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This time on Police 24/7...

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..training gets tough for 62 new recruits for South Wales Police...

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Get back! Get back!

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..response officers are called to an assault on a paramedic...

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He threw about six punches.

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-It wasn't a minimal effort, it was...

-OK.

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..and roads policing officer Tony Rees overcomes a language barrier.

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"Lanelly."

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Llanelli.

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-Lanelly.

-Yeah, yeah, "Lanelly" will do, yeah.

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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 they try to beat.

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This is Police 24/7.

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From the Valleys to the coast,

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South Wales Police cover thousands of miles of roads.

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Swansea is one of its busiest areas.

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Schoolie, where are you, mate?

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-OVER RADIO:

-Eastbound 45 to 44, if you want to attend, mate.

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It looks like maybe an extraction by the fire service.

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En route to this emergency is traffic cop Tony Rees,

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who's been patrolling this patch for nearly 30 years.

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There's a report of an accident on the M4

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near junction 45, at Morriston.

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Somebody's trapped, they say trapped in the vehicle,

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but stuck in the vehicle with some injuries,

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and it appears the fire service is going to attend to cut them out,

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so we may have to close part of the motorway,

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if not all of the motorway down,

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so we'll find out when we get there now.

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INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER

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I'm approaching Llandarcy now, stuck in traffic. I'm trying my best.

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Two cars are involved in the crash, and the emergency services

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are concerned that the driver of one could have neck injuries.

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INDISTINCT CONVERSATION

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Saturation still 100%, yeah?

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Have you taken the details of the Audi driver yet?

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No, he can't move in the car.

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I'll take these off the two boys here, then?

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Once he gets put in the ambulance,

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I'll take the details in the ambulance, all right?

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As the fire service work to free the trapped driver,

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Tony has to keep the rush hour traffic moving safely.

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Come on.

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Look at the road! Look at the road! That's right, yep.

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Come on!

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Look at the road. Come on, let's go!

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The build-up of traffic is around the bend and out of sight

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and a lot of that is down to people

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driving so slow completely unnecessarily.

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Too busy nosing at what's going on here.

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This is why we end up with so many collisions at the scenes.

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As the injured man is successfully cut out of his vehicle,

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Officer Rees is off to see the other driver involved in the incident.

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It was a bit scary, you know?

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The only thing I can explain - it T-boned, he went one way,

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I rammed on the brakes, I straightened up,

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then slid across the hard shoulder and into the barrier.

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I felt myself lift up in air.

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That's when I've hurt my back.

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I thought I was brown bread then.

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As the injured are taken off to hospital,

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Officer Rees has to get the damaged vehicles off the M4

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before he can continue his patrol.

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OK, just to advise you,

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there's crash barrier damage at fingerpost 303/5.

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If you could advise the highways department of that, please.

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South Wales police force has almost 3,000 officers on its books.

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Recently, it's had its biggest ever intake

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of recruits in the last ten years.

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Parade!

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Attention!

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Here, at headquarters in Bridgend,

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62 men and women are going through 12 tough weeks of basic training.

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OK, this is midway through the course,

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we're expecting some improvements

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for those of you who've been given feedback previously, OK?

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At today's parade, standards are high.

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Only slight criticism -

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bit too much make-up.

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Don't forget, with that, two fingers in there,

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in line with the bridge of your nose.

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Good shoes.

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Parade! Dismissed!

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But it's not just about looking the part.

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Get back! Get back!

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The recruits also have to prepare for the physical challenges

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they'll soon face on the streets of South Wales.

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In we go, then, guys.

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Finish up what you're doing, yeah?

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No problem. Yeah, don't leave her there.

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And up in the sky.

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Officer Mark Bateman will be pushing them hard

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and making sure everyone's up to the job.

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HE SHOUTS INSTRUCTIONS

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Get hold of the other shoulder as well, keep control.

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It's officer safety training,

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so we're just looking to consolidate

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all the stuff they've learned throughout the week, really.

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-Get down!

-INDISTINCT SHOUTING

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Hand over, grab the wrist.

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Bring the wrist round, elbow in. Down! Get down!

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Get down! Get down on your stomach, put your hands out to the side!

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It's good fun. Obviously, we're with our mates now -

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when we're out there, it'll be a bit different,

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but, yeah, it's great.

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Down! Down! Down! Down!

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I can't wait. In a couple of weeks we'll be out there

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and given an opportunity to actually put this into practice,

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which is good.

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I'll let you know when someone hits me how I feel, shall I?

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Time for the training to move up a gear.

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MARK ROARS

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Police officers can be targets for violence,

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so learning how to deal with it is crucial.

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Get back! Get back!

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Get back!

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As rookie Lauren takes a tumble, she learns a valuable lesson.

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There's nothing quite like hitting the deck

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in front of your entire team,

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but, yeah, good fun. I'd like to do it again,

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just to rectify the mistakes -

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I was going backwards, I should have been going sideways.

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I like to think I've learned from that!

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If we train for the worst-case scenario,

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then hopefully they'll be prepared for that, then, really.

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Get back!

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Down on your knees! Get down!

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Not one of them shied away from it, did they?

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And we can't, can we, as police officers?

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We've got to be seen to step up when needed, like.

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I'm going to go and get a de-fib, I'll be back.

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Roads policing officers specialise in tracking down the criminals

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who are on the move.

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At their team office in Llansamlet,

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Danielle Matthews is on the early shift

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with long-serving traffic cop Tony Rees.

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What happened on the course, Doris, did you pass?

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-Yes.

-Well done.

-Really enjoyed it.

-Did you?

-Yeah, really good.

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-Hard work.

-It is hard work.

-Yeah.

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-Were you tired at the end of it?

-Yeah.

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After seven years in the force,

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PC Matthews has just completed the final stage

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of her specialist driver training.

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Last two weeks, I've been doing a pursuit and TPAC course,

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or tactical pursuit and containment course.

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I'm ready now, I've done all my driving grades, so it's nice.

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It's not long before Officer Matthews

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gets her first shout of the day -

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a suspected stolen car.

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So I'm looking for a silver or grey Vauxhall Vectra,

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so we're just contacting the force that it's been stolen from

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to make sure it is still outstanding and it hasn't been recovered.

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Fingers crossed we'll come across it now.

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Tony is making his way up,

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Ed is at junction 43, Llandarcy,

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so we should... In all fairness,

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we've got it cornered pretty quickly.

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The suspected car comes into view.

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Stand by, stand by, stand by.

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I've got eyeball on the vehicle.

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PC Matthews prepares to put her recent training into action.

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WS, if you are receiving, my intention will be

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to stop this vehicle using a pre-emptive tactic,

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obviously with the availability of tango-whisky-five-six and five-four.

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Tango-whisky-five-two, it's a left, left, left,

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ascending the offslip, junction 44.

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Current speed 50, 50.

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Units, if you're in position,

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we'll look to do it further on ahead up Birchgrove Road, correct?

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Officer Matthews is taking the lead

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and positions the rest of the team.

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Just looking for a suitable place now

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for me to actually get ahead of this vehicle.

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Yep. Move forward, move forward.

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Box, box, box.

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Arrest vehicle, stop, stop, stop.

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The driver is surrounded

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and quickly arrested.

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-What's your name?

-Paul.

-OK

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Danielle's first TPAC. She was qualified yesterday, I think,

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or the day before, so thrown in at deep end and she did really well.

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In the custody suite,

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PC Matthews can't wait to share her news.

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Go and speak to the custody sergeant now.

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What are the chances, Sarge?

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Passed my TPAC course yesterday.

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Two hours into my shift I got my first TPAC job.

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-Excellent!

-Only my luck.

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-Did you enjoy it?

-Yeah.

-And did it work?

-Yes.

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Excellent, there we are.

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I was expecting to wait a bit more than two hours, mind, but...

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-Glad it's done.

-Did the nerves kick in?

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Yeah, they were contained, though.

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Didn't expect it to be today, but it was and we did it,

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-so...

-And it's just the TWOC, is it?

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Yes, yeah.

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And he hasn't got a licence.

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The driver, Paul Paget, was fined £110 for driving without a licence

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and no insurance.

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The offence of taking a vehicle without consent was dropped.

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Each year, South Wales officers make around 35,000 arrests.

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Learning this skill is an essential part of police training.

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Can you attend, please, at the Waterton rugby field?

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We've had a report - two persons acting suspiciously.

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It's police. Get out there.

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Stop! Police, stop!

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Today is a tough test for the recruits.

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They will be expected to detain the suspect.

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Stop, sir, stay where you are.

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MAN SHOUTS

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Trainer Mark Bateman is watching their every move.

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Right, knuckles together, entwine your fingers.

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First thing, what did we say?

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I heard you about three times, what were you screaming?

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-"Stop, police."

-You were loving that, weren't you?

-I was.

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Didn't do it last time, so made up for it.

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In the waiting room, the recruits have no idea of what to expect,

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but former police community support officer Martin David

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is feeling confident.

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I've got more of a background in the police -

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I was a special constable for seven years, PCSO for three.

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Although I've got experience,

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it's still different every time, isn't it?

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Now it's Martin's turn to make an arrest.

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Keep your hands where I can see them!

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Keep your hands where I can see them, sir!

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Stand where you are, stay there.

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-Look away from me, stay there.

-I haven't done anything!

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I am going to talk to you. Are you going to talk to me?

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Cool down, cos you're in my face all the time, innit?

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-I'm going to cool down.

-Cool down, then.

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All I'm asking is for you to cool down.

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Sir, I'm talking now. Listen!

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-You listen to me, you don't talk.

-Don't shout.

-I won't shout.

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Don't shout at me, all right?

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I'm not shouting at you, sir. Turn around.

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At this point, sir, I'm arresting you

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for possession of drugs under Section 5

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of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, OK?

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How do you think it went? How do you think you conducted it?

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I personally think it went all right.

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There's bits I could have improved on, definitely.

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Um, I think I got control quite well, I kept my distance.

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What you're doing at the moment

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is going to rub people up the wrong way, OK?

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Even though you're saying, "Calm down," it's not what's coming out.

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-LOUDLY:

-"Calm down, sir, do it now! I'm calm - you be calm!"

-Yeah.

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That's not calming someone down.

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That is winding him up

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and you continually shouted at him throughout.

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The difficulty is getting across assertiveness with loudness.

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I like to try and be assertive,

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which is important within the role of a police officer,

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but it's bringing it down a level. I think anyone who knows me

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will say I'm naturally quite loud.

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I know role plays, it's a bit harder with safety, because...

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Back in the classroom,

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the recruits watch their performances on the screen.

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Here we go, have a watch of this, then.

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-Once again, the spotlight is on Martin.

-Stay where you are!

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Give me your hand! Stay where you are!

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I told you to stay where you were, OK? Let go.

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Move your hands away from me!

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Right!

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SHOUTING CONTINUES

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It is just a downward spiral from here.

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I'm asking you...

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Mart, talk us through it, pal, talk us through it.

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There is good points in there as well. Good points and bad points.

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-I thought it was better than the feedback I had, if I am honest.

-OK.

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-You thought it was amazing, did you?

-No. No, far from it.

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I think I...

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I agree, it has always been pointed out that I speak loud, I do.

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I do, it's constructive feedback.

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What was the other guy doing?

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-ALL:

-Shouting.

-He was mimicking it, wasn't he?

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As Martin was getting louder, he was shouting

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and it's just turned into a massive shouting match for ten minutes.

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Oh, gosh! He doesn't like feedback, this one, does he?

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No-one likes making mistakes, do they?

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But as long as he has a little reflect tonight,

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hopefully he will be OK.

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When the recruits complete their training,

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many of them will be deployed as response officers,

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working shifts, answering emergency calls.

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Tonight in Swansea, PCs Jamal Ali and Tony Phipps are on duty.

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Lucky you, driving, Tone.

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Aye, good job I'm driving.

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I'd have driven to the SA1 and be like, "Where's the recorder?"

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-Well done.

-Thank you for that.

-Top man.

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It's not long into their night shift

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when the first emergency call comes in.

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'Can I have urgent assistance, please?

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'One of our crew members has been assaulted.

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'He's just activated his emergency alarm.'

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A paramedic has gone to an address in the SA1 area.

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It's been reported at the moment

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that he's been assaulted at the address.

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We're going there now just to make sure he's all right

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and then find out what's happened.

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Unlike us, if someone's abusive or threatening to us,

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we can arrest them, can't we?

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But paramedics haven't got that power, unfortunately.

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So when things do go a bit belly-up, they have to contact us.

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-We've managed to sit him up.

-Yeah.

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As soon as we go to try and move him, he's just freaked out.

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Up you get.

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I'll be making a complaint against him for assaulting me.

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-You are?

-Yeah.

-He threw about six punches.

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-I mean, it wasn't minimal effort, it was...

-OK.

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He's a strong old boy.

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We identified ourselves to him, tried getting him up

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and he just started swinging.

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The team can now take the man off to hospital for examination.

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Assaults and violence against the emergency services

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is on the increase, as Officer Phipps has observed.

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Neither of those two were injured tonight,

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but it has happened in the past when they have been injured.

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It happens as well to nursing staff in A&E as well.

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They will get assaulted sometimes.

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Or verbally abused and threatened.

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And it's something they can do without, isn't it?

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Last year, Welsh emergency workers

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reported over 350 violent and abusive incidents.

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Tonight, paramedic Christopher Collins is one of them.

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He's allowed us to do a few of our obs without any problems,

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but as soon as we started to move him

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off the settee into a wheelchair,

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he started to become aggressive towards us

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and then started punching

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and I received several punches to my left arm

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and the left side of my ribs.

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We get verbally abused on a daily basis,

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but physically abused, we are finding more

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that it has come into it

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and we are having to call police backup on a lot more occasions

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because of the physical abuse that we are starting to see more of.

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We will be taking statements off the paramedics tonight.

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When he's fit to be released from hospital,

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he'll be going straight to custody,

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where he'll be dealt with for assaulting the paramedics.

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The suspect was later questioned about the assault

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and received a police caution as it was his first offence.

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Every week, South Wales Police deal with more than 150 incidents

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relating to domestic violence,

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and attacks are on the increase.

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So training its future officers

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how to handle these difficult situations is important.

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When you're dealing with this incident,

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make sure that as you're dealing with it, you get enough details

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to investigate it properly, yeah?

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Who goes next?

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Domestic violence practical day today,

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so today now is the big day -

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let's see if they put everything

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that I've told them at the start of the week into practice

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and see if they can come out on top of this one.

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Yeah, it shows code five.

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Have you still got the RP landline on this?

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In his last exercise,

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Martin received feedback for being too confrontational,

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so this time, it's his opportunity to get it right.

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He's nervous, if I'm honest with you.

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Yeah, he is a little bit nervous.

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I just want to see him try and calm the situation down

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and see him calm down as well.

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SHOUTING AND CRASHING

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SHOUTING CONTINUES

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Open the door, sir. Now.

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Open the door, sir, or we're going to be putting it in.

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Open the door. Thank you very much.

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Right, what's been going on?

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She's...

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-She's just gone off her head...

-Do you want to come with me, sir?

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Do you want to come with me? I'd appreciate that, sir.

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Come with me, is that all right?

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If I take some details off you,

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just so I can find out a bit more about what's been going on.

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Sir... No, sir, sir, sir, do me a favour, bring it down a little.

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-But I've been here now enough time.

-I'm not going to argue with you, OK?

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I'm not here to argue with you, OK?

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I'm here to just deal with the situation

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and make sure that you're OK and she's OK, that's my priority.

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-Yeah.

-You can appreciate that. She is your partner, isn't she?

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And it's just for your safety and the baby.

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We want to make sure everything's all right.

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That's fine. I'll just chat with my colleague now.

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-Sir.

-Don't tell them anything, right?

-Sir, stay there.

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Stay back exactly as I told you.

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Stay back exactly as I've told you.

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Sit there and stay there, OK?

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I've asked you nicely, I've told you to stay where you are.

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-Are you going to do as I ask?

-Yeah.

-Thank you.

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If you don't do that again, I'll have to handcuff you, OK, sir?

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-Yeah, that's fine.

-Thank you very much,

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I appreciate that. Thank you.

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Check mate, well done, guys. Come on, let's have a chat.

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So from your point of view, Mart, massive improvement.

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Honestly, it was 100 times better.

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You not only showed me that you can still escalate it,

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you can still shout and tell the person to cool down if you need to.

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You also brought it back down every single time, didn't you?

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I think, from experience, I wanted to focus on that,

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-that was the key learning for me.

-It was brilliant.

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You came across really well, and he actually said that.

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-Awesome, well done.

-Brilliant, thank you.

-OK.

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-How did you feel?

-Yeah, really well.

-Yeah.

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I think, after the other day, when I obviously had a few issues

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and today, I think I put everything into practice

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and with a good partner as well to work with,

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it was good, so, yeah, at least he's happy with us,

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and I think we are, so it's all about the learning.

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-It's good learning.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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The M4 motorway - the busiest road in the South Wales Police area.

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Every day, thousands of lorries clock up the miles 24/7.

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And as a former trucker himself, roads policing officer Tony Rees

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takes a keen interest in their activities on his patch.

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We do stop foreign vehicles on quite a regular basis and, obviously,

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we look in the back of them, because - with the immigrant crisis

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that's currently ongoing - it's a political hot potato at the moment.

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And, for sure, we've had illegal immigrants jumping out of lorries

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at service stations in our force area.

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There's a truck alongside us now, so we're just going to pull him

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into the services now at Swansea West

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and we'll go through a few checks with the driver in the services.

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With the lorry safe from motorway traffic,

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Officer Rees needs to find out the driver's nationality.

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-Hello, do you speak English?

-No.

-None? Nil? OK, your documents first.

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Insurance? Insurance? Paperwork?

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-Paperwork?

-Er, documents?

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-Your documents and insurance. Lorry insurance.

-Ah, insurance.

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In situations like this, with a foreign lorry driver, and they have

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difficulty understanding what I'm asking him to do,

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we ring what's called Language Line,

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'whereby we would ring them up

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'and ask them for a particular language, for an interpreter.'

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Yes, that's right, yes.

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Having discovered that the driver is from Romania,

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PC Rees gets Language Line on the phone to help translate.

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So ask him what is he carrying and what is his destination, please, OK?

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HE SPEAKS ROMANIAN

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Lanelly.

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Llanelli!

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-Lanelly!

-Yeah, yeah, "Lanelly" will do, yeah.

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HE SPEAKS ROMANIAN

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Can you ask him to open the rear doors for me to have a look, please?

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You OK to stay on the line for a minute?

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OK, thank you.

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-OK.

-OK?

-No problem, yeah.

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Um, I want you to ask him

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to print out his tacograph chart for today, please.

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What PC Rees does uncover is a problem with the driver's tacograph.

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He's driven for too many hours without the correct break.

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He has committed an offence by driving without

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taking his daily rest, so he's been prohibited from moving now.

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I know he's going to stay here for 11 hours, he's going

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to have a break, he's only going to Llanelli down the road,

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which is probably 20 minutes' drive from here,

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but he's free to do that after 6 o'clock in the morning now.

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After nearly 30 years on the job, officer Tony Rees has witnessed

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a lot of transformations in the police force.

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Lots and lots of changes, especially advancements in technology.

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That has probably been the biggest thing for me, I think.

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Computer things and a lot of it, I must admit, is over my head

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and I don't really understand it, so I'm not a dinosaur, but not far off.

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Back at the training school,

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it's a new day and a new challenge for the next generation.

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-Good morning.

-ALL: Good morning.

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How's everyone this morning?

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Putting the recruits through their paces today is officer Baz Narbad.

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OK, so what are the languages

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that they're saying they want people to know?

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'There were two things I really wanted to do.'

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Um, one was be a police officer, um...

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Unfortunately, at the time, when I left school,

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they had a height restriction,

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so, being a bit vertically challenged, I couldn't get in.

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My other aspiration was to be a teacher, so, of course,

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when they dropped the height restriction, um,

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I got into the police and, with the training,

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'it's kind of combining both of my ideal jobs, really.'

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OK, well, enjoy it, yeah? Let's learn from it.

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And we'll see you when we call you. OK, guys.

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EQUIPMENT BEEPS, BUZZ OF CONVERSATION

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In today's role play,

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everyone will be assessed on how they deal with a reported theft.

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Former retail worker Danielle Turner is up next.

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I always try to relax before them, and try not to think about it,

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cos if I get panicked, I forget everything then.

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-So you're panicked, then(?)

-LAUGHTER

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So are you thinking about it now, or are you just...?

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No, I don't think about it until I walk in there.

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-Hello, I'm PC Turner. This is PC Mason. Are you OK?

-Yeah.

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-Well, not really.

-What's happened?

-My bag's been taken out of my car.

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And is it just the bag that's been taken or anything else?

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-No, it's just the bag that's gone.

-OK, and what does the bag look like?

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-It is a briefcase bag. In fact, there he is. That's him!

-OK.

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-Go and get him!

-Stay here.

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Excuse me? Can you stop there, please?

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-Yeah, can you just stop there?

-What's the matter?

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-We need you to stop...

-Why?

-..now.

-I haven't done anything.

-Right...

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-What's the matter?

-I'm going to search you under Section 1 of PACE.

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Put your arms in the lower of your back, knuckles touching, OK?

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I'll come to this side of you now and start searching you, OK?

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Can you put your hands like this, so I can hold them both?

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That's great, thank you.

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PC Mason has found a bag...

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-Bag?

-..and we do also have a description of you,

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-and we've got a witness stating it is you, OK?

-I...

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So I'm going to arrest you under suspicion of theft of a

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-motor vehicle.

-You're joking!

-I need to remind you you are under caution.

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-Do you have any reply to the caution?

-Yeah! It's not me.

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OK, and relax.

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OK, Danni, Beth, OK.

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-How do you feel that went?

-I think I should've arrested him straightaway.

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OK, so what were your thought processes?

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Um, I was just thinking, in case it wasn't him.

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I was quite definite. I went, "That's him!"

0:26:410:26:44

-I said, "Go and get him!"

-Yeah.

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-Could you get any more positive than that?

-You can't.

-No.

-You know...

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As soon as I stopped him, and started searching him, I was like,

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"I should've arrested him."

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Big learning from this is, if you've got the grounds,

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arrest straightaway.

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-Well done.

-Thanks, Baz.

-OK, off you go.

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-And pass on your radio. Well done.

-All right.

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-How was it?

-Yeah, it went OK. I knew I made the mistake straight away.

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I was like, "Why haven't I arrested him?"

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but I'd already started searching him then,

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so I thought I may as well just carry on and then arrest him.

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-BAZ:

-They're a good bunch, yeah, definitely.

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To see the change in the 12 weeks from day one, when they're nervous,

0:27:170:27:20

they don't quite know what they're doing, to the very last week,

0:27:200:27:24

when they're very confident and pretty much ready to go out.

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12 weeks ago, 62 recruits began their training.

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Now they are fully fledged officers joining the ranks

0:27:360:27:39

of South Wales Police.

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Walk with me, do as I say...

0:27:410:27:42

PC Martin David is working in Pontypridd with a response team

0:27:420:27:47

and he has made his first domestic violence arrest.

0:27:470:27:50

Attention!

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Officer Danielle Turner is on patrol

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in Swansea city centre, also with a response team.

0:27:560:27:59

It's her ambition to secure a role in child protection

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in her future with the force.

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SIREN WAILS Next time on Police 24/7...

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What's happening?

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..in Swansea city centre,

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a homeless person causes concern for the constables on the street.

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We can't leave you alone, cos you're vulnerable.

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Oh, I'm vulnerable?! Yeah, that's why I get smashed in the head!

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CHILDREN SQUEAL The neighbourhood team are on playtime patrol in Mumbles.

0:28:230:28:28

You've got it on backwards, son! Put it on the other way.

0:28:280:28:31

And investigating officer Dale Davies

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is on the case of a nasty assault.

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This has happened in a nightclub in Swansea,

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which, as Tom Jones will tell you, "It's not unusual".

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