Episode 10 Neighbourhood Blues

Neighbourhood policing has come a long way since the days

-of Dixon of Dock Green.

-Evening, all.

From inner-city estates to suburbia, this new

generation of community police officers are on the front line.

Their aim is to develop a stronger bond with the community,

crack down on the crimes taking place on your doorstep...

and formulate fast action plans to take down the criminals.

-I said no!

-I said yes.

In this new series of Neighbourhood Blues,

we go to the Humberside police region

and get exclusive access to 12 teams of neighbourhood police officers

as they tackle the problems blighting local people.

-I don't care!

-Eh, eh!

..and rise to the challenge of making the streets a safer place.

Ollie gets in the thick of the action as he tackles a lad

wanted for assault.

A raid on a suspected dealing den turns up a suspicious

stash of drugs and a hoard of deadly-looking weapons.

Not the nicest thing to be coming up against.

And there's a final warning for this resident to open up.

You need to open the door,

else we're going to have to put it through - we know you're in there.

For neighbourhood policing to work, the public must be completely onside.

One of the best ways of achieving this is for the police to have

a very strong street presence and encourage locals to come up to them

to talk about the crimes they feel are blighting the place they live in.

But how much of the talk leads to action?

And how satisfied are people with the results achieved?

We're about to find out.

The neighbourhood teams make regular foot and car patrols on their patch.

It keeps them in close contact with the community, but also means

they're on hand to respond to any call for help, should it arise.

PCSOs Ollie Genery and Ben Harbottle were driving through Grimsby

when word comes in over the wire -

an assault has apparently taken place on the south side of town.

They race to the location, but as the team draw closer,

they can see the assault isn't over - it's still in progress.

We've got an ongoing assault at the junction of...

Swiftly out of the car,

Ben gives chase to one man who's raced away up the street.

Ollie tries to detain the other person,

but finds himself under attack.

He uses all of his training

and expertise to neutralise the threat posed by this lad.

BLEEP!

Calling for backup, Ollie knows he has to stay alert.

On the floor, he's just assaulted me, punched me in the face.

-Stay down!

-Ahhh!

Ahhh!

The lad screams to a friend to come and rescue him.

A man responds and an already tense situation looks like it might

reach flashpoint.

You BLEEP!

What did I say? I said no!

-Back off.

-I said no!

What did you do? You BLEEP!

BLEEP! don't call me any more. BLEEP!

You're an idiot.

Idiot, the lot of you, you're mugs.

But, it turns out the man's friend has disowned him.

And as this replay of the assault highlights,

he's actually tried to stop the attack on the scooter rider.

All alone, the suspect waits on the ground with the sound of police

sirens ringing in his ears.

As the police van arrives,

a witness to the assault finally offers up some

information about exactly what led to the attack.

He said give me your pad, and with that, just punched him, that's it.

There was a lot more of them.

-Who else?

-There was a lot more, but they've all disappeared.

The assault was born out of the attempted theft of a moped.

As the police work to gather more information,

attention shifts to the victim.

Can we get an ambulance to this passenger, please?

As the man waits for an ambulance to arrive, suddenly...

..It's action stations again, as Ollie spots one of the other

suspects who may have been involved in the assault.

The suspect is nowhere to be seen,

so the police spread out in an attempt to find him.

One of them spots him heading into a house.

Stevie...

Steve, come out, mate.

Ollie knocks on the door and calls for the suspect to come out.

Steve!

Just chased him round the corner and he's run straight into this house.

I don't know if he's nipped out the back way or not.

Officers in that car over there have chased somebody,

similar sort of clothing, in that direction.

KNOCKING ON INTERNAL DOOR

WOMAN: Steven, answer your door!

Guys, can someone come to the door?

He's not in.

-He's run in, so where is he?

-Where has he gone?

I've seen him run in. I was right behind him.

-You'll have to wait then, won't you?

-He's not here!

-We've seen him run in here.

-He's not here now.

Chased him in here, he's not come out the front door.

Whether he's gone out the back door...

-I think there's an alleyway which runs between these two streets.

-Is there anyone in there?

With the occupants of the home denying it,

it's left to the police to decide to execute a quick search.

BLEEP!

I want you to get out.

But attention once again shifts to the surrounding streets

and the back alley.

Within moments, another police officer captures the suspect,

who was trying to escape by the rear gates.

The lad who was outstanding has now been picked up in his rear garden.

Returning to the scene of the assault,

and the team can now begin to question witnesses

and try to locate CCTV in a bid to build a body of evidence that

may be used to prosecute any of the offenders.

Could we have a look at that camera you're looking at now

and the one around the side of the building, please?

Find out later if CCTV does provide the key to determine what

happened and if the perpetrators of the violent attack get sent to jail.

The neighbourhood team employ all the resources at their disposal

to deal with any problem,

but being on call 24/7 means they never know what to expect next.

The ongoing battle against drug dealers has seen the Humberside

police team score some impressive results.

By taking dealers off the streets, they've helped restore previously

troubled residential areas to safer, happier places to call home.

Today, over at Clough Road police station, the ongoing

operation to strike at the heart of the drugs trade is picking up pace.

And once again, Sergeant Mick Stevenson

and his team are taking the lead.

The target property is a suspected drugs den,

but there's an added danger.

Intel suggests the occupant has been previously

convicted of possessing dangerous weapons.

For their own safety, it's important the team know the details.

He's got warnings BLEEP for violence,

firearms,

possessing stun guns, CS and a machete.

But that goes back several years.

So...

We can only hope.

There's also another reason for striking the property fast.

It may be housing stolen goods.

The reason there is an urgency around this job is

a suggestion that a couple of days ago, they had some stolen property

there, not least a push-bike, that we need to try and recover.

With the search warrant in hand, Mick musters the team.

Suited up, they head to the destination in convoy.

All right, that's great - thanks, mate.

Yes, coming down Clough Road as we speak.

Yes, just before that No Entry sign.

Class A drugs are notoriously easy to flush away down toilets or

sinks, so there's no warning knock or call today.

It's straight in with the door.

Police, stay where you are!

The team sweep through the house.

Clear!

The suspect is quickly found in the living room

and immediately detained and cuffed.

-Executing a drug search warrant, mate, all right?

-All right.

-What's your name?

-BLEEP!

we're going to detain you until we get everything secured.

-You got anything in your pockets at the minute?

-No.

Stand up for us, then. Just give you a quick pat-down.

Can I put that in the ashtray, please?

I wondered what was going on!

The man may be in shock,

but it's no surprise as Mick delivers the news - he's been busted.

Mate, this is a warrant, OK...

The first stage of any search is gauging how cooperative a suspect is.

-Is there anything in the house you want to make us aware of?

-BLEEP!

-I've got a bit of weed.

-Right. What, just a bit of personal?

And in this case, the answer is "very".

-I've got some hypodermics upstairs what are my own.

-OK. Are they used?

-Yes.

-Where are they?

They're at the side of my bed.

PC Chantelle Gardam has already found a number of suspicious

items in the property.

What he said is that there's that tray there, which is

a small amount, there's, er...

Tablets, diazepam,

in there and there's some amphet in the freezer in the kitchen.

Their presence alone is enough for the suspect to be delivered

the body blow.

Possession, intent to supply class B

and also suspicion of theft of a pedal cycle, all right?

You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you don't mention, when questioned,

something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

The suspect is taken away for questioning back at the station.

Back inside the house, the search for illegal drugs continues.

In the kitchen, Mick isn't playing MasterChef,

he's playing master cop.

You can smell it as soon as you come in, can't you?

A real vanilla-y smell.

The fridge-freezer has his attention, and for a good reason.

Experience tells him it's a common place for dealers to hide their stash.

I wouldn't be surprised if actually...

from what I can smell in here,

if we found some more somewhere in here, but that's...

..amphetamine in there.

And we know that because, basically, from what we can see,

but also the fact that the guy that's now in custody has told us it's actually in there.

The suspicious-looking white powder, which the team suspect

could be amphetamine, will be sent to the lab for further examination.

-It's pretty clean-looking, isn't it?

-It does look clean.

Outside the house,

Mick's been called to inspect a bicycle to find out if it's legit.

00006.

The serial number will be matched

with bikes on the stolen property register

to determine if it has in fact been stolen.

Returning to the house, the search has turned up what appears to be

widespread evidence of drug use, and possible dealing activity.

We've got a box of what was glucose there, look,

and some remnants of some amphet on that wrap.

The gloves are all covered in it as well.

That's all been shoved in there with the empty glucose wrapper.

Some freezer bags, spoon up there that's got white powder on it,

and a box of gloves.

You don't need a sniffer dog with Mick's nose for trouble.

As the overwhelming smell of drugs in the house means he's

convinced that there's more being hidden.

And a discovery that Chantelle makes suggests that

Mick's suspicions are being proven right.

Mick.

Oh, yeah.

-Is this remnants?

-There's a bit in there, look.

-Hmm.

Next to the glucose box.

Whilst glucose is not illegal and can be bought as a food supplement,

dealers often use the white powder

to cut with illegal drugs to bulk them up before selling on.

Scales. Oh, yes.

And in the living room Dave is gathering more evidence,

including monitoring activity on a mobile phone that he

believes could be a hotline into the dealer.

It's been active since we've been here. Nonstop, really.

Ringing left, right and centre, plus text messages.

There's also some illegal pharmaceuticals to examine,

which could be sleeping pills.

Pill bottle, filled to the brim of blue tablets which are probably diazepam.

Blue pills found in a camouflage jacket under the stairs.

-Is it the same as that pill we recovered earlier?

-Yeah, it looks that way.

-Are they unmarked?

-Yeah.

They're Manos, them.

Not actual diazepams, but Manos, which are the same.

And there's the small matter of the potentially dangerous weapons to take care of.

This was one of his nice...

At the side of his bed upstairs.

Obviously not the sort of thing we like people to be having,

especially when people are aware we're going to be coming through their front doors.

It's a bag full of dirty needles.

A further discovery of more drug-taking paraphernalia upstairs

means the team have to take extra caution

because there's a series of loaded and lined up syringes.

They'll be amphet, I would've thought.

It could even be heroin, to be honest.

What we've got upstairs is four or five needles that appear to be

already loaded, shall we say, ready for someone to inject.

The problem with those is the liquid inside is clear, in part,

and it's tainted with what appears to be blood.

So we don't really want to be doing anything with those,

except for seizing them, putting them in a sharps container, making sure

it's properly sealed so they can't contaminate in any way, shape or form.

What we can't afford to do is just leave them here.

The results of the search means Mick has a bounty of work to carry out

when he gets back to the station.

All that will be put together and then it'll go to the

Priority Crime Team or one of the crime teams anyway, to be investigated.

And during the course of the evening that guy's going to get interviewed,

he'll have to say,

and thereafter they'll look at what's going to happen to him,

and a decision will be made.

When the man appeared before the judge,

he was sentenced to 15 months in jail for dealing amphetamine

and three extra months for dealing diazepam.

The theft charge was discontinued.

Over in Grimsby, the team responds to reports a man was violently attacked

as two thieves tried to steal his moped.

On arriving at the scene, PCSO Ollie Genery had to fend off blows

from one of the suspects, before wrestling him to the ground.

Another man was arrested after being caught escaping through a nearby back garden.

Police are now speaking to witnesses to gather a picture of exactly what happened.

And Ollie is back at the crime scene reflecting.

As we've drove up to the junction,

across from the junction just here, we've seen the males we were

looking for were stamping on a chap's head who's on the floor.

The guy fortunately had a motorcycle helmet on,

and they were leaping all over him, literally stamping on his head.

We're going to take the witness and the victim back to the station.

-Are we happy we've got everything?

-Yeah, yeah.

Eyewitnesses are not the only important

source of information for the police.

There's also the CCTV camera that this local shop has.

We're hoping this store has some extra CCTV footage of what's gone on.

Hi, buddy.

Ollie looks on at the CCTV.

Could we have a look at that camera you're looking at now?

The whole incident unfolds before his eyes.

The victim drives down the road on his scooter, pulls up at the

traffic lights, which, unfortunately, obscures part of our view of events.

But look on,

as suspect number one races down the road

and can be seen rushing at the victim on his stationary scooter.

Then, another group of men can be seen racing to the scene.

With the assault masked by the traffic lights, however,

Ollie has to return to do some old-fashioned-style detective work,

and hit the streets again looking for more witnesses.

One of the guys started jumping around and I thought that the

motorbike had hit the car in front, but then they pushed him

and then the other guy from the van intervened

and then they all punched the guy from the van, and then kicked

and was stamping on his head and kicking him in his body.

Fortunately, the victim avoided any serious injuries by virtue of the fact

that the heavy-duty clothing he was wearing cushioned him from the blows.

From what I gather, he's just cut up, a bit shaken.

Obviously it's quite a nasty experience,

trying to get your motorbike stolen from you, I'm assuming.

A work colleague of the victim was the man in the van who raced to his help.

Reliving the incident, he's stunned by what happened.

I'm shook up a little bit, obviously.

But it was just pointless.

There was no need for it. It was just mindless violence.

One of the young lads came running up, pushed him straight

off his motorbike, started kicking him while he was on the floor.

His hands was in his pockets, so he's trying to grab his keys.

I jumped out the van. As I jumped out the van, he turned on me.

As I walked up to him, he turned round and said,

"Do you want some of this?"

He started smacking me around the back of my head.

As I was on the floor, all the other lads came running up and joined in.

The patrol car came past and that was it.

They all ran off, apart from one of them.

As soon as the patrol car came along, they were straight out,

straight in there before it could get worse.

The response was brilliant.

The police were on the scene within less than a minute.

The CCTV acts as a timely reminder to show just how fast police

were in rounding up the suspects.

With suspects under arrest, and the victim having sustained no

serious injuries, it's a sterling result for the team.

But, as the sun shines down on them,

there is one cloud on the horizon for Ollie.

My shades are gone.

-I'm standing here squinting.

-I didn't see any shades.

It's been a hectic and eventful day for the officers chasing down the two attackers.

Surprisingly, it turns out Ollie's glasses

have survived his struggles in the street.

It's you, is it? I was going to put a report of theft in.

They were next to the moped so I picked them up.

Oh, you've misshapen them. They've been in your pocket, haven't they?

Both prisoners were taken back to the station, interviewed about the attack,

and then charged with assault and trying to steal the scooter.

The man who ran away later pleaded guilty to both charges.

As did the lad on the floor,

who also pleaded guilty to attacking the officers trying to arrest him.

The neighbourhood teams respond to all manner of issues,

but everything they do is in direct response

to local residents' complaints about crime.

In a no-nonsense way, they set out to make a difference.

Aggravated burglary is amongst the most serious and feared of all crimes.

This occurs when a burglar breaks into a home or premises armed with a weapon.

Today, Dave McKinder and the team

are on the trail of a man wanted for this very offence.

The police have been after him for months,

and as Dave explains, the net is now closing in.

This happened quite some time ago.

He's been laying low for months

and his co-accused has already been dealt with,

and I understand is currently in prison for his part in the offence.

You've got to bear in mind that potentially,

if he is at home, there are certainly things he can use as weapons against us,

and he'll know the whereabouts of those in this house and we won't.

So we're going down there with enough staff to be able to

deal with anything that we might come across.

Extra backup is provided by a second team picked up along the way.

With the target location coming into view,

Dave plans the best way to deploy the team.

I think it's this white house coming up on this corner.

AJ's identified it as being on the corner of the main road

and suggested our best plan might be to get round to the back

or the side of the address, where there might be any exits out the back.

PCSO Sean Casson joins Dave going in at the front,

while the others block off the potential escape route.

With no response, and no sign of life behind the closed curtains,

the police seem to be drawing a blank.

Anybody there, Sean?

-It's definitely the right address.

-Yeah.

Shame to come all this way and not get anything from it, ain't it? One way or another.

But just then, there's a noise round the back.

No man here, unfortunately. It's a dog.

More a pooch looking to be pampered than a guard dog.

The animal offers a little light relief for the team.

And it would seem a little light relief for the dog is in order too.

He peed all over your foot.

He peed all over his foot.

Perhaps Sean should've taken heed of the warning sign.

A bit overexcited, I think.

Empty-handed, the police are going to have to come back.

But tomorrow is another day.

There's certainly signs the male we are looking for is at this address.

There's a photograph of him.

Rather than the leave a note or do enquiries with neighbours,

we'll keep it under our hats and look to try again another time.

Later, we rejoin the team for their return visit and see

if this time they get the result they're looking for.

For many people a dog is a man's best friend.

But be warned, the number of people admitted to hospital due to

dog bites has risen in the last five years.

For me, all dogs are dangerous,

you know what I mean?

There's no one dog that's a dangerous dog and that dog...

It all depends the mood they are in, you see?

They've got teeth for a reason.

Yeah, you see, not being stereotypical,

but people walking around in their trackies and like...

Having the pit bull and "Don't come over to me."

It's just like, you shouldn't really use a dog...

No, a dog is a pet, not an item.

And it's all about the way they're brought up.

Because of that stereotype,

people assume all pitbulls are horrible, when they're not.

They're lovely dogs.

-They're lovely, but it's just cos people give them that name, in a sense.

-Just stereotyping them.

More than 200,000 people a year are estimated to be

bitten by dogs in England alone,

with the annual cost to the NHS of treating such injuries around £3 million.

In Humberside, the neighbourhood team have their very own specialist dog officer,

Gareth Walker, to investigate reports of so-called dangerous dogs.

But the team also take very seriously any reported incidents of dogs biting the public.

Today, Paul and Dave are paying a visit to a woman whose dog has

bitten someone whilst tied up outside a supermarket.

She's failed to appear before court,

so it's time to go and collect her so she can face the magistrate.

We haven't had a response from this address yet,

and was met with no reply. All we got was a dog barking.

So we're going to go down there again, give it a knock and we'll go from there.

In terms of effecting entry to the address,

in a concern for a welfare point of view,

I would certainly like to speak to some of the other neighbours

first to see if they've seen her.

If she's been seen in the last couple of days, then it would

suggest that she knows she's wanted and she's trying to avoid us.

Today, Dave and Paul are armed with a warrant

and the equipment to break down the door, if needs be.

Have you seen the woman who lives in there recently?

-She's been out this morning? Is she in now?

-I don't know.

You haven't seen her come back? Cheers.

With a new court appearance scheduled, it's time for the

woman to face up to the charge that her dog has bitten someone.

Lesley, it's the police.

You need to come and answer the door now.

Rather than go straight in with the big red key,

police take a gentler approach.

But when Sean Casson spots the woman behind her curtains,

Dave wonders if there's a reason why she's not answering.

I wouldn't say she was hiding, but she's not...

Can we knock on the window to let her know that we're there?

-Because I'm just wondering if she's got hearing issues.

-She might have.

Lesley, you need to open the door cos we're going to have to put it through.

We know you're in there because we've seen you.

If you can hear me, come and answer it. It's the police.

With no joy from the woman inside, Sean fetches a ladder.

If he can get her attention, maybe he can encourage her to cooperate.

She's just knelt on the floor looking at something.

-She is moving, isn't she?

-Yeah, she's moving about.

Options exhausted and warnings unheeded,

it's time now for a more direct approach.

It's not having it at all.

When the composite door absorbs the shock and holds fast,

the police trade up to a two-man ram, but the going's still tough.

She's having none of it, so...

She's just burying her head in the sand, isn't she? Literally.

With the locks not budging, it's time for a bit of strategic panel bashing.

Lesley, come to the door now.

Otherwise your door is going to be ruined.

A helpful key left in the lock solves the problem.

Lesley. Police, we're coming in. Stay where you are.

Just open the door and see how the dog reacts before you go in.

Hello? Hello?

Lesley, it's the police.

-Firstly, why didn't you answer the door?

-Well...

-This is the third day in a row now we've been.

-We've asked you kindly to come to the door.

-I've been out as well.

-Right, but you haven't been out this morning, have you?

-Not yet.

We've been stood outside for nearly half an hour and we've pleaded with you to come to the door.

We've identified ourselves as the police, haven't we?

-What, with him barking...

-Come on, Lesley.

We've shouted long enough and loud enough. My colleagues have seen you through there.

The woman protests that she hasn't heard the police

because her dog's been barking.

The bottom line is you're going to have to come to court this morning.

You obviously can't bring him with you.

The woman refuses to leave her dog unless it's properly cared for.

I can't leave him.

-You have to, Lesley. As long as he's got water.

-You put him in a kennel.

I can't put them in a kennel, no.

But there'll be no kennel for this canine.

You're only going to be gone a couple of hours.

Now, your front door now is destroyed and needs boarding up.

-Two of our colleagues will be standing with that.

-Please don't let anybody get in my house.

Two of our colleagues will be standing there until your address is made secure.

Once it's made secure we'll have another key for you. In the meantime,

they'll keep one eye on the dog. All he needs to do is stay in there.

Just put him in there now, please.

The dog is removed to another room, though the hamsters can stay put.

Come on, Lesley, you need to go now. Lesley.

Lesley, the reason I'm arresting you is

-so we can take you to court, all right?

-Not even to say...

-You're not allowed to anyway.

-Come on, then. Come on.

Don't let him go, please.

As the court is not yet open, the woman is taken to the station.

I don't believe she has any issues with her hearing.

She communicated with us perfectly well while we were talking to her.

She'd have been able to hear us banging on the windows and doors

and certainly when we started hitting the door with the ram,

she would have been aware that was happening.

She's obviously just thought that if she ignores us, we'll go away

and I'm sure when we've been on previous occasions, she's probably

been in there but has probably just chosen not to answer the door.

She was more concerned about the welfare of her animals than

the fact that she needed to go to court on a fail to appear warrant.

We've done the best we can. We've got the dog secured in one room.

There is now two doors between the dog and the hamsters.

Our colleagues are staying there as well, until the door's secured.

Hopefully, she won't be more than a few hours at court

and she can be back home and get back to looking after her pets.

Under arrest, the woman is required to stay in a cell

until it's time to go to court.

But getting her to respond to police requests still isn't easy.

OK, just pop yourself in.

Lesley? You have to go in.

All right.

Obviously, her life is her animals

and everything she does is in and around her animals.

Once we got in and identified who she was,

she clearly didn't want to leave

without provisions being made for her animals.

Which, obviously, we made every attempt to do.

Finally, appearing in court,

the woman was instructed to have her dog muzzled

and on a lead at all times out in public or have it put down.

She was also required to pay compensation

to the bite victim of £500.

Searching for a burglar, police have drawn a blank,

but it's not over till it's over.

And a return visit to the house where he's thought to be hiding

is on the cards once again.

There's every suggestion that he's at the address

from what we've seen there through the windows yesterday.

So, by going nice and early in the morning, hopefully,

we'll catch him at home.

To be honest, I can't imagine

-he's going to be up and about at this time of day.

-No.

Perhaps the early bird will catch the worm.

Second time around, Dave and the team now know the lie of the land

and immediately fan out to surround the house.

But has their early-morning ploy been for nothing?

HE KNOCKS

KNOCKING

Once again, there's movement around the back.

-Hello.

-Have my colleagues gone in?

The wanted man's grandfather confirms

that the others are inside and have found their target.

We've come to the address, knowing the layout of it

and we've got a surround on it.

So, we've got all possible exit points covered.

We've knocked on the door on both sides

and Sean and Alison have been this side

and have managed to make contact with the occupants.

We've found the wanted male inside.

He's quite calm

and he's complying with us.

Fortunately, the man comes quietly.

And even helps Dave navigate back to the main road.

-Just follow the road round.

-Just follow the road around? OK.

You're not leading us into an ambush, are you?

I've been watching Blue Bloods, I've seen what happens.

Have you been keeping your nose clean since all this?

-Yeah, yeah.

-All right.

The drive back doesn't take long,

but the wait in the police yard sure does.

Just waiting for the G4S prison van to leave the holding area

and then we can enter and take our prisoner in to get booked in.

The suspect has previously lived on Bransholme housing estate,

one of the largest estates in Europe.

Everything is true about Bransholme.

Bransholme's one of a kind.

You still see any of the old lot, then?

-Don't go there now.

-Yeah? You've cut all ties with all that?

Yeah, I don't go there nowadays.

From the Bransholme estate to a seaside bungalow,

the suspect might run, but he can't hide for ever.

-OK, we are going in.

-Thank

-BLEEP.

The man actually seems to be pleased to be taken into custody.

Wow, that was a long drive.

But the two long trips were worth it for the neighbourhood team.

Appearing at Crown Court, the man pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary

and was sentenced to 12 months behind bars.

Right, we'll leave you, then. See you later.

The police have been challenged by the public to make the streets

a safer place and the neighbourhood teams are there to ensure

that whatever the problem,

a satisfactory resolution can be achieved.

The Community Reassurance Team,

headed up by Sergeant Mick Stephenson,

are the neighbourhood police's go-to guys

when a problem requires some hard action to resolve it.

This specialist unit has spearheaded

the war against drug dealers in Hull city centre.

Today, however, the team have a handful of warrants to take care of.

Not to take down drug dealers,

but to round up wanted men.

Team leader Mick Stephenson

is on the trail of one particularly slippery customer.

He's wanted on a couple of failed-to-appear warrants

in different parts of the country.

And, adding insult to injury,

his girlfriend's accused him of taking her mobile phone

the morning after their Valentine's Day date.

Basically, the allegation is that he's met a girl

on three or four occasions, and on the fourth occasion,

he stayed over in her flat and when he's left, so has her mobile phone.

So, that allegation will be put to him during the interview.

Arriving at the place where the man lives,

Mick leads the way, hoping to use an element of surprise to catch him.

Police!

Just watch that window. Watch that window.

-What

-BLEEP?

Cos you're wanted. Just listen to me, first of all, mate.

-I would appreciate...

-All right.

Listen to what I'm going to tell you, you're under arrest...

-What for?

-..on suspicion of theft.

-Theft of what?

-Theft of a mobile phone, OK?

-Theft of a mobile phone?

Yes, you're under arrest for the theft of a mobile phone.

You don't have to say anything...

The suspect has become a regular chatterbox.

Hardly giving the team a chance to think about the challenge in hand.

Theft of a mobile phone?

Yeah, there are some other issues

but those are the issues we'll have to deal with.

Yet, there is a few of them, failure to disperse,

public order, blah-blah-blah.

There is a whole list of things this man is alleged to have done.

But whatever the rights and wrongs of them,

he's failed to surrender to his bail.

Have you got anything in your pockets that you shouldn't have?

Yeah, I've got loads of needles! No, I am only joking.

-I got nowt.

-It's all right. Don't worry.

No offence, but as you've got blood on your hands,

I'm still going to put some gloves on, all right?

Cushty, bro, honestly.

The punched door explains the man's bleeding hands.

And he confesses to just having had a row with a mate's girlfriend.

Women. No good, are they?

I don't know what you're looking for, mate.

-I'm looking for the phone.

-You'll find it on eBay...

But still, he tries to excuse the reason he missed his court hearing.

I've never missed court before.

When I've been wanted, I've always handed myself in.

-Cos then you get bailed, when you go in.

-You do, absolutely.

So, what happened? You failed to come.

I've never missed it, but I couldn't get down there.

Cos I couldn't get to London,

I thought, "Well, I can go and hand myself in for a public order

"so they can keep me in cells for two days

"then drive me all the way to London, wasting the taxpayers' money

-"when I can't get myself down there."

-Put these on.

Mick has heard it all before and his claims fall on deaf ears.

But despite having the cuffs on,

the chatterbox keeps on talking and talking.

I was about to go out about 15 minutes before you came, mate,

but Sam Smith come on. I should have gone out.

I'll never stay in again for music, I've learned my lesson now.

The suspect is carted off to custody but remains remarkably upbeat.

Famous last words that he won't be here.

And in the back of the van,

the suspect is finding time to see the positive side of things.

I'm glad I'm going there.

I can start afresh now and I can get on with my life and that.

And he has a lot more time

to think about getting his life back on track

as he's about to be banged up for the night.

At least Mick's relieved that shutting the door

has managed to shut the lad up.

I was only here two days ago...

INDISTINCT

The man hadn't stolen his date's phone.

But for committing a public order offence

and failing to surrender to his bail,

he was fined £50.

The neighbourhood police team can never be sure

what sort of job they can be called to,

and today, Karen has a case of someone with some truly bare cheek.

She said that she saw him reveal his buttocks.

And possibly...

..um, possibly he's wiggling his belly, or...

his penis.

Joining Karen is a local housing officer.

We've had a report early on last week that a male from this property

has done some indecent exposure.

I kegged someone with the door open and that's the indecent exposure.

"Kegged someone"? Had you mean, "kegged someone"?

I pulled his trousers down.

Sort of like that, I went...

What, with the door open? Your front door?

Yeah, the front door open. Kegged someone.

Obviously, there is children in the street, playing.

So, it is not really advisable to do that sort of thing.

Oh, I'll remember not to.

-Did he do anything else at all?

-Not at all. That's ridiculous.

He didn't jiggle his belly, or...

play with any of his genital area?

Right, OK.

We appreciate your time

but take on board the words of advice from Karen and myself

and hopefully, we'll have no need to be back at your door.

The incident is logged in case it happens again.

Basically, he was stood here,

and I just thought it'd be funny to pull his pants, and I did.

And it was funny at the time.

Mick Davison's been in the police force long enough

to see genuine changes in the community he serves.

This area was quite a bad area.

Certainly, ten years ago, when I was policing this area previously,

we had lots of issues with, you know, mainly from young kids.

You know who were stealing cars, antisocial behaviour.

It warms the heart that the area has improved for the better.

But just when you think real progress is being made,

a setback can be waiting right around the corner.

Oh! Dearie me...

I don't quite know what he's doing.

Getting closer, Mick's demands for an explanation

are met with a surprising degree of enthusiasm.

-And what exactly is all that about then?

-Hey, look at this!

-What exactly are you doing?

-Photography club.

Do you think it may have been a tad dangerous to do that?

What is it exactly you were spinning around?

An egg whisk in a bit of wire wool.

-So, something that you've made yourself?

-Yeah, yeah.

-You're doing it because it's a photography club?

-That's right, yes.

Do you want to show me the pictures, then? Let's have a look.

Yeah, you should.

Yeah, it's very pretty and I can see what you were doing but...

You're still in a public place

and you're still flinging around something

which could catch fire, or, you know?

What precautions had you taken

to make sure that nobody's going to injured?

We've got a pair of goggles. Pair of goggles.

Is there any reason why you've come here to do it?

Just because we thought this was a safe place.

OK, yeah.

The only thing I have an issue with is you being hurt by it,

and, potentially, another member of the public being hurt by it.

-Have you finished now? Is that it?

-Yes, finished now.

Can I suggest, if you're going to do it again,

try and find somewhere in private to do it.

I'm driving around in my van and I thought

you were kids messing around setting fire to fireworks.

-Thank you.

-All right, no problem. OK.

As we came around the corner,

we saw what can only be described as an enormous Catherine wheel

and somebody clearly flinging this ignited bottle around!

I do have an issue with what they're doing

cos it is effectively pyrotechnics in a public place.

But, hopefully, they will be left with a good impression

that I've seen the funny side of it and I have given them some advice

and they're really pleasant people.