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Policing in the 21st-century has come full circle. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:06 | |
Good evening, all. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:07 | |
The old, romantic notion of the bobby on the beat, | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
like Sergeant George Dixon, 50 years ago, is very much back in favour. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:15 | |
It's here. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:16 | |
A new caring force has been created | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
that works in collaboration with the community it serves | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
called the Neighbourhood Policing Team. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
You're under arrest, OK? For assault. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
Now the teams are in every local area of the country... | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
Get him. We've got a runner. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
..cracking down on antisocial behaviour... | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
Stay here. Ow! I've had enough. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
..busting suspected drug dens... | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
There's a very, very large grow in this room. Jackpot. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
..and laying down the law to crooks and criminals. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
Do as you're told. I weren't even BLEEP driving it. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
In this new series of Neighbourhood Blues, | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
we're following the men and women from the Humberside Police Force... | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
You're under arrest. I'm arresting you for possession of a controlled substance. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
..as they strive to make our streets a safer place. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
Coming up: | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
Police find a massive cannabis farm... | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
Jackpot. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:30 | |
..a PCSO catches up with a drunken menace... | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
Get on the floor. Get on the floor! | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
..and the neighbourhood team hunt for illegal immigrants. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
Hello, it's the police. Hello, police. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
They've come out here. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:47 | |
Cultivating cannabis at home is massively on the increase. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:57 | |
Police across the country discover over 100 new cannabis farms | 0:01:57 | 0:02:01 | |
each week. And what often gives these green-fingered growers away | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
are two very basic things - | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
the large amount of heat given off by light used to nurture the plants | 0:02:08 | 0:02:12 | |
and the extremely strong smell of the cannabis itself. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
It's Friday morning in Hull, | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
and PC Matt Jarvis is on his way to visit a house | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
where he thinks cannabis is being grown. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
We need to, obviously, do something proactive about it, | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
so it's a case of knocking on the door, | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
seeing if there's anybody there. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:32 | |
Normally, if there is a large-scale cannabis grow there, | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
you can generally smell it once you're at the address | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
which then gives us powers, potentially, | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
under Section 32 of PACE, that sort of thing. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
Matt found out about the house because the police helicopter flew | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
over it and its infrared camera flagged up a huge hotspot. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
We get helicopter support and they can check for heat sources, | 0:02:52 | 0:02:57 | |
heat sources in particular that stand out. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
And on this instance that's where part of the information | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
has come from, | 0:03:03 | 0:03:04 | |
that there is a potential cannabis grow at the address. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
I think it's certainly very good when we do drug warrants like this | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
and we do things of this nature | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
and people down the street see us doing it. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
It shows the way that we are acting positively, | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
it shows that that they can trust us to act | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
on any information they want to pass to us, more importantly, | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
and it bumps public confidence and satisfaction, as well. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
While Matt goes to knock on the door, | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
his colleague Mike Robinson heads round the back, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
in case the occupant of the house tries to make a run for it. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
After getting a signal from a colleague | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
that they've got their man, | 0:03:42 | 0:03:43 | |
Mike head inside and upstairs to a bedroom, | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
where Matt has found what he's looking for. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
Looks like there's, yeah, there's a very, very large grow in this room. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:54 | |
Jackpot. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
The whole bedroom has been turned into a massive cannabis farm. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
Have you got the same in there? Yeah, both rooms. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
That will explain the heat source then, won't it? | 0:04:10 | 0:04:12 | |
So, yeah, it is looking like there's probably about 50 plants in here. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:17 | |
From what Mike says, in there, it's looking the same in there, as well. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
But it's certainly looking like quite a big haul, put it that way. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:25 | |
Matt had knocked on the door to be greeted by the occupant | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
and a strong narcotic aroma. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
As soon as the door opened, the smell was quite pronounced. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
I mean, you can probably smell it now. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
As soon as the door opened. That's what tends to happen with grows | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
like this, the smell does hit you, it is obviously quite pronounced. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
The whole of the upstairs of the house | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
is dedicated to growing cannabis. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
The occupant was sleeping downstairs in the living room | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
with some interesting bedside companions. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
He had them at the side of the bed. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
He's been sleeping on the mattress downstairs. Is he here on his own? | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
I think so, yeah. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:03 | |
Thankfully, the occupant was asleep when the police arrived | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
and wasn't able to use the weapons. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
He's going to be taken in for questioning. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
And once the man is in the van and on his way to the police station, | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
Matt and the team can begin dismantling the cannabis farm. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
They've seized more than 20 plants with a street value of over ?10,000. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:29 | |
This was the first bedroom that we walked in when we came upstairs, | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
Grow Room One, as we've referred to it. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
This is the one that had... In the end, it was 14 large plants in it. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
I think all of them were pretty much over six foot tall. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
I think they put a rough estimation of between ?400-?500 per plant. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:48 | |
So we times that by the 22 that we've found, | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
it's big business, really. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
The neighbourhood teams raid cannabis farms | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
on a fairly regular basis, but this is a big one. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
All from a helicopter spotting a heat source | 0:06:02 | 0:06:04 | |
and a bit of detective work from Matt. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
Putting two and two together, | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
obviously thought it was worth us attending today. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
And I think it proved to be right. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:12 | |
I think it's good to see that we've obviously got teeth, really. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
The one thing we will look at is doing a letter drop in the area | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
just to let a lot of residents know that we have obviously seized | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
all this cannabis today. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
We can do that. And it is good, you know? It lets people know. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
You might even get a little bit more information out of it. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
They'll think... People might be sat on information thinking, | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
"I won't bother telling the police," but if they know we're going | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
to act upon it, then hopefully it'll keep that flow of information going. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
It's always nice, a bit of job satisfaction, to find something. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
The man was charged with production of cannabis | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
and was subsequently jailed for 10 weeks. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
Shall leave your boots there? BLEEP. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
For many police community support officers, | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
their job is a stepping stone to further careers in the police force. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
PCSOs play a valuable role in neighbourhood policing, | 0:07:00 | 0:07:04 | |
but, as they don't have all the powers of a regular police officer, | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
sometimes they find themselves in difficult situations. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
Opinion is divided amongst the public about the role of PCSOs. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:19 | |
If they haven't really got any power, | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
they're just there as a deterrent, really. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
If a police support officer arrests somebody, | 0:07:23 | 0:07:28 | |
he's got to send for back up within half an hour. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
And it's ridiculous. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:33 | |
They should have the same powers as proper policemen. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
But be integrated into the community. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
It's late morning in Hull and PCSO Dave Garbutt | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
is starting his beat. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
We're just going to do a routine patrol around the city centre. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
We've an ongoing issue with a number of vagrants around the city centre, | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
so we're just going up to Queen Victoria Square, | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
it's one of their local hang outs during the day. It's nice and sunny. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
A lot of them are alcoholics, so they will sit there drinking. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:08 | |
The city centre is a designated no-drinking zone, | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
so they are not allowed to have any open vessels of alcohol. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
The main thing is, the council are spending a lot of money trying | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
to encourage people to come into Hull city centre and try | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
and develop it, but when these new people do arrive, | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
they are confronted with people pestering them for money | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
and it's not a very good advertisement for Hull city centre. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
CCTV operators have alerted Dave to three drunk men causing trouble. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:42 | |
They are walking up and down Posterngate | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
with open vessels of alcohol, so... | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
We'll go up there, we'll see what the score is, | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
I'll probably get another patrol, just to back me up. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
The men are being followed by the cameras | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
and Dave soon catches up with two of them. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
All right, lads? I am all right. Just have a quick word with you? | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
What's up? See you. Excuse me! Oi! | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
I'm talking to him. We're doing nowt wrong. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
Apparently, you've been causing a bit of disorder. Where? Down here. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
I'm only stood in front of you, mate, you don't need to shout. Who? You. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
Where has your mate gone? There was three of you. Geordie Mark? | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
Geordie Mark? He's gone off, has he? | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
You've obviously had a bit to drink, haven't you? | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
I'm alcoholic... | 0:09:26 | 0:09:27 | |
Yeah, and CCTV have picked you up being a bit mouthy to passing | 0:09:27 | 0:09:31 | |
members of the public. I was shouting to Geordie Mark, me mate... | 0:09:31 | 0:09:35 | |
All right. I was shouting, "BLEEP you, you ripped me mate off." | 0:09:35 | 0:09:40 | |
As a police community support officer, Dave doesn't have the | 0:09:40 | 0:09:44 | |
power to ban the men from the city centre, or lock them up. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
So he calls in a colleague to help. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
They've been drinking, loudly abusing people walking by. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
One of them has been caught urinating on CCTV... | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
Not me, I haven't done anything like that! BLEEP! | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
Where are you going now? Urinating? I doubt it, mate, not me. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
Did I say you? Excuse me... I said... I didn't mean you. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
I was with three guys... Where are you going now? I'm going home. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:11 | |
I've had a lot to drink, mate, | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
but I am not drunk and I know what I'm doing. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
Well, I beg to differ that you're drunk. What I suggest you do... | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
No, I am not drunk, I'm merry, not drunk. I suggest you go home... | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
Half drunk, I'm what you call, "half drunk".. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
I warn you now, the CCTV cameras are watching you, so if you do start | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
misbehaving, you are likely to get arrested for drunk and disorderly... | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
Well, he just came and said I was | 0:10:30 | 0:10:32 | |
trying to urinate down the street. No, he never. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
I said, one of the group... It weren't me! It's time to go. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
Time to go. OK then. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
The man could have been given a dispersal order, banning him | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
from the area, but this time, he has just been given a warning. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
Are you just going to pay passing attention? Will do. Yup, OK. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
But as soon as Dave continues on his beat, he realises that the man | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
can't have been paying attention, as he is sitting just round the corner. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:57 | |
You've been asked to leave the city centre, haven't you? | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
Not sit down and chew the fat with your friend. This is me mate. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
No, you're leaving the city centre, aren't you? | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
Cos he was with me when... Yeah, you're both leaving the city centre. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
What did the sergeant say? | 0:11:08 | 0:11:09 | |
If you don't leave, you're going to get locked up. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
I want more... I dare say, you probably do. You know what I want? | 0:11:11 | 0:11:16 | |
Put your arms down, don't come walking up to me. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
Now, things have changed. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
The man has got a bad attitude and has not done what he was told. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:25 | |
He needs to be officially banned from the city centre, or locked up. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
But as a PCSO, Dave doesn't have the power to do either of those. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:35 | |
Papa Victor 2... No, go away. Go away! | 0:11:35 | 0:11:39 | |
All Dave can do is keep an eye on him as he makes a swift getaway. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:46 | |
Papa Victor 2, now they have all split up again, now one of them | 0:11:47 | 0:11:51 | |
is running down Queen Victoria Square, he's carrying a blue bag. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
Well, you can never reason with a drunk. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:58 | |
Following the man's Usain Bolt impression, Dave has lost him, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:03 | |
but the cameras still have him in their sights. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
Yeah, Civic, was that for a male with a blue bag? | 0:12:06 | 0:12:10 | |
'Yes, I've still got him at Percy Street towards Freetown Way.' | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
Apparently, he's just down here. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
The drunk man is still a distance away, | 0:12:20 | 0:12:21 | |
but luckily, Dave gets offered a lift from a helpful cabbie... | 0:12:21 | 0:12:25 | |
Nice one, cheers for that, mate, thank you. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
..and soon spots his target. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
Right, get on the floor, get on the floor! | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
Right, you're coming in for drunk and disorderly, pal. Am I BLEEP! | 0:12:47 | 0:12:51 | |
Get your hands behind... Get on your front! I don't BLEEP... | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
Get on your front! | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
As a PCSO, Dave has the power to detain the man for 30 minutes, | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
and his colleagues soon arrive to make the official arrest. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
The drunk man is still unhappy about his situation, | 0:13:04 | 0:13:09 | |
not least that one of his cans of beer has exploded. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:13 | |
Come on! | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
I'm 57... | 0:13:16 | 0:13:17 | |
Don't handcuff me... Aagh! | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
He's going to be spending at least the rest of the day in the cells, | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
which could have all been avoided | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
if he had listened to what he'd been told earlier. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
Well, obviously, the words of advice from the sergeant didn't work, | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
as you can see, as we walked round the corner, | 0:13:35 | 0:13:37 | |
he was sat down with his friend, he's then continued to shout | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
and swear, start waving his hands around, getting aggressive. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
Then he's walked off, we continued to follow him, | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
that kind taxi driver stopped and asked if we wanted a lift. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:50 | |
At that point, he was going to come in for D and D anyway, | 0:13:50 | 0:13:54 | |
so that's when I took hold of him and he started to resist, | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
that's why I took him to the floor. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
The man was later charged with drunk and disorderly behaviour. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
He went to court and was given a 12 month conditional discharge. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
Illegal immigration is undoubtedly a hot topic at the moment, | 0:14:16 | 0:14:19 | |
with authorities unsure exactly how many illegal immigrants | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
are living in the UK. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:23 | |
And while it is the job of the Border Agency, not the police, | 0:14:23 | 0:14:27 | |
to track them down, neighbourhood teams are often called in | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
to assist them on large-scale operations. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
A large percentage of illegal immigrants in the UK | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
are believed to be working here unlawfully | 0:14:35 | 0:14:39 | |
and costing the economy billions of pounds a year. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
It is a situation the public is not happy about. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
Illegal immigrants get paid unfair wages for the work they do, | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
people who are nationals of the country get bumped off their jobs. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:53 | |
It is something that can create difficulties within society, | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
you know, you can get a lot of tension between communities | 0:14:56 | 0:14:58 | |
with people working illegally. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:00 | |
Someone "above" them is exploiting them because they are illegal. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:04 | |
So, they will get them to work very long hours to do the things | 0:15:04 | 0:15:08 | |
that other people won't do, and they won't say anything about it. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:12 | |
The neighbourhood team in Cleethorpes are about to take part | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
in a raid with members of the UK Border Agency. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:20 | |
A lot of what we do | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
on the neighbourhood policing team is support each other | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
on multi-agency visits, and that is what is happening today. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
We are going out to support Border Agency UK, | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
looking for anyone who may be here illegally. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
The team are going to be visiting a nail bar in the town centre, | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
where they believe illegal immigrants may be working. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:39 | |
They are with an officer from the local council, | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
who can remove licenses from businesses working illegally. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
We have received some intelligence that perhaps some of these | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
people are here illegally, or they're overstayers, | 0:15:48 | 0:15:51 | |
so that's what we're going to do first. | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
It's the first time we've ever targeted these, | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
we tend to target premises where the intelligence suggests that they | 0:15:56 | 0:16:00 | |
might be illegal immigrants or overstayers. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:04 | |
I'm hoping today, you know, that the intelligence is wrong, really, | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
and everybody, they are all here legally and everything else. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:12 | |
So, we'll see. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:13 | |
As the UK Border Team prepare to go in, Dave heads to the rear | 0:16:14 | 0:16:18 | |
of the nail bar to make sure no-one tries to escape into the alleyway. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:22 | |
Darren, if you let me know when you're in OK, I've got | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
the back covered, but I can't get through because of the big gate. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
But there is no activity there. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
Once he gets the all-clear, Dave heads inside to help. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
But the council licensing officer is sure | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
someone has got out the back way. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
Is that the gate...? | 0:16:45 | 0:16:46 | |
That's the gate I was looking through. No-one came through. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
Hello, police! | 0:16:49 | 0:16:50 | |
Yeah, the door opened and they've come out here. Have they? Yeah. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:55 | |
I didn't see anyone. Hello? It's the police. Hello, police! | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
They carry out a search of the neighbouring buildings, | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
many of which are empty rooms above shops, with ample space to hide. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:06 | |
Nothing obvious. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:07 | |
But despite an extensive search, there is no-one to be found. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:15 | |
I know we've been and checked out those premises, so... | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
Must have been the wind or something. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
There was a concern, they heard what sounded like a door going, | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
but I was covering the back, as you know, from the alleyway, | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
looking through the gate, couldn't see anyone in the alleyway, | 0:17:27 | 0:17:30 | |
then I came to the front, when they said they were safely inside. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:33 | |
But the alleyway is completely secure, you can't get out both ends, | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
and we've checked the premises either side, there is nobody there. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
So, I think it's probably just the wind. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:40 | |
However, back inside the nail bar, officers have found | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
two Vietnamese people they think may be working illegally. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:48 | |
In 2009, what visa did you get to come to the United Kingdom? | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
Um... | 0:17:52 | 0:17:54 | |
If they are found guilty of breaking the terms of their visa, | 0:17:54 | 0:17:56 | |
they could be deported from the UK and prevented from returning. | 0:17:56 | 0:18:01 | |
Are you working here part-time? How many hours is that? | 0:18:01 | 0:18:06 | |
Er, five days, I believe. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:07 | |
So, you work every day, apart from Friday and Saturday. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:12 | |
Did you get a student visa? Where was it to study? | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
Now they have the workers' details, | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
the Border Agents contact their HQ to check out the visas. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:22 | |
And it's bad news for both of them. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
Right then, thanks, bye. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
Obviously just been on the phone to our office, | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
they've told us your visa expired on 1 January 2012. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
OK, so you've overstayed your visa, haven't you? Sorry about my lying... | 0:18:32 | 0:18:37 | |
OK, so because of that, | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
I'm arresting you for overstaying your time in the UK. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
Basically, can't find anything with regards to your legitimate | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
stay being here, and even if you are, you are an overstay, | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
from what you've told me, so I am arresting you under | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
suspicion of being here illegally in the United Kingdom. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
The gentleman's been here since 2009, and they recently got married. | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
So, they're obviously a married couple, working, | 0:19:00 | 0:19:04 | |
but unfortunately working illegally. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
They've outstayed their visas. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
Business is over for the day, while the two suspected | 0:19:09 | 0:19:12 | |
illegal immigrants are taken in for questioning. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
And back at the station, some more information comes to light. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
They both entered the country round about 2008, 2009, the female person | 0:19:20 | 0:19:26 | |
is a student, on a student visa, work visa, but that has expired. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:31 | |
So, that's why she has been arrested. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:33 | |
The male, he is possibly an illegal entry to the UK, so that's going | 0:19:33 | 0:19:37 | |
to be investigated, so that's why he's been arrested as well. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
The couple were later found to have outstayed their visas. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:43 | |
They subsequently claimed asylum and are still in the UK | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
while their case is investigated. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
No charges were brought against the owner of the nail bar. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:52 | |
At the heart of community policing in Hull are the neighbourhood teams. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
The PCs, PCSOs and special constables | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
know their beats like the back of their hands, and this | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
knowledge is often invaluable when it comes to fighting crime. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:13 | |
PCSO David Nimmo has been having a nose around some garages on his | 0:20:16 | 0:20:20 | |
beat in Orchard Park in North Hull, | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
and has made an interesting find. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
He's called in his colleague, PC Andy Derbyshire. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:32 | |
What happened, I was just coming down here... Yeah. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
..and one of the residents said that there might be a car in here. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
None of these garages have got owt in 'em, | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
at least they're not supposed to have anything in 'em, | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
so she said there might be something in here, | 0:20:50 | 0:20:51 | |
so I've come down and started checking them. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
And his checking has found a suspected stolen car. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
They were probably just used either for joyriding, | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
mooching about with, then they'll just keep driving it | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
until it runs out of petrol, or they get bored with it | 0:21:05 | 0:21:10 | |
and they'll just bin it off somewhere, or fire it up. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
It's clipped here, look. Oh, yeah. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:17 | |
This isn't just luck, though. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:18 | |
Along with the tower block next to them, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:20 | |
the garages are due to be demolished in a few months' time. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:24 | |
And David knows they are often used to hide stolen vehicles. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:28 | |
These are all supposed to be empty, so the council don't come and look | 0:21:28 | 0:21:32 | |
in 'em or anything like that, there is no need for them to do it. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:35 | |
But because we know this sort of stuff goes on, we come | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
and look sometimes, and you never know what you might find. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
The car and its numberplate have jogged David's memory. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:46 | |
We get a list of stolen vehicles in the area, | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
but I remember that there were two stolen from a burglary, | 0:21:50 | 0:21:54 | |
and we got one back, | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
but I remember there was a white Astra that was still outstanding. | 0:21:56 | 0:22:00 | |
And this is the registration of it. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
I don't know how I can remember registrations, | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
but if I see a registration for something and it's stolen, | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
I'll remember it. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:10 | |
Finding a stolen car is a great result, | 0:22:12 | 0:22:14 | |
but there is one small problem. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
The car's locked as well, | 0:22:17 | 0:22:18 | |
so I'm not quite sure how we are going to get it out. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
But because the wheels are turned slightly, | 0:22:24 | 0:22:26 | |
as soon as we start to pull it out, it's going to go into the wall. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:30 | |
A recovery vehicle soon arrives. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
And we'll see how he's going to get it out! | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
They are used to getting cars out of all sorts of places, | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
but this could be a tough one. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
Give it a tug and see which way it wants to go. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
It'll be an achievement in itself, to get it out without damaging it. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
While the recovery man gets to work, Andy finds out more about the car. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:56 | |
It was stolen by means of a burglary at an address. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:03 | |
During the burglary, obviously, the keys to the vehicle have been | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
found by the offender. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
The offender's then removed the vehicle from wherever it was parked. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:14 | |
It's what we call a Hanoi burglary. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
Hanoi burglaries, | 0:23:16 | 0:23:17 | |
where keys are taken from a house in order to steal a car are named after | 0:23:17 | 0:23:22 | |
Operation Hanoi, the first police initiative targeting these thefts. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:27 | |
But now Andy and David can't worry about who may have stolen the car. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:33 | |
He likes to supervise, I think. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
First, they've got to get it out of that garage. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
Half an hour and plenty of pushing and shoving later, | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
the car's finally out. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:43 | |
Yes! | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
Seen this? Look at that. The Astra is covered in bumps and scratches. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:56 | |
Not caused by the recovery but by the people who stole it. | 0:23:56 | 0:24:00 | |
What it looks like is | 0:24:00 | 0:24:01 | |
when he's turned it in he's hit the side near the wheel. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
Because it's bent the bumper round he's also cracked | 0:24:05 | 0:24:08 | |
the front here. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
There's a bit of cosmetic damage here which a body shop will get | 0:24:13 | 0:24:18 | |
sorted out within time. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:19 | |
But you don't know what's happened between the car being taken | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
and us finding it today. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
The engine could be ragged out of it | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
and you've got no engine in a couple of months or something. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:32 | |
I just don't know. I personally wouldn't fancy having it back. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
I just don't know what problems have been caused. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
Today a car has been recovered... Good job that one. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
Yeah, thanks for your help. Cheers. ..but it could have | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
so easily not have been stolen in the first place. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
We can just give you advice we do give, don't leave your keys on show. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:54 | |
Don't leave them on the bottom of the stairs or hung up near doors | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
and things like that. | 0:24:57 | 0:24:58 | |
You'd be amazed how ingenious some of the customers are at obtaining keys. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:05 | |
I would recommend you either lock them away in a safe | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
and secure cupboard, well out of sight of anybody, | 0:25:09 | 0:25:12 | |
or better still take them to bed. Leave them on your bedside cabinet. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:16 | |
You know they're going to be there in the morning and if they're | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
going to be there in the morning your car's going to be there, as well. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
Hanoi burglaries are bad anyway but to have your house burgled | 0:25:23 | 0:25:27 | |
and your car taken at the same time is like a bit of a double whammy. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
I certainly wouldn't fancy it | 0:25:30 | 0:25:31 | |
and I wouldn't recommend it for anybody, really. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
The car was later reunited with its owner. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
Investigations into who stole it are still ongoing. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
Mephedrone, otherwise known as MCAT or Meow Meow, | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
first came to prominence as a legal high | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
used primarily as a party drug. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:55 | |
A few years ago it was banned and classified as a Class B drug. | 0:25:55 | 0:26:00 | |
Since becoming illegal MCAT's popularity has | 0:26:00 | 0:26:02 | |
risen despite its harmful effects. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
In fact, last year alone it was linked to over 50 deaths. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:10 | |
It's early morning and the community response | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
team in Hull are about to raid a suspected drug dealer. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
There is recent intelligence that the occupant, | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
BLEEP is dealing MCAT from the address. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
We've got a warrant. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
The intention is put the door in and see what's inside. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
They're raiding a flat in a block rather than a house. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
Which presents its own problems. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:40 | |
The only issue we might have it where we're going to be | 0:26:42 | 0:26:44 | |
going in in full uniform from outside the flat. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:49 | |
So we've got to get from our van to this door as quick as possible | 0:26:49 | 0:26:52 | |
and ideally without being seen, as well. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
It will be nice if we get a result today and decent | 0:26:56 | 0:26:58 | |
members of the public see that we are taking action against these people. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:04 | |
Once the team are kitted out in safety gear, | 0:27:06 | 0:27:08 | |
they head off on the short drive to the suspected dealer's flat. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
The entry into the building goes well | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
and the quickest way to the flat is via the lift. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:20 | |
We're in the lift just going up to the 3rd floor. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
We'll be off very shortly. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
We're going to approach the door and use the crow bar | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
and the rammer to get in. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:29 | |
Right! | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
Once they get to the 3rd floor, it's go, go, go. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:46 | |
Police! Stay where you are! | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
Don't move! | 0:27:51 | 0:27:52 | |
The man they're after was asleep in bed. | 0:27:57 | 0:28:00 | |
And there's no-one else in the flat. So far, it's all going to plan. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:03 | |
The entry was good. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
The door was as we thought, it's a | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
solid wooden door which presents very little problem to us. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:13 | |
Fortunately, the occupant is here. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
He's been asleep when we entered so we've caught him | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
beat surprise a little bit. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:20 | |
Now he's detained safely we're going to slow everything down. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:24 | |
Search him and search the address methodically and see what we find. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
They're strip searching the occupant who is the lad | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
we expected to be here. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
There is intelligence that he secretes | 0:28:34 | 0:28:36 | |
items between his buttocks and wherever else, as well. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
So we'll make sure he's not got anything on him first | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
that he might be able to dispose of. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:44 | |
The strip search has proven unsuccessful. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:48 | |
But one of the team soon makes a discovery. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
We found a small plastic bag containing white powder | 0:28:51 | 0:28:54 | |
which is quite crystal-y at the moment so not quite sure what it is. | 0:28:54 | 0:28:58 | |
We're seizing it as a suspect controlled substance | 0:28:58 | 0:29:01 | |
and getting it tested. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 | |
Found a white crystal substance in a bag which may well be MCAT. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:09 | |
It will ultimately have to be sent to a laboratory to identify it. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
By looking at it and seeing the circumstances in which we found it we | 0:29:14 | 0:29:19 | |
suspect it's MCAT and that is enough to give us the power of arrest. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:23 | |
The raid was carried out because of information that the suspect | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
was alleged to be dealing MCAT. Otherwise known as mephedrone. | 0:29:26 | 0:29:31 | |
A drug that Dave and his colleagues are finding more and more often. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:35 | |
MCAT itself is a relatively new drug. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
It's a Class B drug and it's a stimulant so when people take | 0:29:38 | 0:29:42 | |
it it has a similar effect to things like amphetamines. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:45 | |
It makes people very hyperactive. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:48 | |
It also has the downside of making some people quite aggressive. | 0:29:48 | 0:29:52 | |
And paranoid, as well. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:54 | |
I've spoken to heroin users who say they've tried MCAT | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
and would never try it again. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:00 | |
The side effects of MCAT are quite horrendous. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:02 | |
It was linked a couple of years ago with | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
a couple of deaths of teenagers, as well. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
Raids like today's don't only get drugs off the streets, | 0:30:13 | 0:30:16 | |
they also have benefits for the wider community. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:19 | |
Drug users generally have to steal to fund a drug habit. | 0:30:19 | 0:30:22 | |
Whether that be from shops or committing burglaries | 0:30:22 | 0:30:25 | |
and robberies and things like that. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:27 | |
Either way, it's not a nice thing for a community to deal with. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
We will generally notice an upsurge in acquisitive crime in an area | 0:30:30 | 0:30:35 | |
where drugs are being dealt from. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:37 | |
Whether it's opportunists thefts of things like a pedal cycle | 0:30:37 | 0:30:41 | |
that's been left out in the street to the more serious | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
offences like burglaries and robberies and shop thefts. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:49 | |
In locations where drugs are being dealt from there's | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
the issue of the antisocial behaviour for neighbours, as well. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:57 | |
In addition to the suspected MCAT, officers have found some pills | 0:30:57 | 0:31:01 | |
and some paperwork suggesting drug dealing. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:04 | |
I recognise a couple of names on the list there. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:08 | |
But I don't know what the numbers and letters after them mean. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
The occupant of the flat is taken in for questioning. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
But at least he won't have to worry about his broken front door. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
As a team from the council have arrived to fix it. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
We had the council on board quite early on with this so they've | 0:31:28 | 0:31:31 | |
been able to make a phone call quite early and get the door repaired. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:34 | |
It didn't need a new door. Left a bit of an imprint. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
The frame just needed making good, which has been done. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:41 | |
So we'll secure the address and go and do the paperwork. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:46 | |
The occupant of the flat was later charged with | 0:31:46 | 0:31:49 | |
possession of a Class B drug. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
And a number of other offences | 0:31:51 | 0:31:52 | |
and was given a total of eight years in prison. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:55 | |
The fear of being burgled is the number one concern that local | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
residents in Hull expressed to the neighbourhood teams. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:10 | |
In response, the police recently launched an intensive crackdown. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
And last year burglary numbers were cut by 12%. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
But as a result of their focus on house crime, | 0:32:17 | 0:32:20 | |
it appears thieves are instead turning their attention to sheds, | 0:32:20 | 0:32:24 | |
garages and other unoccupied outbuildings. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:27 | |
Stealing tools, fishing equipment and bikes. | 0:32:27 | 0:32:30 | |
Items that are easy to sell on. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
It's annoying because it's pointless. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:35 | |
It's our stuff so what gives them the right to come | 0:32:35 | 0:32:38 | |
and take it or damage it? It's ours. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:41 | |
Neighbourhood teams are now urging people to use preventative measures | 0:32:42 | 0:32:46 | |
to beat the burglars. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
PCSO Dawn Brown and PC Andy Derbyshire are visiting | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
a street where there's been a recent spate of shed burglaries. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:57 | |
We'll leaflet the area and do some house to house to make sure | 0:32:58 | 0:33:01 | |
people are aware this is happening. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:05 | |
We can't be everywhere all the time. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:07 | |
People have got to take responsibility for their own | 0:33:07 | 0:33:09 | |
security some way or another. | 0:33:09 | 0:33:11 | |
We can only do what we can do by issuing shed alarms, | 0:33:11 | 0:33:16 | |
advice all sorts of stuff we've got but at the end of the say | 0:33:16 | 0:33:19 | |
if they don't use it for whatever reason, | 0:33:19 | 0:33:24 | |
Dawn's first visit is to a couple whose shed has been burgled. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:32 | |
As has that of their neighbour. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
Down this close four people have been burgled. That's right. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:40 | |
Yourself, you and two others. 37 and 29, then these two. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:46 | |
You saw the lads, Lillian, didn't you? | 0:33:46 | 0:33:48 | |
I saw them, yeah. Are they always around here? | 0:33:48 | 0:33:51 | |
All on bikes. They're always on bikes riding round and round. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:57 | |
I've been down here seven years and it's the first break in I've had. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
In seven years? Yeah. It's getting worse. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:04 | |
In the last week Welwyn Park Avenue has had eight. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
Hull Road had ten, almost next door to each other. Shocking. | 0:34:07 | 0:34:10 | |
It's everywhere. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
Absolutely everywhere. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:14 | |
Lillian's shed was broken into and thieves took tools and a bike. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:19 | |
And Dawn has some tips on how to improve her security. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:21 | |
If I was a burglar even to come through here. I know. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:26 | |
I know they can. It's dead easy. | 0:34:26 | 0:34:29 | |
And it hadn't got a great lock either. That was ?7 that. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
Has anybody had a go at this? | 0:34:34 | 0:34:36 | |
It looks like it would have been really easy to get in. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:40 | |
The garden's quite large, it's right at the very back. | 0:34:40 | 0:34:43 | |
And then there's the drain bank right here so people can quite easily come | 0:34:43 | 0:34:46 | |
in, get what they want and go over that without even being disturbed. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:50 | |
In this case, like so many shed burglaries, it's not what's | 0:34:50 | 0:34:54 | |
been taken that matters as much as the effect it's had on the victim. | 0:34:54 | 0:34:59 | |
It makes me feel vulnerable. With me being a pensioner. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:05 | |
It makes me feel nervous. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:08 | |
On a night I check all my windows and doors over and over again. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:13 | |
Next doors shed had a bit more security. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:18 | |
But that didn't stop the thieves. It was damaging. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:21 | |
Not just to me but to everyone around here because | 0:35:21 | 0:35:24 | |
it's happening everywhere down here. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:26 | |
They're all pensioners or disabled which is not very nice. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:31 | |
Having fitted an alarm fitted by the police he hopes | 0:35:32 | 0:35:36 | |
thieves will be deterred in the future. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
ALARM SOUNDS | 0:35:38 | 0:35:39 | |
Four buildings, four sheds in a matter of two weeks. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:46 | |
It's not very good. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:48 | |
Dawn's now visiting another resident on the street. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:51 | |
I'll go to number 37 BLEEP. Their shed was attacked, as well. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:58 | |
They've taken ?120 Bosch jigsaw and two cordless drills for ?200. | 0:35:58 | 0:36:03 | |
So we'll go see what they know. Talk to them. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:05 | |
This woman has had her shed broken into | 0:36:13 | 0:36:15 | |
but she's worried next time it will be her house. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:18 | |
House burglaries are not very common at all | 0:36:20 | 0:36:22 | |
but we are being massively targeted with sheds and garages at the moment. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:27 | |
It's not very often I get a paper | 0:36:27 | 0:36:29 | |
but that's all I've read in the paper is sheds. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:32 | |
And she's in no doubt who's done it. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:36 | |
Druggies. Druggies, that's all I can think of. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:43 | |
Can't think of anything else. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:48 | |
They just want money for drugs, don't they? | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
They'll have people waiting to sell on. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:54 | |
Although this time Dawn's advice has come too late to prevent | 0:36:55 | 0:36:59 | |
the burglaries, | 0:36:59 | 0:37:00 | |
it has hopefully meant these residents won't be effected again. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:03 | |
People just aren't as vigilant as they're supposed to be. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:06 | |
And when they've been burgled you become over vigilant | 0:37:06 | 0:37:09 | |
and this isn't a bad thing. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:11 | |
Making sure your property is safe and secure at all times. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:15 | |
Humberside Police's initiative with also includes placing | 0:37:15 | 0:37:18 | |
tracking devices on stealable items has already begun to bear fruit. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:23 | |
As the number of shed burglaries in the area is beginning to decline. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:27 | |
Come rain or come shine the neighbourhood teams are out | 0:37:32 | 0:37:35 | |
on the street doing what they can to help keep the public safe. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:39 | |
As well as providing assistance to their colleagues wherever | 0:37:39 | 0:37:42 | |
help is needed. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:44 | |
Are we're going to get there quick enough? | 0:37:44 | 0:37:47 | |
PC Nick Deacon and PCSO Craig Towle have been asked to assist | 0:37:47 | 0:37:51 | |
the traffic team. I've had an oil spillage on a stretch of road. | 0:37:51 | 0:37:55 | |
Fortunate we have our traffic division off at the scene of a | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
three vehicle road traffic collision. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:01 | |
Which has been caused as a result of the oil. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:04 | |
But they're having trouble with vehicles approaching them | 0:38:04 | 0:38:07 | |
and skidding on the oil so we have to close the road down | 0:38:07 | 0:38:10 | |
for the safety of the public and the police officers in that area. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:14 | |
But we're nicely coming up to quarter to five at peak rush hour time. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:17 | |
And it's one of the main roads they use to come | 0:38:17 | 0:38:20 | |
out of the industrial estate so it's going to cause mayhem. | 0:38:20 | 0:38:22 | |
Until the road is safe to drive on, Nick | 0:38:24 | 0:38:27 | |
and Craig will be blocking one end of the road by a busy roundabout. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:30 | |
The easiest thing is to put my car there | 0:38:32 | 0:38:33 | |
because they're not going to get through it. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:36 | |
Put me there, people don't realise the road's closed | 0:38:36 | 0:38:39 | |
and they try to get round you. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:41 | |
Although I'm rather large, | 0:38:41 | 0:38:42 | |
I'm not big enough to stop vehicles getting round the corner. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:44 | |
The spillage has turned the road into a virtual ice rink. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:50 | |
A lot of people use this road as a cut through to get to the | 0:38:51 | 0:38:53 | |
city centre so it does get quite busy this time of day. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:57 | |
If you look on the ground you can see the amount of oil on the ground. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:01 | |
A bit slippy on the roundabout, definitely. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:04 | |
Craig's come to assist at the crash scene. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:06 | |
There's been a three car shunt. | 0:39:06 | 0:39:09 | |
A driver skidded on the surface, was hit from behind by another car | 0:39:09 | 0:39:13 | |
and bumped into the car in front containing a driving instructor | 0:39:13 | 0:39:18 | |
and her pupil. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:19 | |
I was having a mock test and it was going badly | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
so it's king of a relief really. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:24 | |
Go around the corner, got hit. Didn't know what to feel, really. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:30 | |
Just unknown. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:32 | |
Back at the end of the road Nick is waiting for the council gritters. | 0:39:34 | 0:39:38 | |
And he's not feeling optimistic. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
How long is a piece of string is how long it takes the council to | 0:39:40 | 0:39:43 | |
get down here. | 0:39:43 | 0:39:44 | |
If they're on the ball, half an hour to an hour. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:47 | |
If they're not on the ball, we could be looking at a couple of hours. | 0:39:47 | 0:39:51 | |
We'll put sand down on it which will give an abrasiveness to the | 0:39:51 | 0:39:55 | |
road surface and also soak up some of the oil that's been spilt. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
Probably diesel from a lorry that has been spilt. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
But it has the same effect. | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
Back at the crash scene, the drivers swap insurance details | 0:40:03 | 0:40:06 | |
and head home carefully. It's good news that no-one was hurt. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:11 | |
As vehicles come to brake at the junction they're losing | 0:40:11 | 0:40:14 | |
control around there. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
Breaking and steering under very slippery conditions. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:20 | |
There's some suggestion of a tanker coming round just before all | 0:40:20 | 0:40:22 | |
the carnage happened but we don't know. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:25 | |
Obviously it's come from a vehicle of some description. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:29 | |
And some local employees mentioned a tanker driver coming round. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:33 | |
Now the road's clear of cars Craig | 0:40:34 | 0:40:36 | |
and his colleague can test the road for themselves | 0:40:36 | 0:40:39 | |
and help out a cyclist who has got through the cordon. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:41 | |
Promise I won't give you a ticket. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:45 | |
It's incredibly slippy at this roundabout at the moment. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:49 | |
It is like an ice rink due to the fact that it's not only the | 0:40:49 | 0:40:52 | |
diesel down there where it's been spread about by the rain, as well. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:55 | |
So it is like an ice rink. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:56 | |
What happens now from our point of view is we'll go back to the road closure. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:01 | |
Keep the road closed until the council turn up | 0:41:01 | 0:41:03 | |
and clean the road down. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:04 | |
The gritters arrive shortly after and get to work. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
As does Craig. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:11 | |
Some people don't see the blue lights | 0:41:13 | 0:41:15 | |
so you actually need to point and tell them where to go. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
Half an hour later the council gritters are happy that the | 0:41:21 | 0:41:24 | |
road can be opened up again. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
It can't come a moment too soon for Nick. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:29 | |
Checked it out and decided it's cold, it's wet and it's miserable. | 0:41:29 | 0:41:33 | |
And I don't like standing out in the cold like this. | 0:41:33 | 0:41:35 | |
It will be a few minutes. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:36 | |
We're just checking the road. A traffic car has been up | 0:41:36 | 0:41:40 | |
and tested the slipperiness of the surface. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:42 | |
Gritter has been over it three times in either direction. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
We do look as if give it a few minutes for it to settle in. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:49 | |
We are going to be opening the road up. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:51 | |
And once the traffic team have given the all clear, | 0:41:54 | 0:41:58 | |
Nick and Craig can get finished up. | 0:41:58 | 0:42:01 | |
It's a good job well done. We've had one accident down here, | 0:42:01 | 0:42:04 | |
there was other vehicles skating all over the place. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:07 | |
Peak rush hour time, we'd have had hundreds of cars coming down here. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:10 | |
And they would have been going into each other, slip-sliding away. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:14 | |
When it's icy you know it's icy because it's fairly cold outside. | 0:42:14 | 0:42:17 | |
But when you've got oil on the road you haven't got a clue. | 0:42:17 | 0:42:20 | |
So it is a job well done. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:22 | |
And the traffic lads have picked up all the details for the accident | 0:42:22 | 0:42:26 | |
at the bottom end so no paperwork for us to do which is even better. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:30 | |
Today we've seen how the neighbourhood policing teams | 0:42:40 | 0:42:43 | |
tackle every kind of crime and social problem. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:46 | |
It's all part of their ceaseless quest to make the streets | 0:42:46 | 0:42:49 | |
a safer place. | 0:42:49 | 0:42:51 | |
Join us again next time. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:53 | |
Say when. | 0:43:33 | 0:43:34 | |
Please! Say when! | 0:43:34 | 0:43:36 | |
They're back... | 0:43:36 | 0:43:37 | |
GROANING | 0:43:37 | 0:43:38 | |
That's right. I'm bad. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:40 | |
MUSIC: "Bad" by Michael Jackson | 0:43:40 | 0:43:42 | |
..and as bad as ever. | 0:43:42 | 0:43:43 |