Episode 1

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0:00:02 > 0:00:05Our lives are blighted by anti-social behaviour,

0:00:05 > 0:00:07whether it's nuisance neighbours...

0:00:07 > 0:00:09Will you let us in, please?

0:00:09 > 0:00:10..graffiti on the streets

0:00:10 > 0:00:13or too much booze.

0:00:13 > 0:00:15You need to make your way away from here now.

0:00:15 > 0:00:17This is the story of the police officers...

0:00:17 > 0:00:19It's the police. Are you in here?

0:00:19 > 0:00:21You've been drinking a bit today, haven't you?

0:00:21 > 0:00:23..council wardens...

0:00:23 > 0:00:27This is anti-social behaviour, because it affects everybody.

0:00:27 > 0:00:31..and local volunteers whose job it is to keep it off our streets.

0:00:31 > 0:00:33Let's go do some good.

0:00:33 > 0:00:35Welcome to Street Patrol UK.

0:00:37 > 0:00:42Today, the bouncers of Northampton who use body cameras

0:00:42 > 0:00:46to record extraordinary incidents of anti-social behaviour...

0:00:46 > 0:00:48SHOUTING

0:00:48 > 0:00:51You were asked three times to leave, and you refused to leave.

0:00:51 > 0:00:54If we get any trouble tonight, most of it will be on the door.

0:00:54 > 0:00:57We do have quite a strict door policy here. We do refuse a lot of people.

0:00:58 > 0:01:00..we dive into the depths of the Solent

0:01:00 > 0:01:04to discover how inventive thieves have been stripping metal

0:01:04 > 0:01:06from a historic submarine wreck...

0:01:06 > 0:01:08Some sort of crowbarring to get it off

0:01:08 > 0:01:11and then the use of a lifting bag, so an air bag,

0:01:11 > 0:01:15using buoyancy to get that heavy weight to the surface.

0:01:15 > 0:01:16..and Patricia the eco warrior,

0:01:16 > 0:01:20who's saving our planet - and Enfield - from fly-tipping.

0:01:23 > 0:01:27I don't mind going through the bags. Don't have a problem with it at all.

0:01:43 > 0:01:46If you're about to head out to a busy pub or a club,

0:01:46 > 0:01:50you'll know how much they depend on the services of a doorman,

0:01:50 > 0:01:52what we used to call in my day a bouncer.

0:01:52 > 0:01:53Isn't that right, Dimitri?

0:01:53 > 0:01:57- Yes, Dom.- Their job is to keep an eye out for trouble,

0:01:57 > 0:01:59to make sure that we all have a good time.

0:01:59 > 0:02:01But sometimes, the job of a bouncer,

0:02:01 > 0:02:03oops, sorry, doorman...

0:02:03 > 0:02:05can be a precarious job in itself.

0:02:06 > 0:02:10Northampton on a Saturday night is full to the brim -

0:02:10 > 0:02:13people out for a good time, drinking and dancing.

0:02:15 > 0:02:18And the town's party venues, like the Boston Clipper,

0:02:18 > 0:02:21often have more people looking to get through the doors

0:02:21 > 0:02:24than they can cope with comfortably or safely.

0:02:24 > 0:02:29So policing the crowds looking to gain entry can be a tough job.

0:02:29 > 0:02:32It takes a special kind of person to deal with all the aggro...

0:02:33 > 0:02:35Hiya.

0:02:35 > 0:02:38..like Katie Perry, door supervisor supreme.

0:02:38 > 0:02:41I'll just pop that by your foot. Thank you.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43I've worked on the doors for about three years now,

0:02:43 > 0:02:45this being my third year.

0:02:45 > 0:02:47I think I'll probably be doing it for a few more as well.

0:02:47 > 0:02:49I do quite enjoy it.

0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Hiya.- How are you?- Not bad. You?

0:02:51 > 0:02:54'I think my dad's quite proud of me doing it, actually.'

0:02:54 > 0:02:56I've seen him out quite a few times,

0:02:56 > 0:02:58and he likes to tell all his friends about it,

0:02:58 > 0:03:00which I do find a bit strange,

0:03:00 > 0:03:02but there's not a lot of female door supervisors in town,

0:03:02 > 0:03:05so it's quite an unusual thing to come across.

0:03:05 > 0:03:08Just wait there for me, please. Cheers.

0:03:08 > 0:03:11The Boston Clipper has capacity for nearly 300 people,

0:03:11 > 0:03:13but on a Friday and Saturday night

0:03:13 > 0:03:16they often have well over that number trying to get in.

0:03:16 > 0:03:19Cheers. Have a good night.

0:03:19 > 0:03:22Katie and the other door staff have to turn people away,

0:03:22 > 0:03:23which can turn ugly.

0:03:24 > 0:03:27If we get any trouble tonight, most of it will be on the door.

0:03:27 > 0:03:30We do have quite a strict door policy here. We do refuse a lot of people

0:03:30 > 0:03:35on the basis of their behaviour or being over-intoxicated.

0:03:35 > 0:03:38- It's a definite no, I'm afraid.- No?- No.

0:03:38 > 0:03:40Ensuring the safety of the customers and the staff

0:03:40 > 0:03:42are Katie's main priorities.

0:03:42 > 0:03:44Can I see some IDs, please?

0:03:44 > 0:03:46But reducing overcrowding

0:03:46 > 0:03:49and conducting searches on the door for drugs and weapons

0:03:49 > 0:03:51are also part of their duties.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54OK, can you put your arms out, please? Thank you very much.

0:03:54 > 0:03:58We do a lot of bag searches as well, drug searches on the door.

0:03:58 > 0:04:01That's great. Cheers, mate. Thank you very much for your co-operation.

0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Cheers, guys.- That's lovely. Thank you very much. Have a good night.

0:04:04 > 0:04:08But not everybody is going to be as good-natured as this guy.

0:04:08 > 0:04:11Don't put your hand up at me. Don't put your hand up at me.

0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Calm yourself down. - Don't- BLEEP- touch me.

0:04:14 > 0:04:17- You are not allowed to touch me! - Don't put your hand up at me.

0:04:17 > 0:04:18- Get off me!- Move away.

0:04:20 > 0:04:22To help them deal with anti-social people,

0:04:22 > 0:04:26the door staff of the Boston Clipper are now using bodycams,

0:04:26 > 0:04:29a system adopted by many pubs and clubs in Northampton

0:04:29 > 0:04:32as well as police forces around the country.

0:04:32 > 0:04:35Recently, we've started implementing the bodycams.

0:04:35 > 0:04:36It's pretty easy to use.

0:04:36 > 0:04:39You can literally just swipe it down, as easy as that.

0:04:39 > 0:04:42Introduced by an organisation called Pubwatch,

0:04:42 > 0:04:47the bodycam helps protect the door staff both by acting as a deterrent

0:04:47 > 0:04:50and in gathering evidence if an offence is committed.

0:04:50 > 0:04:54They've helped a lot of door staff out with court cases and things,

0:04:54 > 0:04:56just to prove our side of events,

0:04:56 > 0:04:58just to prove that what we've said is true.

0:04:58 > 0:05:02Yeah, I think they're a brilliant device to use.

0:05:02 > 0:05:05You want to get your finger out of my face?!

0:05:05 > 0:05:07Get your finger out of my face.

0:05:07 > 0:05:09You are in trouble, mate.

0:05:09 > 0:05:13As well as being armed with a bodycam and a two-way radio,

0:05:13 > 0:05:16the door staff have recently gained another useful tool.

0:05:16 > 0:05:18We've also got a breathalyser,

0:05:18 > 0:05:20which we just implemented the last two weeks now, I think.

0:05:20 > 0:05:23A lot of people we refuse because they have had too much to drink.

0:05:23 > 0:05:25I mean, it's not even one o'clock yet,

0:05:25 > 0:05:30but we're having to refuse probably one in every six people maybe

0:05:30 > 0:05:31for having too much to drink.

0:05:31 > 0:05:34People having a skinful before they arrive,

0:05:34 > 0:05:39a practice known as preloading, can cause extra trouble...

0:05:39 > 0:05:41What, do you want me to blow in that little tube?

0:05:41 > 0:05:44The door staff can set the alcohol limit,

0:05:44 > 0:05:46meaning that those who've had too many before pitching up

0:05:46 > 0:05:48can be tested and turned away.

0:05:48 > 0:05:50Let's see what you've come up with.

0:05:50 > 0:05:53- 78.- Yeah! 78!

0:05:53 > 0:05:54That's not good.

0:05:54 > 0:05:57Ain't it? I ain't driving, though.

0:05:57 > 0:05:59It's not about that.

0:05:59 > 0:06:0235 is the drink-drive limit. We double that to 70.

0:06:02 > 0:06:06If you blow over 70, we don't feel you're in a fit state to come in.

0:06:06 > 0:06:09Unfortunately, you've blown over, so you can't come in tonight.

0:06:09 > 0:06:11You're joking?

0:06:11 > 0:06:13As the breathalyser is so new to clubs,

0:06:13 > 0:06:17some of the partygoers are going to take a while to get used to it.

0:06:17 > 0:06:18Do you want to keep that as a souvenir?

0:06:18 > 0:06:20- That's it.- So I can't come in? - Not tonight.

0:06:20 > 0:06:23If you go and sober up, have something to eat, maybe a coffee,

0:06:23 > 0:06:26and then come back, we'll have a look at you and go from there.

0:06:26 > 0:06:31- What?- But right now, you can't come into the venue.

0:06:31 > 0:06:34If you want to go and get some food and come back in half an hour...

0:06:34 > 0:06:35Well, he's none too happy,

0:06:35 > 0:06:38but already the breathalyser is cutting down

0:06:38 > 0:06:40the amount of alcohol-fuelled arguments

0:06:40 > 0:06:43that Katie and the door staff have to deal with.

0:06:43 > 0:06:45You've gone over it by four.

0:06:45 > 0:06:47I will absolutely promise you I will be cool.

0:06:47 > 0:06:49We've found it really good,

0:06:49 > 0:06:52because it gives us a physical measure of how much they've drunk.

0:06:52 > 0:06:54They can read it plain in black and white for themselves.

0:06:54 > 0:06:56SHOUTING

0:06:57 > 0:06:58The pubs now are closing,

0:06:58 > 0:07:02so this is when we normally see an increase in people coming in.

0:07:02 > 0:07:04With the pubs' last orders,

0:07:04 > 0:07:07there's only one venue that's open till five in the morning...

0:07:07 > 0:07:09the Boston Clipper.

0:07:09 > 0:07:12And as the numbers go up, so does the chance of trouble.

0:07:14 > 0:07:16People become more confident when they've had more to drink.

0:07:16 > 0:07:19Some people can be quite placid and very friendly and happy.

0:07:19 > 0:07:22Other people can become quite aggressive, though.

0:07:22 > 0:07:24Not allowed in. Apparently you've had too much to drink.

0:07:24 > 0:07:27- He's had three Desperados, mate. This is a- BLEEP- joke.

0:07:27 > 0:07:29I don't like your attitude, mate.

0:07:29 > 0:07:32I'm going to be attituding. He's had three Desperados.

0:07:32 > 0:07:34You've abused my rights.

0:07:36 > 0:07:39You normally get a feel whether you're going to need a camera or not.

0:07:39 > 0:07:43It's always best to switch it on even if you think nothing'll happen.

0:07:43 > 0:07:45It's better to have it than not.

0:07:45 > 0:07:50In that situation, I can tell. People don't like being told what to do.

0:07:50 > 0:07:52I was going to refuse him entry

0:07:52 > 0:07:54and I knew he'd have something to say about it.

0:07:54 > 0:07:57The breathalyser and the bodycam are great deterrents,

0:07:57 > 0:08:01but there are always some chancers who think they can buck the system.

0:08:05 > 0:08:07The door team have just been alerted

0:08:07 > 0:08:10to some likely lads who have sneaked in around the back.

0:08:11 > 0:08:15- Have you got bands? - My friend let me...

0:08:15 > 0:08:17Yeah. That'll be that way, then, mate.

0:08:27 > 0:08:28BLEEPING

0:08:28 > 0:08:31And some people just won't take no for an answer.

0:08:31 > 0:08:36- You won't be coming in. End of. End of.- There's no...- Goodnight.

0:08:37 > 0:08:40- There's no reason...- Goodnight. - You know?- Goodnight.

0:08:40 > 0:08:43You'll get people that'll just come back through the night hours on end.

0:08:43 > 0:08:45You'll have them three, four, five times.

0:08:45 > 0:08:47Or they'll just stand there for the whole night

0:08:47 > 0:08:50until you've finished your shift, just arguing.

0:08:50 > 0:08:53- Goodnight.- You know?- Goodnight.

0:08:53 > 0:08:56It gets kind of frustrating, banging your head against a brick wall.

0:08:56 > 0:08:58You end up repeating yourself.

0:08:58 > 0:09:01There's only so many times you can tell someone, isn't there?

0:09:01 > 0:09:03'Yeah, you kind of get used to it a little bit.'

0:09:03 > 0:09:06But that doesn't mean to say it's not frustrating.

0:09:10 > 0:09:12The sun is already creeping into the sky,

0:09:12 > 0:09:15but there's no rest yet for the door staff.

0:09:16 > 0:09:19It's four o'clock now, so we've shut the front door,

0:09:19 > 0:09:20not going to let anyone else in.

0:09:20 > 0:09:23Hopefully, we should get everyone else out by about five o'clock.

0:09:23 > 0:09:27The sun's coming up, the birds are tweeting. I'm ready to go home.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30Drinking-up time has come quicker than one customer would like.

0:09:30 > 0:09:33Alcohol has made him abusive.

0:09:33 > 0:09:37OK, but I'm waiting for my parents. They're coming in a minute.

0:09:37 > 0:09:41'The young lad started talking to me like I was a piece of dirt.'

0:09:41 > 0:09:44As I walked off, he started throwing obscenities at me,

0:09:44 > 0:09:46calling me names you wouldn't say in front of your mother.

0:09:46 > 0:09:48SHOUTING AND BLEEPING

0:09:49 > 0:09:52But this lad's mother doesn't seem to mind the language.

0:09:52 > 0:09:55- Just go away.- No. Don't even hit me. I don't need permission.

0:09:55 > 0:09:59- Just go away, then.- BLEEP- you. Don't need permission.

0:09:59 > 0:10:03- BLEEPING - So we sort of had to escort him out.

0:10:03 > 0:10:06He resisted and then it escalated into the situation

0:10:06 > 0:10:10of the whole family deciding to get involved.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12SHOUTING AND BLEEPING

0:10:12 > 0:10:16Why weren't he shown an amber, then? Why weren't he shown an amber?

0:10:16 > 0:10:17Please keep away from the door.

0:10:17 > 0:10:19BLEEPING

0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Go over there. For- BLEEP- sake! - SHOUTING

0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Go over there.- Find out his number.

0:10:25 > 0:10:27- I'm going to- BLEEP- lamp him in his face.

0:10:27 > 0:10:29- Go over there.- I swear to God.

0:10:29 > 0:10:30Thanks, goodnight...

0:10:31 > 0:10:34As this situation seems to be dying down,

0:10:34 > 0:10:38just over the road things are escalating between some lads.

0:10:39 > 0:10:42And Katie's not afraid to break it up.

0:10:42 > 0:10:44Oi! Lads!

0:10:45 > 0:10:48You all right? Are you all right?

0:10:48 > 0:10:49Stay there.

0:10:49 > 0:10:51You all right there, yeah?

0:10:53 > 0:10:56Why does there need to be violence in Northampton at all?

0:10:56 > 0:10:59There's no need to be violent in Northampton at all.

0:10:59 > 0:11:01I dunno, they had a bit of an argument,

0:11:01 > 0:11:03there were comments exchanged,

0:11:03 > 0:11:06and then I saw one of them just hit the other one.

0:11:06 > 0:11:08I don't really know the full story,

0:11:08 > 0:11:10but we've gone over there to make sure everyone's OK.

0:11:10 > 0:11:12One of them did have a few good hits to the head,

0:11:12 > 0:11:14so we had to make sure he was OK.

0:11:15 > 0:11:17Morning, guys!

0:11:17 > 0:11:20Let's go home! Whoo-hoo!

0:11:20 > 0:11:23We see it throughout the night. It's not just a morning thing.

0:11:23 > 0:11:25We've seen so many incidents happen

0:11:25 > 0:11:28that you're never really surprised any more.

0:11:28 > 0:11:29Only another 12 hours to go

0:11:29 > 0:11:33before Katie and the team are back once more, minding the doors

0:11:33 > 0:11:37and keeping the peace on the streets and dance floors of Northampton.

0:11:45 > 0:11:49Later, we follow the team searching an underground car park

0:11:49 > 0:11:52for evidence of anti-social and criminal behaviour.

0:11:53 > 0:11:57Local residents have been stating that people in balaclavas

0:11:57 > 0:12:01have actually been gaining access into the underground car park,

0:12:01 > 0:12:03setting fires, which has been causing a few problems.

0:12:07 > 0:12:09We are a nation of animal lovers,

0:12:09 > 0:12:11and there are nine million dogs in the UK to prove that.

0:12:11 > 0:12:14But when owners don't look after their dogs,

0:12:14 > 0:12:16that's when the wardens step in,

0:12:16 > 0:12:19and in our next story, we meet a man who's dedicated

0:12:19 > 0:12:21to making good owners of us all.

0:12:21 > 0:12:25Chester, you've got really sharp teeth! Chew your bone, not my shirt.

0:12:26 > 0:12:28Allen East used to be a traffic warden,

0:12:28 > 0:12:30but after retiring six years ago,

0:12:30 > 0:12:34he replaced parking with pooches as a dog warden.

0:12:35 > 0:12:41No, you can't get out! You stay in. Good boy. Hello.

0:12:41 > 0:12:44'I'm one of them people who can't just sit around and do nothing.'

0:12:44 > 0:12:47I looked around after about a week or two of retirement

0:12:47 > 0:12:52and decided that I needed to do some work, and I do enjoy doing the job.

0:12:52 > 0:12:56Good afternoon, dog wardens. Allen speaking.

0:12:56 > 0:12:59He keeps an eye on dogs all over Tendring, in north-east Essex.

0:12:59 > 0:13:04- Morning.- Morning!- Lovely morning. Bit breezy, innit?

0:13:04 > 0:13:07His vast patch covers 60 kilometres of coastline

0:13:07 > 0:13:10and several popular seaside resorts,

0:13:10 > 0:13:13a picturesque area he'd like to keep that way.

0:13:13 > 0:13:16The beaches themselves are lovely beaches.

0:13:16 > 0:13:18They just need a little bit of...

0:13:18 > 0:13:21a little bit more consideration from dog owners

0:13:21 > 0:13:26that are letting their dogs defecate and not cleaning up after them.

0:13:28 > 0:13:30Despite 1,000 dog waste bins in the area,

0:13:30 > 0:13:33there are still owners who don't pick up after their pooches,

0:13:33 > 0:13:37and that's when Allen puts his ticketing skills to good use.

0:13:39 > 0:13:43If I was to find people like that, they would be fined for it.

0:13:43 > 0:13:47They deserve to be fined, because it's so unnecessary.

0:13:47 > 0:13:50It's just absolutely terrible.

0:13:52 > 0:13:54Allen's prepared to turn detective

0:13:54 > 0:13:57in a bid to catch the fouling culprits.

0:13:58 > 0:14:01And he's got one in his sights.

0:14:02 > 0:14:05The chap that's walking down the road with his dog,

0:14:05 > 0:14:09and, obviously, although he's got the dog on the lead,

0:14:09 > 0:14:12the dog's walking in and out of people's gardens,

0:14:12 > 0:14:16and I'm just observing to see...

0:14:16 > 0:14:19where he's going and what he's actually doing.

0:14:19 > 0:14:23If he catches the owner red-handed, he'll get a £50 fine on the spot.

0:14:26 > 0:14:29Just sometimes you get that feeling.

0:14:32 > 0:14:37The old boy went into this house, so it may have been nothing.

0:14:38 > 0:14:40But at least I keep an eye open,

0:14:40 > 0:14:44and I know if I get another report from there...

0:14:44 > 0:14:47It's the only way we're going to actually do something about it.

0:14:52 > 0:14:55But Allen doesn't just deal with fouling.

0:14:56 > 0:14:59Each year, more than 100,000 dogs go astray,

0:14:59 > 0:15:05at a cost of £57 million to the taxpayer and welfare charities.

0:15:05 > 0:15:08And each month Allen takes in a few of Tendring's lost dogs.

0:15:08 > 0:15:12So he's keen to make sure that dogs are microchipped,

0:15:12 > 0:15:16a simple but effective method of identifying lost dogs

0:15:16 > 0:15:19and reuniting them with their owners.

0:15:19 > 0:15:21- Got your dog chipped? - No. We're going to get him chipped.

0:15:21 > 0:15:24Right. If I give you a card, all right...?

0:15:24 > 0:15:27If you give me a shout, I'll get your dog done for you, all right?

0:15:27 > 0:15:29It won't cost anything.

0:15:29 > 0:15:34Microchipping will be compulsory for all dogs by April 2016,

0:15:34 > 0:15:36but Allen is already ahead of the game.

0:15:38 > 0:15:40But give me a ring and I'll come round your house.

0:15:40 > 0:15:43- How much does it cost, anyway? - Nothing. All right?

0:15:43 > 0:15:45Thanks very much for your time.

0:15:45 > 0:15:47OK, thank you.

0:15:47 > 0:15:49One of the important uses of microchipping

0:15:49 > 0:15:51is to identify aggressive dogs.

0:15:54 > 0:15:59The amount of people that have been attacked by dogs is increasing.

0:16:01 > 0:16:07We're getting the Staffie-type dogs, we're getting the pit-type dogs.

0:16:08 > 0:16:12Now, if a dog attacks a person, it's a criminal offence

0:16:12 > 0:16:17and the police have to be involved with it.

0:16:17 > 0:16:19And if the dog's microchipped,

0:16:19 > 0:16:23at least we stand a good chance of finding out who owns the dog

0:16:23 > 0:16:28and they can be held accountable for that dog's actions.

0:16:28 > 0:16:31Today, Allen is on a microchipping mission.

0:16:33 > 0:16:35- You all right?- Yeah.- Ah, is this the one that's going to be chipped?

0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Yeah.- What I'm going to do is get you to hold him

0:16:38 > 0:16:42and then what you do is turn his face towards your shoulder

0:16:42 > 0:16:44- so if he bites he bites you and not me!- Yeah.

0:16:44 > 0:16:46ALLEN LAUGHS

0:16:46 > 0:16:48That's lovely. Thank you very much.

0:16:48 > 0:16:52It happens in seconds. Takes more time to do the paperwork.

0:16:52 > 0:16:56- There's a good boy. OK. Ready?- Go.

0:16:58 > 0:17:01- There's a good boy, Come on.- Good boy.

0:17:01 > 0:17:03What are you doing, eh?

0:17:03 > 0:17:05Just a bit of safety, really.

0:17:06 > 0:17:09If they do run off...

0:17:09 > 0:17:11we can get them back.

0:17:11 > 0:17:13What are you doing?

0:17:17 > 0:17:19When dogs do get lost,

0:17:19 > 0:17:22Allen takes them in and makes every effort to find the owners.

0:17:22 > 0:17:25Come on. What are you up to, eh? Where have you been?

0:17:25 > 0:17:28But it's a costly business which could be prevented.

0:17:29 > 0:17:35The people that own this dog that I'm now going to return,

0:17:35 > 0:17:39they think we just pick a dog up, it's put somewhere for a little while

0:17:39 > 0:17:42and then they get their dog back.

0:17:42 > 0:17:46They don't realise, you know, the amount of things that go on,

0:17:46 > 0:17:50like the cleaning of the kennel, like getting it ready.

0:17:50 > 0:17:53You know, they don't stop and think about anything like that.

0:17:54 > 0:17:56Yeah, I know, I can hear you.

0:17:58 > 0:18:01Luckily, Allen's found this dog's owner.

0:18:01 > 0:18:04- Hiya, mate.- All right? - You lost a little dog?

0:18:04 > 0:18:06- Hiya. I'm Allen. Nice to meet you.- I'm Dan.

0:18:06 > 0:18:08Hi. All right, Dan?

0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Lovely little dog.- It is beautiful. - Who's this?

0:18:16 > 0:18:20Got out the caravan and jumped over the fence and escaped.

0:18:20 > 0:18:23He does it quite often. He's learning to jump very high now,

0:18:23 > 0:18:27and unfortunately, he's jumped too high and run out of the caravan.

0:18:27 > 0:18:31But the owner won't get off lightly for losing his dog.

0:18:31 > 0:18:34- Obviously, I've got to charge you your money.- Yeah, course, yeah.

0:18:34 > 0:18:36It's £60.

0:18:36 > 0:18:39I think he will learn a very good lesson,

0:18:39 > 0:18:41to make sure that his dog's got a disc on it

0:18:41 > 0:18:43with at least their name and phone number on it,

0:18:43 > 0:18:45so if he does get out again

0:18:45 > 0:18:48the chances are that he will get it back

0:18:48 > 0:18:50and we wouldn't even be involved with it.

0:18:50 > 0:18:53'Glad the dog's now back with its owner.

0:18:53 > 0:18:55'A happy ending to the story.'

0:18:55 > 0:18:59It's thanks to people like Allen that the dogs of Tendring stay safe

0:18:59 > 0:19:03and owners learn to take their responsibilities seriously.

0:19:07 > 0:19:10Later, we meet council eco-warrior Patricia,

0:19:10 > 0:19:13who's on a mission to rid the streets of Enfield

0:19:13 > 0:19:16from rubbish and fly-tipping.

0:19:16 > 0:19:18This is what I like to see.

0:19:18 > 0:19:21Beautiful flowers and the birds twittering.

0:19:21 > 0:19:26Clean air, clean footpaths and roads.

0:19:29 > 0:19:32'I've been out on a street patrol of my own to find out

0:19:32 > 0:19:35'what bothers you about Britain today.'

0:19:35 > 0:19:39What do you witness that annoys you about public behaviour?

0:19:39 > 0:19:44I don't think there's enough for the teenagers to do in the area,

0:19:44 > 0:19:46and they do tend to congregate a lot round where I live.

0:19:46 > 0:19:49When you see them congregate, does that worry you?

0:19:49 > 0:19:51Yes, it does. Even when you pop to the shops

0:19:51 > 0:19:53and there's crowds of them gathering around,

0:19:53 > 0:19:55it does make you feel quite intimidated.

0:19:55 > 0:19:57What else concerns you a lot?

0:19:57 > 0:19:59Definitely employment, I would say, for younger people.

0:19:59 > 0:20:01That's a concern of mine.

0:20:01 > 0:20:03You think that's an answer to some anti-social behaviour?

0:20:03 > 0:20:05I do, definitely.

0:20:05 > 0:20:08Is there anything that you see that you'd class as unhealthy or dirty?

0:20:08 > 0:20:10Waste disposal. People don't care.

0:20:10 > 0:20:13A lot of people, they chuck it out the front door.

0:20:13 > 0:20:17It's not nice to walk through nappies and empty, broken bottles and cans,

0:20:17 > 0:20:19and I think that's disgraceful.

0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Thank you for your time. - Great to meet you.- Take care.

0:20:22 > 0:20:25Tell me about anything you've witnessed that's anti-social.

0:20:25 > 0:20:29- During the day, it's all right. - Yep.- But at night...

0:20:29 > 0:20:32What? What happens?

0:20:32 > 0:20:35Fights, drugs. There's a lot of that going on round here.

0:20:35 > 0:20:39- How often?- Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

0:20:39 > 0:20:43- OK, leading up to the weekend.- Yeah. - And how does that make you feel?

0:20:43 > 0:20:48It does make you feel as if you're not safe to walk the streets.

0:20:48 > 0:20:50What else have you witnessed?

0:20:50 > 0:20:52There is a bus stop and there was loads...

0:20:52 > 0:20:55I'm going, now, six o'clock in the morning.

0:20:55 > 0:20:59All these drunks just slobbered all over the floor, drinking.

0:20:59 > 0:21:01There's people waiting to catch a bus

0:21:01 > 0:21:05and they've got their little children with them,

0:21:05 > 0:21:08and they've got to walk out into the road to go round.

0:21:08 > 0:21:13But on Sunday, the council came down and removed the bus stop.

0:21:13 > 0:21:14They've moved a bus stop

0:21:14 > 0:21:17because drunk people were sleeping in it and hanging around in it?

0:21:17 > 0:21:20- Yep.- Marylyn, thank you ever so much for your time.

0:21:20 > 0:21:23- You've got a lovely smile. - Oh, thank you!

0:21:27 > 0:21:30Millions of people live on estates all over the country,

0:21:30 > 0:21:33and most of the time they're good places to live.

0:21:33 > 0:21:35But sometimes, a small element

0:21:35 > 0:21:37of anti-social or even criminal behaviour

0:21:37 > 0:21:39can drag an estate down

0:21:39 > 0:21:42and threaten the place for all the other residents.

0:21:42 > 0:21:43And when that happens,

0:21:43 > 0:21:47it's time for the police, the council or the housing association

0:21:47 > 0:21:48to get involved.

0:21:52 > 0:21:54The Samuda housing estate in east London

0:21:54 > 0:21:57spreads over 11 acres of land.

0:21:57 > 0:21:58With more than 500 homes,

0:21:58 > 0:22:02there are around 1,500 people living there.

0:22:02 > 0:22:05The majority of those people are law-abiding citizens,

0:22:05 > 0:22:08but the activities of a small number of yobs

0:22:08 > 0:22:10can make things unpleasant for others.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13For local cop Matthew Purcell,

0:22:13 > 0:22:16the layout of this estate can make it easier

0:22:16 > 0:22:18for people who are up to no good.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21The Samuda estate is very much like a maze.

0:22:21 > 0:22:23You go in one door thinking you're in one block,

0:22:23 > 0:22:26you literally go up a flight of stairs, across a landing

0:22:26 > 0:22:29and you're in a completely different section of the estate,

0:22:29 > 0:22:32and that's what's causing us a few problems.

0:22:32 > 0:22:36And there's one key hot spot that's bothering the residents.

0:22:36 > 0:22:41There's an underground car park. It's currently a disused car park.

0:22:41 > 0:22:43People can come in and potentially use drugs,

0:22:43 > 0:22:45potentially have weapons there.

0:22:45 > 0:22:48Graham Littlewood and Kiera Curran

0:22:48 > 0:22:51are part of the anti-social behaviour team at One Housing,

0:22:51 > 0:22:54which runs the Samuda estate.

0:22:54 > 0:22:56They're joining forces with the police on an operation

0:22:56 > 0:22:58to search the disused car park

0:22:58 > 0:23:01and find out exactly what's been going on there.

0:23:01 > 0:23:04The local residents have been stating that

0:23:04 > 0:23:07people in balaclavas have actually been gaining access

0:23:07 > 0:23:10into the underground car park, setting fires,

0:23:10 > 0:23:12which has been causing a few problems.

0:23:12 > 0:23:14They're also saying they've been doing drugs.

0:23:19 > 0:23:22What we're going to go and do is a weapons sweep.

0:23:22 > 0:23:24We've got a sniffer dog team coming,

0:23:24 > 0:23:26and they're going to sweep the area for drugs

0:23:26 > 0:23:29and help us look to see what's down there

0:23:29 > 0:23:32and see what we can take away from there.

0:23:32 > 0:23:35The visible presence of police and housing officers on the estate today

0:23:35 > 0:23:40will signal to residents that their concerns are being listened to.

0:23:40 > 0:23:42We have a duty of care towards our residents

0:23:42 > 0:23:46to ensure that we keep the areas and estates they live in clean and safe,

0:23:46 > 0:23:49and due to the fact that there's drugs and knives involved

0:23:49 > 0:23:52and it involves quite a lot of criminal behaviour,

0:23:52 > 0:23:54we work in partnership with the local police.

0:23:54 > 0:23:58And there's one vital member of the team on hand today -

0:23:58 > 0:24:01four-year-old English springer spaniel sniffer dog Trevor.

0:24:01 > 0:24:03With his attuned sense of smell,

0:24:03 > 0:24:06Trevor can detect cash, firearms and drugs,

0:24:06 > 0:24:09and it doesn't take him long to get a result.

0:24:09 > 0:24:11The dogs are worth their weight in gold.

0:24:11 > 0:24:14They are the most efficient way of searching these underground areas,

0:24:14 > 0:24:16especially in the dark.

0:24:16 > 0:24:17You can see from the sheer scale of this.

0:24:17 > 0:24:19We have offshoots to the side,

0:24:19 > 0:24:23little anterooms, stairwells and lift shafts.

0:24:23 > 0:24:24This place is absolutely huge.

0:24:24 > 0:24:27There's no way we'd be able to search this efficiently and effectively

0:24:27 > 0:24:31without the use of our dogs. Fantastic resource.

0:24:31 > 0:24:35And it doesn't take long for Trevor to find signs of drug use.

0:24:35 > 0:24:37What's he looking at?

0:24:37 > 0:24:39Oh, yeah, spliff. Good boy.

0:24:41 > 0:24:45We're finding the remnants of cannabis cigarettes all down here.

0:24:45 > 0:24:48The dog is indicating quite positively to some of these here.

0:24:48 > 0:24:52- And here is a smoking den. - Oh, we have a smoking den!

0:24:52 > 0:24:54The dog is indicating all over the place.

0:24:57 > 0:24:59Good boy!

0:24:59 > 0:25:02And we're finding lots and lots of drug paraphernalia.

0:25:02 > 0:25:05This area is being used for quite a fair bit more than we anticipated.

0:25:07 > 0:25:10Trevor quickly sniffs out other scary-looking items

0:25:10 > 0:25:13that strongly suggest criminal activity.

0:25:13 > 0:25:15Yeah, knives again.

0:25:17 > 0:25:21It's a toy gun, but they can be used as imitation,

0:25:21 > 0:25:24a quick hands-up to people who don't know what they are,

0:25:24 > 0:25:27so we'll take it away and have it destroyed.

0:25:27 > 0:25:29It is actually imperative that we do these sweeps

0:25:29 > 0:25:31with the dogs and our other resources.

0:25:31 > 0:25:34The element of criminality in these areas, unless we check them,

0:25:34 > 0:25:37is going to get out of control.

0:25:37 > 0:25:41As soon as Trevor's done his work, Graham's keen to start the clean-up.

0:25:43 > 0:25:45Once the police have finished searching here,

0:25:45 > 0:25:48we'll get our estate services team to clear all this out.

0:25:48 > 0:25:52We wanted firstly to get the police in here

0:25:52 > 0:25:54so they could find any evidence,

0:25:54 > 0:25:57so that that may help them catch

0:25:57 > 0:26:00anyone who's coming round here and doing it.

0:26:00 > 0:26:02Once that's done, the One Housing team

0:26:02 > 0:26:05is hoping that the car park can be sealed,

0:26:05 > 0:26:08locking out the drug dealers and their pals for ever.

0:26:08 > 0:26:11The solution here is basically the only way

0:26:11 > 0:26:15that we can ultimately prevent anyone from accessing these areas.

0:26:15 > 0:26:18We would have to look to brick every single access point up.

0:26:18 > 0:26:21But for now, Kiera's pleased with the results of the sweep.

0:26:21 > 0:26:24It sends out a clear message, I think, to our residents

0:26:24 > 0:26:26that they can visibly see the police,

0:26:26 > 0:26:28they can see ourselves

0:26:28 > 0:26:32actively taking a role in ensuring their safety.

0:26:32 > 0:26:36And everyone's agreed on who the hero is. Clever Trevor.

0:26:36 > 0:26:39Today's been a fantastic success.

0:26:39 > 0:26:41Thanks to Trevor. He's the star of the show.

0:26:41 > 0:26:43He's been absolutely brilliant.

0:26:43 > 0:26:45He's gone through there and he's found important stuff

0:26:45 > 0:26:47that we don't want on our estates, that no-one wants,

0:26:47 > 0:26:50and our estate is a safer place because of Trevor here.

0:26:50 > 0:26:53He's absolutely brilliant. Couldn't have done it without him.

0:26:54 > 0:26:55Good work!

0:27:01 > 0:27:05Anti-social behaviour is all about a lack of human decency

0:27:05 > 0:27:07and disrespecting those people who live around you.

0:27:07 > 0:27:11And if your way of life makes other people's a misery,

0:27:11 > 0:27:14that's about as anti-social as it gets.

0:27:14 > 0:27:16We're on the front line with the highly skilled teams

0:27:16 > 0:27:20of council workers, police officers and volunteers

0:27:20 > 0:27:23who are committed to keeping our streets safe and clean

0:27:23 > 0:27:26and taking on our anti-social battles on a daily basis

0:27:26 > 0:27:29to make sure that our lives are not blighted

0:27:29 > 0:27:31by other people's bad behaviour.

0:27:31 > 0:27:34This is Street Patrol UK.

0:27:37 > 0:27:38Is this your first one?

0:27:38 > 0:27:40- Yep.- And how old's Katie? - Katie's two now.

0:27:40 > 0:27:42'I've been out on a street patrol of my own

0:27:42 > 0:27:45'to find out what bothers you about Britain today.'

0:27:45 > 0:27:46And that box down there,

0:27:46 > 0:27:49which obviously had a burger or chicken in it at some point,

0:27:49 > 0:27:53- got tangled up in this little trolley.- Yep.- Does that annoy you?

0:27:53 > 0:27:57Yeah, but to be fair, there's not many bins around here.

0:27:57 > 0:27:59But there's a lot of litter.

0:27:59 > 0:28:00Tell me what else you see

0:28:00 > 0:28:04when you're out there being a proud dad that winds you up.

0:28:04 > 0:28:08What does annoy me sometimes is - this is really petty -

0:28:08 > 0:28:11on the train, when people have loud music on their mobile phones.

0:28:11 > 0:28:15Don't like that at all. I think it's irresponsible, it's selfish.

0:28:15 > 0:28:19- It's ignorant.- Ignorant, yeah. And I do say to people sometimes,

0:28:19 > 0:28:21but generally there are people around that will say,

0:28:21 > 0:28:23"Come on, mate, let's give it a go."

0:28:23 > 0:28:25But I have seen on the train

0:28:25 > 0:28:28something like that get extremely nasty.

0:28:28 > 0:28:30OK, name some of the things that you've seen happening,

0:28:30 > 0:28:32with youngsters or grown-ups,

0:28:32 > 0:28:34anything you've seen which has annoyed you.

0:28:34 > 0:28:38I've seen kids arguing the toss with their parents...

0:28:39 > 0:28:41..and effing and blinding at them,

0:28:41 > 0:28:43and it's something I don't believe in.

0:28:43 > 0:28:46Have you ever actually said anything to them?

0:28:46 > 0:28:48- You can't say anything to them. - Why not?

0:28:48 > 0:28:52Because then the parents turn on you for picking on their kids.

0:28:54 > 0:28:57So you can't say owt about it.

0:28:57 > 0:28:58What about litter on the streets?

0:28:58 > 0:29:00I can see it blowing around now. Does that bother you?

0:29:00 > 0:29:02Not really, I think that's...

0:29:02 > 0:29:04Littering doesn't bother you?!

0:29:04 > 0:29:05- It bothers me.- You said not really!

0:29:05 > 0:29:08But I think in England, we just...

0:29:08 > 0:29:12I've been to a few other countries and it's not like that.

0:29:12 > 0:29:14I think in England it's just acceptable to be like that,

0:29:14 > 0:29:20and I think people just don't respect things, so it's just normal

0:29:20 > 0:29:22just to throw it on the floor.

0:29:24 > 0:29:28When artefacts from historical monuments mysteriously disappear,

0:29:28 > 0:29:31it's usually the work of thieves or vandals.

0:29:31 > 0:29:35However you look at it, it's very anti-social.

0:29:35 > 0:29:37But what astonishes me is the lengths

0:29:37 > 0:29:42and in some cases the depths people are prepared to go to

0:29:42 > 0:29:45to nick things from the most inaccessible of places.

0:29:50 > 0:29:53For nautical archaeologist Mark Beattie-Edwards,

0:29:53 > 0:29:56wrecks at the bottom of the sea are a source of fascination.

0:29:56 > 0:30:00Wrecks are little time capsules of an event

0:30:00 > 0:30:02that happened at some point in the past.

0:30:02 > 0:30:05You get a little microcosm of life landing on the sea bed

0:30:05 > 0:30:07at one moment in time.

0:30:09 > 0:30:12For the past few years, Mark and his team have been researching

0:30:12 > 0:30:15the wreck of a submarine named Holland 5,

0:30:15 > 0:30:18which sank off the coast of Hastings in 1912

0:30:18 > 0:30:22and lay undiscovered until 1995.

0:30:24 > 0:30:28The Holland 5 submarine is in amazing condition on the sea bed.

0:30:30 > 0:30:31It sits bolt upright,

0:30:31 > 0:30:33so it sits like a submarine should,

0:30:33 > 0:30:37with its conning tower upright, its propellers still in place.

0:30:37 > 0:30:41It looks like a submarine, and when you visit it as a diver,

0:30:41 > 0:30:44it's quite an eerie thing, because it sits there as if it should be moving.

0:30:44 > 0:30:46And it's now a haven for marine life.

0:30:46 > 0:30:48There are fish and crabs and lobsters all over it.

0:30:48 > 0:30:51So it's a really pleasurable experience to visit it.

0:30:54 > 0:30:55Built in 1903,

0:30:55 > 0:30:59the vessel holds a very important place in naval history.

0:30:59 > 0:31:02The Holland 5 submarine is one of the Royal Navy's

0:31:02 > 0:31:07first ever purpose-built and commissioned submarines,

0:31:07 > 0:31:10and submarine warfare from that point onwards for the Royal Navy

0:31:10 > 0:31:14develops as one of our principal mechanisms to defend our coast.

0:31:16 > 0:31:20The sub's brand-new technology would change the face of naval warfare.

0:31:21 > 0:31:24Because of its great historical worth,

0:31:24 > 0:31:28this is a protected site, and only those with a licence can explore it.

0:31:30 > 0:31:34It's illegal to tamper with or remove material from that site

0:31:34 > 0:31:36unless you're authorised.

0:31:38 > 0:31:43Mark's team had spent several years researching and exploring the wreck

0:31:43 > 0:31:46when one of them made a shocking discovery.

0:31:46 > 0:31:47One of the divers came up.

0:31:47 > 0:31:51He said to me that there was a big hole at the front of the submarine

0:31:51 > 0:31:55and that the bow cap was missing. Then he showed me his video footage.

0:31:56 > 0:32:00He's swimming down the starboard side, so the right-hand side, now,

0:32:00 > 0:32:01of the submarine,

0:32:01 > 0:32:03and he's come round to the front.

0:32:03 > 0:32:07And because he's got some lights on his underwater camera,

0:32:07 > 0:32:10you can clearly see illuminated this big hole.

0:32:10 > 0:32:13It is where a torpedo would have fired out of,

0:32:13 > 0:32:16so it's got to be fairly sizable to get the torpedo out.

0:32:16 > 0:32:21Every dive up until this point, the bow cap was completely covering it.

0:32:21 > 0:32:25The missing part was a key component of the early submarine.

0:32:25 > 0:32:28The part that we're missing, the bow cap, is shown very clearly here

0:32:28 > 0:32:31and shows the torpedo tube that would have been behind that.

0:32:31 > 0:32:34It shows us the opening mechanism the submariner would have had to turn

0:32:34 > 0:32:39in order to manually open the bow cap

0:32:39 > 0:32:42so that then the torpedo could have been fired out.

0:32:44 > 0:32:48English Heritage is closely involved in monitoring and protecting

0:32:48 > 0:32:51marine sites like Holland 5.

0:32:51 > 0:32:54Terry Newman knows how difficult a task this is.

0:32:56 > 0:32:58The difficulty with these wreck sites

0:32:58 > 0:33:03is that generally, they're off the coast and underwater,

0:33:03 > 0:33:05and it's the general policing of those sites

0:33:05 > 0:33:07that is potentially a problem.

0:33:09 > 0:33:12But whoever took the cap must have meant business.

0:33:12 > 0:33:16The bow cap was actually attached, physically attached to the submarine,

0:33:16 > 0:33:20so that would have required some sort of crowbarring to get it off

0:33:20 > 0:33:23and then the use of a lifting bag, so an air bag, using buoyancy

0:33:23 > 0:33:27to get that heavy weight to the surface to then recover it to a boat.

0:33:27 > 0:33:32Mark is still puzzling over who would want to remove it and why.

0:33:32 > 0:33:37In my mind, there are two scenarios of what's happened to the bow cap.

0:33:37 > 0:33:42The first scenario is that it's been stolen by an unlicensed diver,

0:33:42 > 0:33:45who, first of all, didn't have permission to visit the site

0:33:45 > 0:33:48and, secondly, wouldn't have had permission to make a recovery.

0:33:48 > 0:33:50Or, the alternative is actually it's a fisherman

0:33:50 > 0:33:53who's trawling the sea bed near the area

0:33:53 > 0:33:56who has accidently dragged the bow cap off in their nets.

0:33:58 > 0:33:59That would also have been an offence.

0:33:59 > 0:34:03It is illegal to fish at a protected site.

0:34:03 > 0:34:07But whatever happened, local people are saddened by the loss.

0:34:07 > 0:34:10I think it's dreadful, really.

0:34:10 > 0:34:12If everybody was to go around and help themselves

0:34:12 > 0:34:15to all the bits of historical things there are,

0:34:15 > 0:34:18there wouldn't be anything for anybody to see.

0:34:18 > 0:34:22I think it's very important for us to preserve our cultural heritage

0:34:22 > 0:34:25for, you know, future generations.

0:34:25 > 0:34:28The bottom of the sea is an unexpected crime scene,

0:34:28 > 0:34:31a strange place to discover murky goings-on,

0:34:31 > 0:34:36but it's the desecration that most angers the nautical archaeologists

0:34:36 > 0:34:39whose work it is to protect and preserve the wrecks.

0:34:41 > 0:34:46The worst threat comes from unauthorised and unlawful salvage,

0:34:46 > 0:34:47people that have no regard

0:34:47 > 0:34:50for the history that these wrecks have to tell

0:34:50 > 0:34:53but merely want to make money and exploit them.

0:34:53 > 0:34:56The loss of the bow cap of the Holland 5

0:34:56 > 0:34:58could be considered as an anti-social crime, to me,

0:34:58 > 0:35:02because if it's been taken by a diver, then this is a deliberate act,

0:35:02 > 0:35:05deliberately targeting a historic monument.

0:35:09 > 0:35:12Anything that contaminates the world we live in

0:35:12 > 0:35:14could be regarded as pollution,

0:35:14 > 0:35:17and any bit of dumped waste like this

0:35:17 > 0:35:19will have an impact on the environment.

0:35:19 > 0:35:23So for environmental health officers up and down the country,

0:35:23 > 0:35:26rubbish is their business.

0:35:26 > 0:35:28But some of them actually like it.

0:35:30 > 0:35:33The suburban borough of Enfield in north London

0:35:33 > 0:35:36takes environmental health very seriously.

0:35:37 > 0:35:41And for council officer Patricia Henry, her daily round

0:35:41 > 0:35:45means confronting the stuff that most of us prefer not to deal with.

0:35:45 > 0:35:48Waste in the garden. OK...

0:35:48 > 0:35:51She investigates complaints about fly-tipping...

0:35:51 > 0:35:53I'll just take some pictures.

0:35:53 > 0:35:55..rubbish...

0:35:55 > 0:35:57This is not acceptable.

0:35:57 > 0:36:00..anything that threatens to pollute the environment.

0:36:00 > 0:36:03And every day brings new challenges.

0:36:03 > 0:36:05Opportunist fly-tippers just drive around

0:36:05 > 0:36:08and think, "This looks quiet. There's been some dumping here before.

0:36:08 > 0:36:13"Let me just put my flat-pack loader up and tip."

0:36:13 > 0:36:14We've just got to clear it.

0:36:14 > 0:36:17Making sure that rubbish is properly disposed of

0:36:17 > 0:36:19is an important part of the job.

0:36:19 > 0:36:25Despite the education that's been given to people on wheelie bins...

0:36:26 > 0:36:29..some people just don't get it.

0:36:29 > 0:36:30So, black is for your refuse,

0:36:30 > 0:36:34blue is for recyclable waste and this is for, like, garden waste,

0:36:34 > 0:36:37green cuttings or food waste.

0:36:37 > 0:36:39That's not green waste.

0:36:39 > 0:36:41This bin will not be collected,

0:36:41 > 0:36:46so the missed collection will mean a build-up of these black bags,

0:36:46 > 0:36:50making the front garden look untidy, and we need it cleared up.

0:36:50 > 0:36:52Hello?

0:36:52 > 0:36:55The bin won't be emptied, because the non-green waste

0:36:55 > 0:36:58would contaminate other residents' recycling,

0:36:58 > 0:37:01meaning it would have to go to landfill.

0:37:01 > 0:37:03As well as the cost to the environment,

0:37:03 > 0:37:08sending contaminated recycling to landfill costs £72 a tonne,

0:37:08 > 0:37:13adding up to £13 million a year to the north London's taxpayers' bill.

0:37:14 > 0:37:18They're not opening the door, so I'm leaving them a note to call me.

0:37:18 > 0:37:21Just to leave it there and think it's OK... It's not OK.

0:37:21 > 0:37:22It's not OK.

0:37:22 > 0:37:24She'll be keeping an eye on this house

0:37:24 > 0:37:26to make sure the mess gets properly sorted.

0:37:29 > 0:37:32For Patricia, protecting the world around us

0:37:32 > 0:37:34is something she cares deeply about.

0:37:34 > 0:37:37A butterfly. It's all right. Look at this! Isn't that beautiful?

0:37:40 > 0:37:42This is what I like to see.

0:37:42 > 0:37:45Beautiful flowers and the birds twittering.

0:37:45 > 0:37:50Clean air, clean footpaths and roads.

0:37:50 > 0:37:53It makes me more determined to get it resolved.

0:37:54 > 0:37:58I do love what I do, I've got to be honest with you.

0:37:58 > 0:38:00I mean, I came into environmental health

0:38:00 > 0:38:03because I was passionate about it.

0:38:03 > 0:38:06And, yeah, I love it.

0:38:06 > 0:38:08..which is just as well,

0:38:08 > 0:38:11as the job means dealing with plenty of complaints.

0:38:11 > 0:38:13In this case, residents have complained

0:38:13 > 0:38:17about the waste caused by mechanical work at a private garage.

0:38:17 > 0:38:20- Are you the homeowner, sir?- I am.

0:38:20 > 0:38:23Ah! I'm so glad I've come through this way today.

0:38:23 > 0:38:26Patricia Henry, environmental protection and environmental health.

0:38:26 > 0:38:29I've had some complaints, a couple of complaints -

0:38:29 > 0:38:32car repairs and the waste that's generated

0:38:32 > 0:38:35as a result of the works you're doing here,

0:38:35 > 0:38:36being dumped in the alleyway.

0:38:36 > 0:38:39Residents are adamant that this is going on...

0:38:39 > 0:38:41and so here I am!

0:38:41 > 0:38:43Do you do any works on vehicles?

0:38:43 > 0:38:46I work for a company, but today's my day off.

0:38:46 > 0:38:50OK. So on your day off you work on your own vehicles?

0:38:50 > 0:38:54Yeah? All right. You've got quite a sophisticated set-up here for...

0:38:54 > 0:38:58Because I used to have a garage, so this is all my stuff.

0:38:58 > 0:39:02- Are these vehicles your own, or...? - They are. I am the owner, yes.

0:39:02 > 0:39:04If you don't mind me asking, how many vehicles do you own at any one time?

0:39:04 > 0:39:06I've got three or four cars.

0:39:06 > 0:39:08So if I was to do a DVLA inquiry?

0:39:08 > 0:39:10This is, erm, my friend's.

0:39:10 > 0:39:14All right, so this is not one of the family. OK. And this one?

0:39:14 > 0:39:16- This one is my daughter's friend's.- OK.

0:39:16 > 0:39:18So you ARE working on cars other than your own?

0:39:18 > 0:39:20- For a favour.- OK.

0:39:20 > 0:39:22When you're a mechanic, no-one leaves you alone.

0:39:22 > 0:39:25"Can you do this? Can you do that?" I'm not running a business here.

0:39:25 > 0:39:26OK.

0:39:26 > 0:39:28Patricia's satisfied that there are

0:39:28 > 0:39:31no signs of waste for her to act on here today.

0:39:33 > 0:39:36So, that was good luck, that was a good stop,

0:39:36 > 0:39:37because at the end of the day,

0:39:37 > 0:39:40if you've got a complaint you need to find the evidence.

0:39:40 > 0:39:44But there are more complaints to follow up on at her next stop.

0:39:44 > 0:39:48Someone has been repeatedly fly-tipping here for weeks...

0:39:48 > 0:39:50Really messy.

0:39:50 > 0:39:52..normally, the day after the bin collection.

0:39:52 > 0:39:54That must have occurred over Friday,

0:39:54 > 0:39:57between Friday evening and the early hours of Saturday.

0:39:57 > 0:40:00It was just before nine. They were dumping it then.

0:40:00 > 0:40:03- Oh, so you actually saw... - I didn't see who was doing it,

0:40:03 > 0:40:06but they walked down the alley and put the bags round there.

0:40:06 > 0:40:09This is disgusting. This is like this nearly every week.

0:40:09 > 0:40:11- Right.- As soon as the council's back's turned

0:40:11 > 0:40:15and the dustmen have been, they drop it off again.

0:40:15 > 0:40:17Why can't they find who does it?

0:40:18 > 0:40:21Patricia's not afraid to risk getting her hands dirty

0:40:21 > 0:40:23in a bid to find the culprit.

0:40:24 > 0:40:28I don't mind going through the bags. Don't have a problem with it at all.

0:40:28 > 0:40:31It's quite exciting, because you think, "Ah! Name and address."

0:40:31 > 0:40:33Haven't found that yet.

0:40:33 > 0:40:36You've just got to be really diligent, to just go in there,

0:40:36 > 0:40:40carefully, of course, in order to get the evidence.

0:40:40 > 0:40:42One of the residents here may be the culprit,

0:40:42 > 0:40:47or it may be somebody coming through, they know that this is a hot spot.

0:40:47 > 0:40:51It's a brazen disregard for others.

0:40:51 > 0:40:55They don't care, which is a shame, in any of the fly-tipping.

0:40:55 > 0:40:58"Once it's out of the front door, it's not my problem.

0:40:58 > 0:41:00"I just need to get rid of it NOW."

0:41:01 > 0:41:03I think that's all food waste.

0:41:03 > 0:41:06Now it's become putrescent,

0:41:06 > 0:41:09so it's all leaking. See all the flies and all the maggots?

0:41:13 > 0:41:15So what I'll have to do...

0:41:16 > 0:41:20..is get Street Cleansing to do me a collection...

0:41:20 > 0:41:23which is so not necessary and it's just extra cost.

0:41:23 > 0:41:26It's the sweeping, it's the jet washing.

0:41:26 > 0:41:29Once Patricia has searched for evidence,

0:41:29 > 0:41:32the street cleaning team needs to take it away.

0:41:32 > 0:41:34Oh, my God, maggots.

0:41:35 > 0:41:39It's sickening for even the most hardened of cleaners.

0:41:39 > 0:41:42Oh, no. Maggots. It's stinking!

0:41:44 > 0:41:46That looks nice and clean now.

0:41:46 > 0:41:49Nice and clean. We'll see how long it lasts.

0:41:49 > 0:41:51Once the rubbish is dealt with,

0:41:51 > 0:41:55Patricia can concentrate on the real detective work.

0:41:55 > 0:41:58Well, later this afternoon, I will be checking the cameras.

0:41:58 > 0:42:02And I am quite excited to find out who's responsible for this.

0:42:02 > 0:42:07These cameras have already caught and helped prosecute six people.

0:42:08 > 0:42:11Is Patricia about to catch number seven?

0:42:12 > 0:42:16I've reviewed the CCTV at this location,

0:42:16 > 0:42:18having partially identified

0:42:18 > 0:42:21the person on the camera from the footage.

0:42:21 > 0:42:25What I'll do is I'll try and locate that person at that location.

0:42:25 > 0:42:28And when she finds the fly-tipping fugitive,

0:42:28 > 0:42:30there is a good chance they'll be prosecuted,

0:42:30 > 0:42:35and she'll re-educate them about the "no fly-tipping" rules.

0:42:35 > 0:42:38In the meantime, she's leaving nothing to chance.

0:42:38 > 0:42:40I have asked residents,

0:42:40 > 0:42:43if there's anything outside the collection times,

0:42:43 > 0:42:45to let me know straightaway

0:42:45 > 0:42:49so I can then check my camera and then get onto it.

0:42:49 > 0:42:51I think, to be honest, the camera's working.

0:42:51 > 0:42:53Just remember, all you fly-tippers of Enfield,

0:42:53 > 0:42:56the cameras are keeping an eye on you.

0:43:00 > 0:43:03Well, that's your lot for today. Thanks for watching.