0:00:02 > 0:00:04This time on Police 24/7...
0:00:05 > 0:00:09Crime Scene Investigator Joey is looking for clues.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12I don't see how you can examine a crime scene
0:00:12 > 0:00:15if you are not getting into that mindset of that criminal.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18It's a proud day for the Chief Constable.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:23And new recruit Stacey gets a grilling
0:00:23 > 0:00:25on her first day in uniform.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28I hope she's got a boyfriend cos she'll make a lovely little wife,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31- I'm sure. - I might find my Prince Charming.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37This is a week in the life of the largest police force in Wales.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Seven days of action with the cops on the street
0:00:42 > 0:00:45and the criminals that they try to beat.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49This is Police 24/7.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58The Gurnos Estate in Merthyr Tydfil.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02On our right there is the Gurnos Social Club.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05And neighbourhood police officer Steve Pace
0:01:05 > 0:01:08is off to check on a car that's been bothering some local residents.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10CHILDREN CHATTER
0:01:10 > 0:01:12KNOCKING ON WINDOW
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- Hello?- All right, bud? How are you?- All right.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19- Is this your car, is it?- Yes. - It is?- Yes.- You've got...
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Who's is that in the back? - That's my bed.- Is it?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25What's your full name, then? INAUDIBLE.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- Where are you living to at the moment?- In here.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- Is it?- Yeah.- So NFA at the moment? - NFA, in the car.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35David is currently camping out in his car.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37It's parked on the public highway,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40so PC Pace needs to carry out some vehicle checks.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Yeah, that's received. Is that all? Over.
0:01:43 > 0:01:49Well, you can't leave it on a public place with no MOT.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- CHILDREN SHOUT And with no insurance.- Don't need it.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53HE SPEAKS QUICKLY, VOICE MUFFLED
0:01:55 > 0:01:57That's his home.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59It's not up to me. It reflects the law.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01He's got no insurance and no MOT.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03'So I'm going to get it recovered.'
0:02:03 > 0:02:06It looks like David's going to lose his temporary home.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Well, people have been telling me it's been there days.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11It's only been there this morning!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13That's my car. It's the only thing I've got!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I bought that genuine and it was in that drive there
0:02:17 > 0:02:18and I've put it over there.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23The car will be impounded at a local garage.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26And David's not happy.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Take it.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Take it.- All right, Dai.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Never mind, "All right, Dai"! I'm going to take that for an MOT.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37You're making me...
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I'm not making you do anything!
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Yeah, you being funny. You took my keys and said you'd give them back.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I did give you your house keys and whatever else was back on there.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- No, my car keys back! - All right. All right, David.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50I've been tidy.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52'The gentleman has got a dislike for me now,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55'so I'll stand back while my colleagues talk to him.'
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Unfortunately, I don't have a solution to him having no home.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01'Just a bit sad, really.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04'But you've got to treat everybody the same.'
0:03:08 > 0:03:13Steve Pace joined South Wales Police after 24 years in the RAF.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17He's now starting to feel quite at home on the Gurnos Estate.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20It reminds me of where I grew up.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I come from a town in Harlow...
0:03:24 > 0:03:25..um, in Essex.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30So I think I can kind of relate to a lot of the people I deal with here,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33because I had a similar upbringing, um,
0:03:33 > 0:03:37funded by the state, on benefits, living in social housing.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45South Wales Police protects over one million people.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49And its HQ is in Bridgend.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Reporting for duty this morning is the man at the top,
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Chief Constable Peter Vaughan.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- Good morning. How are you? - Good, thanks. You OK?- Yeah, not bad.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04- Good.- You don't mind the cameras? - No, I was born to be on camera, sir.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- Aw, I always knew it.- Yeah! - THEY LAUGH
0:04:08 > 0:04:11The chief started out with the force 30 years ago.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15I'm really proud of that. I'm one of the few people in the country
0:04:15 > 0:04:17that's done every rank within South Wales Police.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21445, my original number, when I got posted to the Rhondda,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24um, Sergeant, Inspector,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Chief Inspector, and underneath it is where I worked
0:04:27 > 0:04:30and it's all across the force area.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34This morning, Mr Vaughan is getting ready for a very important ceremony.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40My wife thought it was a fantastic idea to, er, to get a cat,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43which turned into two cats, um,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46which was, again, another fantastic idea
0:04:46 > 0:04:49until she decided she wanted white cats.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50So, um...
0:04:50 > 0:04:54I end up with a bit of Oscar and Bella on me wherever I go now.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07Today, 70 Police Community Support Officers, PCSOs,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10are taking part in their passing out ceremony
0:05:10 > 0:05:12to mark the end of their training.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17PCSOs, they haven't been with us that long. 2002.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Um, and almost straightaway, they got universal acceptance
0:05:20 > 0:05:24and people within each of the communities have grown to love them.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26They're now an essential part
0:05:26 > 0:05:29of the way that we police our neighbourhoods.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Congratulations, llongyfarchiadau,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34and the best of luck for the next phase of your careers.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Thank you very much indeed.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40First up is Stacey Bolton.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44She'll be posted to the same area
0:05:44 > 0:05:46where the chief constable himself started out.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Well done.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Are they sending you to Maerdy? - Yeah.- Good.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- I've had all the practice in Ton Pentre.- Yeah, yeah.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Well, I did that. I started in Ton Pentre
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- and then went to Ferndale and Maerdy to work.- Ah!
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- So it's, um... - Following in your footsteps.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07There we are. There's a chance. THEY LAUGH
0:06:09 > 0:06:11The lovely thing about the police service is,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13if you've got the skills and ability, you'll get on.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Yeah, we could have met the next chief constable...
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Not the next chief constable of South Wales Police,
0:06:17 > 0:06:18but in a few years' time.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23South Wales Police, what's your emergency?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26This is the emergency line. You've rung 999. Can I help you?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30The Public Service Centre at Bridgend HQ
0:06:30 > 0:06:34takes nearly 2,000 calls for help each day.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Right, who's got a knife?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Who is armed with a knife, please?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44350 staff work here 24/7.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Did you say they've smeared excrement on the car?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49'You get some strange calls.'
0:06:49 > 0:06:50You get some serious calls
0:06:50 > 0:06:53and you get some light-hearted calls as well, you know.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Do you actually know if the cow is, er, still alive or if it's dead?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Just to make you aware, units are diverted in relation to this.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02The task incident...
0:07:02 > 0:07:07Nicole Johns has spent the past 17 years working as a call operator.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10November Lima 3-0. 3-0, over.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Today, she's assisting a response team in Merthyr,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18where there's been a burglary and the suspects are on the run.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22WL to all units, observation's requested for an orange Focus.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25It's just left Robertstown heading towards Swansea Road in Merthyr.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Allegation is stolen items in the vehicle.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Any unit can respond? Over.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33November Lima 1-0, WL.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Sergeant Tim Morgan and PC Kelly Pugh
0:07:36 > 0:07:39are now on the hunt for the wanted car.
0:07:39 > 0:07:431-0, what's the last position, please, it was sighted?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46It's just been sighted A465 eastbound towards the roundabout.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Believed to have stolen goods in the vehicle. Over.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Yeah, Roger, we're coming up the A470 northbound,
0:07:52 > 0:07:53so we'll make it a search
0:07:53 > 0:07:56when we turn right onto the Heads of Valleys now.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59November Tango 4-6, are you able to try and catch it up?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Don't engage in a pursuit of it.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Just round the corner.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06With the assistance of another unit, the vehicle has been tracked down.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Get one in the, um... Get one in the van.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Come with me.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19The men are suspected of the theft of two laptop computers.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21For information, this male has previously
0:08:21 > 0:08:23tried to bite an officer upon arrest.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Yes, yes, we're all in order.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Three males just being searched now. Stand by. Over.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Sergeant Morgan's priority now is to find the stolen laptops.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36But Nicole's job is done.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38It was good, because we didn't have a lot to go on,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40just an orange Focus and a partial registration,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42so it was a bit of a needle in a haystack, really,
0:08:42 > 0:08:46but we had a lot of officers coming from different locations,
0:08:46 > 0:08:50a traffic unit and also a lot of neighbourhood units
0:08:50 > 0:08:54that knew the male responsible, so they knew where he might be going,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57so they went in from each angle and they did find him.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01The hunt for the laptops continues.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11It's the first day in her new role for rookie PCSO Stacey Bolton.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Based in the Rhondda... - HORN TOOTS
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Morning!
0:09:16 > 0:09:20..her mentor for the next eight weeks is PCSO Lee Clark.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24So this is Maerdy, Stace. Have you, er, been here before at all?
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- I came up here briefly this morning, when I got lost on my way in.- Oh!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- And I had to turn round and come back.- How far did you go?
0:09:31 > 0:09:34I got to just about the corner and I had to turn round.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35It's the best place to work.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38The people here are fantastic, in fairness, they really are.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42Stacey's new job is
0:09:42 > 0:09:46all about engaging with the community on the front line.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53What better way than meeting with the local women at Maerdy Fat Club?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- So this is Stacey.- Hello! - WOMEN: Hello.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Stacey's up here now with me for eight weeks, um, tutoring with me.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Lee, what's the priorities in Maerdy?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05We've got speeding, or speed reduction, in Maerdy,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07cos we've done quite a few operations
0:10:07 > 0:10:09on the main road with the speed camera.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13We've also got off-road vehicles so we'll be up there patrolling.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Each month, Lee holds his police meeting
0:10:16 > 0:10:19and also demonstrates how to cook a healthy meal.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I heard we were doing some cooking. I didn't think it'd be quite so...
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- hands-on! - SHE LAUGHS
0:10:25 > 0:10:29It might seem unusual, but projects like this
0:10:29 > 0:10:32are seen as an important part of community policing.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36It's bringing back the village bobby, basically.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40And that's great, you know, when you see a presence in the village.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44It's lovely! Nice and healthy and lovely.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47And we've got a big piece too. THEY LAUGH
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Now the healthy burgers have been cooked,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52it's Stacey's turn for a grilling.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Well, I hope she's got a boyfriend,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56cos she'd make a lovely little wife, I'm sure.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58I haven't, actually, I live on my own.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59- ALL: Aw!- It's quite sad.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I might find my Prince Charming.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I'll have to keep kissing a few frogs, I think.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- Where are you from, then, Stace? - Um, I live in South Wales,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09but I'm originally from Canterbury in Kent,
0:11:09 > 0:11:10so the bottom end of England.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- Do you think they're friendly in the valleys?- They're much friendlier.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I've made Wales my adopted home,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18so, as long as everyone will keep having me,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20I can't imagine I'll ever move back.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- I'm sure everybody will like you as well in Maerdy.- Aw, thank you.- Yeah!
0:11:23 > 0:11:24SHE LAUGHS
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Right, can we have a round of applause for Lee and Stacey, please?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30CHEERING
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Come every week now, Stace! STACEY GIGGLES
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Stacey and Lee are working closely with their communities...
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- I'll come every week if you want. - Oh, there we are!- Yeah.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45..something Chief Constable Peter Vaughan strongly believes in.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Growing up in Aberfan,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52he was influenced by an iconic image of the mining disaster,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55where policing touched people's lives.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58That says, to me, a lot about policing, you know.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00We're not just crime-fighters,
0:12:00 > 0:12:04we're there for a whole host of other reasons
0:12:04 > 0:12:08and, er, I suppose that captures, um...
0:12:08 > 0:12:11a heck a lot of the history of South Wales Police, actually, with...
0:12:11 > 0:12:14with the way that we like to be part of the communities,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17helping to keep them safe, helping to protect them,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19and sort of trying to bind them together as well,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21so, yeah, a hugely significant picture.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24A huge part of my personal history
0:12:24 > 0:12:28and anyone that was ever brought up in that community.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39At Merthyr Tydfil station,
0:12:39 > 0:12:44Sergeant Tim Morgan has had a result with the earlier computer theft.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46So these are the, er, two laptops.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51These will be taken now and bagged up as exhibits.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53We'll be retaining them for fingerprints
0:12:53 > 0:12:55and then, they'll be kept for interview.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Jonathan Hitchings will now be booked into custody
0:13:01 > 0:13:02for questioning about the crime.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Go on, tell me how you got it, then.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Laptop, big laptop, little laptop.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Wallet, opened up, took the money out, wallet back, back out.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15It's like I'm going stupid, man!
0:13:15 > 0:13:18What I've done, I feel sorry, I wish I hadn't...done it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- But it's too late now.- Hm.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26If we hadn't retrieved them, they probably would've been gone
0:13:26 > 0:13:28and a lot of the people involved in this kind of offence,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30well, they spend that money on drugs
0:13:30 > 0:13:32and they will then be in a position where
0:13:32 > 0:13:34they're back to square one, almost, and they have to go out
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and commit another burglary in order to feed that drug habit.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Jonathan pleaded guilty to the crime.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46He is currently serving a two-year prison sentence.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Tackling burglary crime is a high priority for South Wales Police.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01And helping to catch the culprits
0:14:01 > 0:14:04is Crime Scene Investigator Joey Giddings.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I tend to apply polish every other day
0:14:07 > 0:14:11and then the intervening days, I just give them a quick buff.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Cos we work for the public service, public image is very important
0:14:16 > 0:14:19and I think that should extend to boots as well.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23There we are. Nice, shiny boots. I'm happy with those.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30CSI Giddings is on his way to his next case,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33and when it comes to finding his way around,
0:14:33 > 0:14:35he prefers more traditional methods.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40I don't do sat-navs. I'm, er, old-school. Map book all the way.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41You can't go wrong with an A-Z,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45especially if you're a scout and you know how to navigate.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46That's what gets me around the city.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50So, people of Cardiff, that's what gets me to where you live.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Joey's been tasked to find clues at this dwelling burglary.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01What I'm doing is applying a magnetic powder,
0:15:01 > 0:15:06with a little magnet in the pen, like this, picks up the powder
0:15:06 > 0:15:09and then we just apply it like this.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13As a CSI, I don't see how you can examine a crime scene
0:15:13 > 0:15:16if you are not getting into that mindset of that criminal.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18So, as a CSI, I'm looking at this thinking,
0:15:18 > 0:15:22"Yeah, they've definitely touched the door handle, but they might
0:15:22 > 0:15:25"have touched one of these parts as they're leaving, subconsciously."
0:15:27 > 0:15:31It's not long before some crucial evidence is found.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Right away, I've got a fingerprint in this area here.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37I do see fingerprints wherever I go and...
0:15:37 > 0:15:39it gets quite annoying.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45I sometimes think, "Gosh, isn't that a beautiful shoe print?"
0:15:46 > 0:15:49That's my life.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50But I wouldn't change it.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54With the samples gathered,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57it's time to get them processed back at the laboratory.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03LOUD BANG Police! Police! Get down!
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Here we go.- Can we check the, er...? - Jason, is it?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Check the two sofas. Make sure you've got gloves on.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16In Merthyr Tydfil, PC Pace and Sergeant Daly are on a drugs raid.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Jason, I'll search you, all right?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Have you got anything on you? - Nothing.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21- No sharps?- No.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- No green?- No.- No powder?- No.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Right, you understand we've got a warrant
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- issued by the courts to search?- Yes.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34People hide drugs in the strangest of places.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37This endoscope camera assists the team with the search
0:16:37 > 0:16:39into all the nooks and crannies.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42This was obviously a fireplace at one time.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44No, there's nothing obvious this far under the floor.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52Officers have, er, also found what's believed to be cannabis resin.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Which will be sent for forensics and see where we go from there.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03We found some items which I believe are controlled substances.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Um, cannabis leaf in the grinder.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Some I believe to be cannabis resin.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11And questions on the bags with white powder.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15So, the time now I make it 15:39. All right, Jason,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18you're under arrest for possession of a controlled substance.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28All right, Jase.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31At the station, Jason will be taken into custody.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Take a stand on the yellow square for me, please, Jason.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40My colleague's searching you now for any property you've got on you
0:17:40 > 0:17:43and then, I'm going to carry out the booking in procedure, all right?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Although he was only found with a small amount of cannabis,
0:17:47 > 0:17:51officer Steve Pace is pleased with the result.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52'It makes people wary.'
0:17:52 > 0:17:55They've always got to think, "When are the police coming for me?"
0:17:55 > 0:17:58If we never did warrants, or didn't act on information,
0:17:58 > 0:17:59it wouldn't send that message out.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03But more than that, it, um, reassures the public
0:18:03 > 0:18:05that we will take action.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- If you need anything, just press that buzzer.- Right, cheers.- Cheers.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Jason was later cautioned for possession of a Class B substance.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21The face of the force may be changing,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24but for Chief Constable Peter Vaughan,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26policing is still a vocation.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I didn't join South Wales Police to be the chief constable,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I joined South Wales Police to be a police officer and I'm...
0:18:32 > 0:18:36I'm a frustrated front-line police officer, I think,
0:18:36 > 0:18:39and I think that drives the family mad.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42As I said, I'm a frustrated cop, so I do like, um...
0:18:42 > 0:18:44putting on my uniform and, um,
0:18:44 > 0:18:48sticking my nose into what's going on and becoming involved,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51and I think the vast majority of us are exactly like that.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55As well as developing new staff,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58the chief is also overseeing some big changes.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01In Merthyr Tydfil,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04a new multi-million pound custody suite is under construction.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- Ian, how are you?- Mr Vaughan, how are you?- Very good.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Nice to see you.- Morning, sir. - Clare, how are you?- OK.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Can we go?- Yeah, shall we make our way onto site, sir?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19This new 42-cell unit will eventually hold detainees
0:19:19 > 0:19:23from all over the Rhondda valleys and Merthyr Tydfil.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28- Right, shall we take a look at... - Yeah.- ..some of the custody cells?
0:19:28 > 0:19:29The accommodation.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Where would the bed be, then?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- In this corner.- Bed here?- Yeah. - Toilet over there?- Yeah.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- The toilet goes in the corner there. - Yeah.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40We're going to have a 360-degree view of the cell.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43If we need to speak to the detainee, or they need to speak to us,
0:19:43 > 0:19:45they can press a button straight to the custody...
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Obviously, they'd be monitored from the custody desk anyway.- Yeah.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53This building is the last piece of the jigsaw
0:19:53 > 0:19:56in Mr Vaughan's custody reorganisation plan.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00We had seven cell complexes across the whole of the South Wales area.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05The economy is getting tighter, so we've got to consolidate into four,
0:20:05 > 0:20:09so with Bridgend, Merthyr, Cardiff and Swansea's complete,
0:20:09 > 0:20:12that will be the four cell complexes we've had,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15so, hopefully, the work here is done, as they say, yeah.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Lovely view of Merthyr.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- We needn't worry about pictures! - Not here.- Look at the scenery.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- The pictures are in the windows. - Exactly.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31At Bridgend HQ,
0:20:31 > 0:20:37the scientific investigation unit is a state-of-the-art crime lab.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Thousands of samples are processed each week
0:20:41 > 0:20:43by a team of specialist technicians.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53CSI Joey has arrived with his precious print from the burglary.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- Yo, mate, as discussed.- Oh, thanks very much.- Cheers. Have fun.- Cheers.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03It's down to fingerprint expert Alan Morris
0:21:03 > 0:21:06to search his database for a possible match.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Looking at the mark I've got,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10a potential sequence of three fingers here.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Two of them look like smudges,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15but you can still tell that they're part of a potential sequence.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17I've told the system it's either the right four,
0:21:17 > 0:21:19cos it falls into that configuration,
0:21:19 > 0:21:23or the left ring, which is a similar configuration.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Once Alan has determined which fingers are involved,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30he uses a computer programme to analyse the print.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34I'm just marking the characteristics which I can see in the impressions.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37What the computer sees are these characteristics in this arrangement,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39and then it searches them against all the marks
0:21:39 > 0:21:42with these characteristics in these positions.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44The computer itself doesn't see what I see. Just looking at these.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48If the computer throws up some potential matches,
0:21:48 > 0:21:52the final decision can only be made with the human eye.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Sometimes, you could be looking at a mark, or marks, for hours,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57to be able to just focus on that.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Not everyone could sit here and look at black-and-white lines all day.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03That's an identification there.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Results like that make it all worthwhile.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08ALAN LAUGHS
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Teamwork. It is! Teamwork makes the dream work.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Joey's happy.- I'm smiling!
0:22:14 > 0:22:16OTHERS APPLAUD Thank you. Cheers, thank you all.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19You all do wonderful work in here. Don't forget.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27As night falls, the volume of calls in the Public Service Centre rises.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31'They're on the A465, coming from Merthyr to Neath,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34'and it is a dog's been run over. It's in pitch black
0:22:34 > 0:22:36'in the middle of nowhere, it's on its own.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38'It's still alive and I need someone here.'
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Nicole Johns needs to task this emergency
0:22:43 > 0:22:45to the nearest response team.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49I've got a dog seriously injured. That incident - 1051.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Sergeant Tim Morgan and PC Kelly Pugh are en route.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55SIREN WAILS
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I think the concern at the moment is, obviously,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00the fact that it's still in the carriageway and might be
0:23:00 > 0:23:04causing an obstruction to vehicles coming in the other direction.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10It's immediately obvious that the dog is seriously injured,
0:23:10 > 0:23:14which is why the people who found the animal called 999.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- What actually happened? - Car drove down...
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- Yeah?- ..high speed, clipped the dog...- OK.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- We were about two or three cars behind.- OK.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24So you were following behind? You didn't see the vehicle
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- or get a registration or anything like that?- No.- No.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29We were behind it so we turned around and came back, that's all.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Cos we've all got dogs, so you don't want to see that.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35OK, well, thanks for stopping. and thanks very much with your help.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37I appreciate it. Thank you.
0:23:37 > 0:23:441-5, um, this animal is, um, still alive, obviously seriously injured.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Have you got the RSPCA or someone we can call out?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Inspector?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52I've got a seriously injured dog on the A465,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55officers asking for advice on who we can call out?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57WOMAN: Try the RSPCA.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- Ssh, ssh, ssh. OK, right... - He's not a light dog, is he?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05The team need to get the dog to a vet, fast.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08And the nearest out-of-hours surgery is over 15 miles away.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Stand by. We're just carrying the dog into the van now.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15The more you do and the more things you encounter,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17I don't think you get as stressed.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21I mean, you have periods where you're very, very busy,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23and your adrenaline goes, but...
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I don't tend to get very stressed any more.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31I think he's got a lot of internal injuries, so whether he'll make it
0:24:31 > 0:24:34by the time we get to the vet's is very unlikely.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37The only thing we can do now is try to make him
0:24:37 > 0:24:39as comfortable as possible until we get there.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Ian?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- That dog was dead on arrival to the vet's.- OK.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54And they're going to cremate him.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55OK.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00..4½ years now.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Stacey is finishing her first shift as a PCSO.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- Are you going to play? You are! - I'll give it a go.- There we are.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- Brilliant.- Football is not my strong point but I'll give it a go.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Her mentor, Lee, has roped her into the Tylorstown Youth Football Club,
0:25:18 > 0:25:21which he started to keep the kids off the streets.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Come on, Stace!- I'm trying!
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Stacey!
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Don't use me!
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Oh, yes!
0:25:29 > 0:25:33It's been good, yeah, it's been like a baptism of fire, I think.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38Hit the ground running and, er, I look forward to getting on with it.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Lee's been all right. He's been a good tutor so far, so...
0:25:42 > 0:25:43It can only get better.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45It's been a really good day, you've done really well.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Um, we'll have, you know, a few more different things now
0:25:47 > 0:25:49over the next eight weeks. We've got a lot
0:25:49 > 0:25:52to, obviously, cover, um, a few more diverse things,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54but you're doing really well and fair play.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- Did you enjoy your day?- Yeah, it's been good.- Yeah? Fantastic.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- I look forward to tomorrow.- Good.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05On the Gurnos Estate,
0:26:05 > 0:26:09neighbourhood police officer Steve Pace is on patrol.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Is everything all right? Just having a look round the Gurnos.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- Which is a good thing, I think, innit?- Yeah.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- It's a nice place to live, innit? - Not bad.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24You get your rough spots, your good spots, but I mean...
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- We all look out for each other. - There's a lot of good spots.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- We're pretty good around here. - There are a lot of good spots.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- And... - It's the same wherever you go.- Yeah.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35It is. Well, I like working here and, er,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38I feel safe walking round at night, even when they're not here, so...
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- Yeah.- All right, see you.- All the best. Bye.- See you soon. Bye.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Everybody is really quite friendly you see walk down the streets...
0:26:46 > 0:26:49DOG BARKS People are happy to...
0:26:49 > 0:26:52come and have a chat on the doorstep and, um,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55if you treat them with respect, then they'll do the same.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00A local word would be being "tidy", which means being, er...
0:27:00 > 0:27:03nice and polite to someone, so, if you're tidy with them,
0:27:03 > 0:27:04they'll be tidy with you.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Around the corner, a Community Support Officer has stopped a man
0:27:10 > 0:27:14who sells strongly of what he suspects is cannabis.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16PC Pace needs to investigate.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Hi, Jason. All right?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20And it's Jason, who he arrested earlier.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25- I could smell, like, an aroma of cannabis coming from him.- Is it?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- Yeah, have you got any on you? - No. No.- 100%?- Guaranteed.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30I really hope you haven't, but I've got to check.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Check me, there's nothing.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- We're coppers. We don't trust anyone.- Carry on.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38All right, so I'm just going to check your pockets, all right?
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- The jacket was in the house. - All right.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Jason, thank you.- No problem.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- I'm really glad you haven't got anything on you...- Don't worry.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- ..because I'd be gutted after last week and think...- The last time.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57You are there now. All right. Look after yourself.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59I'm pleased for him and it would appear
0:27:59 > 0:28:01that maybe he's learned his lesson.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Not carrying on being in possession of controlled substances,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08at the moment.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09See you, bud.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Next time on Police 24/7...
0:28:14 > 0:28:19sniffer dog Naughty Norman is on the trail of something illegal.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24There is a definite strong smell of what you call, er, MCAT.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27It's time to reveal all in custody.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30That one is a garter with a pair of knuckle-dusters.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Bad girl gone good, innit?
0:28:33 > 0:28:37And neighbourhood officer Debbie's shift goes off with a bang.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39FIREWORK BANGS
0:28:39 > 0:28:41It was just a firework going off above the house.