0:00:00 > 0:00:06Neighbourhood policing has come a long way since the days of Dixon Of Dock Green.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Good evening, all.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10From inner-city estates to suburbia...
0:00:12 > 0:00:17..this new generation of community police officers are on the front line.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19INDISTINCT VOICES
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Police!
0:00:20 > 0:00:24Their aim is to develop a stronger bond with the community...
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Have you had any problems, then, over the last week?
0:00:26 > 0:00:29..crack down on the crimes taking place on their doorstep...
0:00:29 > 0:00:33- Have you been drinking today?- No. - Why is your speech slurred, then?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36..formulate fast action plans to take down the criminals.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37VOICE FROM WALKIE-TALKIE
0:00:37 > 0:00:41- Who do you think you are?- BLEEP.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44In this new series of Neighbourhood Blues,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47we go to the Humberside police region,
0:00:47 > 0:00:52and get exclusive access to 24 teams of neighbourhood police officers...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54You're under arrest, mate.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57..as they tackle the problems blighting local people.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01You are now under arrest on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06And rise to the challenge of making the streets a safer place.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Coming up, the neighbourhood team go after the dodgy dealers
0:01:36 > 0:01:38selling counterfeit wares.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42In his pocket we've got a small bag with about...
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Says about 100 tablets there.
0:01:44 > 0:01:50We go inside the imposing mansion house hiding a very weedy little secret.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- Police!- Police!- Police!
0:01:52 > 0:01:54SHOUTING
0:01:54 > 0:01:57And after a neighbourhood officer spots a puppy
0:01:57 > 0:02:02in the garden of a woman banned from owning dogs, the RSPCA move in.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06So, we can do it now difficult way, or we can do it now the easy way. It's entirely up to you.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15The police are often criticised for not being tough enough
0:02:15 > 0:02:18on the types of everyday crimes that can ruin people's lives.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Neighbourhood policing was brought in to change this and,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24at the same time, make the police more approachable.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27But are they really making a difference?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Community policing has been in place across the UK for some time,
0:02:33 > 0:02:38but it has taken a lot of work to get the public on side.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40I think neighbourhood police teams do a great job.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I live very near to a very large council estate,
0:02:43 > 0:02:47and so you would think there would be quite...problems from there,
0:02:47 > 0:02:54but there isn't, and I think that's due to the fact that the police are visual in our area.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58They seem to be able to engage people a lot more on a human level than they used to.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Across the Humberside police area, the neighbourhood teams believe that by winning the trust of the public,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08they are beginning to see a significant drop in the types of
0:03:08 > 0:03:11grass root crime that can blight everyday life.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18A major way the police connect with the community is by making themselves available
0:03:18 > 0:03:21and approachable to listen to criticisms and concerns.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Being there to talk to people as they do their weekly shop is a clever way of doing this.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Today we're doing a drop-in surgery at Asda in Scunthorpe,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33meeting with the members of the public, letting them speak to us...
0:03:41 > 0:03:46..and if they want to ask us any questions, we can give them advice, crime prevention advice.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Local man Benny knows first-hand the difference community policing has made where he lives.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Sorting things out. And they have sorted things out.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Over the past ten years, as he will tell you,
0:03:56 > 0:04:01it's gone from before you couldn't walk out the house, you couldn't leave it,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04without getting into an argument with somebody or something.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Well, now, different altogether.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Everybody talks to each other, is civil and that's it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12We're neighbours.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16It's all down to the hard work of these and the council.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20but they've had to gain the trust, and we've had to gain the trust of them.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21See you. Ta-da.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26To be fair, Benny was one of the ones who, when we first started...
0:04:26 > 0:04:28He did talk to us, didn't he?
0:04:28 > 0:04:34He did, but he was a bit... He was a bit anti, he was a bit anti-police, to be fair.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38It's crucial for the police to foster good relations with locals like Benny,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40because it means they are much more likely
0:04:40 > 0:04:45to come forward with any worries or concerns about criminal activity in their area.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47There you are, young man, would you like a balloon?
0:04:47 > 0:04:52And, as we're about to find out, this information-sharing can lead to the neighbourhood team
0:04:52 > 0:04:55scoring major results that make headlines nationwide.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03Every day, neighbourhood police officers take dozens of calls from worried residents
0:05:03 > 0:05:06concerned about drug dealing and taking where they live.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11These tip-offs are often turned into action plans that have seen the teams
0:05:11 > 0:05:16launch a massive offensive against the drug trade in the region.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Who do you think you are?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18I don't give a...
0:05:20 > 0:05:26- Full of it, in there.- About 22 missed calls on this phone.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28If I was to hazard a guess, I would say that was a dealer's phone, yeah.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Showing that even suburbia doesn't escape unscathed
0:05:35 > 0:05:37from the scourge of drugs,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40suspicions have been raised by comings and goings at a luxury home
0:05:40 > 0:05:44that could be hiding a secret behind the curtains.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Sergeant Colin Jarratt has picked up the case,
0:05:47 > 0:05:51and has been granted a warrant to launch a raid on the property.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54He briefs his team of over 20 officers.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57First thing that we're going to do, we'll get the house surrounded.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Force entry or we'll get entry to the property,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04we'll keep the surround on, because then we'll be looking at doing a systematic search of the house.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07If we let our guard down on the outside, anyone can do a runner.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10We're going to come from the Waltham direction,
0:06:10 > 0:06:11all the way down through Waltham Road.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16- Right, so it's this side that we're going to be going to?- Yep. - This one here?- Yep.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19The main thing is making sure that you're
0:06:19 > 0:06:23looking after and looking out for yours and your colleagues' welfare.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25With the crew up to speed on the job,
0:06:25 > 0:06:29they head off in convoy to the location.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32The neighbourhood team are hoping that upmarket suburbia
0:06:32 > 0:06:35may just be the perfect cover for a major criminal to operate out of.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44On arrival at the house, Colin musters his men into two groups -
0:06:44 > 0:06:48a strike unit to enter the house, and a group to create a cordon.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Got them ladders, Paul? Because there's gates here.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55The police need to lock down the grounds of the property to prevent anyone escaping.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Mindful that a watchman may have seen them coming,
0:06:58 > 0:07:02the team move in fast, entering the property by force.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04We'll get through, we just need the crow bar.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Police!- Police! - Police!- Police!
0:07:13 > 0:07:17On entering the house, they begin a systematic sweep of the rooms,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19looking for any signs of criminals or crime.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23The house is suspiciously empty of furniture, and the curtains are all drawn.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26As the search inside heightens,
0:07:26 > 0:07:32outside the lock-down unit patrol the grounds, looking to catch any would-be fugitives.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Police!
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Back inside, the team score their first arrest in one of the empty bedrooms.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39- Clear.- Police!
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- INDISTINCT SHOUTING - I've got one here!
0:07:42 > 0:07:45There's a Vietnamese man looking to make a break for it.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Police!
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Further down the corridor, the first signs of equipment
0:07:51 > 0:07:54used for industrial-scale cannabis farming are found,
0:07:54 > 0:07:59including a fuse box wired to draw large quantities of electricity off the grid,
0:07:59 > 0:08:03to possibly power growing lamps.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05When an officer draws back a plastic curtain,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08every suspicion they ever had is confirmed.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16They find dozens of cannabis plants carefully potted and cultivated under hot lamps.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20With one suspect apprehended and evidence of cannabis production unearthed,
0:08:20 > 0:08:26the team send in the sniffer dog to track down more culprits and cannabis.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28No, come. Frosco, come.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31So he's just running round on his own at the moment,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33now we're just going to do what we call a systematic search.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38The dog leads his handler down another corridor to another room filled with potted cannabis plants.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43It's quickly becoming apparent that this is a large-scale growing operation
0:08:43 > 0:08:45worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48And the dog isn't done yet.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52His nose is thousands of times more sensitive than a human being's,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54and, as we find out later,
0:08:54 > 0:09:00the type of bark he's giving tells his handler he's caught a whiff of something or someone.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02The dog's barking to tell me there's people up there.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Putting the bad boys of the drug trade out of business
0:09:12 > 0:09:14makes big headlines for the neighbourhood teams,
0:09:14 > 0:09:19but more important is the work they do building close ties with the local community.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24This can lead to information about crimes being passed from the public to the police,
0:09:24 > 0:09:29and it's not just the welfare of people the teams are concerned about.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Each year, the RSPCA seize tens of thousands of pets from owners.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37BARKING
0:09:43 > 0:09:47BARKING
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Most of these irresponsible owners are then banned from keeping animals.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Malnourished.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58He seems to be having difficulty walking on his back legs.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I don't know whether it's a disability.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02But for some, this isn't enough of a deterrent.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Today, one of the neighbourhood teams has given PC Rich Watson
0:10:05 > 0:10:09some worrying information about a young dog being kept nearby.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Yesterday, one of our PCSOs has spotted an akita puppy
0:10:16 > 0:10:22in the back garden of a property nearby. No shelter for the puppy.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26It transpires that, through checks made,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29that the lady who lives at that address who has this dog,
0:10:29 > 0:10:33she's actually been issued with a ten-year banning order on dogs,
0:10:33 > 0:10:37so she's not allowed to keep dogs, and it would appear that she has yet another dog.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42So we're going to go around there now, seize the dog from her,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45and the RSPCA officer will deal with her for the relevant offences.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53It's RSPCA inspector Sarah Keith who will seize any dogs they find
0:10:53 > 0:10:55being kept illegally at the property.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58I've come to see you, mate. It's about your dog.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Why, what about it?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Rich and Sarah head to the house.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03On the way they meet the woman's partner.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Is the dog in the house?
0:11:07 > 0:11:08- Is- BLEEP- in?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12We need to speak to her.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16I need to interview her in relation to breaching her disqualification.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20We can arrest her now, because that is an arrestable offence for breach of disqualification.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23if there's issues over the dog and the way the dog's being kept,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25you can be interviewed in relation to that.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29So we can do it now the difficult way, or we can do it now the easy way, it's entirely up to you.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Do you want to show me where the dog is at the moment and where it's being kept,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35and I'll decide whether I need to interview you, as well?
0:11:37 > 0:11:41She's got a ten-year ban from dogs, so she's the registered tenant at the address,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44there is a dog living at the address, so she's in breach of her disqualification.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48So we're here today to get the dog and interview her about that offence.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50They head inside to speak to the woman,
0:11:50 > 0:11:55but a tough line needs to be taken by both Sarah and Rich to get to the dog.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- She's in breach of the disqualification order.- It's my dog.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I don't care. It's in her house.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02You don't live here, do you? Officially?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- So basically,- BLEEP, - we're seizing your dog, all right?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06It's under Section 19 of PACE.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08The puppy is seized,
0:12:08 > 0:12:13and Sarah's relieved to find him in a reasonably good condition.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17It's in reasonable nick, yes. The girl who was being interviewed is claiming it's not her dog,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20and it belongs to her boyfriend who lives at the address
0:12:20 > 0:12:24but isn't actually registered as living there as far as the council are concerned.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27The likelihood is we will have to wait and make the...
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Let the courts decide, make a decision as to the fate of this dog.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Find out later if his owner will face prosecution.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44The UK trade in fake designer gear
0:12:44 > 0:12:46is worth over a billion pounds a year.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Eager for a bargain, many people don't think twice
0:12:49 > 0:12:52about picking up an imitation at a fraction of the high street price.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Many of these knock-offs are made in sweatshops from materials
0:12:56 > 0:13:00that are toxic and the proceeds used to fund drug-smuggling and people trafficking.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Across the country, people are getting wise to the dangers.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09Counterfeit goods being sold without the quality control is wrong. It's wrong to very wrong.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11You get issues obviously with toys that are made abroad
0:13:11 > 0:13:14and have dangerous paints on them, dangerous dyes in them.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19They're not well put together, and you take them apart and they've got sharp edges.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24I think it's... Counterfeit goods starts from being bad to going to be extremely serious.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I think especially with children's toys, it's kind of horrendous because
0:13:27 > 0:13:31especially, you know, when you hear all the stories of there being lead paint being used
0:13:31 > 0:13:35and things like that, and there can't be that kind of quality control with counterfeits,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37so it's a big problem.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38He went out, he came back in.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Over in Hull, a dramatic rise in the sale of counterfeit goods
0:13:43 > 0:13:46at market stalls and by street pedlars has seen the team take action.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50I'm going down to work with one of our partner agencies,
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Trading Standards.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54We're going to be working at one of the local markets
0:13:54 > 0:13:57where they believe that there are some counterfeit toys being sold.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00They're dangerous, they can fall apart, they can injure children.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02People are buying these, they're buying them cheap,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05they think they're getting the real thing, and it isn't.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Last year, thousands of counterfeit toys were seized in Hull.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23The neighbourhood team have arranged to meet Trading Standards officers in a market car park,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26and they will be on hand to provide support when they seize any goods.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Yeah, yeah. Are you splitting into two separate teams?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Yeah, if you follow on behind.- Yeah. - In about a minute or so.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Yeah, no problem.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Penalties for those caught selling fake goods
0:14:38 > 0:14:42can be as much as a £5,000 fine or six months in prison.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46It's confirmed this is the stall they're after,
0:14:46 > 0:14:50so with the help of the neighbourhood team, Trading Standards begin seizing the goods.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56They're obviously being quite compliant at the minute, as you can probably tell.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Which is good, which is always nice.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02But this doesn't seem to be putting off the shoppers.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05It just amazes me, the amount of people that are still coming up.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08They can see, we're quite obviously taking things off the stall,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11they're being bagged up, you know, we're here, Trading Standards are here,
0:15:11 > 0:15:15and yet people are still trying to buy things. It beggars belief sometimes.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Counterfeit toys are often poorly made and don't meet safety standards.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26With the potentially hazardous goods off the stall,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Lorraine now wants to ID the trader.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32It's PC Summerfield, I'm just down on Walton Street Market at the moment.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Could you oblige me with a person check, please?
0:15:34 > 0:15:38But the details he's giving Lorraine just don't add up.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43Have you got any bank cards or anything on you to prove your name?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Driving licence?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- Am I not down at that address? - No, you're not down at that address,- BLEEP.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Are you registered as a voter there?
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- I haven't voted since I've been there, so probably not.- Right. - Should be that address, though.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07With no trace of the man on the police database, Lorraine decides to ask around
0:16:07 > 0:16:10the other traders if they know him, and she gets to put a name to the face.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13The hat man knows you, he knows your name.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Do you know his surname?- BLEEP.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21LORRAINE LAUGHS
0:16:21 > 0:16:26With the named trader now placed under investigation, the team head back to the station.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29No, no trouble. Everybody was compliant.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31All details obtained, no issues.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Really we were just there to sort of stand by, just in case it did get a bit heated,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38but thankfully it never, which is always nice.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43Still to come, the neighbourhood team go after the dodgy dealers selling counterfeit wares.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- Police!- Police! - Police!- Police!
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Earlier, the team raided a very unlikely looking drugs factory,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00housed in an executive-style home.
0:17:01 > 0:17:08On searching the property, they found cannabis ready to crop with a street value of £113,000.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12The sniffer dog may be done with searching out the drugs,
0:17:12 > 0:17:17but something or, more precisely, someone has caught his attention.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18DOG BARKS
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Up in the attic. The dog's barking to tell me there's people up there.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26The officers enter the attic space through a trap door.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Hiding amongst the shadows in the rafters is another Vietnamese man.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44With two arrests under their belt, Colin Jarratt marshals the team
0:17:44 > 0:17:48into a fresh search group to explore the vast and rambling mansion.
0:17:49 > 0:17:56We'll get these sorted and then we'll have a good look around and see the exact scale of it.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- C'mon.- He's cleared the building now,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01we've just told them there's someone in the loft.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06It's bone time for the sniffer dog who, with his job done, is taken for a well-earned treat.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Do you understand English?
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Back outside, another officer is taking one of the apprehended men to the van
0:18:12 > 0:18:14so he can be transferred to custody for questioning.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Stand there for me, I'm going to search your pockets, OK?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Just in case he's got any objects.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Obviously he's going in the back of the van now,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23whether he's got any objects on him that obviously he can
0:18:23 > 0:18:25cause harm to himself with or harm to anybody else.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28It's a cursory search before we get him to custody.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Step up there.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Just have a seat. Sit down for me please, sit down.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50The heavy police presence on this normally peaceful street is beginning to attract a crowd.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Somebody just phoned me this morning who'd driven through the village and said, "What's going on?",
0:18:55 > 0:18:58and I wasn't aware of anything, so I just had a walk down to see what was happening.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03And it seems the neighbourhood team get a big thumbs up from local people
0:19:03 > 0:19:08for the interest they take relating to residents' concerns about crime.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11In Waltham, they come along to the parish council meetings,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13give regular reports to the parish council.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17They even use the parish office in Waltham as one of their local bases,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20so it's a very effective partnership.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Back inside the house, the neighbourhood team
0:19:22 > 0:19:28comb the property for further evidence linked to the manufacturing and distribution of drugs.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31A hot spot is identified in the garage,
0:19:31 > 0:19:37where assorted gardening gear and tied sacks filled to the brim demand Colin's close scrutiny.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40They've clearly had a crop. What's in the bags, do we know?
0:19:40 > 0:19:44- Soil.- Soil? Is it in all of these?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- No.- No?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51This could be the crop.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55And on opening one of the bags, it's apparent that the team have hit the jackpot.
0:19:55 > 0:20:01That's, that's the cannabis leaf that's been cropped, by the looks of that.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07While some of the evidence of cannabis production will be bagged
0:20:07 > 0:20:11to be used at trial, the majority of the crop is uprooted.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14It'll be sent for immediate destruction at a furnace facility
0:20:14 > 0:20:19used by the police to destroy the spoils and wares of crime.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Are we smashing a hole in this?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Yeah, one more. Even the new ones.
0:20:30 > 0:20:36Another problem Colin needs to tackle is to get the experts in to make the illegal wiring safe.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Could you contact the Electricity Board, please,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42and arrange for someone to come down and isolate this property?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44There is a bypass here.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Scenes of crime officers and CID have also arrived on the scene,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51looking for any identifying marks that can link the criminals
0:20:51 > 0:20:53to the cultivation of cannabis.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- Is it off?- Well, there's still lights on in there.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58And it's not just extra coppers who've arrived to take a look.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00As we find out later, the team round up their suspects
0:21:00 > 0:21:05and begin to examine the major haul of illegal drugs.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14In Hull, the team have been launching a crackdown to put people
0:21:14 > 0:21:17who trade in counterfeit goods out of business.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20They know that market stalls can also be outlets for stolen goods,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24and it's an illegal trade they're determined to call shop on.
0:21:24 > 0:21:31I know the damage counterfeit goods could do to the perfume industry, the make-up industry.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I think people, most people, are pretty aware
0:21:33 > 0:21:36if they go to a market and find something really cheap,
0:21:36 > 0:21:40you know, I'd certainly know that there was something suspicious about it.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I think I'm always really wary of counterfeit goods.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46I would be, especially buying something on a market stall that's clearly branded,
0:21:46 > 0:21:51a brand that you would maybe know and that you wouldn't necessarily expect to see on a market stall.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I think I would personally be really wary of buying it.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59But I have, I bought perfume once that was sort of quite a big brand,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03and it was clearly not the real perfume. It was actually really horrible.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09The neighbourhood team have got a suspect on their books that they've been monitoring for some time.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Information suggests he is not only selling fake goods, but also
0:22:13 > 0:22:16genuine designer gear stolen from freight trucks, offloading it
0:22:16 > 0:22:21to market stall owners and independent retailers in the region.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Sergeant Mick Stevenson updates his team on the intel
0:22:24 > 0:22:26they have on the suspect.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30About eight weeks ago, CRT and Trading Standards did a joint operation
0:22:30 > 0:22:32on the market in relation to counterfeit goods.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Now, we seized about 1,000 items.
0:22:34 > 0:22:41Of those 1,000 items, about £100,000 worth has already come back as being counterfeit.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45But from this one particular guy, we seized about 605 items
0:22:45 > 0:22:49out the back of his lorry that, at the time, we thought were counterfeit.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51But it's transpired that they are not.
0:22:51 > 0:22:57They'd actually been stolen in thefts-cum-robberies from HGVs in the West Midlands area.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- On one job, there was a million pounds' worth of- BLEEP- jeans stolen,
0:23:01 > 0:23:07- and the bulk of what we recovered the other week is- BLEEP- jeans.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11The team are going to try to intercept the suspect before dawn.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15He's due to make a delivery of goods to traders at the local street market,
0:23:15 > 0:23:20but instead of buyers, he's about to be greeted by the coppers.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23OK, soon as we sight him, we'll let you know.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27They put the area under surveillance and sit and wait.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31We'll let you know when it passes by, we'll follow it down,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34and then we'll let you do the dirty deed at that end. Over.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37'Roger.'
0:23:37 > 0:23:40After a few minutes, they spot the suspect's vehicle.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44He's just coming on now, followed by a smaller, white van.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47He's taken the first right into Walton Street Market.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52No sooner has he stepped out of his van, the team move in to arrest him.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57To let you know we've been doing some enquiries in relation to that property
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- that we seized from you the other week.- Yeah.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- And it's, it's come back as stolen property.- Right.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- So obviously we need to speak to you about that.- Right, yeah.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10As the cuffs go on, the police break more bad news -
0:24:10 > 0:24:15he's not just losing his dodgy stock, but his truck too.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Mr- BLEEP,- what we're going to do,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20because your vehicle has obviously been used in the commission of crime,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23i.e., the last time that we seized the articles from you,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26and there's possibly some more this time, we're going to seize the vehicle.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29so we're going to recover it to the police station at the moment.
0:24:29 > 0:24:35Both the man and his van are taken back to the station so the team can investigate further.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39As day breaks, the team make an inventory of the contents of the man's truck,
0:24:39 > 0:24:45and it's not long before they find boxes and boxes of what could be incriminating evidence.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Well, from what we've taken off the van so far,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52some of that is identical to some of the property already identified as being stolen,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55so clearly we've got the batch numbers and that to sort out,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59and get them off to manufacturers and see if they can identify them for us.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03The man has subsequently been charged with facilitating the acquisition of criminal property
0:25:03 > 0:25:04and is awaiting his day in court.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Still to come, the team round up their suspects
0:25:13 > 0:25:16and begin to examine the major haul of illegal drugs.
0:25:18 > 0:25:25The police team up with the RSPCA to arrest a woman banned from keeping dogs.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27She's saying she doesn't own it and she doesn't keep it.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32She participates in that keeping on a daily basis, simply by living in a house with it.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37And a man pedalling more than just fake designer goods gets nicked.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43Basically, he's got a large quantity of counterfeit aftershaves, watches, Ralph Lauren T-shirts.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Sergeant Steve Lamb and PC Gareth Walker are two of Hull's most familiar faces.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59Most days they can be seen out and about or responding to direct calls for help.
0:25:59 > 0:26:05For me, neighbourhood policing is all about trying to provide
0:26:05 > 0:26:10a really good policing service to the communities that we serve.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13They are both good, old-fashioned coppers at heart...
0:26:13 > 0:26:17Please. Don't insult my intelligence, please.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20..who know that community police work makes a real difference.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Within a neighbourhood, most of the complaints that we receive are,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28we have lots of neighbour disputes to resolve.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Working in a busy town centre,
0:26:30 > 0:26:35we have lots of complaints. Retail crime takes up a lot of our time.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Other incidents that happen in the town centre,
0:26:38 > 0:26:41people are blighted by street drinkers,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45so a lot of our everyday work is geared towards that,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47particularly in the town centre during the...
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Well, both the daytime and the night-time economy.
0:26:49 > 0:26:55A key skill of any neighbourhood police officer is to know your patch and the people on it.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Within a neighbourhood team, you really do know the people
0:26:58 > 0:27:02that are affecting you every day, the people that are harming your communities most
0:27:02 > 0:27:06so they're the ones that you're going to target regularly
0:27:06 > 0:27:09and try and do something positively.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14But Steve knows that it's crucial to keep the public on side in the fight against crime.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17We obviously encourage our communities to speak to us.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21A number of different... We use...
0:27:21 > 0:27:25We have regular meetings, surgeries,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28we use social, sort of, networking sites.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Some of our information comes to us
0:27:32 > 0:27:35via our partners within the Hull City Council.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Just by simply speaking to people on the streets.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41We're only as good as the information that we're getting, really,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45and if the information is current, it's up-to-date,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47then we will react to it and we'll work with it,
0:27:47 > 0:27:49and we'll try and do something with it.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51As Gareth confirms,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54it's all about making neighbourhoods safer, happier places.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59Neighbourhood policing has a key role to play within the policing structure as a whole,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02as CID do, as the incident response teams do.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Our main focus is about improving the quality of life for local residents
0:28:05 > 0:28:08and making their lives easier to live with.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12If they've got constant anti-social behaviour that's taking place,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15or they've got neighbours that are causing them annoyance, then somebody has to deal with that.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Before neighbourhood policing was introduced,
0:28:18 > 0:28:22their problems would get passed from the police to the council to Social Services,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25to different departments, whereas now neighbourhood policing can take a grip of the problems
0:28:25 > 0:28:29and actually get results for the people that it's affecting.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32In my 11 years of policing, this is the best job that I've done,
0:28:32 > 0:28:35and I think it's just this particular neighbourhood team
0:28:35 > 0:28:38because you have got a very busy city centre,
0:28:38 > 0:28:42it changes on a night-time, moves into that night-time economy,
0:28:42 > 0:28:46but outside of that, we've got some very busy, sort of, housing estates
0:28:46 > 0:28:49and all the problems that that brings in.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51There's all sorts of stuff, so, for me,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54it's certainly the best job that I've done in the service, yeah.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01We've come to see you, mate.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Earlier, a neighbourhood officer out on a beat walk
0:29:04 > 0:29:06spotted a puppy in the garden of a home belonging to a woman
0:29:06 > 0:29:10banned from owning a dog following acts of cruelty upon a previous pet.
0:29:11 > 0:29:18The team's response is a reminder of just how wide a range of problems they deal with on a daily basis.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Well, that's right, that's the beauty of the community policing.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27The officers in a given area will generally know who's who
0:29:27 > 0:29:29and what's been going on.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33So obviously with my colleague, she's a PCSO in the area,
0:29:33 > 0:29:37and she was aware of the previous incident
0:29:37 > 0:29:43and therefore had concerns that if they had a dog in the future,
0:29:43 > 0:29:47you know, there may be some welfare issues for that dog.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Your local policing teams gather intelligence which is
0:29:50 > 0:29:53relevant to your local neighbourhood.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58I think without that, it's quite probable that this,
0:29:58 > 0:30:01this incident with the dog would have gone unnoticed.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06Rich went with RSPCA inspector, Sarah, to move the dog to safety.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14He's also placed the woman under arrest for questioning about the alleged offence
0:30:14 > 0:30:16and takes her back to the station.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20There she will be interviewed by an RSPCA Officer.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21- Thank you,- BLEEP.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24No, it'll be the RSPCA, they've got all the powers to deal with
0:30:24 > 0:30:27these types of incidents, so they'll interview her.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29We just obviously have the power of arrest,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31so we're facilitating that.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35- You don't have to- BLEEP- film me, do you?
0:30:35 > 0:30:40Sarah explains exactly what she believes the woman may have been guilty of.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43The ban, the way the disqualification is worded,
0:30:43 > 0:30:47is that she's not allowed to own, keep or be responsible for.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51It says "ownership or participating in the keeping of dogs."
0:30:51 > 0:30:54So even if she's saying she doesn't own it and she doesn't keep it,
0:30:54 > 0:30:58she participates in that keeping on a daily basis
0:30:58 > 0:31:00simply by living in a house with it.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04Akitas, if they're trained to, can be aggressive.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07They can make brilliant family dogs, as well,
0:31:07 > 0:31:10but unfortunately they're sought after for the wrong reasons.
0:31:10 > 0:31:16What Sarah's going to do next is basically interview the female we've arrested for the offence.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20And then if she is, if it's decided she'll be prosecuted,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23I will get sent a summons to serve on her.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36The case against the woman who breached her dog disqualification order is ongoing.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52But, for the team in their fight against the sale of counterfeit goods,
0:31:52 > 0:31:55they're proving that their bark IS as strong as their bite,
0:31:55 > 0:32:00especially when they know that the sale of knock-offs is often linked to other crimes,
0:32:00 > 0:32:01such as drug-dealing.
0:32:03 > 0:32:08In Hull's city centre, the team have been launching a crack down against counterfeit goods-sellers.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Knowing that the trade of knock-off perfumes and handbags is
0:32:11 > 0:32:17often linked to wider criminal activity such as drug dealing.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Whilst many of these goods are sold from market stalls, others are sold
0:32:21 > 0:32:24by pedlars who sell in pubs or on street corners.
0:32:24 > 0:32:30Over at one of the city's shopping precincts, the store security have called in the police.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33A man was initially detained by security on suspicion of stealing headphones,
0:32:33 > 0:32:37but when searched by the police, he was found to be innocent of shop theft.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40but new suspicions were raised by something else he had in his bag.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43We've then come in, had a chat with him.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47He's given us a sort of semi-plausible excuse for what he was doing with the headphones.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50However, he's got bags full of counterfeit goods,
0:32:50 > 0:32:53which, by his own admission, are counterfeit.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58We've got headphones, aftershaves, watches.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01But it's not just counterfeit goods he was carrying.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04I've asked him if he's got anything else about his person, he said no.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08I can clearly see he's got something in his pocket that he's not bringing out.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Checked his pocket, and in his pocket got a small bag
0:33:12 > 0:33:15- with about... Says about 100 tablets in there.- There's exactly 100.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Yep, and he's admitted they're his, that he's purchased them.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Sleeping tablets. I use them, I need them.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Sleeping tablets are popular on the black market with clubbers and ravers,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27and, if supplied without a prescription,
0:33:27 > 0:33:32they can be considered to be a Class B drug under the Misuse Of Drugs Act.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34The man is claiming they are for his own personal use,
0:33:34 > 0:33:39but the team are unconvinced and call in their governor Sergeant Steve Lamb to search the man.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43I just need to do a quick search. You don't have to get any clothes off, it's no problem at all, mate.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- Just a quick pat down just for their safety. - They've searched me already, but...
0:33:47 > 0:33:49- OK. Right, so nothing else in your pockets?- No.
0:33:49 > 0:33:54- No sharps, nothing at all?- No. - OK, mate.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58No more drugs are found, but the team decide to take him back to the station
0:33:58 > 0:34:01so he can be searched more thoroughly.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- Do I have to walk out the shop like this?- Yes.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05When I haven't even stolen anything from this shop?
0:34:05 > 0:34:08- Delta 123. - INDISTINCT VOICE FROM WALKIE-TALKIE
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Basically he's got a large quantity of counterfeit aftershaves, watches,
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Ralph Lauren T-shirts, Lacoste T-shirts,
0:34:16 > 0:34:19which he's admitted they're all imported from Thailand,
0:34:19 > 0:34:21and he sells them in the local pubs.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25But the counterfeit goods could be the least of his worries.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Yeah, he's got a small package with him which contains about
0:34:29 > 0:34:31100 blue tablets which are benzodiazepine,
0:34:31 > 0:34:35which he's got unlawful possession of, as well, so that's why he's been arrested, as well,
0:34:35 > 0:34:37for possession with intent to supply those tablets.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Back at the station, the man is booked into custody,
0:34:44 > 0:34:48but before the team have the chance to search him, something falls from his pocket.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Oh, sorry.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Brilliant.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58It's yet more drugs.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Right, just to remind you that you are still under caution.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05- Yes.- And obviously they've just dropped from you. All right?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- Can I have an exhibits bag, please? - Yeah.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11It's going to look more worse now for him, for what he did in the custody suite.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Cos he kept on saying they were for himself, they were for himself.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15When we asked him, when he was first searched,
0:35:15 > 0:35:20"Have you got anything more on you?", he said no. So... And now he's been...
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Why he dropped them out like that, I don't know.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23We was going to find them.
0:35:23 > 0:35:24What have we just found?
0:35:24 > 0:35:26A second bag of blue tablets.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28- We need to- BLEEP- his own confession last time.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I'm Sergeant Bailey, I'm the custody sergeant.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Have you had any today?
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Er... Well, I'm only on one, one a day.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- And have you taken today's? - Yeah.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42No charges were brought against the man for the sleeping tablets.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45However, following a search of his house,
0:35:45 > 0:35:50the man was charged with possession with intent to supply Class B drugs and money laundering.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52The case is going to court.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01Back over in Grimsby, the police have descended on suburbia
0:36:01 > 0:36:04to bust a cannabis farm hidden by the facade of an executive home
0:36:04 > 0:36:08in one of the most upmarket streets in the region.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Hundreds of plants with a street value of tens of thousands of pounds
0:36:12 > 0:36:15have been seized, and two men arrested.
0:36:17 > 0:36:22Back at the house, the team have done a final tally of everything they've seized.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25- 330 plants in total. - Right, good haul, good haul.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28And then in the garage from a previous harvest,
0:36:28 > 0:36:30we've got pots and root balls of 136.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35We're looking at, we're looking at roughly around about £180,000 worth of cannabis plants, yeah.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Which is, you know, it's a significant haul.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41That's £180,000 worth of drugs that have been taken off the streets,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43so I'm very impressed with that.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47The haul means that the neighbourhood police
0:36:47 > 0:36:51have seized a staggering 4 million pounds' worth of cannabis this year alone.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Yeah, we've managed to get everything removed from the house.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59It'll be a case of getting it as tidy as we can possibly get it,
0:36:59 > 0:37:01ready for the occupants or the owners of the house
0:37:01 > 0:37:05to obviously return to it, and they'll have to take up the issues of damage
0:37:05 > 0:37:08that's been caused by the people inside there.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Obviously the investigation's going to continue.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16That'll be going on through to today, possibly into tomorrow, with the serious crime team.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20So it's just a case of now the next stage continues.
0:37:22 > 0:37:28The two men captured at the house were both found guilty of producing a controlled Class B drug.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Their green fingers earned them both a 30-month stretch inside.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38The man who rented the house has been arrested and charged
0:37:38 > 0:37:42with being concerned in the production of a Class B drug.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53And, as we've seen, the neighbourhood team's always on the lookout for trouble
0:37:53 > 0:37:58and willing to lend an ear to listen to residents' complaints about wrongdoing on their doorsteps.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02But the information gathering is only worth anything
0:38:02 > 0:38:05if the intel leads to criminals getting caught.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Coming up next time...
0:38:08 > 0:38:12The sticky-fingered, foul-mouthed shoplifter feeling the full force of the law.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- You think I haven't forgot your face, you- BLEEP.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19The team take a zero-tolerance approach to tearaway teens.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21You can't stand still for two minutes,
0:38:21 > 0:38:24you're asking to be locked up, your eyes are all over the place.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27And the police find more than one type of grass growing around this man's shed.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30This shed's also full of cannabis. plants,
0:38:30 > 0:38:32so we'll be seizing all the plants that are in this one, as well.
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