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This time on Police 24/7...

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stolen antique furniture is hunted down by the Priority Policing Team.

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I've got a warrant to search the premises under the Theft Act, OK?

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On Gower, PC Phil Davies is on the hunt for an oil thief.

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That looks wet to me. That looks as if there's oil there.

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And officers on the night shift try to keep Swansea's party people safe.

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Mike, sit up! Mike.

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This is a week in the life of the largest police force in Wales.

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Seven days of action with the cops on the street

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and the criminals that they try to beat.

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This is Police 24/7.

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Swansea, Wales' second largest city,

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with a population of almost a quarter of a million.

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Like most urban areas, South Wales Police are fighting drug crime 24/7.

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The intel obviously came in last night

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that a quantity of controlled drugs is there as we speak.

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Darren's been up this morning, had a quick look.

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Tiny's going to do the door, via the ram hit.

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You've had a chance to have a look, haven't you?

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-Yeah, it's one big panel, by the look of it.

-Yeah.

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Sergeant Mike Francis is leading the Priority Policing Team,

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who are preparing to execute a warrant.

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The subject himself, Jordan McGuire, date of birth, 17th March, '92,

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he's got no warning markers.

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As far as the intel is concerned,

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the controlled drugs are somewhere on the premises.

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Don't know exactly where.

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So it'll be in, secure, and a thorough search.

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-Is everyone happy?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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This elite team is tasked daily with the force priorities,

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and PC Lee Robbins has been part of the unit for the last nine years.

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Priority Policing Team.

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Literally whatever the priority is in the sector

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we're working in at that time.

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It might be burglaries, it might be drugs.

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We just target that for whatever period of time's required.

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The priority can change at any time, and then we'll just move on to

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whatever the bosses want us to actually target.

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The team are responding to intelligence which suggests

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the man at the address may have illegal pills in his possession.

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-Breach. Police!

-Police!

-Police!

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Stay back, show me your hands!

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Came here, we're executing a drugs warrant here, all right?

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You're being detained while this warrant's carried out, all right?

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-What's your name?

-Jordan.

-Do you live here?

-Yes.

-Anyone else?

-No.

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OK, I'm going to take you downstairs, sit you down,

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-and we'll have another chat down there, all right?

-OK.

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OK, it's a drugs warrant we're executing.

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Is there anything here that shouldn't be here?

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-I've got pills for myself.

-Where are they?

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-In the bookcase.

-OK.

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It's been a straightforward knock for the team, as the suspect

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has offered up the evidence that they were looking for.

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This is what you pointed out over here, is that right?

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-Is this what you were referring to?

-It is.

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The team have recovered what looks likely to be ecstasy tablets.

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Things aren't looking good for McGuire.

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-WATER GUSHES

-Oh, Jesus!

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Is the washing machine on?

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Problem with your washing machine, mate.

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We've got a swimming pool in here now.

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Have you got a mop or anything, mate?

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First item found is a clear plastic bag

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containing brown coloured tablets.

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-Quite simply, what is it?

-Pills.

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I'm now arresting you on suspicion of being in possession

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of a class A drug.

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The controlled drugs are there, we've taken them off the streets.

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No doubt at the weekend, they would've been

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flooded out throughout Swansea,

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so preventing that from happening is great.

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One wanted suspect arrested,

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and off to custody to answer some tough questions.

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-Come and stand in front there.

-Stand there, Jord.

-All right, mate.

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Do you understand why you've been arrested?

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As per the evidence received by the officers,

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a drugs search warrant was executed at your home address.

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Officers have entered and found a large quantity of MDMA,

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drugs, which is a class A drug,

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therefore, you've been arrested.

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I'm authorising your detention

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to secure and preserve evidence

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and to obtain evidence by way of questioning.

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-Do you understand all that so far?

-Yeah.

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You can go down.

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-What number, Sarge?

-13, pal.

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When McGuire appeared before the courts, he was found guilty

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of possession of class A drugs, and was ordered to pay a £1,000 fine.

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Just a few miles from Swansea city centre

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is the beautiful Gower Peninsula.

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Its rich country landscape is a haven for holiday-makers.

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Policing the area for rural crime is the job of Gower cop PC Phil Davies.

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Come on!

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Yo! Come on.

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Phil's lived and worked on Gower for the last 16 years.

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It's a lot different to my colleagues in town.

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You're a lot closer to the community, particularly

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if you happen to live in the community, as well.

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Things you deal with will be a lot different,

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and when things tend to go wrong,

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you're aware of it far earlier, because it's day to day life.

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First call of the day is to farmer Denver Austin,

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who has reported a hit and run.

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Just as well, cos there was no way I was going to catch him.

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-What time yesterday roughly?

-In the afternoon sometime.

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-Sheep has been killed?

-I had to put it down, yeah.

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No idea of any car or anything?

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There was a number of cars there, I understand,

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but nobody could tell him who hit it.

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Some years you can go with nothing, you're lucky,

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-but I've had two now in a month.

-Yeah.

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It's not always a question of speed.

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The chap who knocked down the last lamb,

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he reckoned he was only going at 30mph,

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but it's for people to be aware that when there's stock there,

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they can at any moment just cross the road.

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I think it's important that these accidents are reported because...

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Absolutely, yeah.

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I mean, at the end of the day, it's your stock, isn't it?

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People don't know how big the problem is unless we say it.

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Absolutely, yeah.

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-I'll catch up with you soon.

-Thank you.

-See you.

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Dealing with livestock is a regular part of Phil's job,

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as cattle and horses have the right to graze freely on the common.

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A lot of people will say, "Well, why don't they fence the commons?

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"Why don't they enclose the animals on the commons?"

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They're not allowed to do that by law.

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Recently, road collisions have increased, so Phil is hoping

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Peter Lanfear from the Gower Commoners Association can help him.

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It's quite convenient, actually.

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-Just been down to speak to Denver.

-Oh, right.

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He's had some sheep knocked over down in...

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Yesterday, I think we had one fall knock-down,

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we had a sheep with Denver, last week, we had a cow.

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You know, if you sort of had these type of accidents with

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someone on a push-bike...

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suddenly it becomes high policing.

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If you get hold of a hand-held camera, and we can deploy it.

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Once our presence is there, it's like the van -

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-other road users are warned, they will slow down.

-Yeah.

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Just bring people's awareness to, it is 40mph,

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-so, please, slow down a bit.

-Yeah.

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Guys, there's been a burglary in West Cross area.

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A number of items stolen, all antique furniture.

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Back in Swansea, the Priority Policing Team

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has been tasked with their next case.

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PC Rob Hill is leading the team on today's antiques hunt.

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Enquiries have been made on Gumtree.

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The items appear to be for sale from a male person in the Swansea area.

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Subscriber checks have come back to an address

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in Skewen, so we've got a search warrant under the Theft Act.

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OK, no problem.

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One in 10 crimes committed in Wales are burglaries,

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and stolen antiques can be traded online at a fast pace.

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Even though the burglaries happened a few months ago, the information

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we've received is quite recent, and we've got to act on that

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as quick as we can.

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We're hoping that we find the furniture that's been stolen.

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-That's the back, isn't it?

-I think this should be it.

-Yeah.

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This right here.

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Hello there. I'll just explain why we're here first, mate.

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We've got a warrant to search your premises under the Theft Act, OK.

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Go sit in by here.

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Right, the allegation is, there's been a burglary, OK?

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A load of antique furniture has been stolen.

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Are you selling anything on any internet websites?

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-Gumtree.

-Gumtree, is it?

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There we are, so you've got items for sale

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on Gumtree at the minute, yeah?

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Two little tables. There's two little tables on it.

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We'll have a quick cursory search.

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Cheers, pal.

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The team are looking for distinctive pieces of stolen furniture.

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We're in possession of photographs of the stolen property.

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We've executed the warrant, as soon as we've come upstairs,

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we seen the chaise longue there.

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Obviously matches the description, bang on, of the property

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that has been stolen during the break.

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We've taken photographs of it in situ,

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and it's going to be seized now as part of the enquiry.

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You're going to be arrested now, OK, on suspicion of burglary.

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You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence

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if you do not mention when questioned

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something which you later rely on in court.

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Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

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I ain't done nothing.

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I didn't pinch anything, like.

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The gentleman who's just been arrested

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states there's a couple of lock-ups he uses to store

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property in, so he's going to take us there now to have a look around.

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So that's our next stop.

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Swansea City Centre is a mecca for retail outlets.

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But not all customers are willing to part with their cash.

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Lifters who don't want to pay for their shopping

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are a daily problem for neighbourhood PC Ruth Davies.

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We've got a male adult shoplifter detained.

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He is compliant at present in the 99p Store.

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So he's saved himself a lot of money by going there.

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I think they think because this stuff is so cheap,

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they won't bother reporting it.

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I did have someone who stole pasties and concealed them

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in their armpits, which was nice.

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And they weren't packaged, either.

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They were loose pasties in the armpit.

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So I'm hoping he wasn't going to give them away after that.

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That's pretty grim.

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-Where is he?

-He's in the office.

-Fab.

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-You all right to show me?

-Need me to show you?

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Cos I haven't had one in here before.

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It turns out that the suspected shoplifter

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and PC Davies have met before.

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-You all right?

-Yeah, fine, thank you.

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-What have you been doing, then?

-He's admitting to the theft.

-Right.

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But he won't admit to everything else

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-that we found in his possession.

-Right, I'm going to caution you.

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You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence

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if you do not mention when questioned something

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which you later rely on in court.

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Anything you do say may be given in evidence. All right?

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So, you're saying you've only had the fish today?

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I'm saying I've had the fish today.

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-Am I all right to see the CCTV?

-Yeah.

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The footage shows Danny stealing the tins of fish, but nothing else.

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What can you confirm that you sell in your store?

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-We sell the Fox's biscuits, and we sell the fish.

-OK.

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Let me tell you now, you don't sell Fray Bentos pies any more.

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You stopped selling them.

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-Hang on a minute now. We're having a discussion.

-I know, but I...

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You will get your opportunity on interview to say what's happened.

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Listen to me now, you're under arrest for shoplifting.

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

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something which you later rely on in court.

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Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Do you want to make a reply?

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I'm happy to turn on and say that the fish is from the store.

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And nothing else.

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It's only shoplifting fish, like.

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Not exactly the crime of the century, is it?

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-Are you all right to grab the doors for me?

-Yeah.

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Danny is taken into police custody, and Ruth now has to investigate.

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He's got tons of stuff on him.

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So, that'll be the fun bit now,

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trying to sort where the rest of it's come from.

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Ruth has 24 hours to prove Danny lifted the other goods,

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as well as the fish he's admitted to stealing.

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The custody clock is ticking.

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The Swansea Priority Policing Team have arrested a male suspect

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on suspicion of theft of antique furniture.

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The team are about to search his lock-up for further stolen items.

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CLATTERING

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-It's not here, is it?

-They'd be indoors, as well, wouldn't they?

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-Right, where would that table be if it's in here?

-There somewhere.

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This one by here, is it?

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-It looks tiny there.

-It looks small, doesn't it?

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-Mike, try that.

-That's more like it.

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This is what we're looking for.

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The suspect will now be taken into police custody to answer

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questions about the stolen furniture found in his possession.

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Burglary occurred in the West Cross area in February.

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Antique furniture was stolen.

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The victims of the burglary are Ishi Church and his family.

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-So do you mind coming down?

-Yeah, sure.

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Ishi's here to identify the furniture

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that the team have retrieved.

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At least you got one of the good ones.

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Is that the one of them?

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-Yeah, both ours, definitely.

-OK.

-Definitely, yeah.

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I've been checking eBay and Gumtree like Sherlock Holmes at home

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on the computer all the time every week.

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He hasn't looked after them. No.

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Definitely have to repaint them now.

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The suspect was charged with handling stolen goods.

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When he appeared before the courts, he pleaded guilty,

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and was sentenced to a year-long community and rehabilitation order.

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He also had to pay a £250 fine.

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Neighbourhood officer Ruth Davies is also on a hunt

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to reunite some items with the rightful owner.

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Shoplifter Danny is in custody,

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having admitted to stealing 13 cans of fish,

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but not the other items found with him.

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Ruth has to find the evidence of the purchase.

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Right, we've got NutriGrains, batteries...

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..pork pies.

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Yeah, this is what I joined for(!)

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Serious crime.

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But finding which shop the goods have come from is no easy task.

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Right, we'll try the other pound shop.

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Is there any way of checking your tills

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to see if these items have gone through today?

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Meanwhile, in custody,

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fish thief Danny is taking advantage of room service.

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He's on to his seventh lasagne.

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Lovely. Thank you. Ta-ra.

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Erm... All theirs,

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every single thing, so they've now got to check the CCTV

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and check the till receipts to see if they match up.

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But Danny wasn't caught stealing on camera this time.

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And there's no proof to say the other items were stolen.

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It's the end of the line for Ruth.

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It's really time-consuming.

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I mean, there is a lot of paperwork that will go in to just this one...

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£13 theft.

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That's me gone for a whole day.

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When there's loads of other stuff that I could be doing,

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making a bigger impact somewhere else within the community.

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Danny is free to leave custody,

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and is happy with the treatment he's received.

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I just popped in. I had seven microwave meals.

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Charged with shoplifting 14...

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No, 13 tins of fish.

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And I've got to catch my own, they said.

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The courts didn't let fish thief Danny Davies of the hook.

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He pleaded guilty, and was fined £330.

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13 tins was pushing my luck.

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The best way to do something is pick two up and put one back.

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Don't be greedy.

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If you make your way to the green for the fancy dress...

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They're not throwing sponges of water, are they?

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Cos I'm going to be a prime candidate if they are.

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On Gower, and neighbourhood PC Phil Davies is on duty

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at the Llanrhidian village fair.

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Hiya, all right? Gareth, all right? How are you doing?

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You've got to stand back a bit, haven't you?

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You're hitting it from point-blank range, man!

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-Charlie wants to be a policeman when he's older.

-Do you?

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To me, this is what policing is all about.

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It's about getting to know a community and trying to...

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help a community, and have the time to do it.

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Hi, all right? How are you doing?

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Yeah, well, if you can get to speak to people,

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you can understand what their problems are,

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and then hopefully keep the area crime-free.

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See you. Ta-ra!

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Knowing his people and his patch is vital for Phil to do his job

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over the 70 square miles of countryside he has to patrol.

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This is a gentleman who is reporting the third theft

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of central heating fuel from his tank in the garden.

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He's an elderly gentleman, and quite clearly something like this

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will cause him and his wife quite a lot of concern.

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Hello.

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After two previous visits,

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PC Davies is now familiar with Mark Keegan's disappearing oil.

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Let's have a look at the tank.

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That looks as if there's oil there.

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There is over the time, I think.

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But that may have been leaking for a good while.

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-Just very slightly.

-Right, OK.

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The problem is...

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the camera isn't pointing quite correctly on this.

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-I'll show you the film in a minute.

-Right, OK.

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-I haven't got it quite on the tank.

-So where?

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-The tank is over here, is it?

-Just here, yes.

-Right.

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The camera itself is a motion sensor, so if there is any movement,

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it will record events.

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The cow has set that off!

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Although there is nothing wrong with what it's recording,

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if we could get it on the tank rather than the side,

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that may be advantageous.

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I couldn't move it around, actually.

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Right.

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You're a big bloke. You can help there.

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So we want to move it across a bit, don't we?

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It's very, very stiff, and I'm reluctant to...

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-RECORDING OF DOG BARKING

-..to force it,

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because I could damage it.

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Try a little bit harder.

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Oh, wait there. Now it's moved.

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Oh, well done.

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Right, I take it you've got the sound of the dog

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attached the camera, have you?

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-Doesn't do any bloody good though. It didn't wake me up.

-Oh!

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When I joined the police, this is what I wanted to do.

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I wouldn't necessarily say I wanted to be a Gower policeman,

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but you're certainly part of the community and try to do your bit

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to make sure that if they are the victims of crime,

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that you do your best for them.

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At night, Swansea gets swamped with party people.

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He's not going to lock you up tonight!

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LAUGHTER

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My next-door neighbour.

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Deal with the headaches in the morning and give them a knock.

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The infamous Wind Street is a 300-metre strip

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that is home to most of the city's bars, pubs and clubs.

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And when the revellers get seriously intoxicated

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and need medical attention,

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there is a safe haven close by.

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I'm the nurse, OK?

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I fell on the dance floor...

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On the dance floor, OK.

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This mobile first aid unit was installed to help police

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deal with injured and drunk people.

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Where are you stopping, byt?

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It's funded by the South Wales

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Police and Crime Commissioner, Alun Michael,

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and tonight,

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he's meeting with the student police volunteers who work here.

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There are about 1,000 people who have been helped

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since the help point came into being last September.

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And the statistic I find useful is the fact that on the first night,

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there were 18 ambulance journeys that weren't needed,

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and on 18 occasions, of course, that means police officers

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were back on the streets helping to keep people safe.

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He's drunk a bit too much.

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He can't stand on his own two feet.

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We're bringing him down here now, get him some water,

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sober him up and get a taxi home for him then.

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All right, Mike?

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Bring him over here.

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Have a little sip of water by here now.

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There's no need to get out of the chair.

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Have a drop of that.

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I'm OK. I'm OK.

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-Take a pew, will you?

-Mike!

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Well, we'll get you sobered up now, right?

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I'm going to get you some water.

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The St John Ambulance medics are concerned, as their patient, Mike,

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seems to have mixed alcohol with his prescribed medication.

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I've just looked up some of the treatment that this gentleman is on,

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and it says that using it with alcohol could cause

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some unpredictable emotional symptoms.

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So maybe that's why Mike feels as he does.

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HE SOBS

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It was a one time only thing, wasn't it?

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-Come on, you're all right.

-I know that!

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Mike has a visitor.

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It's his girlfriend, Lauren.

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HE CRIES

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Come on, now.

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I don't want her to be pissed off at me.

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Mike, sit up!

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Mike!

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It's all right.

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His blood pressure dropped a little bit and then he had his...

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A bit of an episode out there.

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The team decide to take action, and put Mike on an intravenous drip

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to get fluids into him fast,

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as he is severely dehydrated.

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It is, the impact of excess of alcohol is pretty frightening.

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I think what's terrific is the resilience with which the students

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are coping with the sorts of things that they are seeing.

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They are providing a really important public service.

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Come on, then.

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Taxi's waiting outside.

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Eventually, the fluids do their trick,

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and Mike is back on his feet and ready to go home.

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I've got to be honest, I'm glad they found me

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and I'm glad they helped me, so...

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Right, see you again, Mike.

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All the best, pants and vest.

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It's the morning after the night before,

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and PC Ruth Davies is on duty to mop up the after-effects.

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We are going to Wind Street.

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We are going to empty some of our drug safes.

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Each premises, as part of their licensing agreement,

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has got to have a drug safe.

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The door staff then, as a condition of entry,

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they can search their patrons to see if they've got anything on them.

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No-one is prosecuted, so it's more of an amnesty bin than anything,

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to sort of stamp out drug use on Wind Street.

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Hiya! You OK?

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-How are you doing?

-Ruth.

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-Hi, I'm Phil.

-Phil, nice to meet you.

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Any drugs that are seized are posted into this safe,

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which only the police have the key to.

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This is quite a lot for a few months.

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On this occasion, looks like we've got some ecstasy tablets.

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That's a bit old school.

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Bit of coke in this one.

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Just seems to be the go-to thing now, doesn't it?

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They'll go out and do a bit of coke.

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They go out this is more grainy, so that's going to be meow.

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It's got a slight yellow tinge to it as well.

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And it absolutely stinks.

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We do get bad batches going around.

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People overdosing and stuff,

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so it's good for us to know what's out there.

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We bag them up then as a job lot,

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and then when we get back to Swansea Central, book them in.

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Make sure none falls out.

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-Thank you very much.

-No problem, that's fine.

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And I'll speak to you soon. Cheers. Ta-ra now.

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Being part of the neighbourhood team

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in the city centre is rewarding work for Officer Davies.

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You see a problem through from beginning to end -

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you're a single point of contact.

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You do actually feel like you make a difference.

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As opposed to just being a faceless police officer.

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And being visible when policing in his community

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is at the heart of Gower cop PC Davies' workload, too.

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I've had a call from a lady who lives out in Kittle,

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a small community a couple of miles away from here.

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She's found what she describes as a nine-inch dagger

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on the cliffs.

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The weapon in question was discovered

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by retired couple Mr and Mrs Chambers,

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when they were out taking in the views of Three Cliffs Bay.

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It's a little bit more lethal than ceremonial.

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So where did you find that?

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There is a little seat where we always end up sitting

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-after our walk.

-Yes?

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And it was under the seat sort of lying in the grass.

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I only found it because my hat blew off my head.

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I thought it was just a funny thing to find on the Gower.

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If you were walking about the street with that,

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you would be breaking the law,

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because of the length of the blade and the article that it is.

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You'd be breaking the law.

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I used to work for the police as well. In London.

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-But I said, nobody can walk around with that.

-No, that's right.

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It's ridiculous.

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There's really no excuse for carrying that around, is there?

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If anything turns up, I'll let you know. OK?

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-There we are. Good to see you.

-Thanks a lot.

-See you.

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The knife may be a sign of changing times on Gower,

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but after 16 years of policing the patch,

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PC Davies is still captivated by its beauty.

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There's very few offices around

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that would offer you a view like that.

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One of the best views going. Can't fault that, can you?

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Next time on Police 24/7...

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Whisky-Lima-five-five.

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..officers respond to a distressed man's call for help.

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I've dealt with people like Peter Sutcliffe.

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You name them, I've dealt with them, in Brixton Prison.

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But I can't cope with this.

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The detectives are out looking for clues.

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I mean, there is an old glove on the floor here, but it's soaking wet.

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I don't know if we'll get anything, but it's worth keeping.

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And a suspected burglar isn't happy

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about spending the night in a custody cell.

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-Wait till I see the boy. Wait till I see

-BLEEP.

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-I'm going to

-BLEEP

-stab him.

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I love you, Dad, right. Ta-ra.

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