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Neighbourhood policing has come a long way | 0:00:00 | 0:00:03 | |
-since the days of Dixon of Dock Green. -Good evening, all. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:08 | |
From inner city estates to suburbia, | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
this new generation of community police officers | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
are on the front line. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
-What are you doing here? -Police! | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
Their aim is to develop a stronger bond with the community... | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
Have you had any problems then, over the last week? | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
..crack down on the crimes taking place on their doorstep... | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
-So you've been drinking tonight? -No. -Why's your speech slurred, then? | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
-..formulate fast action plans to take down the criminals. -Careful! | 0:00:33 | 0:00:37 | |
-Who do you think you are?! -BLEEP BLEEP | 0:00:37 | 0:00:41 | |
In this new series of Neighbourhood Blues, | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
we go to the Humberside Police region and get exclusive access | 0:00:44 | 0:00:49 | |
-to 24 teams of neighbourhood police officers... -You're under arrest, mate. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:54 | |
as they tackle the problems blighting local people... | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
You're now under arrest on suspicion of possession and intent to supply a controlled drug. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:02 | |
and rise to the challenge of making the streets a safer place. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
-Coming up - a travellers' camp gets busted. -No, no, that's fine. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:33 | |
Well, we knew it was here. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
The neighbourhood police get tough on tearaway teens. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
Don't keep flicking your lighters at me. Just leave now. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:44 | |
And the team go on the trail of two supermarket shoplifters. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
That was good. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:55 | |
This new style of neighbourhood policing is all about getting | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
back to basics and connecting with the public. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
One of the major breakthrough ways of achieving this is the setting up | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
of community surgeries and neighbourhood beat meetings | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
where the residents can talk to the police | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
as part of a group or one-on-one. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
The British economy suffers as a result of shoplifting, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:26 | |
with hundreds of millions of pounds' worth of goods stolen from stores every year. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:31 | |
In Hull, the neighbourhood team are tackling shop theft | 0:02:31 | 0:02:34 | |
by joining forces with retailers in the local area. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
Good morning, everybody, I'm Sergeant Steve Lamb from the Riverside team | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
based at Queens Garden Police Station. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
Sergeant Steve Lamb is leading today's meeting. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
It's an opportunity, really, for us to share information with our retail crime partners | 0:02:50 | 0:02:55 | |
and very well attended today, we've representatives from all | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
-the major city centre retail stores. -Driffield is also serious again. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:02 | |
Last year, it did quieten down for a bit but suddenly it's started to peak again. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:07 | |
The meetings provide the team with a valuable opportunity | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
to share vital information with local store owners to discuss | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
-how best to target known offenders in the area. -If you compared that | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
against the daytime stuff, the retail stuff, how would it look? | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
Particular shoplifters that come in to your shop, whether they've stolen | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
or you suspect them to be stealing and you take them away or... | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
The meeting is to get intelligence and information | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
flowing from ourselves to the shops and vice versa. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
It's beneficial for other retail businesses | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
and also for members of the public going about their daily business | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
around the town centre for reducing crime | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
and anti-social behaviour. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
The intelligence gathered at the meeting allows the team to identify shoplifting hot-spots across Hull. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:49 | |
Over in the city centre, one of the neighbourhood team's PCSOs | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
has spotted a man stealing. Gareth and Alan have been called to investigate. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:57 | |
PCSOs help us, police support officers, they've seen him | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
and another lad walking into the rear of the shops, | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
behind TJ Hughes, each carrying a television. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
I've come round the corner, a member of the public's told us | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
where the television was and he's been seen coming out of the shop. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:15 | |
He was the male that the PCSO had seen carrying the television. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
He went through that way, you say? OK? | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
A shopper has seen the man dump a television | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
before running off across the street. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
Gareth spots him and pulls him to one side. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
I went to get some sweets... | 0:04:29 | 0:04:30 | |
-What have you got? -Socks. -Can you keep your hands out of your pockets for me? | 0:04:30 | 0:04:35 | |
-Some socks and stuff like that. -Some socks and stuff like that? | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
-Where are they now? -In my bag. -In your bag? | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
The man claims all he's bought today is some sweets | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
-and some socks, but Gareth's not convinced. -Listen to me, | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
listen to me, BLEEP. I'm PC Cowley from Queens Garden Police Station. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
I'm going to carry out a section one search on you. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
-We're looking for stolen or prohibited items. -No problem, no problem. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
Now can I have my say? | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
I'm a ceiling fixer by trade, a shop-fitter. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
I've gone in there to get some stuff, it's not there. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
I bought some sweets. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:04 | |
Paid for them and then I'm gone. Is there any reason for this? | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
-I don't understand. -There is, yeah, | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
because somebody's seen you disposing of some property | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
which we believe to be stolen. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:14 | |
Alan and Gareth decide to arrest him, | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
much to the amusement of a passer-by. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:21 | |
-Ha-ha, you've just been caught shoplifting. -No, I haven't. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
Shop theft is one of the largest crimes in Britain, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
with shoplifting costing stores a staggering 137 million pounds a year. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:33 | |
Slide yourself in there for me, mate, please. Thank you. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
So when's this...because I'm not being funny, I've got a child at home. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
The man is trying every excuse in the book to try and avoid a trip to the station. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:44 | |
You're going to Central, all right? | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
-Is that quick enough for you? -What? -You're going to Central police station. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
-You can take me to where the -BLEEP -you want. -No problems. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
OK, slide across so we don't hit you with the door. Thank you. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
But as Alan starts to drive off, the man starts thrashing around in the back of the police car. | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
-Don't touch me, don't touch me, don't touch me. -Sit back...sit back. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
If you're going to prat about, you're going in a van. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:08 | |
Stop being stupid or you'll go in a van, do you understand? | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
-You'll come out and you'll go on the floor in a van. -Get off me! | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
-Do you understand? -Get on with it! -BLEEP | 0:06:13 | 0:06:15 | |
Victor two-one. Can you get the van to us, please? | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
Gareth and Alan have no choice but to get him out | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
of the car and restrain him at the roadside before he injures himself or them. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
You're not going anywhere. Calm down. You think I haven't forgot your face, you BLEEP | 0:06:24 | 0:06:29 | |
-Who the -BLEEP -do you think you are? | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
I've explained I am PC Cowley from Queens Garden Police Station. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
-Yeah, you're a -BLEEP -and you're bullying people in custody. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
-You're a -BLEEP. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
But even face down on the tarmac, this foul-mouthed man is still refusing to behave. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
-Were you bullied at school, you -BLEEP? | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
If you relax, the pressure will be taken off, won't it? | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
-Let me put my feet on the floor. -Relax. -Well, let go of me! | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
It doesn't work like that, cos you're threatening to kick. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
Gareth and Alan try to reason with the man but he continues | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 | |
to be abusive and threaten the officers. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:02 | |
-Stop pushing! I'll -BLEEP -murder you! | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
Well, that's one reason why we're not letting go, isn't it? | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
-So let go of my feet! -Not a chance. You're threatening to murder us. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
The neighbourhood team have special training to deal with abusive and threatening behaviour like this | 0:07:11 | 0:07:16 | |
and always remain calm and controlled, no matter what is thrown at them. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
They've been wrestling with the man for nearly 15 minutes, | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
but finally it seems that they are starting to get through to him. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:27 | |
Let my feet go on the floor and I'll stop, please, | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
let my feet go on the floor, please. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
Right, listen, fella, if your feet go on the floor and you kick off, | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
we'll go back, do we understand? | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
Yeah, no problem. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:40 | |
-Just calm down. -You're -BLEEP. -Right, put your foot down and stop making threats. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
-You're absolutely -BLEEP -you, -BLEEP. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
Fella, we're getting places now, aren't we? | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
But all of a sudden, the man becomes motionless. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:52 | |
Want to sit up now you've calmed down? | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
Eh? Andrew, are you going to sit up now you've calmed down? | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
I can see your chest moving. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
Let's just put him in the recovery position. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
It'll just take a little bit longer to deal with him, then, if that's the case. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
We'll take him to hospital and then we'll sit with him until he's better. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
He appears to be unconscious. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
Alan checks the man's pulse and responses. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
They all seem to be perfectly normal. He could be faking it. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
C'mon, fella, you've still got a good pulse and you're breathing well. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
Stop messing about, otherwise we're going to be sat with you in hospital longer. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
You'll go to hospital, and all that'll do is delay your arrival at custody. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
Your clock won't start until you arrive back at the station. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
Don't be forcing your eyes closed, Andrew | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
because that doesn't show us anything. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
Just going to get an ambulance. I think he's pretending, but just to be on the safe side. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:41 | |
It's quite normal - some people do give us lots of abuse, shout various | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
things but we're professional people, we've heard it all before. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
He's the one laid on the floor in handcuffs, so it doesn't bother us really. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
A few minutes later, paramedics arrive to check him over. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
Sometimes prisoners will feign illness | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
so they are taken to hospital rather than going straight to the cells. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
Have a look, have a full examination and... | 0:09:08 | 0:09:09 | |
They forget that no matter how long they're at the Royal, | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
they'll remain in the cells for the same amount of time because they haven't reached there yet, so... | 0:09:12 | 0:09:17 | |
The paramedic agrees with Gareth and Alan. They all think he is trying his luck, | 0:09:17 | 0:09:21 | |
but as a precaution, they will take him down to Hull Royal Infirmary for a full health check. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:26 | |
So when you came up to him, he was conscious, alert? | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
Yeah, he was walking fine. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
Arrested him, fifteen minutes on the floor shouting and bawling, struggling and then... | 0:09:31 | 0:09:37 | |
Well, his SATS are good, all his observations, everything's looking good. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:41 | |
We never know what to expect when we come on a shift, that's the beauty of this job, | 0:09:41 | 0:09:46 | |
Don't know what you're going to come up against. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
The man was given a clean bill of health at the hospital and sent to the police station. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:55 | |
He was subsequently found guilty of theft and given a six-week prison sentence. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
-Yeah, you -BLEEP! | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
Let's hope he won't be acting up for the police in the future. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
Keeping town centres crime-free is high on the police's agenda, | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
but so is making the street where you live a safer place. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:18 | |
Despite best efforts to keep troublesome kids off the streets, | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
concerns about anti-social behaviour | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
caused by loitering youths are still rife. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
You know, they've got nowhere else to go so, you know, | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
they're going to turn to the streets, the parks for entertainment | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
and, you know, drinking. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:36 | |
You know, young people need somewhere to go. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
I think there should be, the government should be putting | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
more money into youth opportunities. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
But youth leisure schemes | 0:10:45 | 0:10:46 | |
can sometimes become a magnet for trouble-makers. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
We're off to East Park on Holderness Road. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
..to a local skate park which is basically a facility | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
for the youngsters to go in and just generally to socialise | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
and it keeps them in one area, so we know where they are. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:07 | |
They're in a safe place to be, and obviously it's a lot easier | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
for us to police them, should there be any problems. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
Unfortunately, over a period of time, | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
we've had a number of calls to service to police for fires | 0:11:15 | 0:11:19 | |
being started in the bushes and the areas that surround the skate park. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:23 | |
The council have been in and cut back the bushes | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
and trying to sort of take away the opportunity for them to do this. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:30 | |
Unfortunately, it's continued, so the council have now decided, | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
basically, that they're going to, over the next period of a week, | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
they're going to shut the skate park | 0:11:36 | 0:11:38 | |
and shut the facility off for the youngsters. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
It's an unpopular decision, but the team feel their only option | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
is to close the park early to stop it from being vandalised. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:48 | |
Anti-social behaviour is a massive, massive problem for us. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
Obviously, 99 times out of a 100, it involves youngsters | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
of a certain age and that's what we're targeted on to deal with, | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
because obviously the misery that can be caused by anti-social | 0:11:57 | 0:12:01 | |
behaviour to the rest of the community can be quite catastrophic | 0:12:01 | 0:12:05 | |
in certain areas, if you like, | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
and also it causes a lot of unpleasantness for people, | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
so that's what our main job is. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:12 | |
The skate park is normally a hive of activity, | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
but today's freezing weather has put the youngsters off. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
And as you can see, at this moment in time it's virtually empty. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:22 | |
I don't think I've ever seen it this quiet, to be honest with you. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
Yeah, we'll be coming down every night of the week at around this time | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
just to make sure that the park is clear before they lock it up | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
and obviously to explain to the children that are using the facility | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
why it's being shut so early and obviously the ramifications for them | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
should they try and get back in later on after it's been locked up. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
The damage that has already been caused at the park is extensive. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:44 | |
When you look through here, you can see the wooded area here now, | 0:12:44 | 0:12:48 | |
which is far, far clearer than ever it was a while ago, | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
and if you take a walk through there, | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
although you can't see it today too well | 0:12:52 | 0:12:54 | |
because of the snow, you'll find several burn areas | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
and some of the trees have got scorching and that | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
where they've been starting the fires in there. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
The big effect of that is that should the fires take hold of the trees, | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
we could have had a much worse situation here, | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
quite a serious arson if that lot had gone up, | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
which is another reason why it's been cut back. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
The team's priority is to protect the local community, | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
but Paul is determined to ensure the knock-on effect of closing the park | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
won't mean that the neighbours end up suffering more. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
We'll be out tonight, monitoring the other areas tonight. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
The police community support officers will also be out on foot, going | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
round the additional areas where we think they may congregate. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:28 | |
Obviously to make sure there's no problems with them, | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
because they're not allowed in to use their own facility. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
I spoke to a few of the older lads who come on here who use it quite regularly | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
and they're not too happy about it closing for a week, | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
so hopefully a bit of peer pressure, they might get a group of youngsters | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
and hopefully stop them doing the fires. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
The park keepers arrive to lock up, but it seems that there is one lad | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
who is intent on staying put despite the cold weather. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
-BLEEP. -Are you going to ask them to move? -BLEEP. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
Paul knows this boy well. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:03 | |
Do you understand what's happening? | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
BOY MUMBLES | 0:14:07 | 0:14:09 | |
Right, well it's time to go now, so if you want to move | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
cos I'm going to lock the gates now. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
-Sorry? -I've got a bad leg. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:17 | |
Well, you've managed, you weren't here five minutes ago. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
You've obviously managed to walk here. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
BOY MUMBLES | 0:14:21 | 0:14:23 | |
Oh, did you? Well the park has been shut, so I'm now asking you to move. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
Sorry? That's fine, but now. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:28 | |
You can have a nice chat with PC Jefferson on the way out, can't you? | 0:14:31 | 0:14:35 | |
Sorry? | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
Well, if you come back in ten minutes, | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
you'll get arrested, how's that? | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
The boy is trying his hardest to wind Paul up, and to make it worse | 0:14:44 | 0:14:48 | |
he's now pulled out two lighters. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:49 | |
So what have you done to your leg, then? | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
Sorry? | 0:14:53 | 0:14:54 | |
-You burnt your leg? -Yeah. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
What were you doing, trying to start a fire somewhere? | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
Don't keep flicking your lighters at me. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
Don't keep flicking your lighters at me. Just leave now. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
He claims to have injured his leg whilst trying to light a fire, | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
only adding to Paul's frustration. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:11 | |
Just some advice, it will be on CCTV later, so if we have to come back, | 0:15:11 | 0:15:14 | |
I'll take great pleasure in locking you up. Bye, bye. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:17 | |
He's one of the regular lads that frequents this area, | 0:15:17 | 0:15:20 | |
he does cause us a lot of problems. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
We've had quite a lot of contact with his parents who, | 0:15:22 | 0:15:26 | |
sadly for them, have lost control of him totally, really. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
They're quite decent people, sadly, but... which is unusual. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:32 | |
When parents are decent, their kids are not normally that bad, but | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
unfortunately, in his case, he seems to think he can do what he wants. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:39 | |
He's no longer in school, and has just caused us a lot of problems | 0:15:39 | 0:15:43 | |
over the last few years, really. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
The majority of young people in the local community | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
manage to stay out of trouble, | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
but, as the problems at the park highlight, | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
it only takes a handful of trouble-makers to mean | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
that everyone gets deprived of the use of the facilities. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
All is quiet now, but Paul will be keeping a close eye on things. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:01 | |
He doesn't appear to be here for the moment. We shall see in time. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:05 | |
The team work with the families of children | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
they regularly have contact with. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
They offer ongoing support and advice | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
on how they can turn things around. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:18 | |
Find out later what happens | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
when they visit the home of the lad moved on from the park. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
I'm PC Cowley from Queens Gardens Police Station... | 0:16:29 | 0:16:31 | |
Shop lifters steal for all sorts of reasons. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
Some steal to order, some steal for kicks, | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
but others are drug addicts looking to sell stolen goods to pay for their next fix. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
Following the Retail Crime Partnership meeting, | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
the police work with store managers to keep on top | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
of this major problem. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:48 | |
I'll get the photographs round to you as soon as possible. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:52 | |
Over in Hull, Dave and Sean have received a call about a theft | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
from the manager of a supermarket, | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
and they have a hunch about who may be responsible. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:01 | |
We're going to go to Morrison's on Bransholme. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:07 | |
They've just had a shop theft not so long ago and there's two males | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
who are responsible for stealing quite a large quantity of spirits. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
The descriptions are very vague, but I've got a sneaking suspicion | 0:17:15 | 0:17:20 | |
it might be two males who are currently wanted | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
for a number of a similar offences, | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
so we're just going to go to the shop and have a look at their CCTV | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
and see if we can identify them, and then from there we'll go out | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
and have a look and see if we can get hold of them. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
First one's a little bit different, | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
because they're a couple of males who've been outstanding for some | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
time, for a number of offences, including burglaries and shop theft. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:44 | |
They're very well known to us, but we're having trouble identifying | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
where they are at the moment, | 0:17:47 | 0:17:49 | |
so it would be nice to be able to get hold of them. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
Bottles of alcohol from supermarkets | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
are one of the most sought-after items by shoplifters in the UK. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
Dave and Sean are hoping that the store's CCTV footage | 0:17:57 | 0:18:01 | |
will tell them if their suspicions are correct about who's responsible | 0:18:01 | 0:18:04 | |
for the current theft. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
Arriving at the store, | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
they head inside to view the security video. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
It shows a man who appears to be stealing bottles of alcohol. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:14 | |
The best camera angle you're going to see him on | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
will be as he's walking out the door. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
-So he's coming now, camera three. -Yeah. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
CCTV footage like this is one of the most effective weapons | 0:18:21 | 0:18:25 | |
in the fight against shoplifting, | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
and today it's given the neighbourhood team some vital clues. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:31 | |
The man stealing the spirits fits the bill of one of the men | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
they think they're after. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:36 | |
Leave it with us. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
The footage isn't brilliant, but he's certainly got a good likeness | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
of the suspect that we had in mind. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
Obviously, as I say, he's wanted for other offences anyway, | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
so we'll bear this one in mind as we go looking for him. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:51 | |
The staff have seen the person who is responsible for this shop theft | 0:18:52 | 0:18:56 | |
make off on a cycle in the direction of Noddle Hill Way | 0:18:56 | 0:18:59 | |
and the Garths over there, | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
which is where we believe one of our suspects lives, so we'll start | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
having a look in that area and knock on a few doors | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
to see if we can find him. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:07 | |
All of the clues point to the wanted men, so Dave and Sean head to | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
an address where they believe one of them lives. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:14 | |
They find the house, but before they have a chance to knock on the door, | 0:19:14 | 0:19:16 | |
news comes over the radio that the men they're after | 0:19:16 | 0:19:20 | |
have been spotted nearby, making off on bicycles. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
I don't know, he's obviously had a phone call about something. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
The police are hot on their heels, | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
but will they catch up with the suspects? | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
We'll find out later. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
Cannabis farms and factories are on the increase | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
and last year more than 20 were discovered every day, | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
with police seizing over £100 million worth of the drug. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
Down at HQ, the team are being briefed in preparation | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
for a raid on a suspected cannabis farm. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
They've received intelligence that the drug is being grown | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
on a nearby travellers' site. | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
So there's three warrants on three separate stands on the same site. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
Our strategy will be to enter the site and secure the three locations | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
and detain any persons there and preserve evidence. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
We've got CSI with us who will then come in | 0:20:12 | 0:20:15 | |
and photograph the scene before we start looking at dismantling it | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
and seizing any evidence. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
The team know the residents well, and it was only a year ago | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
that the site was raided for the same offence. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:26 | |
They weren't hostile, they were quite well-behaved, | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
good-humoured and I don't expect that will change today. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
But we'll just have to be prepared, just in case it does turn ugly. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
The force helicopter has already been at work | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
and identified three heat sources coming from the site | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
that they believe to be possible growing sites. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
This ties in nicely with the other information they've received. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
The intelligence suggests that they're actually growing it | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
in a blue container. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
The only blue container on the site is this one. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
But the team are still keen to make sure that the raid | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
is handled sensitively to preserve the good relationship | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
that they have built with a community they have previously had problems with. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
We've been involved in various charity football matches with them | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
and we've got them on side and I don't want to ruin that | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
by going in heavy-handedly to do the warrants. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
So, firm but fair, but overall, communicate with them, | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
tell them why we're there. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
Steve's agreed that we can tell them the sort of evidence we've had | 0:21:20 | 0:21:22 | |
and give reason as to why we're there, | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
but communicate, polite and fair. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
Firm overall, but let's try and keep them on side as well. OK? | 0:21:28 | 0:21:33 | |
With everyone briefed, it's time for PC Steve Morley | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
and the team to hit the road. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:38 | |
Can we just confirm Oscar 99's up in the air and watching for us? | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
And as well as 20 officers on the ground, | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
airborne reinforcements are also on stand-by. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
I've contacted them this morning and just asked them to do a quick recce | 0:21:48 | 0:21:53 | |
of the site as we're going down, just to make sure we're not going | 0:21:53 | 0:21:57 | |
to find anything unexpected like a large number of people turn up, | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
and what they'll do is they'll watch the site as we enter, | 0:22:00 | 0:22:04 | |
just to make sure. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
One, for officer safety reasons, and secondly, to make sure nobody's | 0:22:07 | 0:22:11 | |
seen disposing of any evidence that we can't see. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
Steve arrives at the first of the sites spotted by the chopper. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
All right? | 0:22:18 | 0:22:19 | |
Can I just get me a drink first? | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
Yeah, that's not a problem, all right. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
-But you understand what we're doing? -Yeah. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
All right. Before we go and search everywhere, where's it growing? | 0:22:25 | 0:22:29 | |
How many? | 0:22:31 | 0:22:32 | |
Just one shed? | 0:22:35 | 0:22:36 | |
The travellers know Steve well and once he explains why he's there, | 0:22:37 | 0:22:40 | |
they know the best option is to co-operate. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
It's that one? | 0:22:43 | 0:22:44 | |
Yeah. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:45 | |
No, no, that's fine. Well, we knew it was here. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:50 | |
Just that one, pal. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:51 | |
There's 12 plants in there? | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
-Yeah. -OK. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
Who's responsible for this? | 0:22:55 | 0:22:56 | |
-It's yours, is it? -Yeah. | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
The man's happy to admit that they're his plants. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
Right, cos it's illegal, when we take it all away from here, | 0:23:00 | 0:23:04 | |
I'll arrange for you to come into the police station for an interview, | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
either later on today or tomorrow. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
-Yeah, that's fine. -That all right? | 0:23:09 | 0:23:10 | |
-Yeah. I know the deal. -You know the score, don't you? -Yeah. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
All right, Gary. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:14 | |
Just feet away, | 0:23:14 | 0:23:15 | |
the team have unearthed another shed full of cannabis. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
This shed's also full of cannabis plants, | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
so we'll be seizing all the plants that are in this one as well. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
There are even more plants here than in the first shed | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
with a street value of £1,000, but this time they are | 0:23:28 | 0:23:32 | |
not the man's, they're his mother's. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
That, in that shed, belongs to me. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:36 | |
That one here, where the bike is? | 0:23:36 | 0:23:37 | |
-Yes, that belongs to me. -OK. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
After we've took it all away and before we leave, | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
I'll have a chat with you and I'll arrange to see you | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
down at Cottingham Police Station, possibly tomorrow. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
That'll be fine, yeah. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:48 | |
And you'll be coming for a voluntary interview, | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
so you won't be under arrest | 0:23:51 | 0:23:52 | |
and then I'll interview you under caution, | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
you can tell me all about it and then we'll decide | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
-how we're going to deal with it. -Right. | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
Meanwhile, the helicopter evidence has proved invaluable. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:04 | |
The three sites where we'd had the intelligence that we'd got | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
the warrants for, we've got drugs back from all three. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:12 | |
That'll be one cannabis plant. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
Once the sites have been photographed, | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
the team take samples of the plants to be sent to the lab for testing. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
The rest of the plants are bagged and tagged | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
and taken away as evidence. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:25 | |
Then it's time to remove the specialist equipment that's | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
been used to grow the plants. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
It's been a good result, | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
and the seizure has gone off without any trouble. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
That's down to the way the neighbourhood teams | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
worked with the travellers over the last few years. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
They accept we've got a job to do, they know that the drugs have | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
been found, they know that it's illegal, | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
but they do it in the hope that they'll get away with it | 0:24:47 | 0:24:49 | |
and when days like this come and we turn up, | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
it's like "Right, yeah, we know what the score is, | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
"do what you have to", and we'll leave here today and hopefully | 0:24:55 | 0:24:59 | |
we'll have the same relationship as we've had before. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
The team have raided over 200 growing sites | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
in the last year alone. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
With this haul worth an estimated £4,000, | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
it's more of the bad stuff off the streets. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
But as a further deterrent, | 0:25:13 | 0:25:14 | |
Steve has a plan for the expensive equipment. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
All the growing equipment is getting put into one of the council | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
refuse vans cos it'll get destroyed. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
Each growing kit costs around £300, so it's expensive to replace. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:28 | |
The team take this type of crime very seriously, | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
and high-profile raids like this send out an important message | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
to the local community. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:36 | |
And Steve has some final words of warning for all concerned. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:42 | |
And don't grow it again, all right? | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
Because all I'll keep doing is getting the helicopter to keep | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
doing fly-overs and if there's a sign that you're growing it again | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
then we'll just have to come back again. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
Next time, you won't end up with a caution, | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
-you'll end up going to court. -Yeah. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:01 | |
-All right? -All right. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:02 | |
And then you get a criminal conviction with a fine. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:06 | |
-Right. -All right? -Yeah. -OK. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:08 | |
Right, so I'll see you both tomorrow then. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
The woman was convicted of producing a controlled Class B drug | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
and fined £110. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
Her son and three other people received a police caution. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:21 | |
In Hull, Dave and Sean are on the trail of two men | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
who were caught on camera stealing bottles of alcohol | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
from a local supermarket. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:33 | |
The men made off from the store on bicycles, | 0:26:33 | 0:26:36 | |
but the police think they know who the suspects are, | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
and are already wanted by the police for other offences. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
They visited an address they knew the men frequented, | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
but another officer radios in to say he has spotted them on bikes, | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
just a few streets away. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
..turn left. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
Dave and Sean head off in pursuit of the suspects, | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
and four wheels are quicker than two, | 0:26:59 | 0:27:02 | |
meaning it doesn't take the police long to chase the wanted men down. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:05 | |
Left, left. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:07 | |
One of the runaways is in sight. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
Just behind him now, going down. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
One's gone down the... | 0:27:14 | 0:27:16 | |
But the other has cycled down the side road. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
The suspect's spotted the officers, | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
but he's got no intention of pulling over. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
We're going down Wembley Park Avenue, from Kings Road, first left. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:30 | |
We're behind one now, with a white/grey top. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
Just a bit further. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
He almost gets away but the police box him in | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
before running and putting the cuffs on this serial offender. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
You haven't got anything on you that you shouldn't have, have you? | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
-Not that I know of, no. -Let's have a look. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
That was good. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
One of the two we've been looking for all morning, | 0:27:54 | 0:27:57 | |
he's wanted on suspicion of at least one burglary, | 0:27:57 | 0:28:01 | |
it's a non-dwelling burglary, it's from a shop, | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
and several shop thefts as well, | 0:28:04 | 0:28:05 | |
so he's been outstanding for a little while. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
He's well-known to the police, it's a good result to get our hands on him. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
The other one went off down an alleyway | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
and that's the last I saw of him, | 0:28:13 | 0:28:15 | |
but I've just heard that we've got hold of his bike | 0:28:15 | 0:28:18 | |
so he's now on foot in this area somewhere. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
The bike the other suspect dumped is recovered. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:25 | |
Here's the other bike! | 0:28:25 | 0:28:26 | |
And in the basket there is crucial evidence - | 0:28:26 | 0:28:28 | |
bottles of alcohol matching the ones stolen from the supermarket. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
We've got Bell's and... | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
I'll seize that and we can book that in and we can book the bike in, | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
can't we, when the van comes. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:39 | |
And a call comes over the radio | 0:28:39 | 0:28:40 | |
to say that the other fugitive's been collared. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:43 | |
Yeah, they've got hold of the other one as well, so a good result. | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
RADIO: Yeah. One, zero, thank you for that. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:47 | |
With both suspects detained, | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
a van arrives to take them and the bikes away. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:54 | |
Back at the station, Dave and Sean book their suspect into custody, | 0:28:55 | 0:28:59 | |
but not before giving him a thorough search | 0:29:00 | 0:29:02 | |
to see if he has anything else on him. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
A short while later, the second suspect arrives, | 0:29:07 | 0:29:10 | |
and his appearance and clothing clearly match the CCTV footage | 0:29:10 | 0:29:13 | |
that Sean and Dave watched at the supermarket. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:16 | |
These repeat offenders can now expect to find the book | 0:29:18 | 0:29:21 | |
being thrown at them for their crimes. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
On appearing in court, one man had the theft from the supermarket | 0:29:24 | 0:29:28 | |
"taken into consideration", but was convicted of two other offences | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
of shoplifting on a different date and burglary. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:34 | |
He was given a 12 month community order. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:36 | |
The other man was convicted of the theft from the supermarket, | 0:29:36 | 0:29:39 | |
along with six other counts of theft and burglary, | 0:29:39 | 0:29:42 | |
receiving a 12 month community order. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:45 | |
The neighbourhood teams believe that a major way to keep kids | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
out of trouble is to ensure that they keep going to school. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:56 | |
The police work with head teachers to do their best | 0:29:56 | 0:29:59 | |
to make sure that this happens. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:01 | |
Truancy rates in the UK have rocketed over the past few years, | 0:30:02 | 0:30:05 | |
and nearly 10 million school days are missed. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:08 | |
Over in Grimsby, PCSO Hayley Doust has been asked to help | 0:30:13 | 0:30:16 | |
the family of a lad who has been skipping school. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:18 | |
The next thing we'll do is, if he's not been found, | 0:30:21 | 0:30:23 | |
go around the area looking for him. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:26 | |
Due to his age, it's not good for him to be hanging round | 0:30:26 | 0:30:29 | |
the area on his own at this time. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:32 | |
As Hayley checks out some of the lad's known hang-outs, | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
she gets a call to say he's turned up at home. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:37 | |
She's going to head over there to check out the lie of the land, | 0:30:37 | 0:30:40 | |
and to get the lad back to the classroom. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
I've been made aware that he's come back to the address, | 0:30:44 | 0:30:47 | |
and it's purely to go in to make sure that everything's OK, | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
he's safe. Once I know that, it'll be his mother will be taking him | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
back to school for the rest of the day. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:56 | |
So my job, really, is just to make sure he's safe and well. | 0:30:56 | 0:30:59 | |
Experience tells her that truancy isn't usually just down | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
to a dislike of school, | 0:31:02 | 0:31:03 | |
but that playground politics and problems at home | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
can often play a part. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:07 | |
I've known this male for about four years now, | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
and the rest of the family, actually, | 0:31:10 | 0:31:12 | |
and it's the family that I'm trying to help. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:14 | |
With the few problems that they have, | 0:31:14 | 0:31:16 | |
it started to get better and now they're starting to decline again, | 0:31:16 | 0:31:20 | |
so it's just really a case of going in, speaking to them, | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
keeping them, as far as I can, on the right path. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
But the rest of the work's got to be done by him now. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:30 | |
We've done most of what we can do with working with him, | 0:31:30 | 0:31:34 | |
so the rest of it's up to him. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:36 | |
Together the family leave the house to go back to the school | 0:31:38 | 0:31:40 | |
and discuss the problem with the head teacher. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:43 | |
-We're just going to go back to -BLEEP -School. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:46 | |
As they walk, Hayley gets to the bottom of the boy's current problem. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:50 | |
She finds out he's been arguing with his brother, | 0:31:50 | 0:31:53 | |
who has been insulting Nan, and the quarrel has spilled over | 0:31:53 | 0:31:56 | |
from home to the school which they both attend. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:59 | |
So, basically you didn't want to go back to school | 0:32:00 | 0:32:02 | |
because you had an argument, | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
well, you had a bit of an argument with your brother? | 0:32:04 | 0:32:06 | |
So, is it because he called your Nana names, | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
is that why you had a fight? | 0:32:08 | 0:32:09 | |
OK, so if I speak to your brother and say "Look, that's not on, | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
"you can't do that, it's not very nice to call your Grandma names". | 0:32:12 | 0:32:15 | |
Yeah? | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
The boy trusts Hayley and it's another working example | 0:32:17 | 0:32:21 | |
of how the neighbourhood police regularly work with families. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:24 | |
They can help resolve problems taking place behind closed doors. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:28 | |
We've managed to get the young man going back to school. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
Unfortunately, the only way we could do it | 0:32:31 | 0:32:34 | |
was by negotiating a little bit, | 0:32:34 | 0:32:36 | |
so we've managed to get him going back for an hour | 0:32:36 | 0:32:38 | |
or maybe a little bit longer if he goes and speaks to the headmaster | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
of the school. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:42 | |
At the school the head teacher shows his support | 0:32:42 | 0:32:45 | |
for the boy and his education. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:47 | |
But we'll do our very best to make sure he gets a good deal as well, | 0:32:47 | 0:32:50 | |
because he's worth it, | 0:32:50 | 0:32:52 | |
but we do need some help from you, don't we? Yeah? Good man. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:55 | |
I'll keep popping in and see where you are. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:58 | |
You're going to stay at home this afternoon, | 0:32:58 | 0:33:00 | |
new start tomorrow morning, yeah? Shake on it, please. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
Are you going to stay in and sort your things? | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
It's a positive step forward that comes with a plan to help | 0:33:04 | 0:33:07 | |
the lad catch up with any missed lessons. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:09 | |
Basically, the resolution is, he's gone in, | 0:33:09 | 0:33:12 | |
he's had a meeting with the headmaster. | 0:33:12 | 0:33:14 | |
The headmaster is also putting things together to help him to try | 0:33:14 | 0:33:17 | |
and stay at school a little bit longer | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
which he's going to do alternative schooling on a Tuesday and Thursday | 0:33:20 | 0:33:24 | |
-for a couple of hours and then he's going to go to -BLEEP, | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
and just take it from there, really. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
As the boy returns to school, Hayley reflects on the work | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
the team still need to do to support the family and to maintain | 0:33:33 | 0:33:37 | |
their confidence in the neighbourhood police. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:39 | |
It's just, that's just the way it is, unfortunately, | 0:33:39 | 0:33:42 | |
and we're still working with the family as a whole | 0:33:42 | 0:33:45 | |
to try and improve the situation and it is gradually getting there, | 0:33:45 | 0:33:49 | |
so it's good that he's now going to trust me | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
because I'm going to keep my word and let him go back | 0:33:51 | 0:33:53 | |
and then let him come home | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
and he'll trust me and he'll listen to me again. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:58 | |
The neighbourhood team go above and beyond | 0:33:58 | 0:34:00 | |
what we think of as police work, | 0:34:00 | 0:34:02 | |
and this young lad knows that he can always depend on | 0:34:02 | 0:34:04 | |
the support of officers like Hayley to help him through difficult times. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:08 | |
Troublesome teenagers making a nuisance of themselves | 0:34:14 | 0:34:16 | |
in public spaces accounts for more than a quarter | 0:34:16 | 0:34:19 | |
of all the complaints the neighbourhood police teams receive. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:23 | |
But in Humberside, the police mount regular patrols of communal spaces | 0:34:23 | 0:34:27 | |
to make sure they're not being used for trouble-making. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:30 | |
Earlier, we saw that the neighbourhood team had had to close | 0:34:30 | 0:34:34 | |
a local skate park to stop it being damaged by youngsters. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:38 | |
The team moved on a familiar face, | 0:34:38 | 0:34:39 | |
but Paul's now paying his mother a visit, to check up on him. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:42 | |
This is the house of the young lad we were speaking to in the park. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:49 | |
We're just going to... They're very well-known to us. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:52 | |
We know them very well, they know us. | 0:34:52 | 0:34:54 | |
-We're just going to have a word with them regarding where -BLEEP | 0:34:54 | 0:34:56 | |
was earlier and his behaviour and attitude | 0:34:56 | 0:34:58 | |
and see what they've got to say, | 0:34:58 | 0:35:00 | |
and also to see whether they've seen him. | 0:35:00 | 0:35:02 | |
For the boy's mother, this is a routine support visit by the police. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:05 | |
But his attitude and the way he is today... | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
How many chances do you need? | 0:35:15 | 0:35:17 | |
Don't be surprised if we come back later on with him in tow, | 0:35:17 | 0:35:19 | |
but we'll see how it goes. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
-All right? -We won't be! | 0:35:21 | 0:35:22 | |
His mother despairs about her son's behaviour at times, | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
and like the mother of many teens, | 0:35:25 | 0:35:27 | |
she finds herself at her wits' end about what to do. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:30 | |
As the officers leave the house, they spot the lad loitering outside. | 0:35:30 | 0:35:35 | |
What for? | 0:35:35 | 0:35:36 | |
Well, why not? | 0:35:48 | 0:35:49 | |
He seems distressed and they are concerned to find out why. | 0:35:49 | 0:35:53 | |
You're not normally like this, are you? | 0:36:02 | 0:36:04 | |
You're quite clearly upset about something. What's wrong with you? | 0:36:04 | 0:36:07 | |
I've got not desire to lock you up. | 0:36:10 | 0:36:12 | |
I don't want to lock you up, at the end of the day. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:16 | |
Paul's concerned he may have taken some drugs, | 0:36:16 | 0:36:19 | |
so they decide to search him. | 0:36:19 | 0:36:21 | |
-Have you got anything on you, -BLEEP, -that you shouldn't have on you? | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
No. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:25 | |
You're sure about that? | 0:36:25 | 0:36:26 | |
All right, well, I'll tell you what's going to happen. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:28 | |
I'm going to search you under the Misuse of Drugs Act. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:30 | |
All right? Because I'm unhappy with your behaviour and the way you are. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:33 | |
-So, come here. -No, no, no. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:35 | |
So, just come here. What have you got? | 0:36:35 | 0:36:37 | |
Just don't be silly, all I want to know is what you've got on you. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:39 | |
I haven't got nowt. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:41 | |
Right, so why have you, why are you behaving like this? | 0:36:41 | 0:36:43 | |
-All right, -BLEEP. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:44 | |
I've told you why I'm searching you, all right? Your behaviour. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:47 | |
You can't stand still, | 0:36:47 | 0:36:48 | |
you're asking to be locked up, your eyes are all over the place. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:51 | |
And that's why I'm searching you, | 0:36:51 | 0:36:52 | |
to see whether you've got any drugs on you, OK? | 0:36:52 | 0:36:54 | |
-Take your hat off, -BLEEP. -Hat off, hat off. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:04 | |
All right, OK. | 0:37:06 | 0:37:07 | |
Nothing is found on the boy and he calms down and goes on his way. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:11 | |
C'mon, let's go and talk to your mum and dad now. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:13 | |
-You're off? -Yeah. -All right, then. | 0:37:13 | 0:37:17 | |
And there you go. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:19 | |
That's the problem that we're up against day in and day out, | 0:37:20 | 0:37:23 | |
and it's not just him, there's hundreds of young kids | 0:37:23 | 0:37:25 | |
within this area with a similar sort of attitude. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:27 | |
To be honest, he's obviously upset about something tonight, | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
and is obviously trying to get himself arrested, | 0:37:30 | 0:37:32 | |
which is unfortunate. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:33 | |
If he really wants to be arrested then I think he would have done, | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
he would have done something, but... | 0:37:36 | 0:37:38 | |
The skate park has since reopened, without any further problems. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
Complaints about teenagers loitering on the streets and creating a menace | 0:37:48 | 0:37:52 | |
accounted for over 20,000 calls | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
the police received in Humberside last year. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
But over in North Lincolnshire, | 0:37:57 | 0:37:59 | |
the police believe they've come up with a recipe for keeping kids | 0:37:59 | 0:38:02 | |
off the street by giving them something to do. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
Jim and the neighbourhood team have been working with local | 0:38:07 | 0:38:09 | |
organisations setting up a variety of clubs to get young people | 0:38:09 | 0:38:13 | |
off the street. | 0:38:13 | 0:38:14 | |
One of these is called Street Sports, and tonight Jim is | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
heading down to one of the sessions to see how they're getting on. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
ALL: Yeah! | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
Activities like this take place every night | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
across North Lincolnshire, and provide local young people | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
with not just a safe place to hang out, | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
but also valuable advice and support from outreach workers. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:34 | |
You all right? | 0:38:34 | 0:38:36 | |
-Not so bad. Yourself? -Good, yeah, not so bad, cheers. | 0:38:36 | 0:38:38 | |
-Congratulations on your driving test. -Thank you very much. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:41 | |
-And job, I believe? -It is, yeah. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:43 | |
Reece is a former member of Street Sports. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:45 | |
The scheme helped him turn his life around | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
and now he wants to help other youngsters do the same. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:50 | |
I know Sergeant Main on a personal level, from when I was a bit younger. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:53 | |
Unfortunately it was for the wrong reasons, | 0:38:53 | 0:38:55 | |
and there was a few occasions | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
where I was drinking on the streets and stuff. | 0:38:57 | 0:38:59 | |
I heard about this sort of project through one of my mates, actually, | 0:38:59 | 0:39:04 | |
at the time when I was still at school and, you know, | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
at first they was really welcoming. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:09 | |
They come along, it's a safe environment, do you know what I mean? | 0:39:09 | 0:39:12 | |
I became a volunteer about a year and a half ago, | 0:39:12 | 0:39:14 | |
and, basically, now I've completed all my qualifications, like, | 0:39:14 | 0:39:17 | |
now I've got a job with them full-time. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:19 | |
It makes it so much easier when you've got support behind you, | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
it makes it so much easier to succeed. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:24 | |
The club's founder, Maureen, is proud of Reece's progress. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:28 | |
You could see when he was taking part in Street Sport, | 0:39:28 | 0:39:31 | |
there were leadership skills there, and it was a case of just | 0:39:31 | 0:39:35 | |
honing them, supporting them and I think you can see the end product | 0:39:35 | 0:39:39 | |
in that he does have a wonderful rapport with the young people. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:44 | |
The most enjoyment you get from it is coming down to events like this | 0:39:44 | 0:39:47 | |
and seeing it in action. | 0:39:47 | 0:39:49 | |
Neighbourhood policing is all about working across the local community | 0:39:49 | 0:39:53 | |
and addressing the problems it faces, and with the help of clubs | 0:39:53 | 0:39:56 | |
like Street Sports, the team can continue to secure a better future | 0:39:56 | 0:40:00 | |
for young people across the region. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:02 | |
Going to events like that, talking to Reece, | 0:40:02 | 0:40:06 | |
realising that you've actually made a difference and he knows you | 0:40:06 | 0:40:09 | |
by name and he's telling you you've made a difference to his life, | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
that makes this job so much worthwhile. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:14 | |
From, in his own words tonight, he doesn't know where | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
he would have been, if it wasn't for the professionals. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:19 | |
And yes, we attend meetings, yes, we mix with different agencies | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
and professionals to get these events organised, | 0:40:23 | 0:40:25 | |
but there's nothing more rewarding than coming down | 0:40:25 | 0:40:28 | |
and actually engaging with those young people, | 0:40:28 | 0:40:30 | |
getting involved with them and seeing them enjoy themselves. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:33 | |
By making neighbourhoods a safer place, | 0:40:38 | 0:40:40 | |
the police are winning the public over with a style of policing | 0:40:40 | 0:40:43 | |
that's truly interactive, but the public's goodwill is only as strong | 0:40:43 | 0:40:48 | |
as the results the police can keep delivering. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:50 | |
Coming up, the police investigate a mysterious crime scene. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
So how long ago would you say it is, then, | 0:41:00 | 0:41:02 | |
that you last had any contact with her at all? | 0:41:02 | 0:41:04 | |
First weekend after Christmas. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:05 | |
The neighbourhood team continue their crackdown | 0:41:05 | 0:41:08 | |
on drugs during a morning raid. | 0:41:08 | 0:41:10 | |
Police! Police, stay where you are! Police! Stay where you are! | 0:41:10 | 0:41:17 | |
Get in the van and let's get it done. | 0:41:17 | 0:41:19 | |
And a new strategy sees the police try to shut up shop | 0:41:19 | 0:41:22 | |
on the oldest profession in the world. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:24 | |
Don't tell me I don't work! | 0:41:24 | 0:41:25 | |
I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:27 | |
No, I know, I'm saying so you're telling me I can't go see my mate? | 0:41:27 | 0:41:30 | |
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