Episode 10 Neighbourhood Blues


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Policing in the 21st-century has come full circle.

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Good evening, all.

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The old, romantic notion of the bobby on the beat,

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like Sergeant George Dixon, 50 years ago, is very much back in favour.

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It's here.

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A new caring force has been created

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that works in collaboration with the community it serves

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called the Neighbourhood Policing Team.

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You're under arrest, OK? For assault.

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Now the teams are in every local area of the country...

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Get him. We've got a runner.

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..cracking down on antisocial behaviour...

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Stay here. Ow! I've had enough.

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..busting suspected drug dens...

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There's a very, very large grow in this room. Jackpot.

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..and laying down the law to crooks and criminals.

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Do as you're told. I weren't even BLEEP driving it.

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In this new series of Neighbourhood Blues,

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we're following the men and women from the Humberside Police Force...

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You're under arrest. I'm arresting you for possession of a controlled substance.

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..as they strive to make our streets a safer place.

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Coming up:

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Police find a massive cannabis farm...

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Jackpot.

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..a PCSO catches up with a drunken menace...

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Get on the floor. Get on the floor!

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..and the neighbourhood team hunt for illegal immigrants.

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Hello, it's the police. Hello, police.

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They've come out here.

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Cultivating cannabis at home is massively on the increase.

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Police across the country discover over 100 new cannabis farms

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each week. And what often gives these green-fingered growers away

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are two very basic things -

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the large amount of heat given off by light used to nurture the plants

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and the extremely strong smell of the cannabis itself.

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It's Friday morning in Hull,

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and PC Matt Jarvis is on his way to visit a house

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where he thinks cannabis is being grown.

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We need to, obviously, do something proactive about it,

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so it's a case of knocking on the door,

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seeing if there's anybody there.

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Normally, if there is a large-scale cannabis grow there,

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you can generally smell it once you're at the address

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which then gives us powers, potentially,

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under Section 32 of PACE, that sort of thing.

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Matt found out about the house because the police helicopter flew

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over it and its infrared camera flagged up a huge hotspot.

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We get helicopter support and they can check for heat sources,

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heat sources in particular that stand out.

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And on this instance that's where part of the information

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has come from,

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that there is a potential cannabis grow at the address.

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I think it's certainly very good when we do drug warrants like this

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and we do things of this nature

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and people down the street see us doing it.

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It shows the way that we are acting positively,

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it shows that that they can trust us to act

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on any information they want to pass to us, more importantly,

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and it bumps public confidence and satisfaction, as well.

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While Matt goes to knock on the door,

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his colleague Mike Robinson heads round the back,

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in case the occupant of the house tries to make a run for it.

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After getting a signal from a colleague

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that they've got their man,

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Mike head inside and upstairs to a bedroom,

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where Matt has found what he's looking for.

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Looks like there's, yeah, there's a very, very large grow in this room.

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Jackpot.

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The whole bedroom has been turned into a massive cannabis farm.

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Have you got the same in there? Yeah, both rooms.

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That will explain the heat source then, won't it?

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So, yeah, it is looking like there's probably about 50 plants in here.

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From what Mike says, in there, it's looking the same in there, as well.

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But it's certainly looking like quite a big haul, put it that way.

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Matt had knocked on the door to be greeted by the occupant

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and a strong narcotic aroma.

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As soon as the door opened, the smell was quite pronounced.

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I mean, you can probably smell it now.

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As soon as the door opened. That's what tends to happen with grows

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like this, the smell does hit you, it is obviously quite pronounced.

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The whole of the upstairs of the house

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is dedicated to growing cannabis.

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The occupant was sleeping downstairs in the living room

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with some interesting bedside companions.

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He had them at the side of the bed.

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He's been sleeping on the mattress downstairs. Is he here on his own?

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I think so, yeah.

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Thankfully, the occupant was asleep when the police arrived

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and wasn't able to use the weapons.

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He's going to be taken in for questioning.

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And once the man is in the van and on his way to the police station,

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Matt and the team can begin dismantling the cannabis farm.

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They've seized more than 20 plants with a street value of over ?10,000.

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This was the first bedroom that we walked in when we came upstairs,

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Grow Room One, as we've referred to it.

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This is the one that had... In the end, it was 14 large plants in it.

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I think all of them were pretty much over six foot tall.

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I think they put a rough estimation of between ?400-?500 per plant.

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So we times that by the 22 that we've found,

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it's big business, really.

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The neighbourhood teams raid cannabis farms

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on a fairly regular basis, but this is a big one.

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All from a helicopter spotting a heat source

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and a bit of detective work from Matt.

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Putting two and two together,

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obviously thought it was worth us attending today.

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And I think it proved to be right.

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I think it's good to see that we've obviously got teeth, really.

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The one thing we will look at is doing a letter drop in the area

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just to let a lot of residents know that we have obviously seized

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all this cannabis today.

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We can do that. And it is good, you know? It lets people know.

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You might even get a little bit more information out of it.

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They'll think... People might be sat on information thinking,

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"I won't bother telling the police," but if they know we're going

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to act upon it, then hopefully it'll keep that flow of information going.

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It's always nice, a bit of job satisfaction, to find something.

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The man was charged with production of cannabis

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and was subsequently jailed for 10 weeks.

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Shall leave your boots there? BLEEP.

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For many police community support officers,

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their job is a stepping stone to further careers in the police force.

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PCSOs play a valuable role in neighbourhood policing,

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but, as they don't have all the powers of a regular police officer,

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sometimes they find themselves in difficult situations.

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Opinion is divided amongst the public about the role of PCSOs.

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If they haven't really got any power,

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they're just there as a deterrent, really.

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If a police support officer arrests somebody,

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he's got to send for back up within half an hour.

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And it's ridiculous.

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They should have the same powers as proper policemen.

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But be integrated into the community.

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It's late morning in Hull and PCSO Dave Garbutt

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is starting his beat.

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We're just going to do a routine patrol around the city centre.

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We've an ongoing issue with a number of vagrants around the city centre,

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so we're just going up to Queen Victoria Square,

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it's one of their local hang outs during the day. It's nice and sunny.

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A lot of them are alcoholics, so they will sit there drinking.

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The city centre is a designated no-drinking zone,

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so they are not allowed to have any open vessels of alcohol.

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The main thing is, the council are spending a lot of money trying

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to encourage people to come into Hull city centre and try

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and develop it, but when these new people do arrive,

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they are confronted with people pestering them for money

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and it's not a very good advertisement for Hull city centre.

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CCTV operators have alerted Dave to three drunk men causing trouble.

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They are walking up and down Posterngate

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with open vessels of alcohol, so...

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We'll go up there, we'll see what the score is,

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I'll probably get another patrol, just to back me up.

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The men are being followed by the cameras

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and Dave soon catches up with two of them.

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All right, lads? I am all right. Just have a quick word with you?

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What's up? See you. Excuse me! Oi!

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I'm talking to him. We're doing nowt wrong.

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Apparently, you've been causing a bit of disorder. Where? Down here.

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I'm only stood in front of you, mate, you don't need to shout. Who? You.

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Where has your mate gone? There was three of you. Geordie Mark?

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Geordie Mark? He's gone off, has he?

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You've obviously had a bit to drink, haven't you?

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I'm alcoholic...

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Yeah, and CCTV have picked you up being a bit mouthy to passing

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members of the public. I was shouting to Geordie Mark, me mate...

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All right. I was shouting, "BLEEP you, you ripped me mate off."

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As a police community support officer, Dave doesn't have the

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power to ban the men from the city centre, or lock them up.

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So he calls in a colleague to help.

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They've been drinking, loudly abusing people walking by.

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One of them has been caught urinating on CCTV...

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Not me, I haven't done anything like that! BLEEP!

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Where are you going now? Urinating? I doubt it, mate, not me.

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Did I say you? Excuse me... I said... I didn't mean you.

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I was with three guys... Where are you going now? I'm going home.

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I've had a lot to drink, mate,

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but I am not drunk and I know what I'm doing.

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Well, I beg to differ that you're drunk. What I suggest you do...

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No, I am not drunk, I'm merry, not drunk. I suggest you go home...

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Half drunk, I'm what you call, "half drunk"..

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I warn you now, the CCTV cameras are watching you, so if you do start

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misbehaving, you are likely to get arrested for drunk and disorderly...

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Well, he just came and said I was

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trying to urinate down the street. No, he never.

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I said, one of the group... It weren't me! It's time to go.

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Time to go. OK then.

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The man could have been given a dispersal order, banning him

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from the area, but this time, he has just been given a warning.

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Are you just going to pay passing attention? Will do. Yup, OK.

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But as soon as Dave continues on his beat, he realises that the man

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can't have been paying attention, as he is sitting just round the corner.

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You've been asked to leave the city centre, haven't you?

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Not sit down and chew the fat with your friend. This is me mate.

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No, you're leaving the city centre, aren't you?

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Cos he was with me when... Yeah, you're both leaving the city centre.

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What did the sergeant say?

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If you don't leave, you're going to get locked up.

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I want more... I dare say, you probably do. You know what I want?

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Put your arms down, don't come walking up to me.

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Now, things have changed.

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The man has got a bad attitude and has not done what he was told.

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He needs to be officially banned from the city centre, or locked up.

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But as a PCSO, Dave doesn't have the power to do either of those.

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Papa Victor 2... No, go away. Go away!

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All Dave can do is keep an eye on him as he makes a swift getaway.

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Papa Victor 2, now they have all split up again, now one of them

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is running down Queen Victoria Square, he's carrying a blue bag.

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Well, you can never reason with a drunk.

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Following the man's Usain Bolt impression, Dave has lost him,

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but the cameras still have him in their sights.

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Yeah, Civic, was that for a male with a blue bag?

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'Yes, I've still got him at Percy Street towards Freetown Way.'

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Apparently, he's just down here.

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The drunk man is still a distance away,

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but luckily, Dave gets offered a lift from a helpful cabbie...

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Nice one, cheers for that, mate, thank you.

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..and soon spots his target.

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Right, get on the floor, get on the floor!

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Right, you're coming in for drunk and disorderly, pal. Am I BLEEP!

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Get your hands behind... Get on your front! I don't BLEEP...

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Get on your front!

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As a PCSO, Dave has the power to detain the man for 30 minutes,

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and his colleagues soon arrive to make the official arrest.

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The drunk man is still unhappy about his situation,

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not least that one of his cans of beer has exploded.

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Come on!

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I'm 57...

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Don't handcuff me... Aagh!

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He's going to be spending at least the rest of the day in the cells,

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which could have all been avoided

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if he had listened to what he'd been told earlier.

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Well, obviously, the words of advice from the sergeant didn't work,

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as you can see, as we walked round the corner,

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he was sat down with his friend, he's then continued to shout

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and swear, start waving his hands around, getting aggressive.

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Then he's walked off, we continued to follow him,

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that kind taxi driver stopped and asked if we wanted a lift.

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At that point, he was going to come in for D and D anyway,

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so that's when I took hold of him and he started to resist,

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that's why I took him to the floor.

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The man was later charged with drunk and disorderly behaviour.

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He went to court and was given a 12 month conditional discharge.

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Illegal immigration is undoubtedly a hot topic at the moment,

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with authorities unsure exactly how many illegal immigrants

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are living in the UK.

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And while it is the job of the Border Agency, not the police,

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to track them down, neighbourhood teams are often called in

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to assist them on large-scale operations.

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A large percentage of illegal immigrants in the UK

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are believed to be working here unlawfully

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and costing the economy billions of pounds a year.

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It is a situation the public is not happy about.

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Illegal immigrants get paid unfair wages for the work they do,

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people who are nationals of the country get bumped off their jobs.

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It is something that can create difficulties within society,

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you know, you can get a lot of tension between communities

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with people working illegally.

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Someone "above" them is exploiting them because they are illegal.

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So, they will get them to work very long hours to do the things

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that other people won't do, and they won't say anything about it.

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The neighbourhood team in Cleethorpes are about to take part

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in a raid with members of the UK Border Agency.

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A lot of what we do

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on the neighbourhood policing team is support each other

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on multi-agency visits, and that is what is happening today.

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We are going out to support Border Agency UK,

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looking for anyone who may be here illegally.

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The team are going to be visiting a nail bar in the town centre,

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where they believe illegal immigrants may be working.

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They are with an officer from the local council,

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who can remove licenses from businesses working illegally.

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We have received some intelligence that perhaps some of these

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people are here illegally, or they're overstayers,

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so that's what we're going to do first.

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It's the first time we've ever targeted these,

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we tend to target premises where the intelligence suggests that they

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might be illegal immigrants or overstayers.

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I'm hoping today, you know, that the intelligence is wrong, really,

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and everybody, they are all here legally and everything else.

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So, we'll see.

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As the UK Border Team prepare to go in, Dave heads to the rear

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of the nail bar to make sure no-one tries to escape into the alleyway.

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Darren, if you let me know when you're in OK, I've got

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the back covered, but I can't get through because of the big gate.

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But there is no activity there.

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Once he gets the all-clear, Dave heads inside to help.

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But the council licensing officer is sure

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someone has got out the back way.

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Is that the gate...?

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That's the gate I was looking through. No-one came through.

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Hello, police!

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Yeah, the door opened and they've come out here. Have they? Yeah.

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I didn't see anyone. Hello? It's the police. Hello, police!

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They carry out a search of the neighbouring buildings,

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many of which are empty rooms above shops, with ample space to hide.

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Nothing obvious.

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But despite an extensive search, there is no-one to be found.

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I know we've been and checked out those premises, so...

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Must have been the wind or something.

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There was a concern, they heard what sounded like a door going,

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but I was covering the back, as you know, from the alleyway,

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looking through the gate, couldn't see anyone in the alleyway,

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then I came to the front, when they said they were safely inside.

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But the alleyway is completely secure, you can't get out both ends,

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and we've checked the premises either side, there is nobody there.

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So, I think it's probably just the wind.

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However, back inside the nail bar, officers have found

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two Vietnamese people they think may be working illegally.

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In 2009, what visa did you get to come to the United Kingdom?

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Um...

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If they are found guilty of breaking the terms of their visa,

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they could be deported from the UK and prevented from returning.

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Are you working here part-time? How many hours is that?

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Er, five days, I believe.

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So, you work every day, apart from Friday and Saturday.

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Did you get a student visa? Where was it to study?

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Now they have the workers' details,

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the Border Agents contact their HQ to check out the visas.

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And it's bad news for both of them.

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Right then, thanks, bye.

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Obviously just been on the phone to our office,

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they've told us your visa expired on 1 January 2012.

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OK, so you've overstayed your visa, haven't you? Sorry about my lying...

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OK, so because of that,

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I'm arresting you for overstaying your time in the UK.

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Basically, can't find anything with regards to your legitimate

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stay being here, and even if you are, you are an overstay,

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from what you've told me, so I am arresting you under

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suspicion of being here illegally in the United Kingdom.

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The gentleman's been here since 2009, and they recently got married.

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So, they're obviously a married couple, working,

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but unfortunately working illegally.

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They've outstayed their visas.

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Business is over for the day, while the two suspected

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illegal immigrants are taken in for questioning.

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And back at the station, some more information comes to light.

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They both entered the country round about 2008, 2009, the female person

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is a student, on a student visa, work visa, but that has expired.

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So, that's why she has been arrested.

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The male, he is possibly an illegal entry to the UK, so that's going

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to be investigated, so that's why he's been arrested as well.

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The couple were later found to have outstayed their visas.

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They subsequently claimed asylum and are still in the UK

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while their case is investigated.

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No charges were brought against the owner of the nail bar.

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At the heart of community policing in Hull are the neighbourhood teams.

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The PCs, PCSOs and special constables

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know their beats like the back of their hands, and this

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knowledge is often invaluable when it comes to fighting crime.

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PCSO David Nimmo has been having a nose around some garages on his

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beat in Orchard Park in North Hull,

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and has made an interesting find.

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He's called in his colleague, PC Andy Derbyshire.

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What happened, I was just coming down here... Yeah.

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..and one of the residents said that there might be a car in here.

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None of these garages have got owt in 'em,

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at least they're not supposed to have anything in 'em,

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so she said there might be something in here,

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so I've come down and started checking them.

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And his checking has found a suspected stolen car.

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They were probably just used either for joyriding,

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mooching about with, then they'll just keep driving it

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until it runs out of petrol, or they get bored with it

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and they'll just bin it off somewhere, or fire it up.

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It's clipped here, look. Oh, yeah.

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This isn't just luck, though.

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Along with the tower block next to them,

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the garages are due to be demolished in a few months' time.

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And David knows they are often used to hide stolen vehicles.

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These are all supposed to be empty, so the council don't come and look

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in 'em or anything like that, there is no need for them to do it.

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But because we know this sort of stuff goes on, we come

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and look sometimes, and you never know what you might find.

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The car and its numberplate have jogged David's memory.

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We get a list of stolen vehicles in the area,

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but I remember that there were two stolen from a burglary,

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and we got one back,

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but I remember there was a white Astra that was still outstanding.

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And this is the registration of it.

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I don't know how I can remember registrations,

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but if I see a registration for something and it's stolen,

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I'll remember it.

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Finding a stolen car is a great result,

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but there is one small problem.

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The car's locked as well,

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so I'm not quite sure how we are going to get it out.

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But because the wheels are turned slightly,

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as soon as we start to pull it out, it's going to go into the wall.

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A recovery vehicle soon arrives.

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And we'll see how he's going to get it out!

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They are used to getting cars out of all sorts of places,

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but this could be a tough one.

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Give it a tug and see which way it wants to go.

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It'll be an achievement in itself, to get it out without damaging it.

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While the recovery man gets to work, Andy finds out more about the car.

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It was stolen by means of a burglary at an address.

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During the burglary, obviously, the keys to the vehicle have been

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found by the offender.

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The offender's then removed the vehicle from wherever it was parked.

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It's what we call a Hanoi burglary.

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Hanoi burglaries,

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where keys are taken from a house in order to steal a car are named after

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Operation Hanoi, the first police initiative targeting these thefts.

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But now Andy and David can't worry about who may have stolen the car.

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He likes to supervise, I think.

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First, they've got to get it out of that garage.

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Half an hour and plenty of pushing and shoving later,

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the car's finally out.

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Yes!

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Seen this? Look at that. The Astra is covered in bumps and scratches.

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Not caused by the recovery but by the people who stole it.

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What it looks like is

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when he's turned it in he's hit the side near the wheel.

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Because it's bent the bumper round he's also cracked

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the front here.

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There's a bit of cosmetic damage here which a body shop will get

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sorted out within time.

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But you don't know what's happened between the car being taken

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and us finding it today.

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The engine could be ragged out of it

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and you've got no engine in a couple of months or something.

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I just don't know. I personally wouldn't fancy having it back.

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I just don't know what problems have been caused.

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Today a car has been recovered... Good job that one.

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Yeah, thanks for your help. Cheers. ..but it could have

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so easily not have been stolen in the first place.

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We can just give you advice we do give, don't leave your keys on show.

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Don't leave them on the bottom of the stairs or hung up near doors

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and things like that.

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You'd be amazed how ingenious some of the customers are at obtaining keys.

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I would recommend you either lock them away in a safe

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and secure cupboard, well out of sight of anybody,

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or better still take them to bed. Leave them on your bedside cabinet.

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You know they're going to be there in the morning and if they're

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going to be there in the morning your car's going to be there, as well.

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Hanoi burglaries are bad anyway but to have your house burgled

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and your car taken at the same time is like a bit of a double whammy.

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I certainly wouldn't fancy it

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and I wouldn't recommend it for anybody, really.

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The car was later reunited with its owner.

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Investigations into who stole it are still ongoing.

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Mephedrone, otherwise known as MCAT or Meow Meow,

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first came to prominence as a legal high

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used primarily as a party drug.

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A few years ago it was banned and classified as a Class B drug.

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Since becoming illegal MCAT's popularity has

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risen despite its harmful effects.

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In fact, last year alone it was linked to over 50 deaths.

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It's early morning and the community response

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team in Hull are about to raid a suspected drug dealer.

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There is recent intelligence that the occupant,

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BLEEP is dealing MCAT from the address.

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We've got a warrant.

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The intention is put the door in and see what's inside.

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They're raiding a flat in a block rather than a house.

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Which presents its own problems.

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The only issue we might have it where we're going to be

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going in in full uniform from outside the flat.

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So we've got to get from our van to this door as quick as possible

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and ideally without being seen, as well.

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It will be nice if we get a result today and decent

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members of the public see that we are taking action against these people.

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Once the team are kitted out in safety gear,

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they head off on the short drive to the suspected dealer's flat.

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The entry into the building goes well

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and the quickest way to the flat is via the lift.

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We're in the lift just going up to the 3rd floor.

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We'll be off very shortly.

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We're going to approach the door and use the crow bar

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and the rammer to get in.

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Right!

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Once they get to the 3rd floor, it's go, go, go.

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Police! Stay where you are!

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Don't move!

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The man they're after was asleep in bed.

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And there's no-one else in the flat. So far, it's all going to plan.

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The entry was good.

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The door was as we thought, it's a

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solid wooden door which presents very little problem to us.

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Fortunately, the occupant is here.

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He's been asleep when we entered so we've caught him

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beat surprise a little bit.

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Now he's detained safely we're going to slow everything down.

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Search him and search the address methodically and see what we find.

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They're strip searching the occupant who is the lad

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we expected to be here.

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There is intelligence that he secretes

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items between his buttocks and wherever else, as well.

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So we'll make sure he's not got anything on him first

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that he might be able to dispose of.

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The strip search has proven unsuccessful.

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But one of the team soon makes a discovery.

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We found a small plastic bag containing white powder

0:28:510:28:54

which is quite crystal-y at the moment so not quite sure what it is.

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We're seizing it as a suspect controlled substance

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and getting it tested.

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Found a white crystal substance in a bag which may well be MCAT.

0:29:030:29:09

It will ultimately have to be sent to a laboratory to identify it.

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By looking at it and seeing the circumstances in which we found it we

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suspect it's MCAT and that is enough to give us the power of arrest.

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The raid was carried out because of information that the suspect

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was alleged to be dealing MCAT. Otherwise known as mephedrone.

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A drug that Dave and his colleagues are finding more and more often.

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MCAT itself is a relatively new drug.

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It's a Class B drug and it's a stimulant so when people take

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it it has a similar effect to things like amphetamines.

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It makes people very hyperactive.

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It also has the downside of making some people quite aggressive.

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And paranoid, as well.

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I've spoken to heroin users who say they've tried MCAT

0:29:550:29:58

and would never try it again.

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The side effects of MCAT are quite horrendous.

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It was linked a couple of years ago with

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a couple of deaths of teenagers, as well.

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Raids like today's don't only get drugs off the streets,

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they also have benefits for the wider community.

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Drug users generally have to steal to fund a drug habit.

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Whether that be from shops or committing burglaries

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and robberies and things like that.

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Either way, it's not a nice thing for a community to deal with.

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We will generally notice an upsurge in acquisitive crime in an area

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where drugs are being dealt from.

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Whether it's opportunists thefts of things like a pedal cycle

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that's been left out in the street to the more serious

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offences like burglaries and robberies and shop thefts.

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In locations where drugs are being dealt from there's

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the issue of the antisocial behaviour for neighbours, as well.

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In addition to the suspected MCAT, officers have found some pills

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and some paperwork suggesting drug dealing.

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I recognise a couple of names on the list there.

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But I don't know what the numbers and letters after them mean.

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The occupant of the flat is taken in for questioning.

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But at least he won't have to worry about his broken front door.

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As a team from the council have arrived to fix it.

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We had the council on board quite early on with this so they've

0:31:280:31:31

been able to make a phone call quite early and get the door repaired.

0:31:310:31:34

It didn't need a new door. Left a bit of an imprint.

0:31:340:31:37

The frame just needed making good, which has been done.

0:31:370:31:41

So we'll secure the address and go and do the paperwork.

0:31:410:31:46

The occupant of the flat was later charged with

0:31:460:31:49

possession of a Class B drug.

0:31:490:31:51

And a number of other offences

0:31:510:31:52

and was given a total of eight years in prison.

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The fear of being burgled is the number one concern that local

0:32:030:32:06

residents in Hull expressed to the neighbourhood teams.

0:32:060:32:10

In response, the police recently launched an intensive crackdown.

0:32:100:32:13

And last year burglary numbers were cut by 12%.

0:32:130:32:17

But as a result of their focus on house crime,

0:32:170:32:20

it appears thieves are instead turning their attention to sheds,

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garages and other unoccupied outbuildings.

0:32:240:32:27

Stealing tools, fishing equipment and bikes.

0:32:270:32:30

Items that are easy to sell on.

0:32:300:32:33

It's annoying because it's pointless.

0:32:330:32:35

It's our stuff so what gives them the right to come

0:32:350:32:38

and take it or damage it? It's ours.

0:32:380:32:41

Neighbourhood teams are now urging people to use preventative measures

0:32:420:32:46

to beat the burglars.

0:32:460:32:48

PCSO Dawn Brown and PC Andy Derbyshire are visiting

0:32:500:32:53

a street where there's been a recent spate of shed burglaries.

0:32:530:32:57

We'll leaflet the area and do some house to house to make sure

0:32:580:33:01

people are aware this is happening.

0:33:010:33:05

We can't be everywhere all the time.

0:33:050:33:07

People have got to take responsibility for their own

0:33:070:33:09

security some way or another.

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We can only do what we can do by issuing shed alarms,

0:33:110:33:16

advice all sorts of stuff we've got but at the end of the say

0:33:160:33:19

if they don't use it for whatever reason,

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Dawn's first visit is to a couple whose shed has been burgled.

0:33:280:33:32

As has that of their neighbour.

0:33:320:33:34

Down this close four people have been burgled. That's right.

0:33:340:33:40

Yourself, you and two others. 37 and 29, then these two.

0:33:400:33:46

You saw the lads, Lillian, didn't you?

0:33:460:33:48

I saw them, yeah. Are they always around here?

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All on bikes. They're always on bikes riding round and round.

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I've been down here seven years and it's the first break in I've had.

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In seven years? Yeah. It's getting worse.

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In the last week Welwyn Park Avenue has had eight.

0:34:040:34:07

Hull Road had ten, almost next door to each other. Shocking.

0:34:070:34:10

It's everywhere.

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Absolutely everywhere.

0:34:120:34:14

Lillian's shed was broken into and thieves took tools and a bike.

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And Dawn has some tips on how to improve her security.

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If I was a burglar even to come through here. I know.

0:34:210:34:26

I know they can. It's dead easy.

0:34:260:34:29

And it hadn't got a great lock either. That was ?7 that.

0:34:290:34:32

Has anybody had a go at this?

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It looks like it would have been really easy to get in.

0:34:370:34:40

The garden's quite large, it's right at the very back.

0:34:400:34:43

And then there's the drain bank right here so people can quite easily come

0:34:430:34:46

in, get what they want and go over that without even being disturbed.

0:34:460:34:50

In this case, like so many shed burglaries, it's not what's

0:34:500:34:54

been taken that matters as much as the effect it's had on the victim.

0:34:540:34:59

It makes me feel vulnerable. With me being a pensioner.

0:34:590:35:05

It makes me feel nervous.

0:35:050:35:08

On a night I check all my windows and doors over and over again.

0:35:080:35:13

Next doors shed had a bit more security.

0:35:150:35:18

But that didn't stop the thieves. It was damaging.

0:35:180:35:21

Not just to me but to everyone around here because

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it's happening everywhere down here.

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They're all pensioners or disabled which is not very nice.

0:35:260:35:31

Having fitted an alarm fitted by the police he hopes

0:35:320:35:36

thieves will be deterred in the future.

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ALARM SOUNDS

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Four buildings, four sheds in a matter of two weeks.

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It's not very good.

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Dawn's now visiting another resident on the street.

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I'll go to number 37 BLEEP. Their shed was attacked, as well.

0:35:520:35:58

They've taken ?120 Bosch jigsaw and two cordless drills for ?200.

0:35:580:36:03

So we'll go see what they know. Talk to them.

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This woman has had her shed broken into

0:36:130:36:15

but she's worried next time it will be her house.

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House burglaries are not very common at all

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but we are being massively targeted with sheds and garages at the moment.

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It's not very often I get a paper

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but that's all I've read in the paper is sheds.

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And she's in no doubt who's done it.

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Druggies. Druggies, that's all I can think of.

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Can't think of anything else.

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They just want money for drugs, don't they?

0:36:480:36:50

They'll have people waiting to sell on.

0:36:510:36:54

Although this time Dawn's advice has come too late to prevent

0:36:550:36:59

the burglaries,

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it has hopefully meant these residents won't be effected again.

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People just aren't as vigilant as they're supposed to be.

0:37:030:37:06

And when they've been burgled you become over vigilant

0:37:060:37:09

and this isn't a bad thing.

0:37:090:37:11

Making sure your property is safe and secure at all times.

0:37:110:37:15

Humberside Police's initiative with also includes placing

0:37:150:37:18

tracking devices on stealable items has already begun to bear fruit.

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As the number of shed burglaries in the area is beginning to decline.

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Come rain or come shine the neighbourhood teams are out

0:37:320:37:35

on the street doing what they can to help keep the public safe.

0:37:350:37:39

As well as providing assistance to their colleagues wherever

0:37:390:37:42

help is needed.

0:37:420:37:44

Are we're going to get there quick enough?

0:37:440:37:47

PC Nick Deacon and PCSO Craig Towle have been asked to assist

0:37:470:37:51

the traffic team. I've had an oil spillage on a stretch of road.

0:37:510:37:55

Fortunate we have our traffic division off at the scene of a

0:37:550:37:58

three vehicle road traffic collision.

0:37:580:38:01

Which has been caused as a result of the oil.

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But they're having trouble with vehicles approaching them

0:38:040:38:07

and skidding on the oil so we have to close the road down

0:38:070:38:10

for the safety of the public and the police officers in that area.

0:38:100:38:14

But we're nicely coming up to quarter to five at peak rush hour time.

0:38:140:38:17

And it's one of the main roads they use to come

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out of the industrial estate so it's going to cause mayhem.

0:38:200:38:22

Until the road is safe to drive on, Nick

0:38:240:38:27

and Craig will be blocking one end of the road by a busy roundabout.

0:38:270:38:30

The easiest thing is to put my car there

0:38:320:38:33

because they're not going to get through it.

0:38:330:38:36

Put me there, people don't realise the road's closed

0:38:360:38:39

and they try to get round you.

0:38:390:38:41

Although I'm rather large,

0:38:410:38:42

I'm not big enough to stop vehicles getting round the corner.

0:38:420:38:44

The spillage has turned the road into a virtual ice rink.

0:38:470:38:50

A lot of people use this road as a cut through to get to the

0:38:510:38:53

city centre so it does get quite busy this time of day.

0:38:530:38:57

If you look on the ground you can see the amount of oil on the ground.

0:38:570:39:01

A bit slippy on the roundabout, definitely.

0:39:010:39:04

Craig's come to assist at the crash scene.

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There's been a three car shunt.

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A driver skidded on the surface, was hit from behind by another car

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and bumped into the car in front containing a driving instructor

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and her pupil.

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I was having a mock test and it was going badly

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so it's king of a relief really.

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Go around the corner, got hit. Didn't know what to feel, really.

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Just unknown.

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Back at the end of the road Nick is waiting for the council gritters.

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And he's not feeling optimistic.

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How long is a piece of string is how long it takes the council to

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get down here.

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If they're on the ball, half an hour to an hour.

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If they're not on the ball, we could be looking at a couple of hours.

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We'll put sand down on it which will give an abrasiveness to the

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road surface and also soak up some of the oil that's been spilt.

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Probably diesel from a lorry that has been spilt.

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But it has the same effect.

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Back at the crash scene, the drivers swap insurance details

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and head home carefully. It's good news that no-one was hurt.

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As vehicles come to brake at the junction they're losing

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control around there.

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Breaking and steering under very slippery conditions.

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There's some suggestion of a tanker coming round just before all

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the carnage happened but we don't know.

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Obviously it's come from a vehicle of some description.

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And some local employees mentioned a tanker driver coming round.

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Now the road's clear of cars Craig

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and his colleague can test the road for themselves

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and help out a cyclist who has got through the cordon.

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Promise I won't give you a ticket.

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It's incredibly slippy at this roundabout at the moment.

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It is like an ice rink due to the fact that it's not only the

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diesel down there where it's been spread about by the rain, as well.

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So it is like an ice rink.

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What happens now from our point of view is we'll go back to the road closure.

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Keep the road closed until the council turn up

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and clean the road down.

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The gritters arrive shortly after and get to work.

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As does Craig.

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Some people don't see the blue lights

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so you actually need to point and tell them where to go.

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Half an hour later the council gritters are happy that the

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road can be opened up again.

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It can't come a moment too soon for Nick.

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Checked it out and decided it's cold, it's wet and it's miserable.

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And I don't like standing out in the cold like this.

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It will be a few minutes.

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We're just checking the road. A traffic car has been up

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and tested the slipperiness of the surface.

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Gritter has been over it three times in either direction.

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We do look as if give it a few minutes for it to settle in.

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We are going to be opening the road up.

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And once the traffic team have given the all clear,

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Nick and Craig can get finished up.

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It's a good job well done. We've had one accident down here,

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there was other vehicles skating all over the place.

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Peak rush hour time, we'd have had hundreds of cars coming down here.

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And they would have been going into each other, slip-sliding away.

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When it's icy you know it's icy because it's fairly cold outside.

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But when you've got oil on the road you haven't got a clue.

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So it is a job well done.

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And the traffic lads have picked up all the details for the accident

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at the bottom end so no paperwork for us to do which is even better.

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Today we've seen how the neighbourhood policing teams

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tackle every kind of crime and social problem.

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It's all part of their ceaseless quest to make the streets

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a safer place.

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Join us again next time.

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Please! Say when!

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..and as bad as ever.

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