10/07/2014 Traffic Cops


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SIRENS WAIL

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13 million motoring offences every year.

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It's gone through a wall, taken out a power cable

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and somersaulted onto its roof.

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More than 200,000 crashes and accidents.

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Traffic cops patrol across 250,000 miles of road.

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Tonight...

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Come here, you little...

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-Hazards...

-Which pocket are yours in?

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..and high water.

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Back that way!

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You're just making it difficult,

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going through the deepest bit right in the middle.

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TYRES SCREECH

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-Catching out...

-What's in there, mate?

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..and keeping Britain's roads safe.

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You've not got a licence, you're not allowed to drive!

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And for the first time,

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the police are collecting official evidence on headcams.

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You press the record button and it's the evidence that will

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ultimately get these people sent to prison.

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Get that camera out my face now!

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From a police officer's point of view, really, exactly what you

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see on the head cameras is actually what we're seeing in real life.

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-Chases caught on camera...

-Get on the floor!

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..and arrests from the point of view of the cops.

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We need to catch these people and stop them doing what they're doing.

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I don't know why I'm feeling so sarcastic today.

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I think it's because I've had a couple of ibuprofen,

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that's what it is.

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It's 7.30am.

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Traffic cops Lee Moody and Dan Kellett

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are on flood alert ten miles north of Leeds.

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We're en route to Pool-in-Wharfedale.

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The call is overnight, due to heavy rain,

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there's a large amount of flooding.

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It's been one of the wettest years on record.

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Today, nationwide heavy floods have caused deaths on the road

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and trapped hundreds in their cars.

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Most normal, sensible people have realised this is a deep flood,

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don't drive through it.

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You'd be amazed how many people drive through it

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and then get into difficulties.

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When we have this level of rain, as extreme as this, it does cause

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massive issues, and the country can just come to a standstill.

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You just know it's going to be a nightmare day.

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They're taking over from officers who've spent all night

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tackling flooded roads.

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You know what we were saying about people driving through big floods?

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That looks quite deep in the middle.

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'It doesn't look that deep at that particular time -

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'however, that's walking across the highest point of the camber.'

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When you start getting to the verges, that is going to be quite deep water.

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OVER RADIO: One-four - we may be delayed somewhat,

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we've come down Arlington Lane,

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we're heading towards the White Hart.

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We're just having to assess whether we can get through

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the flooded section of road here, may need to be closed as well.

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Depending on the volume, the water can actually break the road surface.

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It can burst pipes underneath, blow manhole covers off,

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blow drain covers off and it can cause major issues.

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Watch out, you're going to get wet.

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No, that looks quite deep in the middle.

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'You just have to suck it and know that you're going to get wet'

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and your boots may be destroyed by the end of the day.

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OVER RADIO: 'Tango-one-four, we're going to have to try and close it.'

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Do you want me to go and stick some cones out the other side?

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-Cos we don't want anyone coming through that, do we?

-No.

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Across Britain, there are 52 flood warnings in place,

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with 22 in Yorkshire.

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With the Highways Agency busy with road closures across the region,

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the priority for Lee and Dan now

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is to close this road as quickly as possible.

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'Increasingly nowadays, with the amount of traffic on the road,'

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people are very much "me-focused".

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"I need to get to where I need to get to as quickly as I can."

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They're not concerned about why a road is closed,

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they don't think about the fact that we've closed it for their safety.

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Hello, we're just about to close this,

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cos we're just going to have everybody flying round the corner,

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and it's only going to get worse cos it's still raining.

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It's entirely up to you.

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Say that again?

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You're in the 4x4, sir.

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You know, on days like this, you're going to have

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certain people in certain vehicles that think you can drive through it.

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Although the flooding may not look too deep,

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many cars can start to float in just two feet of standing water.

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I think we're going to have to take the chance.

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I'm afraid the road's closed.

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There's a rather large flood.

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It's not long before the cops need to assist people heading

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to work who are stuck behind the flood.

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You OK? Do you want me to watch your back?

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SHE LAUGHS

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Oh, right, OK. Just don't go forwards!

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Do you want me to spin it round for you?

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The issue that we had with this lady was it was a vehicle

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she didn't drive on a very regular basis.

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And it had an electronic parking brake.

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Oh, dear! How embarrassing!

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It was a case of the simplest way being for me to spin it round

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and then give her some advice on making sure

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she knew how to drive the vehicle before she got into it.

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Nice of my colleague to watch me back, isn't it?

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PASSENGER LAUGHS

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-There you go.

-Thank you very much.

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THEY LAUGH

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What a bizarre handbrake.

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-Okey-doke, thank you very much, see you later.

-Thank you.

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Okey-doke, no worries, see you later.

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They've coned off the road, but can they keep it closed?

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You - back that way!

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Working across the whole Yorkshire and Humberside area

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is the Regional Roads Crime Team.

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Officers Gary Panther and Paul Smith are on patrol.

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# There's a moose loose aboot this hoose. #

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HE HUMS TUNE OF "HOOTS MON"

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Their unmarked car gives them more cover on country roads.

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A Golf has just sped past, unaware that they're cops.

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Check us a vehicle please?

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It was travelling at a little bit of speed,

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but the occupant really caught our attention as it went past as well.

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-Previous on it?

-No insurance.

-Has it?

-Yeah.

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Just spotted a Golf travelling at speed to the Leeds area,

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so he just came quickly through the village we just passed,

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so we're going to catch him up

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and just do some checks on the keeper and the driver of it.

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INDISTINCT RADIO COMMUNICATION

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Where have they gone?

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You tend to find the cars have gone

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a little bit further than you expect.

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So if you don't see it initially,

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it's worth just pushing on and trying to locate them,

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second-guessing the route it could have possibly travelled.

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Just double check.

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If he has, he's been tonking it.

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-All right, innit?

-Did he?

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Think so, yeah. Saw brake lights. He's just there.

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Oh, he's there, look! He's there, look!

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The check produces further information on the driver.

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-Received, mate. We'll see who it is.

-Oh, yeah!

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So immediately, it just gives you a little more suspicion that

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there's something wrong with the vehicle or driver.

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It's a bit of cat and mouse, really.

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You do want to catch them and they don't want to be caught.

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Don't park there. HE TUTS

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It'll be all right now...

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Full motion.

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The cops' headcams capture events from a police point of view,

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and are part of a new evidence gathering kit.

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-Hiya, mate, you all right?

-Yeah.

-Is it your motor?

-Yeah.

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-Just turn the engine off for a sec, mate.

-Sorry, I didn't know if...

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No, you're fine. You got your licence on you?

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Sound.

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It's one of those moments, you get out and you don't know what's

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going to happen, so you're always on edge.

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I want to ask you - and I bet you know what I want to ask you -

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there's a strong smell of cannabis coming from the car,

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which means you're going to be searched under

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the Misuse of Drugs Act along with the car.

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-There.

-Right. You're going to be searched.

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-Is there owt else other than that?

-No.

-Right.

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My first thoughts are,

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"He's handed that bit of cannabis over to me far too easily."

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As if to say, "This is all I've got in here, officer, thanks very much."

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Are you working at the minute?

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All right. How's that going then?

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DRIVER SIGHS

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Ain't it?

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Do you want to jump out, pal, and go with my mate?

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He's going to conduct a search, cos it stinks of cannabis.

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Have you got anything in your pockets at all?

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-No.

-No, so I'll just give you a pat down, mate.

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Possessing a small amount of cannabis

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comes with a police warning or an £80 on-the-spot fine.

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-In that tin.

-Little bit more?

-I'll find it, don't worry.

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He can see exactly what I'm doing here and what I'm looking for.

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-Did you get a warning for cannabis before?

-Yeah, yeah.

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We tend to find that

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if people have got quite a substantial amount

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of cannabis on them,

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they may well hand over a small amount like he is there,

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in the hope that we don't look any further

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and just take it as, "That's what he's got."

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How much you get a car, then? That pay all right?

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It depends, I'm trying to get on to more expensive valets,

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higher class, instead of trying to do these £10, £15 jobs.

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-Detailing, that's where the money is, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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My mate had his Beemer done recently, £300 or something.

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Hard work, like, isn't it?

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Alloys and stuff like that, you've got to make alloys gleam out

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to make anybody be happy about anything.

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-It's a nightmare, really.

-Yeah.

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'If we can keep them talking and occupied,'

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it makes our job easier, really.

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It's one of those, it's kind of a double bluff.

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Paul's talking to him about all sorts of things

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and he's probably thinking Paul's mind's not where it should be,

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but I know and Paul knows that we're concentrating on exactly

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what we should be doing,

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and that's searching this vehicle for further drugs.

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'I've had a look inside the car and found the metal tin, which was

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'just alongside the steering column, in a small compartment underneath.

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'It contains one bag of cannabis.

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'We do often get it where it's like a decoy,

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'as if to say "That's all that's in the vehicle."

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'We've got the camera on the side of his head, it's providing,

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'basically, point of view of exactly what we see.'

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If we do go into searching and end up seizing anything,

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it shows exactly where we've found it,

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the condition when we've found it, and the position,

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so really, it's quite a good evidential tool for us to have.

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Yeah, yeah.

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'We've gone to the boot, and as I open the boot

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'there's quite a lot of car cleaning equipment and stuff,'

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which obviously ties in with the job that he does.

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You got, like, contracts for businesses?

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POLICE RADIO CHATTER

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What's in there, mate?

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-What sort of birthday present is it?

-Uh?

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What sort of birthday present is it?

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Took a little bit of time coming to that conclusion.

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Are you sure?

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I could tell by Gaz's face, it were definitely not a jumper.

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Thought it were just a complete cock-and-bull story, to be honest.

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Don't feel like a jumper.

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And to be honest, as I turned round and saw his face like that,

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I knew straightaway it was something in there that shouldn't be.

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I'm going to open it, pal, all right? Cos I don't...

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That feel like a jumper to you?

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No. We know what it is, mate, don't we? Smell it.

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All right. Put these cuffs on you a sec.

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Right, mate, at this moment in time, you're under arrest

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on suspicion of possessing a Class B with intent to supply.

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You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence

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if you do not mention something you may rely on in court.

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Inside the parcel, as you can see, it wasn't a jumper,

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it was quite a lot of cannabis.

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I've seen it before,

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where drugs have been wrapped in wrapping paper like this.

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But for some reason, as I pulled it out,

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I just instantly knew it wasn't a present.

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If it had been a present for his mum or his relative,

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then I would have been a bit sorry for him,

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but at the end of the day,

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we need to have a look and make sure,

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and he's trying to transport drugs in his vehicle,

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purporting to be a parcel, so...no sympathy, unfortunately.

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It looks like there's about half a kilo of it.

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Possibly, at a guess, about £1,000 worth.

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Once it was broken into individual deals,

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there were obviously a fair few in there.

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£10 bags, probably at least 100 bags in there,

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so at least £1,000 worth, I guess.

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People are finding it very hard at this moment in time,

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with the current economic climate,

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and they need to fund their lifestyle and fund it in other ways.

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People turn to crime, unfortunately.

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To evade the law, drugs are ferried through the quiet countryside.

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People would be quite shocked that somebody's been stopped

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in their local village and that amount of drugs has been seized.

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But it is going on.

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People do pass through these remote villages

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in hope that the police aren't there.

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Right.

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Well, we're not going to be like that, are we?

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Well, who were it, mate?

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It'll be a case of taking the lad back to the custody suite now,

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booking him in, getting all this exhibit seized.

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With the cannabis haul captured on headcam,

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Gary and Paul have strong evidence the driver was in possession.

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If proven for dealing, he could face a severe prison sentence.

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On rural back roads north of Leeds,

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Lee and Dan try to cope with one of the wettest days of the year.

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You - back that way!

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At this point, I think we'd only been on duty for about 45 minutes.

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I was already starting to get frustrated.

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Right, I appreciate that, but the road's closed,

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with all the cones, because you can't come past.

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SHE TALKS INDISTINCTLY

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Please make sure the cones that have been moved are back across the road.

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'It may seem a little harsh under these circumstances,

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'we do get quite forceful with people.'

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However, you've got to.

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And I've now realised my boots aren't as waterproof as I thought they were.

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Days like today are really busy.

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We're going from one job to the next to the next to the next.

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You don't get time to stop and think.

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Extremes of weather make our job 100 times worse.

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Rising water levels can cause a serious accident.

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Water, water everywhere.

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And not a drop to drink.

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Aw, should have brought the kayaks! Perfect day.

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Under circumstances like this,

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where there has been heavy rainfall or quite inclement weather,

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you know that it's going to be a very long day.

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They have to keep the roads closed, motorists out of the water

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and emergency call-outs down.

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This is the road we were initially coming to.

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We got stuck further down the road at the other flood.

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We've managed to negotiate that now and get down to this,

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and as you can see, it's a hell of a lot deeper than the one further down.

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It was next to quite a flowing river, and obviously you had

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all of the rainwater coming down from the fields as well.

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It was completely flooded from one side to the other.

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And now there's something else.

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Basically, it's been reported from Ed,

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who's on the other side of the road closure,

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that it looks like, potentially, a cycling club are coming down.

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He's advised them that they won't be able to get through

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and should turn round.

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However, they all put their hands up, said, "OK" and carried on coming.

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With rural roads like this, you do get a lot of pedal cyclists,

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the hardened cyclists who will go out in all weather.

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Now, the problem for them is, any detour -

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especially round this area - could be massive for them.

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Oh, he's coming under the barrier,

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so we'll wait and see how far he gets.

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One-four, they're going to be brave. Just about to enter the water.

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-Oh.

-Going...going...

-Now we're walking.

-..gone.

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Morning. Well, fair play to you, cos your bike's not going to break down.

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The only thing we would say is, with flood water, you don't know

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what's going on underneath, regarding manholes or if any pipes have burst.

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I wouldn't do it, but fair play to you.

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But I wouldn't get on a bike in this weather anyway.

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No, well, we don't let a little bit of rain stop us.

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Fabulous. Take care.

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Now you're just making it difficult,

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going through the deepest bit right in the middle.

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One-four, just for information, we're closing Pool Road,

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with Caley Hall - Charlie-Alpha-Lima-Echo-Yankee.

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It's not long before one frustrated motorist decides to go for it.

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No, no, no.

0:20:070:20:08

That's why the "road closed" sign is up.

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He gets a bit wound up by them sometimes, but...that's just Lee!

0:20:140:20:18

I do sometimes get a little bit frustrated with people,

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when they can clearly see the road's closed,

0:20:210:20:24

they know why it's closed

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and we're only doing it for their safety.

0:20:250:20:27

But they don't appreciate that.

0:20:270:20:29

Have you driven past the "road closed" sign?

0:20:290:20:31

Well, that's why you're having to reverse back, isn't it? Yeah.

0:20:310:20:35

It clearly tells you, sir, we can't do much more.

0:20:350:20:38

-Sorry.

-All right?

0:20:380:20:39

I tend to be quite chilled, I don't let it wind me up.

0:20:410:20:44

It doesn't really achieve anything

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by getting annoyed with them.

0:20:460:20:47

You laughing at me with my hat on?

0:20:470:20:49

My kit had increased on that day.

0:20:490:20:51

Because it was raining, I decided to put a hat on to try

0:20:510:20:55

and keep some of the rain off, which didn't go down very well with Dan.

0:20:550:20:59

This is what I've got to put up with every day.

0:20:590:21:01

-You're so aggressive today, Lee.

-Why am I aggressive?

0:21:010:21:04

On this one day across Britain,

0:21:070:21:09

emergency breakdown services deal with more than 5,000 incidents.

0:21:090:21:13

400 are cars stuck in flood water.

0:21:130:21:16

It looks like the problem here has been people purposefully

0:21:190:21:22

blocking the drains.

0:21:220:21:24

We found a bottle shoved up one.

0:21:240:21:26

Another one were blocked up with a rag.

0:21:260:21:28

There's a big hole here.

0:21:300:21:31

-I'm going to get absolutely drenched now, aren't I?

-Yeah, possibly.

0:21:330:21:36

It's no secret that this country is getting wetter by the year.

0:21:390:21:44

We're getting a lot more rainfall. It can't cope with it at the moment.

0:21:440:21:48

It's certainly not something we're going to get rid of,

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and I think days like that are going to become more

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and more commonplace as the years go on.

0:21:550:21:57

The road policing units deal with Britain's busy roads.

0:22:110:22:14

Lee and Dan have just heard that something's happened

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on one of the major roads into Leeds.

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We've had a call from an elderly female.

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Basically, she's been in the car with her husband

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and it looks like her husband may have had a stroke at the wheel.

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He's left the road and crashed into a lamp post.

0:22:330:22:35

It was looking quite serious, I think information had been

0:22:360:22:39

passed that the gentleman was unconscious in the vehicle.

0:22:390:22:42

We may look at having to close the road for quite some time

0:22:420:22:44

while we conduct the investigations we need to conduct,

0:22:440:22:47

obviously given the medical complications

0:22:470:22:49

and the age of the parties involved.

0:22:490:22:51

Figures show that every five minutes,

0:22:520:22:54

someone suffers a stroke in the UK.

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Nine out of ten are over 55 years of age.

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When it occurs behind the wheel of a car,

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the consequences can be fatal.

0:23:040:23:06

He's unconscious still.

0:23:060:23:07

SIREN WAILS

0:23:070:23:09

Just confirming he's unconscious, that's received, thank you.

0:23:090:23:12

Obviously we're not at the scene,

0:23:150:23:16

we can only go on the information that's being passed,

0:23:160:23:18

but all the time, that's heightening our stress levels, if you like,

0:23:180:23:22

cos we're having to think about what we're going to do when we get there.

0:23:220:23:25

An ambulance has arrived.

0:23:280:23:29

-All right, the gentleman's in the ambulance.

-Right, OK.

0:23:310:23:37

-Is this chap still unconscious?

-No, no, no.

0:23:370:23:39

The gentleman wasn't still unconscious.

0:23:390:23:41

However, there was concern that he may still have passed out,

0:23:410:23:44

leading to the collision.

0:23:440:23:46

-He's not still unconscious.

-He's not?

0:23:460:23:48

No, they think he might have lost consciousness

0:23:480:23:50

just as the collision happened.

0:23:500:23:51

-At the moment, we think he's all right in the back?

-Yeah.

0:23:510:23:54

A TIA, or "transient ischemic attack",

0:24:010:24:04

also known as a mini-stroke,

0:24:040:24:06

may have caused the driver to black out.

0:24:060:24:08

-How we doing?

-Erm, he's complained of tummy pains since lunchtime today.

0:24:090:24:13

-Yep.

-And then he says it just got really unbearable.

0:24:130:24:16

The last thing he remembers is

0:24:160:24:19

-turning round at the island at the bottom.

-Right.

0:24:190:24:22

But I was just going to have a word with his partner to see what

0:24:220:24:24

she knows about what happened.

0:24:240:24:26

Am I able to jump on and have a quick chat with him, is that all right?

0:24:260:24:30

-Definitely.

-She's in the second car back.

0:24:300:24:32

It's still not clear if the driver has suffered a stroke.

0:24:320:24:36

Have you eaten anything different to normal?

0:24:360:24:38

Anything fatter, any pastry or a lot more spicy things, or...?

0:24:380:24:44

And I take it you've had them before, so that's nothing new?

0:24:460:24:50

With Lee on the ambulance, Dan speaks with the passenger.

0:24:510:24:54

-Is he your husband, then?

-Partner.

0:24:540:24:57

We just need his details - what's his full name?

0:24:570:25:00

Edwin William Tune.

0:25:000:25:01

You've got to be careful how you deal with the other people

0:25:010:25:05

involved, especially family members, in a situation like this.

0:25:050:25:09

His partner was saying that, basically, he's gone a bit funny,

0:25:090:25:12

kept saying he felt ill.

0:25:120:25:14

She said, "Pull over." "Nah, I'll be all right."

0:25:140:25:16

He's gone, "I feel really ill now."

0:25:160:25:18

And then he's gone completely vacant.

0:25:180:25:21

He's on the back of the ambulance and he keeps going in and out.

0:25:210:25:24

He's still conscious, but they're just having to...

0:25:240:25:27

They don't seem to have any concerns, do they?

0:25:270:25:29

I think they're having a few more now,

0:25:290:25:31

because his blood pressure keeps dropping.

0:25:310:25:33

The gentleman's partner was still in our vehicle,

0:25:350:25:37

she's obviously concerned, still shaken up by the collision,

0:25:370:25:40

but obviously, the longer we're there

0:25:400:25:41

and the longer her partner was in the back of the ambulance,

0:25:410:25:44

she's getting more concerned as to what was going on.

0:25:440:25:46

Ted's just having some checks at the moment.

0:25:460:25:49

His blood pressure's a little bit up and down,

0:25:490:25:51

they're just doing another couple of checks, which is why I've come off.

0:25:510:25:55

They're concerned about the driver's condition, so make a decision.

0:25:550:25:58

Hello?

0:26:000:26:02

I'm going to go shut the road,

0:26:030:26:05

if you can tell the Panda to reverse down and shut this junction here

0:26:050:26:08

so they can't get out.

0:26:080:26:09

'So the decision was made,

0:26:090:26:10

'until we were happy that he'd got down to the hospital

0:26:100:26:13

'and been thoroughly checked out, that we were going to close the road'

0:26:130:26:16

and deal with it as a serious incident.

0:26:160:26:20

Under the circumstances, it has to be investigated.

0:26:200:26:25

If he'd subsequently died, we'd have been called on

0:26:250:26:29

to answer to the coroner as to the cause of the collision.

0:26:290:26:34

I don't know how you want to do it or say it, we're going to close

0:26:340:26:37

the road and treat it as a potential at the moment.

0:26:370:26:39

Just because of his age.

0:26:390:26:40

When we're saying we're treating it as a potential...

0:26:400:26:43

We try not to use that term in front of people at the time,

0:26:430:26:47

injured parties, et cetera.

0:26:470:26:49

Basically what that means is we're treating it as a potential fatal.

0:26:490:26:53

It's a precaution, but Lee is aware that the action may cause

0:26:540:26:58

even more concern for the driver's partner.

0:26:580:27:00

I don't know if you want to tell her

0:27:010:27:03

that we're just stopping traffic from coming up,

0:27:030:27:05

-or however you want to put it.

-Yeah, I'll word it nicely.

0:27:050:27:08

Two-two, just for information,

0:27:080:27:10

we're going to be closing the ring road at the Berwick road roundabout.

0:27:100:27:14

We've just spoken to supervision, so just for anybody that might be

0:27:140:27:18

responding, they won't be able to come up this way.

0:27:180:27:20

If we put some tape across here, would you just be able to

0:27:200:27:23

hang in this junction for us, to stop anybody from coming?

0:27:230:27:27

Why he's crashed, no-one's certain.

0:27:270:27:30

Tests on the road and hospital checks might provide some answers.

0:27:310:27:34

Out of the city, traffic cops Mark Claxton and Andy Barron

0:27:480:27:52

receive reports of an accident near Hebden Bridge.

0:27:520:27:55

-What channel is that on?

-Call 02, if you want to tell them we're going.

0:28:050:28:08

Yeah, working nights, it's a particularly

0:28:080:28:11

dark, cold and miserable night.

0:28:110:28:13

In fact, I think it was literally freezing.

0:28:130:28:18

During winter months,

0:28:180:28:19

there's a threefold increase in accidents on Britain's roads.

0:28:190:28:22

The lines are down, the vehicle's on its roof.

0:28:240:28:27

We're listening to it,

0:28:270:28:29

getting more and more information coming through on the radio

0:28:290:28:31

that there's power lines involved as well.

0:28:310:28:35

On arrival, it was a mess.

0:28:400:28:43

There were a lot of things to do and consider.

0:28:430:28:45

A lot of hazards.

0:28:450:28:47

Hiya, all right?

0:28:470:28:48

Is it a power line or is it a phone wire?

0:28:480:28:50

-No, it's power.

-It's a power line.

0:28:500:28:52

'It's pitch black, emergency services are there,

0:28:520:28:55

'ambulance and fire brigade.'

0:28:550:28:57

Looks like the car's failed to negotiate this left-hand bend.

0:28:570:29:00

It's gone through a wall, taken out a power cable

0:29:000:29:03

and somersaulted on to its roof.

0:29:030:29:05

The priority is to get the scene safe -

0:29:060:29:09

to get the battery disconnected, the power lines cut.

0:29:090:29:13

And then assess what we've got

0:29:130:29:14

and make sure there's nobody else injured.

0:29:140:29:17

Residents come out to have a look.

0:29:180:29:21

There's no sign of the driver or any passengers.

0:29:210:29:23

We heard what sounded like an aircraft coming past the house,

0:29:240:29:28

and then a loud bang and all the electric went.

0:29:280:29:31

When I came out, there was two people running -

0:29:310:29:33

well, walking up the road.

0:29:330:29:35

I shouted to see if anybody was hurt,

0:29:350:29:36

and they just ignored me and walked off.

0:29:360:29:39

'First of all, why have they run off?

0:29:390:29:42

'Is it a case of the car's stolen?'

0:29:420:29:44

He's got it wrong and crashed it, they're going to run away

0:29:440:29:48

and decide what they'll do about it later?

0:29:480:29:51

Or is that they've been drinking?

0:29:510:29:53

We still have a duty of care to search the surrounding area

0:29:530:29:56

and make sure they haven't collapsed somewhere in a nearby field.

0:29:560:29:58

Cos if they had collapsed and we hadn't looked for them,

0:29:580:30:02

there is a good possibility

0:30:020:30:04

they would be dead in the morning with hypothermia.

0:30:040:30:07

Areas such as this, where...

0:30:090:30:11

Generally, in built-up cities, you can immediately differentiate

0:30:110:30:15

what's a power line and what is a telephone line,

0:30:150:30:17

but if you look over there, the line that's been demolished looks like it

0:30:170:30:22

would be a British Telecom line,

0:30:220:30:24

but it isn't, it's an electricity pylon.

0:30:240:30:26

And that's how a lot of houses out here have their supply connected.

0:30:260:30:31

As you can see, it's now darkness up and down the street.

0:30:310:30:34

It's caused a lot of damage and put a lot of people out,

0:30:340:30:36

at this time of night and in this cold weather,

0:30:360:30:40

without any power to their homes.

0:30:400:30:42

'As far as I'm concerned, you don't roll a car to that extent,

0:30:440:30:49

'causing that much damage,

0:30:490:30:51

'completely snapping in half one of those wooden posts'

0:30:510:30:57

that supply electricity...

0:30:570:30:59

You don't do that at 20, 25 or 30mph.

0:30:590:31:03

I thought it was actually a lot more serious,

0:31:040:31:06

like there was someone seriously hurt.

0:31:060:31:09

I just can't believe they walked away from it

0:31:090:31:12

and didn't say anything!

0:31:120:31:13

-It's just unbelievable.

-It would happen when it's minus two...

0:31:130:31:17

I've left the window open as well.

0:31:170:31:19

And you've left the window open at the house.

0:31:190:31:21

They've found the driver.

0:31:240:31:25

Invariably, people who are in shock or have done something,

0:31:350:31:38

they always want the comfort of home.

0:31:380:31:40

So they will run, like a rabbit does, to its warren.

0:31:400:31:43

If you somersaulted like that, I mean...

0:31:430:31:45

HE EXHALES

0:31:450:31:47

Yeah, I'd probably get him checked and see.

0:31:470:31:50

The fact he's now at home

0:31:500:31:51

is suggesting the vehicle isn't stolen,

0:31:510:31:53

but there's still got to be a reason as to why he's left the scene

0:31:530:31:57

or gone to where he has.

0:31:570:31:58

With the ambulance crew checking on the car driver,

0:32:000:32:03

Mark and Andy focus on the rest of the damage.

0:32:030:32:05

The silver car, the jeep this Audi's hit, do we know whose it is?

0:32:060:32:11

Have they come forward at all?

0:32:110:32:13

DISPATCHER: Valerie Harris, she lives at number five.

0:32:140:32:17

It was a mighty crash and all the lights went out,

0:32:180:32:20

because that's an electric cable they've pulled down,

0:32:200:32:23

having landed on my car first.

0:32:230:32:26

To me, it looks like it's written off.

0:32:260:32:29

One of the neighbours has put the kettle on, so we'll have a brew.

0:32:290:32:32

They were good, good community spirit there.

0:32:320:32:34

They worked together, clubbed together well,

0:32:340:32:36

and the morale seemed quite high with the residents,

0:32:360:32:39

they all seemed to know each other.

0:32:390:32:41

The difficulty is recovering it.

0:32:410:32:43

It's a massive inconvenience to the owner of this car,

0:32:430:32:46

which I'm trying to make slightly better for her.

0:32:460:32:49

Cos at the moment, all she's seeing is a lot of fluorescent jackets

0:32:490:32:52

stood around not doing anything.

0:32:520:32:54

At least minus one degrees at the moment, it's bitter.

0:32:540:32:57

And when they're losing electric like that,

0:32:570:33:00

they're also losing the combination boilers

0:33:000:33:02

that a lot of these houses will be.

0:33:020:33:04

So in effect, they've got no heating, no light, no TV.

0:33:040:33:08

The cost involved with that will be absolutely thousands of pounds.

0:33:110:33:19

From the police call-out to the ambulance crews

0:33:190:33:24

to the fire brigade -

0:33:240:33:26

the cost and the people involved in having to sort that lot out

0:33:260:33:31

is absolutely massive.

0:33:310:33:33

The driver isn't seriously injured. He's been lucky.

0:33:330:33:37

A few feet either end at the back of me,

0:33:400:33:43

he could have gone straight down into a ravine.

0:33:430:33:46

It's just open fields, extremely big, steep banks,

0:33:460:33:49

terrible weather conditions.

0:33:490:33:51

If he'd have gone down there, he would have somersaulted and rolled.

0:33:510:33:54

Still a fairly spectacular collision,

0:33:540:33:57

but, yeah, to have got out from a sports car like that

0:33:570:34:00

after rolling it how he has, and manage to walk away

0:34:000:34:03

and get himself home, quite miraculous really.

0:34:030:34:05

Back in the city, Dan and Lee wait for news on the driver

0:34:140:34:17

who had a suspected stroke at the wheel.

0:34:170:34:19

-He crashed into a lamp post.

-How is he at the moment?

0:34:210:34:24

He's all right, we're just going to phone

0:34:240:34:26

-and decide which hospital to take him to.

-Right.

0:34:260:34:30

We've closed the road cos we're treating it as a potential

0:34:300:34:32

at the moment, just given the fact we're not 100% sure how he is.

0:34:320:34:37

Had he been a younger guy,

0:34:370:34:39

we may have looked at it slightly differently,

0:34:390:34:42

but because of his age, his previous medical history -

0:34:420:34:44

we'd been informed he'd had strokes in the past -

0:34:440:34:47

then obviously the issues he had through the day...

0:34:470:34:49

When did he last have a stroke?

0:34:510:34:52

Right. Oops, watch that door.

0:34:540:34:56

It's still not clear

0:34:590:35:00

if the cause of the crash is a stroke or food poisoning.

0:35:000:35:03

The Collision Investigation Team is at the scene.

0:35:080:35:11

They keep the road closed so tests can be completed.

0:35:130:35:16

But it's a Saturday evening on one of Leeds' busiest roads.

0:35:160:35:19

Last thing we want to do is leave people stuck

0:35:200:35:23

on a Saturday evening in loads of traffic,

0:35:230:35:25

so they're going to have to be waiting a little bit longer,

0:35:250:35:27

but if we can try and get it through,

0:35:270:35:29

everyone will be a little bit happier, hopefully.

0:35:290:35:31

Were there other factors that caused the crash?

0:35:310:35:34

They examine the vehicle, but they also examine the road surface,

0:35:360:35:39

and they use all their electronic gadgets to map out the road surface.

0:35:390:35:43

What they'll be doing is taking measurements of how wide

0:35:430:35:46

the road is, how long it is, marking all of the white lines,

0:35:460:35:50

any debris that might be on the road, any potholes.

0:35:500:35:54

Rob's now placing a device on the vehicle called SkidMan, and what

0:35:540:35:58

we're going to do now is a series of skid tests with the vehicle.

0:35:580:36:01

They'll drive down the road at speed and then slam on the brakes

0:36:010:36:05

as hard as they can, which will cause the vehicle to skid to a stop.

0:36:050:36:07

Ooh. Front bumper gone. Can he come off forwards?

0:36:110:36:16

Cos he's taken that bumper off.

0:36:160:36:19

I don't think the wheels are pointed in the same direction.

0:36:240:36:27

It's always better to do it

0:36:270:36:29

in the vehicle that's been involved in the collision,

0:36:290:36:31

because obviously, that gives you an exact and true reading of that vehicle.

0:36:310:36:34

But unfortunately, it's too extensively damaged

0:36:340:36:37

and it's too unsafe to do so.

0:36:370:36:39

What we'll do is the same procedure, but use the police van,

0:36:390:36:44

which still gives you an indication of the quality of the road surface

0:36:440:36:49

and the level of grip here today, which we can still use.

0:36:490:36:54

TYRES SCREECH

0:37:000:37:02

You've made me laugh.

0:37:020:37:04

That is my entire aim in life, Dan, to keep you happy.

0:37:040:37:07

TYRES SCREECH

0:37:110:37:13

To members of the public,

0:37:130:37:14

it can sometimes look like they're having a bit of a laugh,

0:37:140:37:17

flying up the road and seeing how much they can brake,

0:37:170:37:20

but it's all about checking the surface of the roads.

0:37:200:37:23

HE GROANS WEARILY

0:37:230:37:24

The driver is recovering.

0:37:270:37:29

Now, Lee and Dan want to know why he blacked out at the wheel.

0:37:290:37:32

Can you remember more of what happened?

0:37:400:37:42

Coming up towards Seacroft, and at that point in time,

0:37:420:37:47

I don't remember much for...

0:37:470:37:49

I don't know how long it was,

0:37:490:37:50

I must have blacked out at that point

0:37:500:37:52

and veered off the road where you found me.

0:37:520:37:56

You're looking a lot better,

0:37:560:37:57

you're a bit more coherent than you were on the ambulance as well.

0:37:570:38:01

Depending what they say tomorrow,

0:38:010:38:02

or when they've checked you tonight,

0:38:020:38:05

will depend on whether we make a referral to the DVLA for you

0:38:050:38:09

to have a medical examination for continued use of your licence.

0:38:090:38:13

What we need to be happy with is that the issue that's caused

0:38:130:38:16

the collision on this occasion has been an isolated incident,

0:38:160:38:20

ie a bout of food poisoning,

0:38:200:38:21

and it's not an underlying medical condition he has,

0:38:210:38:24

potentially due to his age.

0:38:240:38:27

The last thing we want to do is say that you can't drive.

0:38:270:38:32

So what we'll do is wait to find out what the doctors say.

0:38:320:38:34

Even then, it's not our decision,

0:38:340:38:36

we'll just make a referral to the DVLA and they might turn round

0:38:360:38:39

and say they want one of their doctors to check you out.

0:38:390:38:41

Quite all right.

0:38:430:38:45

No, it's not caused us any trouble.

0:38:450:38:46

It's what we get paid for, sir, it's no problem.

0:38:460:38:48

We're glad it's ended up like this rather than any other way,

0:38:480:38:51

so it's not a problem.

0:38:510:38:52

We'll speak to you tomorrow. See you later, take care.

0:38:520:38:55

We've spoken to him, he's got all his family round him now.

0:38:580:39:00

He's very jovial. He seems very happy.

0:39:000:39:04

He's hooked up to a drip, he hasn't been seen yet,

0:39:040:39:06

he's been booked in and is waiting to be seen, but he seems a lot happier.

0:39:060:39:10

So whether it's just been a case of food poisoning or something,

0:39:100:39:14

we're not sure at the moment, but at the end of the day,

0:39:140:39:17

it's all about his safety and everybody else's safety on the road,

0:39:170:39:19

but fingers crossed it's nothing too serious

0:39:190:39:21

and he'll be back out and about shortly.

0:39:210:39:24

After further tests, the mystery is finally solved.

0:39:250:39:29

It transpired that the gentleman may have eaten something which had

0:39:290:39:32

disagreed with him, which had caused some medical issues,

0:39:320:39:36

and that was what had caused him to black out.

0:39:360:39:40

He was put on a course of medication,

0:39:400:39:42

and in the following couple of days was back to normal.

0:39:420:39:46

Hull, Easy Yorkshire.

0:40:010:40:03

One of Britain's busiest ports,

0:40:030:40:06

and a city with a high rate of drugs and car crime.

0:40:060:40:08

Paul and Gary are patrolling in an unmarked car.

0:40:130:40:16

Look at these boys here.

0:40:190:40:21

Learner!

0:40:220:40:24

THEY HUM STEPTOE AND SON THEME

0:40:260:40:29

'Me and Gaz both like a singsong in the car.'

0:40:330:40:35

Just a way of passing time sometimes.

0:40:350:40:38

Reports come through of an attempted theft close by.

0:40:400:40:44

A suspected bicycle thief has been disturbed at a nearby garage.

0:40:440:40:48

Anlaby Road.

0:40:480:40:49

When that call came in and we were nearby,

0:40:560:40:58

you get a bit of adrenaline and want to take part in it.

0:40:580:41:01

-Got lights on, Paul?

-Yeah.

0:41:070:41:09

-Which way is it?

-Left, left, left.

0:41:100:41:12

The reporting police officers are already following on foot.

0:41:120:41:16

There's a officer who's just shouted up to say they're chasing

0:41:180:41:21

a gentleman on foot who's just tried to steal a pedal cycle.

0:41:210:41:25

We're literally just around the corner, so we're making

0:41:250:41:28

our way there now, and hopefully, we'll be able to detain this lad.

0:41:280:41:31

I can't, there's a car up me arse, Gaz.

0:41:420:41:44

Gary wears a headcam to record events

0:41:440:41:46

for use as potential evidence.

0:41:460:41:48

Whereabouts has he gone?

0:41:490:41:50

-Where?

-It's behind, it's behind, stop!

0:42:030:42:07

The adrenaline starts to go, you're on high alert, as it were,

0:42:070:42:10

and hopefully, you'll be able to catch the lad.

0:42:100:42:13

Come here, you little...

0:42:200:42:22

Gaz obviously saw that I was chasing him over the railings,

0:42:330:42:35

and he decided to take a path that led him around the outside,

0:42:350:42:39

so we did sort of a pincer on him.

0:42:390:42:41

I'm looking at where he is,

0:42:420:42:43

then looking at the gap in the fence, where he is,

0:42:430:42:46

gap in the fence, and I'm thinking, "I better get there before he does."

0:42:460:42:50

Put your hands out, pal. Put your hands out!

0:42:550:42:58

Put your arm up.

0:43:030:43:05

You're under arrest, mate,

0:43:050:43:06

on suspicion of attempted theft of a pedal cycle.

0:43:060:43:09

You got anything on you?

0:43:090:43:10

Owt sharp that's going to hurt me or you?

0:43:100:43:12

You what, mate? Needles in your bag, you've nothing in your pockets?

0:43:140:43:18

-No.

-All right, just asking cos you're going to be searched shortly.

0:43:180:43:21

'We don't know whether those needles are capped,'

0:43:210:43:23

so it's another thing for us to be aware of.

0:43:230:43:27

RADIO CHATTER, SIRENS WAIL

0:43:280:43:30

Going to stand you up shortly, mate, all right?

0:43:320:43:36

Now they have him under control, the suspect

0:43:390:43:42

and the contents of his bag are searched further.

0:43:420:43:45

-They your house keys, pal?

-Yeah.

0:43:450:43:47

-Watch that bag, pal. Are they loose in there?

-No, no.

0:43:490:43:52

-Which pocket are the needles in?

-The back one.

0:43:520:43:55

He's told us he's got some needles for drug use in the rear of his bag,

0:43:570:44:02

so just asking him which pocket,

0:44:020:44:04

I didn't want to put my hands in anywhere

0:44:040:44:06

where I might get a nasty shock.

0:44:060:44:08

-They all capped, like?

-Yeah.

0:44:080:44:10

You going to get that camera off my stuff please?

0:44:100:44:13

We record what we're doing, I've told you, mate.

0:44:130:44:15

-Keep still.

-Stand still.

-No, I won't!

-You'll have to, won't you?

-Why?

0:44:150:44:19

-Cos you're not going to be going anywhere.

-So?

0:44:190:44:22

He's got some articles in his pocket,

0:44:220:44:24

some screwdrivers that he's obviously tried to attack the lock with,

0:44:240:44:29

so I've seized them at the moment.

0:44:290:44:30

He'll be given a bit better search in custody, he's got a lot of needles.

0:44:300:44:33

He'll be stealing a bike to fund his drug habit, I'd think.

0:44:330:44:36

Nationwide, more than a third of all robbery

0:44:380:44:41

and shoplifting is carried out to fund an addiction.

0:44:410:44:43

The cops now need to get the suspect to custody.

0:44:460:44:49

Leeds - a city with over 200,000 motorists,

0:44:530:44:58

but just 30 traffic cops to keep them safe and on the move.

0:44:580:45:01

It's 3pm.

0:45:030:45:04

At Killingbeck Police Station,

0:45:040:45:06

it's the beginning of the afternoon shift

0:45:060:45:08

for West Yorkshire traffic officers Chris Worsnop and Simon Binks.

0:45:080:45:13

-Rover.

-Yeah, yeah.

0:45:160:45:18

The Rover runs a red light.

0:45:200:45:22

Brake light out.

0:45:270:45:28

Well, he's not having it, is he?

0:45:300:45:33

He's had that one and all, hasn't he?

0:45:330:45:35

Two red lights are enough to prompt Chris and Simon into some action.

0:45:350:45:39

Any time. Any time today.

0:45:410:45:44

Have a quick chat.

0:45:480:45:51

Last year, West Yorkshire Police

0:45:510:45:54

dealt with more than 145,000 motoring offences.

0:45:540:45:58

-Hiya. Just a quick check, is it your vehicle?

-Yes, please.

0:45:580:46:02

Have you got your documents on you?

0:46:020:46:04

Just come sit in the car a minute, we won't keep you long.

0:46:040:46:07

Eh-eh-eh, back seat, back seat.

0:46:070:46:11

Checks on the man's car

0:46:150:46:16

reveal he may be committing further offences.

0:46:160:46:19

DISPATCHER: Insurance not held, MOT expired...

0:46:190:46:23

-OFFICERS: Oh...

-MOT expired?

0:46:230:46:26

INDISTINCT RADIO COMMUNICATION

0:46:270:46:30

-Yep, I'll get back to you.

-Is MOT expired?

0:46:320:46:36

Well, that's least of your problems - insurance.

0:46:360:46:39

No, no, no, I have MOT on this.

0:46:390:46:40

West Yorkshire is one of the worst areas in the country

0:46:410:46:45

for motor insurance offences.

0:46:450:46:47

In 2012, more than 3,500 motorists were prosecuted here

0:46:470:46:52

for driving without cover.

0:46:520:46:53

Have you MOT'd it since August of this year?

0:46:550:47:00

Definitely, I want to try my MOT, I've actually not got it there.

0:47:000:47:04

It should be in my car.

0:47:040:47:05

Right, I think we may be confused here with road tax,

0:47:050:47:08

as opposed to MOT.

0:47:080:47:09

-There's a road tax on there.

-Yes.

0:47:090:47:12

Simon goes in search of the documentation.

0:47:120:47:15

He's just said the MOT certificate's in the car,

0:47:190:47:21

so I've just come to have a look for it.

0:47:210:47:22

Just need to verify who he is.

0:47:230:47:25

Driving without an MOT is now a mandatory £100 fine.

0:47:250:47:30

But if the driver is also found to be uninsured,

0:47:300:47:34

he could be facing an additional £200 fine

0:47:340:47:36

and six points on his licence.

0:47:360:47:38

You're not named upon being the owner of the vehicle,

0:47:400:47:43

there is no insurance linked to the vehicle

0:47:430:47:45

and the vehicle is showing no MOT.

0:47:450:47:47

So there's numerous offences disclosed at this moment in time,

0:47:470:47:50

-and I need to go and verify that you are who you say you are, OK?

-OK.

0:47:500:47:54

So do you have any form of identification upon you?

0:47:540:47:56

Driving licence, insurance...

0:47:560:47:58

I have no identification on me, I was just coming from town.

0:47:580:48:00

Passport?

0:48:000:48:01

You have a passport, excellent.

0:48:030:48:05

There you go, want to see if your MOT's in there?

0:48:150:48:17

Yeah, two-six, could you run this driver through please?

0:48:200:48:22

Details when you're ready.

0:48:220:48:24

-I'm not writing on it.

-That's my writing, that's yours.

0:48:260:48:31

Ah-ah-ah...

0:48:310:48:32

-Just the insurance, yeah?

-Yeah, give 'em a ring in a second.

0:48:320:48:35

The driver's identity is confirmed,

0:48:350:48:37

but Chris and Simon still need to verify the information

0:48:370:48:40

on the Police National Database is correct.

0:48:400:48:43

-Where's your...?

-Yeah, provisional. Get back to you.

0:48:430:48:47

And now the computer says he doesn't have a full licence.

0:48:470:48:51

You have a provisional driving licence.

0:48:510:48:53

Cos recently, I just...

0:48:530:48:54

I just got my application for - what do you call it?

0:48:540:48:57

International driving licence, I'm from Ghana,

0:48:570:49:01

that's why I'm driving it.

0:49:010:49:03

Have you, since you came to the country -

0:49:030:49:06

eight years ago you say -

0:49:060:49:08

have you passed a driving test?

0:49:080:49:10

-Driving test for what, for Ghana?

-No, no, no.

0:49:130:49:16

My international licence.

0:49:160:49:18

It's only valid for a year, that. You've been here nine years.

0:49:180:49:22

Yeah, bruv, boss...

0:49:220:49:24

Sorry for calling you "bro."

0:49:240:49:26

I just started driving cos I got the international licence.

0:49:260:49:29

-Mr Assini...

-And you can even see my insurance.

0:49:290:49:32

-You cannot drive in the United Kingdom...

-Boss, boss...

0:49:320:49:35

-Just let me finish please.

-I understand what you're saying,

0:49:350:49:38

but I've not been driving seven years.

0:49:380:49:40

-I wasn't driving at all.

-Doesn't matter.

0:49:400:49:43

-You're not listening to me.

-Boss, you can even see when it was issued.

0:49:430:49:46

You're not listening.

0:49:460:49:47

Once you have been a resident in the United Kingdom

0:49:470:49:51

more than 12 months,

0:49:510:49:54

you need to exchange your international licence,

0:49:540:49:58

for a UK driving licence.

0:49:580:50:00

What am I failing to comply now?

0:50:000:50:02

You've not got a licence, you're not allowed to drive.

0:50:020:50:05

-When I have international licence?

-No, you're not listening to me.

0:50:050:50:08

Your international driving licence has expired.

0:50:080:50:11

Yeah, hiya, it's PC Binks from West Yorkshire Police.

0:50:110:50:14

Yeah, we've just stopped a vehicle that's showing no insurance

0:50:160:50:19

on the Police National Database,

0:50:190:50:21

wondered if you could check it out for me?

0:50:210:50:23

While Simon checks with the Motor Insurers' Bureau

0:50:250:50:28

that the driver is also uninsured...

0:50:280:50:30

..60 miles away in Hull...

0:50:320:50:34

Come here, you little...

0:50:360:50:37

..a chase through the back streets of Hull has ended with Gary and Paul

0:50:390:50:42

catching a suspected bicycle thief.

0:50:420:50:44

He's carrying 50 drugs needles and being detained

0:50:470:50:50

until transport arrives to take him to custody.

0:50:500:50:53

Which one of you was fast enough to get him?

0:50:540:50:57

-Pretty much both at the same time.

-You got him, didn't you?

0:50:570:51:00

I had to scale a fence, like, know what I mean?

0:51:000:51:03

It were 12 foot, wasn't it?

0:51:030:51:05

Weighs about 6st, that's why he caught him first.

0:51:050:51:08

'There's quite a lot of banter that goes between me and Paul.'

0:51:080:51:11

If you're not enjoying it and having a laugh,

0:51:110:51:14

the motivation to do the job isn't there as well.

0:51:140:51:16

I think it keeps us going, our banter.

0:51:170:51:20

Circumstances?

0:51:310:51:33

Circumstances are this gentleman has been sighted trying to steal

0:51:330:51:39

a pedal cycle on Park Street, close to Tesco's.

0:51:390:51:42

He's been chased by PCSO.

0:51:420:51:45

He's tried to steal somebody's bike, and that bike could have been

0:51:450:51:48

somebody's who travelled to work on it.

0:51:480:51:49

That could have been his mode of transport,

0:51:490:51:52

we need to catch these people and stop them doing what they're doing.

0:51:520:51:55

They cause massive amounts of misery to all sorts of people.

0:51:550:51:58

With the suspect now in custody, thoughts turn to the foot chase.

0:51:590:52:03

Right place, right time.

0:52:030:52:05

Yeah, I thought I'd give Gaz the easy run through the flat bit

0:52:050:52:08

while I went over the steeples.

0:52:080:52:12

You've seen Hot Fuzz, haven't you?

0:52:120:52:14

PAUL LAUGHS

0:52:140:52:16

To some people, it might seem like a minor crime,

0:52:160:52:18

but it is a massive problem and seems to be getting bigger.

0:52:180:52:21

It's an easy way for drug addicts to get easy money,

0:52:210:52:25

by selling a bike on for 20, 30 quid

0:52:250:52:27

and getting the drugs they can use that day.

0:52:270:52:30

We do target the higher level criminal,

0:52:300:52:34

but at the end of the day, if crime's happening

0:52:340:52:36

and we're there, we'll deal with it.

0:52:360:52:38

It's no problem, it's what we're here for,

0:52:380:52:41

so we do tackle all crimes, and they are interlinked.

0:52:410:52:45

He's obviously got quite high drug addiction,

0:52:450:52:47

with the amount of needles he's had on him.

0:52:470:52:49

It might be a chance for him to actually sort himself out

0:52:490:52:52

and get some help while he's in custody,

0:52:520:52:54

with the drug referral worker.

0:52:540:52:56

It's estimated five million burglaries and robberies

0:52:560:52:59

are prevented through successful drug treatment programmes

0:52:590:53:02

across the country every year.

0:53:020:53:03

Back in Leeds, checks have confirmed the red Rover driver who ran

0:53:100:53:14

two red lights in front of the cops is unlicensed and uninsured.

0:53:140:53:19

You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence

0:53:190:53:22

if you do not mention something you later rely on in court.

0:53:220:53:24

Nowadays, rather than arresting motorists committing

0:53:240:53:28

driving offences and taking them into custody, police interview them

0:53:280:53:32

at the roadside and report them straight to court.

0:53:320:53:36

-Understand?

-Give me a ticket, man.

-Do you understand what I've said?

0:53:360:53:39

I didn't hear nothing of what you said, so you can say it again.

0:53:390:53:43

You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence...

0:53:430:53:46

-Can I just talk to you...?

-No, I'm interviewing you.

0:53:460:53:49

Kassim, I am interviewing you.

0:53:490:53:50

Every time you talk over me, I start again.

0:53:500:53:53

So wait, when I'm ready you can start.

0:53:530:53:56

Can't I talk before you start

0:53:560:53:57

reading me all these like I'm in a movie?

0:53:570:53:59

You already recorded me anyway.

0:53:590:54:01

You said you wanted to give me a ticket.

0:54:020:54:04

Eh?

0:54:060:54:08

I know I'm talking to you.

0:54:080:54:09

You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence

0:54:130:54:16

if you do not mention when questioned something you later rely on in court.

0:54:160:54:19

With his rights finally read and accepted,

0:54:190:54:21

Chris interviews the driver.

0:54:210:54:24

If anything happens to this car, I'm going to sue you, man.

0:54:240:54:27

You what, sorry?

0:54:270:54:28

-Sorry? Was that a threat?

-How can I threaten you?

0:54:300:54:33

You're threatening me.

0:54:330:54:35

Was that a threat, Kassim?

0:54:350:54:38

How can I threat you? I'm in your car, man.

0:54:380:54:41

You are threatening me, you say I threaten you.

0:54:410:54:43

You have guns, you have everything.

0:54:430:54:45

I've got nothing and you say I am threatening you.

0:54:450:54:47

-Right.

-Come on, man.

-I haven't got a gun.

0:54:470:54:50

With his interview concluded,

0:54:500:54:52

the driver is now asked to provide a fingerprint

0:54:520:54:54

to verify his identification when he appears at court.

0:54:540:54:57

I'm now asking you - will you provide your fingerprint to prove that

0:54:590:55:03

you were present in relation to this interview?

0:55:030:55:06

Boss, let's be fair to each other, why do you need my fingerprint?

0:55:060:55:09

At this moment in time, I cannot verify who you are.

0:55:090:55:12

The issue we are going to have in the future

0:55:120:55:15

is when you go to court for this offence,

0:55:150:55:17

you saying, "It wasn't me."

0:55:170:55:19

Ah! You took everything from me,

0:55:190:55:21

you even trying to pick my wife's car,

0:55:210:55:23

I say, "OK, go on", and you are demanding...

0:55:230:55:25

Are you willing to provide a fingerprint or not?

0:55:250:55:27

If I say no, you're going to arrest me, yeah?

0:55:270:55:29

-Innit, boss?

-Could do.

0:55:300:55:32

You guys, you are making me look like I have no rights.

0:55:320:55:35

Are you going to give me your fingerprint

0:55:350:55:37

to prove that you are the person I've interviewed at the roadside or not?

0:55:370:55:41

Boss, why you trying to do this to me?

0:55:410:55:44

To prove that you are the person

0:55:440:55:47

that I've interviewed at the roadside.

0:55:470:55:49

So right now, you're calling me a criminal,

0:55:490:55:51

you have to judge me and everything, what is going on?

0:55:510:55:54

Right, since the fact you're not being very helpful...

0:55:540:55:58

-You going to lock me up?

-Kassim, you going to let me finish?

0:55:580:56:02

Because all you do is interrupt, you're very rude. You are very rude.

0:56:020:56:07

We're going to get the fingerprint machine down,

0:56:070:56:10

the Lantern, we're going to put you on the Lantern.

0:56:100:56:12

-In your office in Bradford?!

-You're not even listening, are you?

0:56:120:56:15

You're in a different zone to me, completely.

0:56:150:56:18

Oh, no, that's a long thing, I will give you this thing.

0:56:180:56:21

Right index finger, please. Into the pad, on there.

0:56:210:56:26

-Don't bother, mate, he's giving his fingerprint now.

-Sign there for me.

0:56:270:56:30

-I'm not signing it, you said you want...

-Well, I need that!

0:56:300:56:33

No, no, no, you see, now you are changing.

0:56:330:56:36

That's your fingerprint, I need you to sign that that's your fingerprint.

0:56:360:56:41

You said you want one, I'm not signing it.

0:56:410:56:43

Everything you said I've done it, but I don't sign.

0:56:430:56:46

-So you're refusing to sign it?

-I've done it, I'm not signing it.

0:56:460:56:50

Right. OK. "Refused to...sign."

0:56:500:56:56

-No problem.

-I'll let you out then. Finished with him, aren't we?

-Yeah.

0:56:560:57:01

Despite the man's refusal to sign, he will still be reported to court

0:57:030:57:07

and his car is going to be confiscated

0:57:070:57:09

for being unlicensed and uninsured.

0:57:090:57:11

-How difficult can you make a straightforward job?

-Yeah.

0:57:130:57:17

Across the UK,

0:57:200:57:22

police seize more than 2,500 uninsured vehicles a week,

0:57:220:57:26

but still there are 130 deaths

0:57:260:57:29

and more than 26,000 injuries caused by uninsured drivers every year.

0:57:290:57:34

The man in the red Rover was disqualified from driving

0:57:430:57:45

for six months and fined £125 for driving unlicensed,

0:57:450:57:50

uninsured and without an MOT.

0:57:500:57:53

The man who ran from Gaz and Paul in Hull

0:57:550:57:58

was charged with attempted theft of a pedal cycle.

0:57:580:58:02

He was fined £35 with a £15 victim surcharge.

0:58:020:58:07

The driver who crashed into a power line was fined £525 for failing

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to stop at an accident and driving without due care and attention.

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And the driver caught with gift-wrapped cannabis

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was found guilty of possession in court.

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