:00:02. > :00:06.in the midst of a stop and search, then a gun is pulled, and suddenly,
:00:06. > :00:11.your life is in danger. Every year, Britain's bravest cops are honoured
:00:11. > :00:14.for the risks they take to keep us safe. Today, we hear their stories
:00:14. > :00:24.and join them on the streets as they continue to crack down on
:00:24. > :00:32.
:00:33. > :00:35.crime. This is Britain's Bravest Last year, there were over 18,000
:00:35. > :00:38.assaults on police officers, most of them just ordinary cops who
:00:38. > :00:45.didn't think twice about risking their own lives to protect the
:00:45. > :00:48.public and fight crime. In the week that Britain's most heroic officers
:00:48. > :00:54.are celebrated through the Police Federation's Bravery Awards, here
:00:54. > :00:56.are some of their stories. Coming up, we re-tell the moment
:00:56. > :01:02.when two courageous officers struggled through searing heat and
:01:02. > :01:05.a choking smoke to help a mother and baby trapped in a flat fire.
:01:05. > :01:08.couldn't breathe, the thoughts going through my head at that time
:01:08. > :01:13.were, if she doesn't answer the door, there's a possibility I may
:01:13. > :01:19.pass out at this point. We are on the streets of Aberdeen with an
:01:19. > :01:21.elite police dog unit tackling the most high risk call-outs.
:01:21. > :01:28.And we follow Northamptonshire and Manchester police as they continue
:01:28. > :01:31.their battle against Britain's rising drug problem.
:01:31. > :01:36.But first, how one brave cop's quick-thinking stopped a vicious
:01:36. > :01:39.pair of robbers. Early one December morning in 2007,
:01:39. > :01:46.newly-trained dog handler PC Katie Jones was all set for her regular
:01:46. > :01:51.shift in her home town of Preston. She was due to spend the day
:01:51. > :01:56.training with her supervisor, Sergeant Ian Tinsley. I was on my
:01:56. > :02:00.third day out as an operational police dog handler. I was really
:02:00. > :02:04.excited to be out, as we hadn't had what we call a dog incident where
:02:04. > :02:07.we're going to use the dog to search for offenders. It would have
:02:07. > :02:09.been roughly possibly about 8:20am, 8:30am when we picked up a
:02:09. > :02:19.transmission over the police radio in respect of they believed that
:02:19. > :02:33.
:02:33. > :02:35.there was intruders at the Hospital Inside the Hospital Inn, chef
:02:35. > :02:41.Anthony Gornall and his partner, the pub's landlady, Alison Morse,
:02:41. > :02:47.were being terrorised by armed robbers.
:02:47. > :02:52.I heard them walking upstairs and going into different rooms. What is
:02:52. > :02:55.So I said to Alison, get under the bed. I just heard them open the
:02:55. > :02:58.door and so I started walking towards the door. This guy just
:02:58. > :03:03.filled the door. Here he is!
:03:04. > :03:06.And he said, right, come with me. Where's the money?
:03:06. > :03:11.The masked man was violent well- known criminal Wayne McDonald. He
:03:11. > :03:14.was with his sidekick, David Tyrell. So he took me in the corridor, the
:03:14. > :03:22.other guy handed him his pistol, then he pistol-whipped me down the
:03:22. > :03:28.corridor on my head. So I got my keys, opened the safe. I think
:03:28. > :03:33.there was about �2,000, �3,000 in notes in there. They got the shot
:03:33. > :03:37.gun out. He just said, if you've any more money, you'd better tell
:03:37. > :03:42.me now or I'll blow your head off. So I said, there's no more money,
:03:42. > :03:48.and if there is, I don't know where it is. He turned the gun round and
:03:48. > :03:52.smashed my face. That's when Tyrell bent down to me and said, you'd
:03:52. > :03:55.better do as you're told, because he will kill you.
:03:55. > :03:58.As this horror was unfolding, PC Katie Jones had arrived outside the
:03:58. > :04:01.pub, oblivious to what was going on inside.
:04:01. > :04:11.As I headed towards the main entrance, I overheard somebody on
:04:11. > :04:16.
:04:16. > :04:22.the radio say that they could see At that time, I heard the main door
:04:22. > :04:27.rattle. So I automatically turned round with my dog, Chaos, at the
:04:27. > :04:30.side of me. Don't move!
:04:30. > :04:33.I was faced with a very large masked male pointing a shotgun at
:04:33. > :04:39.his shoulder height straight towards me.
:04:40. > :04:42.Get out of the way now! Katie's life was on the line, but
:04:42. > :04:46.she stood her ground and challenged McDonald.
:04:46. > :04:50.Drop the gun! I shouted at him to drop what he
:04:51. > :05:00.was holding. I'm warning you, I'll shoot you!
:05:01. > :05:14.
:05:14. > :05:17.At the same time, he shouted at me When I heard the shot and a
:05:17. > :05:20.helicopter in the background, I thought he was going back upstairs.
:05:20. > :05:23.Because there was police there. And that's the last thing he said to me,
:05:23. > :05:26.if there's any police out there, I'm coming back up here and I'm
:05:26. > :05:34.going to shoot you. When I was shot, it was
:05:34. > :05:37.excruciating pain. I felt like I'd been hit with a red-hot poker at
:05:37. > :05:41.150 miles per hour. The whole leg went numb. I just kept thinking to
:05:41. > :05:45.myself, don't look down, don't look down, because if I see a gaping
:05:45. > :05:49.hole in my leg, I'm going to pass out here and now. You know, I did
:05:49. > :05:54.think, this is it, my life's over with. You know, I'm going to die
:05:54. > :05:58.here, that's it had. And your life does kind of flash before you. And
:05:58. > :06:03.albeit it happened in a millisecond, everything did kind of come to me
:06:03. > :06:07.all at once. You know, my family, my friends, complete fear set in
:06:07. > :06:11.really. I was petrified I was going to lose my leg, frightened of what
:06:11. > :06:15.it was going to mean, if I was ever going to be able to walk again, was
:06:15. > :06:22.I ever going to be able to do my job again?
:06:22. > :06:26.But her ordeal wasn't over yet. McDonald was still on the loose.
:06:26. > :06:29.I was then aware that I had to get away from where I was. I had to
:06:29. > :06:34.kind of flee from the scene, because I was so frightened of him
:06:34. > :06:36.coming back out to try and do what he'd just done again.
:06:36. > :06:46.Seriously wounded, Katie mustered up the strength to get herself away
:06:46. > :06:49.
:06:49. > :06:52.It was obvious that she was injured, she was dragging her leg. So
:06:52. > :06:55.straightaway, my concern was for her. I'd no idea where the offender
:06:55. > :06:58.was who'd done the shot, I didn't know whether he'd immediately left
:06:59. > :07:04.the premises, I don't know whether he was still in the premises, so I
:07:04. > :07:10.was screaming at Katie to take I managed to get myself into a
:07:10. > :07:15.ditch at the rear of the pub car park, along with Chaos. And then I
:07:15. > :07:19.was aware of something going on behind me. And all I could hear was
:07:19. > :07:27.PC Tinsley shouting, armed police, put your gun down!
:07:27. > :07:30.Suddenly, the two fierce armed robbers were standing at the door.
:07:30. > :07:35.The offenders, McDonald and Tyrell, appeared from the same direction in
:07:35. > :07:39.which Katie had come. My initial thoughts at that particular time
:07:39. > :07:43.were that they were going to shoot her again. I adopted a firearm
:07:43. > :07:46.stance. I pointed two fingers, probably like kids do playing
:07:46. > :07:50.Cowboys and Indians, saying that I was an armed police officer, put
:07:50. > :07:56.the weapon down. On a couple of occasions, McDonald actually raised
:07:56. > :07:59.his hands above his head in like a surrender type mode. I remember
:07:59. > :08:05.thinking, I hope he's got bad eyesight, because if he had good
:08:05. > :08:09.eyesight, he would think, no, he hasn't got a gun.
:08:09. > :08:13.Sergeant Ian Tinsley had taken a huge and extremely risky gamble.
:08:13. > :08:17.Put the gun down, put it down now! Thankfully, it did have the desired
:08:17. > :08:24.effect, because at that point, both of them then dropped the bag and
:08:24. > :08:28.turned tail and ran. The men fled empty-handed and a
:08:28. > :08:32.police helicopter was scrambled to track them down. Within half an
:08:32. > :08:41.hour, McDonald was caught. Tyrell was found 12 hours later hiding
:08:41. > :08:44.under some tarpaulin near the pub. Katie's bravery had paid off.
:08:44. > :08:49.During the trial of McDonald and Tyrell, it became clear just how
:08:49. > :08:52.close PC Katie Jones had come to losing her life.
:08:52. > :08:56.It was revealed by the firearms expert for the prosecution that had
:08:56. > :08:58.that gun been aimed one degree more to the left, the main impact would
:08:58. > :09:07.have been straight through her lower abdomen and more likely to
:09:07. > :09:15.have killed her instantly. That's scary, it's frightening. To
:09:15. > :09:17.think that, you know, one degree... That's just a slight movement. And
:09:17. > :09:21.it does make you realise, it certainly makes me realise, that
:09:21. > :09:27.yes, all right, I got shot that morning, but I was so, so fortunate
:09:27. > :09:31.and so, so lucky to come out with just ten pellets in my leg.
:09:31. > :09:35.Katie has paid a hefty price for her bravery, but the staff at the
:09:35. > :09:38.Hospital Inn are eternally grateful to her.
:09:38. > :09:42.I think if Katie hadn't had been there and the police and the other
:09:42. > :09:47.dog handler, I dread to think what would have happened. I don't know.
:09:47. > :09:49.She's a brave woman, very brave. I couldn't have done it, I don't
:09:49. > :09:53.think. Tyrell got over seven years for his
:09:53. > :09:57.crimes, while McDonald was jailed for life. Katie's since made a full
:09:57. > :10:01.recovery and she was honoured with a Police Bravery Award. She's since
:10:01. > :10:11.returned to the beat with a new dog, Hero, while Chaos is enjoying life
:10:11. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:18.Britain's police are regularly putting their lives on the line. So
:10:18. > :10:21.having a canine partner can be invaluable. In the oil-rich city of
:10:21. > :10:28.Aberdeen, 40 year-old police dog handler George Shearer is on the
:10:28. > :10:35.front line of crime. In the back of his van, two vital police assets. A
:10:35. > :10:38.general-purpose dog called Sparky and a drugs dog called Sam. Often
:10:38. > :10:41.working alone, this tough canine unit are called to deal with the
:10:41. > :10:47.huge variety of dangerous crime in a patch covering hundreds of square
:10:47. > :10:51.miles. Quite often, I'm first on to the
:10:51. > :10:55.scene. The presence of the dogs is a wonderful deterrent. People run
:10:55. > :11:00.off in different directions. So compared to a human, it's a
:11:00. > :11:04.wonderful deterrent for stopping people. I'd be quite happy to
:11:04. > :11:11.control 10, 20 people, even if they're agitated. They just won't
:11:11. > :11:14.come near the dog. That keeps them at a safe distance away from me.
:11:14. > :11:21.It's 8pm and George has been assigned to provide back-up during
:11:21. > :11:24.a raid to arrest someone suspected of drug offences. The location has
:11:24. > :11:31.been under surveillance and the police are worried there may be
:11:31. > :11:34.dogs on the premises, so George is on standby to protect the officers.
:11:34. > :11:38.I've been called upon, one - to control the dogs, and secondly - I
:11:38. > :11:39.have a drugs dog with me and he will be carrying out a search of
:11:39. > :11:42.that property. Although George normally handles
:11:42. > :11:47.police dogs, he's often called in when owners' animals might present
:11:47. > :11:50.a threat. His first priority on the raid will be to locate and secure
:11:50. > :11:55.the owner's dogs using specialist tools.
:11:55. > :11:59.This is one of the pieces of equipment that we would use. We
:11:59. > :12:03.would look to sling this over the dog's head. And this pulls tightly,
:12:03. > :12:06.and then we can tie that off with the screw part here, and that keeps
:12:06. > :12:11.the dogs at a safe distance away from my body to prevent any bites
:12:11. > :12:15.and any contact with me as a person. And once we've got the dog set
:12:15. > :12:19.aside in a safe area, it's a quick release, a lever here that we would
:12:19. > :12:22.pull, and that can effectively release the dog. There's a lot of
:12:22. > :12:27.these types of dogs that are very strong and it does take a fair
:12:27. > :12:30.amount of effort to keep a dog restrained and at arm's length.
:12:30. > :12:35.With the officers briefed, a convoy of police officers make their way
:12:35. > :12:41.to the target's house. George is under no illusion, having worked in
:12:41. > :12:44.the dog unit for six years. He knows there is a real threat of
:12:44. > :12:47.injury. There have been incidents where
:12:47. > :12:51.I've gone to warrants and I've been bitten by dogs within the house.
:12:51. > :12:54.It's always something that I keep in the back of my mind when I go
:12:54. > :12:56.into these properties. The police face all kinds of
:12:56. > :13:02.unexpected threats as they execute warrants and raid properties, and
:13:02. > :13:08.dogs can be one of the most serious. Last year, Grampian Police were
:13:08. > :13:11.called in for 36 crimes for failing to keep dogs under control. As well
:13:11. > :13:15.as dealing with any potentially dangerous dogs, George will also be
:13:15. > :13:18.assisting fellow officers in the hunt for drugs.
:13:18. > :13:21.Yes, I've got a specialist dog that's trained to detect drugs, so
:13:21. > :13:24.once we get into the address and get everybody secured, I'll be
:13:24. > :13:34.taking out the drugs dog and he'll search the address and hopefully
:13:34. > :13:36.
:13:36. > :13:40.he'll indicate on some drugs within the property.
:13:40. > :13:43.The police park away from the suspect's house. They can't risk
:13:43. > :13:47.alerting the man or his dogs to their presence, which might give
:13:47. > :13:53.him a chance to dispose of any possible drugs or try and make a
:13:53. > :13:59.run for it. The element of surprise is critical.
:13:59. > :14:02.Police! So George is one of the first in.
:14:02. > :14:08.He must quickly locate and secure the dogs to ensure everyone's
:14:08. > :14:12.safety. We have gone into the property and
:14:12. > :14:15.there are two dogs within one room, and I think another two dogs have
:14:15. > :14:20.appeared from around the back of the property and ran in the front
:14:20. > :14:22.here. All the dogs seem fine and we've got control in the house now.
:14:22. > :14:28.The suspect is promptly apprehended and the police begin their search
:14:28. > :14:38.of the house for drugs. Every potential hiding place is
:14:38. > :14:42.
:14:42. > :14:45.thoroughly checked, even the most Just a trap that we have found
:14:45. > :14:49.underneath the house that gives access to the whole area underneath
:14:49. > :14:52.the house. You can see it is quite indeed entrance, so we will maybe
:14:52. > :14:55.consider getting a dog in under there. Because it is quite a large
:14:55. > :14:58.area. It would be a very good hidey hole for drugs.
:14:58. > :15:08.It is time to bring in Sam the sniffer dog, a four-year-old black
:15:08. > :15:08.
:15:08. > :15:11.Labrador. Come on. That's a boy. I felt it
:15:11. > :15:14.was worthwhile in deploying a dog under there. It is a nice safe area
:15:14. > :15:24.for him to search. He will do that quite quickly.
:15:24. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:29.Nothing doing at all down there other than a bit of mess.
:15:29. > :15:32.The officers are now carrying out a search by hand on the premises, and
:15:33. > :15:41.that will take about 30 minutes. the end of that, we will know
:15:41. > :15:45.In Scotland, the police face a never ending war on drugs, even in
:15:45. > :15:50.the most remote towns and villages. Aberdeen is no exception. Last year,
:15:50. > :15:53.Scottish police forces dealt with nearly 40,000 drug offences. PC
:15:53. > :15:57.George Shearer works a regular ten- hour night shift with his two dogs,
:15:57. > :16:03.Sparky and Sam. The following night, he gets an update on the house that
:16:03. > :16:08.was raided the day before. They found a total of �3,000 in
:16:08. > :16:13.cash, �2,000 of which was concealed in a sock within a dresser. And
:16:13. > :16:17.there was also a personal amount of cannabis recovered. So it is a
:16:17. > :16:19.positive result for that one. male was later charged with
:16:19. > :16:25.possession under the Misuse Of Drugs Act.
:16:25. > :16:28.Foxtrot five. It is not long into his shift when
:16:28. > :16:31.a call comes through. George is going to assist officers who are
:16:31. > :16:35.about to pull over a car. Stopping anyone late at night always carries
:16:35. > :16:37.a high risk of trouble, and the police suspect the owner of the car
:16:37. > :16:41.may be involved in criminal activities.
:16:41. > :16:44.This is a call, there is a unit in behind a car where there is
:16:45. > :16:48.intelligence on the car that it is involved in the supply of drugs.
:16:49. > :16:52.The unit just want to stop it. I am just going to assist. There are a
:16:52. > :17:00.number of people on board, and they might need a drugs dog in any case,
:17:00. > :17:04.so we are just going along to see By the time George arrives, the two
:17:04. > :17:07.people in the car, a man and a woman, have been detained. But
:17:07. > :17:12.there is compelling evidence of drug use. Watch. There is a bag of
:17:12. > :17:15.needles in there. Right, OK. There are some capped, some uncapped.
:17:15. > :17:23.Used needles carry a huge risk of harm. But despite the danger,
:17:24. > :17:27.George must still deploy sound to There was a bag of needles sitting
:17:28. > :17:31.in the foot well. We always have a check of the area that we are going
:17:32. > :17:35.to be putting a dog into, a house or a car, we always have a quick
:17:35. > :17:38.look to make sure there is no dangers for the dog. If a dog was
:17:38. > :17:44.to get pricked by a needle, the diseases are transferable to the
:17:44. > :17:47.dog. -- are not transferable. However, the dog could receive
:17:47. > :17:51.quite significant injuries are to the mouth area and the nose, etc.
:17:51. > :18:01.We always like to make sure that the area is safe before we put the
:18:01. > :18:03.
:18:03. > :18:06.We've turned up and we've taken a drugs dog in. He's carried out a
:18:06. > :18:09.search in the car. He's showing an interest in a number of things,
:18:09. > :18:19.actually. You could see on the document wallet for the car, there
:18:19. > :18:20.
:18:20. > :18:25.has clearly been power because up with a knife. -- powder cut up. He
:18:25. > :18:27.has indicated on that. He has indicated on to bags within the
:18:28. > :18:30.foot while of the vehicle, which both contain paraphernalia relating
:18:31. > :18:34.to drugs. And also on a tobacco pouch, looking closer in amongst
:18:34. > :18:39.the tobacco, there is a small notch of what we suspect to be cannabis
:18:39. > :18:44.The chap up there, he has clearly admitted ownership of the cannabis
:18:44. > :18:48.resin. He's been charged on the scene here. He's not been arrested.
:18:48. > :18:52.He'll just be cautioned and charged with that offence at the locus here.
:18:52. > :18:54.Grampian police are not only dealing with drug-related crime. In
:18:54. > :19:00.Scotland, vandalism and anti-social behaviour are big issues for local
:19:00. > :19:07.communities. Last year, they had to deal with 2000 incidents of damage
:19:07. > :19:10.to private property in Aberdeen It's the third call of the night.
:19:10. > :19:13.George and his dogs have been called to a suspected act of
:19:13. > :19:19.vandalism. George has little to go on except that the men could be
:19:19. > :19:21.dangerous. Back-up has not arrived yet, so he is on his own. With his
:19:21. > :19:24.experience and following a quick assessment of the situation, George
:19:24. > :19:32.starts searching for the suspects in order to stop them making an
:19:32. > :19:36.Suddenly, he spots one man fitting the description of one of the
:19:36. > :19:41.suspects. To ensure his safety, he deploys his five-year-old German
:19:41. > :19:46.shepherd. Sparky is a highly trained police dog, and will
:19:46. > :19:54.protect George at all costs. And with a bite of 238lbs per square
:19:54. > :20:00.inch, the suspect won't be making a George and Sparky make a formidable
:20:00. > :20:04.team. The two of them can do the job of several police officers.
:20:04. > :20:07.George decides to take the suspect back to the scene of the crime to
:20:07. > :20:17.meet the other officers. And, with Sparky so close, the suspect has no
:20:17. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:32.It looks like George and Sparky have got their man, and they march
:20:32. > :20:40.
:20:40. > :20:50.The man is handcuffed and searched. George finds what he suspects to be
:20:50. > :20:51.
:20:52. > :21:01.ecstasy tablets. What's that? Other officers arrive, and the
:21:02. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:08.suspect is taken away for further The man caught with drugs was also
:21:08. > :21:13.breaching bail conditions, and should not have been in the area.
:21:13. > :21:16.He was remanded in custody pending a court appearance.
:21:16. > :21:19.Absolutely convinced that if the dog had not been present, the guy
:21:19. > :21:24.would have run away, and I doubt if he would have been caught. He
:21:24. > :21:29.certainly looked like he was going to do a runner when he first saw us.
:21:29. > :21:34.So it is a good enough result. You could see as well that the dog was
:21:34. > :21:37.watching the guy as we walking him back. He was just sending out a
:21:37. > :21:41.message to the guy, look, don't even think about running away.
:21:41. > :21:51.Because the dog is here, and he may well chase you. The dog has done
:21:51. > :21:53.
:21:53. > :21:57.Even with a police dog, it takes a brave officer to patrol the streets
:21:57. > :22:02.alone in the middle of the night. The last thing you want is to find
:22:02. > :22:08.yourself in the situation that PC Paul Davies did in 2006. Called to
:22:08. > :22:11.a robbery at 3am, he suddenly found In the early hours one January
:22:11. > :22:17.morning, a CCTV operator spotted two men around the back of a
:22:17. > :22:20.shopping centre in Oxfordshire. picked up a couple of males walking
:22:20. > :22:28.around picking up dog-ends, acting suspiciously, so we just kept a
:22:28. > :22:36.camera on them, followed them all After two to three minutes, they
:22:36. > :22:40.were nowhere to be seen, and an The CCTV operator immediately
:22:40. > :22:44.dialled 999. First on the scene was Thames Valley police officer PC
:22:44. > :22:50.Paul Davies. I found that the rear access door
:22:50. > :22:55.had been forced open. I had a look inside, and couldn't see a great
:22:55. > :22:58.deal of disturbance, or whether anything was actually missing.
:22:58. > :23:03.Paul edged his way into the pitch- black store, armed only with a
:23:03. > :23:09.torch. He heard a noise, and shone a light towards it, revealing a
:23:09. > :23:13.coin-operated children's ride. And crouched in the front of this
:23:13. > :23:22.ride was a male, and I can see he was using a screwdriver to try and
:23:22. > :23:25.force open the cash container of I identified myself to him as a
:23:25. > :23:31.police officer, at which he jumped to his feet and started rushing to
:23:31. > :23:35.try and get back out of the store. But as he came rushing towards me,
:23:35. > :23:38.I grabbed hold of him, and told him that he was under arrest, and we
:23:38. > :23:48.had quite a struggle, during which he was using the screwdriver to try
:23:48. > :23:54.In the hands of a desperate man, a screwdriver can easily turn into a
:23:54. > :23:59.lethal weapon. Paul was in deep trouble.
:23:59. > :24:03.I could feel it hitting the side of my body armour several times. Had
:24:03. > :24:07.the blows gone on to my arms or up around my neck and head, then it
:24:07. > :24:14.would have been a different issue. One well-placed to stab to the neck
:24:14. > :24:18.or head could have seriously injured Paul, or even killed him.
:24:18. > :24:22.think once he realised I was going to hold on to him, it got more and
:24:22. > :24:25.more violent as he got more and more desperate to get away. As Paul
:24:25. > :24:28.battled with his attacker, he got a very nasty surprise. It was then
:24:28. > :24:32.that he shouted to the second defender who was within the store,
:24:32. > :24:39.and at that stage, the second man came rushing back down the store
:24:39. > :24:46.towards were I was. The man was wielding a chisel, and
:24:46. > :24:49.The man was wielding a chisel, and The man was wielding a chisel, and
:24:49. > :24:52.The man was wielding a chisel, and aimed straight for Paul. That has
:24:52. > :24:58.now almost doubled the odds a little bit, and I thought, I have
:24:58. > :25:01.got to be a bit careful. I was trying to use the person that I had
:25:01. > :25:04.already got as a sort of human shield. So we are then still
:25:04. > :25:07.crashing around in the back of the store. And eventually, we force our
:25:07. > :25:11.way back out through the rear entrance, and we sort of ended up
:25:11. > :25:14.in a bit of a bundle out the back. Once outside, Paul and his
:25:14. > :25:18.attackers were in full view of the CCTV camera. He was very determined
:25:18. > :25:21.to get them, but as soon as he had one, the other one would physically
:25:21. > :25:26.put up a fight to get the other one released. But he would always
:25:26. > :25:29.managed to maintain one of them, which is a lot of determination.
:25:30. > :25:33.And then the second offender came running back towards me, and he
:25:33. > :25:37.then started to kick me around the body and around the head, and at
:25:37. > :25:40.that point, he got hold of my ear and it felt like he was trying to
:25:40. > :25:44.rip my ear off. And although it was extremely painful, I was determined
:25:44. > :25:47.at that point that I was going to come out on top, and that this
:25:47. > :25:52.person wasn't going to get away. But the suspects were equally
:25:52. > :25:56.determined they weren't going to prison.
:25:56. > :25:59.This succeeded in overpowering Paul and wrenched themselves free.
:25:59. > :26:02.I chased after them, and after a short distance I was able to rugby-
:26:02. > :26:05.tackle the original offender back down to the ground, and the second
:26:05. > :26:09.defender turned, and I thought he was coming back to again have
:26:09. > :26:11.another go at attacking me. And it was at that stage, much to my
:26:11. > :26:13.relief, that I saw my support coming round the corner.
:26:13. > :26:17.Within seconds, the offenders were handcuffed and under arrest.
:26:17. > :26:20.You wouldn't throw your life away, but there are times when you would
:26:20. > :26:25.put your life at risk in order to help save others or to prevent, in
:26:25. > :26:27.this case to prevent crime. It is part of being a police officer.
:26:27. > :26:30.For tackling not one but two violent criminals, Paul was
:26:30. > :26:34.honoured with the police bravery award. And the men, they got their
:26:34. > :26:44.just deserts. They were both jailed for four years for burglary and
:26:44. > :26:47.
:26:47. > :26:49.Britain is now the drug capital of Europe, and every day, our cops are
:26:49. > :26:56.fighting a battle against dangerous drug dealers, particularly those
:26:57. > :27:00.supplying Class A drugs like We're just going to do a quick stop
:27:00. > :27:08.search on you. Around 40 tons of cocaine enters Britain every year.
:27:08. > :27:11.Police estimate there are over In Northamptonshire, officers from
:27:11. > :27:14.Operation Guardian are coming down hard on drug crime, which is making
:27:14. > :27:24.life a misery for locals, spawning all kinds of anti-social behaviour
:27:24. > :27:25.
:27:26. > :27:32.Today, the team is getting ready to raid someone suspected of drug
:27:32. > :27:35.offences in the local area. Once we go in there, we were just make sure
:27:35. > :27:40.that all persons are handcuffed, because we don't know, they may
:27:40. > :27:46.pose a threat, they may not. But just in case, we will secure
:27:46. > :27:51.everyone in there, handcuff them all. Lovely. Shall we give it five
:27:51. > :27:54.minutes, and meet downstairs at the van? Yes.
:27:54. > :27:56.The team of officers make their way to the flat. PC Alexandra Lloyd is
:27:57. > :28:00.constantly aware of the hidden dangers of the job.
:28:00. > :28:03.It is always in the back of your mind, and we quite often go in
:28:03. > :28:06.places where there are used needles. Quite often, the people in the
:28:07. > :28:16.homes will tell you, but there are occasions when they don't, so we
:28:17. > :28:21.
:28:21. > :28:28.The team have no trouble getting But there is another at the top of
:28:28. > :28:35.the stairs. The officer with the But, surprisingly, it's an easy
:28:35. > :28:44.entry. The suspect has let them in himself. Any ID in the flat at all?
:28:44. > :28:47.Yes. Just tell us, and I'll get it. In my bedroom. The man is
:28:47. > :28:51.handcuffed and held in one room while the team search his flat.
:28:51. > :28:54.Anything that is seized, or if we are going to take anything or seize
:28:54. > :28:57.anything, then you'll be told what we are taking, OK? But it is easier
:28:57. > :29:00.for you to stay here so that the officers can search. All right,
:29:00. > :29:04.mate? If you want to have a read of that, feel free.
:29:04. > :29:06.What we are looking for is mainly Class B, cannabis or anything that
:29:06. > :29:10.is linked, or any paraphernalia that can provide information about
:29:10. > :29:13.lifestyle, as well. And information, intelligence, as well.
:29:13. > :29:19.The suspect has to watch on helplessly as PC Alexandra Lloyd's
:29:19. > :29:23.team bag up evidence. Cannabis is commonly used across
:29:23. > :29:26.the area. We are executing warrants all over the place. You deal with
:29:26. > :29:29.pockets of people that will be dealing cannabis, and you have got
:29:30. > :29:33.the people that generally use the cannabis as well, so we deal with
:29:33. > :29:40.all different sorts. Before long, the search turns up
:29:40. > :29:42.more than just cannabis. Some drugs there. It is looking like... They
:29:42. > :29:46.are certainly pills of some description. We have seen pills
:29:46. > :29:49.around, but not normally in that quantity, if I'm honest.
:29:49. > :29:52.The gentleman will be further arrested for the drug offences, and
:29:52. > :29:57.they will be seized, along with everything else that we've taken so
:29:57. > :30:02.far. I'm sure they'll be pleased, the powers that be.
:30:02. > :30:05.It's another success for Detective Inspector Stuart Hitchin. We do as
:30:05. > :30:09.much preparation as we can before we go into the warrants. We look at
:30:09. > :30:12.who the people are and what we are likely to face. We always make sure
:30:12. > :30:22.that we have the right people and the right resources on hand when we
:30:22. > :30:25.go through the door, so we are Northamptonshire Police have their
:30:25. > :30:29.work cut out tackling drug crime, but it's an even greater problem
:30:29. > :30:32.for Manchester's cops, where cannabis is rife. Last year,
:30:32. > :30:42.Greater Manchester Police found 877 cannabis farms, the second highest
:30:42. > :30:42.
:30:42. > :30:45.in the UK. Most of them are set up in people's homes. Today, PC Jamie
:30:45. > :30:51.Heaton, of the Proactive Unit, is leading a raid on a suspected
:30:51. > :30:54.cannabis farm in the local area. The information he's got may or may
:30:54. > :31:00.not be reliable, but he needs to act to find out what the situation
:31:00. > :31:03.In terms of today's job to execute a search warrant...
:31:03. > :31:07.The market in cannabis is enormous, worth in excess of �1 billion in
:31:07. > :31:09.the UK alone. Customers come to the address on a
:31:09. > :31:13.daily basis and enter the front door. The activities increase
:31:13. > :31:16.during the evening. The cannabis is grown inside the house, but no
:31:16. > :31:18.further details are given. The intention is to attend the address
:31:18. > :31:23.this morning, force entry into the address, detain anyone that's in
:31:23. > :31:29.there and hopefully find a cannabis farm. All right? Thank you very
:31:29. > :31:34.much. Although the police are used to
:31:34. > :31:37.doing it every day, they can never afford to take any chances.
:31:37. > :31:41.That's a lot of dangers that can happen. People who cultivate
:31:41. > :31:48.cannabis can make a lot of money and stand to make a great loss when
:31:48. > :31:51.police attend and uncover or discover the cannabis farm. People
:31:51. > :31:54.will go to any lengths to evade police capture. We have attended
:31:54. > :31:57.search warrants before where we found numerous tools or numerous
:31:57. > :32:06.weapons in the address, some of which have been behind the front
:32:06. > :32:10.door. That's why we're forcing entry today.
:32:10. > :32:14.PC Johnson will be the first to enter the house.
:32:14. > :32:16.Firstly, we're always wary of dogs. They are always an unknown entity.
:32:16. > :32:19.Unless we get some specific intelligence that they are there,
:32:19. > :32:24.we are always wary about there being dogs at the address. Also,
:32:24. > :32:27.any barricades behind there. His job is to secure a swift entry
:32:27. > :32:33.into the property and, if necessary, he'll smash down the front door
:32:33. > :32:37.with a 23-kilogram enforcer. I'm more concerned about everybody
:32:37. > :32:42.else who's here, your team mates. I want to make sure nobody gets hurt
:32:42. > :32:44.and we'll do whatever's necessary to prevent that happening.
:32:44. > :32:48.Once the police have enough evidence linking their suspect to
:32:48. > :32:52.drugs, it's then up to the Proactive team to execute a search.
:32:52. > :32:57.This specially trained team do this day in day out, so they understand
:32:57. > :33:00.just how the drug business operates. There's a lot of money to be made
:33:00. > :33:05.from cultivating cannabis. Somebody that knows what they're doing can
:33:05. > :33:15.probably get about three to four crops a year. This can make them a
:33:15. > :33:22.
:33:22. > :33:32.hell of a lot of money. Police officers! Stay where you
:33:32. > :33:33.
:33:33. > :33:35.are! Sit down, sit down! Two men are handcuffed.
:33:35. > :33:38.We managed to get both the occupants inside detained without
:33:38. > :33:41.any fuss. No-one's got any injuries or anything, which is a big plus
:33:41. > :33:44.for us. Is there anything that you need to
:33:44. > :33:46.tell us before we start searching? I've got weed in my bedroom what
:33:46. > :33:52.you'll find. So there's some weed upstairs?
:33:52. > :33:56.Yeah, there's a bit of weed upstairs. Right, no problem. I'll
:33:56. > :33:59.tell you straight, you know what I mean? I'm not going to lie to you.
:33:59. > :34:03.You're not going to be stupid, are you, and start kicking off? No. All
:34:03. > :34:07.right, no problem. The police start their search and they notice a
:34:07. > :34:11.strong smell of cannabis. To me, that's more than a spliff, mate.
:34:11. > :34:14.Yeah. I think he's sealed it, it's been sealed at some point. That's
:34:14. > :34:17.definite. And it doesn't take long before
:34:17. > :34:23.they find the personal stash of cannabis in the bedroom.
:34:23. > :34:26.It smells stronger in there. We've come up to the bedroom that we've
:34:26. > :34:30.been allocated. Straightaway, I've gone to what he describes as the
:34:30. > :34:33.skinning-up box concealed in like a strong mints box. It's a small
:34:33. > :34:36.amount of cannabis, but probably about �20 worth. Sandwich bags as
:34:36. > :34:43.well, which most people keep them in the kitchen, but he's got them
:34:43. > :34:47.in the bedroom. Sandwich bags, that suggests to me dealing. The
:34:47. > :34:50.sandwich bags we were telling you about.
:34:50. > :34:55.It raises more suspicions for the officers.
:34:55. > :34:59.Three bags in there. 10 bags, �10 each. It's a shame there's not more,
:34:59. > :35:03.but he's obviously opened the bags, so he could have had anything up to
:35:03. > :35:05.20, 20 bags in there or anything, so we'll deal with him for that in
:35:05. > :35:08.a minute. PCs Heaton and Cooper continue to
:35:08. > :35:12.look for more drugs. PC Johnson is downstairs questioning the suspect
:35:12. > :35:19.about the bags of cannabis found in the bedroom.
:35:19. > :35:22.That's me smoke... Why didn't you tell us about it? I forgot about it.
:35:22. > :35:25.You don't forget about where your weed is though. Yeah, you don't
:35:25. > :35:28.forget where you drugs are. I bet when you wanted a spliff, you
:35:28. > :35:32.remembered where it was, didn't you? Nah. Right, well, if there's
:35:32. > :35:35.any more, tell us. I swear now, mate, you don't need to, there's no
:35:35. > :35:38.more weed. The loft is usually a good hiding
:35:38. > :35:43.place for drugs, but these officers have years of experience and know
:35:43. > :35:47.exactly where to search. The loft is empty. This time, their
:35:47. > :35:49.information has been proved wrong. There's no evidence that there's a
:35:49. > :35:54.cannabis farm here, but the officers do one final check around
:35:54. > :35:58.the house. There's a box here of teddy bears.
:35:58. > :36:04.Inside it, that's been an envelope with letters in. And in-between
:36:04. > :36:08.there, there's been a rock, believed to be. It's probably going
:36:08. > :36:12.to be crack cocaine. It looks like it's been there quite a while,
:36:12. > :36:13.because it is quite solid. But it would have to be confirmed by tests
:36:13. > :36:16.and that. Whilst downstairs, the young
:36:16. > :36:19.suspect is read his rights. You are under arrest now on
:36:19. > :36:24.suspicion of possession of cannabis and of suspicion of Class-A drugs.
:36:24. > :36:29.And you do not have to say anything... Yeah, yeah, yeah.
:36:29. > :36:32.Anything you do say may be given in evidence, all right? Yeah. The team
:36:32. > :36:34.have uncovered cannabis and what they suspect to be crack cocaine,
:36:34. > :36:37.with a combined street value of around �150.
:36:37. > :36:40.It's not a great find, but enough evidence to take the young man to
:36:40. > :36:43.the station for further questioning. Even though we didn't find the
:36:43. > :36:46.actual cannabis farm that we initially came for, cannabis was
:36:47. > :36:49.recovered from the address. That sends out a positive message to the
:36:49. > :36:59.local community to indicate that the information that they give to
:36:59. > :37:04.
:37:04. > :37:08.For Britain's bravest cops, it's not just fighting violent crime
:37:08. > :37:11.that puts them on the frontline. Sometimes, they're the first
:37:11. > :37:17.emergency service on the scene. Ready to risk everything to save
:37:17. > :37:24.lives. In 2009, officers were on routine patrol in Wales when they
:37:24. > :37:27.came across thick black smoke It was about 10:50pm when PCs
:37:27. > :37:34.Gareth Evans, Lee Stephens and their colleagues, PCs Matt Andrews,
:37:35. > :37:38.Thomas Seagrim and Anthony Redwood got to the fire.
:37:38. > :37:43.It's one of those situations where it will happen so quickly and you
:37:43. > :37:47.become blinkered and focused on the job in hand.
:37:47. > :37:50.As soon as we arrived, there was smoke coming out of the windows.
:37:50. > :37:53.There were six flats all together and there were at least two flats
:37:54. > :37:58.that were occupied, one of which being a pregnant lady and a young
:37:58. > :38:01.child. The fire brigade had been called,
:38:01. > :38:06.but were still minutes away. Gareth was with his partner, Anthony,
:38:06. > :38:13.nicknamed Redders. Instantly, they knew that if they didn't act fast,
:38:13. > :38:16.lives would be lost. I ran in.
:38:16. > :38:19.Anybody here? And straightaway, it was horrific.
:38:19. > :38:22.You couldn't see anything, you couldn't see your hand held up in
:38:22. > :38:26.front of your eyes. You couldn't breathe. I ran up the stairs and
:38:26. > :38:31.when I got to the middle floor, it was evident that it was a lot more
:38:31. > :38:37.serious than I initially thought. And I knew there was another flight
:38:37. > :38:40.to go up. Gareth made his way to the top
:38:40. > :38:45.floor and searched the flat furthest from the stairs.
:38:45. > :38:48.Anybody in? It's the Police! Nobody was in there, so he quickly
:38:48. > :38:51.turned to the door of the other flat.
:38:51. > :38:54.It's the Police! As I knocked the door, at that
:38:54. > :39:02.point, it really did dawn on me how serious the situation was for the
:39:02. > :39:05.simple fact that I couldn't breathe. The thoughts going through my head
:39:05. > :39:10.at that time were, if she doesn't answer the door, there's a
:39:10. > :39:13.possibility I might pass out at this point.
:39:13. > :39:17.Meanwhile, down below, officer Lee Stephens was also battling his way
:39:17. > :39:21.through the smoke to search the flats.
:39:21. > :39:25.The smoke was already sort of gathering at ceiling height. I've
:39:25. > :39:34.never experienced smoke like that before. I held my fleece up, I held
:39:34. > :39:37.that up just to sort of protect my nose and throat.
:39:37. > :39:45.On the top floor, PC Evans was relieved to discover that the
:39:45. > :39:50.pregnant woman was still conscious. When she opened the door, there was
:39:50. > :39:54.panic and distress on her face. was starting to worry me as to how
:39:54. > :39:57.we got the baby and the mother out. It was sort of a out-of-the-frying-
:39:57. > :39:59.pan-into-the-fire scenario, because we had to take them through that
:39:59. > :40:07.staircase that we'd already been through and had already experienced
:40:07. > :40:10.how bad that actually was. I'll take the baby.
:40:10. > :40:13.I grabbed the young child that was there with her, I grabbed the
:40:13. > :40:19.blanket to cover the baby, to stop any unnecessary smoke being
:40:19. > :40:26.breathed in by him. Hold on tight, follow me!
:40:26. > :40:31.I put her hand inside my belt, I took the baby downstairs. From top
:40:31. > :40:40.to middle floor, the lady still had hold of my belt. But then suddenly,
:40:40. > :40:44.the pregnant woman let go. At that point, I could hear Redders
:40:44. > :40:48.shouting instructions at her to go downstairs. And I think she
:40:48. > :40:51.panicked at that point. The mother and baby were safe, but
:40:51. > :40:57.Lee and Redders were still in the stairwell, surrounded by thick,
:40:57. > :41:01.toxic smoke. I was the first to try and get down
:41:01. > :41:06.the communal stairs to get back out of the building. As I made my way
:41:06. > :41:11.down those stairs, I couldn't see a thing. I used to the wall on my
:41:11. > :41:14.right-hand side to feel my way down. It was when I reached the bottom of
:41:14. > :41:17.the stairwell, I went to turn what I thought was the correct way out.
:41:17. > :41:20.It wasn't, I was met by a brick wall. The disorientation I think
:41:20. > :41:28.was what frightened me more than the possibility that there was a
:41:28. > :41:32.fire in the flat near to me. But I didn't know where I was. That
:41:32. > :41:36.probably was the most frightened I have ever been. I went back up the
:41:36. > :41:41.steps to catch my breath and then made a second attempt. I managed to
:41:41. > :41:45.get myself out of the building. We were both coughing, spluttering,
:41:45. > :41:50.vomiting at the time. I don't know who it was, but we were walked to
:41:50. > :41:53.the ambulance and given oxygen. As the officers struggled to catch
:41:53. > :41:58.their breath, the fire brigade arrived. Within minutes, the
:41:58. > :42:02.billowing fire was under control. We've got a duty to protect life
:42:02. > :42:06.and property. It's officer's instinct. You just don't think
:42:06. > :42:11.about it. The police officer's head just switches on and you just deal
:42:11. > :42:16.with it. You don't think, oh, I need to be brave today. It's just
:42:16. > :42:19.what we do. That night, the quick thinking and
:42:19. > :42:23.swift actions of those courageous officers saved at least five
:42:23. > :42:33.people's lives. They all got the recognition they deserved at this
:42:33. > :42:34.
:42:34. > :42:39.Next time on Britain's Bravest Cops, we hear how one courageous cop
:42:39. > :42:43.risked her life to save fellow officers in South London.
:42:43. > :42:48.This acid was so strong that it had melted through the Met vest, which
:42:48. > :42:51.is supposed to be made of really strong stuff!
:42:51. > :42:53.And we join Greater Manchester Police's elite unit in their hunt
:42:53. > :42:58.for those suspected of cleaning dirty money for the city's
:42:58. > :43:00.criminals, the money launderers. I think it's this one here, with