0:00:02 > 0:00:03All across the country,
0:00:03 > 0:00:06the thin blue line is being stretched to the limit.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11- Get on the floor.- What are you doing, man?- Get down on the floor!
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Now with big cuts in police budgets looming...
0:00:14 > 0:00:16If you can put it back by that grit salt.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20..Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire's Traffic Cops have joined forces...
0:00:20 > 0:00:23The capability we've got as a combined unit is even greater.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25..to keep a lid on the growing numbers
0:00:25 > 0:00:27of road users that are desperate...
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Persons have made off, they've gone across the fields.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32..out of control...
0:00:32 > 0:00:34I wouldn't want to be in the passenger seat of that.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36..or worse for wear.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38And she's drunk.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41I'm lost for words.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07It's Friday night in Hertfordshire,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10a time when the Traffic Cops are on particularly high alert.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13A time when accidents and incidents are all too common.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Whisky One, I've heard you're looking for a car in a field.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Already, a report is coming in of a bad smash along a dark
0:01:21 > 0:01:24country lane on the outskirts of Watford.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Decamp and the vehicle's crashed.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36If you hit a telegraph pole or a tree,
0:01:36 > 0:01:3990% of the time, the car's going to lose.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Those telegraph poles go some meters down into the ground
0:01:44 > 0:01:47so they're absolutely solid, and for you to hit one of those
0:01:47 > 0:01:51is likely to have some quite serious consequences.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53The crash is in the middle of nowhere.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Luckily, someone not too far away in a nearby farm
0:01:57 > 0:01:59was woken by the noise.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01But apart from a trail of blood,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03there's no sign at all of whoever was in the car.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Ooh. Oh, dear.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16We need to find that driver.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22As I approached, I could see that there was quite significant
0:02:22 > 0:02:25damage to the vehicle and that we needed to try
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and trace the occupants of that vehicle as soon as possible.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Our priority, at that point, is the welfare of those people.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Ben suspects they can't have gone far.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Anybody surviving the crash must be in a bad way.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47And blood inside the car means there's no time to waste.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49You see there's marks on the road going back down there,
0:02:49 > 0:02:53where he's probably already been pointing in the wrong direction.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- You can see there's another mark. - Over there.- Yeah.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Obviously, he spun out and woken the gentleman in the nearby house
0:03:05 > 0:03:07by crashing into his telegraph pole.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10But there's no-one left to actually tell us
0:03:10 > 0:03:12what's gone on at the moment.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14So not only do we have the problem
0:03:14 > 0:03:18of why they're not there any more, but where are they?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Cos they could be lying in a field
0:03:20 > 0:03:22with a serious head injury, unconscious.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26The damage to the Peugeot is extensive.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28If you looked at it from the front it almost looked as
0:03:28 > 0:03:30if it was only half a car.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34There was massive intrusion on the passenger side which had
0:03:34 > 0:03:37pushed the passenger seat up.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Anyone that had been in the passenger side, if there'd
0:03:39 > 0:03:42been a passenger, would have sustained quite serious injuries.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46He'll be drunk cos there's Fosters cans all over the floor.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- Is there? - And there's a pack in the back.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51A 12 pack in the back and the front passenger's got lagers.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Empty beer cans are a pretty good clue as to what's gone on.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Could smell alcohol inside the vehicle,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00so I would say that the driver was most definitely under
0:04:00 > 0:04:04the influence of alcohol at the time that he crashed into that lamppost.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07There could be somebody hiding in the nearby field, so the police
0:04:07 > 0:04:12helicopter, X-ray Alpha 99, has been called in to help with the search.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Meanwhile, something else that might be to blame for the crash
0:04:18 > 0:04:21has been discovered. A space saver wheel.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26It's a small wheel, it affords you less grip, less braking,
0:04:26 > 0:04:27so it's not as safe
0:04:27 > 0:04:31and that's why it's got a speed limit, a lower speed limit.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34You shouldn't drive quickly on a space saver
0:04:34 > 0:04:38cos it's not designed to take the same stresses as a normal tyre.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Well, you see the problem is, the guy who phoned up said
0:04:41 > 0:04:42he saw two people.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45So he said as he's woken up with a bang,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49he's looked out of his window, which is pretty much just overlooking this
0:04:49 > 0:04:53and he said he'd seen two people get out, but he can't be sure whether
0:04:53 > 0:04:56they're males or females and he says after that, he just phoned us.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58He doesn't know which way they've gone
0:04:58 > 0:05:01but I wouldn't want to be in the passenger seat of that.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05That's bad.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07But if they're thrown over slightly,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09if they're not wearing a seatbelt, you know, you can be lucky.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12We only had blood specifically in the driver's
0:05:12 > 0:05:14side of the vehicle.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Anyone in the passenger side of the vehicle would have been
0:05:16 > 0:05:20seriously injured, because there was basically no passenger
0:05:20 > 0:05:22compartment left in that vehicle.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27There was a blood trail leading from the car down the hill,
0:05:27 > 0:05:32which we followed to a point where it then appeared to disappear.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Despite the trail having gone cold
0:05:35 > 0:05:38and no-one found by the helicopter, the cops aren't giving up
0:05:38 > 0:05:43hope of tracking down any of the occupants from the car tonight.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45We deal with this a lot.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47People will drive their car, having had a drink,
0:05:47 > 0:05:54something will go wrong and then they'll think, "I can solve this.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58"If I go home and say to the police,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00"'I don't know anything about it,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02"'I left my car at the pub'",
0:06:02 > 0:06:04they think it'll just go away.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09But it doesn't go away quite that easily
0:06:09 > 0:06:11when their car's wrapped round a telegraph pole.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15In Dunstable in Bedfordshire, Friday nights are much like any
0:06:15 > 0:06:18other town across the country.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Its pubs and clubs are packed with revellers
0:06:20 > 0:06:23out partying at the end of the working week.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28And as usual, some of them are worse for wear.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33In one of the town's nightclubs, someone's picked a fight
0:06:33 > 0:06:35with a bouncer.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43Some door staff have detained a male outside a nightclub in Dunstable.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49Um, but unfortunately we've got no available Dunstable units at all.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53It's a sign of the times that traffic cops are now often
0:06:53 > 0:06:57called in to help deal with public disorder.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59It's literally a question of who can you pull out of the hat.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03And generally, it's Traffic and then it's Firearms
0:07:03 > 0:07:06and then the Dog Team come out as well.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- Got a doorman here waving us down. - Shona's going to take command.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I've got it. I'll go and sort him out.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18You're kind of thinking, here we go, we're going to end up having
0:07:18 > 0:07:21to sort of go to loggerheads with drunk people.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23You can't communicate with them,
0:07:23 > 0:07:27you can't negotiate with them and they always have to be right.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- But it's Shona that might not be right this time.- Go.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Put your arm around.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35I naturally just thought, that's the person.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I didn't do it on purpose. Baby, babe, I didn't do it on purpose.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42The lad swears he hasn't done anything wrong.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Move away, please, watch your backs!
0:07:45 > 0:07:47I haven't done anything on purpose, mate.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51But a cab driver is alleging he's just vandalised his taxi.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I mean, it was only when I was walking my guy
0:07:54 > 0:07:58away from the door staff and away from the nightclub itself,
0:07:58 > 0:08:03that I realised that Ian had also got somebody handcuffed that was
0:08:03 > 0:08:06on the floor and I started to think, well, what else have we got here?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Put your hand behind your back, chap.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Ian's got the man that smacked the bouncer.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Speaking to the door staff they've confirmed, yes,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15this was the male that's assaulted one of them.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20But while Ian's got his hands full, Shona is still on her own.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- And now there's a problem. - Why am I in BLEEP handcuffs for?!
0:08:24 > 0:08:27There were some guys behind us in the queue
0:08:27 > 0:08:29that were winding him up...
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Look how much stronger she is than you! Seriously!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35..and saying, "Oh, she's stronger than you",
0:08:35 > 0:08:38and really giving him a load of grief
0:08:38 > 0:08:44and I think he clicked on and he felt a bit, um, upset about that.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47We need another unit, here, please, over.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Get down on the floor.- What are you doing, man?- Get down on the floor!
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- I ain't- BLEEP- done anything wrong, mate!
0:08:55 > 0:08:58And he's not going to be put down by a woman.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Just get him on the floor for me, please.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- I ain't done nothing wrong, mate! - Down on the floor now.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Oi, what you doing, man?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09The doorman came over, picked matey up for me
0:09:09 > 0:09:11and helped put him to the floor.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Right, walk this way. Keep your head down.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22It's difficult, because your natural instinct is to run over there
0:09:22 > 0:09:23and try and help.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29But I was conscious of the fact that I've got quite a well built
0:09:29 > 0:09:30lad on the floor in handcuffs.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I believe if I got up and went over to help Shona, he'd have
0:09:35 > 0:09:38been on his feet and on his toes - straight down the road.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Back-up has arrived at last.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Those people egging him on and making him
0:09:44 > 0:09:48feel really small didn't help my cause in any way shape or form.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53- I ain't done nothing! Argh! My- BLEEP- wrists!
0:09:53 > 0:09:55The high-spirited man hasn't been fighting,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57but he has damaged the taxi.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- He's really ripped that off, ain't he?- Yeah.- He's very drunk.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Want him for ABH against the door staff
0:10:05 > 0:10:08and then for criminal damage, but he's completely kicking up
0:10:08 > 0:10:12in the van, so going to have to go back to custody and sort him out.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Let's go.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Back at the scene of the single vehicle crash, there's been
0:10:19 > 0:10:20a breakthrough.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25We received a call on the radio to say that the guy that we
0:10:25 > 0:10:30believe was the driver had been traced at an address just
0:10:30 > 0:10:33literally probably about a ten minute walk away.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Muddied and blooded, the man says he wasn't the driver,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40but he isn't denying he was in the car.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43We believe that was his ex girlfriend's address that he's
0:10:43 > 0:10:47managed to make his way to and she obviously wasn't overly impressed
0:10:47 > 0:10:51because her and her family had been woken up by him banging on the door.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Have you consumed any alcohol in the last 20 minutes?
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- Yes, I have, yeah.- The man's not denying he's been drinking, either.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- OK, what have you had? - I've had two cans of Fosters.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Well I've been here probably about 20 minutes,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06last half an hour, 40 minutes here.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Right, so your last drink was half an hour ago.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Something like that, yeah.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13In case he was driving, he's going to be breathalysed.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Right, and keep blowing until I tell you to stop.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19That's lovely, thank you.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23He's almost double the limit of 35 micrograms of alcohol
0:11:23 > 0:11:26per 100 millilitres of breath.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33The crashed car hasn't been stolen, it belongs to the man's father
0:11:33 > 0:11:35and he'd been in it with a friend.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39He claimed that he hadn't been driving the vehicle
0:11:39 > 0:11:42and that he'd been sat in the back seat of the vehicle.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44That his friend had been driving.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Unfortunately, he was unable to name his friend and that's how he'd come
0:11:48 > 0:11:51to be involved in the accident and sustained the injuries that he had.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55He's got Peugeot keys in his pocket, which
0:11:55 > 0:11:59we will have matched to the car to make it so it will fit.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Even though the keys were in his pocket, the police still
0:12:01 > 0:12:06can't disprove the man's story, nor will a DNA test help their cause.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08On PNC, what's the previous?
0:12:10 > 0:12:15He's given a story involving him being in the back seat.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Now, to get himself out of that vehicle,
0:12:19 > 0:12:23cos it's a two door vehicle, with the passenger side smashed in,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27it's then necessary for him to climb through the front seat,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29through the console, out the driver's door.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Yeah, we can do DNA tests on the airbag and on the blood found
0:12:34 > 0:12:39in the centre console and on the dashboard and wherever else and that
0:12:39 > 0:12:45will prove that he was in the car, but we can't prove who was driving.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Whoever was driving has escaped justice this time.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00But that's not the case for the two men arrested
0:13:00 > 0:13:01outside the nightclub in Dunstable.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05They're being hauled into custody to give their stories.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07I'm not fighting.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I'm not fighting anyone, please be careful.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13He was very up and down, very hyperactive.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I think he was more misunderstood. Yeah.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19He hadn't done anything wrong, he was saying.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23We were left alone, initially, in the interview room
0:13:23 > 0:13:28and he started to get a little bit more resistant towards me,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30so I had to get another unit to come in.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33But he was searched, and a small amount of cannabis was found on him.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- It's for medicinal purposes, he says.- Prescribed for it.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- I can't get to sleep without. - Super.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40You get these at chemists, do you?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- I'm obviously going to the wrong chemist.- Right, don't take the piss.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45OK, we're going to take these cuffs off slowly.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Outside, Ian's taking no chances with his prisoner.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53That's called the step that I warned you about.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00- All right, go in round that way. - I'm not going nowhere.- I know.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05- Not gripping you hard, am I? - You don't need to hold my arms up.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- I do need to hold your arms. Hey, do that again.- Yeah?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12All right, if you're going to play it like that,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14then you're coming straight in.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17You've got to control him and for your safety, primarily,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19but then also for his safety,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21because what you don't want to do is suddenly let him go.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23He tries to turn round, run away
0:14:23 > 0:14:25and he falls flat on his face with his hands cuffed to the rear.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29If they've got an opportunity to go at you
0:14:29 > 0:14:31and they want to go at you, they'll try and do it.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35HE LAUGHS
0:14:39 > 0:14:43- BLEEP- find the whole things a little bit hilarious.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45No, that's all right.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Right, back up in the bending down position.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Swing his legs round that way.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- All right, Derek.- Yeah.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Purely because of what you said out there in terms of your little reaction,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I don't want any more of that, all right?
0:15:01 > 0:15:05That's a similar thing to what I was just talking about.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07What difference does it make...?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10As soon as you arrest somebody, you're responsible for them
0:15:10 > 0:15:13and even though they might be giving you all the abuse
0:15:13 > 0:15:16under the sun, you still have to look after them.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22- Stay like that, don't move.- Oh, shut up.- Nice. Thank you very much.
0:15:26 > 0:15:3114% of road deaths involve drivers over the drink drive limit.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Frighteningly, more than a third of all drivers admit to driving
0:15:37 > 0:15:39the morning after a heavy night before.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Hello.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Er, kind of, Paul.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50What they don't often realise is that they can still be
0:15:50 > 0:15:51well over the limit.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Yeah.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03However it's a problem the traffic cops are all too well aware of.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09We were on our way to Luton and got a call from the Inspector.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I've stopped a car, have you got a breath kit, can you come
0:16:11 > 0:16:14and just assist me, please? I haven't got anything with me.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Yeah, we'll be with you in about three minutes.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20It's the morning rush hour in Kempston, near Bedford.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26There's two, two or three schools within that area.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28At that time of day, there's a lot of people,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31a lot of pedestrian traffic. There's a lot of cars as well.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34There he is.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36The suspected early morning drink driver
0:16:36 > 0:16:39pulled over by Chris and Keith's boss is a female.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40It's a lady.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47I can't seem to put me finger on it,
0:16:47 > 0:16:49but women are quite bad for drink driving.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54In my dad's day, it used to be working men, knock off early
0:16:54 > 0:16:57on a Friday and still - builders still do it now, don't they?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58They call it POETS day.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01They go to the pub, but more and more women are doing it.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Cos you pulled out, I caused you to stop.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Because you're driving's so hesitant when I pulled you over, you hit...
0:17:07 > 0:17:09you hit the kerb and I'm required to do a breath test
0:17:09 > 0:17:12because your eyes are glazed. I've got a feeling you're impaired.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14The constable's going to do a breath test.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19When I just got near the window of the car, I could smell what
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I would class as stale alcohol.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26Being stopped by the police has taken the woman's breath away.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28That, that's not blowing, is it?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30All that will do is get yourself arrested.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Give yourself a chance, all right, hold on, look. Watch me.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36It's to their advantage to blow,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38although she probably didn't think so.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43Deep breath and blow. Keep blowing, keep blowing, keep blowing.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47OK, that's all right, it's taken it. It's just analysing it.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52The reading has taken Keith's breath away.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57She scored 149, which was a very high score. It says fail, OK?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59So I will tell you now that you are under arrest
0:17:59 > 0:18:02on suspicion of driving with excess alcohol in your body.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04You don't have to say anything,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06but it may harm your defence if you don't mention,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09when questioned, something which you later rely on in court.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11And anything you do say may be given in evidence. OK?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14So what will happen now is we'll go back to the police station
0:18:14 > 0:18:18at Greyfriars, you'll get the chance then to blow on another
0:18:18 > 0:18:22machine and it'll be the analysing of that sample that will decide
0:18:22 > 0:18:25whether you're over or under the legal limit.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29It's not only the woman that's worse for wear. So were her tyres.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32This one's really, really low, so it's below the minimum depth.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38Minimum depth is 1.6 millimetres and look, the tyre's actually starting
0:18:38 > 0:18:43to split where she's used it so much and she's not replaced it.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48I was just shocked. I've not seen tyres like that for a long time.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52And she's drunk. I'm lost for words.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56I can't believe how stupid and irresponsible she is.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Drink driving has gone down, I believe, but there are still
0:18:58 > 0:19:02people who ignore the law and the fact is, you know, 2,500...
0:19:02 > 0:19:042,500 people die on our roads every year
0:19:04 > 0:19:07and it's too many, and drink driving's a massive factor in that.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10That was in the foot well, so that might explain a lot of it.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15She's probably called at the shop where she'd pulled out in front of
0:19:15 > 0:19:20the Inspector having just purchased a half bottle of scotch that she
0:19:20 > 0:19:24had with her and then perhaps had a top up for her breakfast.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Having blown 149,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32it's going to be a while before the woman is sober enough to be charged.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34She might be needing her toothbrush at the nick.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37She's going to be in all day and most of the night.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Your emotions cloud your judgement,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43so you try to remain calm all the time.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49But inside, I was really angry with her for having
0:19:49 > 0:19:51the audacity to be that drunk.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57OK, do you want to put your seatbelt on for me?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59When it comes to getting behind the wheel,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02having consumed alcohol, my sympathy soon wears out
0:20:02 > 0:20:04because actually my wife got hit
0:20:04 > 0:20:08by a drink driver and he slammed straight into her at speed.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11He wrote both cars off and her shoulder's never recovered properly.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14As I came down, there were two mums with red buggies with toddlers in.
0:20:14 > 0:20:20Now, I've got a police car which is Battenburged up with blue lights,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23bright white, yellow and blue, she didn't even see my car,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25pulled out causing me to stop.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Now, if that car had gone further forward and hit those kiddies
0:20:27 > 0:20:30and those prams, then we're not looking at drink drive,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33we're looking at fatality, so actually, I'm really happy.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- It was a good result. One unsafe driver off the road.- Hello, sir.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37All right, boss.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46She was arrested and taken in our patrol car down to the police
0:20:46 > 0:20:49station cos the Inspector had a meeting to go to,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52so we actually dealt with her and processed her
0:20:52 > 0:20:57and then Chris put her onto the breath machine.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Go. Keep going, keep going. Watch the little bar.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Try and see if you can trip it over.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06MACHINE BEEPS Yep, you're done.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- Right, do you need to sit down now? - No, I'm all right.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Well, you can do, because that's it, it's all over. All right. Well done.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17It'll go through a check sequence
0:21:17 > 0:21:20and then it will all flash
0:21:20 > 0:21:24and then it will show you two readings, all right?
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Basically, the legal limit is 35, but they don't take any action
0:21:28 > 0:21:30till it gets to 40, OK?
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- So you're hoping that one of those readings will show 39.- OK.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Do you think it will show that low? - Hopefully, yeah.- Yeah?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Fingers crossed.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Yeah. It's just there.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- If you want to just shut the door behind you.- Oh, thank you.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- That's going up.- 159, 166.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02That's a very high reading.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Well over four times over the legal drink drive limit.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09She actually blew higher at the station, which suggests that
0:22:09 > 0:22:14she'd probably had a drink from that bottle before she'd pulled off.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19- That's the most I've ever seen. You? - I've seen, yeah, about that before.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21HE GASPS That's...
0:22:21 > 0:22:24How she's walking, I don't know.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28The first time you come across things, you always are aghast
0:22:28 > 0:22:33and just can't believe people are that irresponsible.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- You're joking!- No, no.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38The woman is going to have to spend at least eight hours locked up
0:22:38 > 0:22:41before she's sober enough to be charged.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- If you think that what could have happened...- Yeah, all right. Yeah.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49She went out and drove like that!
0:22:49 > 0:22:52She's...she's a walking death machine.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Do you want a cup of tea?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- No, a glass of water, please. - A glass of water.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00All right, we'll get some water. All right, cheerio.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12In Luton, the police have a little extra help to fight crime.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15A network of over 120 CCTV cameras
0:23:15 > 0:23:18that rather than just gather evidence,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21are monitored around the clock with a direct link
0:23:21 > 0:23:24to the police, so offenders can be caught in the act.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30These people caught on camera with the green van haven't come
0:23:30 > 0:23:32to Sainsbury's to do their shopping.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36They're helping themselves to clothes left for charities.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47The control room operator is in direct contact with PC Ian Leeson.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- And is directing him in.- Yes, yes, that's a left towards the town.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56It's a green Ford Transit, P reg.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59It's believed to be involved in theft of charity boxes
0:23:59 > 0:24:02from Sainsbury's.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Eastern Europeans possibly onboard.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Ian's not taking the call lightly.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11It's one of those incidents where you hear the nature of it
0:24:11 > 0:24:15come over and you think, no, I'm going to that because at the
0:24:15 > 0:24:18end of the day, somebody's taken the time to give up their possessions.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21They've given them to a charity and taken their time to do it
0:24:21 > 0:24:24and the charity are doing something good for people at the very
0:24:24 > 0:24:26far end of it who are expecting these goods.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28It's not affecting just one person,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31it's affecting the person who had the good will to hand it over
0:24:31 > 0:24:33in the first place, the charity that's trying to organise it
0:24:33 > 0:24:36and fundamentally, the person at the end of the line.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40There's no mistaking the suspect's bright green van.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42SIREN BLARES
0:24:42 > 0:24:47What I want you to do is go down that road and pull in, all right?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53RADIO OFFICER: Turning left now across the traffic going...
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Juliet 12, I'm with it now.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- How are you doing? How many people are in your van?- Sorry?
0:25:09 > 0:25:15- How many people?- People?- You, phone, down, please. Yeah, end of call.
0:25:15 > 0:25:22No, stop, oi, stop back in your van, wait there for me.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27- Just give me your keys.- Yes, boss. - I'll explain why in a second.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29It's something to do with an allegation that you might
0:25:29 > 0:25:32have taken something that doesn't belong to you.
0:25:32 > 0:25:38- What?- Yes. Charity bags. OK. - Bags?- Charity bags.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41So if you just step out for me for a second.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I'm going to pop these on you.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51No, don't put your hands up there, pop them down by your side,
0:25:51 > 0:25:52I'm not going to shoot you.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54It's one of the more surreal moments
0:25:54 > 0:25:56when you ask a driver to get out the vehicle and he turns round
0:25:56 > 0:25:59and puts his hands in the air and you just think, no, not in England.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Just put them down by your side, I'll be happy with that.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06- No, round the front.- Sorry. - That's all right.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Come over here for a second.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12- I'm only handcuffing you cos I want to search your vehicle.- What?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Right. You just sit in there for a minute while I look in your vehicle.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18OK, yes, sir.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21The men are from Romania and don't appear to speak much English.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24The language barrier became apparent quite quickly
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and it makes it very difficult then to obviously get the message across.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30The man in the green van's been caught red handed.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34That'll be the charity bags.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36And you never know with jobs like this
0:26:36 > 0:26:37whether or not there's more to it.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40And it's PC Knight's passed the details over the air
0:26:40 > 0:26:44and it came back that the gentleman he'd detained was actually wanted.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49Sorry boss, what happened? You tell me now.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- Where did you get those bags from, the clothes?- The house, coming...
0:26:53 > 0:26:58- The house?- Yes, collect.- Are you being honest with me?- No.- Not lying?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- No lie. I coming.- Promise?- Promise to God.- Promise you're not lying.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Coming lot to people. OK.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04I'll speak to somebody that will tell me
0:27:04 > 0:27:06whether you're lying or you're being honest.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11- Yes, boss, no problem. No problem. - Don't panic.- Yes, boss.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16The man's got no idea he was seen by a CCTV operator.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19What information have we got regarding these charity bags?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22We were watching them on CCTV, remember?
0:27:22 > 0:27:24HE LAUGHS
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- Copied, and where were they? - Sainsbury's, down the road.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Are we sure that they are charity bags, because he's stating
0:27:36 > 0:27:38that they're clothing belonging to somebody that he knows.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Yeah, we just confirmed the CCTV.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46- They're definitely taking them out of the charity thing.- Copied.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50- So we have got footage of them removing it from the bin?- Yes.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Wonderful. That will be two in, then.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54You could say it's a minor thing,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56it's some clothes which somebody's thrown away.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57But they haven't thrown them away.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59They've given them away for a specific reason
0:27:59 > 0:28:02and that's to help somebody else out and I don't believe
0:28:02 > 0:28:04they had the right to take that person's clothes away.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Stealing from charities is not a laughing matter,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10although it seems to be to the Romanian.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- What's your name? - Angelo, sir.- Right.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21You weren't honest with me. They don't belong to you.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- They got - coming - coming in the car, too.- OK.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Do you want to know something? Before you dig yourself a hole
0:28:29 > 0:28:31and say anything else, I'm going to caution you.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33HE RECITES THE CAUTION
0:28:35 > 0:28:38I'm cautioning you because at this moment in time you're now
0:28:38 > 0:28:41under arrest for theft of those charity bags.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45- You're telling me that they've come from a house. Correct?- No.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48I don't need to because in this wonderful day and age
0:28:48 > 0:28:51we've got things called CCTV cameras, right?
0:28:51 > 0:28:55- Which have just seen you.- Yes. - What do you mean yes?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57I haven't told you what they've seen yet.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01The problem getting the clothes there, possible tell me what.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Those clothes were out of a charity bin.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06- Yes, boss. - So they didn't belong to you.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Sorry. Me no...
0:29:08 > 0:29:12This...the clothes. No, no...
0:29:12 > 0:29:16- The house, the door please possible take this one. Yes.- No.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17You've gone down to Sainsbury's
0:29:17 > 0:29:21and you've been seen to take those bags out of the charity bin.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- No, possible.- Yes.- No, sorry.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Possible they come...something... the doors.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Next to the charity bin. OK. As I say, that's what's been seen,
0:29:31 > 0:29:35that's what you're under arrest for so we're going to get you to the police station now
0:29:35 > 0:29:37and you'll be dealt with for it, OK?
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Just watch your legs.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40'He's denying it, stating that they're actually
0:29:40 > 0:29:43clothes from his house or belonging to a friend of his.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47There's a slight language barrier but he gets the gist of obviously why he's under arrest.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49I don't think he's been entirely truthful with me
0:29:49 > 0:29:52and he probably won't be when he gets back to the station.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55But if the CCTV's as good as they say, he's banged to rights.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58It's another sign of the times, perhaps,
0:29:58 > 0:30:02that people are turning to scavenging for a living.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05There are the two gentlemen I've stopped as well as several of the ladies, some children
0:30:05 > 0:30:08and it was almost like a family outing down there,
0:30:08 > 0:30:09or a group of friends.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11They've obviously gone along with the intention
0:30:11 > 0:30:15of gaining or grabbing as many clothes and items as they could that day.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18And he's smiling away quite happy in the back of his car.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21No remorse whatsoever at this moment in time.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23We'll see if we can have his vehicle off him as well,
0:30:23 > 0:30:26but he has got insurance, we'll have to have a quick look round
0:30:26 > 0:30:28and see if it meets the requirements to actually be on the road
0:30:28 > 0:30:31or whether it's in a dangerous and unsuitable condition.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35It's going to be interesting, especially if this footage is as clear as they say.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39I'll just move this slightly down here, mate, if you can just keep an eye on it.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Just the high performance vehicle I thought it was.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51The passenger, wanted for another offence, and the driver
0:30:51 > 0:30:54are both going to be questioned back at the police station.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04Twenty miles north of Luton in Bedford, Chris is out with PC Tanveer Hussain.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Mondeos everywhere, but not the one that we want.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11They're on the prowl with ANPR.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Automatic Number Plate Recognition equipment
0:31:14 > 0:31:16that's built into their unmarked patrol car.
0:31:16 > 0:31:23Tan noticed this white van and it activated our ANPR.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26The reader is linked to the Police National Computer
0:31:26 > 0:31:29and flags up any suspicious vehicle.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Slow down. It's just turned right. See what he's doing.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Just go into the forecourt as if we're filling up. Here he is, look.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41Burglaries. The van was linked to thefts in the Bedford area.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44The man's a modern-day rag-and-bone man
0:31:44 > 0:31:48who's also taken to scavenging for junk to make a bob or two.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53His high-vis top gives him an air of officialdom
0:31:53 > 0:31:58and a cover for committing petty crime in broad daylight.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01If you put out road signs and cones
0:32:01 > 0:32:03and close a road off, nobody asks any questions
0:32:03 > 0:32:05and you walk around in a fluorescent jacket
0:32:05 > 0:32:09and you've got a van with a yellow light on, they think you're official.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12And they go down the road and they take all the drain covers.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14- What is it?- It's a cone.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18It's not actually a cone, but an old post for cats to scratch on.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22There you are, let's go and throw a few Fs at him
0:32:22 > 0:32:23and get him to put it back.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Let's just see what he does, just for a couple of minutes.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- He's going to come out now. - No, no, he's looking for more stuff.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33See, him wearing that, I just don't want him to knock on someone's door.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Quite a few elderly people living in that block of flats.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39He's looking for scrap metal to sell it on.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Get it weighed and get some money for it.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43That's what they're really looking for.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- He's got something else, hasn't he? - Yeah, that's what he was carrying.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48It's mine now. We'll just get him to put it back. End of.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Chris and Tan are going to have a stern word.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52It doesn't belong to him.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Whether somebody's thrown it out is irrelevant.
0:32:54 > 0:32:55It doesn't belong to him.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Most probably his dad.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02I decided that he was going to put it back.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- Hello, sir.- Hello, sir.- Jump out.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06If you'd just take out what you'd put back in here
0:33:06 > 0:33:09and put it back where you found it, because it doesn't belong to you.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13- And then we can have a chat, please. - What is it?- Come on, I'll show you.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Right, for a start, put that back. That doesn't belong to you, OK?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- It was just left...- Irrelevant, it doesn't belong to you.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27So if you can put it back, please. Thank you very much, sir.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Do I have to do that?
0:33:31 > 0:33:34If you can put it back by that gritter salt
0:33:34 > 0:33:37to start off with, then we can go from there. Please.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39When Tan told him to put what turned out...
0:33:39 > 0:33:41we thought it was a battered cone...
0:33:41 > 0:33:45to be a cat scratching post, back, he couldn't believe it.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51While the man returns the cat scratching post,
0:33:51 > 0:33:56Chris is scratching around with the lady's bingo cards.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- Did you win anything? - Don't think so.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Three in a row. Pound, is it?
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Have you asked anybody that you could take it?
0:34:03 > 0:34:06I shouted up to the old boy and he said it's nothing, you know.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08No, you didn't. I've been watching you from there.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10You didn't shout up at no-one, sir.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- I did, if you watched me you'd have seen it.- No, no.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Absolutely not, sir. I'm sorry.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16You go through all the grief for a bit of plastic stuff like that?
0:34:16 > 0:34:18It's put back. I'm happy. End of.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20At no time did he speak to anybody,
0:34:20 > 0:34:22so the fact that he was lying straightaway
0:34:22 > 0:34:23didn't go down too well.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26They leave them outside for the scrap man.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28It's a case of one man's trash is another's treasure.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32If you've got permission to have it, I haven't got a problem with it, sir.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35It might be stuff that people have thrown out, but having said that,
0:34:35 > 0:34:38you still need a licence to collect items from the road
0:34:38 > 0:34:43or from gardens, so I'm fairly confident he didn't have a licence.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44I can smell alcohol, sir,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46so because of that I require you to provide
0:34:46 > 0:34:49a sample of breath for roadside analysis.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51I must remind you that failing to do so or refusing to do so
0:34:51 > 0:34:52could lead to your arrest.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55- Do you agree to do this, sir? - Of course I'll do that.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Thank you very much. Have you done one of these before?
0:34:57 > 0:35:02- I have, long...many years ago. - OK, did you pass it, no problems?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04I wouldn't mind, we don't even drink.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08Bite down hard and blow until I tell you to stop. Big breaths. Go.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going. Thank you.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16There you go. That's something you can have.
0:35:23 > 0:35:24Zero.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- You can smell alcohol off of me? - I can smell alcohol.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29I think you want to blow into one of them, mate.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- Excuse me, he's taken these, he's a diabetic.- Right, OK.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- If I can smell alcohol, then I can request it.- He got a heart attack.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37So I don't think he'll drink.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Some people tell me that they don't drink and they have had a drink,
0:35:40 > 0:35:41so my job is to believe nobody...
0:35:41 > 0:35:44- These are to keep his sugar level up.- ..and be suspicious.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46The couple are free to go.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Having looked in the back of his van,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51he'd clearly been to a lot of places before we caught up with him.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55So anything with a bit of metal in it, he'll have it
0:35:55 > 0:35:57and he'll put it in the back of the van.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Sorry, I just wanted to... I just wanted him to put it back,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- just out of principle, that's all it was.- No, I understand.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Back in Luton,
0:36:06 > 0:36:11the Romanian rag rustlers have arrived at the police station.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12He wasn't bothered.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14It's just that he didn't want to admit to me
0:36:14 > 0:36:17that he knew he'd done wrong and he knew he shouldn't have taken them.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Possible no look at that camera.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Listen, I have to look at the camera.
0:36:22 > 0:36:28I don't just arrest people for driving clapped-out green transit vans.
0:36:28 > 0:36:33- I don't know, possible look. Stolen.- Give me your hands.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34Let's start with this.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37The cops have an answer to the language barrier.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41- It's a dial-up service called the Language Line.- Thank you.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- Which language are you requesting? - Romanian.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Translators fluent in any chosen language
0:36:46 > 0:36:50are available 24 hours a day.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53All custody suites, any officer that's out on patrol as well, can use it.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56'It's invaluable. Especially in roads policing.'
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Hello? Hello? Hello.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Hello, interpreter, we've got the second person here now.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Ask him how much he's had to drink tonight, please.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08TRANSLATOR ASKS THE MAN
0:37:10 > 0:37:12BLEEP.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Something's gotten a little lost in translation.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19What's...what's he saying?
0:37:25 > 0:37:27OK. Thank you for your services.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30I'm going to terminate this call and put him straight into a cell,
0:37:30 > 0:37:33because obviously you don't need to take this kind of abuse, OK.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36The custody sergeant dealt with that quite swiftly, I think.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- Take this one to ME level.- Yeah. - Hello?- Angelo. This way.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49He was taken straight to his cell after that,
0:37:49 > 0:37:53because if he's not going to treat the operator with respect,
0:37:53 > 0:37:55then she's not paid to deal with that sort of thing.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Shoes.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59It's not been quite the rags-to-riches story
0:37:59 > 0:38:01the Romanian had been hoping for.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08OK, if you need anything there's a buzzer just there, all right?
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Press the buzzer.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- Ah... - HE SPEAKS INCOHERENTLY
0:38:12 > 0:38:13Thank you.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26Most people who drive over the prescribed limit do so after dark.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31Most traffic cops regard them as the biggest danger on the roads.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38For Chris and Tan, catching them
0:38:38 > 0:38:40is just about the most important part of their job.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45We're known as the OPL disqualified driver boys.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49Because that's all we target. We arrest practically every shift.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54It just... It's our passion to go and get those people.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59RADIO CHATTER
0:39:00 > 0:39:05- A report is coming in of an accident.- Yes, positive, over.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Thank you, over.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19SIREN BLARES
0:39:19 > 0:39:23It involves a single vehicle on a fast dual carriageway.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Whenever that happens, thoughts turn to wheels falling off,
0:39:26 > 0:39:29or more likely, drivers that have been drinking.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Between the BP and the Marsh Leys roundabout.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Move over! There's another lane!
0:39:34 > 0:39:35A whole lane!
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Thank you!
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Chris is quite new to traffic and getting to the scene of accident
0:39:47 > 0:39:51as fast as possible is still one of the best bits about the job.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54He can get excited, bless him. It'll soon wear off.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05Any better location reference for the RTC, is it east or westbound?
0:40:05 > 0:40:06No, it's up there.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09It's about three miles from the M1, it's a new stretch
0:40:09 > 0:40:13of carriageway which has only been up about...about a year now.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16It's not far from the Wootton junction
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- and I think we've come across it. - Oh, it's hit the ditch.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22It's hit that and it's bounced off and it's hit everything else and bounced off.
0:40:22 > 0:40:23OK.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25There's an ambulance here already,
0:40:25 > 0:40:28but there aren't any casualties to be found.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31By the time we turned up, the occupants had left the vehicle
0:40:31 > 0:40:32and had run off across the field.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34We've had a decamp...
0:40:34 > 0:40:37It's a familiar situation for the cops.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39A smashed vehicle, and for whatever reason,
0:40:39 > 0:40:41the people in it have not wanted to hang about.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44I'll try and you get you a description shortly.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45You can see where he's hit it.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Oh, yeah, he saw it up there, he swerved, he's hit the barrier,
0:40:48 > 0:40:50spun around and hit this and ended up here.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52The car's a mess.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56The car had just veered to the left, hit the ditch,
0:40:56 > 0:41:01and then veered sharply to the right and then hit the concrete barrier.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05And then gone smack, back into the barrier on the left
0:41:05 > 0:41:08and then spun around.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13Severe front end damage. If you can arrange immediate recovery, please.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Fortunately some road workers are able to point out which way
0:41:16 > 0:41:18the two men went.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23- Over there and over that way, yeah. - Towards Milton Keynes.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25One of them's got tattoos all over his arms.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Basically they wanted a lift and they've jumped over the fence
0:41:29 > 0:41:31and headed over that way, so... and we said, you know,
0:41:31 > 0:41:34you should ring the police and wait till someone turns up.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- They weren't really interested about that, so.- Yeah.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40So it's either not their car or there's something amiss.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Yeah, roughly which way did you see them go off?
0:41:43 > 0:41:44Over there, onto the road.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Can you see anybody over there at the moment?- No, mate. They've gone.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- That's where they've gone.- Did you actually see the accident happen?
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- No. No, no. We just must have missed it. Just missed it. Just missed it. - All right.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56With fields stretching into the distance,
0:41:56 > 0:42:00this is clearly a job for X-ray Alpha 99.
0:42:00 > 0:42:05We were lucky. The helicopter was available and the dog was nearby.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08So he was on the scene within minutes.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11So we've been here about five, so ten in total.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Yeah, that's what I was going to say.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19Hang on, mate, I've got a passenger that's just arrived.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20Where is the best place for him to be?
0:42:20 > 0:42:22The canine is called Paolo.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25He's a Hertfordshire dog, but he hails from Liverpool.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29As soon as the dog started to track and the helicopter was there,
0:42:29 > 0:42:32I looked behind me, we had Highways there,
0:42:32 > 0:42:36we had the ambulance on the scene, we had our car with the flashing lights.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Tan was in the field with dog and they were starting to go.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43I thought, "I'm not hanging around here, I'm going to get myself a baddie!"
0:42:43 > 0:42:47That's only if Paolo and his handler, PC Chris Conneely,
0:42:47 > 0:42:49don't get them first.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Casting across the area between the two roads,
0:42:52 > 0:42:55which was sort of rough ground, he picked up the track.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59But there's a complication. The field is full of cows.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03His head come up and he thought, "About 20 cows to chase here."
0:43:03 > 0:43:08But in all fairness to the dog, he carried on with his track.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- HELICOPTER OFFICER- : At the next hedgerow ahead of you,
0:43:16 > 0:43:17you then want to turn left
0:43:17 > 0:43:20and follow that down to the corner of the field.
0:43:20 > 0:43:21There's a small bush there
0:43:21 > 0:43:23and we've got two heat sources under the bush.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26The offenders were hiding in a ditch in amongst the undergrowth,
0:43:26 > 0:43:28to make it a bit more difficult
0:43:28 > 0:43:31for the thermal imager camera equipment to find,
0:43:31 > 0:43:33but not impossible.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36We need to be this side.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Once you get through the gap, there's another hedgerow on your right,
0:43:39 > 0:43:41you need to get through that hedgerow as well.
0:43:41 > 0:43:45- It's an electric fence, Chris.- Eh? - It's an electric fence, that one.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49Yeah, to the right. Pull that up, will you?
0:43:49 > 0:43:52He's tracked their general route because he's going towards them.
0:43:52 > 0:43:57The dog, despite being electrocuted, which made it very cross,
0:43:57 > 0:43:59was onto a track.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02A good direction of travel at the moment for you, Delta Six.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05You've still got about a good 75-100 metres to go.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08The thermal imaging camera has picked out two people
0:44:08 > 0:44:12and they're hiding up to their necks in a drainage ditch.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15But despite that, Paolo is onto their scent.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19He was born to be a police dog. He loves coming to work.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22That sector's about four yards ahead of the dog.
0:44:22 > 0:44:26He loves tracking and searching and chasing people. Don't get too close.
0:44:26 > 0:44:27Sorry, apologise.
0:44:27 > 0:44:31'I got a bit close. It's that adrenalin rush.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34'You know, you want to be with the dog man should he find these individuals'
0:44:34 > 0:44:36so you can detain them.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38But at the same time you've just got to hold back
0:44:38 > 0:44:39and let the dog do its job.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43The undergrowth at the end of the field is extremely dense.
0:44:45 > 0:44:50- OVER RADIO:- They're lying down just slightly to your right, about half a metre.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52'There was an electric intensity in the air,
0:44:52 > 0:44:56'the sense of the hunt was palpable.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58You knew we were going to catch them.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02I understood what a bloodhound felt when it was on a hunt.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05- ROARING - Stay there! Get up! Police officer!
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Paolo's got his teeth into something.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10I just heard this almighty scream and thought, "OK, that is them."
0:45:10 > 0:45:15- Stay there. Where's your mate? - BLEEP.- Where's your mate?
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Stay still. Stay still.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20SCREAMING
0:45:20 > 0:45:22Come up, come up, come out there, mate. Come on.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25I weigh a bit more than the dog, so when I went down the bank,
0:45:25 > 0:45:28I went headfirst, landed flat on my face, covered in water.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31Well, as I'm basically picking myself up out of the water,
0:45:31 > 0:45:33the dog's already gone through now to where it has actually
0:45:33 > 0:45:35located one of these fellas.
0:45:37 > 0:45:41Unfortunately for the men, his bite is worse than his bark.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44- Hand! Leave! Leave!- Where are you, mate?
0:45:44 > 0:45:47Come this way. Come this way.
0:45:47 > 0:45:52Come this way, or else you'll get bitten. Come on. Come on.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Come on, we'll look at these wounds for you.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58Well, you could have at least moved out of the way,
0:45:58 > 0:46:03- you were going to fall down. - They got one, stand by.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06- Where are you bitten?- My arm.- OK.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08- Am I BLEEP kidding you?- OK. - I ain't BLEEP kidding you.
0:46:08 > 0:46:15- Right,- OK. Leave him, leave him! Leave! - SCREAMING
0:46:18 > 0:46:21The second man's also proving to be quite tasty.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24We're having a tussle trying to get him out and the dog was pulling him back in.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28Hello, number two's got his hands up.
0:46:28 > 0:46:29Took a chunk out of one of his legs
0:46:29 > 0:46:32and the other one caught him in the arm and the leg as well.
0:46:32 > 0:46:33I'll get you some paramedic help. Listen.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35- I ain't BLEEP going anywhere. - Yes, you are.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39If you want some help or any medical assistance, they're coming this way.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42- Oh, my God.- You sit here longer, you're going to get hypothermia.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44- Oh, my God, man. - Wake up and listen to me.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46You're going to get hypothermia if you stay here.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48Stand up and let's get to the road now.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52And the thermal imaging camera on the helicopter will pick out
0:46:52 > 0:46:57an ant's body heat, so there was no way they were going to get away from it.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59And the dog did its job beautifully.
0:46:59 > 0:47:03- Sorry, what's your name?- BLEEP! - Dan.- Dan. Leave him. OK.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05DOG BARKS
0:47:06 > 0:47:09People say, "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime."
0:47:09 > 0:47:12If you don't want to get bitten, then don't, you know,
0:47:12 > 0:47:14try and escape from a police dog.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17There's nothing stopping you going in handcuffs at the moment.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20And you are under arrest on suspicion of TWOC.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23You're under arrest on suspicion of taking a vehicle without consent, OK.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25HE RECITES THE CAUTION
0:47:30 > 0:47:33Right, Tanny, I'm with you.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Trying to get to work, mate, that's all.
0:47:35 > 0:47:39- You're trying to get to work?- Yeah. - OK.- We're not criminals, mate.
0:47:39 > 0:47:40Running away from an accident
0:47:40 > 0:47:44and hiding in a ditch would seem to suggest otherwise to the cops.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46Who's got a torch?
0:47:47 > 0:47:5240 miles away in Hertfordshire, there's been another car crash.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55Ben Harper is racing there with PC Jackie Miles.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06She's been in the force for 21 years, and seen a few changes.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10When I joined, I had to wear a skirt all the time,
0:48:10 > 0:48:13other than on nights between October and April.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16It did inhibit you, if you needed to climb over a fence after somebody,
0:48:16 > 0:48:18it wasn't always a pretty view.
0:48:18 > 0:48:19Let's go.
0:48:26 > 0:48:27It's go, go, go.
0:48:28 > 0:48:33Two vehicles have collided head-on in the leafy town of Radlett.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36I don't tend to deal with many incidents
0:48:36 > 0:48:39within the Radlett area.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42It's a very affluent and quite a quiet area.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Reports are suggesting one of the drivers, a woman,
0:48:46 > 0:48:49is still in her car and legless.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57Hello.
0:48:57 > 0:48:58They were right.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01- How are you? - Listen, I completely admit this.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04I was over the... I'm over the limit driving.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07My mum lives round the corner and I was going to go and park my car.
0:49:07 > 0:49:11- OK. And I'm...I admit it totally. - OK, all right, no problem at all.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14- I admit it. I'm sorry.- I appreciate you being honest with me.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17- I am totally over the limit. OK. - All right, brilliant.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20It's a first, for someone to be that candid towards me
0:49:20 > 0:49:22about what they've actually done.
0:49:22 > 0:49:23We need to do a breath test.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25- I appreciate you've said you'd had a drink.- I have.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28But we need to have an idea of how much you've had to drink, OK?
0:49:28 > 0:49:30- Yeah, that's fine.- First of all, my main concern,
0:49:30 > 0:49:32- are you injured at all? - No, not at all.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35- No, and you're absolutely fine? - Fine, fine, fine.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37- Were you the only person in the car? - Absolutely.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40- And you own the car, do you? - I do.- You do.- Yes.
0:49:40 > 0:49:41OK, no worries at all.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44- Do you want to step out and come with me over to the car, then?- Yes.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46And we'll do a breath test with you.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49'She'd already admitted that she was under the influence of alcohol.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50'I could smell it on her
0:49:50 > 0:49:54'and I could see from the way that she was walking and from her eyes,
0:49:54 > 0:49:56'her eyes were quite glazed, that she'd had a few drinks.'
0:49:56 > 0:50:01Have you, erm... When was the last time you had an alcoholic drink?
0:50:01 > 0:50:04- Probably about half an hour ago. - Half an hour ago?- Yeah.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07OK, I can smell it on you at the moment, so...
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Yes, I've had a couple of glasses of wine.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12OK, so it's half an hour ago you've last had a drink?
0:50:12 > 0:50:14- And what was it you had to drink? - Wine.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17I like to try and get a breath sample from the side of the road
0:50:17 > 0:50:20to give us an indication as to how much alcohol they've got.
0:50:20 > 0:50:25'Because it sometimes negates the need to take them to custody.'
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Keep going, keep going, keep going. Right, you're not blowing.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31I am blowing. I'm blowing as hard as I can.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35I need you to blow, OK, as if you're blowing a balloon up. OK.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38- It's not difficult to do this. OK. - OK. I'm sorry, I'm trying.
0:50:38 > 0:50:43All right, OK. Nice big deep breath. Keep going.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46- Right, you're...you're not blowing. - I AM blowing.- You're not.- I am.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48- You're not.- I can hear you sucking.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51- You're sucking it. The machine tells me you're sucking, OK.- Oh.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55'She definitely was sucking up the tube rather than blowing into it.'
0:50:55 > 0:50:57I'm not so sure it was a deliberate act.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00I just think she wasn't listening to what she was being told.
0:51:00 > 0:51:04I don't know how to do this. I've never done this before.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06- Have you blown a balloon up before? - Yes. Of Course.
0:51:06 > 0:51:11OK, that's all I'm asking you to do, OK, is take a nice big deep breath,
0:51:11 > 0:51:14just like a straw and just keep blowing into the machine.
0:51:14 > 0:51:18- Keep going, keep... No, you're sucking.- OK. I'm not. - MACHINE BEEPS
0:51:18 > 0:51:20You're under arrest for failing to provide, OK,
0:51:20 > 0:51:21a breath sample to me.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24- I'm sorry, I've never done this before.- And also driving a motor vehicle
0:51:24 > 0:51:26whilst unfit through drink or drugs.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28HE RECITES THE CAUTION
0:51:33 > 0:51:36- Do you understand that?- Yeah. - OK, no problem at all.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39- My colleague is just going to give you quick search.- Amber.
0:51:39 > 0:51:40Amber's getting a red card.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43What happened is pretty much black and white.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45So she's been coming down this way
0:51:45 > 0:51:48as the Peugeot's been going up that way, and they've just...
0:51:48 > 0:51:50this one's on the wrong side of the road...
0:51:50 > 0:51:53crossed over and they've collided, unfortunately.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55'The lady who's been drink driving
0:51:55 > 0:51:59'in the 4x4 has been on the wrong side of the road,'
0:51:59 > 0:52:02and therefore they've hit offside to offside.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05The woman driving in the other car is shaken up,
0:52:05 > 0:52:07but luckily not seriously hurt.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10OK, are you aware that we've now got her arrested for drink drive?
0:52:10 > 0:52:11I'm not surprised.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13She'll be taken to Hatfield custody,
0:52:13 > 0:52:16where we'll put her onto a bigger machine.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19But we'll be in contact with you to let you know what happened.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22'We had local officers that were on the scene.'
0:52:22 > 0:52:26They remained with the other lady from the other vehicle
0:52:26 > 0:52:29to allow us to be able to get to custody as soon as possible.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38Back in Bedfordshire, Chris can barely contain his excitement.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40Got them, chaps.
0:52:40 > 0:52:44There's always a sense of jubilation when a good job comes together.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47Yeah, they're over there, about three fields over.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50- Laying in the river. - Seriously?!
0:52:50 > 0:52:51Yeah. Yeah, they were shattered.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54Yeah, they were in the river and the helicopter got them,
0:52:54 > 0:52:56and then the dog came in and they didn't move
0:52:56 > 0:52:59so the dog decided to let them know it was there.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01But we got them. Thanks for your help, chaps.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07They're over by the double roundabouts on the old road.
0:53:07 > 0:53:08They've both got dog bites.
0:53:09 > 0:53:13Both to the legs, and one guy's got a bicep injury.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Dog's bit him a couple of times. Wouldn't let go. Shame.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20- So...- Do you need us to go and have a look at him?- Please, because we're going to...
0:53:20 > 0:53:22- If you take him to hospital, we'll follow you.- Right.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25Just to make sure they're all right, and then we'll sort our business out.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28- We've got to go up to the Marsden to come off, haven't we?- Yes.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30After the thrill of the chase, there's time to clear up
0:53:30 > 0:53:32a few of the finer points.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35Good track. Why didn't they get up?
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Shame about the electric fence.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39- I mean, he's has a few zaps off that.- That made me jump.
0:53:39 > 0:53:43Yeah, gave me a few shocks as well. Good job it wasn't at that point.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45Yeah, quite. Are you OK or are you soaking?
0:53:45 > 0:53:47- Soaking, went headfirst in that. - Oh, bless you!
0:53:47 > 0:53:51Head to toe, everything is. So very satisfying to catch them.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56- Do you get extra training for diving?!- Yeah! - THEY LAUGH
0:53:56 > 0:53:58I should get extra money for it.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00A chase is not normally that far.
0:54:00 > 0:54:05I've only ever had a chase of a mile-and-a-half run after somebody.
0:54:05 > 0:54:10But not that, three acres in a ditch across fields
0:54:10 > 0:54:12and fields and electric fences and dodging cattle.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14One of the best jobs I've ever done.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19The two men are off to hospital to have their various bite wounds looked at.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21Yeah, that's nice.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23- Thank you for that, mate. - Right, come on.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Had they come quietly,
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Paolo would have restrained himself from having a little nibble.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31Been bitten myself and it does hurt, to it's one good reason
0:54:31 > 0:54:34not really to ever challenge or run from a police dog.
0:54:34 > 0:54:38Certainly give up when you're told to give up.
0:54:38 > 0:54:42- The dog was on the money. - Nearly had go at me.
0:54:42 > 0:54:46Oh, is that dog that close?! Nearly took a chunk out me arse.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48That would have hurt.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50I had visions of him letting go of that dog
0:54:50 > 0:54:52and it just sort of coming after all of us.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54I would have been the first one home.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57I don't do dogs at all. I'm absolutely scared of them.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03Once again, proving who exactly was at the wheel is a forlorn hope.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06They both had come from Cambridge Hospital,
0:55:06 > 0:55:09both plumbers doing some work there.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12The chap that I was with admitted to being the driver.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14However, we couldn't prove at the time who the driver was,
0:55:14 > 0:55:19so they were both arrested on suspicion of taking without consent.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21They were both breathalysed, they were both over.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23One of them was a disqualified driver
0:55:23 > 0:55:26and the other one had no licence and no insurance.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28So they were both dealt with and taken to the hospital.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35Amber, who did come clean about being drunk after she crashed her car,
0:55:35 > 0:55:39is going to have another go at providing a sample of breath.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42She was booked in. She was then taken to the intoximeter room.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44Up you come.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47Keep going, keep going, keep going, that's it, stop, that's it.
0:55:47 > 0:55:51- It's done, it's done.- Sorry. - Take a seat for me.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53This time she's managed it.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55OK.
0:55:55 > 0:55:56You've given two readings.
0:55:56 > 0:56:02The first one was 72, OK, the second reading was 69.
0:56:02 > 0:56:06The legal limit is obviously 35, so you're double the drink-drive limit.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09She'd certainly never been in trouble with the police before
0:56:09 > 0:56:13and she seemed quite daunted by everything that was going on.
0:56:14 > 0:56:19It's just not like me to do this. It's just one of those silly things.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22I'm so responsible and...
0:56:22 > 0:56:24She did seem sorry for what she'd done,
0:56:24 > 0:56:31but only because it was going to affect her and her job.
0:56:31 > 0:56:35Well, it's a bit bizarre to me,
0:56:35 > 0:56:39because I made a silly mistake today.
0:56:40 > 0:56:44Never, ever, ever been in trouble with the police before
0:56:44 > 0:56:45and this a bit alien to me, the whole lot.
0:56:45 > 0:56:49I'm not an alcoholic, I don't drink in the pub every day,
0:56:49 > 0:56:52I don't... You know, I do a job.
0:56:52 > 0:56:57I do a job of work and I'm totally civil
0:56:57 > 0:57:01and, you know, sensible.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03I don't think she's a bad person.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06I just think, you know, she's a drink driver
0:57:06 > 0:57:08and she shouldn't have done it.
0:57:08 > 0:57:12Amber's silly mistake was an expensive one.
0:57:12 > 0:57:15She's had her driving licence taken away from her for 17 months
0:57:15 > 0:57:17and was given a £100 fine.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21The other woman drink driver
0:57:21 > 0:57:23who was more than four times the legal limit
0:57:23 > 0:57:25was banned from driving for three years
0:57:25 > 0:57:28and ordered to do 150 hours community work.
0:57:30 > 0:57:34The two men caught bagging charity bags from outside Sainsbury's
0:57:34 > 0:57:37were released without charge because it couldn't be
0:57:37 > 0:57:41determined that the clothes were actually owned by anybody.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46Both the men arrested outside the night club in Dunstable
0:57:46 > 0:57:48were given police cautions.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50One for the assault on a door supervisor
0:57:50 > 0:57:52and the other for possession of cannabis.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00The man who was in the car that smashed into a telegraph pole
0:58:00 > 0:58:05but was only the back-seat passenger was not charged with any offences.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08His friend he said was driving was never found.
0:58:09 > 0:58:12And one of the two men found hidden in a ditch
0:58:12 > 0:58:15after crashing their car, admitted being the driver
0:58:15 > 0:58:18and was banned for 12 months for drinking and driving.
0:58:19 > 0:58:24But it was woof justice for his unfortunate passenger
0:58:24 > 0:58:27who wasn't charged but was bitten by the police dog.
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