Episode 11 Street Patrol UK

Our lives are blighted by anti-social behaviour,

whether it's nuisance neighbours...

Will you let us in, please?

..graffiti on the streets, or too much booze.

You need to make your way away from here - right now.

This is the story of the police officers...

Police, are you in here?

You've been drinking a bit today, haven't you?

..council wardens...

This is anti-social behaviour because it affects everybody.

..and local volunteers whose job it is to keep it off our streets.

Let's go do some good.

Welcome to Street Patrol UK.

POLICE!

Stay where you are.

Today...

the canine copper helping to sniff out a craftily-concealed stash.

There we have another smelly bag,

which looks like it's full of cannabis.

A shockingly destructive attack on a Somerset Saxon church.

I saw this great hole had appeared in the window.

And the Bristol Marshalls who have to face late night fracas

while trying to get drinkers home safely.

It's the taxi rank we've got a fight breaking out.

Drugs and the dealers who sell them

can often be a magnet for other

types of criminal anti-social behaviour.

But to prosecute the dealers and get them out of our communities,

the police need hard evidence.

Like many forces up and down the country,

The Metropolitan Police, in Hounslow, west London

are fighting a war against drugs...

..and that means regular raids

on houses where people might be harbouring them.

Once they have a warrant to search a property,

they aim to surprise the occupants and seize any drugs found.

It's all part of a strategy to cut down

on anti-social behaviour that drug use brings to the area.

We work with the council,

we work with our partners to deal with anti-social behaviour,

but if we cannot solve those issues that we've got with us, there is one

method of problem-solving and that is doing search warrants.

We'll do drug searches with search warrants.

We will go there, discover drugs, we will arrest the perpetrators

and ultimately we've got powers under anti-social behaviour to

close the premises down and thereby take away

the issue of anti-social behaviour in the area.

They haven't found anything this time,

but it's not long before another search warrant comes through.

Every raid needs a lot of organisation -

and Inspector Dan Thompson needs to make sure

that his officers have a thorough briefing before they go out.

Morning, everyone, we are going to conduct a warrant today.

This is a briefing for the search warrant under

section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.

The intention is today that we are going to execute the warrant

under section 23 at the premises identified,

any item suspected or related to the offences will be seized,

namely drugs, cash, scales,

anything of that ilk that lends itself towards

the supporting charge of possession with intent to supply Class A.

Mobile phones as well need to be seized

so we can do the downloads later.

Obviously, we are going to do a rapid entry. As we approach,

we don't want to break the building line to give them

any pre-warning that we're coming.

No talking, no clanging around,

get to the premise, inside, secure

all prisoners. Safety is the priority and the next thing that's important

is securing and preserving any evidence.

OK? So nice and slow, methodical, safe and professional.

The team need to wear stab proof vests as protection in case

of any violent confrontation.

As they head out, some of the team are apprehensive

about what they may find.

Obviously the initial excitement, you get the buzz because

honestly, you never know what is on the other side of the door.

Sometimes there is nothing and sometimes there is lots

and lots of drugs.

We try to do warrants at least once a week,

there are a lot of properties we do warrants on because

it is such a big thing in Hounslow.

Hopefully it should be a good result.

Hoping to catch the occupants off guard,

the officers split into two groups.

The catchers are going to go out the back there.

Make sure the catchers have got back and front here.

One group approaches the front door,

and the other waits in case the suspects try to escape.

POLICE! Stay where you are.

Police. Police.

Don't move!

But nobody's home.

OK. Everywhere is clear.

Everywhere's clear. That's the problem, isn't it?

You want them here, but we can't often guarantee that.

So we will do the search and see if there are any drugs here and

if we do find some drugs here we can then arrest them at a later date.

As you can see, the state of the flat isn't pristine

so they could well be using it to serve drugs out of.

So we will do the search and see what transpires.

So we're looking for drugs, scales, cash,

and mobile phones, any sort of devices that would lend

themselves to drug dealing or proceeds to crime.

So we will do a room each.

Gloves on, the team start a methodical search of the flat.

It is a good hiding place

because they are obviously sealed to keep the cold air in and the

warm air out so that obviously keeps the smell in as well so that's

a good hiding place, because cannabis has a pungent smell.

That's usually the first thing you notice, the smell.

We've found this rather large Samurai sword.

That could definitely do some damage.

A hatchet as well.

These may be undesirable

but they're not actually illegal to keep in your own house.

This is another classic symptom of drug dealers,

numerous disposable mobile phones that aren't worth anything to them,

financially, quite happy to dispose of these,

if they get caught or chased

because the phone is not worth anything to them.

And it's not traceable to them, it's not registered.

They still haven't found any hard evidence of drugs,

so Inspector Thompson calls for vital back up.

This clever canine is the Met's secret

weapon in the battle against drugs.

Benny the springer spaniel has been trained to sniff out illegal

substances,

if there are any drugs in this flat he'll find them.

Whilst Benny gets down to sniffing out the suspected stash,

the Inspector has got a lot of designer sportswear to look through.

This is indicative of people with a lot of surplus cash. That's

a hammer, which is used to break windows with during burglaries

or theft from motor vehicles.

These are all brand-new.

Excellent, thank you.

Benny has indicated that there are drugs in the kitchen.

Let me get dirty.

Police officers searched the kitchen and we haven't found anything,

lo and behold the dog comes in and has indicated to an area we

will now physically check, and hopefully the dog will be

right and there will be some drugs in there, so I will have a look now.

We'll see.

There appears to be something around the corner...

But unfortunately, as you can see,

it is more smelly bags sealed within more smelly bags

with remnants of cannabis in, so good clearing as they certainly are doing

something they shouldn't be from the premises but unfortunately, empty.

However, they may be something else under here that the dog has

indicated to...

that I haven't managed to get so I will have a look.

We will pull it out and see what it is.

And there we have another smelly bag and this time

looks like it is filled with cannabis so the doggy...

Good boy! Good boy! Good boy!

So success, with the help

of the dog, which shows again how important it is to have these dogs.

Very clever!

Oh, yes!

We are searching these cupboards here

and in the back of this one here is another bag of herbal

cannabis in the same sort of smell proof bag.

When we get back to the police station we can finger print

those and see whether we've got anything on them.

Have you got a name tag, please?

Got cash.

So I will just have a quick count, 20, 40, 60, 80.

1, 20, 40, 50, 60,

70, 80, 95.

So £600 in cash in the kitchen cupboard in various dominations.

We will seize that under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Police will take the evidence back to base where they'll keep it

while they continue their enquiries.

Excellent, thank you.

And there's a special treat waiting for drugs buster Benny.

Evening, officers.

Later, the council officials trying to keep the streets of Newham clean.

You can't be doing that.

What you are doing there, urinating, you can't do, yeah? No, no.

Many people hold churches close to their hearts -

a place of worship and of solace in times of need,

these buildings are part of our history.

So when vandals attack our churches,

it's not just the financial cost that is hard to bear,

but the fact that something so precious has been abused.

Nestling in the hills of Somerset is a small market town,

with a history dating back to Saxon times -

coins were minted here in Crewkerne in the reign of King Ethelred the Unready.

With its 7,000 residents, the town centre is a conservation

area boasting architecture such as its beautiful Georgian houses.

And on high ground to the west of the town sits its parish church -

St Bartholomew's.

There's been a church on this site for over a thousand years.

For churchwarden Dorothy Tozer, St Bartholomew's

is at the centre of her world.

I pop in most days, just to make sure all is well.

The church plays a major part in my life.

It occupies me every day to some extent

because there is always things going on.

We are a Grade 1 listed church.

It's a beautiful building - every part of it is wonderful.

The windows are great because they create the light.

The church is very important in the community

because it's a focal point - even people who don't come to church

will be very concerned if anything happens at the church.

And to Dorothy's distress things have indeed happened to the church -

two acts of mindless vandalism.

The first was a terrible shock.

I was just walking around as I do, looking at everything

and I just stopped in absolute horror at the sight of it.

I saw this great hole had appeared in the window.

Someone had attacked the stained glass -

completely destroying the representation of Christ's face.

I think that's what affected me so much, it was the sheer,

how can I say,

desecration of our church.

The window turned out to have been shot with air gun pellets meaning

the entire panel had to be removed for repair.

It is that one up there.

We have actually got a photograph

here of the original window before it was so badly damaged.

And you can see the face of Christ there, which has been

completely taken out by the vandals that damaged our window.

The local community were horrified by this mindless attack on their church.

We had phone calls and e-mails and letters from people

very concerned that our church was being attacked like this.

Even the local police were taken aback by the severity of the attack.

Normally, the damage, if we have criminal damage, is a lot more minor

and maybe with items that are not so valuable.

And they are still searching for the culprit.

No-one was arrested because we had no witnesses at the time

and normally with something similar we expect somebody to phone us up

to tell us to give us an idea of who to go and talk to,

it being a small community and everybody knowing each other.

Steve Dennis runs the Friends of the Church group, which supports

and raises funds for its upkeep.

Like all acts of vandalism its totality mindless, of course. I would

like to think the people that did it may reflect on that and feel sorry.

It hasn't stopped the building from functioning, thank goodness.

The church and its supporters will need to come up with £6,000

to repair the window.

This is where the damage was,

you can see that we have put a temporary fix to it.

Not very attractive, is it?

Because of the antiquity of the church and the fact it is a Grade 1

listed church, obviously, it has to be done to a very high standard.

There are certain regulations on what we can and cannot do.

Glaziers have boarded it up temporarily to avoid any further

damage to it because once they have taken out the bits

that were affected, the leads, it loosens the structure.

And if the damage to the window wasn't bad enough, the church's

supporters soon found themselves facing another act of vandalism.

Dorothy discovered a succession of suspicious burn marks -

and immediately called the police.

We received a report from the church warden saying there had been

some suspicious burning marks occurring on some electrical wiring

at the church.

Police arrived just in time to prevent an arson

attack from destroying the church forever.

People visiting the church came out

and said there was smoke coming from inside.

We went in and found a small fire.

The fire was put out, but it left a staggering £20,000 worth

of damage including to the altar and one of its unique carved pews.

This attack, coming so soon after the window, left villagers reeling.

It was very surprising really

because obviously you don't expect that to happen,

especially not in a little town like Crewkerne but it did happen

and obviously I am just glad that the church didn't burn down.

Very distressing to hear such things.

It is very sad that the church, which is left open to allow people

to enjoy the peace and tranquillity

and find comfort is being abused in such a fashion,

desecration in that nature is very sad to hear, very sad.

It is an ancient building and it is, well, part of Crewkerne.

It is part of its spiritual life whether you are an Anglican

person or whatever your beliefs are and, personally,

I feel absolutely gutted, really gutted. Yeah.

Sergeant Rob Jameson is visiting to see how the repairs are going.

And you could still see the damage on the altar itself. Is that...?

I think that is charring or something.

I think that's because he used plastic so that has melted.

So it can be scraped off, you reckon? Yeah. It's melted.

Despite the severity of this latest attack,

the Friends of the Church are determined to restore it.

-Hi, Richard, can I come in?

-Of course.

-Thank you.

Dorothy is working with a local craftsman to restore the unique pew.

I got some bottom wood the other day to match it up to it.

Can we have a look at the other side as well?

Both sides sustained damage.

It is very heavy, can I hold it for you?

The scorching is really bad on that side, isn't it, Richard?

Yep, we will have to polish it up and match the wood.

It is so wonderful we've somebody with your skills to be able

to do that right on hand.

Thank you very much for your time. Bye-bye.

It's been a hard time for all those who love the church.

But the villagers have recently had some good news -

a man has been caught for the arson

and the new panel is in, restoring the window to its former glory.

Dorothy is hoping they can finally put all this behind them.

We do feel a bit persecuted

although the two incidents are not related in any way,

we began to think, "Hmmm, what have we done to deserve all this?"

Actually, although I was very upset about the first incident, the window,

this one just made me really cross.

People that do these sort of things don't

think about the ramifications of their actions,

they have no understanding of the love that people have

for the church and how it affects people in their day-to-day life.

I mean, mindless vandalism really

because there is nothing to be gained by it.

It just causes other people hurt and suffering.

Later, The taxi marshalls who have to put up with all sorts of abuse

trying to get Bristol's partygoers home.

BLEEP

No need for that.

I've been out on street patrol of my own to find out what bothers

you about Britain today.

Sam, what have you witnessed that annoys you about anti-social

behaviour?

Firstly, urinating on the street. It is not nice, not at all.

Wherever you are. Secondly,

you get really drunk people and it is not needed

in a communal area, if you want to go out and have fun, have that fun.

Yep.

Thirdly, just you get violent people, you can sense it in

the atmosphere, and they bring the atmosphere down a lot, don't they?

And damage, it just brings down the area.

I am a communal person, I like to think of myself as a person

-who is part of a community...

-And respect it?

-Yeah.

When something's not right I like to address it.

-Perfect answer, sir.

-Good, yeah?

-Thanks ever so much!

Lisa and Wendy, lovely to meet you both.

Tell me what annoys you about anti-social behaviour.

Rubbish.

And people being rude. Rude, especially to old people.

-Have you been a victim to that?

-Yes! Not giving their seats to my mum.

This is my mum and when she comes down and we are on a busy bus

and people won't stand up to let her sit down.

Even if they are in the seat they're not supposed to be.

-And you've got a stick?

-I've got a stick, yeah.

You should give them a little tap with your stick, shouldn't you?

-I do.

-She does.

-Good for you.

-I tell 'em to get up.

-What else?

I hate mobile phones in cars.

Now, interesting, when you say in cars, do you mean people using them in cars?

Yeah, why do they have to have this big chat thinking they look

cool because it tends, I don't know,

the people I see doing it tend to be quite young.

-I don't like it in restaurants.

-Yes.

-I don't like this, ohhh.

-Doing this.

You know and I am thinking, "Blooming heck!"

I went to the cinema and there were these kiddies, well, young girls

sat in front of me and they never watched that cinema once.

One of them - she were like that all the time.

I felt like tapping her on the shoulder,

will you please watch that?

-What have you paid for? That's what annoys me.

-Yeah.

That's a big one of mine, that is.

-Is it?

-Yeah. I often don't go to the cinema because of that.

I tell you what, you gave some brilliant answers. Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Lovely to meet you and if I ever see you on a bus or a train

-I will get up and give you my seat.

-Thank you very much.

-It would be my honour, thanks, ladies.

When you live in a highly-populated area,

it can sometimes be hard to get away from anti-social behaviour.

And noise in particular is one that can really grind you down.

So some council enforcement officers and the police are teaming up to

make sure they really get their message across.

It's Friday evening in the east London borough of Newham.

One of the most deprived areas in the country.

The council's law enforcement team are out on patrol

for anti-social behaviour - joined by police officers to back them up.

And before law enforcement officer Paul Singleton

and his colleagues even get out of the car park, they are dealing with

their first call of the evening -

a complaint about a noisy neighbour.

I'm calling from the council enforcement

team about your noise complaint.

The guy - the perpetrator - has been served an abatement notice

so it appears he's a prolific offender in terms of noise nuisance.

At the moment the noise is off but that could be because he's changing

the music.

We'll try and attend the property if we're not too busy, that way

if it starts up, we're there to witness noise and also reassure the

complainant that we take these calls seriously.

The neighbour has already been served a notice to keep

the noise down, so checking up on him

later on will tell the officials if he's following or breaking the law.

But for now the team are on patrol,

looking out for any alarming behaviour on the streets.

We'll be looking for anybody committing anti-social offences,

so we'll be driving right through the borough.

It's all about keeping Newham quiet, peaceful and clean.

And it's not long before the officers spot someone relieving

himself at the back of a public building.

You can't be doing that.

Do you speak English?

You can't urinate.

Do you understand?

Your friends?

Do you live in the borough?

Do you live in Newham?

Yeah, where do you live?

Paul needs to get the man's name and address.

But he doesn't seem to speak much English.

Yeah. Yeah. 128?

But not being able to speak the language won't get the man

out of an £80 fine.

His friends get a stiff talking to as well.

What you're doing there, urinating, you can't do, yeah? No, no.

We have people who come to work in the morning here, yeah?

Obviously your colleague has just urinated over there, it's

unreasonable that people work here when that goes on - that is unfair.

You don't do it.

You use a public toilet. OK, so if you finish up your phone calls,

and when we are done with your colleague, if you could

make your way that would be appreciated. OK?

Lovely, thank you.

With a flea in their ear, the men go on their way.

Thank you.

It's a problem that Paul sees all too often.

It's a bit early in the evening for it,

but as you can see his colleague had a can of strong alcohol.

They're going to finish their cans here -

they will not go to a public toilet, they'll go where they can here.

It's a particular problem in the borough - one that the

residents are fed up with.

The people using the streets like a toilet

so we're always keen to deal with that.

Next stop for the team is to visit the noisy neighbour that Paul

heard about earlier.

As they suspected, the man's blaring music is back at full volume.

It's anti-social to disturb your neighbours with too much noise

and can lead to prosecution.

Paul and the team pull up nearby in the hope of hearing

the noise themselves.

We've parked down one of the side roads

and the officers will walk to the address.

Hopefully, the perpetrator won't see them enter on this occasion

and we'll be able to witness the noise nuisance.

If the officers hear the noise carrying on for 20 minutes,

it's an offence and the team can confront the offender.

What we've got - they've been in the complainant's property

and witnessed the level of noise nuisance in the property

and for the timescale we were in there, 20 minutes, it's been

considered to be an offence committed so they will be going

to the perpetrators. So hopefully we'll get a call in a couple of

minutes and we'll go round and see how the perpetrator is with it.

'Yeah, Tango 4 if you want to make your way round it's just come

-'back on again.'

-Yeah, all received. Thanks.

Right, we're just going to go round to the perpetrator's address

to back up our colleagues and see what we've got.

Even a few doors away, the loud music can be heard going full blast.

Hello, good evening, sir.

-Evening, officers.

-BLEEP

-off! How many are there of you?!

The team try to have a quiet word,

but it seems to be falling on deaf ears.

Are you going to keep your music levels reduced for us tonight?

Yeah! Yeah, yeah.

If you want to come around later for a drink, you are welcome!

That's not a good idea.

Please can you shut your windows cos the music's coming out?

-Eh?

-BLEEP.

-Don't worry about it, we'll sort it out.

I won't annoy no-one, I promise ya.

As you can see the response we got there is to be expected

because he's got a history, I would suggest there was probably

alcohol involved in that.

Hopefully, he'll take our words of advice and keep the noise down.

We'll have to wait and see on that one.

The man has been left with a warning for now,

but if the problem continues the team will start proceedings.

If it goes to court we can get a seizure of the items

that are making the noise so if it's a sound system,

particular speakers, TV, whatever the issue that is creating the

noise nuisance we can get an order to go in and seize that property.

For now, Paul is satisfied that the presence of the anti-social

behaviour team is helping make Newham a nicer place to live.

A few people tonight have been educated in terms of what

we won't allow in this borough so that's a good thing.

People see us about and that reassures the public.

It is just good that we can be out there and help.

Anti-social behaviour - be it intimidation, excessive noise,

fly-tipping, graffiti or vandalism,

just not what you or I should have to put up with.

But there are people all over the UK whose lives are ruined by it,

so it's just as well there are people we can turn to.

We're on the front line with the highly-skilled teams of council workers...

It is my job to get the evidence.

We will find her and she'll pay.

..police officers...

I saw you urinate on the pavement.

..and volunteers who are committed to keeping our streets safe and

clean and taking on our anti-social battles, on a daily basis, to make

sure that our lives are not blighted by other people's bad behaviour.

This is Street Patrol UK.

At the weekend when people spill out of bars and clubs,

it can be the job of taxi marshalls to make sure people get into cabs

and are safely on their way home.

But while the taxi rank can be the last port of call for the tired

and the intoxicated, it can also attract the troublemakers.

Late Saturday night, city centre Bristol.

And it looks like some of the local lads and lasses have had a bit too much to drink.

Waaaaaay! Wooo, woo, woo!

But dealing with people who've had a few is all

part of the job for Bristol Council's taxi marshalls Jon and Mark.

They've got to keep the long line of revellers moving - people

wanting taxis to clubs or to take them home to their beds.

And it's business as usual tonight.

Not too bad, just ticking over

but it will get busy after about two o'clock,

the clubs start kicking out about two, half two,

it goes a bit... There'll be queues up here, hectic.

It's a tricky job, dealing with the inebriated.

Did he actually say I'm drunk?

It's all right. Do you want to make a complaint about it?

The lost and confused.

Not the toilet. Noooo!

-I want to go Tottenham.

-Tottenham?

-Yeah.

-Taxi, I need a taxi.

-Just bear with us and we will get you one.

And the downright rude.

-No wonder the town centre is

-BLEEP...

Down to cabs like that.

The taxi rank is near some fast food outlets.

Many cabbies don't allow food in their cars, which can be

a recipe for trouble.

You'll need to close off your food first, guys.

It's closed, it's closed.

The main issue - certainly with this rank - is our proximity to the

kebab shops, so a lot of people walk down with food

and a lot of drivers don't take people with food.

Some drivers are happy to allow food, as long as it is sealed and

not eaten in the car to save on any mess,

but it is at their own discretion.

-They can't refuse.

-They can.

-I don't care about the cameras!

They can with food.

They can't refuse to take you if you have food in your hand.

-Well, I've got an e-mail that says otherwise so...

-From who?

From the council, try that one. Try that one.

With so many young people out on the streets on a Saturday night,

Jon needs to make sure the queue is orderly...

and that means telling people what to do.

Right, you need to go or you need to get out, yeah?

INDISTINCT

Then get out.

But the marshalls have their protective side too.

When you're ready to go, make your way back to the queue.

Quite often when, certainly after people have had quite a bit to drink,

they are quite vulnerable and do need a lot of help

and that's...that's the bulk of what our job can be,

is helping the more

vulnerable ones, to get in the taxi and go home.

Not everybody is vulnerable after having too much booze.

Some are actually on the prowl for trouble.

We need the police here to move that guy off.

'It's the taxi rank we have got a fight...'

Jon needs to act fast to make sure the fight is quickly contained -

calling in the police to deal with it.

'..causing problems,

'and we could do with police assistance.'

He gets the CCTV control room to focus in on the fight.

The marshals act as the eyes and ears for the police.

The taxi drivers can also find themselves

the targets of alcohol-fuelled aggression.

SHOUTING

The attitudes that people have toward the taxi drivers can be

quite eye-opening.

This taxi is refusing to take a passenger who is being abusive.

If you want to get in the cab, curb your language.

-BLEEP

-off! What am I going to do to him?

Well, I don't know,

because you're swearing, I suggest you find an alternative way home.

Your behaviour is such that none of the drivers is going to take you.

I'll stop you getting in a taxi if I have to.

-BLEEP.

-There is no need for that.

The marshals can't always protect the taxi drivers

from aggression - this driver claims he has been hit by his passengers.

These two guys, my eye, look. I am a taxi driver.

Right, you need to report it to the police, mate,

you need to phone the police.

I don't have a phone, can you call the police? Please help.

-Please.

-Where are they going?

-Here.

-I can't detain them.

As a marshal, Jon has no legal powers to get involved any

further so he puts a call into the CCTV control room who refer the

alleged assault over to the police.

'Hippodrome taxi rank to Brunel...'

'Yeah, I've got a taxi driver with me

'who claims he's just been assaulted by two guys who were

'running off - red trousers on -

'that's their only description I have got. Over.

'Yeah, it looks like the taxi driver has run off after them.'

There is not really a lot that we can do as we didn't witness it

so I can't detain anybody.

Erm, so I just passed it on to CCTV via the radio

and they've sent the police down to talk to the taxi driver.

That's all we can really do on this case

and hope the CCTV can follow the guys on cameras.

OK, who is next?

That one there, please, guys.

Four waiting, so get some more on the way, please.

With the police now on the case, Jon needs to get back to his queue.

Without the marshals -

and many others like them around the country - our town centres could

end up strewn with people who've drunk too much and can't get home.

Police who tackle anti-social behaviour

have a huge range of tools at their disposal these days.

You've got CCTV cameras,

Body Cams and GPS tracking devices, to name a few.

But there are some police who prefer a more traditional approach,

harking back to the good old days

when policing was all about having a bobby on the beat.

At Chiswick Police Station,

in leafy west London,

Sgt Dave Turtle is the beat manager for Turnham Green.

His job is work with the community to identify anything that might

become a source of trouble and, even though the area is not what

you'd call "a significant crime hot spot" Dave still has plenty to do.

A posh area doesn't mean there is no crime.

Whether it happens in Hackney or whether it happens in Chiswick,

the impact of it is still the same,

the victim feels sometimes paralysed by fear.

Dave believes the best way he can protect the community is to

be an old-fashioned bobby on the beat.

Right, Dixon of Dock Green's picture is here in Chiswick's front office.

It really does hark back to an era

when policing was seen as part of a fundamental part of the community.

I see myself as being a Dixon of Dock Green of Chiswick.

It's all about patrol. Patrol is the key to community policing.

The TV character Dixon was famous for his light touch, preferring a

quiet word over a pair of handcuffs, and he was always on the streets.

It's the model that Dave tries to follow.

Hello. We don't do cycling on the pavement.

No, no, we're just...

It's just a question of making people aware,

that a lot of people find it really annoying.

Another aim is get staff at potential crime hot spots,

like cafes and pubs, to work with him to keep trouble at bay.

How are you doing? How's business?

-Business good?

-Yeah.

The plan is to bring all the people like yourselves,

like cafes - all restaurateurs into a partnership.

It'll be crime-free, a relaxed enjoyable setting here in the cafe.

What I wanted to say was how important it is to have

street patrolling around here

-and also engaging with our licensees in the area.

-Yeah.

And we just want to thank you for your support so far,

and the launch of the pubwatch scheme.

Dave keeps an eye out on the streets not just for people behaving

badly but for anything that might drag the area down.

Fly-tipping is a particular bugbear.

Clearly there's a problem there.

It's a whole load of stuff here that's been thrown down,

without any care or attention.

Have you had any issues today?

I'm just letting you know we saw some rubbish back down in

Turnham Green Lane, and there's loads of boxes

and stuff like that.

We've always had a problem there, it's been going on for years.

-What have we done about it?

-It's been reported several times.

Can I just ask you to raise it with somebody today?

-Yeah.

-It's still a problem today,

-there's large amounts of rubbish dumped there.

-OK.

Another anti-social eyesore tackled - it's all

part of Dave's aim to keep the community pleasant.

It's part of my role to keep an eye out, not just for the people

who commit the crime, but also the prevention. Like the old saying goes,

prevention is better than cure and that's what we're here to do today.

There's another advantage to being on the street -

it means Dave is on hand when trouble arises.

-You all right today? Any problems?

-No.

CRASH Oh, no!

Oh, great! What's he done?

There's been an accident, some collision just happened.

So I'm just getting the bus driver to park up.

Looks like a collision with another vehicle that we now need to

be reporting.

The bus appears to have clipped the wing-mirror of a parked car.

Dave has to make sure no-one is hurt

and that the incident is properly dealt with.

The bus driver's just going to look and access the damage

and write a report for the bus company,

and as long as this lady's happy with details being exchanged.

Unfortunately, it can be annoying when people drive off.

It hasn't happened on this occasion but again it's part of anti-social driving.

Nobody has driven off here

and Dave helps the two parties sort things out.

It just goes to show that not every problem needs a heavy hand.

Just like his hero, Dixon of Dock Green, Dave can keep

the peace with nothing stronger than a friendly, "Evening, all."

-Hello!

-Hello. How are you doing? Are you all right?

What did you think of Dixon of Dock Green?

What was a good thing about that programme? You know the series?

He was very, very cheerful and spoke to people.

-Yeah.

-That was good.

-He was friendly.

And you think that's the key thing for police on the street?

Oh, I think it is, yes.

It's all in a day's work for Sgt Dave Turtle - otherwise

known as Dixon of Turnham Green.

Hello, hello, hello.

Well, that's your lot for today. Thanks for watching.