0:00:02 > 0:00:05'Our lives are blighted by anti-social behaviour,
0:00:05 > 0:00:07'whether it's nuisance neighbours...'
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Will you let us in please?
0:00:09 > 0:00:11'..graffiti on the streets
0:00:11 > 0:00:13'or too much booze.'
0:00:13 > 0:00:15You need to make your way away from here right now.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17'This is the story of the police officers...'
0:00:17 > 0:00:19This is 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 > 0:00:32Let's go do some good.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Welcome to Street Patrol UK.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40'Today...'
0:00:40 > 0:00:42This is the police, are you in here?
0:00:42 > 0:00:45'..we're on the front line with Somerset housing officers
0:00:45 > 0:00:48'as they deal with a nightmare neighbour.'
0:00:48 > 0:00:50One night he got his walking stick and smashed all her windows out
0:00:50 > 0:00:54at the side of the flat, like, you know, and I thought
0:00:54 > 0:00:56that was way out of order.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58'The anti-social graffiti scorch taggers
0:00:58 > 0:01:01'who are putting a heritage site at risk of a major fire.'
0:01:04 > 0:01:05To burn?
0:01:05 > 0:01:07The mind boggles!
0:01:07 > 0:01:11'And the London borough where the vice squad, housing authorities
0:01:11 > 0:01:14'and residents have joined forces to deter sex workers.'
0:01:17 > 0:01:22It's just bloody awful. It's just really bad.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23It is bad.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42In this series we hear a lot of complaints about noisy neighbours,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44intimidating behaviour and vandalism,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48all the sorts of things that can be ruining someone's life.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53But sometimes all that aggravation can be coming from just one person.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54And when that happens,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56there are different agencies that join together
0:01:56 > 0:01:58to stamp out the trouble.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01'Chard, Somerset,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05'a quiet rural town you might not immediately associate with
0:02:05 > 0:02:07'anti-social behaviour.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14'But housing officer Amanda Lowder from Raglan Housing Association
0:02:14 > 0:02:18'sometimes has to deal with the most extreme neighbourhood nightmares.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22'She's spent months dealing with the fall out
0:02:22 > 0:02:26'from one man's campaign of intimidation on a Chard estate...
0:02:27 > 0:02:30'..and the list of complaints is incredible.'
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Low level criminal activity, anti-social behaviour,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37so burglary, shouting, swearing, drug usage,
0:02:37 > 0:02:43always finding stolen goods at the property and drug paraphernalia.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45'These antagonistic antics have made life hell
0:02:45 > 0:02:47'for many of his neighbours.'
0:02:47 > 0:02:51He's just been a nuisance basically to everyone around here, you know,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55he just... He is one of these that just goes out looking for trouble.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58It's like, he was robbing all the time from B&Q,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01bringing flowers back to the flats and that, like, you know,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04and robbing people's gardens and things like that,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06and I thought, "What's he doing?"
0:03:06 > 0:03:09My nephew lives up round the corner now and, like, he made him cry.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Nicked his push bike, a little kid's bike.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15My little nephew, he went and asked him for it back
0:03:15 > 0:03:16and because he shouted,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19he was that scared he ran home crying to his mum.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22I come on down here and got the bike back for him, like.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24He took it back and then he took it back again.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Why do that to young kids?
0:03:27 > 0:03:31When he was upset he was just shouting and blamed everybody.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33You didn't know if he was happy or angry
0:03:33 > 0:03:35or fighting with someone or what.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39I think he needed help, he definitely needed help.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I felt sorry for that poor little girl,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43you know, in the bottom flat over there,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45because one night he got his walking stick
0:03:45 > 0:03:47and smashed all her windows out at the side of the flat,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49and I thought that was way out of order.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55'After months of problems and complaints,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58'this resident's behaviour has become so offensive
0:03:58 > 0:04:01'that Raglan Housing have taken steps to evict him,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03'and today they are at the final stage.'
0:04:06 > 0:04:09The gentleman's got an injunction out against him, which means he's
0:04:09 > 0:04:13excluded from the property and the area from midday today.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17We are there to make sure that that happens.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19We are meeting the police on site.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22We are also meeting our contractors,
0:04:22 > 0:04:26who are there to secure the property afterwards to make sure that
0:04:26 > 0:04:29nobody else can gain access.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33This gentleman, he can react differently from day to day,
0:04:33 > 0:04:36moment to moment, so you don't know what he is going to do next.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41'The police are already at the scene to ensure that the eviction is
0:04:41 > 0:04:43'carried out safely
0:04:43 > 0:04:46'and contractors are on stand-by to secure the property
0:04:46 > 0:04:48'once the tenant has been removed.'
0:04:49 > 0:04:51It is tense because it's so unpredictable.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53You don't know what's going to happen.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57You've got to prepare yourself for violent or aggressive behaviour.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00'But the man is nowhere to be seen.'
0:05:02 > 0:05:06'With the tenant gone, Amanda needs to check over the property
0:05:06 > 0:05:07'so it can be secured.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11'But she discovers that the evicted man wasn't the only
0:05:11 > 0:05:14'intimidating creature living in the flat.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17'She's called the RSPCA.'
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- All right, Steve? - Yeah, I think they're both beardies.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- Oh!- I think. I'm not... - Hiya, you all right?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26They look a bit big for beardies.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Left behind are two...
0:05:27 > 0:05:31It looks like, they said it was two bearded lizards,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34so they are going to be assessing those now, assessing their condition
0:05:34 > 0:05:38and hopefully making arrangements for them to be taken out of the property.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Otherwise we're going to be locking it all up,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42and we can't leave them behind.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- They're not in bad condition, overall.- No, they're all right.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Oh, that's good. Good, OK. - They're a little torpid, though.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Yeah, so I suppose easier to handle that way.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- He's got proper lights here.- OK. - We'll see if it's on a timer.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00'With two lizards and one nasty neighbour dealt with,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04'the next stage is for the Housing Association's contractors
0:06:04 > 0:06:06'to board up the front door of the property.'
0:06:07 > 0:06:11They put a metal door frame over the existing door and then
0:06:11 > 0:06:13close the metal door and we lock it,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16and that prevents the individual coming back
0:06:16 > 0:06:20or anyone else taking advantage and trying to break in.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Job done.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29OK, that is all secure.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31No-one is going to be getting through that door.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35An eviction will come,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38we are going to go through a court process,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40but in the meantime he is excluded by an injunction.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44From 12 o'clock today, he can't be here.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Is he going to come back?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48I don't know. We all know he is unpredictable,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51that's why I said to everyone just keep your eyes open.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54He is not allowed to be in the flat.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Even if he is not doing anything wrong, he still can't be here.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Since he left it's more calm,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05so everything get to normal again!
0:07:05 > 0:07:08We can just relax now, you know,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10because we know that we are all safe really.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14It's hard trying to coordinate everybody,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16make sure the workmen come, the RSPCA come,
0:07:16 > 0:07:21making sure the police are able to do their part without us interfering,
0:07:21 > 0:07:23reassuring the neighbours.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I think that those people that have been living in fear
0:07:25 > 0:07:29have a lot more confidence that they can live their lives as normal,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32let the children back out to play in the street.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34I think the biggest thing that's changed
0:07:34 > 0:07:37is that the people that have been affected,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39particularly directly by his behaviour,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41the shouting, the swearing, the violence,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43they will be able to have a peaceful night's sleep
0:07:43 > 0:07:45knowing that he cannot return.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51But a few weeks later, it seems that Amanda's optimism was short-lived.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54The resident breached his court injunction
0:07:54 > 0:07:56almost immediately by going back to the flat.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01There were three further breaches,
0:08:01 > 0:08:03two actually being at the property,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06and the third and most serious one
0:08:06 > 0:08:08was actually spitting at the witness
0:08:08 > 0:08:13whilst they were out in the town centre.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16By returning to the flat, he was committing a criminal offence
0:08:16 > 0:08:18and now the police are involved.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21He was arrested because he kept breaching the injunction.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26It was a civil injunction put on there by a judge at a civil court.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29It's got to be taken very seriously
0:08:29 > 0:08:30and he just did not take it seriously.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I don't think he believed the judge had either any powers
0:08:33 > 0:08:36or he thought there was going to be any comebacks
0:08:36 > 0:08:38or any sanctions to what he was doing.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40He essentially just completely ignored it.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Er...the...
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Thankfully, the neighbours kept ringing, saying when he was there.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48He was then arrested a number of times by police officers.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50And on one occasion, he had to be Tasered
0:08:50 > 0:08:53because he was so violent in the arrest.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56The former resident was given a six-week suspended sentence
0:08:56 > 0:08:58for breaching his injunction.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03At the moment, he's disappeared, so nobody knows where he is.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05But that's not where it ends.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Raglan Housing are taking him to court
0:09:08 > 0:09:09to get possession of the flat
0:09:09 > 0:09:12because of his extreme anti-social behaviour.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16He breached his tenancy by having a dog in the property,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19he breached his tenancy by causing a noise nuisance,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22he breached his tenancy by letting his friends
0:09:22 > 0:09:25or visitors to the property cause a nuisance
0:09:25 > 0:09:27when they were coming to and fro.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30There was damage to communal areas, damage to flat.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34The police had to attend the property on numerous occasions.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Thank you.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45This is the first time Amanda has visited the property
0:09:45 > 0:09:49since a steel door was fitted to prevent the tenant gaining access.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52And she gets a shock.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07This is probably one of the most secure doors
0:10:07 > 0:10:10that we can put to secure a property.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14I think whoever has done this
0:10:14 > 0:10:16had some quite heavy kit with them.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20I'm not sure at all if it's...trying to get access to his home,
0:10:20 > 0:10:24or whether it was someone else trying to break in to steal items.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26So I think...
0:10:29 > 0:10:32..the best course of action is initially to...
0:10:32 > 0:10:37The police, for them to come out and...have a look.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44I've just come to the door and someone has ripped the door off.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Now, obviously, this property has been
0:10:50 > 0:10:53and is vulnerable to squatters,
0:10:53 > 0:10:57to drug users, to people just trashing it
0:10:57 > 0:11:00because it's open and available.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04So the first thing we need to do is ascertain nobody's inside it
0:11:04 > 0:11:06and that there's no evidence
0:11:06 > 0:11:09the police need to take away from there for whatever reason,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12and we need to get it re-secured.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Thank you for coming so quickly.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Have you been in? - No. I was waiting for you.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I've shouted, there's no answer.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24But obviously, we need to be really careful.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32It's the police! Are you in here?
0:11:36 > 0:11:37That's quite a...
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Someone has been using this place and it's in a dreadful state.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47He did that last time, didn't he? He hid underneath the covers.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Yeah, thank you.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Make sure he's not under here.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08There's no recent activity, is there, by the looks of it?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10What about the door?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- I've just called that through. - You done that?- Yeah.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15This is the most secure thing we can do
0:12:15 > 0:12:18and they've literally ripped it out.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Hopefully, a new door will prevent the former tenant returning
0:12:23 > 0:12:25and the neighbours can live in peace.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28We've got things in place to stop him coming back,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31but as you can see, that doesn't always work as effectively
0:12:31 > 0:12:33as we would all like it to.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38But once we legally have possession of the property back via the courts
0:12:38 > 0:12:41and we can go in, fix it,
0:12:41 > 0:12:44make it look nice and let it to somebody else,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47that will then be the end of it.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Since Amanda visited the flat,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52the resident has been convicted of breaching his injunction
0:12:52 > 0:12:54under the Anti-social Behaviour Act
0:12:54 > 0:12:56and is now serving time in prison.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01It's good to know when things get really bad with nuisance neighbours
0:13:01 > 0:13:04that action can be taken and properties freed up
0:13:04 > 0:13:06for people who need housing,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09who treat it with greater respect.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17The inebriated OAP
0:13:17 > 0:13:20and the Ilfracombe Town Team policing the streets
0:13:20 > 0:13:23to enforce its alcohol-free zone.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25He's too drunk, really, to go home on his own
0:13:25 > 0:13:28so, unfortunately, he is going to be spending the evening with us.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Shoes off. Lie on the mattress.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36I've been out on a street patrol of my own
0:13:36 > 0:13:39to find out what bothers you about Britain today.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Naddy and Terri,
0:13:41 > 0:13:45now, what annoys you that people do that is antisocial?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Loud kids on buses.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Yeah, there is a lot of that, isn't there? OK.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51But not even just being loud,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54but the constant swearing of school kids.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56When I was growing up, you couldn't get away with that.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Your auntie might have been on the same bus
0:13:58 > 0:13:59and it would be all hell when you got home.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02But also, charity organisations.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04If you're your lunch break and you've got 25 minutes
0:14:04 > 0:14:07and you're stopped by about five different charities,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09that is annoying.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Especially when you say no, but they persist
0:14:11 > 0:14:13and persist and persist and they won't let you go.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15You know they're not allowed to do that?
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- They are not allowed to harass. - It's a form of harassment. - It is harassment.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Cher and Brian, lovely to meet you both.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23What annoys you about antisocial behaviour?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Noisy dogs and dog fouling in the play park out the front of us.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29OK. So it is not just the fouling, it is also the barking?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Yeah. My wife, she works nights,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33so she's trying to sleep during the day
0:14:33 > 0:14:36and the neighbour's dog is barking and...annoying.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39So noisy neighbours and noisy dogs by the sounds of it, yeah?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42We used have a dog ourselves and it was just...
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I mean, you wouldn't go to the toilet outside and leave it,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48so naturally, I took a bag with me, pick it up, takes two seconds.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49But you see it out the front and...
0:14:49 > 0:14:52I should go out and confront them, but I just don't.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54They stand there, watching their dog do it, then walk on.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56It's like...doesn't seem a problem to them.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02When it comes to antisocial behaviour and drunkenness,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05we're all too quick to blame young people,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07but it's not actually as simple as that.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09You see, as far as alcohol is concerned,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11any age group can be a problem.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Ilfracombe, a charming seaside resort
0:15:17 > 0:15:19on the north coast of Devon.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21With its picturesque harbour
0:15:21 > 0:15:25and small population of about 17,000 souls,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27you'd think it was paradise -
0:15:27 > 0:15:28the perfect getaway.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32And the folk who run the town want to keep it that way,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35making sure it's attractive all year round
0:15:35 > 0:15:38for tourists and locals alike,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41not blighted by rubbish and antisocial issues.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46To do this, the police and the council
0:15:46 > 0:15:49have created a task force - the Ilfracombe Town Team -
0:15:49 > 0:15:52designed to combat antisocial behaviour.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55And the very public face of this proactive initiative
0:15:55 > 0:15:58is community support officer Karen Grant.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Hello! All right? Hiya!
0:16:01 > 0:16:04She knows just about everybody around town.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Police community support officer,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10we work closely with the community,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13we deal with low-level antisocial behaviour
0:16:13 > 0:16:15and we build quite close relationships
0:16:15 > 0:16:18with people in the community, with other agencies.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21And we can get to know our communities really well
0:16:21 > 0:16:24because we have the time to be able to spend with them,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27whereas a police officer may be going from job to job
0:16:27 > 0:16:30and not be able to make as much contact with people as they'd like.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Is it you got the alarm?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40They are using the steam cleaner in here to clean
0:16:40 > 0:16:42and they left the door open, which has then set it off.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45That's OK, as long as it's all sorted - thank you.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Karen is on her way
0:16:46 > 0:16:49to talk to a ladies' group at the local yacht club
0:16:49 > 0:16:53to find out what concerns they may have about behaviour in the town.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Thank you very much for asking me to come to speak to you today.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59My name is Karen, I'm a police community support officer
0:16:59 > 0:17:02based at Ilfracombe Police Station.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06The local ladies do have concerns, especially about youth drinking.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Drink, very much so.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14And I do think that the pubs
0:17:14 > 0:17:19are serving underage people.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22But when Karen is called to an incident
0:17:22 > 0:17:24with local PC Nella Barker,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27it's not youth drinking that is the problem.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30We've had a report of a male slumped over,
0:17:30 > 0:17:34um...just concerned for welfare, really.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Just at an address just further up here.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39A parent walking his children home from school reported it in -
0:17:39 > 0:17:41keep going -
0:17:41 > 0:17:45and it's just in one of the side streets
0:17:45 > 0:17:47on the left up here.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Yep...there he is, look.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Hi.- Hello.- What's happened, then?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00I just...walking down with my children
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- and he was sort of talking... - I know him.- He says he lives here.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Their initial concern is his welfare,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09but this bloke isn't too bothered.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Hello.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- HE SLURS HIS SPEECH - What's your name?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14SLURRING: Whatever...
0:18:14 > 0:18:16It doesn't make any difference
0:18:16 > 0:18:19but I think you have been drinking a bit today, haven't you?
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Which is probably why you're in someone's doorway, isn't it?
0:18:23 > 0:18:24SLURRING: Go away...
0:18:24 > 0:18:26We can't leave you here.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- DRUNK MAN: Shut the- BLEEP!
0:18:28 > 0:18:33It's obvious he's drunk and his language is less than charming.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Don't talk to me like that. Where do you live?
0:18:34 > 0:18:40- I live right- BLEEP- here. - You don't. You don't live here.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- What do you want? - I want to know what your name is.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Leave me alone.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47We'll leave you alone if...
0:18:47 > 0:18:49He won't move from where he's slumped.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- Hey, you're a- BLEEP.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- Oi!- That's not very nice, is it?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56It doesn't look like he's going to stop.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- BLEEP. - Oi, stop calling me names.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04And with kids around, Nella has no choice...
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I'm arresting you for being drunk and disorderly,
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Anything you do say may be given in evidence, all right?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- One, two, three... - MALE OFFICER: Ready?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18DRUNK MAN YELLS
0:19:18 > 0:19:19That's it. Well done.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- BLEEP! - That's all right.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Get your leg up, get yourself in.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Problems caused by too much booze
0:19:34 > 0:19:37are not just down to binge-drinking youngsters.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43In the past decade, alcohol-related admissions to hospital
0:19:43 > 0:19:49have soared by 150% for those aged between 60 and 74...
0:19:49 > 0:19:52and Karen has come across this boozy OAP before.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59I recognised him as a local who drinks in one of the local pubs,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02so I was aware that he was somebody that lived locally.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Sometimes it helps if you do know them.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Unfortunately, he was so drunk
0:20:06 > 0:20:09that I don't think he would have realised if he'd known us at all.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11BLEEP!
0:20:11 > 0:20:12SLURRED MURMURING
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Come on...
0:20:14 > 0:20:16The man is taken to Barnstaple nick
0:20:16 > 0:20:19where he will stay until he's sobered up.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22PC: I'm just holding you up cos you're going to fall over again.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25I'm going to book you in, OK? So listen to what the officer says.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Just wait there. - DRUNK MAN: What have I done wrong?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30He was arrested for being drunk and disorderly.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33You've been swearing and you've been drunk, chap.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36You'll have to stay with us until you sober up, do you understand?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39OK? Yeah, that is what is going to have to happen.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43I need to take some details first. We'll look after you, all right?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45DRUNK MAN: Whatever you say.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47That sounds reasonable to me.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50It is difficult with a man like that -
0:20:50 > 0:20:52custody's not where we'd like to have him.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54But I think today, we explored all the other options.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58The ambulance service don't want to take him,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01he is too drunk, really, to go on his home on his own.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04So, unfortunately, he is going to be spending the evening with us.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Lie on the mattress. Lie on the mattress.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14I come across all sorts of antisocial behaviour
0:21:14 > 0:21:19and much of it has a complete element of mindlessness to it -
0:21:19 > 0:21:23property being damaged by selfish, thoughtless people.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25But when the actions of vandals
0:21:25 > 0:21:28not only destroy a piece of our heritage
0:21:28 > 0:21:30but also endanger life,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32that pretty much beggars belief.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Chester in northwest England is a city steeped in history.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Its unique wooden galleried shopping and residential area,
0:21:41 > 0:21:45known as the Rows, dates back to medieval times.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49It's much-loved by residents and tourists alike.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51But there are some visitors to the Rows
0:21:51 > 0:21:54who don't treat it with the respect it deserves.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57In our last series,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00we featured police cracking down on drinkers
0:22:00 > 0:22:02using the walkways as a private toilet.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06The porous wood soaked up the urine
0:22:06 > 0:22:08and was rotting the fabric of the buildings.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14You go up there sometimes and they just stink of urine.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16It put people off coming round here as well,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18you know, like tourism and stuff like that.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21It is disgusting as well, if it's on nights out.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23I go on nights out myself
0:22:23 > 0:22:25and I don't think it's right to be doing that.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Sergeant Andy Burrage was part of the hard-hitting campaign
0:22:30 > 0:22:33to take tough action against these careless offenders.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38The police took the decision
0:22:38 > 0:22:41to take a zero-tolerance approach to public urination -
0:22:41 > 0:22:44that is that everyone caught urinating on the Rows
0:22:44 > 0:22:45would face prosecution.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48In policing it, we are heavily supported by CCTV,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50who are often catching people in the act
0:22:50 > 0:22:53and within a few minutes, police officers are directed to them.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Fines have been £400 plus from the courts for public urination
0:23:01 > 0:23:04and we make sure that that's publicised in local press
0:23:04 > 0:23:07and I think, slowly but surely, word is getting around
0:23:07 > 0:23:09that the police will take the matter seriously,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11they will prosecute it and people can get fined.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13So I think, in the long-term,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16people are getting more wary and going before they go.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20It would be nice to say that that's where the story ends.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22But just as police got to grips
0:23:22 > 0:23:25with one form of antisocial behaviour,
0:23:25 > 0:23:27another raised its ugly head.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Graffiti is something that we see on our buildings
0:23:30 > 0:23:32up and down the country,
0:23:32 > 0:23:34but this is a new type of tagging
0:23:34 > 0:23:37that could result in the complete destruction
0:23:37 > 0:23:39of the iconic Chester Rows.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Scorch tagging, where a naked flame is used to burn a blackened tag
0:23:44 > 0:23:47directly onto the surface of the walkway.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53Graffiting by scorching is potentially a catastrophic problem
0:23:53 > 0:23:55for the city of Chester.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59The problem with that is the Chester Rows are largely wooden -
0:23:59 > 0:24:02they're very old, they're very dry, they're very brittle
0:24:02 > 0:24:06and, obviously, could succumb to fire very easily.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09For Sergeant Burrage, this new form of antisocial behaviour
0:24:09 > 0:24:11doesn't just threaten the building,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14but the lives of the hundreds of people who use it.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17This is Bridge Street Row in the city centre.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18As you can see, it's mainly wood
0:24:18 > 0:24:21and it's a mixture of residential properties,
0:24:21 > 0:24:22like there are behind us,
0:24:22 > 0:24:26and also some business premises up on the right-hand side here.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30This is one of the areas where the scorching has taken place,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32as you can see on the white plasterboard.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Behind that plaster is very old, brittle wood.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Using a flame to scorch graffiti onto the Chester Rows,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42it's just ridiculous, it's mind-numbing.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44I'd ask them to think about their actions,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47to actually think about the possible consequences
0:24:47 > 0:24:50of applying a live flame to a 900-year-old piece of wood.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Potentially, it could bring down the whole street.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54People's lives are in danger,
0:24:54 > 0:24:55properties are in danger
0:24:55 > 0:24:57and they should take away and think about that.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01This building, exposed to naked flame,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03could quickly become a tinderbox.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09For the residents of Chester, the prospect of a fire
0:25:09 > 0:25:12caused by such wilful, destructive behaviour
0:25:12 > 0:25:14is unbelievable.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17It would be devastating and it would affect the whole city.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It would be very sad.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Most of the town is wood, isn't it? Like, Tudor buildings.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25So...a lot would go up and it'd probably damage quite a bit.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Graffiti with chalk, paint...
0:25:30 > 0:25:32But to burn?
0:25:32 > 0:25:33The mind boggles!
0:25:33 > 0:25:35It is unbelievable
0:25:35 > 0:25:41and you are talking about an utterly different world of graffiti to me.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Local magistrate Hilary McNae
0:25:44 > 0:25:47is Cheshire West and Chester Council's heritage champion
0:25:47 > 0:25:51and she's terrified by the thought of the damage a fire could do.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55It would be devastating to our history.
0:25:55 > 0:26:01These are 13th century buildings, they don't exist anywhere else.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Heritage, once it's gone, it's gone.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06She also knows from experience
0:26:06 > 0:26:09how easily these buildings can go up in flames.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Some years ago,
0:26:11 > 0:26:12we had a really bad fire
0:26:12 > 0:26:14and there was a lot of destruction
0:26:14 > 0:26:19and it just made people realise this is really old wood
0:26:19 > 0:26:22so very capable of going up, particularly in the summer,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24when everything is super-dry.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28And it really highlighted to everyone how important these rows are to us
0:26:28 > 0:26:31and, to an extent, how vulnerable they can be.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34There has been an odd bit of spray painting,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37but this fire thing's a totally new thing,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40and I don't know whether it's because they knew part of it
0:26:40 > 0:26:42burned down or just cos they're idiots.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45The culprits have been at work
0:26:45 > 0:26:48in a place where CCTV cameras can't catch them.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52But Sergeant Burrage is determined
0:26:52 > 0:26:55to nip this dangerous behaviour in the bud.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Chester Police are putting extra measures in place
0:26:58 > 0:27:02with a view to quickly catching these selfish idiots.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Part of the problem and difficulty of policing Chester city centre
0:27:05 > 0:27:07is it's a very old, historic city -
0:27:07 > 0:27:09there's lots of nooks and crevices and alley ways
0:27:09 > 0:27:11that people can hide in.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13In the past, we didn't have enough cameras to go around.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15New, additional cameras have now been added
0:27:15 > 0:27:17and now the City Rows here in Chester
0:27:17 > 0:27:19are pretty much covered in their entirety,
0:27:19 > 0:27:21so any behaviour ongoing up there
0:27:21 > 0:27:24can be caught on camera and be reported to us.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Let's hope these mindless fire bugs can be caught in time.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39We're on patrol with Tower Hamlets Vice Squad
0:27:39 > 0:27:42as they tackle the antisocial dealers and sex workers
0:27:42 > 0:27:43on their beat.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49They have both been arrested for outraging public decency
0:27:49 > 0:27:52because of where...where they were doing it.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00Antisocial behaviour, be it intimidation, excessive noise,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02fly tipping, graffiti or vandalism -
0:28:02 > 0:28:06just not what you or I should expect to have to put up with -
0:28:06 > 0:28:10but there are people all over the UK whose lives are ruined by it.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13So it is just as well there are people we can turn to.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16We're on the front line
0:28:16 > 0:28:18with the highly-skilled teams of council workers...
0:28:18 > 0:28:20It is my job to get the evidence.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22We'll find her and she'll pay.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23KNOCKING
0:28:23 > 0:28:24..police officers...
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I saw you urinate on the pavement.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30..and volunteers who are committed
0:28:30 > 0:28:32to keeping our streets safe and clean
0:28:32 > 0:28:36and taking on our antisocial battles on a daily basis,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39to make sure that our lives are not blighted
0:28:39 > 0:28:41by other people's bad behaviour.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44This is Street Patrol UK.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Let's be honest, none of us would want to visit a town centre
0:28:50 > 0:28:52if we had litter, louts
0:28:52 > 0:28:55or antisocial behaviour to contend with
0:28:55 > 0:28:58when all we want is a pleasant shopping or eating experience.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02The same goes for the shopkeepers because they want us to come back.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05In one town, the shopkeepers have taken steps
0:29:05 > 0:29:08to make sure they keep the louts out and the shoppers coming in.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18a peaceful-looking market town, birthplace of Oliver Cromwell.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23But even here, antisocial behaviour can surface,
0:29:23 > 0:29:28including vandalism, drunkenness and mindless violence.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34A lot of people drinking, especially in this kind of Market Hill area.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Drugs, as well, that is quite a common thing.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40But the town centre businesses aren't having any of it.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43They've clubbed together to invest in a new scheme
0:29:43 > 0:29:46they call The BID Huntingdon Town Rangers.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Hi!
0:29:48 > 0:29:50With regular town centre patrols on foot,
0:29:50 > 0:29:51the Rangers are on hand
0:29:51 > 0:29:56to liaise between the police, CCTV and the shops.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01So did anything else happen yesterday?
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- No, just... - Just the Oxfam thing, yeah?
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Wendy and Bob are part of the three-man Rangers team,
0:30:08 > 0:30:12which has been patrolling Huntingdon since February 2013.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16As a highly visible and approachable presence on the street,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19they can they can deal directly with issues as they arise.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21I was kind of looking around
0:30:21 > 0:30:24and I saw the advert and thought I'd apply for it.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Yeah, I'm glad I did, actually.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28It's good.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Town Rangers are an absolute credit and a bonus to the town.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35I was very sceptical when it was first brought up on us
0:30:35 > 0:30:37as I didn't know if we actually needed them.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42Keeping shoppers safe on the streets is a vital part of their job.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Excuse me, can you walk with your bike, please?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Can you get off your bikes please, lads?
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Can you walk with your bike?
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- Can you walk with your bike, please? - Two in one, there!- Two in one.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53It's a blind bend. If you're coming round
0:30:53 > 0:30:55on your bicycle at a fair speed,
0:30:55 > 0:30:57there's a young child walking up...
0:30:57 > 0:30:59you can easily knock them for six.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03It's a job where you come in on a daily basis
0:31:03 > 0:31:06and nothing's routine, everything can change.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09You can just walk around a corner and the whole day changes.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12And you have to deal with whatever's put in front of you.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14With their links to the police,
0:31:14 > 0:31:16the Rangers are also well placed
0:31:16 > 0:31:18to nip more serious problems in the bud.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Basically O2, right?- Yeah.
0:31:20 > 0:31:26Two days - on the 7th - they had a load of tablets swiped.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Could you pay a regular visit to the shop?
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- Course, yeah.- Because they think you might be a deterrent.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33- Hiya!- Hello.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35They say you've had a bit of a theft?
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Yes, we have, it was our Z2 tablet, unfortunately.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40OK, let me write this down.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42A lot of shoplifting goes on in town, which...
0:31:42 > 0:31:44They're very clued up on who's around.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47They're always there, you radio through to them,
0:31:47 > 0:31:51they respond immediately, so it helps us with our business.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Shoplifting costs British retailers millions of pounds a year
0:31:55 > 0:31:57and Huntingdon sees its fair share.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04There's four guys hanging about - one's wearing a hoodie, jeans.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08With two-way radios linking them to CCTV operators,
0:32:08 > 0:32:10and their own eyes and ears on the streets,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Bob and Wendy can be on the scene immediately
0:32:12 > 0:32:14when shoplifters are about.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16We've got three guys at the moment
0:32:16 > 0:32:19acting really suspiciously in the sports shop
0:32:19 > 0:32:21just down the way there,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24so they've already called the cameras in.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27All we're doing is supporting in case they walk out with anything.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32That's one just walking out now, actually, the blue hoodie.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35CCTV, it's the Rangers, those guys have just gone in.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37I might just walk in there after them,
0:32:37 > 0:32:38see what they're up to.
0:32:44 > 0:32:50But the suspect shoppers seem to be merely browsing, taking their time.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Hello, Rangers to CCTV.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Those guys, they are paying for their stuff now,
0:32:55 > 0:32:58so they seem to be...OK.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02For both shops and shoppers, the Rangers are there for them.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06If we can help people, that's the idea, I think.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08If we can help people, then we do.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12That's quite a feeling of...
0:33:12 > 0:33:13It makes you feel good.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15This is pedestrianised between ten and four.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20The Rangers are steadily becoming part of the fabric of Huntingdon.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Have you got any problems, any issues today?
0:33:22 > 0:33:25We're building up really good relationships with most of the shops,
0:33:25 > 0:33:27most of the businesses, actually, so they do use us.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30I think they like having us about.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Night-time is the time the seedier side of human behaviour -
0:33:40 > 0:33:43like prostitution and drug dealing - come to the fore.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47The two often go hand in hand, which means double the trouble
0:33:47 > 0:33:49for any residents who live in an area
0:33:49 > 0:33:51where girls work the streets.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55I spoke to a lady in east London who told me the problem is so bad
0:33:55 > 0:33:58she feels like she's living in a nightmare.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Linda, how long have you lived around here?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07I've actually only been in the area for ten months.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10OK. And what do you think of it?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12It is absolutely horrendous.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14It is not an area that, even in the day time,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17I would like to walk around alone
0:34:17 > 0:34:23because there is so much drug dealing, alcohol,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26alcoholics, prostitutes...
0:34:26 > 0:34:27Really? This is daytime as well as night?
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Daytime, night-time, 24/7.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Have you changed your normal habits,
0:34:33 > 0:34:35things you'd do normally during the day
0:34:35 > 0:34:36as a result of life around here?
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Well, I very rarely go out
0:34:38 > 0:34:40because I don't want to be harassed by people.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42What sort of harassment are you getting?
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Um...the harassment mostly is men in the street
0:34:46 > 0:34:47thinking that you are a lady
0:34:47 > 0:34:51that wants to...make a little bit of money or something like that.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55People actually asking you whether you want to prostitute yourself?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Yeah, the cars start to go slowly
0:34:57 > 0:34:59or they're knocking on the door.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Are you...?
0:35:01 > 0:35:02I find this hard to believe.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05So you're inside, you've actually got people knocking on the door...
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- Yes, you do. - ..offering you money for sex?
0:35:08 > 0:35:13Well, yes. I mean, you know that's what they want
0:35:13 > 0:35:15because that is what goes on down the street.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Why else would they be knocking on the doors,
0:35:17 > 0:35:18walking backwards and forwards?
0:35:18 > 0:35:20And as a result, you don't go out much?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22- No, not at all.- I am quite shocked to hear it is that bad.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24It is horrendous.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27It doesn't seem like normal life, but that is what happens down here.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31You need to live in the area to understand that...
0:35:33 > 0:35:35- It's not great, is it? - No, it really is horrendous
0:35:35 > 0:35:37and that's not even...
0:35:37 > 0:35:39That's not even summing it up.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44It's just bloody awful. It's just really bad.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45It is bad.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47But in one London borough,
0:35:47 > 0:35:52the police, the housing association and the residents have joined forces
0:35:52 > 0:35:53to banish the problem for good.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Tonight in Tower Hamlets, the Vice Team -
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Sergeant Dave Deal and PC James Coxshall -
0:36:09 > 0:36:10have been joined on the beat
0:36:10 > 0:36:15by One Housing antisocial behaviour co-ordinator Kiera Curran.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16One Housing have been instrumental
0:36:16 > 0:36:19in bringing the vice squad onto their estate
0:36:19 > 0:36:22to help them reduce drugs and prostitution,
0:36:22 > 0:36:24and they've taken other measures, too.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26It's called crazy paving,
0:36:26 > 0:36:29it is basically meant to deter antisocial behaviour from occurring
0:36:29 > 0:36:32in a place where you don't want people to stop or loiter.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Basically, the issue here was prostitutes were coming here
0:36:34 > 0:36:36and having sex up against this wall
0:36:36 > 0:36:39so they have replaced the usual paving with crazy paving
0:36:39 > 0:36:43to stop people standing on it for long periods of time.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44Now that they have instigated
0:36:44 > 0:36:48joint late night patrols of the estate with the police,
0:36:48 > 0:36:50installed new lighting and gated alleyways,
0:36:50 > 0:36:52fewer residents on this estate
0:36:52 > 0:36:55are making complaints about prostitution.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59But even with measures like this, it's a constant battle
0:36:59 > 0:37:02for the Vice Team to keep the problem in check.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Many of the girls who work the streets are drug users,
0:37:06 > 0:37:08so a key part of James and Dave's job
0:37:08 > 0:37:11is to try and keep them away from drugs
0:37:11 > 0:37:13by getting the dealers off the streets.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Each night they patrol, often with CCTV operators
0:37:21 > 0:37:23tipping them off to anything dodgy-looking.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25SIREN BLARES
0:37:25 > 0:37:26And they haven't been out long
0:37:26 > 0:37:29when a speeding car arouses their suspicions.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32They decide to give chase.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39CCTV captures all the action.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Gents, you're detained for a drugs search.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Why did you pop your hands in your pockets? Sit tight, sit tight.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Listen, boys, sit tight in the car. I'm going to explain it to ya.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59Gents, the way your driver's been driving
0:37:59 > 0:38:01suggests you didn't want to get stopped by us.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03So what were you boys up to tonight?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Gents, if you could step out of the vehicle.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Step over there for us, boss.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12Dave and James suspect these guys may have been dealing drugs.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17With many of the girls working to pay for a drug habit,
0:38:17 > 0:38:20these stops need to be visible and impactful.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25So what's going on tonight, gents? What's with the driving?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27What's with the driving?
0:38:27 > 0:38:28He was going too quick, ain't he?
0:38:28 > 0:38:32You got anything in there, boss? I saw you jam your hand in there.
0:38:32 > 0:38:33The vehicle we just stopped,
0:38:33 > 0:38:36basically, we'd seen it doing loops of the area, seen it out and about,
0:38:36 > 0:38:38so for a start, that gets us wondering
0:38:38 > 0:38:40what they're up to, driving round and round.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42They darted past us, he was taking various routes,
0:38:42 > 0:38:44basically trying to evade us.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47But with the help of CCTV, and us popping round corners,
0:38:47 > 0:38:49we've caught up with them and you saw us put the stop in.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53My name's James - fellas, listen to me.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56I'm James, I'm from Bethnal Green Police Station.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58I'm searching you under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00I'm going to have a look.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12I'll keep hold of that.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20In the rear seats of the vehicle, I found this little torn bit there,
0:39:20 > 0:39:22which, to a lot of people, won't seem like much,
0:39:22 > 0:39:24but basically, that there, you can see,
0:39:24 > 0:39:25is snapped off at the top -
0:39:25 > 0:39:29that is commonly how crack cocaine or heroin would be wrapped.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33That, coupled with the fact they didn't stop quick enough,
0:39:33 > 0:39:35the amount of change that was in the vehicle -
0:39:35 > 0:39:38now, commonly, when people are addicted to crack cocaine,
0:39:38 > 0:39:40they don't always have crisp £10 or £20 notes.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44They'll do it in 50ps, £1s, whatever.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46A lot of them were taking calls at the same time.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50These are drug users, calling them, saying, "I want to pick up, where are you?"
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Evidentially, there's not enough there for me to arrest them,
0:39:53 > 0:39:56I can't prove it, but I'd put my next month's wages
0:39:56 > 0:39:57on that's what they're up to.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Boys, you can go.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02See ya later, fellas. Be good.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Without enough hard evidence to make an arrest,
0:40:04 > 0:40:07they have to let the men go on their way.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13As well as spotting dealers,
0:40:13 > 0:40:17Dave and James are familiar with many of the girls who work the area.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19The Vice Team's constant presence
0:40:19 > 0:40:22is a way of keeping their activities in check.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24There she is, Oh, no, she's going the other way.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Although, it's not illegal to have sex for money,
0:40:27 > 0:40:30it is against the law to solicit for sex,
0:40:30 > 0:40:33so if the girls spot Vice, they move on.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37She always works on that little section.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39She's just out working.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Now she's seen us, she might leave, she might not.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Then they spot another girl they don't recognise.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Her behaviour suggests she's working the streets.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03We're sat in Chester. They're going to walk right past us.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07The team ask CCTV to keep the girl in their sights.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Stand by, mate. Jase, they've just gone past our car.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Can you just give us the updates where they're going?
0:41:14 > 0:41:16By liaising with CCTV operators,
0:41:16 > 0:41:19they can keep track of the potential suspects.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22- RADIO:- They're just by the recycling bin,
0:41:22 > 0:41:25just on the corner of Kelsey and Chester.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Yeah, the usual...usual spot.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Dave and James know better than to jump in straightaway.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36They're pretty sure they know what is about to happen
0:41:36 > 0:41:39in the communal area of this block of flats,
0:41:39 > 0:41:41something that can only cause offence to the residents.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46It's kind of just picking the right time to go over
0:41:46 > 0:41:49so that there's enough evidence for us to be able to arrest them.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Basically, CCTV will keep an eye.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57They can't directly see them, but they can see where they've gone
0:41:57 > 0:41:59and if they're in there for a minute or so,
0:41:59 > 0:42:03me and the skipper will just walk up and see what's going on, basically.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04I reckon they're in the normal place.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11James and Dave time their intervention perfectly
0:42:11 > 0:42:13and catch them in the act.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Hello. Police officers.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18The pair are separated and questioned.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19What's your first name?
0:42:22 > 0:42:23Get yourself sorted out.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27There's no lack of evidence this time
0:42:27 > 0:42:31and both are arrested for outraging public decency.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40They're taken separately to the police station.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45We saw totally what they were doing.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47It is a public place.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51We could see them from 15 yards away, easily,
0:42:51 > 0:42:53as soon as we walked around the corner.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58And...they've both been arrested for outraging public decency
0:42:58 > 0:43:02because where they were doing it, people could see it.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10It may only one couple, but every time Vice steps in,
0:43:10 > 0:43:13it's another move towards cleaning up our streets.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Well, that's your lot for today. Thanks for watching.