0:00:02 > 0:00:04This time on Police 24/7...
0:00:04 > 0:00:09Sniffer Dog Naughty Norman is on the trail of something illegal.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14There's a definite strong smell of M-Cat.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17It's time to bare all in Custody.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21It's a garter and pair of knuckle dusters.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Bad girl gone good, isn't it?
0:00:23 > 0:00:26And Neighbourhood Officer Debbie Johnson's patrol
0:00:26 > 0:00:28goes off with a bang.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32It was just a firework going off above the house.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38This 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 > 0:00:46and the criminals that they try to beat.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49This is Police 24/7.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Cardiff Bay Police Station.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05Home to one of the largest custody suites in the UK.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09If you're going to vomit, vomit in the toilet.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Looking after this house-full of detainees
0:01:14 > 0:01:17are South Wales Police Sergeants - and husband and wife -
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Darren and Linda Jones-Matthias.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22How you doing, mate?
0:01:22 > 0:01:26You going to behave yourself or are you going to be a pain?
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- I don't want to see your ugly mug! - There you are then.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30He's covered the cage in spit.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36After 30 years on the force, Darren is used to tricky customers,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38even when they want to spit at him.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Quite often we get people in here
0:01:40 > 0:01:43who are used to dominating their own little world.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46The people they dominate, the situations they dominate.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48'They may not be brightest of people,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50'but they dominate by fear and bullying.'
0:01:50 > 0:01:54- What's your first name? - My first name?- Yeah.- Your mum.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57"My mum"? All right. My mum, kneel down.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59'The way they react in here is quite strange,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01'because they are trying to do something
0:02:01 > 0:02:03'to take control of their situation.'
0:02:03 > 0:02:06SHOUTING AND BLEEPED SWEARING
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Pull his legs from underneath.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10That's it. Good man.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14There are people who defecate everywhere and smear it everywhere,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16or they'll urinate under the door.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19MUFFLED SHOUTS AND BLEEPED SWEARING
0:02:24 > 0:02:28The next arrivals are also proving to be a bit of a handful.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Calm down, all right?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33MAN SHOUTING
0:02:33 > 0:02:36I'm all right, babe, I'm all right.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Nicola, her partner and daughter,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42have all been arrested for a public order offence
0:02:42 > 0:02:44over a neighbour's barking dog.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46ALL SHOUT AT ONCE
0:02:48 > 0:02:50'They're just not going to listen to you.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51'They demand to be released,'
0:02:51 > 0:02:54and they go down to the cell, banging, kicking,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57kick the cell door, bang the cell door -
0:02:57 > 0:03:00generally speaking they usually wear themselves out.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04See, this is what I don't understand.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05There's two witnesses,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08they've blatantly told the officer what happened, yeah?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10But she's hauled in for it?
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- Nicola!- They will be spoken to. Thank you.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Do you have any mental health issues? Anxiety or depression?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22I self-medicate. But I have borderline schizophrenia.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Mm-hmm.- Impulsive disorder...
0:03:24 > 0:03:25SHE MUMBLES
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Right, after the schizophrenia, we've got, personality, was it?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Yeah.- Do you have any other conditions at all?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Or is that enough?
0:03:33 > 0:03:34I'm a mouthy bitch.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38"Mouthy bitch." Do you want me to put that on?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40If you want! At least I admit to it!
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Would you like anybody else informed that you're here?
0:03:43 > 0:03:44No, they're all here.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48I'll for a nice cup of tea - weak, no sugar, yeah?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50You don't have to sign for that.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52We just stick it on your bill.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05At Merthyr Tydfil Station a team are preparing to go on a drugs raid.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09This is naughty Norman. An English springer spaniel.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12And he's coming up to about a year-and-a-half now.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Dog handler PC Leighton Andrews has been training Norman
0:04:17 > 0:04:19since he was a puppy.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22We had him at 15 weeks old, and he was very naughty.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25He was peeing all over the carpet in the house.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27My four-year-old, he's into Fireman Sam,
0:04:27 > 0:04:31and one of the main characters on there is Naughty Norman Price,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34and we just thought it very apt that the name stayed with him,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36so he was Norman.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Norman has sniffed out thousands of pounds' worth of illegal drugs
0:04:43 > 0:04:47and the team are hoping today's warrant
0:04:47 > 0:04:49will be just as successful for him.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56ALL SHOUT
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- Anybody else upstairs? - No.- OK, just one male then.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09With the suspect apprehended,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Norman is now free to sniff out any evidence.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Go on.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17There is so much smell of cannabis in here,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20it might be having a detrimental effect on him.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22But he's very busy.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25It's still lingering in the air, you can smell it.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Norman?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29It's not long before Norman gets a hit.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Good boy.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35As you can see, there is a bag of white powder,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37a large quantity of white powder,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39and, er...
0:05:41 > 0:05:46Yeah, there's a definite strong smell of what you call M-Cat.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53The team have found more suspicious packages.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And Norman's on a roll.
0:05:58 > 0:06:04We've just found some sort of powder in this bag here.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10There are lots of, as you can see, small wraps.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14He's obviously a main player in the drug trade.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17And lots and lots of weapons in the property,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19just in case somebody decides to come in
0:06:19 > 0:06:22and take the proceeds of his crimes,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25or take the drug itself.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33The suspect was arrested and taken into custody.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40And Norman added another successful warrant to his name.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Operation Bang is one of the busiest weeks for South Wales Police.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Helping the residents of Ely in Cardiff
0:06:52 > 0:06:54enjoy their fireworks safely
0:06:54 > 0:06:58is Neighbourhood Beat Officer Debbie Johnson.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00The majority of the people are quite tidy.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02You get the odd ones that aren't,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05but you know, that happens anywhere, doesn't it?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07It's just a great place to work.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09And I know it like the back of my hand.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Well, the majority of it anyway. Which helps!
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Tonight PC Johnson is checking in on a local takeaway owner
0:07:16 > 0:07:18who's recently been the victim of hate crime.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Good evening.- Good evening, how are you, all right?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Yeah, we're fine. You haven't had any trouble tonight, have you?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Well, there was a load of guys down here, like, 30, 40, you know?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- How long ago? - I informed the police.- You didn't?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- No, I did.- Oh, I was going to say. - Yeah, I did.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38So you've been a victim of racist abuse and things like that?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Yes, I have been, yeah.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Yeah, Davinda's on a hate crime action plan,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45and we regularly call and check that everything's all right,
0:07:45 > 0:07:47and he's got our numbers, so he can contact us,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50as well as reporting things as they happen.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52So, hopefully, we'll get on top of it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- We will.- Yeah, we will. - Yeah, we will, yeah.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Anyway, thank you very much for everything.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Nah, it's all right.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01- Take care, see ya!- Bye!
0:08:02 > 0:08:05To actually be living like that must be horrendous.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09That's why the force obviously takes such positive action towards it.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Yeah. And I'm glad it is, cos so it should be.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Times have moved on from when people just put up with racial abuse,
0:08:16 > 0:08:22and things that went on years ago, when it was just accepted.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Like, when I was a little girl.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Patrolling the streets on foot
0:08:29 > 0:08:31allows Debbie a chance to mix with the locals.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Boys, come on, give the ball up.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36It's 9:20pm, there's people in bed now.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39And she's got more in common with this group of lads
0:08:39 > 0:08:41than she first thought.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Where do you live then, boys? Do you live round here?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- I live up there. - So who's your dad then?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Can't tell you that. Top secret.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- That's private, confidential stuff. - Lee's not your dad, is he?
0:08:50 > 0:08:51- Who?- Lee BLEEP.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53ALL: Oh!
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Is he your father? ALL LAUGH
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I used to go out with him, many years ago!
0:08:58 > 0:09:01ALL LAUGH AND CHEER
0:09:01 > 0:09:04All right then, well enjoy the rest of your night, boys.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Thanks. See ya! - Thanks, Auntie Debbie!
0:09:07 > 0:09:11ALL LAUGH Nice to meet you!
0:09:11 > 0:09:13See you, sweety-pie!
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Back at Cardiff Bay Station...
0:09:20 > 0:09:25..Nicola Perry is on her way to the custody photo booth.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Her records need to be updated.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Here comes Naomi Campbell(!)
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Give us an autograph!
0:09:34 > 0:09:38It's been four years since Nicola was last arrested
0:09:38 > 0:09:41and her records show a variety of offences.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Mainly assault, threatening words and behaviour.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Public disorder. Back in my younger days shoplifting.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52That's it, really. I am a volatile person.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56When somebody's in my face and they are screaming at me,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00I can't walk away. I just snap, and, you know,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I've got a mental illness, I'm not going to blame it on that,
0:10:03 > 0:10:07but I think I done well pretty well today, keeping my hands off her,
0:10:07 > 0:10:08and not smashing her face in.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Since her last visit
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Nicola has added a few new tattoos to her collection,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17some of which she's happier to show off than others.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19I'm not showing you the others!
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Probably one on your bum. - Left cheek, yeah.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24And I got one on my leg, round there, as well,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26I can show you that if you want to see that one.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28We'll do that one next, OK then.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- What's that one?- It's a garter with a pair of knuckle dusters.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- OK.- Bad girl gone good, isn't it?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- That's all right.- Isn't it? Isn't it?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Nicola is keen to get out of custody in time for her shift,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45working as a long distance lorry driver.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48With my job, I know what I'm doing, I don't get told what to do,
0:10:48 > 0:10:52I've got nobody on my back, I'm just in my wagon, and off I tot,
0:10:52 > 0:10:54you know, until the end of the day.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57So, yeah, hopefully I'll be out in time to go to work in the morning.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Nicola appeared in front of the court
0:11:02 > 0:11:06and was given a £270 fine for a public order offence.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Hundreds of crimes are solved each year by South Wales Police
0:11:15 > 0:11:18with the assistance of the Dogs Unit.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Canine cops Ben and Orla
0:11:23 > 0:11:27both live and work alongside their dog handler PC Ieuan Evans.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30They've got on from day one, they're no worries.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32And I walk them with the pets - we've got two pets at home -
0:11:32 > 0:11:36so all four will walk together, so it's nice.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Orla's the boss.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- RECORDING:- 'South Wales Police, what's your emergency?'
0:11:39 > 0:11:42'There's a young boy came up behind me,
0:11:42 > 0:11:44'he broke my handbag, he snatched it off me,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46'and ran away.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49'I can't get in my house, cos he's got all the keys.'
0:11:49 > 0:11:51'Just stay on the line with me now,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53'we're going to get officers out to you, OK?'
0:11:54 > 0:11:56As PC Evans arrives at the scene,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59his fellow dog handler, Leighton, has also responded to the call.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02She's gone down there, or he's gone down there?
0:12:02 > 0:12:03- He's gone down there.- Right.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06But you've heard what they've said on the radio.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07It's been ripped off her.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- Yeah.- We're assuming he's gone down there,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- he's looking at the footage. - We don't know which direction.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- He's got cameras there, has he? - He's got cameras all down the side.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Where does she live? Up there?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18I assume she's come from this way.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Time to put Orla to work to find the handbag.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24With this sort of scenario we've just got to think like the villain.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27So we've got the helicopter up above us now,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29so they'll be able to tell us if there's anybody in there.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31But I'll clear this lane first
0:12:31 > 0:12:33to make sure the handbag hasn't been abandoned,
0:12:33 > 0:12:35and that side, and then what we'll do,
0:12:35 > 0:12:39we'll just clear this area here, because if he has stolen the handbag
0:12:39 > 0:12:42the likelihood is he'd discard it somewhere.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47She's out of the vehicle now, so she's knows she's working.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50So she's working the area for any ground disturbance,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52anything that's out of the ordinary.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55An old lady's had her handbag snatched off her in the lane.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Up here?- Up here, yes.- Oh, never!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- So...- Is she all right? - Yeah, she's fine.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- She's got a bruised knee, I think, but she's OK.- Oh, good, good.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05- Oh, dear.- So everybody's happy, eh?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- We don't have to lock our doors then?- No!
0:13:07 > 0:13:09- OK, all right, thank you.- Thanks.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- RADIO:- 'If you make your way back down to the store,
0:13:13 > 0:13:17'we've got information on the person responsible.'
0:13:17 > 0:13:19OK. Back en route.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23The team have obtained information
0:13:23 > 0:13:26regarding the suspect's possible location.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31He normally answers if he can hear a dog barking.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Speak. ORLA BARKS
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Speak, speak. ORLA BARKS
0:13:35 > 0:13:36This is a stab in the dark.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39It would be nice to eliminate him from the enquiry.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41If he does hear a dog barking, he normally answers.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Hence, get the dog to speak.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Speak. ORLA BARKS
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Good girl.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Orla has tried her best.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Go on, get.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56A few hours later a suspect was detained and arrested
0:13:56 > 0:13:58for theft of the handbag.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08In the Cardiff Bay custody suite the detainees continue to arrive.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- Do you want my pockets picked?! - Jason! We're searching you.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Everyone who comes into custody gets searched.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Sergeant Linda Jones-Mathias has been working in Custody
0:14:19 > 0:14:21for the last five years.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- Do you want to take him down to the cell?- Yeah, yeah.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Just about the usual really,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29the cells are full of extremely intoxicated people.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33It was four years ago that Linda and Darren
0:14:33 > 0:14:37discovered they had more in common than just the job.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39We realised that we had the same sense of humour,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43and that was probably the catalyst of how we clicked, yeah.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45# Nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh Nuh-nuh-nuh... #
0:14:45 > 0:14:47I was a PC working in Barry,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50and then got promoted to Sergeant, promoted into Custody.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52When you get promoted into Custody,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55you have to have what's called a mentor.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56Darren was my mentor,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59and it just sort of progressed from there, really.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I don't have relationships with everyone I mentor,
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- because I mentored about five men before Linda. - THEY CHUCKLE
0:15:06 > 0:15:11Picked up in Cardiff for drinking and driving is a mother of two.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- What has she blew?- 122.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I'm going to book you into custody, give you your rights,
0:15:18 > 0:15:19make sure your health is OK,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22then the officer will carry out the station procedure with you, then
0:15:22 > 0:15:26we'll make a decision about your alcohol level once you come back.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30If I could come back another day and do everything,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33because my husband is in Afghanistan, he is away.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35If you blow over the drink-drive limit,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38you will not be leaving here until you are under the limit,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41you have to stay until your alcohol level drops.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46- So I couldn't take a taxi home? - No.- Cos I...
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- I've got children. - How old are your children?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Ten and nine. - Why are they home alone?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53They were being dropped home with their mum.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57They were in the car with her? Oh, nice. OK.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01My major concern regarding her is she's saying she's concerned
0:16:01 > 0:16:04about her children yet she was happy to drive in a car
0:16:04 > 0:16:07with a ten and nine year old, she said,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10and she's more than three times over the drink drive limit.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13The limit in the UK is 35 micrograms of alcohol
0:16:13 > 0:16:17to 100 millilitres of breath, and she's 122 on the street.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21It will be interesting to see what comes back on the breathalyser.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Place your mouth around the tube and blow.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Harder, keep going. - BEEPING
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It's not enough, you stopped.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Don't hesitate. If you hesitate, it stops.- OK.- OK?
0:16:32 > 0:16:37You have to take a deep breath, blow steadily and evenly, don't hesitate.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Deep breath, blow.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40BEEPING
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Blow. Keep going, keep going. Not enough, stop.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46This is probably the last chance you're going to get at this, now.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48You're looking at a refusal, now. Or a failure to provide.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53It's in your interest now to make sure you blow this time round.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56OK, deep breath, and blow.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57BEEPING
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Keep going, keep going. Stop.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03You obviously hesitated or something, because then we just...
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- No, I didn't.- It's aborted it.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07OK. Failed to provide.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12It's an automatic charge of failure to provide specimen of breath.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16You will be charged with that offence and bailed to court,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19but I will not be bailing you from the police station
0:17:19 > 0:17:21until you are under the drink-drive limit.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Go with my colleague and she will show you where you're going.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29'The machines are designed
0:17:29 > 0:17:32'so that anybody who is reasonably fit will be able to blow.'
0:17:32 > 0:17:35A lot of people won't give a breath because they think that it stops
0:17:35 > 0:17:39them getting in trouble or getting done for drink-driving.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40She didn't even give herself a chance
0:17:40 > 0:17:43because now it's a straightforward charge.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46But it wasn't straightforward.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The lady claimed a medical reason as to why she couldn't provide
0:17:49 > 0:17:53a breath test and the case was dropped by the court.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56B Wing, Sergeant Flower speaking.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06South Wales Police Air Support Unit has been gathering intelligence.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11And a number of cannabis factories have been discovered this week.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18The thermal imaging cameras have identified a house with hotspots,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22sometimes linked to the growing of cannabis plants.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Thanks for coming, everyone.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29As you know, we've got a warrant to be executed today.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Neighbourhood officer Debbie Johnson is briefing her team.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Satellite imagery of the property.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39The dark shadowing shows the heat source.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Once you know that we're in, if you guys can rock up to the house,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46and everybody take their places, really.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Being local, Officer Johnson knows the family,
0:19:00 > 0:19:05so she hopes she can enter the property without using force.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I've got a warrant, we're doing this as tidy and easy as we can,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11because we know you're tidy and I always get on with you, OK?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14That's why we just knocked the door.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19A tip-off suggests the drugs could have been moved
0:19:19 > 0:19:21and stashed in the property's garage.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Possibly some remains, we'll have a little look inside.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32The sniffer dog finds traces of something in the car.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35They're just ends of spliffs there.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Debbie has also been successful and is able to make an arrest.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Vincent, come here.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48'We didn't find exactly what was expected,
0:19:48 > 0:19:49'but there was some cannabis'
0:19:49 > 0:19:53and some medication that's got no names on it found.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54So I've arrested Vincent
0:19:54 > 0:19:58and we'll take him down the Bay, where he'll be questioned.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12PC Evans may be a dog handler,
0:20:12 > 0:20:16but he's a police officer first and foremost.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Out on patrol in Cardiff,
0:20:19 > 0:20:24he's just spotted a car driving erratically in a residential area.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Do you think it's acceptable to drive down the street in that manner?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- Yes.- You do?- I wasn't over the speed limit.- But it's aggressive.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- How is that aggressive driving? - Because it wasn't safe.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36If somebody had stepped out into the road, it wasn't safe.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38I was one doing over 30 mph, so...
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Regardless of whether you do the speed limit... - The limit's 30 mph.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44The type of area you are in is residential, there's kids,
0:20:44 > 0:20:48people walking round, and you're driving too fast for that road.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51You've got to assess it, you've got to drive. You've got a skill there.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56You've got to reassess every time you're driving. Is it your vehicle?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- My girlfriend's.- Are you insured on the vehicle?- Yes.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00What's the name, please?
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Can I have a vehicle check, please? Grand Avenue. With insurance.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08'Yes, got a negative, the only two persons on the policy
0:21:08 > 0:21:11'are a Lucy and Ruth. Over.'
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Is there a Lee Coleman named on the policy? Over.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- I'm on a trader's policy, as well. - But you're not trading, are you?
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Lee thinks he's legally able to drive the car
0:21:21 > 0:21:23under the terms of his trader's insurance.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- But you're not trading, are you? - No.- No.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Neither are half the traders who trade on a trader's policy.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29I haven't stopped them, I've stopped you.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- You're just being awkward.- It's not insured to be on the road.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34What do you mean? My missus is insured on it.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36It's not insured for you to use it on the road.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39You never said that, did you? You said the car is not insured.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- It's not insured under you. - The car is insured.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Under your girlfriend's name. I'm seizing it.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46My missus's sister lives literally round the corner.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48If you want to get your wife to come and get it,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51you're going to be reported for driving with no insurance,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54you don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence...
0:21:54 > 0:21:57..anything you do say may be given in evidence.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Do you understand? You're also being put on a Section 59 warning, OK?
0:22:00 > 0:22:03For careless and inconsiderate driving.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06All right? So if you get caught driving in that manner again,
0:22:06 > 0:22:08in any vehicle or in that vehicle,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11then the vehicle will be taken off you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- It's a load of- BLEEP.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Opinions vary, but that's the law. - Yeah.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20OK. We'll wait for your girlfriend to come here now, OK?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23An unhappy Lee waits for his girlfriend
0:22:23 > 0:22:26to collect both him and the car.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29And Officer Evans can attend his next call.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Public perception, they see the dog handling and they just think,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36"You're just a dog handler. You don't do anything."
0:22:36 > 0:22:37But we're still police officers.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I signed up 18 years ago to be a police officer
0:22:39 > 0:22:41and that's what I still do.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43As I say, the dogs are just - I call them an added luxury.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47They're an added tool for us that assist us in doing out policing work.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Arriving at the custody suite is Vincent.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Officer Debbie Johnson needs to question him
0:23:00 > 0:23:02about the cannabis found.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- Are you producing cannabis, growing it anywhere?- No.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09How often do you smoke it?
0:23:09 > 0:23:10One a night, if I'm lucky.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11It's hard to explain.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15I was addicted to it years ago cos I was on it for 20-odd years,
0:23:15 > 0:23:16but then I stopped doing it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Are you worried that you might get addicted again?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Well, yeah, I am worried like.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24But that's why I'm just trying to, you know...
0:23:24 > 0:23:30- Is that why you just smoke one spliff a night, is it?- Yeah.- OK.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- I can't go back down that road again.- Yeah. Yeah.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34HE MUMBLES
0:23:34 > 0:23:37..do you know what I mean? That's why I went back on the cannabis.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39I didn't want to go back on the cannabis cos
0:23:39 > 0:23:40I was doing £300 a week on it.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Right. You don't want to go down that road, do you?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46No, I don't want to go down there. That means that...
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- That's why... - HE SIGHS
0:23:50 > 0:23:55- Well, maybe this can be a little warning, can't it?- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:23:58 > 0:24:01When you speak to him, you see, nice guy.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05When you speak to him. And he's been through a lot, hasn't he?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08If you come back here in the near future it won't be a caution.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Vincent received a caution for possession
0:24:11 > 0:24:15and no evidence was found of growing cannabis plants.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- Police.- Hi, there's a mad dog in my street and...
0:24:21 > 0:24:23it's attacking everybody. Can you come and get it?
0:24:23 > 0:24:27It's a fierce dog, pit-bull or whatever they call them.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- I don't know.- You think it's a pit-bull, do you?- Yeah.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34PC Evans' experience as a dog handler could come in handy,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37as the incident involved a dog on the loose.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42DOG BARKS Did you see what happened?
0:24:42 > 0:24:46It wouldn't stop and then it started attacking Dad.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50It attacked that little boy next door and his mother.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Is this yours? - He wouldn't have bit anyone.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57We'll have a look. I'll speak to them now.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Whatever's happened... Where's he got our from?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Gone out the side door.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Just round the corner.- Right.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06He scared me because he was literally trying to
0:25:06 > 0:25:08do that to my leg, you see. He wasn't trying to play.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11And then, the little kid, he just jumped on the kid
0:25:11 > 0:25:13and then his mother tried to push the dog off.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16And then he started trying to bite the mother,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18and she was screaming and the dog was out of control.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Sorry. - He hasn't bit somebody, has he?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I don't know. We've just had the report.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Maybe he's jumped up. Whoever it is has panicked.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28He's obviously as Staffordshire bull.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31With everything that's going on at the moment, pit-bull,
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Staffordshire bulls... How old is he?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- He's only 14 months. 14 month, is he?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36He's probably playful, isn't he?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- Calm down. Hey, calm down. Oi. - Don't panic, OK?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42We're not in the habit of just putting healthy dogs down.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44All right? They're dogs. It happens.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46He's 14 months old. He's still a baby. He's excited.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- All right? We'll get to the bottom of this.- All right. Cheers.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54It later emerged that no-one had been bitten,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57so no further action was taken against Oscar and his owners.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03With this dog that we just dealt with now, which is a Staffordshire,
0:26:03 > 0:26:04which is not a banned breed,
0:26:04 > 0:26:08people panic. They see them and automatically think they're pit-bull.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14In fact, they're nice natured dogs...generally.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18I love this work, working with the dogs.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23At the moment, I don't foresee myself doing anything else...until I retire.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37After nearly 12 hours of booking in detainees,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40the sergeants Jones and Mathias are looking forward
0:26:40 > 0:26:42to the end of their shift.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44If you follow my colleague here, mate.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45But before they can finish,
0:26:45 > 0:26:49a homeless man is brought in for being drunk and disorderly.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- All right? - Morning. How are you?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- SLURRING:- I haven't done anything.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55- Just be cool to let the officer search you.- No.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I'm going to authorise that you stay here until you sober up a bit.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- I'm sober.- Until you can look after yourself in a better way.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- I'm all right!- And we'll make a decision whether to charge you or not.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07That's my personal property. Put it back in.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Pop him down the cell and we'll get the nurse to see him.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14'When detainees come in under the influence of alcohol,'
0:27:14 > 0:27:18especially ones that won't tell us how much they've drunk or whether
0:27:18 > 0:27:20they've taken anything else, they are a massive
0:27:20 > 0:27:23high risk...from death, really.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26They're the ones that we have to keep an eye on the most,
0:27:26 > 0:27:29especially if there's a history of alcoholism.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32They can withdraw really quickly and they can die really quickly.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35We'll just look at your head
0:27:35 > 0:27:37and we'll ask you all the questions later. How's that?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39HE MUMBLES
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Hmm?- I fell.- When did you fall over? - Er...yesterday.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Yesterday. That happened yesterday, did it?
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- Why haven't you cleaned it up then? Haven't you had a wash?- No.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- No? Did you have some food yesterday?- No.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53No? What about some tea or coffee?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Have you had anything to drink other than alcohol?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- Just alcohol.- Just alcohol.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59We're supposed to be the last resort,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01yet we seem to be used as the first resort.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Cos as soon as they've had a drink or they're a little big aggressive,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08the hospitals refuse to deal with them, so we end up getting them.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11It's frustrating. It's not the right place for someone
0:28:11 > 0:28:13who's having a trauma to come into.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17You've got to be compassionate as well to the people who do come in.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20You strip away the bravado, the drunkenness,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23they're people with problems.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25You can't take it home with you, you just can't.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Cos otherwise I think it would just drive you mad.
0:28:28 > 0:28:34The custody suite never closes. It's open for business 24/7.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38But for these sergeants, it's the end of an eventful shift.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39Thank you and good night.