0:00:02 > 0:00:05Policing in the 21st century has come full circle.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06Good evening, all.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09The old romantic notion of the bobby on the beat,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12like Sergeant George Dixon 50 years ago,
0:00:12 > 0:00:14is very much back in favour.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15It's here.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19A new caring force has been created, that works in collaboration
0:00:19 > 0:00:23with the community it serves, called the Neighbourhood Policing Team.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25You're under arrest, OK? For assault.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Now, the teams are in every local area of the country...
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Get him! We've got a runner.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34..cracking down on anti-social behaviour...
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- Stay here!- Ow!- I've had enough!- Ahh!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40..busting suspected drug dens...
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Get down and stay down!
0:00:42 > 0:00:44There's a very, very large grow in this room. Jackpot.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47..and laying down the law to crooks and criminals.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Do as you're told.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50- I weren't even- BLEEP- driving it!
0:00:50 > 0:00:52In this new series of Neighbourhood Blues,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55we're following the men and women from the Humberside Police Force.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- You're under arrest. - I'm arresting you for
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- being in possession of a controlled substance.- As they strive
0:01:00 > 0:01:02to make our streets a safer place.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Coming up, the Neighbourhood Team go knocking on doors
0:01:25 > 0:01:27looking for a drug dealer...
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Police! Stay where you are!
0:01:31 > 0:01:35..give chase to a suspected knifeman in people's back yards...
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- Next door? - The one next door, yeah.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40'..and face up to an irate dog-owner.'
0:01:40 > 0:01:42I don't know!
0:01:42 > 0:01:45THEY ALL SPEAK TOGETHER
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Having drug dealers as neighbours isn't nice for anyone.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Humberside Police's Neighbourhood Teams are trying to encourage people
0:01:57 > 0:01:59who suspect dealing in their street to come forward
0:01:59 > 0:02:02so they can take positive action.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06It's 9am, and in Hull,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08members of the Northern Neighbourhood Police Team
0:02:08 > 0:02:11are preparing to raid a house where they suspect
0:02:11 > 0:02:15a drug dealer has taken up residence. Leading the team today
0:02:15 > 0:02:18is PC Dave Mackinder.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22There's intelligence, um,
0:02:22 > 0:02:27that drugs are being dealt from the address and, more specifically,
0:02:27 > 0:02:31that an out-of-town dealer has muscled his way into the address
0:02:31 > 0:02:33and is dealing from there.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Most of our team know the address cos we've been there before
0:02:35 > 0:02:39and it does attract the local drinkers and drug-takers
0:02:39 > 0:02:41and it's often quite a houseful when you go there,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43but with the recent intel suggesting that drugs
0:02:43 > 0:02:45are being dealt from there...
0:02:45 > 0:02:47We've got intelligence suggesting that
0:02:47 > 0:02:50there's an out-of-town male who's moved into the address
0:02:50 > 0:02:53and is quite busy dealing heroin from the address,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55so, we've got a warrant, we'll, uh...
0:02:55 > 0:02:57go and see what we can find.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Dave and the team are kitted up
0:03:00 > 0:03:04and ready to take out the drug den's front door.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06We're going to use the Ram-It...
0:03:07 > 0:03:11..which is basically a large steel...
0:03:11 > 0:03:14um, battering ram. Uh...
0:03:14 > 0:03:17We're going to hit the door with that and potentially
0:03:17 > 0:03:21brace it with a Go Bar as well, a kind of a crowbar,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23just to try and, uh...
0:03:23 > 0:03:25help with the impact of the Ram-It.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28The door's uPVC and they're notorious
0:03:28 > 0:03:32for absorbing the impact of, uh...
0:03:32 > 0:03:34of the tools that we use, so by bracing it, hopefully
0:03:34 > 0:03:38we can take away some of that impact and make the entry a bit easier.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Carrying out a raid can be hot work, though.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46On a day like today, cooped up in a van,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50I'm sweating before we've even done anything, really.
0:03:50 > 0:03:56I've got my normal uniform on then some pads, some Kevlar, um,
0:03:56 > 0:04:01sleeves, and this overall on top, so, yeah, it's quite warm.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Dealers regularly try to get rid of drugs
0:04:12 > 0:04:18when they realise the police are coming, so a swift entry is crucial.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Police! Stay where you are!
0:04:22 > 0:04:23WOMAN GASPS
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Stay there. Who else is in the house?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28The suspected drug dealer they're looking for isn't in the house.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30There's only a terrified woman.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33OK, all right. Calm yourself down, no harm's going to come to you.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- There's no-one else here? - No.- Have a seat.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40We'll explain what's happening.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Are you aware of any drugs in the address?- Yes, there is.- There is.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Whereabouts are they?- In the kitchen. - Where specifically?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- On the kitchen top. - Just on the top?
0:04:49 > 0:04:53It looks to me like it's amphetamine to me, just looking by the sort of
0:04:53 > 0:04:56texture of it, the sort of paste-like texture of it.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00It's like it's amphetamine getting ready to be cooked up in situ.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Uh, so it looks like we've got here at a decent time, really.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Five minutes and that might be in somebody's vein or something.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10To be fair, she was quite frightened - as I think I would be
0:05:10 > 0:05:13if people burst through my door like this.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14She's been no trouble at all,
0:05:14 > 0:05:18what's happening has been explained to her, and, uh...
0:05:18 > 0:05:20We're currently searching the address.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23We've found a quantity of what she has told us is amphetamine.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26As well as what they believe is amphetamine,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29the kitchen is littered with other drug stuff.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Users will generally, um...
0:05:32 > 0:05:37..prepare it, so to change it from a paste into kind of a liquid
0:05:37 > 0:05:41that can be injected, and that's usually done by heating it up.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45It's in a kind of a paste form as it is at the moment, um,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49and users will generally cook it, they'll subject it to heat.
0:05:49 > 0:05:55So, you can see here, the bottom of this can is blackened where it's
0:05:55 > 0:05:59been subjected to heat from a lighter or another kind of a heat source.
0:05:59 > 0:06:06That will then cause the paste to turn into a liquid type substance.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10There's another...uncapped needle again there,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12which I presume has been used.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15PC Trevor Needham has found some other drugs.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Just having a quick initial search so the, uh...
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Just having a look in the cupboards,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26see if there's anything obvious in relation to what we're looking for.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30A few prescription drugs in here, Matty.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36These are obviously prescription drugs, but without the...
0:06:36 > 0:06:39being prescribed.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41We have got drugs offences at the address.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45We're just searching now to determine what else we find.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Some more suspicious stuff's been found.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Where was that? - It was just on the side here, yeah,
0:06:54 > 0:06:56just between these two tubs.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Well, it looks like a pink one. Not sure if it's...
0:06:59 > 0:07:02a pink rock, pink crystallised substance.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Possibly a drug.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07It's a good place to hide stuff inside here, for...
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Obviously it will conceal it and all you've got to do really is just...
0:07:12 > 0:07:15siphon it through your fingers and you can get it out again.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17There's nothing in the tubs.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22This bag's been found in a cupboard under the stairs here
0:07:22 > 0:07:24by one of my colleagues.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27We don't know exactly what it is,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30but it's probably likely that it's bicarbonate of soda
0:07:30 > 0:07:33or something similar which is used as a cutting agent
0:07:33 > 0:07:37to make drugs go further, really, to dilute them down.
0:07:37 > 0:07:44When you look inside the bag, there's a lot of pure kind of white powder.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Um, the only way to know for certain what that is
0:07:48 > 0:07:50would be to, uh, to test it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54The woman who was alone in the house
0:07:54 > 0:07:57is being taken to the police station to be interviewed.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01She's been arrested on suspicion of possession of controlled drugs.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04The amphetamine that she tells us that it is
0:08:04 > 0:08:08and some controlled prescription drugs as well.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12We've also found a small wrap with some crystal type substance in it.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16We're not quite sure what that is, but possibly, uh,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19it could be crack cocaine or possibly M-Cat.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22We'll have to get that tested. So we've got three or four
0:08:22 > 0:08:26different types of drugs at the moment that we need to ask her about.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28As well as finding drugs,
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Dave is pleased with the impact that the high-profile raid has had.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35And I'm aware that neighbours have been out in the street
0:08:35 > 0:08:37and seen the work we've done, so, from their point of view,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40the fact that we've been seen to take action against a house
0:08:40 > 0:08:44that is known to us for drugs and anti-social behaviour
0:08:44 > 0:08:47and other types of offences, that's a good result for the local community.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52The house's small back yard shows the extent of how the property's
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- been used as a drugs den.- They used to have a dog and that used to live
0:08:55 > 0:08:58in there and, obviously, you can see there's needles in there as well
0:08:58 > 0:09:01so, obviously, there's been some drug use in there as well.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Eh, it's not very nice in there, is it?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06It must be horrible for people who live next door
0:09:06 > 0:09:09or who actually look after the properties, to live next door
0:09:09 > 0:09:13to people like this and, you know, it can't be nice.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Although they didn't get the man they were looking for,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19overall, it's still been a good day's work for the team.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22They've sent out a strong message that they won't tolerate
0:09:22 > 0:09:24dealers setting up in the neighbourhood.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28What members of the public could do, if they're aware of a problem...
0:09:28 > 0:09:31is tell us about it. If we don't know about it...
0:09:32 > 0:09:33..we're not going to take action.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36If we do know about it, as we've shown today, we'll take
0:09:36 > 0:09:40positive action and hopefully get a better result from it.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43The drugs were later tested,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46and found to be amphetamine, as suspected.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Rather than be charged,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52the woman agreed to be put on a drug rehabilitation programme.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04In Britain, we're proud that our police force isn't routinely armed.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Nevertheless, Neighbourhood Officers are never far from danger
0:10:08 > 0:10:10when patrolling the streets.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12TASER BUZZES
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Now, to meet a rising threat from knife crime,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18some of the Neighbourhood Team have been assigned
0:10:18 > 0:10:21electronic stun guns called Tasers.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25PC Nikki Cammiss is one of those who have been trained to use
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- the less lethal weapon. - What I'm doing here,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32I'm just checking that the plastic isn't broken, that it's all intact...
0:10:32 > 0:10:36to ensure that it works correctly, should I need to use it.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39The Tasers are not personally issued and have to be
0:10:39 > 0:10:44checked out of secured storage and tested before each shift.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I just went through a five-second cycle. You'll see that I tilted the
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Taser to make sure that both barbs are connecting whilst it's running.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55The Taser fires two darts and, connected by a thin wire,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58zaps the target with 50,000 volts -
0:10:58 > 0:11:01enough to ensure temporary incapacitation.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I believe Tasers reassure communities.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05It's certainly a presence when I'm out and about,
0:11:05 > 0:11:08but it helps with it being bright yellow. When people see the Taser,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11that's usually enough. If I have to draw my Taser
0:11:11 > 0:11:14and you see the red dot, then, again,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18generally most people will arms up, back off straightaway.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21It's those people that don't are the concern.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22SIRENS WAIL
0:11:22 > 0:11:26It's Tuesday afternoon, and Nikki is in Bridlington
0:11:26 > 0:11:28racing to assist her colleagues
0:11:28 > 0:11:32who are trying to corner a man suspected of a knife attack.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34We've got a male who I knew had a knife on him yesterday
0:11:34 > 0:11:38who's assaulted another male and he went to ground
0:11:38 > 0:11:40and now we've got to try and find him.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42He went onto a street called North Street.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45So we'll make our way into the area and try and locate him.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46SIRENS WAIL
0:11:46 > 0:11:49The man has a history of violence,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51so the police aren't taking any chances.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Nikki is armed with her Taser stun gun.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Do you want me to go to Wellington?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- Yeah.- You can cover that side.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Officers from the Incident Response Team are also here.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07Together, they're going to flood the area and close in on the suspect.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09We're going to go into the adjacent street
0:12:09 > 0:12:11cos he'll likely use that address to go straight through
0:12:11 > 0:12:13and probably hop over the garden walls
0:12:13 > 0:12:16and may come out onto the other side.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19So, if we get all ends covered...
0:12:19 > 0:12:21hopefully, we'll contain him.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Nikki isn't sure exactly where the suspected knifeman is,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30but soon gets a possible tip from a friendly builder.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Next door?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Thank you very much.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43SOUNDS OF CHILDREN PLAYING
0:12:49 > 0:12:51But there's still no sign of him.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55DOGS BARK
0:12:55 > 0:12:59A few moments later, though, Nikki gets some good news.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00They've got him.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06CCTV has come to the police's aid.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Cameras have picked up the suspect and he's ducking into an alleyway.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16And, seconds afterwards, guided by the CCTV controllers,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18the Neighbourhood Team follow him.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22And they have caught their man.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29It's all about containment. If we know he's in an area,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33as long as we've got all our...as best we can, get all areas covered.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36I know that he's come out, so that's good.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Yesterday, there was an incident where somebody was assaulted
0:13:41 > 0:13:42down near the bus station.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45There was mention that the offender had a knife on him
0:13:45 > 0:13:47and the victim had quite a substantial wound,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51but he didn't want to make a complaint, and that happened.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54However, the concern is we know this guy's been
0:13:54 > 0:13:56out on the streets with a knife or certainly
0:13:56 > 0:13:58have a strong enough suspicion to think that,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01so a description of him was passed out,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04so our local CCTV cameras have picked him up today in the town
0:14:04 > 0:14:08and as soon as they've seen him, they've shouted that over our radio.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12And, because of the incident yesterday, um...
0:14:12 > 0:14:14everybody went out looking for him.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19At the station, the suspect is being booked in.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23PC Julie Edeson was the officer who found and arrested him.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25We've had a few incidents over the last few weeks, where he's been
0:14:25 > 0:14:28named in situations especially where there's been
0:14:28 > 0:14:30violence offered or threats of violence
0:14:30 > 0:14:34'and also, in possession of a knife. We've conducted the search.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36'He's disappeared down an alleyway.'
0:14:36 > 0:14:39We've heard some shouting from a garden,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41which I thought was just neighbours talking
0:14:41 > 0:14:44and then I'd gone to the alleyway where we actually found his bike
0:14:44 > 0:14:48and seen the male running down the path towards me.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Because we do believe that he is in possession of a knife,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53and, um, I don't carry Tasers,
0:14:53 > 0:14:55so I've raised my baton, extended it,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58and held it in the air as, you know, we're told to do
0:14:58 > 0:15:01and shouted at the male a number of times to stay where he is,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04get down on the floor, and then, hopefully,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06my colleagues can hear me shouting.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08They've made their way and they've got a Taser
0:15:08 > 0:15:10and they've managed to put the cuffs on.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13So, it's been a really good result all round and, you know,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16fortunately there wasn't a knife on this occasion,
0:15:16 > 0:15:17but we don't take chances.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20How tall are you?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23The man's claims of innocence are in vain.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25A male has been arrested for affray and assault.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27So, what'll happen now is we'll interview him here
0:15:27 > 0:15:30for the offences he's committed here in Humberside.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34He'll be dealt with for those. The IRT team will now package that up.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Um, and they'll hand that over to CID, who will take over
0:15:37 > 0:15:40the investigation and see it through now to the end.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45The man later pleaded guilty to the charge of affray
0:15:45 > 0:15:49and is currently being held on remand while awaiting sentencing.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59The Neighbourhood Teams in Hull get dozens of calls
0:15:59 > 0:16:02every week from fearful residents about the menace
0:16:02 > 0:16:07posed by youths in hoodies hanging around on street corners.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Their fears are shared by many people up and down the country.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15You have to be careful cos there's a lot of youths, who all gang up
0:16:15 > 0:16:19and sort of push past you, you're being careful all the time. It's...
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- Yeah.- ..difficult now as we're getting older.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24If the parents don't know where their kids are
0:16:24 > 0:16:27and what they're doing, they should do, cos I knew where my...
0:16:27 > 0:16:30I've got three children and I knew basically where they were,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32what they were doing, who they were with.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35It's 9pm, and PC Carl Palmer
0:16:35 > 0:16:40and PCSO Dawn Brown are on their way to a popular local takeaway.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43They're not going there for a bite to eat.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45They've got a gang of youths to deal with.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50A call has come in from a customer complaining that
0:16:50 > 0:16:54there's an intimidating group loitering outside the premises.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57It's the same story, I think, across the rest of the country.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00These kids are bored, they've got nothing to do,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02they want to hang out together,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05so they naturally flock to a place like McDonalds.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Um, on the face of it, they don't seem to do much, but, unfortunately,
0:17:09 > 0:17:13to other members of the public they can be quite intimidating.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17We need to do something about that cos we have to protect
0:17:17 > 0:17:20and reassure other members of the public.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22The management aren't happy either.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26The youths' presence is scaring business away,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28as PC Nadine Wilson tries to explain to them.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- We can't keep coming back here. - Yeah, I know that.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Whatever you may think of this gentleman,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35he's trying to run a restaurant.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37If little Granny Miggins comes in McDonalds
0:17:37 > 0:17:40and you're all here having a laugh, it's intimidating.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43The youngsters don't really appreciate
0:17:43 > 0:17:46the effect their presence in a large group has on others,
0:17:46 > 0:17:50particularly the elderly, but since there has been a complaint,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Carl is going to take a hard line and break up the congregation.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56No lights on your bike?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Can't ride it.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Being in a group seems to have given one of the lads
0:18:00 > 0:18:02a little extra courage.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Here, pal... - What about reflectors?
0:18:04 > 0:18:05I'm not your pal!
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- Here, mate.- I'm not your pal and I'm not your mate.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09KIDS LAUGH
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- What's your name? - Mine? Bob.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14You want to be clever?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16You want to be clever, let's have your name.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- Whoa! Brand-new today, let's go, - BLEEP!- Don't...!
0:18:22 > 0:18:23- Name.- Private property.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Go away, please.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Go away.- Say please.- Go away.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30I don't have to say please.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31KIDS LAUGH
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- What's your name?- BLEEP!
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Language! That's your first warning.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39The second one, you're going to get a public order ticket.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- KIDS LAUGH - How much are them?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- £80. Do you fancy one?- Yeah!
0:18:44 > 0:18:45KIDS SNIGGER
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Bob.- I dare you to swear again!
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- BLEEP! - KIDS LAUGH
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Carl has had enough of the lad's backchat.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- All right, we'll do this in my car. - Oh, why in your car?- Off your bike.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07You might think it's clever to act up in front of your mates. It's not.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11'The lad is only 15.'
0:19:11 > 0:19:15He's too young to be given a ticket, so Carl will have to invite him
0:19:15 > 0:19:18to the nick for an interview instead, along with his mum.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21When the crowd gets bigger and people become intimidated
0:19:21 > 0:19:23and it prevents more customers from coming in,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26so then the crowd has to be dispersed
0:19:26 > 0:19:29and, unfortunately, sometimes, like the guy in the car,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32he's not happy about the situation, he starts to show off
0:19:32 > 0:19:34in front of his friends and there's a lot going on.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Everybody's looking at him, it's all very funny,
0:19:37 > 0:19:38but it ends up being a public order offence
0:19:38 > 0:19:41when he's shouting very loudly for other members of the public
0:19:41 > 0:19:43to hear that could be offended by it.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Showing that the police will come down hard on the youngsters
0:19:48 > 0:19:53if they overstep the mark has the desired effect on the rest of them.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56They've decided it's time to go home.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Good teamwork, as we've just seen,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05is vital for successful policing,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08but at times when Neighbourhood Officers are out on the beat
0:20:08 > 0:20:10and faced with heated members of the public,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14it's tact and good communication skills that are often
0:20:14 > 0:20:17the most important things to restore the peace.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25PC Lorraine Somerfield and PCSO Ruth Leak are on the lookout
0:20:25 > 0:20:28for a man walking a Staffordshire bull terrier.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Two women have just told them that
0:20:30 > 0:20:32they think he's been abusing his dog on the street.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37We'll get some details from him and have a chat with him.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Can we have a chat with you?
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I don't like dealing with dogs.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42It's all right, calm down.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- Tell them to shut their gobs, cos- BLEEP!- All right, all right.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Cos me dog was in the road and I picked him up, is that all right?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- All right, just... - What's gone on?- Go and see them!
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- I'm going to go and see. What's gone on?- Nothing's gone on!
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- Just calm down. Calm down.- You going to arrest me for something?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- No, I just want to have a chat with you.- There's nothing wrong with me!
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- Right.- I have taken me dog out and they're starting!- Right.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Why are they starting? - I don't know!- Stop...
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Sorry, I can't help it, but they're winding me up.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Ignore them.- I can't! They're shouting their heads off now!
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Yeah, I'm going to go and deal with them.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Why are they starting with you?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Me dog was in the road, I told her to get out, right there
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- and that's it.- Right, OK. - What's it to do with them?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- I don't know, but do you want to stop shouting?- Sorry, I can't help it.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- That's it.- Right, let me just... - I've told you now. Right?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- Let me take some details from you. - What for?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Just so I can say that I've spoken to you.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- I ain't done nothing! - Let me just have a chat with you.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33I ain't done nothing!
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Why don't you just wind your neck in and speak to me?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38I'm taking me dog out. I ain't done nothing.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Right, OK, I'll find out where you live
0:21:40 > 0:21:42and I'll come and speak to you at home then.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46With the man not proving very helpful, Lorraine turns her
0:21:46 > 0:21:50attention to the two women who saw the alleged animal abuse -
0:21:50 > 0:21:52and doesn't get off to a very good start.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Shut it!- Animal cruelty!- Do us a... Look, do us a favour.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Listen to what I'm saying. - Can you turn that camera off first?
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Look, just listen to what I'm saying to you. What's your name?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01SHE MUMBLES
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- It's what? - Mickey- BLEEP- Mouse!
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- Well, you don't look like Mickey Mouse.- Well, I am.- Right.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08All right then, Mickey. This is how we will deal with it.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10I can't take his dog off him. What I can do...
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- Well,- BLEEP- lock him up. - Listen. What I can do
0:22:12 > 0:22:15is get in contact with my friend who works in the RSPCA
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- and... - What are they going to do?- Listen!
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- And what are they going to do? - Listen!
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- If you listen to me, I'll tell you!- Shut up!
0:22:21 > 0:22:23She will go down and she will conduct some checks.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- Have you got his address? - Will you listen?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28- Listen to what I'm trying to say to you.- I am listening.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30You're not, you're talking over me.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Are you prepared to give a statement about what you've seen?- I am, yeah.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Right, let me get some details from you. I will pass both your details...
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Come to me house, I'll be there in ten minutes.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I'll pass both your details on, but you can say who you've seen,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- can't you? And say what you've seen. - Shut up and listen.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45- I am- BLEEP- listening!
0:22:45 > 0:22:50Right, I need to know your proper name now, instead of Mickey Mouse.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52SHE LAUGHS
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Finally, Lorraine seems to be getting through to the women.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Do you want me to carry your truncheon?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Lovely. She doesn't carry one.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01That's all right. Nice arse, love!
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I'm doing any checks on either of you.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- All I'm bothered about is sorting out the dog.- Bye!
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Basically, we were flagged down by two very irate females
0:23:10 > 0:23:12who've just witnessed a male, em,
0:23:12 > 0:23:16allegedly beating a Staffordshire bull terrier in the street.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17As you probably saw,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20we were trying to speak to the gentleman who was walking the dog.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24He wasn't prepared to stop and speak to us, I wasn't prepared to argue
0:23:24 > 0:23:26with him in light of the fact that he did have
0:23:26 > 0:23:29a Staffordshire bull terrier with him
0:23:29 > 0:23:31and he was obviously very angry himself.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I've got the details off the females who've witnessed this.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38I will pass this onto a colleague who works in the RSPCA, um,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and see if we can track down who this chap is.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Go away!- What's up?
0:23:43 > 0:23:44THEY SHOUT
0:23:44 > 0:23:46That's not the end of it, though.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Further up the street, the two women are being confronted by two men,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52one of whom is the dog owner's stepson.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Now he's threatening me!
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Just walk away.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- You what? I'll knock you straight out next time.- Hey, fellas, come on.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Don't be making any threats. - She's running her mouth then.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- You two disappear.- But when I see you, I'm going to leather you!
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- Do us a favour... - Now he's threatening me
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- because of what I told you about that- BLEEP- dog!
0:24:08 > 0:24:12THEY ALL SHOUT TOGETHER
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Do us a favour... MAN:- Quit lying!
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- Here! She's just said...! - THEY ALL SHOUT TOGETHER
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- He's right! - WOMAN:- You wasn't there!
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Look, just do us a favour.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Calm yourselves down. Just disappear.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I'm going to talk to these two,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27just you two disappear for us.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30All right? Just disappear for us. Go on.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35With the situation threatening to get out of hand, backup arrives...
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Just do us a favour and disappear, will you?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40..just as the dog owner reappears.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Does my dog look battered? - He's effing and jeffing at us.
0:24:43 > 0:24:44His stepson's now come out here
0:24:44 > 0:24:47and he's threatening these here, it's quite BLEEP.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- Do us a favour and disappear, stop making...- He never touched it.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- You're the one... - I'll see you anyway.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58You're the one threatening to assault a woman in the street,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- so just disappear for us, will you? - She's just been saying that
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- he's battering the dog. - Just disappear.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Will you move them on and all then?
0:25:04 > 0:25:09I'm moving them on, just wind your neck in and keep going. Go on.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12I'll be quiet, but just look at the dogs like...
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- Just keep going, I'm not arguing about the dog.- Well, they started it.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- Just keep going. - All right, all right.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Stop threatening to assault women in the street.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26I've tried getting details out of him. He's just gobbed off.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28He's disappeared to walk his dog.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31In the meantime, his stepson and his mate have come out...
0:25:31 > 0:25:34started effing and jeffing at the two women, em,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37threatening to bang them out and all the rest of it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Um, but I've got details off them two anyway cos I'm going to
0:25:40 > 0:25:43get in contact with the RSPCA about him with his dog.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Thankfully, Lorraine and her colleagues
0:25:45 > 0:25:49have prevented a potentially violent incident from kicking off.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51We managed to defuse the situation.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Everybody's gone on their way
0:25:52 > 0:25:55and we'll continue this hopefully with the RSPCA.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00The allegations of animal cruelty were investigated,
0:26:00 > 0:26:01but no charges were ever brought.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09Later, police are called in as a couple's argument gets out of hand.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Why am I arrested? Just because I slapped my wife? That's all.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22A bike is stolen every minute of the day in the UK,
0:26:22 > 0:26:26and less than five percent of them are ever returned to their owners.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29The Neighbourhood Police's problem isn't so much recovering
0:26:29 > 0:26:34stolen bikes, but working out whom they belong to in the first place.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Security-marking bikes with their own unique codes is one way
0:26:39 > 0:26:43to significantly increase the chance of owners getting them back
0:26:43 > 0:26:45if they are pinched.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48We are getting hit a little bit with shed and garage burglaries
0:26:48 > 0:26:51at the moment, vehicle crime,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53and we'll also be doing some cycle coding.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Um, or coding of anything really, bearing in mind that cycles,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59fishing gear and things like that are usually the popular stuff
0:26:59 > 0:27:01that goes when the sheds and the garages get burgled.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Today, the Neighbourhood Team
0:27:03 > 0:27:07are at the Orchard Park Community Centre in North Hull
0:27:07 > 0:27:11where they're providing free bicycle security-marking to the public.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14So part of the service this morning is to do cycle coding
0:27:14 > 0:27:17for the people in the area that'll bring their bikes in.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22We'll get them all coded up, send off the forms to Immobilise.com
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and, hopefully, deliver a good service
0:27:24 > 0:27:26and let people know what we can do for them.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28So I'll put this big banner on here,
0:27:28 > 0:27:29so they all know we're here.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32The coding is done by engraving the frame of the bike.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- Good morning.- Morning.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- Have you brought your bike in to be cycle-coded?- Yes.- Yeah.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40OK, all right, if we just take it inside and we'll get one of the lads
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- to mark it up for you. All right? - Thank you.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49DRILLING
0:27:52 > 0:27:56It is a unique reference number, which is, um...
0:27:56 > 0:27:59registered to the address and to the owner of the cycle itself.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Um, it's not just cycles we can do.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05We can do anything, really, which you don't mind getting engraved.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09So, it can be things like cycles, scooters, um, mobility carriages...
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Today's also about meeting local people,
0:28:12 > 0:28:16and Dawn Brown is doing her bit for community relations.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Oh, really? Nice.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19And he's called Lorenzo.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21I just thought, "I like him!"
0:28:21 > 0:28:23I wouldn't have any, but I like him.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28I say that, I've got two, but I wouldn't have any more,
0:28:28 > 0:28:29that's it done.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33The event is for all generations.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Peter Cawood nearly had his mobility scooter stolen,
0:28:36 > 0:28:38so he's having that marked up.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Do you use this centre quite a lot?
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- Uh, yeah, well, I always come to the Thursday market.- Do you?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Peter used to work at sea.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51I was a trawlerman, you know what trawlermen are like!
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Yeah! Oh, yeah!
0:28:54 > 0:28:57You must have loads of tattoos then, not just these.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58Oh, there! SHE LAUGHS
0:28:58 > 0:29:01- There, I've got another one there. - Ah, right!
0:29:01 > 0:29:03- Did you do that for a long time? - Pardon?
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Did you do it for a long time?
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- What, trawlers? Oh, yes.- Did you?
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Yeah.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14- Did you go all over?- I was away for three weeks, home for two days...
0:29:14 > 0:29:17In the unlikely event someone takes Peter's mobility scooter
0:29:17 > 0:29:21for a joyride, now he can at least be reassured that,
0:29:21 > 0:29:23if it's found, he'll get it back.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26I'm just glad that I've came in and had it done,
0:29:26 > 0:29:28but I should have had it done long ago.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Andy Derbyshire and PCSO David Nimmo are on their way to visit
0:29:40 > 0:29:44a 13-year-old Polish boy near to the community centre.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46He had his bike stolen recently,
0:29:46 > 0:29:49but has just seen it outside the house of one of his neighbours,
0:29:49 > 0:29:52and wants the police to help him get it back.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Kids on this estate love the pushbikes.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Um, it's the only way that the kids get around.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Even so much so that when they get into adulthood,
0:30:02 > 0:30:05because they can't afford driving lessons and they can't afford cars
0:30:05 > 0:30:08and things like that, all they have are pushbikes.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13The bike isn't security-marked and unless the boy can verify
0:30:13 > 0:30:17that it's his, police don't have any grounds to retrieve it.
0:30:17 > 0:30:23I can't. Without good details of the bike, I can't go and take this bike.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27However, the lad says that markings on the bike's saddle
0:30:27 > 0:30:28distinguish it as his.
0:30:35 > 0:30:36- There's rips on it?- Yeah.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Despite the lack of proof of ownership,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41they are giving the lad the benefit of the doubt.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43They have decided to visit the house
0:30:43 > 0:30:46where the allegedly stolen bike has been seen
0:30:46 > 0:30:49and, sure enough, there's a bike with a saddle
0:30:49 > 0:30:51that matches the lad's description parked outside.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54It's got that on it. It's got a rip there.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56KNOCKING ON DOOR
0:30:56 > 0:30:57- WOMAN INSIDE:- Yes, I hear you.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59All right. Cheers.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01The woman in the house says it belongs to her son,
0:31:01 > 0:31:06who conveniently turns up while Andy and David are inside.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08The youth says he got it from a friend,
0:31:08 > 0:31:13but, if it's stolen, he's happy for the officers to take it away.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14If we just get you to sign the book,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17just to say that we're taking the bike away. All right?
0:31:17 > 0:31:20So, if you can prove it's yours...
0:31:20 > 0:31:23serial numbers, receipts, anything like that, that's fine.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26The seat will be.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29THEY LAUGH
0:31:29 > 0:31:30Right. Cheers, boys.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34The bike, with its distinctive saddle, is being seized.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36What we've said to him, we've explained the situation
0:31:36 > 0:31:38that it's possibly stolen.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42He said he's got no idea that it could be stolen,
0:31:42 > 0:31:45he just got it given to him by one of his friends.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47We said, "Where did he get it from?"
0:31:47 > 0:31:49But he said he'd got no idea where they got it from.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Em, we've had to seize the bike as possibly stolen.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00Um, the owner at the address has disclaimed all rights to the bike.
0:32:05 > 0:32:06Back at the station,
0:32:06 > 0:32:10the boy and his next-door neighbour have come to identify the bike.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13He'd reported the theft along with that of another bike,
0:32:13 > 0:32:16but there's still some confusion.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19So was it just your bike that got stolen?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- No, two bikes. - Two bikes stolen at the same time.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24That bike and another big white bike.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28He had a white mountain bike that got stolen, and you found that.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32- The police recovered that and we went to pick it up.- Oh, OK, hang on.
0:32:32 > 0:32:38- So you had a white bike stolen. Did it have a cycle lock on it?- Yeah.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39All right.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- And it was stolen the same day as that?- Yeah.- OK, I've found it.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48You put...cos on here you've put red and green, but it's red, isn't it?
0:32:48 > 0:32:49- The bike.- That one?- Yeah.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- Well, I think it's red and black... - OK.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54But I said green or something.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56All right. No problem. I've found it.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00There's enough evidence to suggest the bike does belong to the lad,
0:33:00 > 0:33:05so he will get it back, though things could have been a lot easier.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07If this bike was marked, we'd have none of this issue.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11If it was marked and it was on our Immobilise system,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13then straightaway,
0:33:13 > 0:33:18we can put their bike to that person in a matter of seconds.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Ring them up, "I've got your bike."
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Job done, straightaway.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24So it doesn't happen again,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Dave marks up the bike before the lad takes it away.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31And it's his unique number, so when we come to it,
0:33:31 > 0:33:32we can put that number in.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Even if someone takes this sticker off, it's still on there.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Even if they're going to scratch it off, we're going to know it's stolen.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43So, if they scratch that off, we'll still take it off them.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46So there's a happy bike-rider and a happy police officer.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50We made a statement, got the bike back and had it coded.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- Pretty happy, aren't you?- Yeah. - The officer was actually...
0:33:53 > 0:33:55I'm pleased I got my bike back.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59And the officer that helped you, Dave, he was a good one, weren't he?
0:33:59 > 0:34:01- Yeah.- He did a good job.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02It's gone great. He's happy.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05He's took the bike away now, he's happy with it.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Even though the bike's not particularly in good condition,
0:34:08 > 0:34:10um, it's his bike, and it might be his whole world,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12he says he goes everywhere on it.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Um, so, it's a good result to give him something back.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26It's not just bikes that have a habit of straying.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28In Hull, it seems horses do too.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Carl and Dawn are on their way to rescue one that's turned up
0:34:32 > 0:34:34in a children's play park, of all places!
0:34:34 > 0:34:39We get very, very few complaints about horses in children's parks
0:34:39 > 0:34:42and I suspect it's got in there by accident.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45I don't think it'll be on purpose.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Sure enough, there's a horse in the kids' park,
0:34:48 > 0:34:50and it's not a new children's ride.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51Can you do us a favour?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Can you take your kids over that side?
0:34:56 > 0:35:00There could be a risk if the horse decided to bolt.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Obviously, there's very small children in the park.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07An RSPCA inspector's here to corral the animal.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Well, she's secured the horse. She's, um, got a tether on it now.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Um, she's just checking it to see that it's OK.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18There's no indication to whom the horse belongs
0:35:18 > 0:35:21and it hasn't been reported missing,
0:35:21 > 0:35:24but at least it does appear to be in good health.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28So the next thing we'll do is try and get it out the play park.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31And, um, get it to safety.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34The play park belongs to the Council
0:35:34 > 0:35:38and, while it's not that unusual in Hull for horses to be left
0:35:38 > 0:35:41on Council land, there's often confusion
0:35:41 > 0:35:42about what to do with them.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46It's loose in one of your playgrounds. There's kids playing.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48So Carl is on the phone to the Council now...
0:35:48 > 0:35:53Well, I can tell you it's not a police matter. It's your land,
0:35:53 > 0:35:57and there's a horse on it and you've got children playing in this park.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59..trying to sort it out.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03I don't know what you expect the police to magically do with a horse,
0:36:03 > 0:36:06but there's a sign here saying that the Council will come and seize it.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10Welfare-wise, there's not really a problem, but, unfortunately,
0:36:10 > 0:36:11the Council aren't going to deal with it,
0:36:11 > 0:36:14the police don't have the funds to deal with it, you know,
0:36:14 > 0:36:16I can't turn this horse back out onto there,
0:36:16 > 0:36:20so we're going to end up having to take the horse in.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Um, because obviously we don't know if it's vaccinated,
0:36:23 > 0:36:26we don't know if it's had any, like, history of illness, we're going
0:36:26 > 0:36:28to have to pay for it to be boarded at the vet's over the weekend,
0:36:28 > 0:36:31cos we can't risk putting it into an establishment
0:36:31 > 0:36:33where we've already got sick horses.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37It's a frustrating situation for everyone.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Even the horse is hacked off.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40HORSE NEIGHS
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Ayah! It bites!
0:36:43 > 0:36:44And it hurts.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49A horse transporter has arrived to pick the horse up.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53What the RSPCA are going to do is...
0:36:55 > 0:36:56..um, under their own cost,
0:36:56 > 0:37:01is get the horse recovered, cos there's nothing we can do with it.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03We can't leave it roaming the streets.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06So, um...
0:37:06 > 0:37:09we're going to get the horse seized.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Should the owner turn up and want his horse back, he'll have to
0:37:13 > 0:37:18pay the RSPCA's costs of around £200 in order to get it back.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20The horse will be fine, I'm quite sure.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22It's in quite good condition,
0:37:22 > 0:37:26it's just the circumstances that it's been found in in this situation.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Sadly, no-one ever claimed the horse
0:37:28 > 0:37:31and it's currently waiting to be found a new owner.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Domestic violence can happen to anybody.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Understandably, the victims are often reluctant to come forward.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49When they do, the Neighbourhood Team take the matter very seriously
0:37:49 > 0:37:52as the only way to stop the problem is to come down hard
0:37:52 > 0:37:56on offenders and let them know that the violence is unacceptable.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01PCs Jane Jackson and Paul Jefferson are on their way
0:38:01 > 0:38:03to a park in the east of Hull
0:38:03 > 0:38:08to help a colleague deal with what appears to be a domestic incident.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10We've got a report of a lady who's been assaulted by
0:38:10 > 0:38:12who we believe to be her husband.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13SIRENS WAIL
0:38:18 > 0:38:21PCSO Chris Smith is at the scene.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23The alleged assailant has gone,
0:38:23 > 0:38:25but there are witnesses who saw what happened.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- He's seen it, he's just coming back. - He seen it?
0:38:28 > 0:38:29Yeah, he said he saw the incident.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33- Oh, right, so the gentleman who did it is not here?- No.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34What country are you from?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- Poland.- Poland? OK.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39The woman's face is marked where she was struck,
0:38:39 > 0:38:41and she is still clearly shaken.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44She doesn't speak much English, but fortunately,
0:38:44 > 0:38:45she's with a friend who does.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47How'd she get the injury to her face?
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- He punched her in the face. - Was that with the bottle?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52- No, no, no.- No? - Where's the bottle come from?
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Yeah, the bottle fell to the ground. He just threw it down.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- Oh, right, so he just dropped it. - He didn't hit her with it? OK.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00What we've just had is, unfortunately,
0:39:00 > 0:39:02this lady's been assaulted by her ex-partner.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Uh, they're from Poland, so the lady speaks very little English.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09Luckily, we've got a gentleman here who can interpret for us.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11What we'll have to do... Even though they're separated,
0:39:11 > 0:39:14they're still living in the same house, so he assaulted her here,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17we're going to ask another patroller to go down the house to check
0:39:17 > 0:39:19and see if the vehicle's there and he's at the address.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22And he'll be looking at being arrested for assault.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27But there's no need to check the house, as the woman's husband
0:39:27 > 0:39:29has returned to the park.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32All right. What I'm going to say to you, then, sir,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35you're under arrest for assault. You do not have to say anything, but it
0:39:35 > 0:39:38may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something
0:39:38 > 0:39:40which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- may be given in evidence. You understand that?- Yeah.- OK.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44- Are you Polish? - Yes.- Right, OK.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47Can I speak with my wife?
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Not at the moment, she's not too happy, obviously.- OK.- OK.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- Nothing sharp, nothing dangerous. - No, no, no, no.- Nothing at all.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58He's going to the cells,
0:39:58 > 0:40:02but doesn't seem to think he's done anything wrong.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06- Why am I arrested? Just because I slapped my wife? That's all?- Yes.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Yeah, she got somebody else,
0:40:08 > 0:40:10so I don't know what you've got to do with it.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- HE BANGS HEAD - Mind your head.- Ooh!
0:40:19 > 0:40:22They now need to interview the woman, which they do
0:40:22 > 0:40:24at her home, along with an interpreter.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Um...
0:40:26 > 0:40:29can you tell us what's happened tonight?
0:40:29 > 0:40:30SHE SPEAKS POLISH
0:40:35 > 0:40:37He had a drink.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42Eh, I practically went shopping and I wasn't answering
0:40:42 > 0:40:48my mobile phone, my telephone, and he went into some rage.
0:40:48 > 0:40:54Um, and he started to look for me around parks and he attacked me.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56And I cannot even go to see my female friends
0:40:56 > 0:41:01because he is thinking that I go somewhere to betray him.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03SHE SPEAKS POLISH
0:41:05 > 0:41:09Today, I wanted to add that he was, um...
0:41:09 > 0:41:14running about the house and he was scaring me.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18It's just a nightmare. He is becoming worse and worse.
0:41:18 > 0:41:19And that was today?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21THEY SPEAK POLISH
0:41:21 > 0:41:22Today, yes.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24SHE SPEAKS POLISH
0:41:28 > 0:41:32That is why when he was in bed sleeping, um, that is
0:41:32 > 0:41:36why I went out with my child because otherwise he wouldn't let me go.
0:41:36 > 0:41:42The violence is escalating a lot since...has been escalating
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- since January this year.- OK.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47That is why it's good the police took him away,
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- because otherwise I would have been afraid to come back home.- OK.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Can you give me that in a statement, please?
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Jane's seen too many cases like this
0:41:55 > 0:41:58and it doesn't get any easier for her.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02It was obvious that it was an ongoing domestic problem that this lady had.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07Um, she'd put up with it really for the past five years,
0:42:07 > 0:42:11um, to the point where they have recently, while they're still
0:42:11 > 0:42:16living in the same house, were going through a separation.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20She spoke last night that she had in the last few weeks
0:42:20 > 0:42:24considered divorce to the point where she'd taken some injury photographs
0:42:24 > 0:42:28of previous black eyes as evidence that she has been assaulted by him
0:42:28 > 0:42:32because she has never reported any previous assaults to us.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35The man later admitted striking his wife
0:42:35 > 0:42:37and was given a police caution for assault.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Whether it's organising local community meetings
0:42:47 > 0:42:49or helping offenders with rehabilitation,
0:42:49 > 0:42:51we've seen today that the Neighbourhood Team
0:42:51 > 0:42:54demonstrate a depth and array of police work
0:42:54 > 0:42:58far beyond just responding to calls for service.
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