:00:37. > :00:44.In Luton, a man on a bike is wielding a heavy chain. In Bedford,
:00:44. > :00:49.a gang member has armed himself with an iron bar. Taser, drop it.
:00:49. > :00:52.And on an estate, a woman has got an axe. So but it has thrown an axe
:00:52. > :00:57.through her window, she has picked it up and run down the street with
:00:57. > :01:00.it. A every day, police get called to potentially volatile situations.
:01:00. > :01:07.Now they are arming themselves with a new weapon which will help put an
:01:07. > :01:14.end to any dangerous confrontations. Put the knife down! 50,000 volt
:01:14. > :01:18.Taser stun guns. What does he look like, the boy with the metal bar?
:01:18. > :01:22.They are being shown the Taser and they are stopping. Normally they
:01:22. > :01:32.would fight. They would strike police officers, damage, do
:01:32. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :01:55.anything. Now they are thinking Bedford, it is said, is where
:01:55. > :02:00.Christian set off from in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, on his
:02:00. > :02:05.arduous journey to heaven. Nowadays, the traffic cops are there to aid
:02:05. > :02:13.and abet anyone hearing from the straight and narrow. And temptation
:02:13. > :02:18.is never far away. This is the lovely Midland Road area of Bedford.
:02:18. > :02:22.Drug deals go one on the actual street corner. PC Chris Leah is
:02:22. > :02:26.heading for the towns and there. All the sudden, he has noticed a
:02:26. > :02:29.white van darting out of a side street. He's not even looking at
:02:29. > :02:37.the road ahead. He's just constantly looking in his rear-view
:02:37. > :02:41.mirror. Chris is going to see what his hurry is. As I'm about to make
:02:41. > :02:46.the turn, Mark Casey, from our unit, in another vehicle, comes out of
:02:46. > :02:51.the same street with his blue lights on behind the white van. We
:02:51. > :02:56.turn around and start to follow him. The driver is not stopping for
:02:56. > :03:01.Chris's colleague for some reason. As we have come around the corner,
:03:01. > :03:06.by the time we have made the turn, the van has stopped. As we have
:03:06. > :03:15.approached, we can see Mark approaching him. He resists
:03:15. > :03:22.straight away. You are going to get the Taser! Get on the floor! Relax!
:03:22. > :03:26.Put your hands where they need today! Listen to me! Listen Timmy!
:03:26. > :03:30.You have a red dot on your back. The red dot is not just for aiming,
:03:30. > :03:36.it's also a handy warning that the Taser is activated and ready to
:03:36. > :03:43.fire. Do you understand?! As I looked to my left, on the front of
:03:43. > :03:46.the van I saw quite a large screwdriver. Even a screwdriver can
:03:46. > :03:51.give police grounds to suspect a person is carrying an offensive
:03:51. > :03:56.weapon. Its Commercial Road. We are with him, he has kicked off as soon
:03:56. > :04:02.as he got out of the vehicle. kicked off?! There's a screwdriver.
:04:02. > :04:09.Who has got a screwdriver? He got the red dot from the Taser to calm
:04:09. > :04:14.him down. What the (BLEEP) are you going on about? Look away from me,
:04:14. > :04:24.now! We are up close and personal, trying to search them. There is the
:04:24. > :04:31.fear that they could spit at you. Not deployed, just red dot.
:04:31. > :04:34.back on the floor, sir. Why are you hurting me? He was still struggling
:04:34. > :04:40.with the officers. We need to make sure he's not concealing anything.
:04:40. > :04:46.We still do not know why he didn't stop. What is wrong with you, man?
:04:46. > :04:50.Stay down, get on your front. are you hurting me so much? We are
:04:50. > :04:57.not. You are, I haven't done anything wrong. If you had
:04:57. > :05:01.stopped... I'm not insured, I've got tax and everything. That is my
:05:01. > :05:09.job. The man is insisting he's just a shopkeeper and has done nothing
:05:09. > :05:14.wrong. I'm going to sit you up. Just steady yourself. I didn't
:05:14. > :05:19.swear at you, I didn't raise my fists. The first one that pushed me
:05:19. > :05:24.to the ground, I am doing you for assault. Physical assault. Yeah, OK.
:05:24. > :05:30.The van is 10 seconds away. sergeant in charge? Do you think,
:05:30. > :05:35.yeah, I'm the owner of that shop, I'd gone round the block once, I've
:05:35. > :05:39.got out my car. I haven't raised my fists, I've not sworn at them. I
:05:40. > :05:43.asked the man what he is doing, he jumped straight on top of me. Yeah?
:05:44. > :05:49.It's not failure to stop, I'd stopped. You are in a lot of
:05:49. > :05:52.trouble. He's not in a lot of trouble, it's something that needs
:05:52. > :05:56.to get sorted out back at the police station. The police computer
:05:56. > :06:02.showing that he is not insured for the ban and is is not even his. So,
:06:02. > :06:07.he's being arrested for TWOC, taking about owners' consent, as
:06:07. > :06:13.well as failing to stop. I've been threatened with... What do you call
:06:13. > :06:20.it? With a Taser. With a firearm. It's not a firearm. White, Stuart...
:06:20. > :06:26.Are you going to calm down? calm, I'm a working person. Are you
:06:26. > :06:36.going to calm down in the back of the car? You are in trouble, maker.
:06:36. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:42.You get everyone down the police station, everybody that you can
:06:42. > :06:46.find that knows I'm a good person. It wasn't his van. He said he
:06:46. > :06:52.borrowed it from my friend. He wasn't on the insurance policy. He
:06:52. > :06:57.was arrested for TWOC. I'm going to seize this, I'm the only one that
:06:57. > :07:03.has seen it. The vehicle is going back to Grey Friars for a thorough
:07:03. > :07:07.search. Having withdrawn to Taser and seeing the effects of just the
:07:07. > :07:12.presence of a Taser, people coming down to being completely compliant
:07:12. > :07:16.without even pulling a trigger. It was amazing. It's the first time
:07:16. > :07:22.Chris has ever drawn up the Taser on the job. He qualified to carry
:07:22. > :07:25.it only the day before. Where previously only firearms officers
:07:25. > :07:30.were authorised to have them, now in Bedfordshire all of the traffic
:07:30. > :07:33.cops are being trained to use them. The view was that traffic officers,
:07:33. > :07:38.by the very nature of what they deal with, are more experienced.
:07:38. > :07:41.Let's put the knife down and look after you first. Their offices that
:07:41. > :07:51.are used to providing a fast response across the county in
:07:51. > :07:56.Put the knife down! The battery operated gun fires two needle tip
:07:56. > :08:02.tarts. When they strike the target they release a five second, 50,000
:08:02. > :08:07.volt electric charge, which temporarily paralyses the subject.
:08:07. > :08:11.Second shot, he started to advance and you came out brilliantly.
:08:11. > :08:15.basics they are taught is that any level of threat you off the back to
:08:15. > :08:22.somebody has to be proportionate. We do have to be able to justify
:08:22. > :08:28.the use. Officer with a Taser, put the knife down! Taser! Turn
:08:28. > :08:33.yourself over, now! It's a judgment call for that particular officer.
:08:33. > :08:37.Whether they go initially for their Taser or if they consider CS gas.
:08:37. > :08:43.It's all dependent on circumstances. It's how that officer reacts at the
:08:43. > :08:48.time. The driver of the white bat arrested at Taser point has been
:08:48. > :08:51.brought to the main police station in Bedford. He's in a waiting room,
:08:51. > :08:57.waiting to see the custody sergeant, although he thinks he should be
:08:57. > :09:06.seeing a doctor. I needed to be beaten up because I was so violent
:09:06. > :09:16.I was so violent that I needed all of these cuts. But it's not
:09:16. > :09:19.
:09:19. > :09:24.excessive force, because I wasn't You were controlled. This is called
:09:24. > :09:32.being under control, look how bruised that is. Lookouts Guinea my
:09:32. > :09:39.wrists are. Look how bruised that is. -- look how skinny my risks are.
:09:39. > :09:44.He didn't stop. Anybody else, if you were not a police officer, you
:09:44. > :09:50.would be done for assault. In a second you are going to find out it
:09:50. > :09:56.is my friend's car, I'm insured to drive it, everything I've told you
:09:56. > :10:00.has been the truth. You lot ain't got nothing. No assault, nothing
:10:00. > :10:03.will stop you have to check the way that you deal with people, the way
:10:04. > :10:07.that you restrain people, practise it a bit more, practice people
:10:07. > :10:11.skills. You lot obviously haven't got any. I may be cheeky, but I'm
:10:11. > :10:16.not a criminal. I tried to explain once or twice why we did what we
:10:16. > :10:20.did. But, of course, he had his feelings on the matter and what
:10:20. > :10:24.ever. He didn't want to listen. In the end, I switched off and let him
:10:24. > :10:28.rant. In the end I think he got tired of his own voice and calmed
:10:28. > :10:31.down. Everybody is searched when they are brought into custody. Now
:10:31. > :10:38.the man has even more to feel aggrieved about. The cops have
:10:38. > :10:41.found his week. He didn't declare it. He waited until we found it,
:10:41. > :10:48.when the custody sergeant searched him. He wanted him strip-searched
:10:48. > :10:50.to see if there was any more. the screwdriver, you are on
:10:50. > :10:54.suspicion of possession -- possession of an offensive weapon,
:10:54. > :11:04.as well. He fails to stop for the police, he's got no insurance,
:11:04. > :11:08.
:11:08. > :11:12.possession of cannabis. But he's Sorted. A after the red dot, the
:11:12. > :11:16.red tape. However much the cops like having the Taser, they don't
:11:16. > :11:23.care for the paperwork that goes with it. Whenever anything happens
:11:23. > :11:28.with the Taser, whether it is the red dot, or if you do what they
:11:28. > :11:33.call arcane the Taser, if you take the cartridge off, or if you have
:11:34. > :11:37.deployed it fully, there is a Taser form and they use of force form
:11:37. > :11:41.that needs to be filled in. shopkeeper, he said he didn't do
:11:41. > :11:46.anything wrong, pleaded guilty to failing to stop the police and not
:11:46. > :11:52.being insured. He was fined �100 and given six points on his licence.
:11:52. > :11:56.He was not charged with possession of an offensive weapon or cannabis.
:11:56. > :12:04.20 miles from Bedford in Luton there has been some trouble on an
:12:04. > :12:09.estate. Somebody has had an axe thrown through their front window.
:12:09. > :12:12.Fortunately, the whole area is under CCTV surveillance and the man
:12:12. > :12:22.who did it has been caught with a large chain, making his getaway on
:12:22. > :12:26.It's not the normal kind of thing the traffic cops get involved with.
:12:26. > :12:36.But now they are Taser trained and the man has got a possible weapon,
:12:36. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:40.they are in demand. PC Shona Gillen and Sam Sparkes are only getting
:12:41. > :12:45.sketchy information about what has gone on as they race to the scene.
:12:45. > :12:49.We've got a report of a bail that has smashed the window. We are not
:12:49. > :12:54.sure if he is still in the property. We have been given Taser authority.
:12:54. > :13:03.We are going, in the first instance, and as Taser officers. Offensive
:13:03. > :13:09.weapons, bade weapons of firearms, we are just a back-up system. An
:13:09. > :13:14.extra bit of help. -- bladed weapons. He's gone back to the
:13:14. > :13:21.address. This isn't at all like a routine traffic stop. It's a whole
:13:21. > :13:24.new ball game for Shona and Sam. The anxiety is tightened. We are
:13:24. > :13:32.going into a situation that we already know is potentially
:13:32. > :13:36.dangerous. RADIO: A man with combat style clothing, with a peaked cap.
:13:36. > :13:42.There is a man with a peaked cap up ahead. Is that him? We were
:13:42. > :13:47.informed by two PCSOs that they had stopped a male fitting the
:13:47. > :13:50.description of the offender. Could you left your top up for me? The
:13:50. > :13:54.one thing he didn't have was the chain. But it gave us enough
:13:54. > :13:58.grounds, the description. He could have dumped it. Do you mind if we
:13:58. > :14:03.need your bike up against here for a moment? Anything on you that will
:14:03. > :14:06.hurt me, my colleagues or anybody else? Any idea why I might speak to
:14:06. > :14:11.you? Please don't drop your trousers, I can't be doing with
:14:11. > :14:16.this sort of stuff. And not allowed such to touch you, because I am
:14:16. > :14:20.female and you are male. The man is not happy about it, he thinks he's
:14:20. > :14:24.been racially profiled. We don't know who you are. He was a bit
:14:24. > :14:28.annoyed. He did try to give us the impression that we stopped him
:14:28. > :14:33.because he was black. We explained that he matched a description.
:14:33. > :14:38.Description of what? A man involved in an incident. What kind of
:14:38. > :14:43.incident? I can't disclose that. I've got it, you're going to have
:14:43. > :14:49.to fill that out. His been confirmed over the radio that they
:14:49. > :14:59.haven't got the right man. The one they are searching for has just
:14:59. > :15:17.
:15:17. > :15:23.They have got him. Well, almost. Go, Go! Taser! He is house tupping!
:15:23. > :15:31.He will be going round the back of the property! It was frustrating.
:15:31. > :15:35.We were so close and yet he sprung like spring chicken over the fence
:15:35. > :15:43.and we were never going to catch him. This chap still has the chain
:15:44. > :15:48.and he is will built. Because she had the Taser, I went to where he
:15:48. > :15:58.was last seen and then drove round to the other side of whether houses
:15:58. > :15:59.
:15:59. > :16:05.could have come around. We need a unit here. We need another one...
:16:05. > :16:12.71, he was garden hopping 10 gardens down from Montrose Avenue,
:16:12. > :16:16.which will lead him... He has gone over the fence. Hello? Can I get
:16:16. > :16:20.into your back garden? One of the households came out and saw what
:16:20. > :16:30.was happening and they were very kind and let me go into their back
:16:30. > :16:30.
:16:30. > :16:37.garden. Stand by. He has jumped over a fence. He is on foot, garden
:16:37. > :16:43.hopping. Unfortunately, Sam has been led right up the garden path.
:16:43. > :16:46.There is a little courtyard he could have got into. Sam did a
:16:47. > :16:52.thorough search of the gardens either side to see if he was hidden.
:16:52. > :16:55.More news has come in about the initial incident. We were told that
:16:55. > :16:59.an axe had been used to we are looking at a man who has already
:16:59. > :17:04.smashed a window, had made off from officers, was desperate to do
:17:04. > :17:07.whatever he could to get away by jumping over fences and definitely
:17:07. > :17:12.had quite a large chunky chain around his body and that if he
:17:12. > :17:22.needed to, he could have used that against an officer to get away.
:17:22. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :17:43.RADIO: He has run off... INDISTINCT. While the man hunt goes on in
:17:43. > :17:47.Newton, back in Bedford it has been reported that there is another man
:17:47. > :17:57.carrying a potentially very dangerous weapon on the high street.
:17:57. > :18:01.Traffic cops with Tasers have been called in again. PC Carl climb
:18:01. > :18:07.the's service experience makes him just the man for the job. I was in
:18:07. > :18:11.the arm forces, I went to the Gulf war in 91, or where I got an injury,
:18:11. > :18:16.I was sent back with a broken arm and dry when straight from the army
:18:16. > :18:20.into the police. The man they are looking for have got a chainsaw. He
:18:20. > :18:25.is not doing anything threatening with it but the cops cannot afford
:18:25. > :18:30.to take it lightly. There is restaurants, cafes, banks, a
:18:30. > :18:36.pedestrian area and he has the chainsaw and a bottle of rum.
:18:36. > :18:46.He is obviously a threat to himself. The firearms team... We will see if
:18:46. > :18:54.
:18:54. > :18:58.Pre-emptive Taser, OK? No questioning. In the back if
:18:58. > :19:06.possible. If there is anybody carrying a chainsaw, they will get
:19:06. > :19:11.tasered. We discussed possible tactics. We can't let him use the
:19:11. > :19:17.device. It is the lethal weapon. With alcohol, what we know already
:19:17. > :19:21.and the town centre? No. We came up with a plan. We were Taser in front
:19:21. > :19:26.of the vehicle just to incapacitate him. It is a full-scale alert. Lots
:19:26. > :19:30.of cops are heading for the scene. I don't think we will make it there.
:19:30. > :19:40.The fire engine sounds pretty close. The firearms officers have reached
:19:40. > :19:49.the scene first. He is in cuffs on the floor. All right. If you just
:19:49. > :19:52.Listen, I work as a landscape gardener! The man his only an
:19:52. > :19:58.honest woodcutter, he is claiming, and is just going about his
:19:58. > :20:02.business. I just went last night for a drink with one of my clients!
:20:02. > :20:06.This is shameful! There is nothing illegal on me! It must be something
:20:06. > :20:11.to do with someone at what don't like me because I am a good
:20:11. > :20:17.gardener. I want an apology, please. In front of all these people, you a
:20:17. > :20:21.shaming me. Turn around, I will put you down. Do that all you like, I
:20:21. > :20:26.have done nothing wrong. I got a bit drunk with our last night and I
:20:26. > :20:30.left my chainsaw at home, which I used for purposes and I can give
:20:30. > :20:35.you phone numbers and even tell you where I was last night. Despite his
:20:35. > :20:41.insistence that it is only gardening tools, the man's chainsaw
:20:41. > :20:47.is being seized at gunpoint. are taking a man's living away! You
:20:47. > :20:53.are taking my living away from me!! We are not. I have done nothing
:20:53. > :21:00.wrong! Jolly good. I am a tree surgeon? Are you going to nick me
:21:00. > :21:07.for being a good, honest, living Pete macro citizen! -- BEEP
:21:07. > :21:15.citizen! Come on then, Sunni then, get some BEEP evidence! -- Sue me
:21:15. > :21:20.then. This is wrong! No, you...! Sit down. I am a hard-working
:21:20. > :21:27.citizen! You have nothing to worry about them. He was intoxicated, a
:21:27. > :21:33.very verbal, very anti-police. now very high rate. I pay my taxes!
:21:33. > :21:38.Look at them! I do everything! This is called anger! I am not allowed
:21:38. > :21:45.to be a citizen! It is a police state! It is a police state, not
:21:45. > :21:50.allowed to be a citizen! I am not going to kick off... You can't do
:21:50. > :21:55.this to me. Put your arms behind your back. You can't do this to me!
:21:55. > :22:05.How the hell can you do this to me?! I'd done nothing wrong! Leave
:22:05. > :22:06.
:22:06. > :22:11.me alone, Mr police -- this is police brutality! BEEP off! What
:22:11. > :22:15.are you going to do, hold my hand? No, we are waiting for the van to
:22:15. > :22:21.take you back to the mix. Why? Because you are not being very
:22:21. > :22:27.civil. And you are not either! Why? Because I haven't got a black
:22:27. > :22:33.uniform? My grandad fought to stop idiots like this. This is a Nazi
:22:33. > :22:39.state. This is a Nazi state. Nazis! Nazis! My great grandad died for
:22:39. > :22:44.you! Look at this! The Nazis are here again! We are there to protect
:22:44. > :22:50.him and the public and ourselves and I am not a nap three. I am
:22:50. > :22:54.carrying my chainsaw, I worked with it yesterday, which I can prove.
:22:55. > :23:01.Somebody flipping help me! The only help that is coming is the police
:23:01. > :23:06.vans. He will be taken to the need to calm down and sober up. I am a
:23:06. > :23:11.law-abiding citizen! That hurts! What hurts? What are you doing with
:23:11. > :23:21.my hands? This isn't wrong! I am a law-abiding citizen and I have not
:23:21. > :23:21.
:23:21. > :23:27.broken any law! I have broken no law! Listen!! Get in. Get this
:23:27. > :23:33.flipping Thing Off me! Tell me what law I have broken! Tell me what law
:23:33. > :23:40.on have broken! How many times do you need to be told? Tummy Wardlaw
:23:40. > :23:44.I have broken! Nazi state! -- tell me what laws I have broken! Tell me
:23:44. > :23:52.what laws I have broken! The it is not right to carry a chainsaw,
:23:52. > :23:56.which could be used as a weapon, in a public place. I think 999 would
:23:56. > :24:04.have gone ballistic, the number of calls we would have got. Walking
:24:05. > :24:09.around with a chainsaw? Not really... A good mix Jeff.
:24:09. > :24:17.There was never any real danger of a chainsaw Massacre. The good
:24:17. > :24:21.people of Bedford can breathe freely again.
:24:21. > :24:25.In Luton, the man suspected of putting in his neighbour's front
:24:25. > :24:31.window still haven't been found but a girl who knows him has and she
:24:31. > :24:35.has just been on the phone to him. Hello! Is he coming back? I just
:24:35. > :24:40.spoke to him, he is a bit frightened. He caused criminal
:24:40. > :24:46.damage but... If you can speak to him and tell him to calm down.
:24:46. > :24:54.I thought I would be cheeky and ask to speak to him. Babe? What is his
:24:54. > :24:59.name? John. John? It is the police. Listen, calm down, all right? You
:24:59. > :25:04.do need to speak to us, you know that, sweet. You need to come and
:25:04. > :25:09.speak to us but listen. Come to us and we can sort it out, all right?
:25:09. > :25:15.She is with me and she wants you to get it sorted as well. She is fine,
:25:15. > :25:19.she has given me the phone to speak to you so she is fine. Sam calmed
:25:19. > :25:23.him down and made him see sense and he had given himself up. Local
:25:23. > :25:26.bobbies have found and a vested John and in the meantime, it is
:25:26. > :25:31.becoming clear that this is a dispute between warring neighbours
:25:31. > :25:35.that had started the previous day. Because of what happened yesterday,
:25:35. > :25:40.he retaliated because I had to take my daughter to school... Having
:25:40. > :25:45.been chased by a woman with an axe, it appears John then returned it,
:25:45. > :25:51.with interest, through her window. Further information is coming to
:25:51. > :25:55.light from CCTV footage. While Sam and Shona were trying to catch John
:25:55. > :25:59.on his bike, back down the road, control room operators have seen
:25:59. > :26:09.that a woman was brandishing the axe and is then making sure she
:26:09. > :26:12.
:26:12. > :26:18.It was her window that was smashed and she tried to take the law into
:26:18. > :26:27.her own hands by chasing after John. Sam and Shona need to get there
:26:27. > :26:32.She has thrown it into a garden which we have now recovered...
:26:32. > :26:36.Report of an axe and an offensive weapon being used. We were issued
:26:36. > :26:40.with a Taser authority and because other officers had come to join the
:26:40. > :26:50.search for this other chap, we have a fair few officers with Taser
:26:50. > :26:50.
:26:50. > :26:55.authority. There. Yeah. When we turned up there were two PCSOs
:26:55. > :26:59.already and a lot of commotion from inside the property. She is in the
:26:59. > :27:08.window and she is agitated. If he knows her, that would make more
:27:08. > :27:14.sense. The woman's name is Angela and the cops know her well but they
:27:14. > :27:22.are taking no chances with her. turned up and he has had dealings
:27:22. > :27:28.with Angela in the past. Angela? Tim has a Taser as well so we both
:27:28. > :27:36.went into the property to speak to her while we stayed outside. I want
:27:36. > :27:40.to know why he put an axe in here! Just to let you know, 850 and 380
:27:40. > :27:44.got are inside the property. All divisional units have taken a step
:27:44. > :27:51.back and we are letting them deal with it to calm it down. For you
:27:51. > :27:55.could fill the house with offices and all it would do would
:27:55. > :28:00.antagonise the situation at whereas sometimes it is better to go in low
:28:00. > :28:04.key and try to sort it out. You are arrested me because I am swinging
:28:04. > :28:07.an axe! The young lady whose property it is, somebody threw an
:28:07. > :28:12.axe through her window, she picked it up and ran down the street with
:28:12. > :28:16.it. Instead of dealing with her as an injured person, we then had to
:28:16. > :28:22.deal with her as an offender because she had then been seen in a
:28:22. > :28:26.public place with an offensive weapon. Whatever the reason for it,
:28:26. > :28:30.the feud has got out of hand. need to get to the bottom of it
:28:30. > :28:34.because she is a potential witness to something so we could be looking
:28:34. > :28:42.at witness intimidation, which is quite a serious offence of stock we
:28:42. > :28:46.need somebody to board up my window. We will sort that out. Listen, I
:28:46. > :28:50.need my bits and pieces. You have had your methadone. Even though it
:28:50. > :28:54.was her window the axe was thrown through, it is Angela who is being
:28:55. > :29:00.arrested for possessing the offensive weapon. It CCTV can make
:29:00. > :29:05.a copy for us, we will arrange for it to be collected. She has calmed
:29:05. > :29:12.down a lot now. The only problem is keeping Angela Quinn it. She has
:29:12. > :29:18.broken my window with an axe. keeping Angela quiet. Angela...
:29:18. > :29:24.Angela... You are shouting, you on the phone. Come and get the axe you
:29:24. > :29:31.BEEP and this, that and the others. Take a seat, my friend. Why did he
:29:31. > :29:35.put an axe in my house?! OK. I have got a big hole in my window! I have
:29:36. > :29:39.got somebody waiting to get something repaired, I don't know
:29:39. > :29:42.what is BEEP going on but they are making me because I had an axe but
:29:42. > :29:51.I am trying to tell these people that a big user had an axe, blah
:29:51. > :29:57.All day scene is the way began axe. The guy is telling me to come
:29:57. > :30:03.around the corner. But the man smashed my flipping window on
:30:03. > :30:06.camera. She was on her phone to her a key worker. I had no issues for
:30:06. > :30:10.safety otherwise she would have been handcuffed. We were trying to
:30:10. > :30:14.keep her onside. She can be a handful, when she kicks off. She
:30:14. > :30:20.may be female, but when she wants to fight she can be fairly strong.
:30:20. > :30:27.I'm going off the phone, OK? All right, sweetheart. Your methadone,
:30:27. > :30:32.you've had what you need for how long? Half-an-hour... Only joking!
:30:32. > :30:36.Don't keep me in all night. would I want to keep you win all
:30:36. > :30:41.night? It's not good, the sergeant will hate you. When was the last
:30:41. > :30:48.time you were in? I muck up on a charge, Crown Court next week. Its
:30:48. > :30:52.total bullocks, you know what I mean? That ginger Scot. I hate that
:30:52. > :30:56.Ginger nut. He tried arresting me and knocked the methadone out of my
:30:56. > :31:02.mouth. When he jumped me, I flicked it by accident. He went over the
:31:02. > :31:07.city, he was getting his mace spray, like, crying, get your hands up! I
:31:07. > :31:11.was, like, idiot. You know what I mean? Angela is well known to
:31:11. > :31:14.Bedfordshire police, more so than a lot of officers. She's probably
:31:14. > :31:18.been in the police station more times than the officers of Bedford
:31:18. > :31:22.to police. Angela is going to be processed in custody and
:31:22. > :31:30.interviewed both as a victim and offender. She was physically
:31:30. > :31:34.searched, booked in. That is where our involvement ended with her.
:31:34. > :31:41.well as the Taser, Bedfordshire's traffic cops have the use of
:31:41. > :31:43.another recently introduced bit of advance the electronic kit, the
:31:44. > :31:51.automatic numberplate reader, the ANPR. It detects... Something is
:31:51. > :31:55.wrong! And it warns of any superstitious -- since --
:31:55. > :32:00.suspicious vehicle. In a quick glance eyesore that the vehicle and
:32:00. > :32:04.occupants were responsible for the supply of drugs. The ANPR instantly
:32:04. > :32:09.cross references of the registration plate with details
:32:09. > :32:13.held on the police national computer database. I've got a drugs
:32:13. > :32:17.vehicle on Harrowden Road, towards the Tim Pyke roundabout. The car
:32:17. > :32:22.has to be poor though band checked to see if there is any substance to
:32:22. > :32:32.the information. I can't see how many is in it. It may be worth
:32:32. > :32:33.
:32:33. > :32:37.If you are on your own, the adrenalin goes at it. The governor
:32:37. > :32:41.what is in the car. You are always worried about have anything is
:32:41. > :32:51.going to be discarded as you drive along. Martin has got behind the
:32:51. > :32:54.
:32:54. > :32:58.car, a silver Aldi. OK, buddy. The vehicle stood out. The windows
:32:58. > :33:02.are darkened. Without stereotyping, that sort of vehicle is
:33:02. > :33:12.predominantly used by people that like to be in possession of or
:33:12. > :33:21.It's pulling over, just be mindful of us, please. Without stereotyping,
:33:21. > :33:26.the man is not like the usual drugs dealer. He was quite a muscular lad.
:33:26. > :33:30.What is your name? Mervyn Dixon. The have I met you before?
:33:30. > :33:37.normally pretty good with phases. I'm not sure about yours. Have you
:33:37. > :33:43.got a licence? Whose car is it? It's my car. I very much aware of
:33:43. > :33:49.people's sighs, the body language. I recognised the face. But I just
:33:49. > :33:58.couldn't pin it down. Have you got any identification? If no, I
:33:58. > :34:08.haven't. I'll have a look. Is there anything in a vehicle that
:34:08. > :34:09.
:34:09. > :34:14.shouldn't be in the vehicle? Martin has got a bad feeling about
:34:14. > :34:18.this man. He's going to search him. Everybody that get into my car,
:34:18. > :34:27.I've had it before when somebody produced a knife. So I'm going to
:34:27. > :34:37.party down. Martin's mate has turned up just in time. Taser! On
:34:37. > :34:42.
:34:42. > :34:52.If he doesn't come down, he'll be in for a bit of a shop. Put your
:34:52. > :34:58.
:34:58. > :35:03.Up you get, come on. What was that for? I was being fair with you.
:35:03. > :35:13.What was that about? Be honest, before I start digging. Its fine.
:35:13. > :35:17.
:35:17. > :35:27.Why did you run off? Who is car is After having two Tasers pointed at
:35:27. > :35:38.
:35:38. > :35:46.Don't pull away from me, it's not What is your problem?! It's a case
:35:46. > :35:55.of once bitten, twice shy. I've got something on me. Where? Well, it's
:35:56. > :36:02.drugs, isn't it? Get off him. trying to fight. He's not going to
:36:02. > :36:07.fight anybody, he's got cuffs on. An off-duty policeman is lending a
:36:07. > :36:11.hand. What have you got on you? Something in this pocket.
:36:11. > :36:15.reason for the desperate attempt to get away is now abundantly clear.
:36:15. > :36:19.You are under arrest on suspicion of being in possession of a
:36:19. > :36:21.controlled substance with intent to supply. You don't have to say
:36:21. > :36:24.anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when
:36:24. > :36:29.questioned something you later rely on in court. Anything you say will
:36:29. > :36:33.be given in evidence. Do you understand? I'd never been more
:36:33. > :36:37.relieved to see Tim than on that particular day. I think he did am
:36:37. > :36:43.absolutely fantastic job in stopping him. The guy -- run-off is
:36:43. > :36:47.a big bloke. Kim didn't have used that much force. The only tap his
:36:47. > :36:54.leg. Then it was a case of the bigger they are, the harder they
:36:54. > :37:04.Tim was the saviour on that day. Without him, the chase would have
:37:04. > :37:05.
:37:05. > :37:15.gone further. You are killing me, mate. I can't feel my hands. Burden
:37:15. > :37:17.
:37:17. > :37:27.has been left licking his multiple We'll get the ambulance when you
:37:27. > :37:28.
:37:28. > :37:38.get into custody. We need another unit here to drive. That can go and
:37:38. > :37:41.
:37:41. > :37:46.Get yourself down on their side. Martin has an idea where he might
:37:46. > :37:51.have got his muscles from. A lot of drug dealers aren't necessarily
:37:51. > :37:56.drug users. They genuinely look after themselves. However, if they
:37:56. > :38:03.are caught, and they do spend time at Her Majesty's pleasure, they
:38:03. > :38:07.have even more time to be able to work on their health, being able to
:38:07. > :38:17.build themselves up. It's not only sprinting and body-building, Mirfin,
:38:17. > :38:20.
:38:20. > :38:25.it seems, goes in for ball games as Martin is a good sport and doesn't
:38:25. > :38:29.bear grudges. You were going all right, and then you did that.
:38:29. > :38:36.I'm going to try and get rid of it. If I Dobbin to you again, every
:38:36. > :38:44.time, irrespective, you are having handcuffs. No problem. -- If I bump
:38:44. > :38:51.With the amount of cash he had in his pockets, two mobile phones, it
:38:51. > :38:57.all goes towards the bigger picture, dealing with drugs. At the police
:38:57. > :39:00.station, its apparent just how big the drugs haul is. The size of half
:39:00. > :39:08.a blob of butter. It's crack cocaine, worth several thousand
:39:08. > :39:16.pounds. I just said, about your licence, he said, I know I'm doing
:39:16. > :39:24.bird. He's putting on the injuries a lot. I think he'll try to get out
:39:24. > :39:29.to hospital. You know, handcuffs and all three of us. After the
:39:29. > :39:33.inquest, there is time to relive the finer points of the rest will
:39:33. > :39:43.stop the bloke is running towards Tim. But this is the passenger seat.
:39:43. > :39:50.
:39:50. > :39:56.Stay there! OK! One in custody. Right, that was stupid, wasn't it?
:39:56. > :40:04.Come back to the car. He's quite a big bloke. He's trying to pull him.
:40:04. > :40:08.We go down the bank. He was a very cool character. Albeit, he ran off.
:40:08. > :40:12.We used what we would say is reasonable and appropriate force at
:40:12. > :40:18.the time to restrain him. He never once offered violence towards us.
:40:18. > :40:22.However, that isn't to say that he would not. It's no wonder he was so
:40:22. > :40:26.desperate to get away. He had been in prison recently and was only out
:40:26. > :40:36.on licence. Being caught with a big lump of crack cocaine means he will
:40:36. > :40:39.
:40:39. > :40:42.certainly be going straight back Despite inflation rate soaring, the
:40:43. > :40:49.street price of cocaine and crack cocaine has fallen by half over the
:40:49. > :40:54.last 10 years. It contributed to a alarming rise in class A drug abuse.
:40:54. > :40:58.You know the reason why you are here? On suspicion of possession
:40:58. > :41:01.and intent to supply, because of the quantity and the amount of
:41:01. > :41:06.money you had in cash. We have to have a chat about that, once we'd
:41:06. > :41:11.got the injury sorted out. He had to go to hospital to get his knee
:41:11. > :41:16.and shoulder checked out. He had a few superficial cuts on his hands
:41:16. > :41:23.from rolling on the ground when he initially fell over. But I think it
:41:23. > :41:28.all turned out to be OK. It was just tender around his knee and
:41:28. > :41:34.shoulder. Quite a large quantity of cash, two mobile phones. He's been
:41:34. > :41:38.arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply. Those facts
:41:39. > :41:43.are being relayed to the duty inspector, who has authorised what
:41:43. > :41:53.they call a section 18 search. That gives us the power to go around to
:41:53. > :41:57.
:41:57. > :42:05.the House he lives that and carry I'll grab you a couple of blankets
:42:05. > :42:12.and a cup of tea. When darkness falls, trouble involving bored
:42:13. > :42:15.teenagers often erupts in many towns and cities across the country.
:42:15. > :42:19.There's MAL, chasing a group of youths with a metal bar.
:42:20. > :42:29.Surprisingly, Bedford, a small market town, sees more than its
:42:30. > :42:30.
:42:30. > :42:34.Traffic cops Tanveer Hussain and Carl Klein are on their way to an
:42:34. > :42:41.incident on an estate. There was a report of a male with an iron bar,
:42:41. > :42:47.chasing a group of young males and females around the estate. About
:42:47. > :42:53.three minutes away. Just ask about The Informant, see if there is back
:42:53. > :42:58.up. It's a very dense housing estate. You are living on people's
:42:58. > :43:05.doorsteps. It's mostly terraced houses, backing onto houses. They
:43:05. > :43:11.have a communal play areas. The kids have nothing to do. It's just
:43:11. > :43:14.the recipe for antisocial behaviour. It was raining. Why they are not
:43:14. > :43:18.inside, I don't know. They are causing issues with the other
:43:18. > :43:24.residents. But these youngsters say it is not then, that adults that
:43:24. > :43:28.have stirred up the trouble. came out with a metal pole. He
:43:28. > :43:33.can't catch the boys, we girls, we don't see why we should be running.
:43:33. > :43:38.He says, if we can't get your boys, we will get some of you girls.
:43:38. > :43:44.Where is the house? I can take you up there. What does he look like,
:43:44. > :43:54.the old boy with a metal bar? about 44 stop wearing what? Pyjama
:43:54. > :43:55.
:43:55. > :43:58.There are always two sides to the story. Carl is going to find out
:43:59. > :44:04.what the story is. Has there been an incident? They have been
:44:04. > :44:10.shouting, yes. Anything to do with this house? No. Anyone else in your
:44:10. > :44:20.house? My kids. No other adults? There was began arguing around
:44:20. > :44:20.
:44:20. > :44:30.there. The kids were saying they were going to get the adult. Keep
:44:30. > :44:32.
:44:32. > :44:35.the noise down. Dies, keep it schtum, yes? Shut it. -- guys.
:44:35. > :44:39.man they are looking for lives further up the alley. The estate is
:44:39. > :44:49.like a rabbit warren with a maze of paths and passageways. Everybody
:44:49. > :45:00.
:45:00. > :45:09.Hello, it is the police, sorry to bother you. We have heard a report
:45:09. > :45:15.of disorder, some sort of incident? You are going to hurt my children,
:45:15. > :45:23.or you? So stay where you are. He is only a kid. This intimate, you
:45:23. > :45:28.come here... Inside, we will talk to you. The young lads appeared and
:45:28. > :45:33.it upped the ante. They walked past and there was a few choice words
:45:33. > :45:37.said between the two of them. has just come up with the
:45:38. > :45:44.allegation that one of you said you were going to rape his kids. No, no,
:45:44. > :45:48.no. That is what he said! This is after he chased us. They are
:45:48. > :45:54.outside his house making a lot of noise and his children are in bed
:45:54. > :45:57.silky politely ask them to move on and he got a torrent of abuse.
:45:58. > :46:03.Tensions are still running high between the youths and the two
:46:03. > :46:10.fathers. You keep pushing me on the estate, especially youth. You tried
:46:10. > :46:17.to kill me! You are getting into people's faces. He got into
:46:17. > :46:23.everyone else's face. Have you seen the reaction on that? But made it...
:46:23. > :46:32.Shut up, I am not talking to you. A have had altercations with you.
:46:32. > :46:37.threatened me. Me? You threaten my children again, you are BEEP dead.
:46:37. > :46:42.One of the guys was ex army, he was quite irate and I think if we had
:46:42. > :46:50.just walked away, the kids would have gone back and somebody would
:46:50. > :46:57.have got hurt. Why do you create the problems...? Tanveer and Carl
:46:57. > :47:04.need help before the situation gets out of hand. Hello guv. BEEP. I
:47:04. > :47:08.think it is a tinderbox. Residents, two angry men, fed up with youths,
:47:08. > :47:13.he has gone out with something and had to go off the tie gives. I
:47:13. > :47:19.think he has been spat at by a youth, threats had been made -- he
:47:19. > :47:23.has had a go at the youths. They are quite a rate. We need some high
:47:23. > :47:27.visibility to keep their children away. You try to speak to one party
:47:27. > :47:34.and you get other people coming in. There were five of them initially
:47:34. > :47:41.and now there are 10 or 11. Go, all right? Or we will start making some
:47:41. > :47:48.arrests. Get out! You are pushing me! Of am asking you to leave.
:47:48. > :47:53.Where are you going like this? have no idea. We have had a couple
:47:53. > :47:57.of problems beforehand. We have asked them obviously politely to go
:47:57. > :48:01.and they always get a bit, because they are in a group, they tend to
:48:01. > :48:07.end up together and they give you a lot of abuse, and they gave me a
:48:07. > :48:10.lot of abuse tonight, and obviously I saw red because they said a
:48:10. > :48:16.couple of certain things what they shouldn't have said about my
:48:16. > :48:19.children. They said I am going to rape your children. I went, what?
:48:19. > :48:27.And obviously lost it and chased after them and they all ran off
:48:27. > :48:30.because they are only young kids and that was it relief. I come back
:48:30. > :48:36.and obviously we had all this hassle and the police came out and
:48:36. > :48:40.hopefully it has been sort of, like, sorted out. We will get some more
:48:40. > :48:46.units down here and see if we can appease everybody. The they want to
:48:46. > :48:51.be noisy, fair enough but do it at your house, I don't care, don't do
:48:51. > :48:54.it around us. As a road traffic officer, this is not my cup of tea
:48:54. > :48:58.but we are here to help potential violence but if we can get rid of
:48:58. > :49:02.the young kids, hopefully the problem is solved and the safer
:49:02. > :49:06.neighbourhood teams can intervene but there is not much we can do.
:49:06. > :49:10.Something like tonight when the children on really, there should be
:49:10. > :49:14.something when we can put hands on bodies, take them home and get the
:49:14. > :49:19.parents to be responsible for the kids, no matter what age. If they
:49:19. > :49:24.are living at home, they should be responsible but as Tanveer says...
:49:25. > :49:29.Too far gone. You see this in every town and its East Street, you get
:49:29. > :49:33.kids just over 10 with nothing better to do -- every town and
:49:33. > :49:37.every street. Prime example, this chap sitting with his family, goes
:49:38. > :49:44.and asks them politely to move on, they are making too much noise, and
:49:44. > :49:48.this is the result of it. It is boredom if anything. We managed to
:49:48. > :49:51.disperse the children, my colleague spoke to the aggressor off their
:49:51. > :49:55.two men and told them in no uncertain terms that what he was
:49:55. > :49:58.doing was wrong and could be arrested but to arrest them in
:49:58. > :50:06.front of the kids, their Christmases would have all come at
:50:06. > :50:12.once, it is not the done thing. Trouble on an estate is one thing
:50:12. > :50:18.but trouble between a States is quite another. While Tanveer holds
:50:18. > :50:27.the fort, Carl has got more problems to deal with. This time
:50:27. > :50:33.postcode gangs are involved. A gang issue raised its head last year,
:50:33. > :50:40.the red and black bandana gains, MK42 and MK4, divided by the river,
:50:40. > :50:44.sporadic issues between them and between the police. A group of
:50:44. > :50:48.youths has congregated on the bridge between two Estates. Local
:50:48. > :50:54.officers with dogs have had a bit of success dispersing some of them
:50:54. > :51:04.but others are reluctant to go. my arrival, there were 20 on the
:51:04. > :51:09.
:51:09. > :51:13.RAP MUSIC. When they are on their own, most of them are quite nice,
:51:14. > :51:18.normal human beings. As soon as they get into a group, there is
:51:18. > :51:22.this bravado of playing up to the police. Unless they get the
:51:23. > :51:26.dispersal order from a court, a lengthy procedure, there is little
:51:26. > :51:32.the cops can do about yobs congregating apart from requesting
:51:32. > :51:35.they move on, which takes manpower. We have a dedicated van at weekends,
:51:36. > :51:39.with special constables patrolling, to bolster numbers because we do
:51:39. > :51:45.need that. We are thin on the ground anyway and with these sorts
:51:45. > :51:50.of incidents, we will attend them and disperse and record any details
:51:50. > :51:54.all offences. No one has been arrested for any offences but with
:51:54. > :52:03.several police dogs on hand, one of the youths is claiming he has been
:52:03. > :52:12.bitten. Has the? I have got three bite marks! One there! That is
:52:12. > :52:21.where you fell off your bike. Yeah? One there! I got BEEP bitten!
:52:21. > :52:28.Get off me! Hold on, what are your resting before? Grab him. Wait
:52:28. > :52:31.there. ATOC was let his beforehand on some troublemakers -- a dog.
:52:31. > :52:36.Unfortunately for him, he has now been arrested because he was
:52:36. > :52:41.possibly one of them. If they are committing public order offences we
:52:41. > :52:45.will deal with them but if they are not, it is purely dispersal. Gangs
:52:45. > :52:49.have spread here from London and are of such concern that the police
:52:49. > :52:53.have has signed an officer especially to deal with them.
:52:53. > :52:57.think they are imitating Los Angeles Galaxy, the American
:52:57. > :53:00.presence whether trousers are warned halfway down your backside,
:53:00. > :53:05.it is a status symbol where your bank and is on your body depending
:53:05. > :53:11.on your rank. It is a major issue but it could will spiral out of
:53:11. > :53:17.control -- where your bandana is on your body. It is 3:30am and after
:53:17. > :53:23.having kept the peace in MK42, Carl has been called north of the river,
:53:23. > :53:29.to an incident in MK4. That is black bandana area, where most of
:53:29. > :53:33.those reside. The rate is from the south of the town. Somebody has
:53:33. > :53:37.called in reporting two young men smashing a bus shelter.
:53:37. > :53:42.description was really good, and mixed-race male with a knife and a
:53:42. > :53:47.white male with an iron bar. It is a matter of leapfrogging the roads
:53:47. > :53:52.and searching. Stand by. Carl has spotted
:53:52. > :53:56.something. I thought two men matching that description standing
:53:56. > :54:01.under an archway to a block of flats. Being in an unmarked police
:54:01. > :54:06.car, Carl has managed to creep right up on the men. As I got out
:54:06. > :54:12.and I saw one of the Mail's holding an iron bar with a bandana.
:54:12. > :54:17.A whatever you have got, drop it. Carl is ready for anything. I have
:54:17. > :54:22.got a Taser, drop it. Put your arms out to the side.
:54:22. > :54:28.One male has made off, with a yellow top. I have one others with
:54:28. > :54:33.a red dot and a metal bar. Sorry? Whatever, the man that has gone has
:54:33. > :54:41.got a yellow top. Turn around and put your hands on the wall. Hands
:54:41. > :54:46.up. Spread your legs. I am going to set you. Have you got a knife?
:54:46. > :54:49.Do not move. Seeing a red dot and been told that
:54:49. > :54:53.it is a police have also with the Taser, nine times out of 10 people
:54:53. > :54:57.will drop their weapon, stop what they are doing. If they don't burn
:54:57. > :55:02.the device will be activated and they will be incapacitated.
:55:02. > :55:08.What is your mate's name? Give him a shout for star I don't know him.
:55:08. > :55:14.Is that your bandana? I put it on the floor, brother. You have got
:55:14. > :55:17.your cuffs round my ankles. I will release it in a minute. Were you
:55:17. > :55:22.involved in criminal damage at the bus-stop?
:55:22. > :55:26.I got the blow with the iron bar so I assume the mixed race mail had
:55:26. > :55:32.the knife. It is a mixed-race man with a
:55:32. > :55:36.yellow top who went off where I am now through the flats.
:55:36. > :55:43.Do you want to put your trousers up a bit so you can walk properly?
:55:43. > :55:48.Yeah? I said pull them up. Come on into the car. Bring my bandana.
:55:48. > :55:54.will bring it back. We show the Taser with the red dot
:55:54. > :55:58.and they stop, or whatever they do. Normally they will fight. To evade
:55:58. > :56:07.police capture, Babel fight. But now they are thinking twice. --
:56:07. > :56:17.they will fight. It is eight months bath. And his
:56:17. > :56:17.
:56:17. > :56:21.bandana, which he is so worried about. -- weights bar. The gangster
:56:21. > :56:27.is going to be taken in for questioning while Carl resumes the
:56:27. > :56:31.search for his friend with a knife. He didn't even know it was old bill
:56:31. > :56:41.at first. He was in possession of death. He put it down. Thank you.
:56:41. > :56:42.
:56:42. > :56:47.OK. Carl has called for if sniffer dog. I am waiting around the back
:56:47. > :56:52.for the sniffer dog. If he has gone passed this way, there will be a
:56:52. > :57:00.fresh track and I do not want to contaminated. There is a man out
:57:00. > :57:05.there with a knife. He knows the old Bill are looking for him now.
:57:05. > :57:10.Two great big holes in the Perspex bus shelter. I should think that
:57:10. > :57:14.the glass got smashed so many times, they put it back with Perspex. It
:57:14. > :57:18.would have taken a big whack to smash it. Probably from the metal
:57:18. > :57:24.bar we have recovered. In the end, Lama was insufficient evidence to
:57:24. > :57:26.link the man with the bandanna who happened to be carrying an iron bar
:57:26. > :57:32.with a damaged under the bus shelter so he was released without
:57:32. > :57:37.charge or stop -- with the damage done to the Bath jotter so he was
:57:37. > :57:41.released without charge. The man who claimed the police were all
:57:41. > :57:50.Nazis was released without charge after sobering up. His chainsaw was
:57:50. > :57:56.returned to him. Mervyn Dixon had tried to escape the Taser cops and
:57:56. > :57:59.was sent back to prison, serving four years and eight months. No
:57:59. > :58:03.further action was taken against Angela for running around with an
:58:03. > :58:08.axe that was used to smash a front window. Nor were any charges