0:00:02 > 0:00:04Neighbourhood policing has come a long way
0:00:04 > 0:00:06since the days of Dixon Of Dock Green.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Good evening, all.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10The new generation of community police officers
0:00:10 > 0:00:13have the power to strike hard...
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Police! You're under arrest.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18..and tackle crime head-on.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Calm down!
0:00:19 > 0:00:21By engaging with people on the street...
0:00:21 > 0:00:22- You and me always get on.- Yeah.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24..the teams can identify
0:00:24 > 0:00:27and crack down on the crimes that are crippling our communities.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28They are clearly violent individuals.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30In this series of Neighbourhood Blues...
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Happy birthday!
0:00:31 > 0:00:35..we're given unprecedented access to Somerset's Neighbourhood Teams...
0:00:35 > 0:00:38I'm asking you not to street drink, go somewhere else.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41..as they battle to clear up crime...
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Stand still!
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Right, you're under arrest for assault.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48..and sweep the criminals clean from our streets.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08Coming up...
0:01:08 > 0:01:11A parking dispute sparks a highly charged
0:01:11 > 0:01:13confrontation for the Neighbourhood Team.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Go on, Taser me, Taser me. Go on! Taser me now!
0:01:17 > 0:01:20And the clock is ticking on a perilous search-and-rescue mission.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Coastguards know he's there somewhere, so really it's quick as.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33We all have the right to feel safe and secure in our own homes,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36but terrifyingly, in Britain, someone is attacked by a violent
0:01:36 > 0:01:38burglar every 30 minutes.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41So when the Avon and Somerset Neighbourhood Team respond to
0:01:41 > 0:01:45a break-in, they act hard and fast.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49It's Saturday evening in Weston-super-Mare
0:01:49 > 0:01:53and PC Jim Murray and Special Constable Tim Wood are responding
0:01:53 > 0:01:56to an urgent 999 call. There's a burglary in progress.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58That one, I see it there.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Arriving at the address, it's a scene of utter chaos.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05SCREAMING AND SHOUTING
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Go on, go on!
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Police!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Get out! Get out!
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Calm down, mate, calm down.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- He's put my window through. - Calm down, calm down.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28He's put my window through. He's put my window through.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31In volatile situations like this, the officers' priority is to
0:02:31 > 0:02:34take charge of the scene and work out what's happened.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Jim restrains the blood-soaked man on the stairs, whilst Tim finds
0:02:38 > 0:02:42a distressed couple and a child cowering upstairs in a bedroom.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59The man has violently forced his way into the house.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Let's just all calm down.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Can we go outside before I go mental?- What's going on?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06This is their house, he's the next door neighbour
0:03:06 > 0:03:08and he's come through the window.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- Can I walk out with you?- No, you're under arrest at the minute.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14My colleague's going to arrest you for burglary.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15As the facts unfold,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18it becomes clear that the evening's explosive incident is
0:03:18 > 0:03:21the climax of an ongoing dispute between the neighbours.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25The blood-smeared intruder is claiming that his car window
0:03:25 > 0:03:26had been smashed by his neighbours.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- You can carry on, mate. You ain't going to- BLEEP- handcuff me.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- You ain't going to- BLEEP - handcuff me. You carry on, mate.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- Just wait, just wait. - You can carry on, mate.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40You can carry on, mate. You ain't going to handcuff me.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- Can I just...? - Put your hand behind your back, now!
0:03:44 > 0:03:46The intruder is putting up a fight
0:03:46 > 0:03:49and the team are struggling to keep him under control.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Thankfully, backup has arrived. If the extra muscle doesn't persuade
0:03:52 > 0:03:57him to comply, then the threat of a 50,000-volt electric stun gun will.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00You're under arrest for burglary, you do not have to say anything,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02but it may harm your defence...
0:04:02 > 0:04:07Go on, Taser me! Taser me now! Go on! Taser me now!
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Right. Stay there! Right?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19The officers manage to wrestle the struggling man to a waiting van
0:04:19 > 0:04:21without using the crippling device.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26MAN SHOUTS IN VAN
0:04:28 > 0:04:33Back in the house, Jim has made a chilling discovery. He suspects
0:04:33 > 0:04:37bricks weren't the only weapons the intruder was armed with tonight.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39We've got a kitchen knife which he's taken
0:04:39 > 0:04:43upstairs, as far as we're aware and one of these temporary pole
0:04:43 > 0:04:46things for holding up temporary fencing.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48We're not sure how that came in the house.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52There's a debate whether it came in through the window, or
0:04:52 > 0:04:56whether the gentleman brought it up the stairs himself, but we'll
0:04:56 > 0:04:59take them back to the station anyway, along with the bloodied clothing.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04The vicious attack has left everyone in a state of shock.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07And with a young child in the house, the mother's first reaction
0:05:07 > 0:05:09was to protect her son.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I've never been so scared in my life cos he was covered in blood
0:05:11 > 0:05:14and I didn't know who... Well, I knew who he was,
0:05:14 > 0:05:15but I didn't want him anywhere near me.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I was trying to get away from him.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I was backing further and further into my little boy's room.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I was sat watching telly, I heard a loud bang, looked out
0:05:22 > 0:05:26and my neighbour's in my garden, throwing bricks into my garden.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27I'm scared.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32I've gone upstairs to go to bed and I've heard a loud smashing sound.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Looked out the window, because I can hear shouting,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37but no-one's out the window.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Next thing I know, the bloke's at the top of my stairs
0:05:39 > 0:05:43covered in blood, shouting, trying to grab hold of me.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46The intruder was already in big trouble, but the discovery
0:05:46 > 0:05:50of the knife and the steel bar have made things a whole lot worse.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54It's vital the officers discover how a local parking dispute has
0:05:54 > 0:05:56spiralled out of control.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00We've never really got on since I've moved, but it's never been this bad.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Normally I've had to deal with him through the council,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05report him, what they're doing and stuff.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Whose car's out there? The Vauxhall?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- That's- BLEEP.- Next door?- Yeah. - So how did the window get broken?
0:06:09 > 0:06:14I don't know. He was shouting something, do you know what I mean?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Something about a window and that
0:06:16 > 0:06:18and then he's come straight through our window.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- But you don't know anything about how his window got broken?- No.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25In court, the man claimed he didn't use any weapons in the incident and
0:06:25 > 0:06:29his plea of not guilty to aggravated burglary was accepted, but he was
0:06:29 > 0:06:34sentenced to 12 months in prison for destroying property and affray.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Any community wants the best for its children, but figures reveal
0:06:41 > 0:06:45that almost half of all secondary schoolchildren have already
0:06:45 > 0:06:49committed a crime, making underage offending a growing concern.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53It's important to reform young kids because I want to keep them
0:06:53 > 0:06:57off the path of criminality.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01It costs the country millions of pounds
0:07:01 > 0:07:07and they don't get the opportunity to lead a full and interesting life.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Much of Adge's time is spent dealing with young people who have
0:07:11 > 0:07:13already strayed onto the wrong path.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Today, he's visiting a young lad who was recently attacked by two
0:07:16 > 0:07:1812-year-old boys.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19They started strangling me.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I couldn't take his arms off whatsoever.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27I haven't done anything to harm them or done anything to hurt them,
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- in any way.- No.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32They just randomly came up to me and started choking me.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34They just beat you up, did they?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Thankfully, this lad wasn't seriously injured,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40but Adge wants to speak to the pair who carried out the assault.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43These two lads in particular are coming onto my radar more
0:07:43 > 0:07:49and more and more and I want to stop them committing more crime.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Nip it in the bud, is a good expression, isn't it?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56So nip it in the bud, stop them now, so they don't lead on to other
0:07:56 > 0:08:00and more serious offences.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Next, he visits the home of one of the boys
0:08:03 > 0:08:06they think is responsible for the attack.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- Can I come and see you a minute? - Yes, certainly.- Thanks a lot.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13He isn't home, so Adge explains the situation to his mother.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16I'm sorry to tell you, he's getting a reputation for himself.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Yeah, I know he is.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20As a bully.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23They've gone up to another lad, put him in a headlock
0:08:23 > 0:08:25and they've hurt him.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27All right? So I want to stop that...
0:08:27 > 0:08:28- Yeah, so do I.- ..as much as you.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Yeah, because he's quick enough to say he gets bullied at school, but
0:08:31 > 0:08:34that doesn't give him the right to go out and actually do it himself.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Absolutely right. - No, I'm not having it.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Adge wants the lad to pay him a visit at Bath police station.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I mean, the whole point of me bringing him to the nick
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- is to frighten him, really. - I hope you do.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46- The thing with- BLEEP,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49he hasn't really had a lot of male role models in his life.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I find it difficult to try and keep him in, punishing him.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54He does do it when he wants to sometimes,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56but he'll end up kicking off and he'll kicked my door in.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I'm totally on your side, I hope you can change him for me.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I'm getting upset because I'm on my own doing it.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04I knew he would get like this.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08We can't have him running around making a nuisance of himself.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09No, I know that.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12The boy's mother is at her wits' end and desperate to call time
0:09:12 > 0:09:16on her 12-year-old's run of bad behaviour.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18He's had two incidents with the police.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22He set a McDonalds's bag on fire and thought it was funny
0:09:22 > 0:09:27and another one was he kicked off at Southside with some incident.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- Yeah, that was early on this year, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34The lad's just walked in. It's time to face the music.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35- All right,- BLEEP.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- You're in trouble, you're going to the police station.- Why?
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- What happened Wednesday? You had him by the throat.- No, I didn't.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44This is what the police are saying.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Someone bigger and better than you is either going to knock you down,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49or you're going to do something really bad
0:09:49 > 0:09:50and you're going to be behind bars.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- Come here a minute. I've spoken to- BLEEP,- OK?
0:09:54 > 0:10:00And I need to see you and Mum at the police station tomorrow,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03half past two. Don't let me down.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06This may seem like harsh treatment for a 12-year-old,
0:10:06 > 0:10:08but Adge knows that a firm hand now
0:10:08 > 0:10:12can save the lad from a lifetime of law breaking.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15It's upset me, it has really upset me,
0:10:15 > 0:10:17but then I can't keep tabs on him all the time, to be quite
0:10:17 > 0:10:22truthful, which is hard, I am finding it really hard.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26But all I can do is listen to the police
0:10:26 > 0:10:32and hope they can help me out with it and try and keep him in.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37Later, Adge gives this 12-year-old a guided tour he'll never forget.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Despite falling crime figures, here on the high street,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50shoplifting is on the increase and that means bad news for the
0:10:50 > 0:10:54community as shopkeepers hike up prices to cover their losses.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59In Taunton, the Neighbourhood Team have been working hand in hand
0:10:59 > 0:11:01with the town's businesses
0:11:01 > 0:11:05and CCTV operators in an attempt to crack down on this growing trend.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Each retailer has access
0:11:07 > 0:11:12to a radio which is monitored by police
0:11:12 > 0:11:15and CCTV and we can track our regular offenders.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17We can effect an arrest,
0:11:17 > 0:11:22we can often recover property as a result and hopefully pass
0:11:22 > 0:11:29a strong message that if you want to shoplift in Taunton, forget it.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30In the town centre,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34PC Stuart Baird is responding to a call from a local supermarket.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Apparently there's a woman who's been seen acting sus
0:11:38 > 0:11:40in at least one shop
0:11:40 > 0:11:47and now they think she's in another shop and it
0:11:47 > 0:11:51could well be that she's got an item on her that she hasn't paid for.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Stuart's partner today is
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Police Community Support Officer Matthew Lester.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- She's been into Lidl's. - Had a bottle.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Possibly, they haven't actually seen it.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05All they said is she was acting suspiciously around the store
0:12:05 > 0:12:09and as soon as he's approached her, she's exited very quickly.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10The supermarket security guard
0:12:10 > 0:12:13tracked the woman to this nearby store.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16He's got a feeling,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19or he's got a suspicion that she may have taken a bottle of alcohol.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Stuart's been on the force long enough to know that there's
0:12:23 > 0:12:26no such thing as a typical shoplifter.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30He has no idea what sort of person he's going to be up against.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Here we go. Hello? Hi.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- Can I just speak with you for a minute?- Yes.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Were you in Lidl's a few minutes ago?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- No, why?- No?
0:12:42 > 0:12:48Oh, right, it's just that a security guard from Lidl's has pointed
0:12:48 > 0:12:52you out to us as having been in Lidl's a few moments ago
0:12:52 > 0:12:57and he seems to think that you may have an item in your bag that
0:12:57 > 0:12:59you may not have paid for.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- No? - No, I don't know anything about it.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09As Stuart suspects the lady is concealing something in her bag,
0:13:09 > 0:13:10he's going to conduct a search.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- Is that all right?- Yeah, can we come away from here?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Yes, of course we can, shall we go round here?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18She's adamant that she hasn't been to the supermarket,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21and she's not keen on being searched on the busy high street.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Stuart's a patient man, so he takes her to a more discreet side road.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I'm just asking for your co-operation with the
0:13:27 > 0:13:31search of your bag because of information we've received from...
0:13:31 > 0:13:33But if I, for argument's sake, I didn't co-operate...?
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Well, I'm afraid, as things stand, we would have grounds to
0:13:37 > 0:13:41search your bag because you've been specifically pointed out to us
0:13:41 > 0:13:44by the security guard who says that you were in Lidl's.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45- I was at Lidl's.- You were?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- I was in Lidl's looking in the window.- Right, I see.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52A couple of minutes ago, she claimed she hadn't been to the supermarket.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55It's simply a question... It's simply a matter of just taking
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- a look in your bag. - I think you'll have to follow me.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- I think not.- I've got to go to the loo. I mean, really...
0:14:01 > 0:14:02You're going to force my hand here,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06I'll have to arrest you on suspicion of theft.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- Oh, don't be silly. - Well, if you're not willing to...
0:14:08 > 0:14:11It's simply, just let me look in your bag.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Stuart's fully aware that mistakes can happen and the lady may
0:14:16 > 0:14:20well be innocent, but until he checks her bag, he can't be certain.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25- There we go.- OK.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28There we go.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30There we go.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32There we go.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Right, there you go.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35There's no sign of a bottle.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38It looks like Stuart owes this lady an apology.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- There's nothing.- Thank you.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- Look at that.- Hmm? Ah!
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I bought that.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45You bought that, did you?
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Stuart might not have seen the lady's sleight of hand,
0:14:49 > 0:14:53but Matthew has spotted a bottle of vodka, hidden in a carrier bag.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56But this lady has an excuse for everything.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59She's claiming the vodka was a gift from the manager of a clothes shop.
0:14:59 > 0:15:06If we go across to Topshop and you ask Sarah if she gave me that vodka
0:15:06 > 0:15:08and she will tell you she did.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Stuart's patience only stretches so far.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Based on what we know and what we suspect, OK, you're being
0:15:14 > 0:15:18arrested on suspicion of theft by shoplifting from Lidl of this vodka.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23- Right.- So what we're going to do now is we are going to head up towards
0:15:23 > 0:15:24the police station.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28What we will do on the way is we will call in at Topshop, all right?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31And I'll see if I can locate Sarah the manager
0:15:31 > 0:15:33and if Sarah the manager verifies what you say,
0:15:33 > 0:15:38- then we may well be able to sort it out.- Thank you.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Stuart has heard some interesting stories in his time,
0:15:41 > 0:15:45but something is telling him that this one may be a fairy-tale.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- So it's somebody called Sarah in here who gave you this?- Yes.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Right, OK, and she's a member of staff?- Yes.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Right, that's all I need.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56No, you hang on here and I'll just go ask.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59The manager of the shop has told Stuart that she does
0:15:59 > 0:16:03recognise the lady, but neither she nor anyone else in the store
0:16:03 > 0:16:05gave her a bottle of vodka.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Susan, I've spoken with Sarah, who is the manager.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10She does know you, however, what you claim about this vodka...
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Laura, did you ask Laura?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14No, you said Sarah, the staff all know you.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16I don't know Sarah, I know Laura.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- Yes, you do, that's what you said. - I know Sarah a bit. I do!
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Right, I've had enough of this now,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25because I'm losing a bit of patience, to be honest with you.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26OK? All right?
0:16:26 > 0:16:29So you're going to remain under arrest and we'll have to go
0:16:29 > 0:16:32back to the police station and you'll be interviewed about this.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34The woman's alibi is in tatters,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36but she's refusing to go down without a fight.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Well, what does a shoplifter look like?
0:16:43 > 0:16:48What does a shoplifter look like? A shoplifter could be anybody.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Stuart knows you should never judge a book by its cover.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Back at the station, the lady still refuses to put her hands up to the theft.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03So do you think it's right, then?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Do you think it's OK to go out stealing?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11But, I mean, quite honestly...
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Well, we have to go to everything, you see?
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- We can't just ignore one thing at the expense of another.- Well...
0:17:28 > 0:17:33If you owned a shop, then I'm sure your attitude would be different.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36On this occasion, the woman was released with a caution.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43But Stuart's words clearly fell on deaf ears, as it didn't
0:17:43 > 0:17:47take long before a familiar face was brought to his attention.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Well, the very next day, it would appear that she was at it again.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56We've got some CCTV footage of her here in another shop in Taunton,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59about to do pretty much the same kind of trick.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02So the selection is made,
0:18:02 > 0:18:06it's initially placed into the wire basket.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10She kind of covers it up with some green groceries.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12That is the item we're talking about.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14It's a bottle of gin, £12 in value.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19What will happen now is she will spend approximately the next
0:18:19 > 0:18:2220 minutes basically wandering around the store.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26She's engaging with a member of the staff who's just off camera,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29trying to present herself as being a kosher customer.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33She's trying to distract any thoughts, suspicion away from her.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36The woman's next action was anything but innocent.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39In a bizarre move, she leaves her shopping by the door
0:18:39 > 0:18:40and exits the store...
0:18:42 > 0:18:44only to return moments later.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Here we go. This is the moment where it happens.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51She's just selected it from the wire basket and she's now out the store.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55No payment has been made and here we have the pursuit.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58She's trying to run away there,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01but a member of the staff has stopped her outside.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Once again, it was Stuart who made the arrest.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I didn't realise it was her until I got there
0:19:08 > 0:19:12and I've got to be honest, when I saw it was her, I rolled my eyes.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14It soon became obvious that she committed theft.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Our hands are tied on this occasion.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21She's had her warning the day before, she's had a caution.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23She's basically got to go to court
0:19:23 > 0:19:25and that's it, she'll have to face the magistrate.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28When the lady went in front of the magistrates,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32she received a £100 fine and a six-month conditional discharge.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Earlier, we met a 12-year-old lad who, along with a friend,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46had been accused of assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47You had him round the throat.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49No, I didn't.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52This isn't the first time that the lad has been in trouble with
0:19:52 > 0:19:56the police, so PC Adge Secker is taking a tough line with him,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58in the hope that he will change his ways.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01I've been dealing with kids like him for the last 25 years
0:20:01 > 0:20:05and I don't want him to go on the same path as I've seen others go on.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Come on through, then, young man.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12In there with Mum and I'll get tapes and everything else, all right?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15The lad might not be under arrest, but Adge wants to give him
0:20:15 > 0:20:18an authentic taste of what his life could be like
0:20:18 > 0:20:21if he continues down his current path.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Right, I'm not here to catch you out,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26but I'm here to get to the truth.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29All right? That's what I'm here for and so are you, OK?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32What happened last Wednesday?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33- We bumped into- BLEEP - and his brother.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36We were just messing about.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38You put his arms around his neck, did you?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Yeah. Just like that.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- Well, how do you think- BLEEP - felt about that, then?- Annoyed?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45So why did you do it, then?
0:20:45 > 0:20:50- I don't know.- Don't know is not an answer that works for me.- No.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- Why did you do it?- Messing about.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59So where has that messing about got you now then?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- In trouble.- And where are you? - Police station.- In the police station.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Well, you should know better, young man, shouldn't you?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08This isn't the first time you've been involved with the police, is it?
0:21:08 > 0:21:12No. So what are we going to do about it, then?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17You don't know?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Well, why don't I just throw you in a cell and lock the door, then?
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Me and your mum and everybody else are going and have a cup of tea and
0:21:23 > 0:21:25something to eat, whilst we leave you to think about it?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Shall we do that?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29There's no good to cry now, is it?
0:21:34 > 0:21:38This could be the wake-up call, thinking, do you know what,
0:21:38 > 0:21:42maybe I have been stupid and it's backfired on you.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Yep.- Which it has, hasn't it?- Yep.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Yeah, nodding. Exactly.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51But if you continue this course of action that you seem
0:21:51 > 0:21:54set on doing, then this experience
0:21:54 > 0:21:58is going to become very common for you, young man.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Adge's words are finally beginning to hit home.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06The boy has agreed to write a letter of apology to the lad he assaulted.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10But there's one more place that he needs to see before he can leave.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15Now then, there's a little room next-door but one from here
0:22:15 > 0:22:19and I'm going to show you it, OK?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Listen. DOOR SLAMS
0:22:25 > 0:22:30Not nice, is it? This is it, OK?
0:22:30 > 0:22:34And this is bigger than a prison cell
0:22:34 > 0:22:36and this is where you're going to end up
0:22:36 > 0:22:38if you continue being an idiot.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Right, let's have you out, then.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47It's been an eye-opening experience for this 12-year-old
0:22:47 > 0:22:50and both his mum and Adge are hopeful that today could
0:22:50 > 0:22:52prove to be a turning point for him.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54You've got to change your life around and have some friends so
0:22:54 > 0:22:58that you're not going to get easily led, cos you know better than this.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00And look where it's got you.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03It's really important that today's experience for him
0:23:03 > 0:23:08really hits home hard and he realises the consequences of his
0:23:08 > 0:23:11actions and those consequences for him are quite serious.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Weston-super-Mare is a prime example of the Great British seaside resort.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27The beach, the pier and countless fish and chips shops
0:23:27 > 0:23:31see tourists flock to this busy resort every summer.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33But policing a coastal resort
0:23:33 > 0:23:37isn't always a relaxing stroll along the prom.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Weston-super-Mare is a popular seaside family resort,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43but that in itself gives us challenges as a police force.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45For instance, the sea and the mudflats that we have here
0:23:45 > 0:23:47are quite dangerous for people
0:23:47 > 0:23:50who don't know about the incoming tide and how quick it is and
0:23:50 > 0:23:54we do find every year that people run into difficulty with that.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57It's late evening and PC Hayden Williams is responding to
0:23:57 > 0:23:59a life-and-death situation.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Once again, someone has failed to see the signs
0:24:02 > 0:24:05and has become stuck in the mudflats on the seafront.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10With the tide coming in, it's a race against time to get him to safety.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Right out there where the rock comes down
0:24:12 > 0:24:15and there's a little outcrop that comes out, he apparently
0:24:15 > 0:24:19is in the mud to the right-hand side of that outcrop of rock.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21The emergency services are already on the scene.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24They're well-drilled in dealing with these situations.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26It's normally in the summer,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29we often get holiday-makers ignoring all the signs
0:24:29 > 0:24:33and continuing out and walking out to try to get to the sea.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Unfortunately, once you go out about 200 metres, it's mud
0:24:36 > 0:24:42and we often get people stuck to their thighs in mud or even cars get
0:24:42 > 0:24:45stuck in the mud, can't get out and the tide comes and takes them.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47The rescue team can't just wade out
0:24:47 > 0:24:51and drag the man to safety as they'd end up stuck themselves,
0:24:51 > 0:24:56but they've come up with a brilliant solution - a rescue hovercraft.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Capable of skimming above the perilous mudflats
0:24:59 > 0:25:03on a cushion of air, the go-anywhere hovercraft
0:25:03 > 0:25:06has already been used to rescue over 40 people.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11The team waste no time heading out across the mudflats.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13He's way, way out there somewhere.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16The last time they saw him was way out on the back of Brean Down.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20There's been a worrying development.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23It would appear that the gentleman we're looking for has
0:25:23 > 0:25:28disappeared from sight and that could mean a number of things.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32It could mean he's got out of the mud himself or actually sunk
0:25:32 > 0:25:34a bit further into it.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37As the rescue team begin their sweep of the area,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40the rest of the emergency teams can only sit back and watch.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44The thing is we don't know what state the casualty is in.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47He could be under drink, drugs, anything like that.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50So really it's quick as, from our point of view.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Coastguards know he's there somewhere.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56The rescue workers are well aware of the gravity of the situation.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00In 2002, the entire community were devastated
0:26:00 > 0:26:04when these mudflats claimed the life of a five-year-old girl.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05This is one of the most dangerous
0:26:05 > 0:26:08stretches of beach anywhere in the country, I should imagine.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Remember all those people drowned in Morecambe, the cockle pickers?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Exactly the same problem here, people go out into the mud,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17get stuck, next thing you know, the tide's in.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19There's signs everywhere saying don't do it,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21but people still do it, so...
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Nobody knows how long the man has been stuck on the mudflats or
0:26:26 > 0:26:30what state he's in, but with night drawing in, he's likely to be
0:26:30 > 0:26:34cold and wet, making hypothermia a serious risk.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36The bottom line? Time is running out.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Hayden calls in reinforcements.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Can we request a helicopter, please?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43The fire brigade haven't got any thermal imaging kit
0:26:43 > 0:26:47and the helicopter has, so if we could see how they're suited
0:26:47 > 0:26:49to fly, that would be cracking.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51It will take the helicopter ten minutes
0:26:51 > 0:26:53to travel from its base in Bristol.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Its state-of-the-art thermal imaging equipment can see heat, so
0:26:57 > 0:27:01they should have no trouble picking out the man against the cold mud.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Their search area is going to be so great up to ours
0:27:03 > 0:27:07that hopefully we'll be able to locate the male.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09As the rescue team listen out for the chopper,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12news comes through from the coastguard.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14He's been found.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18He's at the cafe in Brean with the other coastguard units.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22So he's managed to make his way across...all the way, which is
0:27:22 > 0:27:25quite remarkable, really, but he is safe and well.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Astoundingly, the man has managed to free himself
0:27:28 > 0:27:32and scramble across the mudflats to the opposite side of the bay.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Hayden is eager to speak to him
0:27:33 > 0:27:37and check on his condition following the muddy ordeal.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41His story is he wanted to go for a walk up to the end of Brean Down.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45He decided to walk along the river bank.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47It's been raining really badly here all day
0:27:47 > 0:27:52and that just seems a very strange thing to have done.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54The man had a lucky escape tonight
0:27:54 > 0:27:57and was oblivious to the full-scale rescue operation
0:27:57 > 0:27:59that had been launched to save him.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Hopefully, next time, he'll think twice
0:28:01 > 0:28:04before ignoring the danger signs.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11We've seen today that the Neighbourhood Police Teams
0:28:11 > 0:28:14work tirelessly to keep the community safe
0:28:14 > 0:28:18and free from crime, making our neighbourhoods safer places to live.