > 0:27:29they're going to shout and scream at me,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32but if I'm polite and courteous, they'll be exactly the same back.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34I don't know if you saw, as we approached Shane
0:27:34 > 0:27:35before we got him out of the vehicle,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37he had his head in his hands on his steering wheel.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41- Yeah.- So, his emotional reaction happened within the car,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43prior to him being in the car with us,
0:27:43 > 0:27:45so there was a reaction there.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Expensive mistake for him, wasn't it?
0:27:47 > 0:27:48£100, three points.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52An expensive mistake indeed.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55But if he stops using his phone when driving,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57then maybe it's been worth it.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Thanks for watching. Join me next time for more Dom On The Spot.