0:00:02 > 0:00:06This programme contains strong language and scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Each day, the police face the deadly...
0:00:08 > 0:00:11- We were targeted by a high-powered laser.- Oh, dear. How old are you?
0:00:11 > 0:00:14- The shocking...- Disgraceful, mate, come and take a seat in the back.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- The extraordinary... - SIREN BLARES
0:00:18 > 0:00:20The nerve-racking...
0:00:20 > 0:00:22- Spit it out!- It's gone.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23The disastrous...
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Is it your birthday today? All right. Happy birthday.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29And the most horrific situations.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34When you see not only a colleague but your mate being dragged around the floor bleeding...
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Chris, talk to us. THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:00:36 > 0:00:38'..you've got to do something.'
0:01:03 > 0:01:06With its airport and the M1 motorway on its doorstep,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Luton is one of the most well-connected towns in Britain.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11SIREN BLARES
0:01:11 > 0:01:15To help keep tabs on people who are constantly on the move, Bedfordshire
0:01:15 > 0:01:20and Hertfordshire's Traffic Cops have turned to ANPR technology,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Automatic Number Plate Recognition.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30PCs Tim Smart and Chris Thomas are part of a special three-car,
0:01:30 > 0:01:34five-man and one-woman team, whose job it is to catch criminals.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43A man on a scooter is making a run from one of the team.
0:01:51 > 0:01:57- Ashcroft Road. - RADIO CHATTER, SIREN BLARES
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Tim and Chris intend to head him off, if they can get there in time.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05We heard that it's a moped with one rider on it
0:02:05 > 0:02:09and they tried to stop and it had obviously failed to stop.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11You could hear the sirens going in the background.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14The way the rider is not stopping suggests the moped
0:02:14 > 0:02:16might be stolen at least.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22We asked for a helicopter, because the ideal situation
0:02:22 > 0:02:25is for a helicopter to come and take over on a pursuit on a bike, cos
0:02:25 > 0:02:29it's safer and because nine times out of ten, they won't get away.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34RADIO: One rider, black helmet with a NITRO sign on the side.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39Black hooded top, blue jeans, black boots...
0:02:39 > 0:02:4220 miles an hour, now approaching the junction,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45wrong side of the road.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Tim and Chris are on target to intercept the runaway bike,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50but there's a problem.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53'When we got to Croydon Road roundabout,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55'the bike was effectively coming towards us.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58'My idea was to stop all the traffic at the bottom,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00'block it off and then if the bike came down there
0:03:00 > 0:03:03'he wouldn't come straight into a flow of traffic.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06'And potentially I could move off and try and direct him
0:03:06 > 0:03:08'away from the town centre.'
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Stop.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13The issue was the bus and he was just sat there looking at me.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- Go! Go, bus, go!- Go!
0:03:16 > 0:03:18The frustration is you know what you want them to do,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20but you can't get across your point.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22'They come into the roundabout,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24'there could have been quite a bad collision.'
0:03:24 > 0:03:26So right, right, Crescent Road, Crescent Road.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30'But as the bus started to move then the bike took a different direction.'
0:03:30 > 0:03:33SIREN BLARES
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Thanks to the bus, Tim and Chris are a fraction too late.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40'We turned into Crescent Road just as the pursuit was coming to an end.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43'The bike was on the pavement and the traffic car on the pavement,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46'he sort of went up in the air a little bit, off the bike
0:03:46 > 0:03:49'and it was low speed, nearly stopping.'
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Whether he thinks he's going to try and avoid the police car
0:03:52 > 0:03:55coming towards him by riding down the pavement the wrong way
0:03:55 > 0:03:59as he's clipped that kerb coming up, the moped has fallen
0:03:59 > 0:04:04and as the moped has come off, Mick has just made contact with...
0:04:04 > 0:04:05with the moped.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08It may not have been the textbook way of stopping the bike.
0:04:08 > 0:04:1133, vehicle stopped, one in custody.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14But the outcome nevertheless is perfect.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17One rider under arrest and no damage or injuries to report.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29You could see that he was shaken, and was a bit, well,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32"I don't know what's actually going on now, I don't know what I've done."
0:04:32 > 0:04:35The cops have no idea why the lad chose not to stop,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37but he's being arrested anyway.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- Anything you do say may be given in evidence, do you understand?- Yes.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I've initially arrested him on suspicion of aggravated
0:04:43 > 0:04:46vehicle taking and because the bike was registered to somebody else.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50But there may be something far more serious afoot.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- Have you got anything on you you shouldn't have?- No.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Everything's in my moped seat.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Something hidden in the bike, perhaps.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01And then he said my gear is in the bike. So we're thinking, happy days.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03What's he got on the bike?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13We have it before where we've stopped a moped
0:05:13 > 0:05:15and there's been knives under the seat.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17We've stopped them where there's been drugs under the seat.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19But not this time.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21We looked in the bike and there's his ID and stuff
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and he just said he'd failed to stop cos he had no tax.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27All of this for tax.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31People do the silliest things. You know, he obviously panicked,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34saw the police car behind him and didn't want to stop.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Didn't want to be in trouble for having no tax.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Um, and it was as simple as that.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- What's your name, fella?- Chris.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Chris?- Dill.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46To make matters worse, today is a special occasion for Mr Dill.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Is it your birthday today?- Yeah.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50All right, happy birthday.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53It's not a happy birthday any more.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57He's going to be spending the rest of it at Luton police station.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00The police car was OK and there might have been a scuff mark
0:06:00 > 0:06:03on the bumper, but there was no damage.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Chris got behind him off Ashcroft Road and he just
0:06:05 > 0:06:06took off, failed to stop.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09It wasn't excessive speed cos they don't go that fast, do they?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11But he just failed to stop.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15And once a marked car got behind him
0:06:15 > 0:06:18we took over the initial pursuit and he just wouldn't stop.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Why? Apparently he's got no tax!
0:06:21 > 0:06:24And we don't normally penalise people for tax,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27we give them a £60 ticket for failing to display.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32And it's his birthday. I've ruined his birthday.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35To be fair, looking at the grand scheme of things what the
0:06:35 > 0:06:39ANPR team are there to deal with he would actually have walked away with verbal advice.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Well, we're going to go now.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45We'll push it this way so you can sting it if anything else comes in.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Policing on the front line, having direct contact with people and
0:06:53 > 0:06:57tackling crime and disorder is the toughest job in the police force.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Traffic is still the ultimate frontline service.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02You get the equipment,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05the tools and the training to do the job in a very specialist way.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09And Luton is one of the toughest places to police.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12'When I started in the police I was offered the choice of where
0:07:12 > 0:07:15'I wanted to start and I did choose Luton.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17'Raised a few eyebrows of people thinking,
0:07:17 > 0:07:18'"Why does he want to go to Luton?"
0:07:18 > 0:07:22'But I've always been told it's one of the busiest places you can work.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26'Two years in Luton is often like five years' experience somewhere else.'
0:07:26 > 0:07:29After five years as a Response Officer in Luton, Ian knows
0:07:29 > 0:07:32the place all too well and there isn't anything that happens
0:07:32 > 0:07:34here that surprises him any more.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37But that's about to change.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Ian is by a local fair, looking for some suspects involved in a robbery.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46They think they're in there.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I've got Taser and we're obviously floating round the area
0:07:50 > 0:07:52just in case we have any sightings.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54We didn't know how many people were there,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57we didn't know if any weapons had possibly been involved.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02The two youngsters up ahead might be the ones he's looking for.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06All right, guys. Just quickly, hang on. Come back this way.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- Where have you come from? - Um, the fair.- The fair.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- You've come from the fair. Right. - No, we're going to the fair.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20OK, because I'm taking your first answer, and there's been an incident down at the fair...
0:08:20 > 0:08:25They just matched the description of possibly somebody that was involved in the robbery at the fair.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29And a gentleman with a black cap and blue jeans has apparently been involved.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- That's a grey cap. - Well, grey, black, either way. OK.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Not saying you're involved in it, but I'm saying because you match descriptions of people
0:08:37 > 0:08:41that may have been involved I'm going to search you both. So anything on you
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- that you shouldn't have at this moment in time?- No.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- You've been smoking cannabis today?- No.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- Has someone been round you smoking cannabis?- Oh, yeah.- Oh, yeah?
0:08:52 > 0:08:56What are you doing with that little empty bag there then? Hm-hm.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Don't try and pull the wool over my eyes, mate.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Been doing this job a bit too long for stuff like that.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Keep your bag still. It's all right, I'll do it.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07They're not the suspects from the fair, but Ian has found something.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- Oh, dear.- Some bags of cannabis. - Right, so that's coming with me.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16'Normally, if you stop someone and it's personal use they will have possibly one or two little bags that
0:09:16 > 0:09:19'will be loose in their possession, possibly in their trousers.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22'What he had was a little pouch
0:09:22 > 0:09:24'and within that pouch was contained'
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I think seven or eight deal bags.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Now I don't know whether or not that was full
0:09:29 > 0:09:30when he left the house at the start of the day.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33I don't know at what point I've stopped him walking down the street.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37He could have been on the outskirts of the fair and he could have been doing that all day long.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41The boy looks barely old enough to "peddle" a bicycle, let alone drugs.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46- All right, how old are you?- 12.- 12? - Yeah.- Disgraceful, mate.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Come and take a seat in the back of here. All right.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Jump in there, shuffle across to the other side, please.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56It was one of the more shocking jobs. Not going to lie.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59To get somebody of his age to have that bag of cannabis with all
0:09:59 > 0:10:03the little deal bags inside it and he's heading towards the fair
0:10:03 > 0:10:06and you put all the evidence together there and then and you
0:10:06 > 0:10:09know for a fact he's going there and he's not going to be smoking it all
0:10:09 > 0:10:14himself, he's going to be handing it over to whoever it's going to be.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15You got anything on you you shouldn't have?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19- Same question as before.- No. - Be honest with me.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21I am being honest with you.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23The other lad is clean,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25but doesn't appear overly concerned about his mate.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31He doesn't really understand what he's got himself involved in.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34That's why his friend thought it was a big joke.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- HE LAUGHS - Oh, shit. No way, man.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Oh, my days.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- Any of this yours? - No, none of it's mine.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53OK, you're good to do, all right. I'll have a chat with him.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Shuffle over to the other side for me, please, mate.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00If the boy is a dealer, he's the youngest Ian's ever come across.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- You're 12 years old. - That's not mine.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- That's not yours?- No.- Right.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12- Whose is that then?- I'm just dropping it off to a friend.- Right.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- Who are you dropping it off to? - My friend.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20'The fair was on that day with an awful lot of people
0:11:20 > 0:11:21'that are confined in one area.'
0:11:21 > 0:11:26If his story was that he was taking it down there for a friend,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29shall we say, then it was probably true.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34If I seem hacked off, I am hacked off,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36but there's a reason why I'm hacked off.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40It's not because I think you're a bad person,
0:11:40 > 0:11:44it's that I think at the age of 12 you should have enough about you to
0:11:44 > 0:11:49know that carrying drugs is risky, cos you're going to get arrested.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Right or wrong?
0:11:51 > 0:11:55I think the dealers would have had proper little runners out who were
0:11:55 > 0:11:58going to sneak under the radar because the event was well policed.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00And as a police officer, if you're down there,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03if you see the usual suspects that you're coming across for drugs
0:12:03 > 0:12:06offences, you're going to be stopping them and you're going to be
0:12:06 > 0:12:08searching them, especially if you've got grounds to do so.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11With 12-year-old lads, 13-year-old lads,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14generally you'll be looking at them thinking, "Well, they're not
0:12:14 > 0:12:18"going to be that daft, are they, to be carrying drugs around with them?"
0:12:18 > 0:12:20But apparently - well, not so in this day and age.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24If it's not for your mate and you are smoking it at the age of 12,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27you really need to start looking at what you're doing.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30When I started you were used to the criminal damages
0:12:30 > 0:12:32and the graffiti and the other bits and pieces.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36The drugs thing just seems to be now creeping in more and more at a younger age.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Having ensured the moped rider won't forget his birthday in a hurry,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43the ANPR team are quickly back on the road.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46All for no tax! What an idiot!
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Tim and Chris are nearly always crewed together and are the best of mates.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54See a lot of him in and out of work.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Speak to him a lot, see him probably more than I do my partner sometimes.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00'Going to be his best man at some point soon.'
0:13:03 > 0:13:07'Tim rubs off on everyone. It doesn't matter how bad a day you've had'
0:13:07 > 0:13:09he'll just build you straight up
0:13:09 > 0:13:11and you'll just end up coming out laughing.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Absolutely brilliant.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Moments after ending up chasing one bike for no tax,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Tim's spotted another to try and stop.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Oh, that'll be a good one.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26There doesn't seem to be an awful lot amiss with this one either.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29He had a really small numberplate.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Started to have a look at it, got behind it
0:13:31 > 0:13:33and then he just roared off.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35He's not hanging around. Something is amiss.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41SIREN BLARES Get a helicopter straightaway.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Lima 23, motorcycle making off.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Castle Street at speed. Get a helicopter, please?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49How can that happen so quickly after the other one,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51which is why I said to Chris, get the helicopter.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54It was a powerful bike, cos he could have left us standing
0:13:54 > 0:13:58if he wanted to, especially around the town.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01But he hasn't and there's no need for the helicopter.
0:14:01 > 0:14:07- The rider's pulled up at the lights. - Oscar, Yankee, zero, seven, Charlie, Kilo, X-ray.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Mate, go down the right.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Charlie, Kilo, X-ray, got it stopped, Windsor Street.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Stinks of cannabis round here, don't it?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18'Thought I could smell some cannabis outside but I didn't'
0:14:18 > 0:14:21know whether it was from him or where it was coming from.
0:14:21 > 0:14:27- I'm sorry.- Take your crash helmet off first.- Sorry.- Is it yours?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Yes, it is, sorry. - Registered to you?- Yes, it is, sir.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- What was that all about?- Sorry, boss, I was quickly going home.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Idiot, man, I shouldn't have done it, man.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- You got a driving licence on you? - I have, boss, yeah.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- Got an illegal numberplate.- Sorry.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I know that's what I'm going to change as well,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43going to get that sorted on Monday.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Sorry man, you know what, boss, I'm an idiot,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49I shouldn't have been speeding. I've got a full licence.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51He held his hands up,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54but there was still something in my mind that something wasn't right.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- What's your name?- Courtney... - HE MUTTERS
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- Oh, you used to have the little... - C2, yeah.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Tim has dealt with the man about his driving before.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Soon as he said who he was we recognised the name, both me and Chris straightaway.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Courtney, jump in the car for a minute, mate, please.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11But it's the overwhelming smell that's concerning Tim.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13The stink of cannabis from you is a lot.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16No, I was just at my mate's house, he was smoking, I haven't got any.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- How do I get into your bike as well? - I haven't got anything in there.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- How do I get into it?- You can't get into it. I haven't got anything.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25RADIO CHATTER
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- Just one seat.- Nothing. The seat doesn't come up?- No, boss.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35'Searched him. Just found a cannabis grinder which is obviously where they grind'
0:15:35 > 0:15:38down their cannabis in order to put it into their cigarettes.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Just turn round and face the car, please, buddy.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45You know what, boss, I've run out of... I've run out of MOT.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50Courtney, I'm not so sure the saddle doesn't come off this bike, cos it stinks.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Jump in the back for us. Where's your keys?
0:15:53 > 0:15:57'Walked round the bike, put my nose against it
0:15:57 > 0:16:00'and there was a real pungent smell of cannabis coming from the seat.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05'And round the seat rim there were some marks, like screwdriver marks'
0:16:05 > 0:16:08or key marks where he'd like tried to
0:16:08 > 0:16:10force it open or levered it open before.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13So I was convinced something was definitely in there.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Courtney, I don't want to break your bike
0:16:15 > 0:16:17but I'm going to rip that big bit off in a minute.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20How do I get it off? Stay in there, stay in there.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- Do you just pull it up? - I can't, I can't. Seriously I can't.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- Put some cuffs on him.- Oh, well, all right, all right...- Stay there!
0:16:28 > 0:16:31I'm sorry, all right, I ain't going anywhere, man!
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Give us your other hand now. No, give us your other hand.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- I'm not going anywhere. - No, you're not, that's right.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- I'm not going anywhere! - Get in there, get in!
0:16:55 > 0:16:59GET DOWN, GET DOWN! 34, assistance!
0:17:01 > 0:17:0434 assistance straightaway!
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Chris is holding on to the man by the handcuff for dear life.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- Get up before I Taser you! Do you understand?!- Yes, boss.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Put your hand out! PUT YOUR HAND OUT NOW! PUT YOUR HAND OUT NOW!
0:17:15 > 0:17:18GET ON THE FLOOR AND PUT YOUR HAND OUT NOW!
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Right, hold on a second!
0:17:23 > 0:17:25GET ON THE FLOOR!
0:17:27 > 0:17:29DON'T YOU MOVE!
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Stay there or I'll Taser you, do you understand?!
0:17:35 > 0:17:3734, ETA, please?!
0:17:37 > 0:17:40RADIO: We'll be with you in a couple of seconds.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Chris has been hurt badly.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46When you want help it always feels like a long time, but it was a matter of minutes.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Luckily the police station is just around the corner
0:17:49 > 0:17:51and help's already arrived.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53'Best sound in the world of sirens pulling up.'
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Get him cuffed, get his hand out, get his hand out!
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Get his hand out now!
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Get his hand out now. Get your hand out now!
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- RELEASE YOUR HAND! - Get your hand out now!
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Get your fucking hand out now! - All right.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Chris, you all right? Chris, you all right? Was it your mouth, your nose?
0:18:16 > 0:18:20- HIS REPLY IS MUFFLED - My head's banging.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Tim's own CS gas he managed to spray is badly affecting him.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25I was in the cloud as well.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- My gas is somewhere.- It's over there by your right foot.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Chris is unconscious, but not from the gas.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Chris, Chris. Chris, talk to me. Chris.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Lots of people have gathered to see just what's going on.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42You see them get their phones out and start taking pictures
0:18:42 > 0:18:46and filming you then it makes you angry sometimes, things like that.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48But none have offered to help.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Be nice to have somebody come over and hold a leg or grab hold of somebody,
0:18:51 > 0:18:56but I wouldn't expect somebody to come over and start helping me out
0:18:56 > 0:18:59necessarily, especially I think the way society has gone nowadays.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I don't think people help each other, so why should they help a policeman?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Chris, talk to me.- Chris, mate, come on. Chris, mate, come on!
0:19:07 > 0:19:12- Chris, talk to me, it's Smarty. Chris, talk to Smarty!- Just keep talking, yeah.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15He's bleeding severely from his nose and mouth.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Been punched in the head, his head's banging.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- He's losing consciousness.- Chris, keep talking, keep talking, fella.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Can you hear me still, Chris? Just give us a nod or something, yeah, good lad.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31The emergency's been heard over the radio by everyone.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34'We'd literally only just got into Luton custody with
0:19:34 > 0:19:37'Mr Dill from the moped.'
0:19:39 > 0:19:46And the first thing I heard was sheer panic in Tim's voice,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49asking for urgent assistance. And that was that...
0:19:49 > 0:19:53that was the first we knew something was very wrong.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56But the biker doesn't think he's done anything wrong.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58You're going to break my fucking wrist!
0:19:58 > 0:20:01'As I pulled up, there was already a sea of blue lights there'
0:20:01 > 0:20:04from panda cars and divisional vans that were there as well.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- Calm yourself down.- You're going to break my wrist!- Go away!
0:20:08 > 0:20:10'He was unconscious when I got to him.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12'His eyes were starting to roll back a little bit,
0:20:12 > 0:20:14'his eyelids were flickering.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15'He was, um, he was shaking.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20'He'd gone white. His face was covered in blood
0:20:20 > 0:20:24'but the problem was, I couldn't see where the blood was coming from.'
0:20:24 > 0:20:26We have a male detainee on the floor...
0:20:26 > 0:20:29He's got loads of drugs in his bike.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32'Tim appeared just to be in absolute shock.'
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Sort of walking around
0:20:33 > 0:20:37and you know, trying to do things, but not really doing them.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39DOG BARKS
0:20:43 > 0:20:45The man's finally been restrained
0:20:45 > 0:20:48and is going to be taken away unceremoniously,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50despite his pleas of innocence.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52I haven't done nothing.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I haven't done nothing!
0:20:55 > 0:20:58What is wrong with you?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- Stand up!- Get your legs in.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Get your legs in. Get your legs in, sit up there,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07sit there and be nice.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10'The next thing I remember is the paramedic arriving.'
0:21:10 > 0:21:13At last, Chris can get some medical treatment.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16He's come round but no-one seems to know what his injuries are
0:21:16 > 0:21:18or how they've happened.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- OK? Stay there, buddy. - What's happened to him?
0:21:20 > 0:21:23He's been assaulted. Think he's been punched...
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Tim, how was he hit, mate?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Don't know, he just punched him, going mad.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- I didn't see how he got hit. - So a punch to the head?- Yeah.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35Feeling dizzy. Banging head, he was saying he feels a bit cold.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Has he been knocked out?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38He's been a bit in and out of consciousness
0:21:38 > 0:21:40but he's always been breathing.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42An inspector's arrived to find out for herself
0:21:42 > 0:21:45exactly what has happened to one of her men.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Yes, yes. Confirmed.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49We picked him up at the bottom of the road,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52where he's coming up at a stupid speed. He's pulled over fine.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54We go and talk to him, he said who he is,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56we recognised him from a long time ago.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Chris has him in the car, talking to him, I go to the bike
0:21:59 > 0:22:01and the bike stinks of cannabis.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Have we identified what's...
0:22:04 > 0:22:06..what he used to punch him?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Just his hands, it's all he's got, yeah.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Cos Chris had hold of the handcuff the whole time so it wasn't that.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15'We weren't sure at the time what had caused that puncture wound.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17'Now transpires that the...
0:22:17 > 0:22:22'the rider had the bike key in his hand, so effectively'
0:22:22 > 0:22:26the bike key is like this or one of these fingers,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29so he's got his fists clenched with the bike key up
0:22:29 > 0:22:31and he's taken a swing at Chris,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34which has then penetrated just in here.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40I'd say another two inches higher, he'd have lost an eye.
0:22:40 > 0:22:4430-year-old Chris Thomas has only been on the ANPR team a year.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Before that, he always patrolled in Luton
0:22:46 > 0:22:50but he's never experienced anything like this before.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54My head was pounding and I just remember speaking to Chris Leah
0:22:54 > 0:22:57at some point on the floor, and then I remember a paramedic turning up.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- Chris, I'm sorry, man. - It's fine, Tim.- For what?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Couldn't help you, man.- What do you mean, "You couldn't help"?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Fucking mad, weren't he? - You all right?
0:23:06 > 0:23:08He was beating himself up, saying he should have done more.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10There was nothing more Tim could have done
0:23:10 > 0:23:13or anybody could have done. He overpowered both me and Tim
0:23:13 > 0:23:16'when he pushed himself out of that car with one cuff on.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19I just had hold of the other side of the cuff
0:23:19 > 0:23:22'and then as he's pushed out, taken a blow to the face
0:23:22 > 0:23:27'at which my glasses then flung out of my face onto the floor
0:23:27 > 0:23:30'and then he was just throwing me around like a rag doll.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36'Trying to get away, and we were trying...we were holding him
0:23:36 > 0:23:39'and trying to get him back on the floor to contain him
0:23:39 > 0:23:42'and restrain him on the floor
0:23:42 > 0:23:46'and all I remember is me holding on to that cuff
0:23:46 > 0:23:50'and being pulled around the road into the main road.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56'Then I've had another hit to the face.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02'The last main detail I remember of the incident was
0:24:02 > 0:24:04'we'd had him on the floor,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08'I've still got hold of the cuff with his arm out towards me
0:24:08 > 0:24:11'and all I remember is having a face full of CS'
0:24:11 > 0:24:15and just remember seeing blood pouring out my face on the ground
0:24:15 > 0:24:18where I was obviously kneeling down or laying down.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Chris is showing all the signs
0:24:21 > 0:24:24that he's suffering from severe concussion.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28'I remember almost being sick near the road sign.'
0:24:30 > 0:24:34He's going to be rushed to hospital. He needs treatment fast.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Apparently it's all been captured on CCTV
0:24:36 > 0:24:38but he was just absolutely mental.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- They watched it all, didn't they? - Yeah, saw the lot.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Tim hasn't come through the ordeal unscathed either.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Once things started to calm down,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49you start to realise what had happened,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52'the adrenaline sort of stopped pumping,
0:24:52 > 0:24:54'realised that me pinkie was quite sore
0:24:54 > 0:24:56'so I had to go and see the doctor.'
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Strength was unbelievable. This had no effect at all.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Unbelievable.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Course, mate. No problem at all.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Even punching him was nothing, was it? Nothing at all.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11'I think if he'd had a weapon with him,
0:25:11 > 0:25:15'he was so in that zone that he might have thought about using it.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19'Chris is lucky he didn't get his hand out and start using the handcuff against him,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21'cos that could be a quite nasty weapon as well.'
0:25:21 > 0:25:25You're not to drive, all right, OK?
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- That's going to have to stay here for now?- Yeah, for a little while.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32That'll have to stay here. Do you want to come back to Luton with me?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34We are like a family at work, effectively.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36We all look out for each other.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37- You all right?- Yeah.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- I'm just fucking... - Let's get you back. It's all right,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42let's get you back, let's get you back.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45I've known Tim since I was 15.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48We were cadets together, we were specials together.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51'You know, we've known each other a long time
0:25:51 > 0:25:54'and I've never seen Tim in that state before.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56It's all a bit fuzzy, but yeah, I'll get stuff down.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Sit down, have a cup of tea
0:25:58 > 0:26:01and then update me later how you feel or go through your sergeant.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Yeah, of course, yeah. The keys are in it anyway.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08The cops have still got no idea why the motorcyclist became so violent.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11They suspect it can only be something to do
0:26:11 > 0:26:12with what's in his bike.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14We're going to take Tim back to Luton.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18The smell of cannabis coming from that bike was just horrendous,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21so you knew there was something in the bike.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Already back at Luton Police Station
0:26:27 > 0:26:30is the 12-year-old boy who was found with cannabis on him.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35DP was stopped for a routine check because he smelt of cannabis.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Carried out a Section 23, which is a Drugs Act search,
0:26:37 > 0:26:42at which point I found four bags of cannabis inside that bag
0:26:42 > 0:26:44that was on his possession, in his possession.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47He stated that he was carrying it.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Cannabis was recently upgraded in 2009
0:26:50 > 0:26:53from a Class C to a Class B substance,
0:26:53 > 0:26:58meaning the penalties for possessing it or supplying it have increased.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03Just for possession, a court could impose a five-year prison sentence.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- Do you understand why you've been arrested?- Yeah.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Who you living with now, Mum or...Dad?
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- Mum.- Just Mum.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16- Is she aware you're here?- Hmm?- Does she know you've been arrested?- No.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17More often than not, though,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20the police just issue offenders with a warning.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25'When I was their age, cannabis was a big no-no. It's a drug.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28'But now it's just got this image that, "Oh, it's only cannabis."
0:27:28 > 0:27:31'"We get stopped with that, then we'll get a slap on the wrist.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34'"And we can get a warning for it. Then we might get a caution for it.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37'"Then later on, we might get put before the courts
0:27:37 > 0:27:40'"but they still won't do anything other than fine us."'
0:27:40 > 0:27:43And you do think to yourself, you're talking three or four times
0:27:43 > 0:27:46they can get caught for possession of cannabis or using cannabis,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48and nothing really is going to happen to them.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50So where is the deterrent?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- I'm calling in relation to your son- BLEEP...
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Maybe the boy's parents will be able to provide the answer
0:27:57 > 0:27:59but at the moment, they're nowhere to be found.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02I need to speak to you in relation to why he's been arrested.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04If you could call us back...
0:28:04 > 0:28:06I tried to speak to his mum, I asked him about his dad.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07He didn't know where he was.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Right, if you take your shoes off for me.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16You'll have to spread your mattress out so it will go across there.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Give you a hand.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Grab hold of that.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25OK. If you need anything,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27there's a buzzer on the wall, OK?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Everybody's literally just around the corner,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32you're in the cell designed for younger people.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Should be back with you soon and I'll go have a knock on your door.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39Is your mum likely to be at home or is she at work?
0:28:39 > 0:28:41'It suddenly starts to dawn,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43'"Hold on a minute, I've got caught here with drugs,"
0:28:43 > 0:28:47'and it's only really when you close that cell door
0:28:47 > 0:28:49'and you look into their eyes'
0:28:49 > 0:28:53and you get a feel for, "Are they bothered about what's going on?"
0:28:53 > 0:28:55A lot of people, you put them in the cell, you close the door
0:28:55 > 0:28:59and they're asleep before the door's closed, they're just so used to it.
0:28:59 > 0:29:00With somebody like him,
0:29:00 > 0:29:03you'd like to think that this might be a bit of a wake-up call
0:29:03 > 0:29:06because he was sat there with his head in his hands
0:29:06 > 0:29:08but you never can tell these days, that's the sad thing.
0:29:11 > 0:29:16Outside, Tim has returned for a postmortem into what went wrong
0:29:16 > 0:29:18when he and Chris pulled over the biker.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20I'm all right, yeah, I'm a little bit still fucking...
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- You know I would have been first there.- Yeah, I know, mate,
0:29:23 > 0:29:25could see you running across, yeah.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- Strong fucker, weren't he? - He was, mate...
0:29:28 > 0:29:30THEY CARRY ON TALKING, INAUDIBLY
0:29:34 > 0:29:36'So much goes through your mind'
0:29:36 > 0:29:38and it is like slow motion.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42You know, once it all finishes, you can't remember much of it.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45CCTV will help jog Tim's memory.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49It's nice that the public helped you. It's really nice, that is.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Every last moment was caught on camera.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54'I was convinced I did nothing at all.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58'Whether that was part of shock or whatever, I was convinced
0:29:58 > 0:30:02'that I just stood and watched Chris get ragged around, get beaten up
0:30:02 > 0:30:06'and then more officers arrived and they dealt with him.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09'So watching CCTV, I saw that I did what I could.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12'I pranced around a little bit and sprayed a little bit,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15'you know, got hold of his leg, tried to get him on the floor'
0:30:15 > 0:30:18and held him down and things, so it was good watching it for me.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Throughout, Tim showed remarkable restraint.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27'I thought afterwards I'd punched him several times, but no.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31'I'm not one of these people who has to get revenge on somebody.'
0:30:31 > 0:30:33I wouldn't be sitting above him
0:30:33 > 0:30:36thinking, you know, "Look what you've just done to Chris,
0:30:36 > 0:30:37"now you're going to get this back,"
0:30:37 > 0:30:40you know, cos I'm above that, I'm a policeman,
0:30:40 > 0:30:42I'm not there to hand out punishments to people,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45got to just try and get them... try and get them into custody.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Can I just have a brief account of what happened?
0:30:48 > 0:30:51There's some confusion about whether something happened in the car.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53One of the inspector's priorities is to find out
0:30:53 > 0:30:57how the man managed to escape from the back of the police car.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00- Chris managed to get a cuff on him. - So at that point he's in the car?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- Yeah. He was sat in the back of the car.- Sat in the back of the car.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06And then really from there, it's all a blur. He just went mad.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08We started to put the handcuffs on him, got one on him
0:31:08 > 0:31:12and that's when he played up. Wouldn't get the other handcuff on.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15'It was his determined strength. He was getting out the car
0:31:15 > 0:31:19'and you know, you sort of try and hold on to him in any way you could,
0:31:19 > 0:31:21'but the gap was so awkward,
0:31:21 > 0:31:25'you're not meant to get three blokes in that little gap of a car.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26'What he's done is got his foot
0:31:26 > 0:31:30'in a position where he could lever himself up in-between the seats,
0:31:30 > 0:31:33'so he's at the advantage that he can just push up against us.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36'And it was just a case of he pushed us backwards out the way.'
0:31:38 > 0:31:42It's quite shocking to be moved out the car like that.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- How are you? Are you all right? - I'm all right. Me finger's hurting
0:31:44 > 0:31:47but that's a bit pathetic compared to what happened to Chris,
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- but no, I'm all right.- All right, just wanted to double-check.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- No, fine, OK. Thanks a lot. Cheers.- No problem.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58With the debrief over, Tim's got a chance to see the doctor.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00My finger there, top of the finger especially.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03His injury's a little worse than he thought.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05I had a fractured little finger.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08So just here?
0:32:08 > 0:32:12- From there up.- All the way up?
0:32:12 > 0:32:17So just to rule out any minor cracks, we need to get an X-ray.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21The street fight was a sharp reminder of the dangers
0:32:21 > 0:32:23officers face every day in the line of duty.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30'You can stop 50 people in a day and you have no problems at all.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32'And then that one person you do stop,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35'that ends up happening to you.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37'You know, nothing on his motorbike said
0:32:37 > 0:32:39'he was going to start beating policemen up.'
0:32:39 > 0:32:41So it's a reality check.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47The 12-year-old's mother has ridden off into the sunset
0:32:47 > 0:32:51but Ian has managed to track down another member of his family.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Mum's up in Sheffield, apparently.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56We've got the auntie, who's upstairs,
0:32:56 > 0:32:59who doesn't really know what he's doing at the moment.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02She's told him to stay in the house today, apparently he hasn't
0:33:02 > 0:33:03and he's just left the house.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06So she's happy to come in and act as an appropriate adult,
0:33:06 > 0:33:08but she can't say whether or not this is a blip
0:33:08 > 0:33:11or whether or not he's off the rails a little bit at the moment.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Obviously, the best person to deal with him is going to be Mum,
0:33:14 > 0:33:17but she's gone off to Sheffield and left him here.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20We don't know. I don't know what the personal circumstances are,
0:33:20 > 0:33:21it's going to be difficult.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Ideally, Youth Offending Team will sit down with Mum and him
0:33:24 > 0:33:26and have a bit of a conference about what's going on,
0:33:26 > 0:33:28the way he's acting and get to the bottom of it.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32'You try and say, "Well, is he going through any problems at the moment?
0:33:32 > 0:33:36'"Is there anything that you know of that is sending him down this path?"
0:33:36 > 0:33:39'She said, "I don't really know him."
0:33:39 > 0:33:42'And you think, "Well, you've got responsibility for him here,"
0:33:42 > 0:33:45'and you start asking simple questions to you and I.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47'"When did he last have a meal?"
0:33:47 > 0:33:50'"I don't know. Just leave food in the fridge."
0:33:50 > 0:33:54'You think to yourself, "Well if that's the life that he's got,'
0:33:54 > 0:33:56"what's stopping him trying something else?"
0:33:56 > 0:34:00Because it might just be a cry for help and that's even sadder,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03cos if he's being pushed down that route he doesn't want to go down
0:34:03 > 0:34:05'because he thinks he's got no choice at his age,
0:34:05 > 0:34:07'it's a rocky road from then.'
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Got to be honest, it's a bit of a shocker for me
0:34:10 > 0:34:13and that's having worked in Luton for five years
0:34:13 > 0:34:15to be picking somebody up of his age
0:34:15 > 0:34:17walking around with sort of bags of cannabis.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22It's not too common.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Does he actually smoke it?
0:34:24 > 0:34:25I don't know.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Cos he doesn't live with me, he lives with his mum.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35- Right, where does she live? - I'm just... She lives in Stopsley.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39- OK.- I'm just minding him for a week because she's gone to Sheffield.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40Got you.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43I will always offer him all the help in the world
0:34:43 > 0:34:45if he wants to go down the right route
0:34:45 > 0:34:47but if he chooses to go down that other route,
0:34:47 > 0:34:49I'll make it clear to him that I know his face,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I know the area he lives in and if I see him out causing problems,
0:34:52 > 0:34:53I'm going to arrest him.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56And I don't care if he's 12 years old or 44 years old.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Back at the nick,
0:34:59 > 0:35:03the bike that wasn't ridden off is going to be examined
0:35:03 > 0:35:07to get to the bottom of why its rider turned so nasty.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10The smell of cannabis that came from that garage as soon as you walked in
0:35:10 > 0:35:13'was there even though the bike had cooled down.'
0:35:13 > 0:35:15It's in there.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19The opening ceremony is being photographed for verification.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21This bit here is a cover where the, um,
0:35:21 > 0:35:25if you were to take a pillion you'd take this plastic cover off
0:35:25 > 0:35:28and put the pillion seat on to take the pillion.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31We found the locking mechanism for the plastic cover.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35'And as soon as we removed that,
0:35:35 > 0:35:38'then the bags of cannabis were just visible.'
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Voila!
0:35:40 > 0:35:4324 bags of cannabis which retail at about £20 a bag.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47This is why he wanted to run.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Carrying his cannabis in the bike.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51In the grand scheme of things, the amount isn't huge.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55'It was elation that there was enough in there to make you think,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57'"Well, that's not just personal use."
0:35:57 > 0:36:00'You're going to be looking at a possession with intent to supply
0:36:00 > 0:36:04'and you hope that relevant house searches
0:36:04 > 0:36:08'that would have been carried out under Section 18 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act
0:36:08 > 0:36:13'would actually bring more evidence of dealing. But then'
0:36:13 > 0:36:15you do get a little bit of disappointment thinking,
0:36:15 > 0:36:18"Hang on, looking at how he reacted to Chris and Tim,
0:36:18 > 0:36:21"all we found was 24 bags of cannabis."
0:36:21 > 0:36:24And you start asking yourself, "Well, why?" You know, why?
0:36:26 > 0:36:29It'll do, mate. It'll do, but at the end of the day,
0:36:29 > 0:36:32that's a lot of scrapping and a lot of trying to get away
0:36:32 > 0:36:35for a relatively small amount of cannabis, isn't it?
0:36:36 > 0:36:40The way he was fighting and the way he was so desperate to get away
0:36:40 > 0:36:41and what he did to Chris,
0:36:41 > 0:36:44our thoughts were, "There has to be a lot more to this
0:36:44 > 0:36:45"than a little bit of cannabis in a bike."
0:36:45 > 0:36:48It'll go upstairs to CID for them to have a look at,
0:36:48 > 0:36:50then it'll get booked into the drugs store.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Tim's got a fractured finger,
0:36:53 > 0:36:56so he's going to be on light duties for a little while
0:36:56 > 0:36:58until that gets sorted out, bless him,
0:36:58 > 0:37:01and all we know at the moment
0:37:01 > 0:37:05is that Chris Thomas has had some glue put in a hole in his nose
0:37:05 > 0:37:08that's been caused by the injury.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14In Bedford town centre,
0:37:14 > 0:37:18cops with Tasers are being called to another serious incident.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20'Got a report of a male with a red T-shirt
0:37:20 > 0:37:23'in possession of a carving knife who's trying to attack our informant,
0:37:23 > 0:37:26'he wants to steal from him or to take his phone.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30'Start making your way. You have full authority.'
0:37:30 > 0:37:32PC Carl Klein, however,
0:37:32 > 0:37:35has been beaten to the job by officers nearer the scene.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39But he has come across some other men acting suspiciously.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Hi, guys. What's happening?
0:37:41 > 0:37:45'There are officers on foot in the town dealing with other incidents,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48'but initially I stopped them both on me own.'
0:37:48 > 0:37:50I got out, shouted at them, they did stop.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53You look familiar. Not Patrick, is it?
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Pardon?- You're not Patrick, are you?
0:37:55 > 0:38:00The cops have special training for potentially threatening situations.
0:38:00 > 0:38:01I can see the consequences
0:38:01 > 0:38:04of dealing with one, maybe two suspects on your own,
0:38:04 > 0:38:08which is why we keep a distance between them. I call it the bubble.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12'It's just keeping that gap where you can see hands move or feet move
0:38:12 > 0:38:15'and it gives you a chance to respond, whether you...
0:38:15 > 0:38:18'fight or flight. Whether you grab them or take a step back.'
0:38:18 > 0:38:23But even so, reactionary gap from sort of eight foot is not much.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25You need to have your wits about you.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26You're not from round here?
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Huh? Where you from?
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- Hmm?- Where you from?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33And where you living?
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- I'm not from around here. - I need your address.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38"Not from around here" is not an address, is it, to me?
0:38:38 > 0:38:39I live in south...
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Right, give me your full address. Where were you born?
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- Where was I born? I was born here. - You were born in Bedford?
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- No, United Kingdom.- Whereabouts?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50HE SIGHS
0:38:50 > 0:38:52- Kings College Hospital.- London?
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- Yeah.- All right. Where were you born, Jason?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- Same place.- London?- Yeah.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02Local bobbies have arrived with word from CCTV control
0:39:02 > 0:39:04that the men might be drug dealers.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- Man on the right.- Have they been searched?- No, not yet.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11Because we had information there was possibly a drugs deal going down.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- Colly. Yes, please.- Section 23.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16My friends. We've had information
0:39:16 > 0:39:20there's some suspicious activity taking place down there.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Both of you are detained under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27The two men are going to be detained and searched for drugs.
0:39:27 > 0:39:315734 has joined me with some information about sus drug dealing
0:39:31 > 0:39:34so they're both being searched. I don't know if you've got eyeball.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37The old sus law, where people were stopped and searched
0:39:37 > 0:39:39just for looking suspicious,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42led to race riots in the 1980s before being outlawed.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Nowadays the cops are supposed to stop and search
0:39:46 > 0:39:49only when there is a reasonable suspicion of an offence.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56It appears their suspicion was right.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Give me that back!
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Spit it out.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Spit it out.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- Spit it out.- Spit it out!
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- Spit it out!- It's gone.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09- It's marijuana.- Is it? All right, it's not so bad.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- It's gone, it's gone. It's only marijuana, man.- "Only"?
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Take hold of his right hand.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- What you doing, man? - I'm taking you for a strip search.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20What's the point of a strip search, man? All I had was a bit of weed.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Yeah, but we ain't got it, have we?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26You guys always do stuff like this, man.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Always do stuff, what, like make you swallow drugs?
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Why? It's only a bit of weed, man,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- come on now, it's only a bit of weed.- Is that all that's on you?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36I swear to God, that was all that was on me.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- And is your name Jason?- No.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40- Right, so...- What? I thought you meant to say Joseph.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41- That's my name, Jason.- OK.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- So those details you gave me are real?- Yeah, man.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47A check on his mobile fingerprint device
0:40:47 > 0:40:50has told Carl the man is still lying about who he is.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Hopefully he isn't lying about what he swallowed as well.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56I don't think a bit of cannabis is going to do any harm,
0:40:56 > 0:40:58but he may well need some medical advice.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01We don't know what was in there. If it was anything more than cannabis,
0:41:01 > 0:41:04he's going to be in some difficulties, isn't he?
0:41:04 > 0:41:06'They went back to the police station'
0:41:06 > 0:41:08and a further search was carried out.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Carl's now got a fresh concern.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13Some issue at the railway station,
0:41:13 > 0:41:16I think they're expecting some trouble coming in.
0:41:16 > 0:41:17It's all stations go.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20'There was a job at the train station 15 miles away'
0:41:20 > 0:41:23in Flitwick, where there was a report of a stabbing.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Unit 110, yeah, and 11 en route.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32'The offenders had got on a train and were heading towards Bedford.'
0:41:32 > 0:41:34A group of 50 males coming into the station.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Probably a bit exaggerated, but...
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Firearms Team was deployed about Flitwick Station
0:41:39 > 0:41:42and we were sent as backup to Bedford train station.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Colly, can you just relay the facts again, then?
0:41:45 > 0:41:47The plan is to intercept the offenders,
0:41:47 > 0:41:50if the information is correct, on the train from Flitwick.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55We knew what train times would be coming in.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57'We'd liaise with British Transport Police
0:41:57 > 0:42:01'to say when they arrived at Bedford, keep the doors locked,'
0:42:01 > 0:42:03police will be there with staff.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07The problem is, two Flitwick trains are coming in almost together.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Has this one come from Flitwick?
0:42:09 > 0:42:10All the doors are open.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- What?- There's no likely candidates who've got off the train.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Let's do a sweep of the train. Keep an eye on the doors.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Yeah, I'm just doing a sweep of this train.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Could somebody speak to Beta P?
0:42:26 > 0:42:29If the train does manage to pull in, just keep the doors closed.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32We searched the first train and there was no such groups.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33That's fine, you can all go.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Can you get the driver to close the doors
0:42:35 > 0:42:38and keep them closed on that train?
0:42:38 > 0:42:40A few minutes later, a train come in on the other platform.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Guys, just stop there for a second.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45If the train stops and the doors don't open,
0:42:45 > 0:42:47then we'll let you through, but keep there for a minute.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Luckily, it's midweek so there aren't too many people on the train.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52This one looks empty.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Any gangs of youths on board should be easy to spot.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02Yeah, we've got the people stopped at the bob. Just wait there, please.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05So the other train, hopefully they won't mingle.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08We're trying to speak to the driver, get the doors to stay closed.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09We managed to keep the doors shut
0:43:09 > 0:43:13till we could get enough officers along the exit points of the train.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Network Rail don't seem to know which train's which
0:43:15 > 0:43:17and where it's coming from.
0:43:18 > 0:43:19Yeah, release the doors.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25No, the doors have been opened now, we'll filter these people through,
0:43:25 > 0:43:27any likely candidates will be stopped.
0:43:27 > 0:43:28'We filtered them out'
0:43:28 > 0:43:31so if there was a group, we could just intercept them.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34But there are no suspects to be found at all on the train.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37That's fine, you can all go.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41But one has been found back up the line in Flitwick.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43'They found the person who'd made the call
0:43:43 > 0:43:46'and the officers at the scene put two and two together'
0:43:46 > 0:43:49so completely pie in the sky,
0:43:49 > 0:43:51just made it up and rung 999.
0:43:51 > 0:43:56The hoaxer will be arrested and charged with wasting police time.
0:44:01 > 0:44:0330 miles away in Hertfordshire,
0:44:03 > 0:44:06a very unusual vehicle has just been stolen.
0:44:13 > 0:44:17PC Mike McCoy is rushing to help two of his traffic colleagues
0:44:17 > 0:44:18who are chasing it.
0:44:18 > 0:44:24We heard Dave and Tony had a vehicle failing to stop for them,
0:44:24 > 0:44:28so I jumped in the car and tried to get there as quick as possible.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31The vehicle's been stolen from Radlett
0:44:31 > 0:44:33and is heading down the A41 towards London.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Luckily, it's not going very fast.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49Mike should be able to catch up with them.
0:44:49 > 0:44:53His colleagues are chasing a kind of off-roader, a dune buggy.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58SIRENS WAIL
0:45:08 > 0:45:12PC Dave Marshal is in the lead car chasing the buggy.
0:45:12 > 0:45:16It wasn't the fastest chase I've ever had, to be honest!
0:45:16 > 0:45:20I think we topped out about 45 miles an hour down that road.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Nevertheless, it's not stopping.
0:45:30 > 0:45:34As with motorbikes, the unprotected wheels of the buggy
0:45:34 > 0:45:39make it potentially dangerous to attempt any direct contact.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42They were thinking, "We're not going to get caught by the police,"
0:45:42 > 0:45:44and that's their single goal at that point.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46But the cops have got to stop the thieves
0:45:46 > 0:45:49before they try something out of the ordinary.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52The main thing was that we didn't want that thing to go off-road
0:45:52 > 0:45:55because us in our estate cars would never have caught up with it
0:45:55 > 0:45:58if he'd have gone into a field or something like that.
0:46:02 > 0:46:03We tried once to get past it,
0:46:03 > 0:46:07but the road opened up and it wasn't right for us to stop it there
0:46:07 > 0:46:11and then he goes through a blind set of traffic lights
0:46:11 > 0:46:13where he can't see either way when ours is on red
0:46:13 > 0:46:17and at that point we thought, "He's going to have some sort of collision soon."
0:46:17 > 0:46:20The buggy has no lights, no mirrors
0:46:20 > 0:46:22and is being driven by two youngsters.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27You could tell they were young males. They both had hooded tops on
0:46:27 > 0:46:29and the hoods were right up over their heads
0:46:29 > 0:46:33and trying to disguise themselves as best they could,
0:46:33 > 0:46:36but you just put out what description you can
0:46:36 > 0:46:37when you're chasing them
0:46:37 > 0:46:40to make sure other people, if they run off, know who they are
0:46:40 > 0:46:41and who we're looking for.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45There's a police chopper on its way
0:46:45 > 0:46:47but before it arrives,
0:46:47 > 0:46:50the cops have spotted their chance to put an end to the pursuit...
0:46:54 > 0:46:57..by getting a car in front and boxing him in.
0:47:10 > 0:47:15The driver's out and over the central reservation like a gazelle.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18But his mate's copped an unfortunate break.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20When he jammed the vehicle in,
0:47:20 > 0:47:22the passenger couldn't obviously move,
0:47:22 > 0:47:24cos he was stuck against our car
0:47:24 > 0:47:27but the driver was obviously very quick on his heels.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30He sort of helped us out a bit by hitting the back of the police car,
0:47:30 > 0:47:31in all honesty, cos it just...
0:47:31 > 0:47:34it jammed him into the barrier and couldn't get away.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37So that brought it to a successful stop.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40Except they've only caught the passenger.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42Waiting for a dog, with a bit of luck.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47He literally went over the fence like he could fly.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Just no way we could get over the fence.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53The arrested lad isn't giving anything away.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55We were going to a job in Radlett,
0:47:55 > 0:47:58where there's been a burglary at some estate or something there.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01As we've come down the road on the way there,
0:48:01 > 0:48:02this has been coming the other way
0:48:02 > 0:48:04with these two blokes from London in it.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06He doesn't know where he's just been,
0:48:06 > 0:48:08doesn't know what he was doing there,
0:48:08 > 0:48:10doesn't know the bloke he's with, virtually,
0:48:10 > 0:48:14only knows his name, Michael, so I think there's a bit more to it
0:48:14 > 0:48:16than they're telling us at the moment.
0:48:16 > 0:48:21The dune buggy is one of the more unusual vehicles Dave's ever chased.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25'It looked like something that you'd go and drive around a sand beach'
0:48:25 > 0:48:27across a load of dunes, not...
0:48:27 > 0:48:30not driving round a street in Hertfordshire.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33He just drove straight into the back of the police car!
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Just like that. So I start slowing down...
0:48:37 > 0:48:39"Not having that!"
0:48:39 > 0:48:41He slammed us in the back.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43- It's a low-speed chase.- Yes!
0:48:43 > 0:48:46It was ridiculous.
0:48:46 > 0:48:50The police helicopter's arrived to track down the missing driver.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52Met helicopter's coming as well
0:48:52 > 0:48:55cos they've had a linked call from some bloke in the back of a garden.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57They might get him, you know.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02- Got two helicopters.- Have we?- Yeah.
0:49:02 > 0:49:03Better than that, I've got a video
0:49:03 > 0:49:07- of Saunders falling off the other side of the fence.- Brilliant!
0:49:10 > 0:49:14The gazelle is in the garden and has been snared by the chopper crew.
0:49:14 > 0:49:15They found the gentleman.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18He approached the officers and handed himself in.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21Both gentlemen are going to be taken into custody.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24The cops will have the buggy examined for evidence
0:49:24 > 0:49:26to prove that they stole it.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29'No-one was injured, the vehicle was stopped
0:49:29 > 0:49:31'and both people were arrested.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35'I think it was a good, successful job.'
0:49:35 > 0:49:37The buggy's not built for speed.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40Even so, it could have gone a whole lot faster than it did.
0:49:40 > 0:49:44I think they only found first gear. There was a gearbox in the middle
0:49:44 > 0:49:46'and it was in the up position
0:49:46 > 0:49:49'and I think it had a second gear and it could have gone faster
0:49:49 > 0:49:51'but I don't think they'd worked that out.'
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Which was a bit lucky for us, I suppose,
0:49:53 > 0:49:56cos it would have been even more dangerous.
0:49:56 > 0:50:00Not only were the thieves so stupid that they couldn't find second gear,
0:50:00 > 0:50:04it also turned out that they'd filmed themselves on a mobile phone
0:50:04 > 0:50:07hotwiring the buggy inside the owner's garage.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09They'd been using the phone as a light
0:50:09 > 0:50:13to try and see what they were doing in the garage, and I think
0:50:13 > 0:50:16he'd accidentally recorded himself and his mate burgling this garage.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Don't even touch that yet.
0:50:21 > 0:50:26It was just the evidence the CID investigators were looking for.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30One buried his head in the hands and said, "OK, I'm guilty,"
0:50:30 > 0:50:33and the other said, "It's not me."
0:50:33 > 0:50:35And at one point on the video
0:50:35 > 0:50:38you see it's clearly him wearing the same shoes he had in interview,
0:50:38 > 0:50:40same top, same clothes
0:50:40 > 0:50:43and had his socks over his hands that he had on as well,
0:50:43 > 0:50:46so they had nowhere to go, really.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02X-ray Alpha 99, the police helicopter, is homeward bound
0:51:02 > 0:51:05but all of a sudden, it's encountered what's fast becoming
0:51:05 > 0:51:07the biggest menace to flying at night.
0:51:09 > 0:51:10Lasers.
0:51:10 > 0:51:14I've got problems. We're being targeted by a high-powered laser.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16Crew's attention was drawn to a green laser
0:51:16 > 0:51:19being shone at the aircraft, quite a powerful laser.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21It's a serious matter.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25And you are playing, potentially, roulette
0:51:25 > 0:51:27with passengers and crew in the aircraft,
0:51:27 > 0:51:30particularly if the aircraft's in an important phase of flight
0:51:30 > 0:51:33such as coming in, taking off or landing from an airport
0:51:33 > 0:51:34so it's quite close to ground.
0:51:34 > 0:51:38The pilots, if they're dazzled, it could cause significant issues.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41We're trying to identify the property at the moment.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43Unbeknownst to the culprits, they've been caught
0:51:43 > 0:51:46on the helicopter's powerful thermal imaging camera.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50Cops on the ground will soon be paying them a visit.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53- Property is number one, number one- BLEEP- Road,
0:51:53 > 0:51:56they're in the rear garden and still targeting the aircraft.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59- Carl, in Bedford, has been called to the scene.- Laser pen.
0:51:59 > 0:52:03- Oh, right, they're shining it at the aircraft?- Yeah.
0:52:08 > 0:52:13It's a pretty unusual job for Carl and his driver, Bob Martindale.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16We're going left, bud.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20I'm your sat nav. Shall I talk in a female voice?
0:52:22 > 0:52:24Under the Air Navigation Act, 2006,
0:52:24 > 0:52:27shining any light at an aircraft is an offence.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31- They prosecuted a few. - Yeah, I had one in Luton.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35- Cos if it hits the pilot in the eyes...- There's the helicopter.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40And the helicopter's pretty good in moving off the location
0:52:40 > 0:52:42but keeping them under observation,
0:52:42 > 0:52:45and then we can move in with their guidance.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00- Have they got anybody down there? - A Special.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03A Special Constable is already at the address.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05The officer at the house was on his own
0:53:05 > 0:53:08with two suspects the helicopter could see.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10We went and backed them up.
0:53:10 > 0:53:14In most cases, a pilot getting a flash from a laser is manageable
0:53:14 > 0:53:17but at the wrong moment, it could have severe consequences.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Yeah, it can be a serious offence.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22It can be fatal consequences, couldn't it, really?
0:53:24 > 0:53:28Those pens can blind. Normally they have a little warning on it.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Flying a helicopter,
0:53:30 > 0:53:32driving a car or a lorry,
0:53:32 > 0:53:33you have a laser light in,
0:53:33 > 0:53:36the first thing you're going to do is try and shield that.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39You don't want to take your hands off a helicopter control, do you?
0:53:39 > 0:53:40There it is.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43Recklessly using a laser doesn't only endanger aircraft
0:53:43 > 0:53:46but it's also another waste of the police's time
0:53:46 > 0:53:49and can even lead to a prison sentence.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52The only problem is, it's in somebody's back garden.
0:53:58 > 0:54:01The person who shone the laser is a young man.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04His father is less than pleased.
0:54:04 > 0:54:05- You all right?- Hello, sir.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11- Crazy.- Crazy, crazy guy. - Crazy, crazy.
0:54:14 > 0:54:18I'm sure you're aware of the consequences of a laser pen in your eye,
0:54:18 > 0:54:22cos these pilots, they may wear night vision goggles, yeah?
0:54:22 > 0:54:25And it will blind somebody, won't it?
0:54:26 > 0:54:28How old is...is it your son?
0:54:28 > 0:54:31- Yeah, my son.- How old?
0:54:31 > 0:54:3323, I think.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Very good, my son, very good.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39No problem. I don't know what...
0:54:39 > 0:54:42- First time, this one.- Fair enough. It's a serious offence, though.
0:54:42 > 0:54:47- Yeah.- Could be consequences are quite grave, aren't they?
0:54:47 > 0:54:52'There's legislation for doing this. It is a specific offence.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54'His son was spoken to by the officer
0:54:54 > 0:54:56'and arrested for that offence.'
0:54:56 > 0:54:59Never trouble, never anything, you know.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02It's just one of them things people don't know about.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05A laser pen, if it gets the pilot in the eyes.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08You're right, every time you're right.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11Cos we want people to learn not to do this.
0:55:12 > 0:55:15The 23-year-old is learning the hard way.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20He's being led away for questioning at the police station.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22- Can I just have a quick look at the pen?- Yeah, go for it.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25Very impressive.
0:55:25 > 0:55:26Green Laser Pointer.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29'We took possession of the pen.'
0:55:29 > 0:55:33The light from a laser is infinite. It will keep going.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35It is very, very powerful.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38'Whether it be 10 feet, 100 feet,'
0:55:38 > 0:55:40that intensity is the same.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42'If you put the lens cover on it,
0:55:42 > 0:55:45'it actually multiplies by, I'd say, 1,000 dots.'
0:55:45 > 0:55:47God, look at that.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50And they're all the same intensity.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55So you've now got 1,000 beams rather than one.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59Cool.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01I thought you was on your own.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03- What time you on till? - About three.- Cool.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06I don't think there's malice
0:56:06 > 0:56:09from the people who get found by police aircraft.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12They're just not aware of the consequences of their actions,
0:56:12 > 0:56:15they're reckless as to what they're trying to do.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19The number of laser strikes is rocketing.
0:56:19 > 0:56:23Last year in Britain, there were nearly 2,000 of them
0:56:23 > 0:56:25against all types of aircraft,
0:56:25 > 0:56:28compared to just 27 reported in 2007.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30It is a significant problem.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32I don't think there goes a month in the UK
0:56:32 > 0:56:36when a police aircraft is not hit with a laser.
0:56:36 > 0:56:37So that's...
0:56:37 > 0:56:40There's 30-odd helicopters in the UK, police aircraft
0:56:40 > 0:56:43and it'll be one hit a month at least.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47After being quizzed at the police station,
0:56:47 > 0:56:51the man who laser-flashed the copper's chopper was released
0:56:51 > 0:56:53after accepting a police caution.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57The 12-year-old boy found with cannabis
0:56:57 > 0:57:01was given a three-month referral order and made to undergo
0:57:01 > 0:57:04a six-month reparation and intervention programme.
0:57:05 > 0:57:09The cannabis-eating man was released without being charged
0:57:09 > 0:57:10when no evidence could be found
0:57:10 > 0:57:12after it had all been eaten.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16The young man whose birthday it was,
0:57:16 > 0:57:19who fled from the cops just because he had no tax,
0:57:19 > 0:57:20pleaded guilty to dangerous driving
0:57:20 > 0:57:23and had his licence taken away for 18 months.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26The other biker who turned nasty
0:57:26 > 0:57:29pleaded guilty to two charges of assault
0:57:29 > 0:57:31as well as possession of cannabis and cocaine
0:57:31 > 0:57:35and was sentenced to nine months in prison.
0:57:35 > 0:57:36Chris Thomas, whom he assaulted,
0:57:36 > 0:57:40has now fully recovered since being re-admitted to hospital
0:57:40 > 0:57:42after suffering a seizure following the attack.
0:57:44 > 0:57:48And the two men who stole the dune buggy were both found guilty
0:57:48 > 0:57:50of burglary and aggravated vehicle taking
0:57:50 > 0:57:54and were given community orders and 12-month driving bans.
0:57:54 > 0:57:57The fact that they caught themselves on camera only goes to show
0:57:57 > 0:58:01you don't have to be stupid to be a thief, but it certainly helps.
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