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Neighbourhood policing has come a long way | 0:00:02 | 0:00:03 | |
since the days of Dixon Of Dock Green. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:05 | |
Good evening, all! | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
From inner-city estates to suburbia, | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
this new generation of community police officers | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
-are on the front line. -SIREN WAILS | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
Their aim is to develop a stronger bond with the community, | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
crack down on the crimes taking place on your doorstep, | 0:00:19 | 0:00:23 | |
and formulate fast action plans to take down the criminals. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
-I said, "No!" -I said, "Yes." | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
In this new series of Neighbourhood Blues, | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
we go to the Humberside Police region | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
and get exclusive access to 12 teams of neighbourhood police officers | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
as they tackle the problems blighting local people... | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
No, I don't care! | 0:00:41 | 0:00:42 | |
DOG BARKS Eh, eh, eh... | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
..and rise to the challenge of making the streets a safer place. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:50 | |
Coming up, a zero-tolerance approach | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
to street drinking leads to arrests... | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
No, I don't care! | 0:01:18 | 0:01:19 | |
They didn't take no can off me! | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
..suspected drug dealers and users get a major wake-up call... | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
INDISTINCT SHOUTING | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
Sorry! Sorry, mate! | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
..and a couple of teenage tykes face the music. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
Yep, I'm being totally serious, lads. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
Criminal damage for what? | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
The police frequently come in for flak for not being tough enough | 0:01:41 | 0:01:45 | |
on criminals who commit the types of low-level crime | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
that can make everyday life a misery. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
Neighbourhood policing is supposed to change that. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
We're back in Humberside to find out if it's really working. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
Hull was once a thriving centre for shipping and manufacturing. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
The decline of those industries saw widespread unemployment | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
and social deprivation which in turn led to crime rates rocketing | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
and it being branded one of the most lawless places in Britain. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
But things have changed. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
The city has undergone a major facelift | 0:02:20 | 0:02:22 | |
and its police force has become a nationwide leader, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
putting neighbourhood policing | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
at the heart of its fight against crime. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
I think the idea of PCSOs goes back to the older idea | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
of the bobby on the beat and having a visible presence there | 0:02:32 | 0:02:37 | |
as both a deterrent and a comfort is a good thing for the community. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:42 | |
Chief Inspector Lee Edwards heads up | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
Hull's four neighbourhood police teams | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
and believes community policing has had a major impact on the region. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
The neighbourhood policing is special. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
It's really the place where we forge relationships | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
with our partners, with the communities, | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
and it enables us to build up trust | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
and to really put people right at the heart of what we do, | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
cos that's fundamentally what we're about. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
Of all the complaints the neighbourhood police team take, | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
there's one that they know brings a neighbourhood down harder | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
and faster than anything else | 0:03:14 | 0:03:15 | |
and that's drug dealing that takes place out of homes | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
on housing estates and streets. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
It's a practice that the neighbourhood police team | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
are determined to stamp out. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
It don't matter where you go, there's always drug use. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:27 | |
Cannabis grown for personal consumption shouldn't be a crime. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
However, if it's grown to deal, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
I think it becomes a far more serious issue | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
and I wouldn't want that to become legal. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
I don't think we're winning the war on drugs. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
I think drugs are on the increase. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
It's frightening. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
You can walk down the street and you can see a deal happening. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
It's not nice. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
Today, over in Drypool, | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
worried residents have called a meeting with their local bobby. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
People power is immense and if people get together | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
and actually make a stand against people like this, | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
then it makes a massive difference. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
A number of homes on the estate they live on | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
are thought to be being used as drug dens | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
and residents are worried on the effect that this is having | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
on their community. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:14 | |
It does work, | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
and if somebody that says, "That lady in number ten don't do nowt..." | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
You don't want... | 0:04:20 | 0:04:21 | |
I don't, and these guys are here to prove it. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
You must keep feeding it back through to Anne via the council, | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
you must keep coming back to us with it. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
There is no way, no WAY, | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
that they're going to win. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:34 | |
In Hull city centre, a major task force is being assembled | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
to send a message to these so-called sofa dealers and their client list - | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
"Whoever you are, wherever you are, we're coming for you." | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
At Riverside Police Station, | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
over 30 officers are being briefed on the job and their targets... | 0:04:50 | 0:04:54 | |
This, until we get some convictions from this... | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
..two neighbouring houses on an estate that are believed to deal | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
to dozens of users a week. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
With a warrant to raid the premises in hand, | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
the team tool up into their protective body armour | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
and assemble their equipment. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
As they set off in convoy to the destination, | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
information comes in over the radio | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
from plain-clothes officers on the ground. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
Knowing that an element of surprise is essential | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
in these kinds of raids... | 0:05:30 | 0:05:31 | |
Just stop in the middle of the road here. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
..the teams disembark just around the corner, | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
most importantly, out of sight of the target houses. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
On touching the tarmac, it's all systems go | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
as the officers storm the location in a pincer movement... | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
..literally taking out suspects on the move | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
before even reaching the house. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
INDISTINCT SHOUTING | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
Sorry! Sorry, mate! | 0:06:03 | 0:06:04 | |
A swarm of officers arrest four people | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
in the communal area surrounding the houses | 0:06:09 | 0:06:11 | |
who are suspected of either selling or buying drugs. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:15 | |
As those suspects are cuffed and read their rights... | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
Hey, hey! Have you found my phone? | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
..two other teams of officers hit two addresses | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
either side of the communal area... | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
Open it now or we're going to open it! | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
..going in with the battering ram | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
to give the occupants a rude awakening. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
BANGING AND SHOUTING | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
In under two minutes, five men are under arrest, | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
under suspicion of dealing and buying drugs. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
Because he's been in the address just prior to him being arrested, | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
we have the power to search the address. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
The police start searching the premises | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
and the surrounding areas for any signs of illegal drugs... | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
Something stinks down here. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
..and it's not long before a root around in the rubbish bin | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
comes up trumps. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
That was literally... | 0:07:06 | 0:07:07 | |
It was tied like that, literally just in there. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
15 bags of cannabis found in there. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
Cannabis with a street value of over £200 is fished out of the garbage. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
There's approximately 15 in the bag. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
But the team suspect there may be more | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
and a suspicious-looking hole above the bin draws their attention, | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
so they move in for a closer look. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
-You see it from here. -Can you? | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
He said it's like a big smash in there. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
He's going to get the ladders, Sarge. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
You getting the ladders? | 0:07:47 | 0:07:48 | |
There you go, there's bags up there, look. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
Criminals often use unlikely places to hide their stash | 0:07:53 | 0:07:58 | |
and this grotty hole is home to many more bags of cannabis. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
One, two, three, four... | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
One, two, three, four, five, | 0:08:05 | 0:08:07 | |
six, seven, eight, | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
nine. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
There's nine in that one. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
What have we got there, then? | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
There's 38 deals, all exactly the same sort of size, really. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:21 | |
They're all £10 deals. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:22 | |
On my scale, it was about £380-worth, | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
which is quite a result, really. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
The dogs are sent inside the house | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
to attempt to sniff out any further drugs. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
But back outside, Mick Stevenson explains what made this raid | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
a particularly difficult one. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
We always knew this was going to be problematic. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
As soon as we arrived, | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
there was half a dozen people stood where we are now in the middle, | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
right in the middle of the street, really. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
Which one found an iPhone with a black case on it? | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
YOUTHS SHOUT AND CALL OUT | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
I think it certainly sent a message to the residents | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
that we will come and we will take some action, | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
but it's not always immediate action, you know? | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
You've got to build up a picture, you've got to build up intelligence | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
and there's no point in coming just ad hoc | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
and expecting to come away with a result. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
It doesn't work like that. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:17 | |
These things take time and, unfortunately, | 0:09:17 | 0:09:19 | |
people have got to bear with us and that's what becomes frustrating. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
But hopefully we've shown today that a good job can be done | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
and it's an excellent result for the local neighbourhood policing team. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:30 | |
Following the raid, the show of force by the police | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
has seen a large drop in complaints by residents. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
Two men were given a caution for possession of cannabis | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
and one man was charged with possession of cannabis. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
DOGS SNARL AND BARK | 0:09:55 | 0:09:56 | |
There are over eight million dogs in the UK. | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
Whilst most are much-loved family pets, | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
a select few are a danger to the public. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
Right. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
Last year, there were over 6,000 dog attacks | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
that saw the victims sent to hospital. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
Many of these savagings were by so-called dangerous dogs, | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
classified under Schedule 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
These animals include pit bulls. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
Ownership of such a breed could lead to prosecution of the owners | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
and the destruction of the dog. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
I think dangerous dogs is an issue. I'm a dog owner myself. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
Pit bull terriers, I suppose, it's a look, isn't it? | 0:10:37 | 0:10:41 | |
It's a fashion look. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:42 | |
But when you see in the news that people are getting mauled | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
and killed by a dog that has not had an issue at all for years | 0:10:44 | 0:10:48 | |
and then suddenly attacks someone and kills them | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
and those people aren't held responsible, I think is disgusting. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:55 | |
The penalties for having a dangerous dog should be very similar | 0:10:55 | 0:10:59 | |
to dangerous driving and if you kill somebody, | 0:10:59 | 0:11:02 | |
you should be in control of the car | 0:11:02 | 0:11:04 | |
like you should be in control of the dog. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
In Humberside, neighbourhood police teams | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
are dealing with these kinds of dog incidents on a daily basis. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
-DOG SNARLS AND GROWLS -To tackle the problem, | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
the team now has their very own dangerous dog expert, | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
PC Gareth Walker. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
Issues that we get more recently is certainly people ringing up reporting | 0:11:19 | 0:11:24 | |
that the next-door neighbour or, in some cases, friends, family members, | 0:11:24 | 0:11:29 | |
have got pit bull terrier-type dogs, | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
which is the main one that we respond to out of the four illegal breeds. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
It's our job to investigate those, go down, check on the dog, | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
enforce warrants, if needs be, | 0:11:40 | 0:11:41 | |
to be able to seize the dog to look at them further | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
and then we take them to court | 0:11:44 | 0:11:46 | |
and hopefully get the dogs back for the some of the owners, | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
if dog legislation officers don't deem them as dangerous. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:52 | |
Over at Riverside Station... | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
Cheers, bye! Bye. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
..Gareth has just taken a call from the council | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
about a possible pit bull-type animal | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
picked up roaming the streets of Hull. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
Um... The Public Service Centre have just called | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
to say that they've had a log come through | 0:12:08 | 0:12:09 | |
from Hull City Council dog wardens to say | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
that they've picked a dog up this morning from the PDSA in Hull, | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
one of the charities, the vets there. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
And they've got concerns that it's a possible pit-bull-type dog. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
The council don't have anybody that's qualified | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
to say either it is or it isn't, | 0:12:22 | 0:12:24 | |
so they've asked for myself to go to their kennels, | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
where the dog is at the moment, | 0:12:27 | 0:12:28 | |
and have a look at the dog to give my opinion on it. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:30 | |
On arriving at the pound, the dog is walked out for Gareth to inspect. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:38 | |
He needs to determine if it is in fact a dangerous dog. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
Straight off, I'd say, "Yes, it is." HE CHUCKLES | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
It's, er... It's as quick as that with this one. | 0:12:44 | 0:12:47 | |
Hello. Hello. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
Hello. Hey? | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
This will be a pit-bull-type and we refer to them as "type" | 0:12:54 | 0:12:57 | |
because it's very rare that they're ever 100% pit bull, | 0:12:57 | 0:13:01 | |
so there's certain characteristics that you have to look for | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
and it's on a sliding scale, really. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:05 | |
If they get more than 5% kicks for pit-bull-type, | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
then they're classed as a pit-bull-type. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
It's a shame, cos they're a nice-looking dog. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
99% of them have nice temperaments. Um... | 0:13:14 | 0:13:18 | |
Any dog can be dangerous, really, whether it be a Jack Russell, | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
a poodle or a pit bull | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
but, unfortunately, with strays like this one, | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
there's not a lot of options that go with it, | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
because the legislation says it's illegal to re-home them | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
or let them out in public or breed from them, things like that, | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
so really with dogs that come in like this that are strays, | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
there's only one ending for the dog, really, and that's euthanasia. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
CAMERA BEEPS | 0:13:40 | 0:13:42 | |
Gareth takes some pictures of the hound. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
Not only can these be used in court as evidence | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
but to also act as pup mug shots to pass about to people | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
in a bid to identify the animal's owner. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:53 | |
It's the best one I've ever had to pose for pictures - | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
they're normally bouncing about the place. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
On radioing back to the station, | 0:14:01 | 0:14:02 | |
some information wings its way to Gareth | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
about a possible owner of the animal. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
Prospective owner has contacted the council, | 0:14:07 | 0:14:13 | |
saying that he thinks that his dog's gone missing | 0:14:13 | 0:14:15 | |
and if it turns out to be his dog - | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
by the name of Lennox, I think he said it was - | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
if it is his, I'll explain the process to him | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
about either getting the dog back or having the dog euthanised. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:26 | |
And we'll see where we go from there, really. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:28 | |
But happy with the dog. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
It's not a danger - if he does want to have it back, | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
the police will support him | 0:14:32 | 0:14:33 | |
and help him to get that back through the courts. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
On reaching the address, | 0:14:36 | 0:14:37 | |
Gareth catches the dog owner as he returns home. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
-Have you just come out of number 18? -You knocked on the door, why? | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
Oh, it's about your dog. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:44 | |
-Yeah? -Is it Carl? -Yeah? | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
I need to speak you, Carl, about it. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:48 | |
-Your dog's gone missing, is that right? -Yeah. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
The dog wardens have notified me about it, | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
cos I'm one of the dog legislation offices for the force. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
You seem like you know what I'm going to tell you. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:59 | |
The breed of the dog. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:00 | |
What are you under the impression it is? | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
OK, is that what it was sold to you as? | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
OK. It's not a French Bulldog. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
-It will fall into the category of a pit-bull-type. -Yeah. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
Which, obviously, in this country, they are illegal. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
Describe your dog. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:14 | |
Right. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:17 | |
Right. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:19 | |
-Yeah. -Yeah? Yeah. Nice dog. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
-Very nice dog. Definitely him? -Yeah, it's definitely him. -Right, OK. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
For you to get him back, I have to take you to court, | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
but it's not a civil... It's not a prosecution. It's a civil matter. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:33 | |
And they'll say, "Will you agree to these following conditions?" | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
Which will be, that you have to have the dog neutered... | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
Yeah. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:41 | |
-Has he been castrated anyway? -Yeah, I think so. -I think, yeah, he has. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
So you don't have to worry about that. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
-He has to be tattooed. -That's not a problem. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
He has to be microchipped. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
Whenever he's in public, he has to wear a lead and muzzle at all times. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:57 | |
Not walked by anybody under the age of 16. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
You have to buy third-party insurance for him | 0:16:00 | 0:16:02 | |
in case he escapes and bites somebody | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
and also you have to pay for him to go to the exempted dog register. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
You're looking, roughly, £400. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
Might be a bit less, might be a bit more, | 0:16:11 | 0:16:13 | |
depending on how long you leave it in the kennel, as you see. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
If you leave it right till the eight weeks... | 0:16:16 | 0:16:18 | |
Yeah. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:22 | |
Yeah, no, I understand that. I understand. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
Yeah, very much so, yeah. No, that is right. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
And that's why I'm quite willing for you to have him back, | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
if you want to go through the process. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:34 | |
So you only have two options of... | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
paying for it or having the dog put to sleep, really. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
Yeah. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:42 | |
Well, I'll come back on Wednesday, cos then I'm not on | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
and I'm off for a few days and things like that | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
and the last thing I want... Yeah, I know. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
Lennox's fate now rests upon whether his owner | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
can get together the funds to pay for the requirements | 0:16:53 | 0:16:55 | |
that would enable him to remain in his possession. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
But find out later what happens when Gareth returns to the house, | 0:16:58 | 0:17:01 | |
only to find his canine conundrums multiply. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:05 | |
The neighbourhood police teams are there to react to any complaint | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
the public makes about a problem in their area. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
And, when the school holidays beckon, they can be sure to see | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
the number of calls relating to youths running wild skyrocket. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:21 | |
But, as we're about to find out, | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
the police have become very efficient at tailoring | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
their response to the trouble these teenage terrors can cause. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:31 | |
Dealing with troublesome teens | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
is something that every parent has to contend with. | 0:17:33 | 0:17:36 | |
But, on the streets of Humberside, | 0:17:36 | 0:17:37 | |
the behaviour caused by potentially difficult youths | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
has been dramatically cut due to a series of high-profile initiatives | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
designed to keep kids off the streets | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
and give them access to an increased number of sports | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
and leisure activities to keep them busy. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
You do see a lot of groups of young, adolescent teens - | 0:17:51 | 0:17:56 | |
hoodies, tracksuits - that go around in gangs... | 0:17:56 | 0:18:00 | |
victimising people, terrorising people. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
I do think teenagers have a bit of a rough ride | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
when it comes to crimes and things | 0:18:05 | 0:18:06 | |
cos the finger's just pointed at them instantly, | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
just because of the way they look or what area they're in or from. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
So I do think they get it quite bad. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
Young people definitely need help with social boundaries | 0:18:15 | 0:18:20 | |
and looking at what's going on. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
I don't think it's totally young people's fault | 0:18:22 | 0:18:24 | |
and I don't think all young people should be tarred by the same brush. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
Young people get branded very easily as feral youths | 0:18:28 | 0:18:33 | |
and problems to society. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
What people forget is that young people are the society of the future. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:40 | |
There's not enough facilities for the young people | 0:18:40 | 0:18:43 | |
around the country and a lot of them go and get drunk | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
and the one thing they do is either graffiti, | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
smash beer bottles everywhere or just cause antisocial violence. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
You feel, when you get to a certain age, you think, | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
"I'm pretty much an adult now," | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
and you walk past a group of kids and yet you still feel scared | 0:18:57 | 0:19:00 | |
and you think, "Well, they're kids, they're like 13, 14. You know?" | 0:19:00 | 0:19:04 | |
But there will always be a few youngsters | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
looking to bend the rules and break the law. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
Over in Bridlington, | 0:19:08 | 0:19:09 | |
PC Nikki Cammiss and PCSO Becky Brown are being called | 0:19:09 | 0:19:13 | |
to investigate a spotty-faced gang of lads on the rampage. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
We've just had a call in from a member of the public | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
that three youths have just been seen damaging some garden ornaments. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
And it just so happens that the member of the public | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
was able to name one of them and it's one of the same three | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
that we've just previously been speaking to in the town. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
Hiya. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:35 | |
-Have you just rung it in? -Yes. -Is it these that...? -Yeah. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
-They just smashed them all up. -What a shame. -Little sods, aren't they? | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
A selection of hand-carved wooden ornaments on display in the garden | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
have been vandalised by the youths, | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
who also hurled abuse at the complainants | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
when their act of vandalism was uncovered. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:52 | |
The people that live in that ground floor flat | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
are obviously trying to make the garden look lovely | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
and have placed those little wooden people all over the wall edge. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
This is a really busy road of guesthouses, so... | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
Especially on a bank holiday weekend, | 0:20:04 | 0:20:06 | |
you're going to get drunks coming and going. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:08 | |
So my crime prevention advice initially would've been, | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
don't place them onto your wall edge. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
I'm not making excuses for the three kids involved in this | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
cos what they've done is wrong. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
Nikki and Becky scout the area, | 0:20:17 | 0:20:18 | |
looking for the suspected young vandals | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
and it's not long before their eagle eyes spot two lads | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
that fit the description. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:25 | |
Lads. Here, now. I ain't chasing you, get here, now. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:29 | |
We're not joking. Now, come on. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:30 | |
BLEEP. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:36 | |
Right, at this minute in time, | 0:20:40 | 0:20:42 | |
you're both under arrest for criminal damage. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
You do not have to say anything | 0:20:44 | 0:20:45 | |
but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
something you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
My intention at this stage is to take you home to your parents | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
and then therefore give you street bail. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
We had a complaint of criminal damage where you've been named | 0:20:56 | 0:20:58 | |
-and the descriptions match you. -Criminal damage? | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
So, until we get the evidence together and I'll interview you | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
about that at a later date, you are both under arrest. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
You'll be given formal street bail to attend at the police station to be interviewed. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:09 | |
-Criminal damage for what? -Do you understand me? -For what? | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
To garden ornaments. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:13 | |
-Garden ornaments? -Yeah. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
-I'm being totally serious, lads. -What? -BLEEP. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
The call we had earlier for the garden ornaments on the wall, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
they're two of the three that were, I believe, responsible. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
We've arrested them at this stage | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
so I can take them home to their parents | 0:21:26 | 0:21:27 | |
then what I'll do, with it being Saturday night, | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
I'll give them street bail and deal with them at a later date. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
But I'll arrange for them to come back into the station midweek, cos it's the school holidays. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:37 | |
The boy might be laughing now | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
but he's sure to have the smile wiped off his face | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
when he's delivered home. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:45 | |
They're claiming their innocence but they have been named | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
and the description of the clothing and everything... | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
The lad is sent inside, where he gets a ticking off by his father. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:53 | |
-What have I told you about -BLEEP? | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
If you're just going to keep getting into trouble, your dad's right. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:58 | |
You need to find some different friends. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
And now it's time for the joker of the pack | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
to face the music on his own, in the home he lives in with his grandad. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:07 | |
Watch your head. Watch your step. Go on, after you. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
Does this bike come down? | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
If they have done what the witnesses have said they've done, | 0:22:17 | 0:22:19 | |
-and they've got no reason to lie... -Yeah. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
Then you should be thinking about you behaviour | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
-and I expect better from you, -BLEEP. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
How can you get all these trophies and then, | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
when you're with certain people, just behave like that? | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
It's not acceptable, is it? | 0:22:31 | 0:22:32 | |
The boy's a gifted athlete and a young boxing champion, | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
and Grandad's worried about him | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
throwing it all away by getting mixed up with the wrong crowd. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:40 | |
-He's lovely... -Stupidity... | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
-..and... -Getting carried away. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:45 | |
And I just say, think before you act. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
-To seriously think about who you're hanging out with, -BLEEP, -and listen to your grandad. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
As Nicky and Grandad express their concerns, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
the seriousness of the situation begins to hit home to the lad. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:59 | |
Don't cry. If you continue to get into trouble... | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
you're just going to end up with a criminal record, aren't you? | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
And whether you want to work in a supermarket, | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
whether you want to work with cars, whether you want to be a professor, | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
most people these days all want police checks. All right? | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
And it's hard enough getting a job these days anyway, isn't it? | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
And do you know what I tell him? | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
All these lads that say, "Let's do this, let's do that." | 0:23:22 | 0:23:26 | |
They've got nothing. They've nothing to lose and he has. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
And it's, "Oh, don't go boxing." | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
I deal with so many young people that parents don't even care about them. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:38 | |
You've clearly got a grandad here that thinks the world of you, | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
-looking after you, and he just wants what's best for you, doesn't he? -Yeah. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:45 | |
It is just silly stuff but it's the silly stuff that stacks up. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:48 | |
-All right? -Yeah. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:51 | |
Following their arrests, both of the young lads were | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
interviewed by the police, where they had to explain what happened. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
The matter was dealt with by way of restorative justice. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
They each wrote a letter of apology to the people whose ornaments they broke. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:11 | |
And there have been no further incidents. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:14 | |
Find out later how restorative justice brings | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
one youngster face-to-face with a victim of his crime | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
and helps put him back on the straight and narrow. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
PC Gareth Walker is Humberside Police's dog expert, | 0:24:30 | 0:24:34 | |
charged with keeping check on any so-called dangerous dogs that | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
may be unwittingly kept as pets | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
or used for more sinister activities, | 0:24:40 | 0:24:42 | |
such as dog-fighting. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
A dog warden has seized a stray animal that Gareth has | 0:24:44 | 0:24:48 | |
identified as a pit-bull-type dog. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
After confronting the animal's owner, he has given him some time | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
to get together the sum of £400 to pay for the dog to be | 0:24:53 | 0:24:57 | |
micro-chipped and placed on the Dangerous Dogs Register. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
He's rang up and left me a message after the discussion that we had with him | 0:25:00 | 0:25:04 | |
that he's found the money, his sister's going to lend him the money, | 0:25:04 | 0:25:07 | |
to be able to go to the courts and have all the things done for him | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
to be able to get the dog back on the index, so we'll go see him. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
More than happy for him to get the dog back. It doesn't pose a danger to anybody, | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
although you can't say what the future brings. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
But from the characteristics I've seen and the behaviour of the dog, | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
I'm more than happy for him to have it back. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
On returning to the property, however, Gareth finds himself in for a few surprises. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:30 | |
Right, let me have a quick look round your gaff. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
-I want to tell you the truth, yeah? -Go on. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:36 | |
The dog, I got off my sister. It was my sister's dog. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
She actually wants to pay for it back. Get it tattooed, insured, the lot. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
-For who? For you? -No, for her. It's not my dog. It's for her, you see. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
She's brought it up. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
What happened is... I'll tell you in a minute. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
-Right, what you're looking at? My other dog, aren't you? -Well... | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
-Right... -The problem is, you've come forward and claimed the dog... | 0:25:54 | 0:25:58 | |
-I know that but I didn't want to... -..which makes it your dog. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
Well, if that's the case then she'll have to come with me, pay the money | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
-and I'll have to get the dog and give it to her. -You can't give it to her. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
This is the problem. Because... | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
Because you've claimed it as yours, it has to be registered here. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
If you give that dog away, you commit an offence under | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
the Dangerous Dogs Act because it's a pit-bull-type. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
So there's no way she can do it to her own house? | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
-Cos it's been brought up with her. -Yeah, no, I understand. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
Next thing... | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
-Max... -Yeah? | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
..has got lots and lots of characteristics of a pit-bull-type. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:38 | |
-He is not a pit-bull. -Believe me. Ha! | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
Believe me... My colleague will know as soon as he saw my face | 0:26:41 | 0:26:46 | |
and that dog came out. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:47 | |
So I've got to get him tattooed and that, basically? Well, I'll do that. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:53 | |
As Gareth is about to tell Max his dog days could be done, | 0:26:53 | 0:26:57 | |
the hound makes his own show of disapproval. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
-BLEEP! -I'll go mad! Sorry! | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
Sorry! He's excited. Go on. Tell me your options. Sorry about that. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:06 | |
-Stop it! Behave! -Now you see why I wear dog trousers for work. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:10 | |
I think Max has got slightly overexcited and just caught me | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
in the crossfire ever so slightly! Right... | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
-But you're happy to get that money? -Yeah. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:20 | |
With Gareth suspecting Max to be a dangerous dog, he cannot stay | 0:27:20 | 0:27:23 | |
with his owner until the monies are paid, the registration is carried | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
out and a court determines that the animal can be returned home. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
He's already peed up my leg once! | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
And Gareth is just hoping the other trouser leg doesn't get the dirty | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
performed on it by Max. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
He's made some confessions about the other dog, that it's actually | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
his sister's and he was just looking after it for the day when it escaped, | 0:27:42 | 0:27:46 | |
so we need to make some enquiries with her in relation to that. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
Yeah, we're heading back to Osborne Street Police Station now, | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
where hopefully, with the assistance of Al, who'll control the dog, | 0:27:55 | 0:27:59 | |
I'll try and carry out the assessment that I need to do on it. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
-Urgh! It's -BLEEP -everywhere! It's like a tsunami! | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
It has as well! | 0:28:06 | 0:28:09 | |
Back at the station, | 0:28:09 | 0:28:10 | |
Gareth carries out the standard ten-point check designed to | 0:28:10 | 0:28:13 | |
determine whether or not an animal is pit-bull-type | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
and therefore a dangerous dog. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
It's got certain characteristics on it and I need to work through them. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
A lot of them are observations of the dog and opinions of the dog, | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
and it gives a tick and a cross next to each question, | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
and then that way I can work out whether it's over the 50% | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
characteristics of a pit-bull, which will then class it as a pit-bull-type. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:36 | |
Certainly falls within type. Everything. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:38 | |
The shape of the tail, the coat, shape of the head, | 0:28:38 | 0:28:41 | |
the bottom of the rib cage, the way that falls. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
Everything, really, just falls into type. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:46 | |
Not a nasty dog at all and I'm quite happy for him | 0:28:46 | 0:28:48 | |
to get the dog back if he can do that. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
Gareth has given Max's owner a few days to rustle up the funds | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
to save his pet. | 0:28:56 | 0:28:58 | |
But despite his best efforts, | 0:29:00 | 0:29:01 | |
he sadly hasn't been able to pull the monies together. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:04 | |
There's no way I can get 200 quid. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:06 | |
-Sure? -I can't do nowt else about it, can I? -OK. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:10 | |
He should come back. I thought about it. There's nowt I can do about it, you know. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:15 | |
I'm giving you a few days that I can... | 0:29:15 | 0:29:17 | |
-I know you have. I appreciate that. -I want to try and help. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
-I tried to see if my dad would lend me the money but he said he hadn't got it, so... -OK. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:24 | |
Max's owner has explained the situation | 0:29:24 | 0:29:27 | |
and he signs the forms to allow for the humane destruction of Max. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:30 | |
It's quite sad, really. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
We don't set out with the aim of putting dogs to sleep. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
As I've explained, I've supported him as much as I possibly can. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
I offered him different vouchers and schemes to pay for it | 0:29:38 | 0:29:41 | |
but he's just not able to make up the funds. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
And just when Gareth thought his dog day could not get any worse, | 0:29:44 | 0:29:47 | |
on returning to the station, he takes a worrying call regarding | 0:29:47 | 0:29:51 | |
Lennox, the other pit-bull-type dog that belonged to the man's sister. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:55 | |
Unfortunately, Lennox has developed some behavioural problems | 0:29:55 | 0:30:00 | |
in the kennel and quite nastily attacked the kennel manager | 0:30:00 | 0:30:04 | |
at the kennels, causing some quite nasty injuries, | 0:30:04 | 0:30:07 | |
including a possible fractured arm, puncture wounds, tears, et cetera. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:12 | |
The option that I will be going for is, because the owner, | 0:30:12 | 0:30:16 | |
who agreed to go to court and start the court proceedings, has got young | 0:30:16 | 0:30:20 | |
children at the address, I'm going to have to highlight that with her. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
And the best course of action in our opinion would be for Lennox | 0:30:23 | 0:30:27 | |
to be destroyed humanely. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:29 | |
Very surprised in relation to Lennox cos when we first saw him, | 0:30:29 | 0:30:33 | |
he was fine. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:35 | |
Liked to be handled, showed no aggression throughout the examination. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:39 | |
Didn't show any signs of behavioural problems or misbehaving. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
He was quite a relaxed dog, really. It's just a reality check, really. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:46 | |
It brings it home to everybody that deals with these dogs the potential that you are dealing with them | 0:30:46 | 0:30:50 | |
and the power and the injuries that these dogs can cause. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:53 | |
The fate of these dogs acts as a timely reminder | 0:30:56 | 0:30:59 | |
to the keeper of these types of animal. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
Their ownership comes with very real responsibilities | 0:31:04 | 0:31:07 | |
and costs running into hundreds of pounds. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
Still to come, a couple of lager-loving lawbreakers breach | 0:31:14 | 0:31:19 | |
the city's no-drinking zone. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:21 | |
Come on, then! Come on, fella! | 0:31:21 | 0:31:24 | |
The neighbourhood police are not just there to keep an eye on residential areas. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:32 | |
They're there to make sure that town centres | 0:31:32 | 0:31:34 | |
and community hot spots are kept free from trouble, too. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
And whenever anyone does look to break the law or create a disturbance, | 0:31:37 | 0:31:42 | |
they can be sure to be met by a very swift response. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:46 | |
Following complaints from members of the public and shopkeepers alike, | 0:31:48 | 0:31:52 | |
large areas of Britain's town centres are now alcohol-free zones. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:57 | |
This means if you're found drinking in the street, | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
you can have your alcohol confiscated and face a banning order from the area. | 0:32:00 | 0:32:04 | |
I would feel very, very uncomfortable walking through a city centre after midnight. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:11 | |
There are so many drunks about. You know, you just don't feel comfortable. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:16 | |
I don't have a problem with seeing many drunks in groups, male or female. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:22 | |
I think they're just out to have a good time. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:25 | |
I don't think it's a bad use of their time, the police dealing with drunk people, | 0:32:25 | 0:32:29 | |
but I think perhaps if they're clearly in the wrong and being drunk and disorderly | 0:32:29 | 0:32:33 | |
and causing trouble, then perhaps they should be made to fit a bit of the bill. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:37 | |
Hull's evening economy in the city centre is vibrant but it is safe. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:45 | |
We have an accessible, visible policing presence. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:49 | |
I guess the sort of night-time economy... A welcoming place | 0:32:49 | 0:32:53 | |
and not a place which we associate with violence and disorder. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:58 | |
Today, the team have just taken a call from worried | 0:33:01 | 0:33:04 | |
locals following the sighting of a very drunk woman, | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
very close to the train station, who has also turned aggressive. | 0:33:06 | 0:33:11 | |
Sergeant Rob Danby explains more. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:13 | |
One of the PCs has shouted for assistance. | 0:33:14 | 0:33:17 | |
They are trying to get hold of them at the moment to find out what | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
is happening. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:21 | |
So we are going to head up there. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
As the team blue-light it to the scene, | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
it seems the woman in question has become increasingly agitated. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:31 | |
It is hard for you to shout up | 0:33:31 | 0:33:32 | |
when you're there dealing with a female and they're asking for an update. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:35 | |
Obviously they can't always pass one. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:37 | |
On arriving, they find she has already been detained | 0:33:42 | 0:33:46 | |
but she is not going quietly, or without a fight. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:49 | |
-You really took that can off me? -Yes. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:52 | |
I think you better speak on camera. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:54 | |
SHOUTING AND BLEEPED SWEARING | 0:33:55 | 0:34:00 | |
-Get in the car, have a sit. -No, I don't care. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
They didn't take no can off me. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
-Are you going to listen, because you're under arrest? -No. | 0:34:05 | 0:34:08 | |
The woman is bundled into the back of the police car | 0:34:08 | 0:34:11 | |
but continues to protest her innocence. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:13 | |
-I was bringing it, I was stood here to go and get the -BLEEP -bus home. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:18 | |
Whatever. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:20 | |
Just walking past the Paragon Interchange, | 0:34:22 | 0:34:24 | |
noticed two of the persons we had originally moved on still | 0:34:24 | 0:34:27 | |
drinking from open tins of alcohol. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:29 | |
We have gone over and seized the alcohol because | 0:34:29 | 0:34:31 | |
they are in a restricted area, they cannot drink alcohol in this area. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:35 | |
The male has actually said to us, | 0:34:35 | 0:34:36 | |
when we leave this area we're just going to drink this one. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:39 | |
So under those grounds I have seized that closed alcohol tin | 0:34:39 | 0:34:42 | |
and disposed of that as well. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:44 | |
Being seen to take tough action against street drinking has | 0:34:44 | 0:34:48 | |
paid dividends for the Neighbourhood Police teams in Hull. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
Complaints have fallen as this new zero tolerance policy has been | 0:34:53 | 0:34:57 | |
rolled out across the square mile that forms the city centre. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:00 | |
The woman has now calmed down and she is likely to be let go | 0:35:01 | 0:35:05 | |
without charge. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:07 | |
But just as they think the situation is over... | 0:35:09 | 0:35:11 | |
SHOUTING AND BLEEPED SWEARING | 0:35:11 | 0:35:15 | |
..another man decides it is time to stage his own drunken | 0:35:15 | 0:35:19 | |
protest against the boys in blue. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
Come on then. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:30 | |
BLEEPED SWEARING | 0:35:30 | 0:35:32 | |
I have got his legs, you're all right. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
Before he can cause any more of a scene, | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
he is restrained and read the riot act. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:44 | |
You're under arrest for Section 5, Public Order. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:46 | |
MAN SPEAKS BLEEPED OUT SWEARING | 0:35:46 | 0:35:49 | |
You should have thought about that before you yawped off, really. | 0:35:49 | 0:35:53 | |
This is one of the guys who was arguing | 0:35:53 | 0:35:56 | |
when we were dealing with the female when we turned up. | 0:35:56 | 0:35:58 | |
I don't know if you got the footage as he was leaving | 0:35:58 | 0:36:01 | |
but he was yawping off, swearing at us. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:03 | |
Really he has talked himself into getting arrested | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
when he had no need to. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:07 | |
He could have left the area and it would have been done with. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:09 | |
So now he is in custody, so the female, who we were going to | 0:36:09 | 0:36:13 | |
deal with by a fixed penalty notice, she has calmed down. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:15 | |
We will be swapping in the van with him! | 0:36:15 | 0:36:19 | |
On a Friday and Saturday night, | 0:36:19 | 0:36:20 | |
drunken people account for a high proportion of all police arrests. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:24 | |
This puts a huge burden on the police | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
and adds weight to the fact the neighbourhood teams are always | 0:36:27 | 0:36:30 | |
looking for ways to cut back on this type of antisocial behaviour. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:35 | |
He'll have to sober up. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:36 | |
Once he is sober then they will look at his previous convictions, | 0:36:36 | 0:36:40 | |
see what he is eligible for. He may be charged, | 0:36:40 | 0:36:42 | |
he may be suitable for a penalty notice for disorder. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:46 | |
But until we get him booked in and do all the relevant checks, | 0:36:46 | 0:36:50 | |
test the evidence and decide where to go from there. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:53 | |
First on the right. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:56 | |
The man woke up with more than a hangover. | 0:36:57 | 0:36:59 | |
He was charged with being drunk and disorderly in a public place. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:04 | |
He was given a 12-month conditional discharge | 0:37:06 | 0:37:09 | |
and told to pay court costs and a victim surcharge. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:13 | |
The use of restorative justice is on the rise in the UK. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:24 | |
The police are looking to use this form of mediation | 0:37:24 | 0:37:26 | |
on first-time offenders. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:29 | |
It brings them face-to-face with the victims of their crime, | 0:37:29 | 0:37:32 | |
as well as helping them understand the consequences of their actions. | 0:37:32 | 0:37:35 | |
It can also help them escape a criminal conviction. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:38 | |
Humberside Police have had great success with this process | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
when it comes to young offenders. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:43 | |
Over in Kirk Ella, PC Andy White is looking to give one teenager | 0:37:43 | 0:37:47 | |
one such second chance. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
Basically, we have got a young lad, a 13-year-old lad, he stole a | 0:37:50 | 0:37:56 | |
Macmillan's charity box a few weeks ago from an old age people's home. | 0:37:56 | 0:38:01 | |
The charity box had about four or five pounds' worth of money | 0:38:01 | 0:38:05 | |
in it, small change. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:07 | |
He then took the charity box to school, | 0:38:07 | 0:38:10 | |
he used the money to buy sweets with. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:12 | |
We had him into the police station, I interviewed him, | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
he admitted the offence. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:16 | |
He has not been in trouble before so we decided to use restorative | 0:38:16 | 0:38:19 | |
justice, basically. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:20 | |
We decided that he was to meet up with somebody from the trust, | 0:38:20 | 0:38:25 | |
really to show him what sort of impact him doing that could | 0:38:25 | 0:38:29 | |
have on the charity and what sort of good work they do. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:32 | |
I think this approach, with restorative justice, | 0:38:32 | 0:38:35 | |
on this occasion is the right approach | 0:38:35 | 0:38:37 | |
and the way in which we should be going on this occasion. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:41 | |
The lad and his dad arrive at the police station, | 0:38:41 | 0:38:43 | |
closely followed by Crystal, who is a worker | 0:38:43 | 0:38:46 | |
from the Macmillan Trust, and Brian, a cancer sufferer turned fundraiser. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:52 | |
He was caught a few weeks ago stealing a charity box, | 0:38:52 | 0:38:55 | |
a Macmillan charity box, with about £4.50 in. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
He has never been in trouble before, he is only 13. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:00 | |
After outlining the crime, Andy asks Crystal to explain to the lad | 0:39:00 | 0:39:04 | |
why those charity boxes are so important. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
We reach about three-quarters of the people that need us. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:10 | |
We are in a position where every day we need to find more money to | 0:39:10 | 0:39:15 | |
make sure we reach more people. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
Brian gets his chance to explain how the money from those boxes | 0:39:17 | 0:39:21 | |
help him personally. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:22 | |
I can't survive without Macmillan. | 0:39:23 | 0:39:26 | |
The money they get in the boxes, | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
ten years ago I wouldn't have been here today. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:31 | |
That money helps them to investigate cancers. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:35 | |
Every two weeks, I get chemotherapy and this here is with me for life. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:43 | |
I have also had an operation here, where they have removed | 0:39:43 | 0:39:47 | |
part of my bowel with cancer but it had spread before they caught it. | 0:39:47 | 0:39:51 | |
To my liver, unfortunately they can't operate now but they can | 0:39:51 | 0:39:55 | |
control it. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:56 | |
It is what they call incurable. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:58 | |
They can't stop it but they can slow it down. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:04 | |
Andy passes Crystal the letter of remorse the boy has written. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:07 | |
For Macmillan. That is his own words. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:10 | |
"Dear Macmillan Cancer Support, I am sorry for what I did... | 0:40:10 | 0:40:14 | |
"..£50, so you are paid back." | 0:40:14 | 0:40:17 | |
Thank you for that, that is really good of you to write that. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:19 | |
On the strength of that, we thought, well, | 0:40:19 | 0:40:21 | |
£4.50 in the box for Macmillan. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:24 | |
He has got a paper round, he is working. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:27 | |
We thought five weeks, | 0:40:27 | 0:40:28 | |
£50 to yourselves to pay back the money that has been taken. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:33 | |
If I have helped you a little bit in your walk through your life | 0:40:35 | 0:40:38 | |
then that is not a bad day's work for me. I think I have. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
I am a pretty good judge of character | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
and I reckon that enough is enough. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
It is clear that meeting Crystal and Brian has had a marked | 0:40:46 | 0:40:50 | |
effect on the lad, which is sure to see him mend the error of his ways. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:55 | |
-You will, I know you will make him proud. I know that. -Don't cry. | 0:40:55 | 0:41:01 | |
Nobody hugs the police, nobody likes the police half the time! | 0:41:01 | 0:41:04 | |
-All right. Good lad, I will be in touch. -Lovely to meet you. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:09 | |
-It is the day following the successful mediation. -Hiya. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:16 | |
-You all right? -I am. -Hi, Crystal, take a seat. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:19 | |
Steve is here in a minute. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:21 | |
Crystal has returned to meet Andy to discuss what was | 0:41:22 | 0:41:25 | |
-achieved by the restorative justice session. -Thought it was brilliant. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:30 | |
That whole do we had here was only good because he came, | 0:41:30 | 0:41:34 | |
because if it hadn't been for him... It was such a good thing that he... | 0:41:34 | 0:41:39 | |
First of all, he was real forgiving with the lad | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
and secondly, he has done all this fundraising | 0:41:41 | 0:41:45 | |
and everything else he has to put up with at the moment. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:48 | |
I thought he was great. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:50 | |
And immediately I came back, I says to Steve or Paul was on, I said, | 0:41:50 | 0:41:55 | |
"If he can do that walk, we can do a walk." | 0:41:55 | 0:41:58 | |
The talk of fundraising has sparked an idea. | 0:41:58 | 0:42:01 | |
A few weeks later, the Macmillan Cancer Walk is under way. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:05 | |
As well as Andy from the neighbourhood team, | 0:42:05 | 0:42:08 | |
amongst the many people taking part are Brian | 0:42:08 | 0:42:10 | |
and the young lad involved in the restorative justice session. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:15 | |
He is real genuine in his remorse, | 0:42:15 | 0:42:17 | |
so much so that he collected a lot more money than | 0:42:17 | 0:42:20 | |
he should have done for the charity, as well as paying the cash back. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:25 | |
And fundraiser Brian is moved by what the young lad has achieved. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:29 | |
I am, I am really honoured, I am humbled to know you. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:33 | |
-Thank you so much. -I think that is the word for him, really, | 0:42:33 | 0:42:36 | |
-he is an inspiration. -He has got cancer. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:38 | |
He has got a smile on his face, | 0:42:38 | 0:42:39 | |
he is still trying to raise money for the disease that he is fighting. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:44 | |
He is great, he is really great. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:46 | |
I think if Brian can do it, | 0:42:46 | 0:42:47 | |
we can do it and that is what all those people have done today. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:50 | |
This is an example of how neighbourhood policing can have | 0:42:50 | 0:42:53 | |
a much wider impact on the community that can inspire and bring hope. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:58 | |
Bringing people closer together even after a crime has taken place. | 0:42:58 | 0:43:03 |