0:00:02 > 0:00:03Neighbourhood policing has come a long way
0:00:03 > 0:00:05since the days of Dixon Of Dock Green.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Good evening, all!
0:00:07 > 0:00:09From inner-city estates to suburbia,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12this new generation of community police officers
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- are on the front line. - SIREN WAILS
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Their aim is to develop a stronger bond with the community,
0:00:19 > 0:00:23crack down on the crimes taking place on your doorstep,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26and formulate fast action plans to take down the criminals.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28- I said, "No!"- I said, "Yes."
0:00:29 > 0:00:31In this new series of Neighbourhood Blues,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34we go to the Humberside Police region
0:00:34 > 0:00:38and get exclusive access to 12 teams of neighbourhood police officers
0:00:38 > 0:00:41as they tackle the problems blighting local people...
0:00:41 > 0:00:42No, I don't care!
0:00:42 > 0:00:44DOG BARKS Eh, eh, eh...
0:00:45 > 0:00:50..and rise to the challenge of making the streets a safer place.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Coming up, a zero-tolerance approach
0:01:15 > 0:01:18to street drinking leads to arrests...
0:01:18 > 0:01:19No, I don't care!
0:01:19 > 0:01:21They didn't take no can off me!
0:01:22 > 0:01:26..suspected drug dealers and users get a major wake-up call...
0:01:26 > 0:01:28INDISTINCT SHOUTING
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Sorry! Sorry, mate!
0:01:30 > 0:01:33..and a couple of teenage tykes face the music.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Yep, I'm being totally serious, lads.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Criminal damage for what?
0:01:41 > 0:01:45The police frequently come in for flak for not being tough enough
0:01:45 > 0:01:48on criminals who commit the types of low-level crime
0:01:48 > 0:01:51that can make everyday life a misery.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Neighbourhood policing is supposed to change that.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02In Hull city centre, a major task force is being assembled
0:02:02 > 0:02:07to send a message to these so-called sofa dealers and their client list -
0:02:07 > 0:02:10"Whoever you are, wherever you are, we're coming for you."
0:02:12 > 0:02:14At Riverside Police Station,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17over 30 officers are being briefed on the job and their targets...
0:02:17 > 0:02:20This, until we get some convictions from this...
0:02:20 > 0:02:24..two neighbouring houses on an estate that are believed to deal
0:02:24 > 0:02:25to dozens of users a week.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29With a warrant to raid the premises in hand,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32the team tool up into their protective body armour
0:02:32 > 0:02:33and assemble their equipment.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39As they set off in convoy to the destination,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41information comes in over the radio
0:02:41 > 0:02:43from plain-clothes officers on the ground.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Knowing that an element of surprise is essential
0:02:53 > 0:02:54in these kinds of raids...
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Just stop in the middle of the road here.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03..the teams disembark just around the corner,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06most importantly, out of sight of the target houses.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12On touching the tarmac, it's all systems go
0:03:12 > 0:03:15as the officers storm the location in a pincer movement...
0:03:17 > 0:03:20..literally taking out suspects on the move
0:03:20 > 0:03:22before even reaching the house.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26INDISTINCT SHOUTING
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Sorry! Sorry, mate!
0:03:30 > 0:03:32A swarm of officers arrest four people
0:03:32 > 0:03:35in the communal area surrounding the houses
0:03:35 > 0:03:38who are suspected of either selling or buying drugs.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41As those suspects are cuffed and read their rights...
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Hey, hey! Have you found my phone?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47..two other teams of officers hit two addresses
0:03:47 > 0:03:50either side of the communal area...
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Open it now or we're going to open it!
0:03:52 > 0:03:55..going in with the battering ram
0:03:55 > 0:03:58to give the occupants a rude awakening.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04BANGING AND SHOUTING
0:04:06 > 0:04:09In under two minutes, five men are under arrest,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12under suspicion of dealing and buying drugs.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Because he's been in the address just prior to him being arrested,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17we have the power to search the address.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19The police start searching the premises
0:04:19 > 0:04:23and the surrounding areas for any signs of illegal drugs...
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Something stinks down here.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28..and it's not long before a root around in the rubbish bin
0:04:28 > 0:04:29comes up trumps.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31That was literally...
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It was tied like that, literally just in there.
0:04:33 > 0:04:3515 bags of cannabis found in there.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44Cannabis with a street value of over £200 is fished out of the garbage.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48There's approximately 15 in the bag.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52But the team suspect there may be more
0:04:52 > 0:04:56and a suspicious-looking hole above the bin draws their attention,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59so they move in for a closer look.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- You see it from here.- Can you?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05He said it's like a big smash in there.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10He's going to get the ladders, Sarge.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12You getting the ladders?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14There you go, there's bags up there, look.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Criminals often use unlikely places to hide their stash
0:05:21 > 0:05:25and this grotty hole is home to many more bags of cannabis.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28One, two, three, four...
0:05:28 > 0:05:31One, two, three, four, five,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33six, seven, eight,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36nine.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38There's nine in that one.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39What have we got there, then?
0:05:39 > 0:05:45There's 38 deals, all exactly the same sort of size, really.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46They're all £10 deals.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49On my scale, it was about £380-worth,
0:05:49 > 0:05:53which is quite a result, really.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56The dogs are sent inside the house
0:05:56 > 0:05:59to attempt to sniff out any further drugs.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06But back outside, Mick Stevenson explains what made this raid
0:06:06 > 0:06:08a particularly difficult one.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11We always knew this was going to be problematic.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12As soon as we arrived,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15there was half a dozen people stood where we are now in the middle,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17right in the middle of the street, really.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Which one found an iPhone with a black case on it?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23YOUTHS SHOUT AND CALL OUT
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I think it certainly sent a message to the residents
0:06:26 > 0:06:29that we will come and we will take some action,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32and it's an excellent result for the local neighbourhood policing team.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Following the raid, the show of force by the police
0:06:37 > 0:06:39has seen a large drop in complaints by residents.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Two men were given a caution for possession of cannabis.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46One man pleaded guilty to dealing cannabis
0:06:46 > 0:06:50and was ordered to carry out 160 hours of unpaid work
0:06:50 > 0:06:54and pays costs of £145.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59DOGS SNARL AND BARK
0:06:59 > 0:07:02There are over eight million dogs in the UK.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Whilst most are much-loved family pets,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07a select few are a danger to the public.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Right.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Last year, there were over 6,000 dog attacks
0:07:13 > 0:07:16that saw the victims sent to hospital.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19The team now has their very own dangerous dog expert,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21PC Gareth Walker.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26Issues that we get more recently is certainly people ringing up reporting
0:07:26 > 0:07:31that the next-door neighbour or, in some cases, friends, family members,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33have got pit bull terrier-type dogs,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36which is the main one that we respond to out of the four illegal breeds.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Over at Riverside Station...
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Cheers, bye! Bye.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45..Gareth has just taken a call from the council
0:07:45 > 0:07:47about a possible pit bull-type animal
0:07:47 > 0:07:49picked up roaming the streets of Hull.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58On arriving at the pound, the dog is walked out for Gareth to inspect.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01He needs to determine if it is in fact a dangerous dog.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Straight off, I'd say, "Yes, it is." HE CHUCKLES
0:08:03 > 0:08:07It's, er... It's as quick as that with this one.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Hello. Hello.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Hello. Hey?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16This will be a pit-bull-type and we refer to them as "type"
0:08:16 > 0:08:20because it's very rare that they're ever 100% pit bull,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23so there's certain characteristics that you have to look for.
0:08:23 > 0:08:2799% of them have nice temperaments. Um...
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Any dog can be dangerous, really, whether it be a Jack Russell,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32a poodle or a pit bull
0:08:32 > 0:08:36but, unfortunately, with strays like this one,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39there's only one ending for the dog, really, and that's euthanasia.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40CAMERA BEEPS
0:08:40 > 0:08:43On radioing back to the station,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46some information wings its way to Gareth
0:08:46 > 0:08:48about a possible owner of the animal.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49If it turns out to be his dog -
0:08:49 > 0:08:51by the name of Lennox, I think he said it was -
0:08:51 > 0:08:54if it is his, I'll explain the process to him
0:08:54 > 0:08:58about either getting the dog back or having the dog euthanized.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01And we'll see where we go from there, really.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02On reaching the address,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Gareth catches the dog owner as he returns home.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- Have you just come out of number 18? - You knocked on the door, why?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Oh, it's about your dog.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- Yeah?- Is it Carl?- Yeah?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14I need to speak you, Carl, about it.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16- Your dog's gone missing, is that right?- Yeah.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18The dog wardens have notified me about it,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21cos I'm one of the dog legislation offices for the force.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24You seem like you know what I'm going to tell you.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26The breed of the dog.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28What are you under the impression it is?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31OK, is that what it was sold to you as?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33OK. It's not a French Bulldog.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- It will fall into the category of a pit-bull-type.- Yeah.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Which, obviously, in this country, they are illegal.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41For you to get him back, I have to take you to court,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45but it's not a civil... It's not a prosecution. It's a civil matter.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49And they'll say, "Will you agree to these following conditions?"
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Which will be, that you have to have the dog neutered...
0:09:53 > 0:09:54He has to be microchipped.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57You have to buy third-party insurance for him
0:09:57 > 0:10:00and also you have to pay for him to go to the exempted dog register.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03You're looking, roughly, £400.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Might be a bit less, might be a bit more,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08depending on how long you leave it in the kennel, as you see.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11If you leave it right till the eight weeks...
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Yeah.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Yeah, no, I understand that. I understand.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Yeah, very much so, yeah. No, that is right.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25And that's why I'm quite willing for you to have him back,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27if you want to go through the process.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29So you only have two options of...
0:10:29 > 0:10:33paying for it or having the dog put to sleep, really.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Yeah.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Well, I'll come back on Wednesday, cos then I'm not on
0:10:36 > 0:10:38and I'm off for a few days and things like that
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and the last thing I want... Yeah, I know.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Lennox's fate now rests upon whether his owner
0:10:45 > 0:10:47can get together the funds to pay for the requirements
0:10:47 > 0:10:50that would enable him to remain in his possession.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53But find out later what happens when Gareth returns to the house,
0:10:53 > 0:10:57only to find his canine conundrums multiply.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03The neighbourhood police teams are there to react to any complaint
0:11:03 > 0:11:06the public makes about a problem in their area.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09And, when the school holidays beckon, they can be sure to see
0:11:09 > 0:11:13the number of calls relating to youths running wild skyrocket.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15But, as we're about to find out,
0:11:15 > 0:11:17the police have become very efficient at tailoring
0:11:17 > 0:11:23their response to the trouble these teenage terrors can cause.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Over in Bridlington,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27PC Nikki Cammiss and PCSO Becky Brown are being called
0:11:27 > 0:11:31to investigate a spotty-faced gang of lads on the rampage.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33We've just had a call in from a member of the public
0:11:33 > 0:11:37that three youths have just been seen damaging some garden ornaments.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40And it just so happens that the member of the public
0:11:40 > 0:11:43was able to name one of them and it's one of the same three
0:11:43 > 0:11:46that we've just previously been speaking to in the town.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Hiya.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- Have you just rung it in?- Yes. - Is it these that...?- Yeah.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- They just smashed them all up.- What a shame.- Little sods, aren't they?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00A selection of hand-carved wooden ornaments on display in the garden
0:12:00 > 0:12:02have been vandalised by the youths.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Nikki and Becky scout the area,
0:12:04 > 0:12:06looking for the suspected young vandals
0:12:06 > 0:12:09and it's not long before their eagle eyes spot two lads
0:12:09 > 0:12:10that fit the description.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Lads. Here, now. I ain't chasing you, get here, now.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16We're not joking. Now, come on.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21BLEEP.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Right, at this minute in time,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30you are both under arrest and you'll be given formal street bail
0:12:30 > 0:12:32to attend at the police station to be interviewed.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- Criminal damage for what? - Do you understand me?- For what?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36To garden ornaments.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- Garden ornaments?- Yeah.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- I'm being totally serious, lads. - What?- BLEEP.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44The call we had earlier for the garden ornaments on the wall,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47they're two of the three that were, I believe, responsible.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48We've arrested them at this stage
0:12:48 > 0:12:50so I can take them home to their parents.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52The boy might be laughing now
0:12:52 > 0:12:55but he's sure to have the smile wiped off his face
0:12:55 > 0:12:57when he's delivered home.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59They're claiming their innocence but they have been named
0:12:59 > 0:13:02and the description of the clothing and everything...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05The lad is sent inside, where he gets a ticking off by his father.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- What have I told you about- BLEEP?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11If you're just going to keep getting into trouble, your dad's right.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13You need to find some different friends.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15And now it's time for the joker of the pack
0:13:15 > 0:13:19to face the music on his own, in the home he lives in with his grandad.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Watch your head. Watch your step. Go on, after you.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26How can you get all these trophies and then,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29when you're with certain people, just behave like that?
0:13:29 > 0:13:30It's not acceptable, is it?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The boy's a gifted athlete and a young boxing champion,
0:13:33 > 0:13:35and Grandad's worried about him
0:13:35 > 0:13:38throwing it all away by getting mixed up with the wrong crowd.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- He's lovely...- Stupidity...
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- ..and...- Getting carried away.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48And I just say, think before you act.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- To seriously think about who you're hanging out with,- BLEEP, - and listen to your grandad.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54As Nicky and Grandad express their concerns,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58the seriousness of the situation begins to hit home to the lad.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Don't cry. If you continue to get into trouble...
0:14:01 > 0:14:04you're just going to end up with a criminal record, aren't you?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07It is just silly stuff but it's the silly stuff that stacks up.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- All right?- Yeah.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Following their arrests, both of the young lads were
0:14:15 > 0:14:18interviewed by the police, where they had to explain what happened.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23The matter was dealt with by way of restorative justice.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30They each wrote a letter of apology to the people whose ornaments they broke.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33And there have been no further incidents.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Find out later how restorative justice brings
0:14:38 > 0:14:40one youngster face-to-face with a victim of his crime
0:14:40 > 0:14:43and helps put him back on the straight and narrow.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53PC Gareth Walker is Humberside Police's dog expert,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56charged with keeping check on any so-called dangerous dogs that
0:14:56 > 0:14:58may be unwittingly kept as pets
0:14:58 > 0:15:01or used for more sinister activities,
0:15:01 > 0:15:03such as dog-fighting.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06It's as quick as that with this one.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12A dog warden has seized a stray animal that Gareth has
0:15:12 > 0:15:14identified as a pit-bull-type dog.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17After confronting the animal's owner, he has given him some time
0:15:17 > 0:15:21to get together the sum of £400 to pay for the dog to be
0:15:21 > 0:15:24micro-chipped and placed on the Dangerous Dogs Register.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Right, let me have a quick look round your gaff.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- I want to tell you the truth, yeah? - Go on.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34The dog, I got off my sister. It was my sister's dog.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36She actually wants to pay for it back.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- For who? For you?- No, for her. It's not my dog. It's for her, you see.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41She's brought it up.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44What happened is... I'll tell you in a minute.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Right, what you're looking at? My other dog, aren't you?- Well...
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- Right...- The problem is, you've come forward and claimed the dog...
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- I know that but I didn't want to... - ..which makes it your dog.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Well, if that's the case then she'll have to come with me, pay the money
0:15:57 > 0:16:01- and I'll have to get the dog and give it to her. - You can't give it to her.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03This is the problem. Because...
0:16:03 > 0:16:08Because you've claimed it as yours, it has to be registered here.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11If you give that dog away, you commit an offence under
0:16:11 > 0:16:14the Dangerous Dogs Act because it's a pit-bull-type.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Next thing...
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- Max...- Yeah?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23..has got lots and lots of characteristics of a pit-bull-type.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28So I've got to get him tattooed and that, basically? Well, I'll do that.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31With Gareth suspecting Max to be a dangerous dog, he cannot stay
0:16:31 > 0:16:34with his owner until the monies are paid, the registration is carried
0:16:34 > 0:16:37out and a court determines that the animal can be returned home.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40He's already peed up my leg once!
0:16:40 > 0:16:44And Gareth is just hoping the other trouser leg doesn't get the dirty
0:16:44 > 0:16:46performed on it by Max.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49He's made some confessions about the other dog, that it's actually
0:16:49 > 0:16:53his sister's and he was just looking after it for the day when it escaped,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56so we need to make some enquiries with her in relation to that.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Urgh! It's- BLEEP- everywhere! It's like a tsunami!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03It has as well!
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Back at the station,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Gareth carries out the standard ten-point check designed to
0:17:07 > 0:17:10determine whether or not an animal is pit-bull-type
0:17:10 > 0:17:11and therefore a dangerous dog.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14The bottom of the ribcage, the way that falls.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Everything, really, just falls into type.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Not a nasty dog at all and I'm quite happy for him
0:17:18 > 0:17:21to get the dog back if he can do that.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Gareth has given Max's owner a few days to rustle up the funds
0:17:26 > 0:17:28to save his pet.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31But despite his best efforts,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34he sadly hasn't been able to pull the monies together.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36There's no way I can get 200 quid.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- Sure?- I can't do nowt else about it, can I?- OK.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45He should come back. I thought about it. There's nowt I can do about it, you know.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47I'm giving you a few days that I can...
0:17:47 > 0:17:48I know you have. I appreciate that.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Max's owner has explained the situation
0:17:51 > 0:17:54and he signs the forms to allow for the humane destruction of Max.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55It's quite sad, really.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59I offered him different vouchers and schemes to pay for it
0:17:59 > 0:18:01but he's just not able to make up the funds.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05And just when Gareth thought his dog day could not get any worse,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08on returning to the station, he takes a worrying call regarding
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Lennox, the other pit-bull-type dog that belonged to the man's sister.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17Unfortunately, Lennox has developed some behavioural problems
0:18:17 > 0:18:21in the kennel and quite nastily attacked the kennel manager
0:18:21 > 0:18:24at the kennels, causing some quite nasty injuries,
0:18:24 > 0:18:28including a possible fractured arm, puncture wounds, tears, et cetera.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32The best course of action in our opinion would be for Lennox
0:18:32 > 0:18:34to be destroyed humanely.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Very surprised in relation to Lennox
0:18:36 > 0:18:39cos, when we first saw him, he was fine.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Liked to be handled, showed no aggression throughout the examination.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44It's just a reality check, really.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48It brings it home to everybody that deals with these dogs the potential that you are dealing with
0:18:48 > 0:18:52and the power and the injuries that these dogs can cause.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00The neighbourhood police are not just there to keep an eye on residential areas.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02They're there to make sure that town centres
0:19:02 > 0:19:05and community hot spots are kept free from trouble, too.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09And whenever anyone does look to break the law or create a disturbance,
0:19:09 > 0:19:14they can be sure to be met by a very swift response.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Today, the team have just taken a call from worried
0:19:19 > 0:19:21locals following the sighting of a very drunk woman,
0:19:21 > 0:19:26very close to the train station, who has also turned aggressive.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Sergeant Rob Danby explains more.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32One of the PCs has shouted for assistance.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35They are trying to get hold of them at the moment to find out what
0:19:35 > 0:19:36is happening.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38So we are going to head up there.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46On arriving, they find she has already been detained
0:19:46 > 0:19:50but she is not going quietly, or without a fight.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- You really took that can off me? - Yes.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I think you better speak on camera.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00SHOUTING AND BLEEPED SWEARING
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- Get in the car, have a sit. - No, I don't care.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06They didn't take no can off me.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Are you going to listen, because you're under arrest?- No.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12The woman is bundled into the back of the police car
0:20:12 > 0:20:14but continues to protest her innocence.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19- I was bringing it, I was stood here to go and get the- BLEEP- bus home.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Whatever.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Just walking past the Paragon Interchange,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28noticed two of the persons we had originally moved on still
0:20:28 > 0:20:30drinking from open tins of alcohol.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32We have gone over and seized the alcohol because
0:20:32 > 0:20:35they are in a restricted area, they cannot drink alcohol in this area.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37The male has actually said to us,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40"When we leave this area we're just going to drink this one."
0:20:40 > 0:20:42So under those grounds I have seized that closed alcohol tin
0:20:42 > 0:20:44and disposed of that, as well.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49Being seen to take tough action against street drinking has
0:20:49 > 0:20:52paid dividends for the Neighbourhood Police teams in Hull.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57The woman has now calmed down and she is likely to be let go
0:20:57 > 0:20:59without charge.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03But just as they think the situation is over...
0:21:03 > 0:21:06SHOUTING AND BLEEPED SWEARING
0:21:06 > 0:21:11..another man decides it is time to stage his own drunken
0:21:11 > 0:21:13protest against the boys in blue.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Come on, then.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24BLEEPED SWEARING
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I have got his legs, you're all right.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Before he can cause any more of a scene,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36he is restrained and read the Riot Act.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38You're under arrest for Section 5, Public Order.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41MAN SPEAKS BLEEPED OUT SWEARING
0:21:41 > 0:21:45You should have thought about that before you yawped off, really.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47This is one of the guys who was arguing
0:21:47 > 0:21:50when we were dealing with the female when we turned up.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52He was yawping off, swearing at us.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Really, he has talked himself into getting arrested
0:21:55 > 0:21:56when he had no need to.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59He could have left the area and it would have been done with.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01So now he is in custody, so the female, who we were going to
0:22:01 > 0:22:04deal with by a fixed penalty notice, she has calmed down.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06We will be swapping in the van with him!
0:22:06 > 0:22:08On a Friday and Saturday night,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12drunken people account for a high proportion of all police arrests.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14This puts a huge burden on the police
0:22:14 > 0:22:17and adds weight to the fact the neighbourhood teams are always
0:22:17 > 0:22:22looking for ways to cut back on this type of antisocial behaviour.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25He'll have to sober up.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Once he is sober then they will look at his previous convictions,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31see what he is eligible for. He may be charged,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34he may be suitable for a penalty notice for disorder.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38But until we get him booked in and do all the relevant checks,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41test the evidence and decide where to go from there.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44First on the right.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48The man woke up with more than a hangover.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53He was charged with being drunk and disorderly in a public place.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57He was given a 12-month conditional discharge
0:22:57 > 0:23:02and told to pay court costs and a victim surcharge.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12The use of restorative justice is on the rise in the UK.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14The police are looking to use this form of mediation
0:23:14 > 0:23:17on first-time offenders.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20It brings them face-to-face with the victims of their crime,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23as well as helping them understand the consequences of their actions.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26It can also help them escape a criminal conviction.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Humberside Police have had great success with this process
0:23:29 > 0:23:31when it comes to young offenders.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36Over in Kirk Ella, PC Andy White is looking to give one teenager
0:23:36 > 0:23:38one such second chance.
0:23:38 > 0:23:44Basically, we have got a young lad, a 13-year-old lad, he stole a
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Macmillan's charity box a few weeks ago from an old age people's home.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53The charity box had about four or five pounds' worth of money
0:23:53 > 0:23:55in it, small change.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58He then took the charity box to school,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00he used the money to buy sweets with it.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03We had him into the police station, I interviewed him,
0:24:03 > 0:24:04he admitted the offence.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07He has not been in trouble before so we decided to use restorative
0:24:07 > 0:24:08justice, basically.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13We decided that he was to meet up with somebody from the trust,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17really to show him what sort of impact him doing that could
0:24:17 > 0:24:20have on the charity and what sort of good work they do.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23I think this approach, with restorative justice,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25on this occasion is the right approach
0:24:25 > 0:24:29and the way in which we should be going on this occasion.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31The lad and his dad arrive at the police station,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34closely followed by Crystal, who is a worker
0:24:34 > 0:24:40from the Macmillan Trust, and Brian, a cancer sufferer turned fundraiser.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43He was caught a few weeks ago stealing a charity box,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46a Macmillan charity box, with about £4.50 in.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48He has never been in trouble before, he is only 13.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Brian gets his chance to explain how the money from those boxes
0:24:53 > 0:24:54help him personally.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59I can't survive without Macmillan.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01The money they get in the boxes,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03ten years ago I wouldn't have been here today.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06That money helps them to investigate cancers.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15Every two weeks, I get chemotherapy and this here is with me for life.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19I have also had an operation here, where they have removed
0:25:19 > 0:25:21part of my bowel with cancer
0:25:21 > 0:25:24but it had spread, before they caught it, to my liver.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29Unfortunately, they can't operate now but they can control it.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30It is what they call incurable.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36They can't stop it but they can slow it down.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Andy passes Crystal the letter of remorse the boy has written.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Thank you for that, that is really good of you to write that.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44On the strength of that, we thought, well,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46£4.50 in the box for Macmillan.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49He has got a paper round, he is working.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50We thought five weeks,
0:25:50 > 0:25:55£50 to yourselves to pay back the money that has been taken.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00If I have helped you a little bit in your walk through your life
0:26:00 > 0:26:03then that is not a bad day's work for me. I think I have.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05I am a pretty good judge of character
0:26:05 > 0:26:08and I reckon that enough is enough.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12It is clear that meeting Crystal and Brian has had a marked
0:26:12 > 0:26:17effect on the lad, which is sure to see him mend the error of his ways.
0:26:17 > 0:26:23- You will, I know you will make him proud. I know that.- Don't cry.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Nobody hugs the police, nobody likes the police half the time!
0:26:26 > 0:26:31- All right. Good lad, I will be in touch.- Lovely to meet you.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37- It is the day following the successful mediation.- Hiya.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- You all right?- I am. - Hi, Crystal, take a seat.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Thought it was brilliant.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46That whole do we had here was only good because he came.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48First of all, he was real forgiving with the lad
0:26:48 > 0:26:53and secondly, he has done all this fundraising
0:26:53 > 0:26:56and everything else he has to put up with at the moment.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57I thought he was great.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59If he can do that walk, we can do a walk.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03The talk of fundraising has sparked an idea.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07A few weeks later, the Macmillan Cancer Walk is under way.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09As well as Andy from the neighbourhood team,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12amongst the many people taking part are Brian
0:27:12 > 0:27:16and the young lad involved in the restorative justice session.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18He is real genuine in his remorse,
0:27:18 > 0:27:21so much so that he collected a lot more money than
0:27:21 > 0:27:27he should have done for the charity, as well as paying the cash back.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31And fundraiser Brian is moved by what the young lad has achieved.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34I am, I am really honoured, I am humbled to know you.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Thank you so much.- I think that is the word for him, really,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- he is an inspiration. - He has got cancer.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41He has got a smile on his face,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45he is still trying to raise money for the disease that he is fighting.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47He is great, he is really great.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49I think if Brian can do it,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51we can do it and that is what all those people have done today.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54This is an example of how neighbourhood policing can have
0:27:54 > 0:27:59a much wider impact on the community that can inspire and bring hope.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04Bringing people closer together even after a crime has taken place.