0:00:02 > 0:00:04Neighbourhood policing has come a long way
0:00:04 > 0:00:07- since the days of Dixon of Dock Green.- Good evening, all.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10From inner-city estates to suburbia, this new generation
0:00:10 > 0:00:15of community police officers are on the front line.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Their aim is to develop a stronger bond with the community,
0:00:19 > 0:00:23crack down on the crimes taking place on your doorstep
0:00:23 > 0:00:27- and formulate fast action plans to take down the criminals.- I said no!
0:00:27 > 0:00:29I said yes.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31In this new series of Neighbourhood Blues,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34we go to the Humberside Police region
0:00:34 > 0:00:37and get exclusive access to 12 teams of Neighbourhood Police Officers,
0:00:37 > 0:00:42as they tackle the problems blighting local people...
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- No! I don't care!- Hey, hey!
0:00:45 > 0:00:49..and rise to the challenge of making the streets a safer place.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- Coming up...- Police!
0:01:16 > 0:01:20..the Neighbourhood Team crack down on the crack houses...
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- I'll say what I want, when I- BLEEP- want!
0:01:22 > 0:01:26..the spectre of teenage drinking rears its ugly head...
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Do you know where you are?
0:01:28 > 0:01:29- No.- Pardon?
0:01:29 > 0:01:33..and the motorcycle menace who decides to cut and run.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36See you later.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Neighbourhood policing is all about taking residents' concerns
0:01:44 > 0:01:46about crime where they live to heart.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Any complaint is listened to carefully and the police are
0:01:49 > 0:01:53prepared to respond with a strong show of force when it's needed.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Nowhere does this hit home harder than
0:01:56 > 0:01:59when they go after people who are turning a residential area
0:01:59 > 0:02:03into a magnet for others looking to hang out and take drugs.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Of all the complaints the Neighbourhood Police Team take,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09there's one that they know brings a neighbourhood down harder
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and faster than anything else, and that's drug dealing
0:02:12 > 0:02:15that takes place out of homes on housing estates and streets.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18It's a practice that the Neighbourhood Police Team
0:02:18 > 0:02:20are determined to stamp out.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23If you need drugs, it's just, like, you go round the corner and you've got them.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27It's, like, bad round here. Everything. And drug users.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30You find them a lot all round the parks and stuff
0:02:30 > 0:02:33when you're trying to have a good time out in town, but you can't
0:02:33 > 0:02:37because you've got, like, drunks and smackheads just loitering the place.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40I think it's everyone's responsibility to stand up
0:02:40 > 0:02:44and say if you see something, say something.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47If you actively choose, as an individual,
0:02:47 > 0:02:51to engage in drug dealing within the communities of Hull
0:02:51 > 0:02:53then you can expect to have your door go in, you can
0:02:53 > 0:02:56expect to be arrested and placed before the courts,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59cos we will not tolerate it, we'll not tolerate the drug dealing,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03we'll not tolerate the antisocial behaviour that comes with it
0:03:03 > 0:03:06and the criminality it brings. It's a blight on our communities.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10It's been said that an Englishman's home is his castle,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13but for the residents of one block of flats,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17their castle has been turned into a magnet for drug dealers and users.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20All manner of undesirable people have been seen by tenants
0:03:20 > 0:03:24going in and out of certain flats in the block.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25In addition to this,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29the whole building has begun to descend into total squalor.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32These tenant photographs record the urine,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35blood and faeces that have covered the communal areas.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39It makes getting through your front door a gut-wrenching experience
0:03:39 > 0:03:43and is a heartbreaking example of how drug abuse can destroy lives.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46These photographs have been a trigger for the Neighbourhood Team
0:03:46 > 0:03:48to take action.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51They've gathered information on two properties in the block
0:03:51 > 0:03:55that are suspected drug dens and a major raid awaits.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58We're going to do a drugs warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act
0:03:58 > 0:04:02in relation to recent intel, relating to class A drugs and cannabis.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05There are numerous visitors that may or may not be present
0:04:05 > 0:04:07when we get there.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10We've got 15 or so names, to be quite honest.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13The Neighbourhood Team prepare to execute a warrant that will
0:04:13 > 0:04:16hopefully go right to the heart of the problem.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21Drug users, all sorts of people, are frequenting flats within this
0:04:21 > 0:04:27block of flats, leaving faeces, needles, spoons, drug paraphernalia.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32The big red key makes swift work of the locked door.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- Police!- Police! Stay where you are!
0:04:35 > 0:04:37But is anyone at home?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- Clear!- Police!
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Two people are immediately arrested,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51but one swiftly takes umbrage at the unexpected police presence.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- My- BLEEP- flat! Get out!
0:04:55 > 0:04:57My flat! Get out!
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- We're not swearing at you, are we? - You keep a civil tongue with us, OK?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Listen to your friend.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11They're officers.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Trying to calm his friend down,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16the man seems only to add fuel to the fire.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- No! I couldn't give a- BLEEP.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- My- BLEEP- house! I'll say what I want, when I- BLEEP- want!
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- Just calm it down, fella. - Sooner you lot- BLEEP,- the better.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28As the search begins for drugs,
0:05:28 > 0:05:33evidence of drug taking is immediately apparent.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36There's obviously use going on in here, so...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38The needles would tend to suggest that.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Dog man's just clearing some of the stuff before he brings his dog in.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Cos he don't want his dog to get stabbed by a needle.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46One, I do not do needles.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Two, I've had a friend staying here and he's not here now.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53All right.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55The sniffer dog goes to work,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59immediately alert to the aromas in the room.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07An overturned mattress brings to light a number of needles
0:06:07 > 0:06:08and syringes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13- Got them?- Yeah.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Super.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18There's plenty of paraphernalia around.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21There's certainly been some drug use.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22There's loads of interest from him.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26But he hasn't nailed anything down, so we'll move on to the next room.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Police can apply to take over a property
0:06:29 > 0:06:32and close it down for at least three months if they have
0:06:32 > 0:06:36reasonable suspicion it's being used as a class A drugs den.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Crime scene investigators' photographs provide
0:06:39 > 0:06:43a portrait of drugs-dominated life in the flat...
0:06:43 > 0:06:46There's three needles, which were in the cistern.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49When I took it off, they fell into the sink.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53..contributing to the visual evidence that will be put in front
0:06:53 > 0:06:56of the court.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00In here, there's an uncapped needle. Plastic bags and things, which is
0:07:00 > 0:07:04what they use to wrap the drugs in, with the knots.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08There's bent spoons, there's casings from needles
0:07:08 > 0:07:11and things like that that are just laid about the place.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14It shows continuous use of drugs, really, drugs paraphernalia.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Maybe not so much dealing from the address,
0:07:16 > 0:07:19but certainly drug use at the address.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Medium to long-term now,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24we will be looking at liaising with the council,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27tenancy enforcement on the address, crack house closure,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30from our point of view, with a view to shutting the address down
0:07:30 > 0:07:33entirely and stopping the antisocial behaviour problems that go with it.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Before any class A drugs den can actually be
0:07:35 > 0:07:39closed by the police, a tenant has the opportunity to
0:07:39 > 0:07:43give his side of the story and challenge the seizure of their flat.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47But will this man attend his court hearing and fight for his home,
0:07:47 > 0:07:51or will the closure of this so-called crack house get the go ahead?
0:07:51 > 0:07:57Job done. Slight damage to the door, but nothing that's unrepairable.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Is the tide about to turn for the residents of this building?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05We find out later and follow another raid in a second flat
0:08:05 > 0:08:07in the same blighted block.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- Police!- Police!
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Teenage drinking is a problem in the UK, with almost
0:08:17 > 0:08:22half of teenagers admitting to have tried alcohol before they are 16.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Things which change people's behaviour, like alcohol,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30in extreme, which you see a lot of, with girls
0:08:30 > 0:08:35and guys' stag nights and stuff, which you get a lot of here,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38is dangerous to the people and dangerous to people around them,
0:08:38 > 0:08:39I think, you know.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43So, anything which changes your behaviour and makes you aggressive
0:08:43 > 0:08:47is dangerous and needs relatively more control, I think.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Well, like I say, I think a lot of them
0:08:49 > 0:08:53tend to get cheap drink before and drink a lot before they come out.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Then, as the pubs close, nightclubs open,
0:08:56 > 0:09:01and then they tend to be in groups, which can be very intimidating.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04And the problem, when it comes to girls,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07is feared to be escalating at an alarming rate,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10with teenage girls more likely to get drunk in the UK
0:09:10 > 0:09:13than almost anywhere else in the world.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17And it's a problem that can be found to strike at any time of day
0:09:17 > 0:09:18or night.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22We've had a report from a member of the public that there's
0:09:22 > 0:09:24a female laid out unconscious.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29PC Nikki Cammiss arrives at the scene, moments behind an ambulance.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- Do you know her?- No.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33No grown woman.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Unfortunately, this is a teenager, apparently out for the count.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Do you know where you are?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43As the paramedic checks her out, Nikki
0:09:43 > 0:09:47and her colleague Mark's mission is to get in touch with her family.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Quick search of Whisky One Five. She's approximately 14 years of age.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Can you just run her through the system,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54see if we've got an address for her?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56But trying to find out where the girl lives proves to be
0:09:56 > 0:09:58an unexpected hurdle.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03- Where does she live? - I don't know. Somewhere like- BLEEP.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Her mobile phone contents should be able to enlighten everyone.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09All that's needed is her password.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11What's the password for your phone?
0:10:11 > 0:10:15But the teenager seems way too far gone to assist the police.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22It's better out than in. Although the password remains elusive.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25It's important that a family member be found, otherwise the
0:10:25 > 0:10:29hospital won't be able to release her when she's ready to leave.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32One of her friends has a bit more light to shed on the situation.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- So where does her mum live? - Her mum is in Leeds.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38And she now lives with her sister in Wansford.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- Am I allowed to go with her? - Sorry, it's not my decision.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43It's up to them. Can you please try your phone again, please?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Yeah, I will. Course I will.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47The trouble is, the battery's now gone down on her phone.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I've left her for, like, half an hour, an hour...
0:10:49 > 0:10:53How can she be your best friend and you don't even know where she lives?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55No, right, we go to school together and that.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58She said that she were coming through on the train.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01So, that's what we've done, and then all of a sudden,
0:11:01 > 0:11:02she's turned out like this.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09I'm a police officer. I need to try and help you.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11I need you to tell me your pass number of your phone,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13so I can contact family.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Is the girl capable of helping the police yet?
0:11:16 > 0:11:23What's your password for your phone? What's your password for you'd phone?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25MUMBLES Pardon?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27MUMBLES INCOHERENTLY
0:11:27 > 0:11:29How do you spell that?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34She was completely comatosed.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38She'd wet herself, she was that intoxicated,
0:11:38 > 0:11:42and just being constantly sick. She can't communicate with us at all.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44And at the minute,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48we're really struggling to find any family for her.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Her friends, her so-called friends, don't seem to know a lot about her.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55They go out drinking bottles and litres of cider,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59not realising the sort of effect it's going to have on them,
0:11:59 > 0:12:03thinking that they'll be OK, and it's the same for me,
0:12:03 > 0:12:08one minute, you feel fine, and the next minute, you're drunk.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Back at the station, the girl's friends have vanished
0:12:12 > 0:12:15and it's left to Nikki to track down the teenager's home.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Hiya, it's Nikki Cammiss, police officer. Hiya.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20I'm wanting to trace...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22We've had a log this evening with a young 14-year-old
0:12:22 > 0:12:26heavily intoxicated, that she's had to go to hospital.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27That'll be brilliant.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Thanks a lot. Bye.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33We ring the emergency duty team and it goes through to a call taker,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36she'll take the details and somebody will ring me back.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39See what they can find on their systems. Fingers crossed.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43The police track down the man who supplied the alcohol
0:12:43 > 0:12:46and he was fined £90 and given a penalty notice for disorder.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55There are over 3,500 tethered horses and ponies in the country
0:12:55 > 0:12:58and although many of them are well cared for,
0:12:58 > 0:13:02the RSPCA receive over 25,000 calls a year from members of the public
0:13:02 > 0:13:06concerned about the wellbeing of these creatures.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10They should be there on site to ensure that the RSPCA
0:13:10 > 0:13:11can get through to the animals.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16When escaped horses need corralling, PCSOs Gerald Quinn
0:13:16 > 0:13:20and Andrea Humphrey have to put the neigh into neighbourhood policing.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24With a school nearby, nobody wants a stampede, however modest.
0:13:24 > 0:13:30You can hear at the moment how wet and damp the soil is.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35You can hear it. And how easy that is to come out.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38With the high winds we've had over the last few days,
0:13:38 > 0:13:43if the horses get spooked then they'll pull at the pegs
0:13:43 > 0:13:47and eventually it comes loose and then that's when they get loose
0:13:47 > 0:13:51and they can stray out onto the estate.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Tethering the horses is a walk in the park, compared to the challenge
0:13:54 > 0:13:58of figuring out just who owns these animals.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59When you get a call and you come,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02a lot of the time, we can just usher them back into a field
0:14:02 > 0:14:07and if we can find the peg, we can tether them down again.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10But actually trying to identify who owns the horse is the hardest part.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Sometimes you find people feeding them and you say,
0:14:13 > 0:14:17"Is this your horse?" And it's all like, "No, no.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19"We just come up and feed them,"
0:14:19 > 0:14:24and you struggle to get to the bottom of whose horse is whose.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27The Neighbourhood Beat Officer will have to delve deeper
0:14:27 > 0:14:30back at the station.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33You're starving, aren't you? Hey?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36The man who alerted the police has a little more light
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- to shed on the matter. - I don't mind seeing them out there.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42But you rang with the concern for the safety of both horses
0:14:42 > 0:14:44and getting out on the roads.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- Yeah, only because one was loose, like.- Yeah.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50The horses may be back in their field,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54but they've left a few reminders of last night's visit behind.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57We've got a problem now with horse waste, fouling the area as well,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01which obviously isn't going to go down well with the residents either.
0:15:01 > 0:15:07We are going to look at possibly sorting out with the council
0:15:07 > 0:15:12who owns the land to get the fence sorted
0:15:12 > 0:15:17to try and reduce later issues of the horses coming loose.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22The horse was taken into the care of the RSPCA
0:15:22 > 0:15:26and has found a new home at a local horse sanctuary.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Find out later how the team get called to rescue another
0:15:32 > 0:15:36tethered horse that is showing signs of serious neglect.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Police have raided a suspected crack house den
0:15:44 > 0:15:47and applied to the court to take possession of the flat.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53- Police!- Police!- I'll say what I want, when I- BLEEP- want!
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Has the tenant persuaded the judge that the seizure isn't justified,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00or will the police be able to close it down and put a stop
0:16:00 > 0:16:04to the antisocial behaviour that's ruining the lives of neighbours?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Heading off to meet the tenants,
0:16:05 > 0:16:09the Neighbourhood Team are hoping to kill two birds with one stone and
0:16:09 > 0:16:13execute a second search warrant for another flat in the same building.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19The resident's determination to fight back has caught
0:16:19 > 0:16:23the imagination of both the local newspaper and the general press.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27A photographer from the local paper catches the action on today's
0:16:27 > 0:16:29new raid.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- Police!- Police! Stay where you are!
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Clear. Clear.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Clear. Clear.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Clear.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48It's not in there.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57This time, nobody's at home, but with the telly on,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01it looks like somebody might just have made a quick getaway.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- The bedroom... What else you got? - Bathroom.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06There's a kitchen off there. And that's your lot.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Just a bedroom that's a bit of a state.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Back at the first flat, it turns out that the tenant did not
0:17:11 > 0:17:15appear in court to fight the seizure of his property.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18With the matter uncontested, the police can evict the man
0:17:18 > 0:17:20and take control of the property,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24bringing the curtains down on its unsavoury life as a crack house.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:17:26 > 0:17:30As ever, though, nothing's quite as simple as it might be.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32You can't find the key?
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Don't worry, let me assist you, then.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Do you want to move away from the door?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Are you stood well away from it?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Hello, Mr- BLEEP.- Hello. - I spoke to you last night.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- How are you? All right? - Yeah, not bad.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58I advised you to come to court this morning at ten o'clock.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01You didn't turn up. So the courts have heard it in your absence
0:18:01 > 0:18:04and we're now taking your flat into possession, all right?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Now it becomes the possession of Humberside Police.- Right. OK.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- Do you understand that?- Yeah, right.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Now you're being served with a notice
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and we'll escort you from the premises and we'll steel it back up.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- Do you understand that?- Yeah.- OK.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21This flat has been used mainly as a place to go and shoot up the drugs.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25They'll go to the flats higher up the building, get the drugs,
0:18:25 > 0:18:29knock on this gent's door, he's quite welcoming, he lets them in,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33they go and inject and they go on their merry way again.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Maybe do a bit of shoplifting to fund the next hit.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Quite a lot of the street drinkers used to come here,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42sell their stolen goods.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Quite a den of iniquity, really, or it was.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47- Are you done with this now?- Yeah.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Would you like to follow us this way and we'll...
0:18:50 > 0:18:54The police will now try to assist the man in seeking the support
0:18:54 > 0:18:57of drug services with a view to him being helped and rehoused.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01One crack house down, one to go.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04There's not actually drugs there,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07it's just how sensitive their noses are, picking things up.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11The second flat is littered with yet more drug taking paraphernalia.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Basically they use liquid in there... They have...
0:19:16 > 0:19:20They put something on the top, cos there's something missing from that.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22And then they tug on that.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26It changes substance in the water, I suppose, and they smoke it.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29No added sugar, that's the healthy option!
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Successfully closing one crack house
0:19:31 > 0:19:34and raiding another sends a strong message that this
0:19:34 > 0:19:38kind of antisocial behaviour will no longer be tolerated.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41But the real proof in the pudding for the Neighbourhood Police Teams
0:19:41 > 0:19:44is the reaction of the residents who got them involved
0:19:44 > 0:19:46in the first place.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49It's their homes that were being blighted by the drug taking
0:19:49 > 0:19:52and they who will ultimately deliver the verdict as to whether or not
0:19:52 > 0:19:56the police have responded to their concerns adequately.
0:19:56 > 0:19:5999% law-abiding citizens.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Like we said at the last meeting, let's draw a line under that
0:20:01 > 0:20:04and let's move forward as to how we're going to do it.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- You've acknowledged there's been a lot of progress in the last few weeks.- Absolutely.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11So, let's keep on that same vein and focus on going forward,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15rather than actually dwelling too much on what's happened before.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20With two flats busted, there's hope yet for a return to home sweet home.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23So, is there anything else that anybody's got for us
0:20:23 > 0:20:25before we clear off? APPLAUSE
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Neither male was arrested, as no drugs were found on the premises.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Despite no drugs being found, drugs paraphernalia, dealing bags
0:20:42 > 0:20:47and scales were found throughout the flat, which gave the police
0:20:47 > 0:20:51power to close it down as a crack house and the tenants were evicted.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01Antisocial behaviour caused by teenagers used to account for
0:21:01 > 0:21:04almost a third of complaints received on Humberside,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07but hard work and tough action has seen this figure drop dramatically,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10but there will always be a handful of youths
0:21:10 > 0:21:14looking to break the law and sometimes run from it.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Off-road motorbikes raced around wastelands
0:21:19 > 0:21:23and backstreets are a noisy and dangerous nuisance.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26The team have taken several calls from neighbours who have
0:21:26 > 0:21:28reported seeing a teenager
0:21:28 > 0:21:32tearing around the streets on a scrambler, not wearing a helmet.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37Sam Chandler and Jackie Creasy are on their way to investigate.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41There's a possible stolen motorbike just on Chomley Street,
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Bachelor Street area, which is the area we're just coming into.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Apparently there's a male on the bike, not wearing a helmet,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52so we're just going to see whether we can find it
0:21:52 > 0:21:55and maybe identify who the person is on the bike.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Yeah, we can hear the bike now.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01The sound of the bike engine can be heard in the distance
0:22:01 > 0:22:04and Sam and Jackie pick up the pace and head in its direction.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09- They spot the bike and the lad and call him over.- Stop where you are.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Stop where you are! Stop where you are.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Right, just come over here, please.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24With the boy dismounted, Sam sets about getting his details.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28He doesn't seem to be worried that he's in hot water with the police,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31only what's going to happen to the bike.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Don't know yet. Got to do some checks on you.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37For a start, you've got no helmet on.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- Sam breaks him the bad news. - Looks like it's going to be seized.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Papa Victor Three Three Two XH.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49The call is put in for a van to be brought to the scene
0:22:49 > 0:22:52so the bike can be impounded, but there's another problem.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57None of the details the boy is giving the police are marrying up.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59A small group of boys has gathered to watch
0:22:59 > 0:23:03what could be about to turn into an arrest.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Their presence provides the distraction the lad thinks he needs
0:23:07 > 0:23:10and he legs it from the police.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Sam and Jackie give chase, but the light-footed lad is gone for dust.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19And they get more bad news over the radio.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22One of the onlookers has decided to take the seized motorcycle
0:23:22 > 0:23:24for themselves.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Scouring the streets, they ask passer-bys
0:23:27 > 0:23:30if they've seen the young fugitive.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- Up there.- A kid in a blue top?- But there's a small piece of good news.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37The bike has been picked up by another police officer
0:23:37 > 0:23:41on patrol, along with the man who took it.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46He was just here with the bike when I got here, but...
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Can't see. Yeah, think so.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Now Sam has had time to catch her breath,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54she reflects on just what happened.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56This is the guy that took the bike, yeah.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59This isn't the runner, the one that was on the bike originally
0:23:59 > 0:24:02made off down Queensgate Street. I've got all of his details.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Whilst I was waiting for a patrol, he decided to do a runner
0:24:06 > 0:24:09and this guy that was stood talking to us,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12he was with somebody else, and together,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15they obviously took the bike and went off in the opposite direction.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Have you done a check on the bike yet?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Not on the bike, I've got no VRM, or anything.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I've done a check on the person with the bike.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26He's got no licence, no driving insurance, he had no helmet on.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28So I've got all his details.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30The man in the car has plenty to say,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34but none of it is much use to the police investigation.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39- Just keep your hands still.- Hey! I know who it was, but I'm no grass!
0:24:39 > 0:24:42I ain't no grass. Aren't going to grass them up, am I?
0:24:42 > 0:24:47He was in one of them back gardens when we both ran.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48- I just ran, cos I thought,- BLEEP...
0:24:48 > 0:24:52As more officers arrive on the scene, Sam provides them
0:24:52 > 0:24:54with all the information she's gathered on the lad who ran away,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57so that they can go to his home and arrest him.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Obviously, this one has been detained,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03and he was the one that took the bike, apparently.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05- What an idiot.- It's great, isn't it?
0:25:06 > 0:25:10And Sam spots the real reason why he had to make his getaway on foot
0:25:10 > 0:25:12and not on his wheels.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16Luckily, or unluckily for the offender, the seat fell off.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Normally, it's quite hard to stop somebody on a motorbike.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22They just make off when they see us. But, in this case,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I don't think he had much choice, really. He couldn't have got
0:25:25 > 0:25:28very far with the seat like that. So, what we're going to do now,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31we're going to deal with slow time, so, obviously, we know about
0:25:31 > 0:25:33the males involved, we've got their details and everything,
0:25:33 > 0:25:37we're going to do some further checks, see whether the bike's been stolen or not.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39And, at the minute,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42we're just waiting for recovery of the motorbike, so it'll get taken to
0:25:42 > 0:25:46a recovery agent and then we'll get VIB to look at the bike as well.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50No charges have been brought against those involved in the incident
0:25:50 > 0:25:53but police have stepped up patrols to ensure motorcycle menaces
0:25:53 > 0:25:56are kept off the roads and the pavements.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Tethered horses are a feature of fields
0:26:02 > 0:26:05all across the northeast of England.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Many of them are owned by travellers who feel
0:26:07 > 0:26:10they have a right to keep and raise the animals in this tradition.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14However, sometimes these horses can escape and wreak havoc,
0:26:14 > 0:26:18meaning the police and RSPCA have to be called to the rescue.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21On a daily basis, people report horses which they believe
0:26:21 > 0:26:24to be mistreated, as has happened today.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28The RSPCA has responded to complaints from the public
0:26:28 > 0:26:31about a tethered horse that is covered in lacerations.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34On investigating the animal's condition,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37the RSPCA officers have been abused by bystanders
0:26:37 > 0:26:41so the police have been called in to protect them and the horse.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I think it's wrapped itself round, got into a bit of a distressed state,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47that's the report from the member of the public, anyway.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Likelihood is the horse belongs to one of the local travellers.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57RSPCA have asked if we can go down, just make sure that no travellers
0:26:57 > 0:26:59come down, or anyone else, for that matter,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02and give the RSPCA a bit of grief.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Neil Brewer and Stuart Tovey are on their way to assist.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10The RSPCA don't have legal powers to seize the horse, which is
0:27:10 > 0:27:11why the police are also needed.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Fire and Rescue are here.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16They've obviously facilitated the safe removal of the horse.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17It's in the back of that wagon,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21waiting to be stabled somewhere for further enquiries.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25- I'm assuming it's been stuck at least all night.- Right.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28It's got a nasty injury to the back of its head
0:27:28 > 0:27:30where it was tethered really tightly.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32And it's wound itself round this tree
0:27:32 > 0:27:36so much that the head collar is just like a saw on the back.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41So, yeah, it's all open at the back. That and the feet are very bad.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44I think they've tried to hammer the shoes on themselves.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53Gareth Walker, the force's resident dangerous dog expert,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55is about to turn equine expert
0:27:55 > 0:27:59by arriving on the scene with the relevant paperwork.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Best outcome is that PC Walker gets here as soon as possible before...
0:28:02 > 0:28:06- Yes.- ..before the rightful owners come...- You have to stay!
0:28:06 > 0:28:08..before the rightful owners come and want a bit of a scrap.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Now that my firemen have gone, you're my new security.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Thanks for that, yeah.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Sarah Kenwood of the RSPCA acknowledges that
0:28:18 > 0:28:20most of the travellers make good owners.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Some of them take fantastic care of them, and they're always
0:28:23 > 0:28:26tethered correctly, and it's always done properly, and it's fantastic.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- And then you get the rest.- You always get the exception to the rule,
0:28:29 > 0:28:33which gives every other horse owner a bad name, doesn't it?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37The seriousness of the mare's injuries
0:28:37 > 0:28:39is about to become apparent.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Certainly a bit of a beast, this one.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46All of this is all infected. At the top here, that's all cut open.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- That's quite a nasty one, isn't it? - Yes.- It is very pus-y.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Yeah, and it's like it right the way around,
0:28:51 > 0:28:53where the head collar's gone too tight,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56and it's just cut it right in.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- So that is about half an inch deep. - That's not happened overnight.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04- No...- She'll be in quite some pain. - Yes, but it is quite nasty.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07The feet... It's not even been held on with anything.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10The minute we get her back to the boarding facility,
0:29:10 > 0:29:12they'll come straight off. That'll get treated straightaway.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16On Gareth's arrival, he needs to confirm there has been
0:29:16 > 0:29:20a breach of the Animal Welfare Act before he can seize the horse.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- It's got an injury to the head.- OK.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Its feet are horrific and, obviously,
0:29:24 > 0:29:28it was tied around trees, which is not helpful.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31The legislation clearly states it is unlawful to be cruel
0:29:31 > 0:29:35to an animal or neglect its welfare. When this does happen,
0:29:35 > 0:29:38the Neighbourhood Teams are always there to support the RSPCA
0:29:38 > 0:29:41and ensure the animals are brought to safekeeping,
0:29:41 > 0:29:45and that the owners face the consequences for their mistreatment.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50The horse was taken into the care of the RSPCA
0:29:50 > 0:29:53and has found a new home at a local horse sanctuary.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03It's every parent's greatest nightmare for a child to go missing,
0:30:03 > 0:30:06and the Neighbourhood Team are always quick to respond to
0:30:06 > 0:30:10any call from a worried mother about the whereabouts of their child.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17More than 100,000 teenagers under 16 run away from home every year.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22Many do so after experiencing problems at home or at school.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26Whilst most return safely, others take to living on the streets
0:30:26 > 0:30:29and are subjected to all the dangers inherent in doing so.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Today, in Hull city centre, the Neighbourhood Team have taken
0:30:33 > 0:30:37a call from a worried mum whose 15-year-old daughter
0:30:37 > 0:30:40has failed to return home after leaving the previous night.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42The girl has a history of running away
0:30:42 > 0:30:46but, this time, Mum is worried that the situation may be more serious.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50We was dispatched to an address on Melrose Street just to do
0:30:50 > 0:30:53an address check for a missing 15-year-old girl.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57Jason has worked this patch of the city since he joined the force
0:30:57 > 0:31:00eight years ago, so has developed good links with the community
0:31:00 > 0:31:03who he hopes can help him with his search.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06I've got good relationships with people that have been there
0:31:06 > 0:31:10for a lot of years, and a lot of the new residents as well.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12I like to be known.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16I go into the local school, I'm known as PC Jason there.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Whenever they see me walking past, when they're in playtime,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23they come running to the gate, shouting my name.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28And a lot of the adults, when they ring up with a problem,
0:31:28 > 0:31:30a lot of the time they will quote that they know me
0:31:30 > 0:31:33and specifically ask for me to go around and try and help them...
0:31:33 > 0:31:35help them deal with their problem.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38His contacts in the neighbourhood have told Jason that the girl
0:31:38 > 0:31:41is hiding out at a friend's home.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44On arriving at the house, Jason doesn't expect his knock at the door
0:31:44 > 0:31:47to see the girl come out and greet him like this.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Now, then, coming back?
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Despite the girl's protests,
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Jason is determined to return the girl to her worried mother.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Let's go jump in the van and we'll take you home.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- I'm not sitting in the back. - I'm going to take you home,
0:32:03 > 0:32:05just so she knows that you are safe.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07And then can you drop me off?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Well, we're not a taxi, are we, Denon?
0:32:10 > 0:32:14- Just one minute.- These are the dog ones, these ones, aren't they?
0:32:14 > 0:32:15All right?
0:32:19 > 0:32:26We've got Denon on board, but again she's asking not to be returned home.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29She's asking if she can be dropped off at St Stephen's
0:32:29 > 0:32:32and just let her mum know that she's safe and well.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Whilst the girl may seem totally unfazed by the situation,
0:32:36 > 0:32:38as Jason arrives at the family home,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41for Mum, it's a totally different story.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46- I've got your daughter on board. - Thank you.- It's all right, relax.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- Is she safe?- She's safe. - Nothing's happened to her, has it?
0:32:49 > 0:32:53No, she's absolutely fine. She's her normal self.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55The girl's mother hasn't slept all night
0:32:55 > 0:32:57worrying about the whereabouts of her daughter.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59I just can't get a grip of her.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02I mean, she's not abused, she's not neglected.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05She was saying she wanted to go stay with her uncle or something
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- last time I was with her. - She knows she's in trouble.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10It's now time for Steve to take the girl in.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17Let's go inside.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- Mum, please. - Let's go in and talk to your mum.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28The team now decide it's time to give the girl a good talking to,
0:33:28 > 0:33:31not only to highlight the stress she's causing her mother,
0:33:31 > 0:33:34but also the dangers out there on the streets.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38My main concern is that once you're out there, at 15,
0:33:38 > 0:33:39you don't realise how dangerous it is.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42All sorts of things can happen to you out there, all right?
0:33:42 > 0:33:43Not a problem.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48On returning to the station, Steve reflects on the problems that
0:33:48 > 0:33:51families face when it comes to youngsters running away.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53It would appear that...
0:33:54 > 0:33:58..Denon's got some friends who are of a similar mind,
0:33:58 > 0:34:02and they're basically going to other people's flats and houses,
0:34:02 > 0:34:04missing appointments for school,
0:34:04 > 0:34:09just generally not adhering to... some sort of regime, shall I say.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13And that was basically debrief.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15She's deposited safe and well with Mam now.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18The Neighbourhood Team will continue to provide the family with support
0:34:18 > 0:34:21and be on hand should they experience
0:34:21 > 0:34:23any problems in the future.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25All in all, quite a good morning.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Whenever teenage lads pass their driving test
0:34:31 > 0:34:35and win the right to their first set of car keys, the police can be
0:34:35 > 0:34:39sure to always find a few looking to show off to their friends.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43Over in Humberside, a clamp-down has seen these hot rodders
0:34:43 > 0:34:45all but driven from the roads.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48But this doesn't mean that some lads wouldn't go to any lengths to find
0:34:48 > 0:34:53a patch of land to show off their driving skills, or lack of them.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Tonight, Richard Bastiman and is making a drive-by
0:34:55 > 0:34:59of a well-known spot that boy racers are known to frequent.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02When he sees a set of headlights on getting out of his car,
0:35:02 > 0:35:04his suspicions are confirmed.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08There's a lad in a motor down there, but he's not burning rubber.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09He's stuck in the mud.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- Is this the road?- No.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15- Whose car is it?- Mine.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- Yours?- Yeah.- Just... Just put it through the system.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21The car licence plates are run through the police computer
0:35:21 > 0:35:25whilst Richard takes a closer look. But it's slippery going underfoot.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- My God! - Yeah, I wouldn't go down there!
0:35:31 > 0:35:33So, have you caused all of this, then?
0:35:33 > 0:35:35No, as I say, that was there before.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40This isn't the first time a car's fought a losing battle here,
0:35:40 > 0:35:42as plenty of other churned up tracks indicate.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45I'll be straight with you. The problem you've got is,
0:35:45 > 0:35:48and I appreciate your vehicle's stuck,
0:35:48 > 0:35:52but, you know, you've been technically causing harassment and
0:35:52 > 0:35:55distress with your vehicle by doing whatever you've been doing on here.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59- You shouldn't be on here.- Yeah, I know. I mean, now I wish I weren't.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02This is a place where people come to walk their dog.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05It's not appropriate for doing stuff like this.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08What I was doing was, I was doing a bit of light off-roading.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11And I came over here, I see this hill,
0:36:11 > 0:36:15I tried to get out and it's just a bit too boggy, really.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20The car got stuck. We've been here a good hour just trying to get it out.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23And you guys came along, thought you could save us and...
0:36:24 > 0:36:25Apparently not.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Right, I'm going to need to speak to you in my car.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32And any thoughts he had about the police coming to his rescue
0:36:32 > 0:36:35are dispelled when he's asked to step inside the police car.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38The lad could see himself charged with what's known as
0:36:38 > 0:36:42antisocial driving behaviour, which could lead to points, or even a ban.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46I'm now going to report you for being off-road in a vehicle
0:36:46 > 0:36:49and any other offences disclosed, do you understand?
0:36:52 > 0:36:57I don't want to be harsh with you, but, you know... It's a bit silly.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59A formal warning will be issued tomorrow
0:36:59 > 0:37:01when a proper interview can take place.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05The challenge now, however, is getting the car back on the road.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07The only car that drove past in the hour was a police car.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10And to do this, he needs to put in the call to someone
0:37:10 > 0:37:12who's none too happy with the news.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Someone arrives on the scene with a 4x4 and a tow rope to haul
0:37:18 > 0:37:20the boys' wheels from the mud and onto the road.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30ENGINE REVS
0:37:33 > 0:37:36The car may be out of the mud but, for the lad,
0:37:36 > 0:37:38he's not out of trouble.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41When he gets home, he not only has to face the music,
0:37:41 > 0:37:46but he also gets another visit from the Neighbourhood Police Team.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Obviously you were off-roading, so that is part of the section 59.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57It goes on the system for a year against you and the vehicle.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00If you were to drive like that again,
0:38:00 > 0:38:02we do have the power to seize your vehicle.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07If you sign there, we'll give you a copy of that.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11But the police are satisfied that the message has gotten through
0:38:11 > 0:38:14to the lad, and he's sure to be more responsible
0:38:14 > 0:38:17when he gets behind the wheel of his vehicle next time.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19By the look of him, I think he's...
0:38:19 > 0:38:22he's had a right good telling off from his mum as well.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25So I don't think he'll be doing that again.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Police Community Support Officer 7688 Metheringham.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Richard Metheringham. Also known as Mev.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38PCSO Mev joins colleagues Jacky Cressey
0:38:38 > 0:38:41and Lindsay Hall-Miell in rehearsals for an up-and-coming
0:38:41 > 0:38:44school presentation about policing during World War I.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46People did not welcome the new police force,
0:38:46 > 0:38:51and gave them names such as Blue Devils and Peel's Bloody Gang.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Armed with a treasure chest of special props,
0:38:55 > 0:38:59including an actual murder weapon from 100 years ago,
0:38:59 > 0:39:02the PCSOs visit Hull's Boulevard Academy
0:39:02 > 0:39:05for a special hands-on class.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Today, we're here at the Boulevard Academy, and we're here to speak
0:39:10 > 0:39:13to the children about policing throughout World War I.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17The children are actually studying the world war
0:39:17 > 0:39:20and we thought it would be nice for us to come in and give a bit of a demonstration,
0:39:20 > 0:39:23and talk to them about what the police did during that time.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30PCSO Metheringham has very kindly offered to come dressed
0:39:30 > 0:39:34in uniform from that era, and demonstrate a lot
0:39:34 > 0:39:36of the products to the children,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38so that it's not just us talking to them,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41it gets the children involved in the presentation as well.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- Good morning, everyone. - CHILDREN: Good morning.
0:39:44 > 0:39:50Right, so in 1829, a person called Robert Peel,
0:39:50 > 0:39:53he actually set up the London Police Force.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Later on, the Chimney Pot hat was replaced by a helmet.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04And the rattle was replaced by a whistle.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09HE BLOWS THE WHISTLE
0:40:09 > 0:40:13It's time for a Q&A, and there's no shortage of questions
0:40:13 > 0:40:16about crimes, past and present, from the young students.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19What do you think is the most common crime today?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22I know in the World War I days, it was drunken.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26I'd probably say drunk and disorderly is still quite big.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30It's now time to help history come to life - and death -
0:40:30 > 0:40:32with some grisly props.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35What do people think that's been used for?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37You said murder? Absolutely.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41It would have been around 1915 to 1920, somewhere in that era,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44and this has actually killed someone.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Obviously, we've done all our forensics since then,
0:40:47 > 0:40:48because it's been quite a while.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51It's a cutlass.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55I would hand it out, but it's very sharp and you may lose fingers.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00The class leap on the opportunity to get up close and personal
0:41:00 > 0:41:03with a selection of original artefacts and equipment.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Imagine carrying that around with you all the time.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10The children, seeing objects like that coming into the school,
0:41:10 > 0:41:12things they don't see every day,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15you've seen yourself how engaged and infused they were by that,
0:41:15 > 0:41:18and still are now, as you can hear, so yeah, it's absolutely fantastic.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Who can resist an actual World War I gas mask,
0:41:22 > 0:41:26or an "evening all" moment with an original truncheon?
0:41:26 > 0:41:30The children's verdict on the presentation is unanimous.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Two thumbs up.
0:41:32 > 0:41:37I think what they told us was great. I learnt a lot from it as well.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39WHISTLE BLOWS
0:41:39 > 0:41:42The thing I found most interesting was the bit
0:41:42 > 0:41:45when they were showing the items off that they had.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Yeah, I find it very interesting
0:41:50 > 0:41:53because I want to know what the people before us did
0:41:53 > 0:41:54and what we could do...
0:41:54 > 0:41:57For example, if there was something bad,
0:41:57 > 0:42:00I want to know what we can do to not repeat it.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Instead of them looking at pieces of paper
0:42:03 > 0:42:08and getting everything told to them, and not getting a feel for it,
0:42:08 > 0:42:10and then the old smells from some of the things we had,
0:42:10 > 0:42:14like the gas masks, all the sense, it takes you back to
0:42:14 > 0:42:15when they were being used for real.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18And this isn't sort of out of the ordinary for us.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21We actually do visit the school on quite a regular basis,
0:42:21 > 0:42:22so we do get to know the children.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25And it's just building up that relationship with the children,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28so that they can approach us if there are any problems.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30And getting to know them better,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33and break down any barriers between the police and schools.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Very different day for me.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38I'm quite hands on and action type on the area which I cover.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40It's very diverse in everything I do.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44But this is really nice, back to basics, community-based,
0:42:44 > 0:42:46which is what I signed up for.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48You know, getting to know the kids in the local areas.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52And they get to know an old-fashioned policeman as well. Which is my style.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56And it's now left for our modern-day Dixons of Dock Green
0:42:56 > 0:42:58to go back on their own beat.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Mev doesn't want to take that hat off, does he?
0:43:02 > 0:43:03Can't help it if I look good.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05THEY LAUGH