0:00:02 > 0:00:07If we don't maintain a good performance in this month,
0:00:07 > 0:00:11next month and in December, then we are in for a torrid time.
0:00:11 > 0:00:17This programme contains strong language
0:00:17 > 0:00:20British policing is under pressure like never before.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25Forces up and down the country must cope with new types of crime,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27ever changing targets
0:00:27 > 0:00:31and the biggest cuts to their budgets in modern times.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34We have vastly diminished resources,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37we're losing staff hand over foot, we've got much less money
0:00:37 > 0:00:40than we had to play with two years ago.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43There's very much a feeling back at district that they've just
0:00:43 > 0:00:47run out of staff and you're going to have a situation where you've got
0:00:47 > 0:00:50literally nobody on.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59South Yorkshire Police has more problems than most.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04It's struggling to rebuild a reputation tainted by the tragedy
0:01:04 > 0:01:06of Hillsborough.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09And by some of the worst crime figures in Britain.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12We are one of the worst performing forces in the country.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Now that's not something that I think is acceptable.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19And tensions in its communities are threatening to boil over
0:01:19 > 0:01:20into violence.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23You're causing an atmosphere in this area
0:01:23 > 0:01:25so that all the communities start fighting.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29There's going to come a time when someone - I might lose my head -
0:01:29 > 0:01:31might go out and do something stupid, you know what I mean?
0:01:31 > 0:01:32MARCHERS CHANT "EDL"
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Pressure is on - to improve its reputation,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38to bring peace to its streets
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and to do it all with a lot less money.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43We are doing more for less, we're trying our best.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46But there comes a break point, doesn't there?
0:01:46 > 0:01:51And that's not just rhetoric from a DCI who's got a vested interest,
0:01:51 > 0:01:52it's the truth.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10East Sheffield, July 2013.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13It's one of the most deprived parts of the country.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Lately a few streets in an area known as Page Hall
0:02:20 > 0:02:23have become a battle ground for South Yorkshire Police.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Debs Parker has been a community patrol officer here for five years.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36The issue with the kids hanging round, the parents are quite happy
0:02:36 > 0:02:38for them to stay out till all hours.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42And that affects people that have got to get up for work, really.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45They're not doing anything other than talking
0:02:45 > 0:02:48but it is classed as... people see it as antisocial.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54In the last few years, around 700 Roma families from Slovakia
0:02:54 > 0:02:56have moved into the area.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00It's led to growing tension with the established communities
0:03:00 > 0:03:04of Page Hall, who are mostly white British or Asian.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06What about the Slovakians taking over, what do you think?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09We can't go to schools no more because there's no places,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12we can't go to the doctors' surgery cos there's no place.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Every time I've been to dentist it's full.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17We've got no facilities. They've took over.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Community people are cutting facilities back because there's
0:03:20 > 0:03:23no funding, it's not just about people coming in and taking over.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25They nick everything. You'd be surprised.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29I was walking down the street and I seen one and he had my clothes on!
0:03:29 > 0:03:32They're the most dirtiest and pathetic people I've seen in my life.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- That's your opinion, which you're entitled to.- They're like rats!
0:03:35 > 0:03:36They are, honestly.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40You see 'em in the street around about ten o'clock, 10-15 of them.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42So you go outside and say to them,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44"Look, can you just move, we've got kids sleeping,"
0:03:44 > 0:03:46they'll still carry on talking.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Make a note of it, then I'll go and knock on and advise them and
0:03:49 > 0:03:52if we keep doing it, eventually they'll get the message.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54It's going to come to the point where it's going to become
0:03:54 > 0:03:56a confrontation, do you understand?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58And that's what we don't want.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01It's the job of neighbourhood officers like Debs to patrol
0:04:01 > 0:04:05the streets, offering reassurance and dealing with minor disputes.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09In Page Hall, her role has become one of peacekeeper.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Me in Slovakia, no problem. - Where do you live?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Pakistani, no problem,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18but we work in Slovakia, Pakistani are not working.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Right, OK.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31All of you need to move now, right! Where do you live?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Right, you need to move now, please.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Unless you're using the shops, you're not to hang around.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Page Hall has seen racial tension before.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52It took years for the Pakistani community to be accepted
0:04:52 > 0:04:54by the white British.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Today both groups are united against the Roma.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05They're just running up and down, it's like bedlam.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09You know what I mean, you can't even sit in your own front room.
0:05:09 > 0:05:1129 scratches on our car.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12How long have you lived here?
0:05:12 > 0:05:1729 year nearly, and for 27 years it's been quite all right,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20but the last two years it's a bloody disgrace.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23We can't understand how they lived in their own country.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27They're wanting to come to better their life,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30they're upsetting our life by doing it.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Never mind integrate, I'll be quite honest about it -
0:05:32 > 0:05:35I just wish they'd take the bloody hook.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38I'd just like to win the lottery and bugger off because
0:05:38 > 0:05:40this place has had it round here.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Deb's boss, Inspector Simon Leake, is in charge of community policing
0:05:49 > 0:05:51for north-east Sheffield.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Nobody told us that you can expect an increase of 700 families
0:05:57 > 0:06:02in a very small area, and, oh, by the way, here's some extra
0:06:02 > 0:06:05policing staff, here's some extra doctors, you know.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Here's some extra city council workers who will be able
0:06:08 > 0:06:11to support that cos you'll need it - that didn't come.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14And there is a tension between communities.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18It's about cultural differences, poverty,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21a lot of people in a very small area together.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Simon must keep the number of complaints
0:06:30 > 0:06:34for antisocial behaviour - ASBs - below a certain figure.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44The problems in Page Hall mean he's missing his targets
0:06:44 > 0:06:45almost every day.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- WOMAN: I've just spoken to the sergeants about it.- OK, thank you.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53We'll start with yourself, Simon.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Morning, sir. Failed on the ASB front again, 43 ASB.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Mainly down at Page Hall?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04So, erm, we just can't seem to get the ASB reductions right
0:07:04 > 0:07:07at the moment, but we'll have a closer look at them and we'll see
0:07:07 > 0:07:14what the issues are behind as many of them as we can and get them reduced.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18OK. If you could review the ASB and come back to me tomorrow,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I'd appreciate that, Simon.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21OK, will do.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34LINE CONNECTS: Police Communications, Will speaking, how can I help?
0:07:42 > 0:07:43How many people?
0:07:47 > 0:07:48LINE DISCONNECTS
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Night after night, Debs is called to Page Hall.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56As the nights get warmer,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59so the number of complaints against the Roma goes up.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I can't see anybody fighting.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Who's fighting?- Nobody, nobody.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Alpha, hotel 3, where's the call come from, please?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17SHOUTING
0:08:22 > 0:08:26We've had reports of 100 Slovakians fighting in the street
0:08:26 > 0:08:29and then it changed to 10, and then it changed to 15.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35We're just trying to defend our house, our residence.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I'm on this road every day telling these kids to get off the corner,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41go to their own house, show a bit of respect.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44We're British citizens, I'm born and bred here.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I'm English, I'm proud to be British, you get me?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48But this bullshit we have to put up with day in, day out.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50You don't do nothing. You come round once.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52We're here every night to help you.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54OK, that's your spot, let me talk to the camera.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57They come once and then five minutes later all the kids are back
0:08:57 > 0:08:58but the coppers aren't.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I don't know why people are blaming Roma,
0:09:05 > 0:09:11always "The Roma community did that, the Roma community are doing this."
0:09:11 > 0:09:15But all different communities living in this country. Not only just Roma.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Some in the community may want Debs to clear the streets
0:09:21 > 0:09:23but she has no power to do so,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25as she hasn't seen anyone break the law.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Sh! You don't live here.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Somebody... Can you tell them, they don't live there,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34they need to go in their garden, it's not good for them.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38SPEAKS TO CHILDREN IN OWN LANGUAGE
0:09:38 > 0:09:41All she can do is try and persuade them to move on.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Too many people,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47need to go home, please, thank you.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52You all need to be going inside now.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I don't want to see you on the streets, all right?
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Thank you.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01See you tomorrow, folks.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Routine community patrols in Page Hall just don't seem to be working.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29The tension is getting worse.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33And the number of complaints of antisocial behaviour is rising.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Simon decides he must take more drastic measures.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43He will ask his District Commander for a special order,
0:10:43 > 0:10:48giving the police increased powers known as a Section 30.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52It's no better down there in terms of the crowds, you know,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55at the moment we can go to some of these groups
0:10:55 > 0:10:59and we can ask them to move, but they come back.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03I've personally attended incidents where the patrol group officers
0:11:03 > 0:11:06have turned up and there's large groups of people
0:11:06 > 0:11:09becoming involved in skirmishes and fights with each other.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14And the Section 30 will allow us to say, "Don't come back
0:11:14 > 0:11:18"and reform as a group or you'll end up, you'll find yourself in court."
0:11:18 > 0:11:24It's clear that you've got a rising antisocial behaviour problem
0:11:24 > 0:11:28in this particular community, so I'm more than happy to move forward
0:11:28 > 0:11:31and sign off the Section 30,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35but what I don't want to see is ourselves
0:11:35 > 0:11:38back in this position again next summer.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44The Section 30 will start in Page Hall in a week.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48It will give the police the power to break up groups
0:11:48 > 0:11:51they suspect might commit antisocial behaviour
0:11:51 > 0:11:54and to impose a night-time curfew on teenagers.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Is it a dispersal order?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Yes, it's going to be in place until the 17th of November.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05You need it, cos it's horrible here, I mean, you know yourself, innit?
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Women breast-feeding their kids at 10 o'clock in the evening in the street.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- Right, OK.- It's just not on, is it?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Local people that can't live our normal lives, innit?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15All the best to you, love.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20All right, thanks, bye-bye. Hopefully it will work, so...
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Yeah, I hope so.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Page Hall isn't the only problem on Simon's patch.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Just three miles away is Parson Cross.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46It's another area of high unemployment and high crime.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49But the residents here are predominantly white British.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00For the past six months, a Section 30 has been in place here
0:13:00 > 0:13:03and helped reduce antisocial behaviour.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07But it's just ended and the problems are coming back.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Why don't you go and play on a field?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Cos fields are crap. - "Cos fields are crap"?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26PC Christine Fisher has patrolled this area for five years.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31Go and hang about somewhere else. Come here, come here.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32What happened at court today?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- Nowt, I'm going tomorrow. - You're going tomorrow?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- Yeah.- Oh, yeah, it's Friday, isn't it? Right, OK.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Right, I don't want to see any of you lot round here.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43You can come back when youth club is open.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47But don't hang about here, cos we're having complaints about you.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Go on, then.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Two of them are in court tomorrow for, well,
0:13:57 > 0:14:01one assaulted myself, spat in my face and had a knife on him.
0:14:01 > 0:14:09And the other one's racial harassment towards the takeaways.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14And we had a Section 30 in the area and it's just
0:14:14 > 0:14:18finished unfortunately, so we can't even disperse them at the minute.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22We've just moved you from there. Why are you going back?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32For the six months of the Section 30,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Parson Cross was flooded with police.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39With increased powers of arrest and a 9pm curfew for teenagers,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42it helped keep the figures for antisocial behaviour down.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46But all that may be about to change.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50The residents are definitely worried in this area that the Section 30
0:14:50 > 0:14:53is not on any more, because the Section 30 in Page Hall has
0:14:53 > 0:14:56just started, all resources will be down in Page Hall.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59So we'll just have to manage it as best as we can, I think.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Every neighbourhood team wants more officers on their patch.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15The problem is that the force is being hit by the biggest cuts to its budget in modern times -
0:15:15 > 0:15:17a total of £75 million.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22And this means fewer neighbourhood officers, not more.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Deputy Chief Constable Andy Holt is responsible for ensuring
0:15:33 > 0:15:36South Yorkshire Police balances its books.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Over the next three or so years, you're looking at 300
0:15:41 > 0:15:45police officers going from the organisation,
0:15:45 > 0:15:50about 100 PCSOs, so that's almost a third of our PCSOs.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56We're talking about a further 350 police staff in addition to
0:15:56 > 0:16:01the hundreds of police staff that we've already lost, and so those
0:16:01 > 0:16:08are going to be really challenging figures to achieve,
0:16:08 > 0:16:11as we go forward and the budgets are reducing significantly.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15I think it would be naive of me to say we're going to be able
0:16:15 > 0:16:22to deliver exactly the same level of policing with the cuts that we face.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Each week, Andy meets with his officers to ensure the force
0:16:30 > 0:16:32is on track to deliver future cuts.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36And neighbourhood policing is top of the list.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40You'll see that from today's date to get us to the 31st of March 2015,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44the force needs to save £35 million and we're seeking to take
0:16:44 > 0:16:48somewhere round £11.5 million out of district policing
0:16:48 > 0:16:51and the force has already started thinking about
0:16:51 > 0:16:54how we would seek to address continued cuts
0:16:54 > 0:16:56in '16, '17 and '17, '18.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Years two and three of the next period.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Yeah, it's taken us some while to get to the point where everybody
0:17:03 > 0:17:06says, all right, I get the scale and the challenge.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10My reading of the rumours is, we're in for austere times
0:17:10 > 0:17:13for us, as far as the eye can see at the moment.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Afternoon, everybody! Right, let's crack on then.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30It's week one of the Section 30 in Page Hall
0:17:30 > 0:17:32and Simon has planned a show of force.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Today we are all pretty much going to be in Page Hall,
0:17:37 > 0:17:41I want to make sure everybody knows down there in those
0:17:41 > 0:17:44communities how serious we are taking this.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49A really robust approach to policing the Section 30, breaking up
0:17:49 > 0:17:54the groups and making a visible show of breaking up the groups
0:17:54 > 0:17:57and talking to people, making sure that they understand that
0:17:57 > 0:17:59when the group is broken up,
0:17:59 > 0:18:04it doesn't reform either somewhere locally or later on in the evening.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Take time to explain to people, especially those who don't
0:18:08 > 0:18:12understand English so well, you've all got your translation cards
0:18:12 > 0:18:16and make sure that they are clear about what we mean down there.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Simon has drafted in officers from across his area -
0:18:25 > 0:18:28including those from neighbouring Parson Cross.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35And for today only he's been lent staff from other units in the force.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47We might be tripping over ourselves a little bit, but I want people
0:18:47 > 0:18:50to be left with the impression that we've been down here.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53You know, what stronger message can you get than actually
0:18:53 > 0:18:55investing police resources into an area?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00You see, these need moving on.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Go inside, please.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07All right, mate, if you look up and down Popple Street
0:19:07 > 0:19:11and Iron Street, there's about 60, 70 kids on here all booting balls
0:19:11 > 0:19:13against the wall and staff.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18Can I get some people down here to get them dispersed and cleared off?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21With the order now in place, the police have the power to
0:19:21 > 0:19:26break up groups they suspect might commit antisocial behaviour.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28What are you doing, fellas? Get off then.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32See you later, boys.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I don't want to see anybody on this street any more.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- Get rid of them. - All right.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41And if they start coming back, they've already been warned.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Are you going in? Hey! Go on.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49We've just cleared all this lot.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50I want to keep it clear now of people.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52CAR HORN BEEPS
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I've just said one minute.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Just give him a ticket, just give him a ticket.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01INDISTINCT
0:20:17 > 0:20:21As night falls, the police enforce the curfew against teenagers.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Guys, you need to go home, please. Come on, curfew time.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- Are you getting off now, fellas? - Yeah, yeah, going.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31THEY MUMBLE
0:20:31 > 0:20:32OK, good night.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37I know it's like herding cats, but some of these are young kids
0:20:37 > 0:20:40that need telling, "Get off and get home and get in now."
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Simon and his team patrol the area, asking anyone
0:20:46 > 0:20:48still on the streets to go home.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Slovakia no good, England good.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- You going home now?- Yes.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00I've just spoken to one of the PCSOs, just be a little bit more robust
0:21:00 > 0:21:04about the approach but the faster we clear people...
0:21:04 > 0:21:06HORN BEEPS
0:21:06 > 0:21:09The faster we clear people, the quicker they get back out
0:21:09 > 0:21:13but we've got to deal with it
0:21:13 > 0:21:15because if I lived in one of these
0:21:15 > 0:21:19houses here and this was happening every single night, I'd be desperate.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Are you moving on then, fellas? I've asked you once.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38That's going to generate about 50 calls of antisocial behaviour in the morning.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06With Page Hall now the priority, Parson Cross has lost its regular
0:22:06 > 0:22:08neighbourhood patrols.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12There's just not enough officers to cover
0:22:12 > 0:22:17both areas, and the residents of Parson Cross are starting to notice.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18CAR HORN BLASTS
0:22:20 > 0:22:25I know that predominately we're focused around Page Hall,
0:22:25 > 0:22:29away from our area, and I know that feedback's coming in
0:22:29 > 0:22:32from communities, "Where are you? Where are you?"
0:22:32 > 0:22:33I'll open it up to you all,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36is there anybody who wants to talk about it first?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38What is there to talk about? We're not getting onto it.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40We're not touching those areas.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I got a job up there on Thursday, I think, I went up
0:22:42 > 0:22:45and people were saying, "Oh, I thought you were dead,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47"Oh, I thought you'd retired. Oh, where you been?"
0:22:47 > 0:22:52It is difficult and I think we are going to have a difficult time,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55trying to manage being elsewhere.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59And reassuring our community that we are still doing what we're doing
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- but we have to be realistic with them as well.- Oh, I know.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04We have to be honest, and I think that's...
0:23:04 > 0:23:06I'm being honest, I'm just going to say, "Why you down there?"
0:23:06 > 0:23:08"Because I'm directed." "By who?"
0:23:08 > 0:23:12"Well, the gaffer. "Well, we're not happy." "Well, phone the gaffer.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14"I'll quite happily give you his number if you want!"
0:23:14 > 0:23:18The realism is, I can't say you can go out today
0:23:18 > 0:23:20and start patrolling, that's not going to happen,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22there's just physically not that many people.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26The resources will go where the resources need to go at the moment
0:23:26 > 0:23:28and the decision is, they'll be there.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38The depleted number of police officers in Parson Cross
0:23:38 > 0:23:40has led to an increase in antisocial behaviour.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Although the neighbourhood team has stopped their regular patrols,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49officers must still answer emergency calls about disturbances
0:23:49 > 0:23:51in the area.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Go on, then. I need you to go.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Without the Section 30, there's no curfew for teenagers
0:24:03 > 0:24:06so once again, groups are roaming the streets.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Guys, it's your last warning, you better go.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Oi!
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Officer 1.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Go ahead.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25We've got some large groupings again around Buchanan Shops.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Have we got a dog man booked on tonight, please?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Where do you want us, mate?
0:24:39 > 0:24:44As the situation escalates, a youth is arrested.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46YOUTH PROTESTS
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Get in the van!
0:24:56 > 0:25:00What the fuck have I done? What the fuck have I done?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05But he'd been warned multiple times.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30We had five cars, there were three dog men and two beat cars.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33It's escalated because we've not been in the area,
0:25:33 > 0:25:35we've been tasked elsewhere.
0:25:35 > 0:25:41They've been left to just run riot up there and they just think
0:25:41 > 0:25:44they can get away with anything and everything.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46It has just escalated and escalated and obviously it has
0:25:46 > 0:25:49become a problem now and we've got to tackle it,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53so I think we've got a bit of a battle on us hands.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14For the past three weeks, Page Hall has been getting all the attention.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19But despite the greater police presence,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22and the increased powers of the Section 30, many local residents
0:26:22 > 0:26:24are still unhappy.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Guess what everybody's talking about? Section 30 not working.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Just tell me your opinion on it - has it worked so far?
0:26:32 > 0:26:36It's difficult, it's not as straightforward as you may think.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39We can't just break up any old group.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- There are other jobs to do. - Have you got something in pipeline?
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Something more severe than Section 30? What's next up from Section 30?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49This isn't just about policing an area,
0:26:49 > 0:26:54it's about the litter, it's about the numbers of people in the area,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56it's about the type of housing we've got.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59We probably pick up antisocial behaviour problems
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- because of other issues that have put people into an area... - Yeah, we don't disagree with that.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07We don't want to move, we don't think we should, but it's become...
0:27:07 > 0:27:11I sympathise with the whole situation, I really do.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14What are they waiting for? World War Three to kick off in here?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Many residents were convinced the Section 30 would clear
0:27:19 > 0:27:21the streets of the Roma.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26The problem is, these residents have a very different view
0:27:26 > 0:27:29to the police of what counts as antisocial behaviour.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37With this Section 30 now, with this new direction, none of them
0:27:37 > 0:27:40have been antisocial or it's a case of "What is antisocial?"
0:27:40 > 0:27:4340 people stood outside a chip shop,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46people may see as intimidating, having to walk past them.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48It is intimidating if you've got to walk past them.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50But what are they doing that's antisocial?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52All they're doing is standing, chatting.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55But this is where we've got to get the message across and
0:27:55 > 0:27:59everybody's rights balanced up here, because people have got a right
0:27:59 > 0:28:03to a private life or go wherever they please in freedom, but equally.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08- It's the way of the Slovakian community, to stand in the street and chat, that's what they do.- Yes.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12That's not, in my opinion, what I would call antisocial but I can see
0:28:12 > 0:28:15why other members of the community might think it's antisocial.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17If you're not happy that it's not antisocial behaviour,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- don't do anything in terms of act. - But the issue with the community,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23they're expecting us to move on groups.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25That's the expectation of the Asian community.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28That the Slovak groups will be moved on.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31They're even telling us, "There's a group there, move them."
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Well, then you say to them, "We can't unless there is."
0:28:34 > 0:28:36I think we're heading for a fall.
0:28:36 > 0:28:41I think it's been rightly or wrongly explained to the Asian community
0:28:41 > 0:28:43that groups will be moved on.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48And that's their expectation now and that's what being used to keep
0:28:48 > 0:28:51a lid on it for last few months, this up and coming Section 30
0:28:51 > 0:28:55and this is going to happen and now it's not happening.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59I think we're going to go back to problems with them, it might erupt.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09The Section 30 was supposed to reduce community tensions.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14But the perceived failures of the police mean it may be having
0:29:14 > 0:29:16the opposite effect.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19I understand that you need to communicate with our new
0:29:19 > 0:29:22neighbours and you need to build some sort of relationship
0:29:22 > 0:29:25with them, but I really do think it's sending out the wrong message.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28What, by communicating with the community?
0:29:28 > 0:29:33No, by not doing anything. It's all high visibility and no action.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35If they're not being antisocial then...
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Can you define antisocial?
0:29:37 > 0:29:40If people are kicking the ball against your window
0:29:40 > 0:29:43- or anything like that.- Well, they do that every single day,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46every single day. I can show you at least 20 scratches
0:29:46 > 0:29:48that I've got on my car. Is that antisocial?
0:29:48 > 0:29:52- Is that criminal damage?- If you see someone do it, then you...
0:29:52 > 0:29:54That's the thing, how do you see somebody doing it?
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Well, if people, if you see somebody doing it...
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Do I have to keep an eye on it 24 hours a day?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- ..then we can do something about it. - That's the thing, I don't.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05It's causing a lot of problems, but you don't see that.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10I want people to understand the difficulties that the police face
0:30:10 > 0:30:13when they are dealing with this multicultural issue.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18That people are perceiving the Section 30 as a kind of
0:30:18 > 0:30:20"clear up the streets" order,
0:30:20 > 0:30:23they think it's the saviour of the area
0:30:23 > 0:30:26and we have to break that myth sometimes.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29YOUTHS LAUGH
0:30:39 > 0:30:43The protests of the Asian community in Page Hall has caught
0:30:43 > 0:30:47the attention of the far right English Defence League, the EDL.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Rumours are spreading that a local derelict pub is going to become
0:30:52 > 0:30:56a mosque, and the EDL has threatened to march
0:30:56 > 0:30:57through the area to stop it.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Adding the far right to the problems of Page Hall
0:31:02 > 0:31:05is the last thing Simon needs.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08If they turned up there,
0:31:08 > 0:31:13a right wing group in that area
0:31:13 > 0:31:17to demonstrate against a mosque without any police intervention,
0:31:17 > 0:31:22then I would anticipate there'd be high risk of disorder.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25I think there were about 175, weren't there,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28that they were saying they were going to protest.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31You might need to open a Silver up to manage intelligence
0:31:31 > 0:31:34and look at a forward planning process.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38It's a Saturday, we've got limited cover on Saturdays
0:31:38 > 0:31:42and if they do tip up, we need somebody just to make a definitive
0:31:42 > 0:31:44decision about what they feel.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48OK, we need to sit down and come up with a plan
0:31:48 > 0:31:50to make sure we've got coverage.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54There's a likelihood of community tensions rising and disorder
0:31:54 > 0:31:57because some people turn up and they've got different views.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01We need to keep looking at the community and making sure
0:32:01 > 0:32:06that we're not missing something really, and that we're reassuring.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Starved of its routine police patrols,
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Parson Cross is generating more and more complaints.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25CALL CONNECTS
0:32:25 > 0:32:26Police emergency.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31- WOMAN:- Hiya, there's about 15 youths outside.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35Racial abuse, saying, "Who do you think you are, stupid Pakis?"
0:32:35 > 0:32:37And things like that.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Officers are travelling over, OK?
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Just advising you to stay inside and don't get involved, all right?
0:32:46 > 0:32:50The neighbourhood team is regularly called to a takeaway shop -
0:32:50 > 0:32:52a favourite hang out for local youths.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Why don't you just leave him alone?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Why don't you just move on down here? Him.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00Bothering people.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02So why don't you just move on?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Go out of way before everybody starts ringing up.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- YOUTH:- You are gorgeous, you.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08YOUTHS LAUGH
0:33:08 > 0:33:09INDISTINCT SPEECH FROM YOUTH
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Eh?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13If you're grouping here in gangs of 20 or 30,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15you're intimidating people.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17People won't come to shops because they're scared.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- We know everyone round here, they won't be scared. - They are, they're ringing us.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Normal people wanting to pick takeaways up.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24You must not enjoy...
0:33:24 > 0:33:25Come away. Come away.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28I'm just waiting for a meal. I'm hungry.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Move away and stop bothering them.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Here, shall we get a football off someone?
0:33:36 > 0:33:40I'm pissed off with just wandering about, paying them lip service.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42It just makes us look stupid.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52The one with the hood up who doesn't want to be on film but keeps bothering us.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Without any clear evidence of a crime,
0:33:54 > 0:33:56there's nothing the police can do.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04But they are soon called again.
0:34:07 > 0:34:08CALL CONNECTS
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Police emergency.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Hi, I rang up before, I rang up about two, three times this evening.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14You've already called us, have you?
0:34:14 > 0:34:16- Yes, I have.- Was it Sanco's?
0:34:16 > 0:34:17That's right, the takeaway.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21Can you please, please, please do something about it?
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- It's not getting better, it's becoming worse.- Right.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28And the police are still not doing nothing about it.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Oi, you lot need to move away from here now.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Go and hang around somewhere else.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Where, though?
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Somewhere else, other than here.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Come on, guys, I've asked you nicely.
0:34:42 > 0:34:43Go on, go home.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45THEY LAUGH AND CHATTER
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Hello. Something else gone off?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Same ones?
0:35:03 > 0:35:07The problem we've got is we've got no power to remove them
0:35:07 > 0:35:09unless they're actually doing anything.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12If you have any more problems tonight, phone us on the 101 number.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19- Whooooooooo!- Goddamn!
0:35:19 > 0:35:22THEY LAUGH
0:35:26 > 0:35:29They've done my head in.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31I'm going to ask for it on Wednesday.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34I know.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38I've said that, we've got no powers to move them on at all.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45And it's very, very frustrating.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48I want to be able to take these kids to justice.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51I want to give peace to the people that are phoning in.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53But one, I haven't got the power to do so.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59And two, I've not got enough evidence at the minute to do it,
0:35:59 > 0:36:02it's frustrating, and I've not got enough staff
0:36:02 > 0:36:07or there's not enough staff to physically get hold of these kids.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11I mean, I've tried everything, speaking to them like an adult
0:36:11 > 0:36:13and then they talk to you like rubbish,
0:36:13 > 0:36:15so I spoke to them like rubbish back.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19I've tried to offer them, you know, everything
0:36:19 > 0:36:21and they just don't respond at all.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24They're bored. That's their excuse, they're bored,
0:36:24 > 0:36:26there's nothing to do.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29"You tell us where we can go. Where can we hang out?"
0:36:29 > 0:36:31It's like, "Anywhere other than here."
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Later that same evening, Christine is back, responding to yet another
0:36:50 > 0:36:53emergency call about the same group of youths.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Move. Move, no, move.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Because I've told you to move.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11Move, go home because I'm sick of all of you. This is the fifth time
0:37:11 > 0:37:13we've been up here tonight because of your lot.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Shift. Yes, shift.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22I see you're all hard now, aren't you? Love it,
0:37:22 > 0:37:23absolutely love it.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26Go on, go on.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- Come on.- Get the fuck off me now.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36YOUTH: Chase, man, chase, chase!
0:37:36 > 0:37:39You're coming, you're coming. Threatening to smash my face in.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Simon has called a meeting to discuss the worsening situation
0:38:09 > 0:38:10in Parson Cross.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17For Christine and the other officers on the ground, the answer is simple.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21More cops and the greater power offered by a Section 30.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24We have not got enough staff, we really haven't,
0:38:24 > 0:38:26last night there was Fran and Chris out
0:38:26 > 0:38:28and there was at least 40, 50 kids out on the street.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30How can you do that?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33You can't, it's impossible, so you might as well just withdraw
0:38:33 > 0:38:36from the area because you make a target for yourself as well,
0:38:36 > 0:38:40as well as the victims, you're making a target for yourself.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42I'll go round the table and give me the intelligence
0:38:42 > 0:38:47as you see it generally, and paint that picture of what we've got.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50It's focusing on Parson Cross and as I understand it,
0:38:50 > 0:38:53it relates to young people getting well out of hand.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57We've got, obviously, loads and loads of incidents called in
0:38:57 > 0:39:00from Sanco's, which is owned by the Aslan family,
0:39:00 > 0:39:02we've got a load counted.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04There's about 20 kids, but 10...
0:39:05 > 0:39:10..well known. They've been dragging customers out of the shop
0:39:10 > 0:39:13and things like that. And they've been attacking the staff
0:39:13 > 0:39:18at Sanco's, but again, no specific people identified for that either.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21We've got no power and they were just stood there going,
0:39:21 > 0:39:22"Why, what are you going to do?"
0:39:22 > 0:39:26I feel like my hands are tied, they're just walking all over us,
0:39:26 > 0:39:28they're making us look stupid.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30We are struggling, we really are struggling.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32All right, so the case is made for the necessity,
0:39:32 > 0:39:34the case is made that there's problems there.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38I dread to say it, but we might be in dispersal order zone again.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40That's going to be a real tough one for me
0:39:40 > 0:39:43to manage, not necessarily justify.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46But we've obviously got one in Page Hall.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50And it's difficult to resource it at best.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54My view at the moment is that it's no good implementing an order
0:39:54 > 0:39:56that we can't resource.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58We'll not go running round the area for them,
0:39:58 > 0:40:01we'll only intervene where there's a significant risk of harm
0:40:01 > 0:40:04that you would expect us to intervene with.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Simon can't give the team what they want.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09He just doesn't have the officers.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13It's ripe for a Section 30 this area,
0:40:13 > 0:40:20and if I had the resources to do it, I would definitely take that
0:40:20 > 0:40:24approach, but I'm mot sure at the moment, in the climate
0:40:24 > 0:40:28that we're at, with pressures in other areas of Sheffield,
0:40:28 > 0:40:31that it would be the right way forward,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34so sometimes you have to pick your battles.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49The contrast with Page Hall is striking.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55A continuous and heavy police presence coupled with
0:40:55 > 0:40:59the greater powers of the Section 30 has continued over the summer.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07But the tensions surrounding the Roma community have just got worse.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12The police call a residents' meeting to defuse the situation.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- MAN:- Tensions are building up on the streets, you can either do
0:41:17 > 0:41:19something or someone else will do.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Word is spreading. You're going to come out
0:41:22 > 0:41:25and it'll be too late for you. We want our streets back.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27APPLAUSE
0:41:29 > 0:41:32I've told him, I told him last week and I mentioned to him,
0:41:32 > 0:41:34he didn't want to hear the word tension.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37He's got no answer after Section 30. What's going to happen after?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42I understand your point. Your hands are...
0:41:42 > 0:41:45But your officers have got to do a little bit more.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47It's not working, your police officers don't do nothing.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49They don't. And there will come a time,
0:41:49 > 0:41:52we don't want to do nothing, we live here but don't cause trouble,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I'm not a bad guy, but there's going to come a time
0:41:55 > 0:41:57where somebody - I might lose my head, I might go out
0:41:57 > 0:41:58and do something stupid.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01You keep telling us that they're not being antisocial,
0:42:01 > 0:42:03they spit on floor - that's being antisocial. They litter
0:42:03 > 0:42:06on the floor, that's antisocial. But you still won't move them.
0:42:06 > 0:42:11I personally think you're causing an atmosphere in this area
0:42:11 > 0:42:13so that all the communities start fighting.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17This is what's going to happen in the end, this what you're doing.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21You're forcing our hand and if you want us to fight, just tell us when.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24And watch a fight.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Their patience is short and what concerns me now is that they
0:42:28 > 0:42:32were actively talking about taking action of their own.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37I'm genuinely concerned that whatever plan we need
0:42:37 > 0:42:41to increase activity in the area, police wise, and reassurance wise,
0:42:41 > 0:42:43we need to get on with it.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52So I just need to evaluate what we've got,
0:42:52 > 0:42:54cos the world's changed since we've been down at PACT.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57We need a plan for the next 48 hours I think,
0:42:57 > 0:43:00certainly the rest of tonight and tomorrow night,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03but I think if we up the visibility now,
0:43:03 > 0:43:07we might head off something that could affect us long into the future.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16Simon decides to deploy his team to patrol Page Hall that night
0:43:16 > 0:43:20and briefs his District Commander on the growing threat to the area.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24Sarah, it's Simon Lee, good evening to you, are you all right?
0:43:25 > 0:43:28It's something that might affect us over the next 48 hours
0:43:28 > 0:43:32which I'm concerned about. The PACT meeting today was a bit...
0:43:32 > 0:43:37It was more than fractious, about 100 people turned up.
0:43:37 > 0:43:43There was a call to arms tonight by some of the Pakistani community,
0:43:43 > 0:43:46a real group had begun to develop.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50I think over the next 24-48 hours we could see
0:43:50 > 0:43:54some dust ups happening, we could see some organisation behind
0:43:54 > 0:43:59some of those groups who are making new friends with an anti-Roma line.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21With the heavy police presence, the streets remain calm.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41The following day, Simon briefs the District Command team
0:44:41 > 0:44:45who will assess the level of risk and decide what needs to be done.
0:44:46 > 0:44:50The issues around Fir Vale and Page Hall really were crystallised
0:44:50 > 0:44:54for us last night at the PACT meeting that you chaired, Simon,
0:44:54 > 0:44:55we spoke late last night.
0:44:55 > 0:45:00That is the most heated meeting that I've been to, of many heated
0:45:00 > 0:45:05meetings at Fir Vale, and I had concerns about the call of action,
0:45:05 > 0:45:09really, and I think it's a racist overtone,
0:45:09 > 0:45:11"We want our streets back,"
0:45:11 > 0:45:15and that was kind of reciprocated by cheers, applause and
0:45:15 > 0:45:20people standing up and, you know, cheering those who were most vocal.
0:45:20 > 0:45:26We are aware of a Facebook, a closed Facebook group and a closed
0:45:26 > 0:45:32physical group of people who are meeting, and my sources say that
0:45:32 > 0:45:39that is a pretty racist torrent of anti-Roma verbalisation, if you want.
0:45:39 > 0:45:44OK. If the groups who are beginning to talk in vigilante terms
0:45:44 > 0:45:48and taking issues into their own hands gather momentum
0:45:48 > 0:45:50we're going to see somebody get hurt.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52And that's either somebody from -
0:45:52 > 0:45:55somebody who they perceive to be from the Roma-Slovak community
0:45:55 > 0:45:58and indeed if that harm is brought, then there's likely to be
0:45:58 > 0:46:02reprisal, so we could see harm and injury all round.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06Who were the people last night making the verbal threats around,
0:46:06 > 0:46:09"if you don't do something, we will," because I'd like us
0:46:09 > 0:46:13to intervene with these people before they gather any momentum.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15I'm not suggesting they are offenders
0:46:15 > 0:46:18but they might be the subjects we want to focus on to try and mitigate
0:46:18 > 0:46:23any hostility or violence towards Roma-Slovak community.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34With violent racial conflict now a very real possibility,
0:46:34 > 0:46:37the far right EDL has seized its chance.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Its leaders have announced that they will, after all,
0:46:42 > 0:46:46be holding a march between Parson Cross and Page Hall.
0:46:47 > 0:46:51This is despite the fact that the derelict pub that was rumoured
0:46:51 > 0:46:53to be turning into a mosque
0:46:53 > 0:46:56is actually likely to become a Kentucky Fried Chicken.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00Good morning, everyone.
0:47:01 > 0:47:05Assistant Chief Constable Max Sahota will lead the operation
0:47:05 > 0:47:07to police the march.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10So just in terms of community tensions...
0:47:10 > 0:47:12OK, sir, a couple of things then.
0:47:12 > 0:47:18The EDL are very aware of the recent community tensions in Page Hall.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21The reality of the pub not becoming a mosque, it's going to be
0:47:21 > 0:47:26a corporate fast food outlet, is now secondary to their intentions
0:47:26 > 0:47:27for the day.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30We expect the presence of the EDL to attract counter protest
0:47:30 > 0:47:33and an adverse reaction from local Muslim communities
0:47:33 > 0:47:34and protest groups.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38They genuinely seem to see this as an opportunity for recruitment
0:47:38 > 0:47:40with the demographics of the area they're going to,
0:47:40 > 0:47:43they think they'll get a lot of local community support.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46That's the dynamic that really concerns me because
0:47:46 > 0:47:50the area where they're intending to have that assembly is between
0:47:50 > 0:47:53two distinctly different areas.
0:47:53 > 0:47:58On one side you have essentially white, British communities -
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Longley, Southey and Parson Cross -
0:48:01 > 0:48:06and conversely on the other side of Barnsley Road, you've got
0:48:06 > 0:48:09some very diverse communities.
0:48:09 > 0:48:13And it's the reaction that you can potentially get within those communities
0:48:13 > 0:48:18that's the added dimension that causes me some real concern.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21We need to get out to our communities
0:48:21 > 0:48:24so that they understand why we're doing what we're doing,
0:48:24 > 0:48:27the fact is that banning... we can't ban certain things.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29Whatever our views are on the EDL,
0:48:29 > 0:48:33what we have to do is we have to ensure that we allow them to
0:48:33 > 0:48:37have their peaceful protest, because that's what they're legitimately allowed to do, that's the law.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40So we allow them to protest, we protect our communities
0:48:40 > 0:48:43and we safeguard the city and that's what we're about.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06On the morning of the march,
0:49:06 > 0:49:08Debs and other members of the neighbourhood team are out
0:49:08 > 0:49:13in Page Hall, reassuring people that their streets will be kept safe.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18Just come to make sure everything's all right today,
0:49:18 > 0:49:21are you aware of the EDL march today?
0:49:21 > 0:49:24We're just patrolling the area and want to make sure you're safe
0:49:24 > 0:49:29- and everything's all right.- Yeah. - So you've not heard of anybody
0:49:29 > 0:49:31- potentially getting involved or anything?- No.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Right, OK, we're going to be in the area, a couple of us
0:49:34 > 0:49:38all day circling round, so any problems, just give us a shout.
0:49:47 > 0:49:51The force has taken the threat of disorder very seriously.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59It's a huge and complex operation, involving 1,200 officers
0:49:59 > 0:50:01from 15 different forces.
0:50:04 > 0:50:08We think there will be about 500 to 600 EDL supporters today.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12And it will be South Yorkshire Police - a force struggling to fund
0:50:12 > 0:50:16regular neighbourhood patrols - that will have to foot the entire bill.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21You can never be sure about how many people you're going to get.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23I'm damned if I do, dammed if I don't,
0:50:23 > 0:50:27because if I have not enough resources and it all kicks off
0:50:27 > 0:50:30and there's massive huge disorder and we get big riots
0:50:30 > 0:50:33and vehicles burning, well, I've not had enough resources,
0:50:33 > 0:50:35I've not kept the streets safe.
0:50:35 > 0:50:39If I have too many cops and nothing happens then I've got
0:50:39 > 0:50:41to justify the use of those cops somewhere along the line
0:50:41 > 0:50:46to local politicians and to the public I suppose, ultimately.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48Yeah, serial ready for deployment, over.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51Neighbourhood Officer Gayle Kirby, will patrol the area
0:50:51 > 0:50:54between predominately white Parson Cross
0:50:54 > 0:50:56and ethnically mixed Page Hall.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59The tensions are running a little bit high there,
0:50:59 > 0:51:05so there's every possibility that people could jump onto that issue.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09We've got a combination that could cause us a lot of problems.
0:51:16 > 0:51:18- Thank you.- Cheers, mate.
0:51:18 > 0:51:19Cheers, pal.
0:51:26 > 0:51:30Summary EDL meeting up there, marching to Sheffield Lane.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32It's the area that divides basically
0:51:32 > 0:51:34the two communities that are at odds.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37We are basically the meat in that sandwich, we've got to keep
0:51:37 > 0:51:39these two opposing factions apart.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46If there are problems between the two communities today,
0:51:46 > 0:51:50it's going to take a lot a lot of work to get confidence back
0:51:50 > 0:51:53and to get those people living together.
0:51:58 > 0:52:02THEY CHANT "EDL"
0:52:12 > 0:52:14Local Asian and anti-fascist groups have turned up
0:52:14 > 0:52:16to oppose the EDL march.
0:52:18 > 0:52:22- THEY CHANT:- Whose streets? Our streets! Whose streets? Our streets!
0:52:30 > 0:52:35They have over 40 mosques in Sheffield,
0:52:35 > 0:52:40at which point does diversity become takeover?
0:52:46 > 0:52:49Got 20 Asian males congregating at the rear of
0:52:49 > 0:52:51the opposition groups, who are currently putting on masks.
0:52:51 > 0:52:55There are 20 at the county demonstration site.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57They are further forward towards Barnsley Road
0:52:57 > 0:52:58but no issues.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01The concern that I have is that if you get one incident where the
0:53:01 > 0:53:06Asian youths attack an EDL member, the EDL attack an Asian youth,
0:53:06 > 0:53:09it just sparks a critical incident and just escalates.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11# I'm England till I die
0:53:11 > 0:53:15# I know I am, I'm sure I am I'm England till I die... #
0:53:24 > 0:53:27The EDL try to break through police lines towards
0:53:27 > 0:53:29the Asian demonstrators.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Move forward 40 metres. please. Show of strength.
0:53:57 > 0:54:01They made a concerted effort to push through
0:54:01 > 0:54:04but Simon did an excellent job in containing that,
0:54:04 > 0:54:09and they now seem to be moving in an orderly fashion back to Wordsworth.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11I think we've just about won.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22For the police, the operation is judged a success.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26Hostile groups have been kept apart
0:54:26 > 0:54:28and the local streets have remained peaceful.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35The cost for the force of policing this single event
0:54:35 > 0:54:37is nearly half a million pounds.
0:54:56 > 0:54:57In Page Hall,
0:54:57 > 0:55:02the Section 30 is still in force, as are the regular police patrols.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05Off the road, off the road!
0:55:05 > 0:55:09The streets are quieter - the longer, colder nights
0:55:09 > 0:55:11have forced most people indoors.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17But few expect this uneasy peace to last for long.
0:55:18 > 0:55:23I think I've learnt that personally to resolve
0:55:23 > 0:55:26the issues of Page Hall is out of my hands.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32And you've got to sometimes accept it's going to take a lot longer
0:55:32 > 0:55:37than anticipated, the problem might get worse before it gets better.
0:55:39 > 0:55:43Lads! Take the football to the park.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50In Parson Cross, regular neighbourhood patrols
0:55:50 > 0:55:52have been stepped up,
0:55:52 > 0:55:55but the area is still plagued by antisocial behaviour.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Gayle and the team are doing the best they can
0:56:01 > 0:56:04to take the culprits off the streets.
0:56:04 > 0:56:08We're here to formally arrest you on suspicion of racially aggravated
0:56:08 > 0:56:11harassment times two and racially aggravated section four.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18Next time it'll be three o'clock in the morning, the door'll go through.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21We're trying to be straight with you, he's a 16-year-old kid
0:56:21 > 0:56:23for harassment and what they're subject to up there,
0:56:23 > 0:56:26whether he says he's involved or not, is appalling.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28- That's your opinion and he's got to have his say.- Exactly.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31But he's not, he's run off and that's what we're saying to you.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34He's responsible for his own actions and I haven't told him
0:56:34 > 0:56:36to do what he's just done, run off.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38I could've handcuffed him, grabbed hold of him,
0:56:38 > 0:56:42dragged him out, but I chose not to because you're here as his mother.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45- Somebody has to take some responsibility.- And control.
0:56:52 > 0:56:57South Yorkshire Police faces a further £42m in cuts
0:56:57 > 0:56:59over the next four years.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04The entire neighbourhood policing budget is now under review.
0:57:06 > 0:57:10Even the limited service offered in Parson Cross may soon become
0:57:10 > 0:57:12a thing of the past.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14To me, the future is quite bleak.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17This is the first time in my career where we have
0:57:17 > 0:57:21seen people saying to us, well, you haven't got that option because
0:57:21 > 0:57:23there is no money for that.
0:57:23 > 0:57:27I certainly think that the sense of neighbourhood policing needs
0:57:27 > 0:57:32to be at the heart of everything but ultimately as an organisation,
0:57:32 > 0:57:35we need to make some decisions about how we spend the money.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40We've just had a call that the male from earlier on has been sighted.
0:57:51 > 0:57:52No.
0:57:52 > 0:57:53SHE SIGHS
0:57:53 > 0:57:57This is the problem, it is resource intensive,
0:57:57 > 0:58:00it's a pain in the backside, to be quite honest with you.
0:58:00 > 0:58:03But equally, we need to speak with him.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09- OFFICER OVER RADIO:- We've got him.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11'Control to all officers,
0:58:11 > 0:58:15'he has been detained, cancel observations and searches.'
0:58:16 > 0:58:18Expensive baby sitting.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Locked up till Monday!
0:58:20 > 0:58:22YOUTHS CALL BACK
0:58:25 > 0:58:29You stand or fall in terms of burglary,
0:58:29 > 0:58:32as a force, in Sheffield.
0:58:32 > 0:58:37If we don't maintain good performance in this month, next month
0:58:37 > 0:58:42and December, then we are in for a torrid time.