Episode 3 Neighbourhood Blues

Neighbourhood policing has come a long way since the days of Dixon Of Dock Green.

Good evening, all!

From inner-city estates to suburbia...

this new generation of community police officers are on the front line.

POLICE!

Their aim is to develop a stronger bond with the community...

Have you had any problems over the last week?

..crack down on the crimes taking place on their doorstep...

-Have you been drinking tonight?

-No.

-Why's your speech slurred then?

..formulate fast action plans to take down the criminals.

RADIO: '..can't be too careful.'

-Who do you think you are?

-BLEEP! BLEEP!

In this new series of Neighbourhood Blues,

we go to the Humberside Police region and get exclusive access

to 24 teams of Neighbourhood Police Officers...

You're under arrest, mate.

..as they tackle the problems blighting local people...

You're under arrest on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug.

SIRENS WAIL

..and rise to the challenge of making the streets a safer place.

Coming up... Tip-offs about a man cultivating cannabis at home

sees the police give him a rude awakening.

Are you going to sort it out, please?

BLEEP.

An anti-social behaviour patrol at a trouble hot spot sees one lad

get a good old-fashioned telling-off.

Tell me your details and you tell me correctly.

Cos if you don't, I've got your face and I will find out who you are.

All right?

And a shop owner takes the law into his own hands

by locking up a pair of burly bailiffs.

They're in there lawfully so that is the top and bottom of it,

you are liable for false imprisonment and kidnap.

The new style of neighbourhood policing we've been following

is all about listening to local people's concerns

and making communities safer.

But the big question is, are these teams really able to make a difference?

Complaints about anti-social behaviour caused by misbehaving teens

set the phones ringing at police stations across the country.

You get a lot of young people around certain areas

who are basically just vandalising property,

or, by their mere presence, they're threatening people around the community,

so it might just be standing around in hoods and, you know,

throwing abuse at people walking by.

In Humberside, following a number of serious occurrences

that culminated in an attack on a local takeaway owner,

the Neighbourhood Teams have had great success at reducing the number of incidents

and taking tough action against the perpetrators.

They have rounded up offenders...

-Why are you saying this to...

-BLEEP.

-Calm down, calm down.

-No!

..and seen them punished with criminal convictions and ASBOs.

But they have also worked with the local council to create leisure parks

to keep the kids off the streets and out of trouble.

But sometimes, even these facilities can become a magnet

for people looking to create strife.

This park, in particular, has experienced a huge range of problems, including arson attacks.

If you take a walk through there, you'll find several burn areas

and some of the trees have got scorching and that

where they've been starting the fires in there.

When things get out of hand, the police are not afraid

to clear the area of kids and close down the facility for set periods.

New daily patrols have helped reduce anti-social behaviour

but that doesn't mean it remains a trouble-free zone.

Today, Anita is making a beat walk through the area.

Word comes through on the radio that some children have been spotted

climbing on the roof of the community centre.

It seems that getting up to mischief on the rooftops

is something the Neighbourhood Team deals with on a regular basis...

Get down! Stop being stupid.

..as PCSO Sam Gregory found out just a few days ago.

And today, Anita has a similar problem to contend with.

Two youths on top of Woodford roof which is actually quite fragile.

They shouldn't be climbing up on the roof

so we'll see if we go and have words with them.

She heads off to track them down and quickly spots one of them.

BLEEP!

Come here! Oi!

CHILDREN SHOUT

Were we talking to you?

-CHILD:

-Reporting to you live from BBC News!

Get here!

Come here!

BLEEP.

Stop walking away from me.

Right, come down here, away from this lot.

Put your shirt down. Do you know why I'm here?

-No.

-Well, why do you think I'm here? Why do you think I'm here?

BLEEP!

What have you just been doing?

No, you weren't.

You were on that roof cos I just saw you. Weren't you?

-No.

-Yes, you were, so don't lie to me.

All right? Don't be daft.

You don't climb on the roofs, I will take your details, all right?

So come over and you lot, stay away.

Stand there. You tell me your details and you tell me correctly.

Cos if you don't, I've got your face and I will find out who you are.

All right?

Stay there!

So you were on the roof of Woodford.

Do you realise how dangerous that is up there?

That roof is very insecure. It's fragile and it's brittle

and you can go through it, all right?

It doesn't matter that you're light and little and you think you're agile.

You don't go climbing on roofs. Do I make myself quite clear?

You keep doing these type of activities

and I will put you on an ABC or an ASBO

and I'll ban you from the park and I'll ban you from Woodford.

All right? And Woodford... Look at me when I talk to you.

Woodford do a lot of good activities in there

and you probably do go to some of them, all right?

And I will stop you. So don't be climbing on the roof.

Do you think your dad will be pleased with you?

Right. So don't let them tell you to do things

and don't do what they tell you, all right?

You're an individual, you know what's right and wrong,

don't do it, all right?

-Go on then.

-BLEEP.

The good old-fashioned telling-off seems to have hit home.

Obviously, they haven't heard them cos usually Woodford ring up straight away

to say they've got people on the roof because someone will go through one of these days

and goodness knows what's going to happen to them then, so...

Community policing is all about spreading a simple message.

Tell us what your problem is and we will do something about it.

I'm impressed with the service.

And the police do this in many different ways -

by chatting to locals and beat walks,

by making door-to-door calls...

I'm one of your local PCSOs, did you get my letter the other day?

..and through holding surgeries and public meetings.

Clearly, you people care about your communities,

so you've got some of that community spirit and that needs to be transferred to other people.

Recently, the Neighbourhood Teams have started forging close ties

with those residents who take crime most seriously of all -

those involved in Neighbourhood Watch groups.

Tonight, PCSO Andy Whittaker is attending a meeting on his patch.

He thinks the partnership

is a winning one.

Neighbourhood Watch is little groups that residents set up themselves,

if you're having particular problems with crime

or any other issues in their area.

And those who take part seem to agree.

It's about getting all residents involved, having regular meetings,

updating everybody, sharing information

and just generally trying to get everyone's views all together

to fire off to the council or the police, depending on what issues they have.

Tonight's meeting raises something people want to see more of -

bobbies on the beat.

So as well as our regular patrols around the streets,

we are going down the alleyways and into the areas

where there is a large number of garages.

And the idea of a friendly face in uniform rings as true today

as it ever did.

If you went back years and years, you'd probably relate to Dixon Of Dock Green

as being the local bobby on the beat, many years ago.

This is the way I perceive the community policeman to be,

the person who's going to come round and be the person who is the face,

who everybody will talk to and if he wants some inside information

then that's the person who's going to get it.

Some of it is curiosity to see what's in there,

some of it, there is high-value pedal cycles and power-tools within the garages.

It's always the fear of crime, which, as Andy says,

it is that that makes people more worried.

By keeping us in touch with what is going on or not going on,

some of that fear gets reduced, really.

And also, we also know the police are on top of it.

Write a statement and...

Another issue raised at the meeting may seem a minor one

but it really does get people's backs up.

Is there anything that can be done about this dog mess?

And as we're about to find out, the police are quick to react to the complaint.

Nice to see you. Thanks ever so much, bye!

The Neighbourhood Teams can be found patrolling outdoor spaces and parks every day.

But it's not just always to keep an eye on any tearaway teens.

Because today, acting on concerns voiced by the residents about dog fouling,

Anita is teaming up with the council to send a message

that they are getting tough on those who let their dogs do a dirty.

The man she is with works for the council as an Anti-Social Behaviour Officer

and we have disguised his identity because sometimes,

he carries out undercover work in the park,

looking for troublemakers.

Whenever we have community forums, always within the top three

of issues in the area is dog fouling.

And it's a complaint echoed nationwide.

I really...I cannot understand anybody who has a dog

who doesn't clear up after them.

People who don't clean up their dog mess are bad owners, basically.

It's just irresponsible, isn't it?

I think it's assumed if you've got a dog that you would look after

or take care of the dog, you can take care of what it might leave behind.

For me, it's just...good sense and neighbourliness.

You shouldn't leave it because children can get involved in it

and it just makes an awful mess, apart from the smell!

It's people who tend to walk the streets with the dogs that don't clean it up.

You find people who walk them in the parks do.

But they just seem to not care and it's revolting.

I think if there's anything stronger that could be done about that,

I think dog fouling is real big issue, actually,

in a lot of towns and cities.

Er, we have a gentleman hopefully still in reception

that would like to speak to us with regards to dog fouling

within the East Park or maybe just in general.

-So obviously with having

-BLEEP

-here as well with us,

he can obviously put the council perspective on it as well as ourselves.

Go and have a word with him and see what issues he does have.

The local man who has been plagued by the problem where he lives

wants to know what can be done about getting the mess cleaned up

and the offending dog-owners reprimanded.

Well, I live just off Gillshill, on Lancaster Drive.

I'm just sick of people... I mean, we've got a grass verge

and we just can't... I've not caught anybody yet but I thought I might challenge them myself.

-And they're just letting their dogs poo on the grass verges.

-Yeah.

But obviously, there's no-one to stop them or no-one to see them.

If it's brought to our attention that there's a particular problem, again, like you said,

we've done patrols round the park, nothing to stop a dog messing

two minutes after we've walked past.

Now, if members of the public say to us,

every morning, every evening between 6am, 7am,

or seven on an evening, eight on an evening,

just because it's early or just because it's late,

if we've got evidence to prove it's happening at a certain time,

between certain hours, then Hull City Council officers can be there.

We're aware, we've got excellent CCTV coverage

and it is something we're looking at. All right?

-Yeah, thanks very much.

-No worries.

-Cheers, thank you.

-Thanks very much, sorry we kept you waiting.

-Ah, you're all right!

A tough stance on dog fouling has strong public support.

And, should we see anybody allowing their dog to foul

and not clear it up, they will be issued with a £50 fine.

And when it starts hitting them in the pocket,

-they'll amend their behaviour.

-They'll do something about it, won't they?

But it's always, always in our top three of issues.

The credit crunch has seen thousands of small businesses go bust.

But when the shutter gets pulled down for the last time

on a shop, you don't expect someone to get locked inside,

especially a pair of burly bailiffs.

PC Alan Cowley explains more.

We've just been called to a job, to see if we can assist some bailiffs

who've been to evict the occupants of a shop.

For some reason, they've ended up being locked into the property.

I don't know if it's by mistake or malicious.

We're going to pop down to see what the score is.

We'll swing by there and see if there's any way we can assist.

-Rose's Bargains.

-Rose's Bargains, here we go.

Any bailiffs in there?

They are as well, look! He's trying to break out.

Good evening, sir, are you the bailiff?

Yes, we both are.

Rose's Bargains is a small second-hand store,

owned by a local man.

The team are puzzled about how and why the bailiffs are locked in

and set to work asking them what happened.

They've entered the shop earlier on during the day,

with a warrant from the court, so they're there legitimately,

to collect some money. For one reason or another,

either intentionally or a mistake's happened,

the owner's left the shop, locked the shutters and the bailiffs are locked in.

He's leaving himself open, liable to be arrested for kidnap

or false imprisonment.

The guy's not been very happy.

-And then he said, "Right, I'm going," and he's decided to lock us in.

-OK.

Gareth gets the owner's number...

0-7...what is it?

..and gives him a call.

-If you did, would you be able to get out of there?

-Yeah.

Right, but you've locked them in there which is a deliberate act,

which leaves you liable unless we can get them out now.

My colleague would appear to be on the telephone with the tenant at the minute

so we'll see if we can perhaps persuade...advise him to come down.

As the bailiffs wait to see if the owner returns to let them out,

one of them explains the reason for their visit and imprisonment.

We were sent to collect the full balance of the rent,

or to remove goods to sell at auction to cover the cost of the rent.

Obviously, the tenant refused to pay,

basically demanded that we leave the premises which I couldn't do

at the time and he decided to lock us in and disappear with the keys.

Gareth is still on the phone to the owner and lays down the law to him.

They're in there lawfully so that is the top and bottom of it.

You are liable for false imprisonment and kidnap.

Are you coming down now? Thank you.

Ta.

He's en route, coming to us now.

-Persuade and advised?

-He's been told he'll get locked up.

-Give him the legislation?

-Yes.

-Excellent.

In terms of you and your warrant and everything,

we obviously won't have time... Are you going to start taking gear out of there?

No, no, all that's been settled now, by the landlord.

-That's been done, has it?

-Yes, all settled.

-So all you need to do is come out of there?

-Yes.

-OK, that's fine.

No worries.

Find out later if the team get the shop owner to play ball

and raise the shutter on the banged-up bailiffs.

It's good news when the team score a result.

But they know that trouble is always brewing elsewhere.

Drug-dealing and abuse, wherever it may take place,

always gets them taking tough action.

Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in the UK.

But in recent years, the police have been faced with a greater challenge

than just catching dealers and users...

..because over 60% of cannabis sold is now home-grown.

In Humberside, the Neighbourhood Team launch regular strikes

against both large-scale drug barons and small-time street peddlers.

But it's not just dealers they're going after.

It's the growing number of people who think it's OK

to grow their own at home, despite cannabis being classified

as a Class B drug.

Today, over at Preston Road, Nigel and Craig are responding to a tip-off from a resident

that someone is growing cannabis at a house on their street.

A member of the public's rang us,

telling us that they can smell cannabis quite strongly,

believed to be... But we haven't got much information to play with,

certainly not enough for us to obtain a warrant from court as yet, so...

it's the best way to play it, really.

It's a rented property but so far, neither the landlord or letting agent has been able to gain entry.

She rang us because they wouldn't let her in

and they haven't let her in for a while.

And when they open the door, there's obviously a strong smell of cannabis.

We're trying to get information from them, which has proved fruitless

because she hasn't even got details of who the occupants are, for some reason!

These are some of the hurdles you get.

Fortunately, they're recorded on our system already, for whatever reason.

Although it doesn't help. If you're going to an address, you want to know what warnings people have got,

what history they've got so you can take the appropriate risk measurements, really.

Arriving at the property,

they gain entry by simply knocking on the door.

-Hello.

-Are you all right?

-Are you the occupier?

-Well, I live here.

-Can I have a chat, please?

-Yes, of course you can.

I'm Nigel Morgan, your local police officer round here.

It's not actually my house,

-it's my partner's, who's upstairs.

-He's upstairs, is he?

The mother claims that she has just moved into her partner's house,

who's upstairs in bed.

-My colleague's explained what the...

-Oh yes, yeah.

I ain't lived here long, my partner's lived here...

I've just moved from my other house.

-Is there anything that shouldn't be here?

-Not as far as I know, I ain't got a clue.

There is a little bit of a smell of cannabis, all right.

-There's something in the loft.

-It's a loft extension.

-It's a bedroom.

-Oh, it's a bedroom. Up there?

-Yeah.

-Is it?

-It's a bedroom.

-Do you want to come with me and have a look round,

cos if your partner's fast asleep, he's going to have a fright

when I, er...

The woman gets him out of bed.

BLEEP. BLEEP.

The police are here.

Well, you didn't mess about there, did you?!

I've just said to them I ain't lived here long, so...

Are you going to sort it out, please?

We've had a report regards cannabis being in here, OK?

So, we've come to have a look around, really.

We've not come round busting doors, etc...

On being asked if there is any cannabis growing,

he confesses immediately.

How many plants upstairs?

-Three.

-Three? All right.

Er... We'll do this as quickly and as discreetly as we can

-but obviously we're in uniform so

-BLEEP

-and that

but we don't want to cause too much havoc and that.

BLEEP.

The team want the issue resolved as quickly as possible

so get the man to reveal where his stash is.

Is it up there, the stuff, or in the back garden?

No, it's upstairs.

Find out later just exactly what weedy secret is found to be lurking in the loft.

Back over in Hull city centre...

Can you hear me, sir? Are you the bailiff?

Steve and Gareth have attended a distress call from a couple of bailiffs.

They were locked in a shop

after the owner pulled down the shutter on them

as they tried to remove goods to settle a debt.

But you've locked them in there which is a deliberate act

which leaves you liable unless we can get them out now.

The team have been waiting for the owner to arrive

but some time has passed and there is still no sign of him.

Just as Gareth is about to call him again,

they spot him arriving.

There he is!

There's Mr Rosey himself.

Now then, young man, how are you doing?

-I'm fine, me.

-Would you let these people out then?

Well, it's all about deprivation, demoralisation,

and dehumanisation, isn't it?

It might well be but unfortunately, they're there illegally, mate.

No, I asked them to leave, what can I do?

-They've got a warrant.

-If they've got a warrant, they don't have to.

They only had to step outside!

I'm not going to leave all my stuff out, am I?

I'm just fighting for a common man, I'm a second-hand dealer.

-Pop the shutter.

-Pop the shutters and let's get them out.

They think they can just come here and empty my shop cos I'm behind with the rent.

-Get that on telly.

-They've got a warrant to do that, mate.

They only had to stand outside.

-Stop shouting and we'll get it sorted.

-I'm saying what I feel.

-Right then, lads.

-I've got a right, like everybody else!

Have you got your money and you're happy?

Well, that's that part of it sorted.

So you're happy you're out of the way.

-Yes.

-Okey-dokey. We'll make sure you get away without any further problems.

Okey-dokey, thank you very much.

All right, no worries, see you later.

The bailiffs are freed and don't want to take the matter any further.

Alan explains to the owner why he was breaking the law.

I appreciate you're miffed and all the rest of it,

but once they've got a warrant from the courts,

they've got a power to come in here and you can't kick them out.

-No.

-Listen, I can see you're a hard-working man,

trying to make a living, but by locking them in,

if they want to make a complaint now, which they're entitled to do,

I'd be locking you up for a kidnap and false imprisonment.

No, you wouldn't be because I asked them to stand outside.

You can't ask them to... Listen to me, I'm just offering you the advice,

if it happens again.

You're a gentleman but not a lot of people are gentlemen, are they?

Unfortunately not.

The law is wrong, I should go to court before they can come in my shop and empty my shop.

-I don't make the law, I uphold it.

-No, but it's wrong.

They shouldn't be allowed just to come in somebody's shop

and empty it on their say-so.

There's a lot of things in life that are wrong

but me and you can't put them right, can we?

Yes, it's all about deprivation, demoralisation and dehumanisation.

'Mr Rose is obviously upset. He considers himself, which I'm sure he is,

'as a hard-working man, trying to make ends meet.'

He fell into difficulties with the shop and he owes rent money.

His only way out now is to close the shop.

The bailiffs have gone, they've got their money for what they need for the time being.

Mr Rose is coming back tomorrow. He's going to empty the contents

out of the shop, hand the keys over and unfortunately, that's his business folded.

It's quite a sorry state of affairs, really.

Everybody's trying to make ends meet in times of austerity.

But unfortunately, he's fell foul to it and he's on his way.

The upside of it is there's no complaints from the bailiffs

and he's not going to be facing any charges and court appearances.

-See you later, lads.

-See you later.

-Bye.

The next day, Mr Rose returns to his premises

but the experience has led him to call it a day.

Winston Churchill should be here, he'd have sorted them out.

He was a bulldog.

Rightly or wrongly, Mr Rose feels that he wasn't given enough time

to get the shop back to profit.

I think justice is only for the rich and not for the poor.

If you haven't got money, you're never going to get justice.

As I learnt when I was ten years old when I did five years

in an approved school for pinching three Mars Bars.

All right, they've robbed me of my childhood

but they're not going to rob me of my manhood,

they're not going to rob me of the person who I am.

With nothing more to say, Mr Rose...

..shuts up shop for good.

SHOUTING

The Humberside Police teams have become a nationwide powerhouse

when it comes to cracking down on small-time peddlers

and big-time drug barons.

We're looking at roughly around £180,000 worth of cannabis plants.

They've prevented millions of pounds worth of cannabis from getting out onto the street

and scored some of the biggest hauls around.

..suspicion of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug.

But they are not resting on their laurels, they're keeping the pressure up,

working on tip-offs from the public.

-Who do you think you are?

-BLEEP!

They're taking dealers off the streets

and also sending a message to those who think there's nothing wrong

with growing a little of their own at home for personal use.

Today, they are following up on information provided by neighbours,

who suspect the occupants of a house where they live are growing dope.

We've had a report regards cannabis being grown here, OK.

So we've come to have a look around, really.

Is there any in your outbuilding, out there?

A search of the house has led the police to an attic room,

where there is an overpowering and very distinctive smell.

-Is this your only crop, is it?

-Yeah.

-So you've just cropped it, basically?

-Yeah.

-You've got no more plants on the go?

-No.

'Man came to us and said you could smell cannabis straight away.'

The female occupant at the address was a little bit cagey

as to what was here but I think it's quite apparent there was something here.

From having a look round, we've found, so far, a small amount of cannabis bush

which has already been grown and is now being dried out.

Er, but there's only a very small amount.

The whole house is overpowered by the smell from the drying plants,

inhalation of which presents a real health hazard.

We'll have a bit more of a thorough look around,

there might still be some bits and bobs.

I'm not 100% happy that's all there is.

We haven't found any equipment yet, for example, so where it might be getting grown in the first place.

Craig searches the bedrooms for any other evidence

and Nigel checks out the downstairs.

-Being grown in here?

-Yeah.

The man claims the room was empty until a few days ago

and used for just growing the plants found, for his own use.

When did you put all this stuff back in then?

Where was it all before that?

The man says he has passed on the gear used for growing

and turned the space back into a bedroom.

A search inside and out doesn't bring up any evidence

of wider-scale production.

OK.

The team is satisfied that the crop was a grow-your-own

just for the man's personal use but that doesn't mean he's getting off the hook.

What we're going to do is we're going to take what we've found,

er, and my colleague's going to arrange for you to come in

and be interviewed, OK?

You appreciate you could be arrested for it, it's still an offence.

In cases like this, the team don't have to arrest the man on the spot.

Instead, they can arrange for him to come down to the station for questioning at a later date,

saving valuable time and resources.

I've written down, "regards the cannabis you found, is mine

"and mine alone, it's nothing to do with anybody else in the house.

"I agree to be interviewed at Preston Road police station.

-"I'm aware that if I don't turn up, I will be arrested."

-Yep.

When you arrest someone, it should be a necessity to do that.

Obviously, in different circumstances,

there's jobs we get sent to, we go to, are generally slow time.

We also have the ability to have that contact and continuity with people.

As the police leave, they reveal that when writing their report,

they will make a note of some other points that came to their attention at the house.

The concerning thing is that it was being grown in the lad's bedroom.

He said the bed and everything wasn't there at the time.

We have a duty of care to the children as well,

so as part of our process, we'll have to complete the relevant paperwork.

The Neighbourhood Team are on the frontline when it comes

to tackling these kinds of doorstep crimes that upset residents

and always try to get a fast turnaround resolution,

and conviction where appropriate for any given offence.

A week later, the man is interviewed and he receives a police caution for his crime.

Thanks for turning up today, you're going to receive a caution.

Right, that's the caution done. Like I say, it'll go no further.

You're not required to attend court, that's the end of the matter,

unless you're arrested again or dealt with again by the police.

It's another speedy result for the team,

all thanks to information provided to them by locals,

fed up with crime taking place on their street.

Listening to the public about the types of crimes

that affect everyday life is the driving force behind neighbourhood policing.

But with hundreds of phone calls

coming in to the neighbourhood offices every day,

the police never know what problem they might have to tackle next.

Earlier in the night, Gareth and Steve attended a call

to free a pair of bailiffs who had become locked inside a shop.

Just as they think the night is going to get quieter,

they're in for a surprise.

They spot a car that is driving a bit erratically and go to pull him over.

Oh, he's not going to stop for us on here.

But despite putting the blues on, he's not playing ball.

RADIO: 'Can't stop him on there, can we?'

SIREN BEGINS TO WAIL

As the sirens fire up, the team are now in full pursuit of the driver,

who is still refusing to stop.

He's not having it.

Current speed is 35 miles an hour.

The driver is now jumping red lights.

Through a red light...

Currently still towards Myton Bridge.

See if he continues but we are...

With Alan keeping tail of the car, Gareth puts in a call

to the traffic cops to intercept it.

Heading towards Myton Bridge, still safe to continue.

Traffic is light, road conditions dry, safe to continue.

Within moments, two traffic cars arrive and the car is pulled to a halt.

Gareth and Alan get out to question the driver.

SIRENS WAIL

The man has an excuse for his actions.

Just come and sit in our car for a minute.

-I've just come from Dad's office.

-That's the job he's given me, from Dad's office.

He said he thought it was an ambulance at one stage.

With the man detained by the traffic cops,

Alan explains why he's searching his car.

The gentleman's failed to stop for us, all the way down the A63,

for about a mile, mile and a half.

Consequently, because of that, I'm carrying out a...

Section 1 PACE search of the vehicle,

see if there's anything stolen or prohibited in it.

But there is also another small problem to deal with -

the man's young son, who was a passenger.

The chap who was driving, he's got a small son in the rear of the car,

who's about seven or eight years old.

We've stuck him into our vehicle for safe custody, basically,

to make sure he's not wandering onto the road and for his own safety.

Have you been in a police car before? No?

Is it exciting?

The man gets grilled about his erratic driving

and failure to stop for the police.

What would you normally do if you saw an emergency vehicle behind you?

Why didn't you on this occasion?

And what he's saying, he thought you were an ambulance, is that not credible?

Whenever he went right, we went right.

Whenever he went left, we went left behind him.

So we weren't trying to get up the inside or anything.

As the police debate if his excuse is acceptable,

another officer breathalyses the man.

OK, mate, keep your hands down.

He had not been drinking so the breathalyser shows he's not over the limit.

He's given a sample of breath, he's clear, he's not been drinking.

The traffic patrols are going to deal with him now for the offences he's committed,

which is failing to stop for the police vehicle,

when we've clearly got twos and blues illuminated and sounding,

and also, he's contravened a red traffic light

as we've come through the Myton Gate roundabout.

Under further questioning, the man remains adamant that he thought

the police car was an ambulance.

I did pull over and then he pulled over...

I tried to pull over that way.

I pulled over that way, he was doing the same thing, going into the same lane, I was getting confused.

I genuinely thought it was an ambulance

and then I pulled over again, and I...

The police ultimately accept his excuse

but demand he brushes up his driving skills.

I asked the male, give him the option of attending

a considerate drivers course. As long as he attends that course,

he won't be summonsed to court and he won't receive the points on his driving licence.

-Your keys, fella?

-Yeah!

I have them.

I thought it'd be embarrassing if someone stole your car whilst we were dealing with you.

It's not exactly built for speed!

-All right. Cheers.

-OK, thank you very much. Cheers then. Bye bye.

Get yourself strapped in, young man.

Ta-ra then.

The incident is an example of how the team are involved

in every type of scenario.

-Thanks very much for your help.

-You're welcome, thank you.

He wouldn't have stopped for us!

And the man took their advice, accepting a safe driving course

instead of getting points on his licence and a hefty fine.

The local pub has long been the heart of the community

but sometimes it's not just the lure of beer that brings people to the bar,

it's the trade and use of illegal drugs on the premises.

Across the country, pubs have shown evidence of cocaine use in toilets

and it's a problem landlords want to stamp out.

Over in Beverley, Inspector Mike Young has assembled the team.

They're going to be launching a strike, supported by sniffer dogs.

20 pubs in the area will be hit randomly to send a message

to anyone who may be thinking of taking drugs in their local.

The licensing team, supported by divisional colleagues,

military police, West Yorkshire Police,

will attend public houses in the East Riding of Yorkshire,

to conduct passive drug dog testing of patrons.

Obviously, we're in plain clothes, we'll have a look round,

just to observe the customers, see what's happening,

to make sure that when you do enter, several seconds later,

that if people start diving for the toilets, we will hopefully identify that.

It is Friday today which means that many of the premises,

it will be very busy.

We are looking at premises, there will be a lot of people out there,

a lot of people who've been out since teatime.

Got to work, got to be safe and make sure the people are safe where we're going into.

Fully briefed, the teams head in convoy to Beverley village.

We're just travelling down into Beverley market-place,

where the majority of the pubs are. We'll all park up,

having arrived there, and we'll enter the first pub that's been allocated

-which I think is

-BLEEP.

Once at the location, a search team of 15 officers,

supported by Buster, the force's champion sniffer dog,

make their way to the first pub.

Most customers are in high spirits and glad to see the police.

GENERAL CHATTER AND HUBBUB

With the first pub clear, the search moves on to the next premises.

We're securing all the locations, like toilets and back doors,

make sure no-one leaves the premises and then we'll get the drugs dog in

and do a quick search round.

Drugs dog will have a little walk and see what he smells!

GENERAL CHATTER

The second pub also comes up clean.

-That's all done here, but we've heard there's problems over at

-BLEEP,

public order so we might have to end over there.

But the team gets word there could be trouble brewing over the road.

They reassemble and head to the destination.

It seems at first a fight may have broken out,

causing someone to suffer a bloody and bandaged head.

But the injury wasn't caused so much by a knockout as by a slip-up!

There's been a gentleman that's been drinking in the pub,

he's been evicted and he's fallen and banged his head.

Anyone too rowdy is given a Section 27 notice,

banning them from the area for 48 hours.

No, you're not getting fined, you're getting given a warning

to leave Beverley town centre and not come back.

The team now split into two. One unit keeps the revellers

on the street in check, the other goes with Buster and continues their search of the pubs.

MUSIC AND CHATTER

All of the pubs in the area have come up clean,

so the team regroup and head on to the next village.

The plan now is going to move to Cottingham.

There's only a few pubs in Beverley

so it's probably best that we move on to another village.

It's nice to find something because it makes the job worthwhile,

coming out and getting the drugs dogs over from West Yorkshire as well.

Obviously, we would love to find some people with some gear on them.

Most of the pubs have now been hit but it's the last one on the list

that turns up a result, thanks to an eagle-eyed plain-clothes copper,

who joins the search team.

Er, we went into the beer garden, just to observe a group outside,

just to see what's happening.

Like at the briefing, when we were talking about people's movements,

as soon as the guy observed the drugs dogs, he moved to the fence,

and I actually saw him with his arm, put something over the fence.

And I just watched him. He moved a couple of foot away again,

the drugs dogs came in, I went behind the fence,

and as I went on the lip of the fence, that little white packet was there.

And it looked like it had been placed by the guy.

That's exactly what it is, small bag of white powder which we believe to be drugs.

He didn't obviously see the plain-clothes officers,

and as we've walked in, he's thrown a wrap of possibly a Class A drugs behind him, over the wall,

which we've got and seized so he's been arrested.

He may have more on him so he's been taken back to the station now

and he'll be strip-searched to see if he's got any more.

The man who was arrested was ultimately released without charge,

as the police decided to take no further action.

But the exercise proves that the Neighbourhood Team and the dog squad

can be relied upon to tackle any problem.

As we've seen, the Neighbourhood Police Teams are there

to listen to the public.

But for the scheme to become a long-running success story,

they have to continue to work with communities and deliver results.

Coming up next time...

CCTV cameras are keeping an eye on city life.

No way! You lied last time, you arrested me!

The team try to mediate between two warring neighbours...

I don't even want to be in a room with him.

Never mind Cash In The Attic, we bring you hash in the attic!

Get your arms up!

You're under arrest, mate.

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