Episode 3 Neighbourhood Blues

Neighbourhood policing has come a long way since the days of Dixon Of Dock Green.

Good 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...

-No, I don't care.

-Hey, hey!

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

Coming up...

As darkness falls, Cleethorpes' May Day bank holiday celebrations

take a turn for the worse...

SHOUTING

..a falling-out over the garden fence sees these two warring

neighbours go to court...

There's a pile of wood here. He just bulldozed it down.

-That is not on the deeds. It's a no-brainer.

-Right.

..and could these pint-sized Sherlocks really have witnessed a kidnapping?

Do you know the difference between the truth and lies?

All across Humberside, neighbourhood police teams take

time-out from regular police work to engage with the public.

The aim is not only to give policing a friendlier face,

but to also provide people with information about the causes

of crime and how to limit the chances of becoming a victim of it.

And it's an approach that has paid dividends.

In the olden days, you wouldn't have expected the police to get

involved in a dispute between neighbours,

but things have changed

and the neighbourhood teams have become well versed at mediating

when a slanging match develops across the garden fence.

I know friends of mine

who have got major problems sometimes with their neighbours.

If you live in a flat

and you've got some weirdo who is playing drugged-up heavy bass music

at four o'clock every morning, it's not a lot of fun,

really, not a lot of fun.

And I suppose the answer is to move, but it seems unfair.

Other neighbours I've had in the past have been slightly different,

where they go out of their way to be awkward,

and also domestic disputes.

The police having to deal with them, is, in my eyes, ridiculous,

because that shouldn't be something they should be involved in,

but if someone's getting hurt, then of course.

But I've seen police just having to go to people's houses cos of a disagreement that's heated.

-My neighbours are all right.

-I've got lovely neighbours. I can't complain. Lovely neighbours.

In fact, one of my neighbours is actually an ex-police officer.

Couldn't get any safer than that, can you?

Falling out with a neighbour can have major repercussions.

As well as causing much heartache, such fights can cost you dearly

and even make your house unsaleable.

Today, over in Bridlington, PC Nikki Cammis is en route to meet

a pair of neighbours who are at loggerheads.

A track that acts as a right of way to several properties,

including theirs, is also lined by a hedgerow and a fence.

The two men have fallen out about who can use the right of way

and exactly where the dividing line between their properties is.

So, trees, I've dealt with those sort of issues before.

I know a little bit about trees. Boundary lines... Way over my head.

The dispute has been going on for over two years.

-Hello.

-Hiya.

-Your dad is back, isn't he?

-Yes. He's just up there.

-I'll go and fetch him.

-Thanks.

It relates to an access road

and the boundary line between the properties.

Despite trying to resolve it through mediation, both parties

believe they are in the right

and the case is now going to court tomorrow.

Nikki is paying a them visit to see how they are bearing up.

I have come today from the neighbourhood team

in Bridlington to discuss with you the issue that you

have at the moment with your neighbours.

What I would like to know is, we now know the decision's coming

tomorrow, about time, I know you're confident you're going to win.

If you do happen to lose, what's going to be the consequence of that?

It's difficult to say how I can lose

because I've got the original certified documents,

the measurements add up to the boundary line.

Nothing that Mr Rhodes has got provides any...

The onus of proof is on him, because he's the claimant.

But he hasn't got any evidence.

He's jumped on a letter that's not a legally binding document.

And if the judge accepts the letter that he's built his case round,

-he actually loses land. He doesn't gain it.

-Right. If you lose...?

If I lose, then I'll get a substantial legal bill to pay

-because obviously they are going to want their costs paid.

-Right.

If I win, then it will stay as it is and it will be a garden

because that's all it is.

As tensions between the homes have escalated, both have taken to

installing CCTV cameras to monitor activity over the right of way

and boundary line which is in dispute.

But this brings with it a whole new set of legal problems

surrounding the issue of privacy.

-Obviously you've got two new cameras up on your building.

-Yes.

Again, they want to know where your cameras are facing, to offer reassurance...

I said I would offer them reassurance that they don't go onto their land.

-Camera can't go onto their land.

-His camera goes onto my land.

That's what the officer had been to see them about.

Yes, but it does. It points directly onto my road.

It's onto... Well, it's very similar...

It shows a garage there and it shows my road there.

But...

I know you're saying it's your road, but to them they have right of access...

-No.

-I know you believe that.

-No, it isn't. It's not on the deeds.

-I've got the documents. It's a no-brainer.

-Right.

I know for you, but until it is decided tomorrow...

-Until it is decided tomorrow...

-..they think differently.

-Well...

-OK?

If it turns out you win tomorrow and it's your land,

then I'll happily go back and check their CCTV

and make sure it doesn't cover your driveway, if it's yours.

I can't say fairer than that, can I?

Are you all right, Martin?

With Mr Walker left to ponder about the legalities of his CCTV set-up,

Nikki heads next door to pay the other neighbour, Mr Rhodes, a visit.

You are very confident you're going to win

and, believe you me, when I spoke to him,

he's not even thinking about losing.

It's not even an option in his mind.

All I can reiterate to you is, please don't take any matters

into your own hands and just think, a better person walks away,

-otherwise you're going to walk yourself straight into some trouble.

-Yeah.

It's clearly taking a strain on both parties,

who are convinced of their own right to access the driveway

and manipulate the boundary line as they see fit.

He has bought the plot of land. Since he's moved in two years ago,

it's been one thing after another.

There was a nice full hedge. He's hacked it right back.

This is my fence that he knocked down.

It was fenced off all the way down here.

His pal, he just bulldozed it down. And I think there

was about six of them altogether came one day and just bulldozed it down.

These are the trees that he's chopped down.

One there, one there, they're just stumps now.

It's a shared access lane and he's just blocked it all.

Mr Rhodes believes that the fallout from the dispute over the

right of way in particular is also affecting other homes in the area.

This is 101 here's main access.

He's put that wire fence across, he's put the boat there.

Anybody that comes up here, they've been abused by him.

I haven't been able to use it for the last year or two

because he would scare you.

Neighbourhood disputes often begin over minor misunderstandings,

but this one has escalated to a point where only

a court of law can bring any closure to the two men who are both

adamant that they are in the right.

When we first came, the hedge came out to beyond my car

right at the bottom.

If you look at that, there's no growth at this side whatsoever.

So he tried to simulate that the centre of the hedge was

further over than what it actually was, but I've pipped him at the post

by cutting the hedge back. That's when he started...

That's when the argument first started and I said

I'm quite within my right to chop down my side of the boundary hedge.

The fencing were here, at this side here.

So you can see naturally that it juts out

nearly three foot into the road.

This line is a straight line,

not a dogleg.

As is often the case with neighbourhood disputes,

the initial problem can lead to a larger falling out

and further accusations being made.

If we pass each other at the bottom, he'll pull up

and just stare at the wife, or stare at me, and anybody that is

coming to the house. He's just sat glaring at you, intimidating you.

The day that we put this fence up,

that night she turned her lights off, he turned his off,

it were all...

When he was grinning at me, he was taking pictures, so I waved at him.

And the next day, police came up, he told them that I'd stuck two fingers

up at him and shouting and bawling at him.

There were these two or three almighty bangs and it were him.

With emotions running this high, the neighbourhood team

are keen for this neighbourhood dispute to be brought to

a swift end that can enable both parties to move on from this

unfortunate set of incidents that have blighted them.

Both men remain in a confident mood.

There is no way round it.

It's written in the deeds

and that's where the saying comes from, "in deed".

-So, 11 o'clock tomorrow, hopefully.

-See you later.

For Nikki, the court ruling will at last provide a clear

focus for the police, should any further falling out arise.

It's a nightmare. It's a nightmare. It's a headache. It's a nightmare.

And I don't know who the land belongs to, either,

but once that's decided by the judge then I'll be able to manage it better

because it will be a case of, "It's not your land,

"now get on with it, get on with your lives."

Find out later which man wins this battle of the boundary line.

So-called legal highs have been making headlines.

Many of these lab-manufactured powders aim to simulate

the effect of drugs such as ecstasy.

Whilst they may not be banned,

many of these uncontrolled substances are toxic.

Legal highs are a big problem, not just in our city,

throughout the country.

And one of the big challenges with dealing with them

is that their composition can be altered chemically

ever so slightly, and what happens is that governments are always playing

catch-up if they try and actually classify them as illegal.

So people can get round that.

And the use of them to get a quick fix can be devastating.

I think it's £5 a bag for a legal high

and by the end of it, you end up in hospital.

I think there should definitely be an age limit where you've got to

be at least maybe 20, or over 20, to buy these drugs, because people,

15-year-olds, are buying them,

and they're really hurting themselves from them

because they don't know the effects of it.

Over 60 people died in the UK last year alone.

Many more suffered kidney, liver and brain damage,

all as a result of legal highs.

Dealing with the dangerous effects these substances

have on people is a problem the neighbourhood team are now

confronting on the streets on a daily basis.

Today, in Hull city centre, a man has been spotted banging his head

repeatedly in a telephone box.

PCSO John Hamilton is concerned that drugs may be involved.

What is that on there?

-What's this?

-It's a legal high.

-It's a legal high, is it?

-Yes.

Right, leave that there for now. Don't touch anything more.

Just come out of the telephone box for me.

So, that stuff in there, you say it's a legal high, is it?

-Yeah.

-What is it?

What's it called?

HE MUMBLES

-You what?

-Zappy.

-Zappy?

Where did you buy that from?

Can you remember?

The man suddenly becomes totally unresponsive.

John radios in the situation.

There is white powder all set out with stuff for snorting.

I feel...

I feel like a... I feel like a supernatural being.

When the man does speak he is garbled and disorientated.

-It's the drugs that are talking.

-Is it?

-Yes.

I can't believe I'm... I can't believe I'm still standing.

I don't think I can get higher than this because I am

so high I could go out for ever.

HIS SPEECH SLOWS AND SLURS

I feel like a supernatural being. I'm feel like I'm dead.

My colleagues have just turned up now

and they will have a quick word with you as well.

John is waiting for backup to deal with the situation.

You've got some legal highs with you, or something, have you?

The man surrenders the substances to the police.

The police decide to take him home to prevent him

becoming a danger to himself.

You can't stay here taking them

because people are going to continue to ring us, aren't they?

It's going to continue to make you do strange things.

Fortunately, on this occasion, there were no serious consequences,

but anyone taking legal highs is playing a risky roulette game

whose outcome can be fatal.

The drug he was taking is actually classified legal.

However, it does state all over the packaging that it's not fit for human consumption.

A lot of these legal highs are designed to be plant food,

fertilisers, scents to be burnt, but people take them,

which makes them do unusual, strange things, and it is very dangerous.

The man was offered some help

and support services to deal with his problem,

but find out later what happens when the neighbourhood team go to

a local college to give students a wake-up call

about the dangers of legal highs.

Maintaining law and order remains part of the remit of all

neighbourhood police teams.

Ensuring that communities are safe

and crime free is always top of their agenda.

And when high spirits run the risk of getting out of hand,

the team are always fast to react.

All across the country, a bank holiday is a time to kick back

and relax for millions of hardworking families.

And when the sun's out,

where better to head than for a day out by the seaside?

And today, the crowds are flocking to the popular

towns of Cleethorpes and Grimsby.

Whilst the daytime has been uneventful, as night falls,

many of the crowds remain,

looking to enjoy the delights that the local pubs have to offer.

You see a lot of drunks going up and down the high street here.

I just try and have a laugh over it,

but I know it's a bit of a serious problem.

Very uncomfortable walking through a city centre after midnight.

There are so many drunks about...

You know, you just don't feel comfortable.

There's always gangs of people, loud, shouting,

you just don't know where you are.

I would definitely not walk through the city centre at night...

and I don't.

You used to see a lot more people drinking on the streets.

You still see...

some people carrying cans around and maybe drinking,

but it's not as noticeable as it was.

If they're drunk and happy, and they're not being...

Yeah, if they're really drunk, sat on the street, puking up,

I don't think they should be arrested.

I don't think that. I think they should maybe be taken home...

Yea, definitely. And maybe given a warning, saying,

"If we find you like this again then we are going to do

-"something about it."

-But I think just...

arresting people just like that is a bit...

It's nice to give people a chance.

But where alcohol is concerned, a good time can very easily turn bad.

Simon and Wendy are two of a team of 20 officers drafted in to

make sure the bank holiday's evening celebrations don't get out of hand.

Because it's still early, only 7.15, just having a drive around the main

areas where all the pubs are in Cleethorpes,

just to see if anywhere's particularly busy. Erm...

And then, later on, we can sort of deploy the staff accordingly.

These pubs are usually quite busy, along here, in Cleethorpes.

Quite a lot of people in there as well.

It's early May bank holiday, so...

generally...

the pubs and clubs are quite busy on the Sunday

cos nobody's at work tomorrow.

So people make quite a long weekend of it and go out drinking tonight.

Yeah, we'll just have a walk, I think,

and see how busy places are before we go in for a briefing.

A quick tour of the main drinking holes gives them

an overview of the mood in town.

How have things been today? All right?

Right, have a good night, mate.

-Don't have too much more tonight, though.

-No, I won't...

-Good man.

Mate, take it easy. See you later, mate. See you.

Everyone seems in quite good spirits, really.

I would imagine quite a lot of those people will be going home quite soon.

I think they've had enough already.

It's now back to the station for a quick brew and a briefing,

before the team of 20 hit the town centres to patrol

the pubs as darkness falls.

Right...

Welcome, everyone. Most of town are quite well oiled.

They've obviously been out watching the football all afternoon.

Grimsby Town have lost in the semifinal of the playoffs,

if anybody didn't know that, which means,

obviously, tempers might be a bit higher than usual.

With the officers briefed, they split off into two teams of ten.

As well as their local knowledge,

they're also armed with another very useful policing tool tonight.

Basically, what these are, they're a red card

and they're issued to a person if they're given a Section 27 notice.

A Section 27 notice is issued to any person who we believe may be

involved in drink-related disorder,

either at the time or later on, so we can give them

a direction to leave a specified area for a period of 48 hours.

As the teams set off in convoy, they're not even out

of the station when their first call for help comes in over the radio.

There's been a call from some door staff in the marketplace

in Cleethorpes.

They've detained a male who's thrown a brick at a window...

of a premises called the Fiddler,

and the door staff have detained him just round the corner.

Arriving on the scene, they're greeted by the pub landlord.

The suspect is already in cuffs.

Why have I been arrested?

Wey! Muppet!

Do your thing, man.

Yo, do your thing.

As the police piece together what happened,

the suspect does himself few favours by hurling abuse at them.

-Go

-BLEEP

-your mum, you

-BLEEP.

-Go

-BLEEP

-you mother.

With the suspect carted off into custody...

..the police investigate the scene of the crime.

-Which window is it?

-It's not a window, it's that.

-Oh, right, OK.

-And then that bit of wood's...

The landlord describes how the attack unfolded.

The gentleman was asked to leave the premises

because he'd actually put two pool balls in his pocket,

I took the pool balls off him, he was asked to leave, he left.

And when he left, he went off, come back,

picked a brick up and lobbed it at the door.

And the unruly incident has left more than

a few of the regulars shaken by what's happened.

To be honest with you, it was a bit scary because, like I say,

the restaurant bit's been open all afternoon,

and if there was a bystander sat in there, it would have gone through,

it would have hit the bystander.

The town is monitored by a network of CCTV cameras and a call is

put in by Simon to find out if the suspect was caught in the act.

Confirm it has been captured or hasn't.

Ah, excellent.

We'll make some enquiries with them and get the footage off them.

The team are in luck. The whole incident was filmed,

and the CCTV team have managed to locate the footage,

making for a useful piece of evidence in court.

With once incident attended to, the team move on with their patrol,

but find out later what happens

when drink gets the better of one group of lads...

..and leads to a violent assault.

It's been a quiet day for the team

until a 999 call comes through from worried witnesses,

concerned they've glimpsed a potential kidnapping in process.

Nikki Cammis is the first officer on the scene,

but she gets a surprise when she sees the witnesses.

There's a woman in the front and she had taped hands.

-How old was the woman?

-Maybe late 30s.

What did she look like?

-She had dark hair.

-Dark brown.

Like your colour hair.

They're describing...

Nikki phones in the suspect's details

to avoid losing precious time.

This van's passed them towards B&Q and the vehicle's passed them

in the opposite direction.

So they were heading that way, out of town?

They were going over the B&Q bridge, so I presume...

THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER

A potential breakthrough's on the cards

when it appears the young lad recognises the van.

-And then...

-THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER

But is this clue too good to be true?

-You're confident?

-I'm certain it was him.

One of these kids is saying that they recognise this van.

The station sergeant wonders if they kids are winding the police up.

Should their story be taken with a pinch of salt?

Or is there a grain of truth to it? Nikki presses harder.

Why do you think it's a woman who lives near you?

Cos it was the same...

Undaunted, the lad sticks to his guns.

-He is convinced about what he saw.

-I've seen that person as well.

Nikki's now increasingly confident that this lad's no Pinocchio.

-You can go home now.

-Are we all right?

Basically, we've had a call from the kids that we've just seen,

stating that as they've been walking over that hill,

a little blue van's gone past them

and inside they've seen a young female, mid-30s,

that's been tied up with tape across the mouth,

and the male driver shouting at her.

Erm... One of the kids thinks it's a vehicle he recognises that

lives on his local street, so we're heading there now.

Two other police units have been dispatched

and have already recced the situation. Nobody's home.

The blue van is parked and nothing seems amiss,

but it turns out there is a second blue van registered to the suspect.

1-5, I'm sat outside and there is a blue vehicle on the drive

matching the description.

However, the other patrol that tried to get in is wanting to tell you

that this vehicle is cold,

and then a neighbour's told us that he's got two blue vehicles.

The one we think we're looking for is not here.

Nikki calls the children back to test their story again.

You said you saw her hands, but she was obviously in the vehicle

and you were walking, so how did you see her hands?

How were you able to see her hands?

Where are you now?

And I'm coming back to speak to you.

Wait there for me, I'm coming. Bye.

Nikki is hoping that, by talking to the children again,

she may get to the bottom of this mystery.

It's not really a case about getting more details -

it's more about clarifying some points with them...

that the sergeant wants clarifying.

The sergeant has doubts or...

We have to suppose every avenue, I suppose.

And one of these avenues is, are these children lying

and have they made it up?

But despite being given a tough line of questioning by Nikki...

Do you know the difference between truth and lies?

..they will not change their story.

If I said there was an elephant in that parking space behind me,

-what would I have just done? ALL:

-Lied.

-Yeah.

And what do you think happens when people lie?

Why do you think people lie?

-Yeah?

-For attention.

-Sometimes, yeah.

OK.

So it's really important, then, that you tell me the truth.

We are telling the truth. I swear.

Either's there a major incident happening

or a hoax is now causing mayhem.

Either way, it's a serious matter.

We were all thinking it might be for a joke,

but if that's a joke, it's a really sick joke to pull.

But from my point of view, a vehicle's passing you,

takes a couple of seconds to pass. From what you're telling me,

you've seen a lot of stuff in that couple of seconds,

-which is fine if that's what you've seen.

-She just...

There's no camouflaging the children's distress,

and their story seems watertight.

We just saw her taped up, panicking really badly...

-And him shouting.

-Like, that's... That's the basic...

That's what we saw.

I've honestly got four upset kids here.

I get you've seen the other side, but they really are upset.

Then a call comes through.

Other officers have finally spoken to the van owner.

Guys, listen, I'm so sorry you've had to experience this,

but the officers have spoken to the people in the van

and they're saying it was a practical joke.

She tied him to the steering wheel or something earlier on...

It's not funny, darling,

and I'm going to go back up and speak with them,

and explain just how upset you actually are.

Cos the officers that have spoken with them didn't realise...

-So it was the right person?

-Yeah. Yeah, it was right, darling.

Not surprisingly, the comedy is lost on Nikki and the children.

I'm going to go back up now and tell them off, and explain to them just...

I expect better from adults.

I know, but everybody would have seen it and stuff, so I don't...

And please don't think that I was doubting you,

but it's my job to doubt people.

And you did the right thing to ring it in, all right?

And, unfortunately, there is stupid adults around

that haven't got anything better to do.

-That all right, everyone? See you later.

-Bye.

The children may be vindicated,

but Nikki's not finished with the matter.

She's got the pranksters in her sights now.

Hiya, it's just the police.

Can I ask if we can have a quick chat

-about what's just happened?

-Yeah.

-Thank you.

They're clearly a pair of jokers - that's the only way to put it.

They're just a pair of jokers and they still see the funny side.

And as much as she's also got a ten-year-old herself

and she understands how children may have perceived the incident,

she thinks that people should be allowed to have a laugh,

and that's fine. But it's not every day you go

and pass somebody that's got masking tape around their mouth.

We're going to deal with this

as what we call a community resolution.

I'm going to bring the children up next week

and they can apologise to them cos they caused them genuine fear...

for no need at all. Just for the... For their own fun.

So now they can say sorry.

The children involved in reporting the suspected kidnapping

were congratulated by the police for their clear and concise

approach to describing what could have been a serious crime.

As people start living in more densely populated areas,

the police find themselves dealing with an increased number of complaints.

Some of these problems arise when neighbours fail to get along

and find themselves in a dispute that only the law can now resolve.

Over in Bridlington, PC Nikki Cammis has been involved with two

neighbours who have literally had a falling out over the garden fence.

It's difficult to say how I can lose.

A dispute over a boundary line

and a right of way has lasted over two years

and has generated numerous headaches for the parties involved.

He's bought the plot of land. Since he moved in two years ago,

it's been one thing after another.

Mr Rhodes and Mr Walker.

Despite the police trying to mediate between the two men,

the case has now ended up in court.

But will the judge fall on the side of Mr Rhodes or Mr Walker?

We're about to find out.

Won on all accounts.

Mr Rhodes' thumbs-up says it all...

and his relief is evident.

Well, I'm very pleased with how it all went,

and Mr Walker was shown, once again, what sort of person he is.

Mr Walker is understandably downbeat at the ruling

and at the expensive legal costs he will now face.

And I think, well, really, the judge has ignored all the major things

and he's just given 1½ foot of our land away.

Mr Rhodes has an emotional statement to make.

I'd like to thank my family and friends...

HE SOBS

..and my solicitors for their help and support they have given me.

And for the police, as of late, they've been a great support.

And...I'd just like to go and get a cup of tea.

LAUGHTER

For a neighbourhood dispute to end up in a costly court visit is

never in the interests of anyone involved,

which is why the neighbourhood police teams always try to

resolve any falling out through mediation.

Mr Rhodes won the case.

The boundary between the properties was clearly defined.

Mr Walker must pay £7,115 for reinstatement of land,

losses and interference.

He was also ordered to pay legal costs.

It's the May Day bank holiday, and the seaside towns of Grimsby

and Cleethorpes have seen the pubs packed out with revellers

looking to make the most of the extended weekend.

We love Cleethorpes.

A team of 20 neighbourhood officers are out on patrol to ensure

any merriment is kept in check.

Got to go. Got to go. That's the state of play

in Cleethorpes at the moment - busy but jovial.

But as last orders are being called,

the boys in blue know that as revellers spill out

onto the streets, so too can trouble.

Spirits are running high,

and Simon and the team are happy to show their support to the public,

who are enjoying themselves.

I know I'm getting old now because I don't like this music any more.

Put a bit of Bruce Springsteen on or something like that.

Whilst most are intent on having a good time, there's one

group of lads looking for trouble, and Simon is first on the scene.

SHOUTING

There appears to have been an altercation between two men,

so the officers separate them to find out what happened.

Off we go.

SHOUTING

-What's going on?

-I was upstairs and some guy...

And it's not just the lads who are in hot water.

Oi!

You're going to get yourself locked up if you don't disappear now...

or you'll get yourself locked up.

-I have

-BLEEP...

It's a case of handbags at midnight.

I've left my jacket on the top floor - that's all I'm after.

Well, there's no need to do that, or you get yourself locked up,

-do you understand?

-Simon tries to calm the situation.

He asks security staff exactly who was involved in the drunken ruckus.

Who's done what? Or do we just want rid of them?

Just get rid of them, yeah.

-No-one's made any complaints?

-We just want rid.

So who is it? There's that kid there and his missus, they need to go.

-What about...? Is this kid...?

-Yeah.

The hope is everyone can be sent home with

a Section 27 dispersal order, instead of to the cells.

But just as this situation is contained,

another reaches flashpoint just down the road,

meaning Simon is on the move again.

SHOUTING

It's another brawl,

but this time the suspect isn't going down without a fight.

The man is wrestled to the ground, as the team around him

try to find out what happened.

SHOUTING

You're under arrest, all right?

What's the score with this kid, here?

-He had to be dragged out by about six bouncers.

-For nothing.

I was trying to get a drink.

A moment later, another lad, who is bleeding badly,

staggers out onto the pavement

and the police can see he came off worse for wear in this scrap.

The boy needs an ambulance.

Whereabouts have you just come from?

As officers provide on-the-spot medical assistance

waiting for the paramedics to arrive,

the suspect is questioned.

I tried to calm it down all night, tried to calm it down.

And then he come up to me, barged me in the back,

so I grabbed hold of him and said, "Who you barging?"

He threw three punches at me before I retaliated.

He threw three punches at me and then,

as soon as he threw the third punch,

I retaliated, and that's when the bouncer grabbed hold of me.

Which you...

And if you check on the CCTV, you'll see exactly what happened.

Mate, just put your hands behind your back.

Oh, I'm getting arrested.

At the end of the day, that's what we're here to find out -

what the truth is. Somebody said that's he's assaulted somebody,

so that's why he's under arrest.

-You're going to arrest him?

-Yes.

-For the night?

-Yes.

Despite his partner's protests, the man is arrested

and taken into custody.

But hang on a minute.

Let's have a quick replay of the start of the ruckus.

Look at the footage again. No, you're not seeing double.

It's a classic case of mistaken identity.

Remember the lad who was originally arrested?

Well, look, he's got the same haircut

and wearing a similar T-shirt to the suspect who's just been

bundled into the police van.

Right, what's this kid done?

To be honest, I think he's a witness.

-I've done nothing.

-At the moment...

I've locked up the other kid in the white T-shirt, who's quite muscly,

and I think he's the one who's slotted...

He said he slotted him.

He said that the guy we've got?

-So we're getting his details as a witness.

-Yes.

This lad is completely innocent and let go on the spot without

change, and turns from suspect to a valuable witness.

But as police talk to other witnesses and security staff,

it becomes apparent that another person was involved in the assault.

-Who assaulted him?

-That lad in the van...

-The bald lad.

Bald man.

The police are now looking for a man with a shaved head.

He's been involved in it,

I don't know how he's been involved with it,

but he's got blood on him. I don't want him back in the venue.

I've got one lad in the van already,

but they're saying that he's also involved.

A suspect fitting the description

is promptly rounded up and arrested.

Oh, you're joking!

I haven't done owt, mate.

I stopped the fight and that was it.

-Don't

-BLEEP

-speak to me like that.

This man is the 12th person arrested in the space of four hours,

but the groundwork Simon and the team did at the start of the night

has paid dividends in ensuring law and order was maintained.

Right, we're off back to Grimsby police station.

We've got two prisoners for an assault.

The victim's gone off to hospital.

He looks like he's got quite nasty facial injuries,

so we've got two males in custody for that

and we're just going to book them in

for that at the police station now.

It's been a night of mash-ups and lock-ups for the team.

But as they do one last sweep of the streets,

there's one more local they need to deal with.

Hold on, guys. Can one of you just pop out

and check this guy that's laid on the floor?

Yeah, just jump out for us. He's laid on the pavement there, look.

Hopefully, he's just drunk and having a sleep.

You all right, mate?

You all right?

What's your name?

What you doing on the floor?

Have you? You can't lay down here, can you?

You going to get up? Get up. Let's have a go.

Going to stop at my sister's tonight.

-You're comfortable walking, yeah?

-I think so.

-You sure?

-Got to go...

-Flag a taxi down.

You can't lay on the floor, though.

I can't. I've got about three quid on me.

Right. Well, we're not a taxi service, are we?

-I know you're not, but... Did me best.

-If you come out,

you've got to make sure you save enough money to get home.

Don't lay out on the floor cos someone will run over you

when they pull up, won't they? All right?

-Take care of yourself.

-See you later.

He's on his way, he looks more stable,

and I'm sure he'll get home safe. There you go.

This May Day mayhem-maker was found guilty of criminal damage

by the magistrates' court.

These scrappers were not arrested.

Oh, I'm getting arrested.

These two bruisers are both on police bail...

pending further investigation.

So-called legal highs are chemical compounds that claim to

simulate the effects of drugs such as ecstasy.

I am so high, I could...

HIS SPEECH SLURS AND SLOWS

But the evidence is that they can be deadly,

and the neighbourhood teams have been working hard to try

and educate the public as to their danger.

Today, the team are about to take part in a very eye-catching stunt.

Only the principal and the head of the students' union

are in on the act.

Hi, Barry, you all right?

We think we've got a student in possession of drugs.

We think he's in the cafeteria. Go and have a look.

CHATTER

-Come and have a look at the far end.

-OK, yeah.

-We've received information that you're possibly in possession of drugs.

-OK.

That means that I'm going to search you under

Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. OK?

-This is Sergeant May, I'm PC Hays, OK?

-Mm-hm.

-Are you known to the police at all?

-No, I'm not.

-OK.

The police do a thorough search of the student in front

of his classmates. There's no privacy here...

..not even when the search turns up trumps.

-Connor, what are these?

-They're... They're legal highs.

-Legal highs. And what do they actually contain?

-I don't know.

OK, and why have you got legal highs on you?

-Because I'm selling them.

-You're selling them. OK.

So what has my colleague recovered from your sock, Connor?

-Erm... That's cannabis.

-All right. OK.

-Even though you said you didn't have anything on you?

-Yeah.

I'm now arresting you for possession of cannabis,

which is a Class B controlled drug.

I'm also arresting you on suspicion of possession of a controlled

-drug with intent to supply.

-School's out for this student,

as the police station replaces afternoon lessons.

Mind your head when you get in.

But all is not quite what it seems...

for the young man is guilty of nothing more

than teaming up with the police.

The stop, search and arrest have all been faked.

It's now time for the cuffs to come off.

-We've not brought a key.

-THEY LAUGH

There's no key.

This is quite uncomfortable, really.

You were shaking.

Dozens of students filmed the staged arrest on their phones and the

whole incident went viral, getting thousands of hits on YouTube.

We saw them taking photos as well.

There was two or three, just to the right-hand side,

as we walked in and started searching Connor.

They all got their mobiles out and started pictures of us.

It proper scared us. We weren't expecting it at all.

The police and the principal were running around.

It was a massive rush.

There was staff and there was cameras and there...

It was all a bit daunting.

It was during lunchtime, so there was a lot of people around...

And everyone was asking questions, "What's going on?"

We had the idea of a legal highs week,

which we'd have events like the arrest and other things,

to promote maybe...

the idea of legal highs and how they can be dangerous.

The experiences we've had, certainly in the North Lincolnshire area,

is young people can use legal highs,

and sometimes it's just get that message out about

the dangers associated with them and the problems that they can cause,

and what better place than a college?

It's really good cos the college are actually leading on it

and have asked us to be involved.

To think, if something like that happens, it is quite daunting.

You don't realise how something like that is quite

so serious as what it is.

That was my first altercation with the police and, hopefully,

it won't happen again.