0:00:02 > 0:00:04Get on the floor! Do it now!
0:00:04 > 0:00:07The Special Constabulary is the nation's volunteer police force.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- Do you know the gent? - Watch your speed.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13It's made up of over 20,000 members of the public...
0:00:13 > 0:00:14He's gone down there!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17..who give their time to fight crime in their communities.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Out! Get out of the car! Get out of the car!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Specials combine their day jobs...
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Stage, please!
0:00:24 > 0:00:25..and home lives...
0:00:25 > 0:00:26There's a good boy.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29..with being serving police officers on the front line.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Police officers!
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Coming up...
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Try the next one.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37..Tony raids a house in search of drugs...
0:00:37 > 0:00:40We're there to try and secure evidence.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43So he's jumped onto this roof and then gone into your garden?
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Sam investigates a violent burglary...
0:00:45 > 0:00:48He's come in here, he's then punched her in the head,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51and he's taken a laptop that was placed on there.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- How do you usually get home? - I ride a magical dragon...
0:00:54 > 0:00:58..And Jamie deals with the consequences of binge drinking...
0:00:58 > 0:01:00This man in particular suddenly changed...
0:01:00 > 0:01:03I'm not going to go, I'm going to come back!
0:01:03 > 0:01:04You're going to get arrested.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22It's 8:30am, and at Cambridgeshire Police HQ,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25the tactical team are being briefed about today's operation,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29a warrant to search the property of a suspected drug dealer.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I'll go through all the information I've got here.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Continuing to deal cannabis from his home address.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Normally picks his drugs up on a Thursday night
0:01:36 > 0:01:40and there's people coming and going from Friday and all weekend.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44One of the few Specials to be part of this elite unit
0:01:44 > 0:01:49is Special Sergeant Tony Bolton, who's been volunteering for over ten years.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I guess what I really bring to the team is enthusiasm.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I mean, I can't bring a ginormous amount of knowledge with policing,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58because you know, at the end of the day my regular colleagues
0:01:58 > 0:02:01are always going to have more knowledge of police matters than I ever will.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05But what I bring to the team, hopefully, is just a sense of enthusiasm.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08And Tony's enthusiasm isn't dented by the reality
0:02:08 > 0:02:10of dealing with dangerous criminals.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13There is information that there's a baseball bat
0:02:13 > 0:02:16on top of the kitchen cupboards.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Every time you book on as a police officer or as a Special police officer,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22you never quite know what you're going to face.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25And possible weapons aren't the only potential complication
0:02:25 > 0:02:26about today's operation.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29You need to be aware of the children, some of the children
0:02:29 > 0:02:30are quite young.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34All right. If we look to leave in ten minutes or so.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Tony's work with the tactical team is a world away from his day job
0:02:37 > 0:02:40as a podiatrist helping people with foot problems.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I've been a podiatrist for 17 years now.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47I work a four day week. I work a four-day week through choice.
0:02:47 > 0:02:53And then I hold Fridays as my policing day, as my Specialing day.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54I'm rubbish at this!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I've never actually got past a ten-piece jigsaw!
0:02:59 > 0:03:01This is quite exciting.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Tony's wife Veronica and teenage daughter Kayleigh
0:03:04 > 0:03:07are fully supportive of him volunteering as a Special.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11It's different to what your friend's dads are doing and that.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14You worry sometimes, but it's his choice
0:03:14 > 0:03:16and he doesn't mind helping for free.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I think for somebody to actually give back to their community
0:03:19 > 0:03:23at the level at which Tony does, I just think it's phenomenal.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32And Tony's giving his time for free right now.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35He and the team are getting ready to raid the home of a possible drug dealer.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38We need to get in there hard and fast.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40So the whole team's getting on the bus now and we're good to go.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45The team head to another police station to collect the warrant.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50When they get there, more information comes through to the officers.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Right, listen. Switch on, guys, cos we're going round there in five minutes.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Marcus, go on.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Yeah, just a bit more info.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Potentially there might be some other kids there,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04or the kids may be - if they're off school, this is - they may be
0:04:04 > 0:04:08at another address, they quite often go to other addresses down the road.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Right, so once we're in,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11once we've got control of the people in the address,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13if there's children in there, we can come right down
0:04:13 > 0:04:18and just conduct our business as usual, OK? Good.
0:04:18 > 0:04:24The team now have the warrant and head to the target property to raid it.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26But with the possibility of drugs in the house and children
0:04:26 > 0:04:30at the scene, Tony is mindful of what they might face on arrival.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34We need to get in there quickly. What protects us, really,
0:04:34 > 0:04:38is the whole speed and momentum of our entry. We need to get control,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41so until we've got every single adult under control,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43the threat is still there.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46And the children... Yes, of course the children are a consideration.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48But then obviously, so is our personal safety.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50So we've got no idea,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52we're just going to have to make a judgment call
0:04:52 > 0:04:54as soon as we get there. And somewhere amongst all this,
0:04:54 > 0:04:58there's a balance and we have to strike it right when we get there.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00And they'll be there soon.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03The team are just moments away from the target property.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06OK, we're going to the next right hand turn.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Brilliant, mate.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Police officers!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25DOG BARKS
0:05:25 > 0:05:29An open front door means there's no need to break the door down.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34A relief for officers, as there are young children and a baby inside the house.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Police officers! Police!
0:05:36 > 0:05:37DOG BARKS
0:05:37 > 0:05:39There's a baby upstairs.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40As soon as we got here, the door was open.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43So for all the actual concern as to how we were going to get in,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46and, you know, the potential ramifications of lots of children,
0:05:46 > 0:05:47good result.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It was a smooth entry for the team at the front of the property.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53But it wasn't the same for the officers going in the back.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57From our point of view, we were going to use the ladder to actually scale the wall.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00And you can see at this particular address, they had embedded nails
0:06:00 > 0:06:05and screws actually into the top of the wall to stop that exact thing.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10A few holes in there, but, yeah, it's a bit of a shock.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12But the officers have a job to do.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16The children in the house have been taken away by a relative
0:06:16 > 0:06:19and now the police can get under way with questioning the suspects
0:06:19 > 0:06:20and searching the premises.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Have you told him why we're here? - No, not yet.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26We're here because we're going to be executing a warrant at your address.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Is there anything here you haven't told us about?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Only my personal smoke, what I smoke.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Where's that?
0:06:34 > 0:06:35In my kitchen cupboard.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41So what I've just found here in this cupboard
0:06:41 > 0:06:44is a quantity of herbal cannabis.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Already a quantity of drugs.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48We'll see what else we find. He's saying there's nothing else
0:06:48 > 0:06:50in the property, but that remains to be seen.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55The item here is a cannabis grinder that they use to grind the cannabis.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57There's a little bit at the bottom, which unscrews to collect it.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03It's looks like we've got some cannabis,
0:07:03 > 0:07:05it looks like it's mixed up with normal tobacco.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08But you can see the greener parts of it, that's cannabis.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Distinctive by its pungent smell. It clears your colds, but...
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Gives it away every time.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15With drugs having been found already,
0:07:15 > 0:07:20Tony and the other officers are determined to search the house thoroughly.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24You can't expect these people to be silly as to where they hide it.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Whenever we search a property, the whole point of searching
0:07:26 > 0:07:29a property is we're there to try and secure evidence.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33The people that deal drugs, the people that have drugs,
0:07:33 > 0:07:38they will make finding these things quite difficult.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43And so the search has to be absolutely meticulous.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45It's all weed stuff and my smoking box.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50The woman in the property also confesses to being a cannabis user.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Tony is consulted by his colleague Matt about whether to arrest her too.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Remind me what was said about that box?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59She said that's hers?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01She came in and actually physically found it, identified it for us.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03So it's hers?
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Do you want to nick her as well?
0:08:04 > 0:08:09- Fine, yeah.- For PWITS as well. - Possession with intent to supply?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Yeah, I think they both need to give an account of what's been found in the house.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Where's that from?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27You're under arrest for possession with intent to supply.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30You don't have to say anything, however, it may harm your defence
0:08:30 > 0:08:33if you do not mention when questioned something you later rely on in court.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38You can completely see that I use it as a smoking box. It's got tobacco, a grinder...
0:08:38 > 0:08:41OK, well then you can give that account on interview.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42At the moment you're under arrest. OK?
0:08:42 > 0:08:46I clearly showed you my box, that I'm a cannabis user.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48You can give your account on interview.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Merry Christmas to you too, yeah(!)
0:08:50 > 0:08:54The couple are both arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply
0:08:54 > 0:08:55and taken to custody.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I wouldn't worry about a newspaper today, love,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I've got other things happening. Thanks anyway.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07With the suspects having been taken away,
0:09:07 > 0:09:12Tony and the officers continue their investigations in the property.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15It's quite a sophisticated CCTV system on this place as well.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Actually if you go right up to the top, a whole series is set up.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24These people, they will take whatever precautions they can,
0:09:24 > 0:09:29or they feel is necessary, to hide the drugs to stop us finding them.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Pretty impressive, isn't it?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35The hi-tech CCTV system is in the loft,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38but the police's main concern is searching for evidence.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Just loft insulation down there. Try the next one.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Nothing is found underneath the floor,
0:09:46 > 0:09:51but the search of the house has uncovered weapons.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53When that's fully charged, to the best of our ability,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55that is a stun gun.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Concealed as a mobile phone.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59It's completely dysfunctional as a mobile phone.
0:09:59 > 0:10:05You charge it up, you put the two prongs onto flesh,
0:10:05 > 0:10:06and you've got a stun gun.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10We weren't wrong with the weapons warning marker.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12And again, you can imagine being actually faced with that.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17It's no toy. It's no toy at all.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23It's been a successful operation for Tony and the team
0:10:23 > 0:10:26as they've found drugs and arrested two people.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28All of the staff on the tactical team,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31warrants are the bread and butter of their duty.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33I don't think we're adrenalin-fuelled junkies,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36we just want to get in there, we want to make the scene safe,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39we want to execute the warrant, we want to find what we can find
0:10:39 > 0:10:41and we want to just bring the bad people to justice.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Ultimately, the police found no evidence of dealing.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48The woman pleaded guilty to possessing class B drugs
0:10:48 > 0:10:50and received a fine.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53The man also pleaded guilty to possessing class B drugs
0:10:53 > 0:10:54and the stun device.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57He was sentenced to 80 hours' unpaid work.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00The drugs and the stun device were destroyed.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Specials are unpaid volunteers who work alone or alongside
0:11:11 > 0:11:15the regular police to fight crime in their communities.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Have you got hold of him?
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I don't want to see you walking on the main road again.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20- Come on! - Recovery's obviously en route.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Specials are not Police Community Support Officers.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25They are fully fledged members of the police force
0:11:25 > 0:11:29who have the same powers in law as their paid colleagues,
0:11:29 > 0:11:30including the power of arrest.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Stop it! Move over.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- No, no, no, no! - Move out of the way.- No!
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Within many Special Constabularies, officers can rise through the ranks,
0:11:40 > 0:11:44from Constable all the way to Chief Specials Officer.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Ouch! I found a thorn!
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Let me remind you, you're under arrest and anything you say will be written down.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Specials work 16 hours a month or more as volunteers
0:11:52 > 0:11:57and undertake all kinds of duties, from policing community events
0:11:57 > 0:11:59to arresting hardened criminals.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06There you go. Tickets sold.
0:12:06 > 0:12:0921-year-old Sam Shepherd is one such volunteer.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13He's been giving up his time to work as a Special for the past two years.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20When he's not helping fight crime, Sam works as a concierge,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24organising the personal lives of wealthy business clients.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27I absolutely love the concierge job because you go in one day,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30you can have a mundane shift where you've only got tickets to deal with.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33The next day, you'll be coming in and you've got to organise
0:12:33 > 0:12:35a whole holiday to Bangkok for somebody.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40As well as his concierge job, Sam also works part time
0:12:40 > 0:12:42in a friend's clothes shop.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Being so busy, this leaves him very little time for a personal life.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51With working so many different jobs and not having a lot of spare time,
0:12:51 > 0:12:55I do find it very difficult to sort of hold down relationships.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58It's difficult and not many women want to stay around for that.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03His problem keeping a girlfriend is not helped by the fact that
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Sam spends most of his time off volunteering as a police Special.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Today he's on shift with 20-year-old George Coxon,
0:13:11 > 0:13:16a customer services agent who recently qualified as Special too.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- RADIO:- 'I'm just going to give you the location.'
0:13:19 > 0:13:20A call comes over the radio
0:13:20 > 0:13:24requesting assistance at the scene of a recent burglary.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Yeah, that's all received. We're heading over that way now.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Sam and George are the first officers on scene
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and immediately try to establish what's gone on.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Hello there, are you OK? Where's the gentleman on the phone?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44You have to straight away find the victim, find where this
0:13:44 > 0:13:47person's entered the property, how they've got into the property.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50You've then got to preserve that.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53The victim's nephew shows Sam how the burglar got into the house.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56So probably he put a foot here, he's come on this one.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Got up next to the roof, you know, and landed there,
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Jumped, you know, like in our yard, and gone inside.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05So he's jumped onto this roof and then gone into your garden?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08OK, let's go see where he's come out in the garden then.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Do you want to go inside?
0:14:10 > 0:14:15Sam then interviews the victim, a Lithuanian woman who says
0:14:15 > 0:14:17the burglar stole a laptop and assaulted her.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19And steal from me...
0:14:19 > 0:14:23The best approach when dealing with victims is just to be calm.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26And get them to look at you as just another human being,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28not a guy in a uniform.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31They look at you for help and sort of as a resolution to their situation.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35So you've got to be that person there to support them throughout that.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38He's opened that door, he's walked into the room, OK,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42and then he's gone like that. That's what he did, he punched,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45and then went back out the way he came in. He went back on the roof?
0:14:45 > 0:14:49So she left and ran straight away just to her son.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52So you ran back in the house and then he just left?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55In this instance, when we arrived at the burglary,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57we got a lot of information.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00It's something that becomes second nature in the police.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02You get given a lot of information straight away.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05You then just sit there and decipher the important parts.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Her hand was shaking, she was trying to lock it out this door...
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Having got to the bottom of how the burglary happened,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Sam now tries to find out if there's a motive for the crime.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Is he an ex-partner to her?
0:15:17 > 0:15:22No, no, no, no, no. They used to, like, he lived here before.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Just in shared housing? How long ago did he move out?
0:15:25 > 0:15:28About three months? Three months ago. And he knew that you have a laptop?
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33He knows the layout. Does he know that that door's not normally locked?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Yeah.- I just want every bit of detail just so we can get it right.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40He has punched you in the head. Whereabouts has he punched you?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Can we have a look at the injury? - Sorry, can we put on the lights?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I don't want to be touching it. No, I don't want to be touching it.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49You've got a bit of a lump on the side of your head.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50How long did he live here?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Having established that the burglary suspect used to live at the premises
0:15:53 > 0:15:55and that the victim knows who they are...
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Is this him?
0:15:56 > 0:16:01Sam and George turn to social networks to try and uncover more information about him.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03See if you can recognise a photo.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Yeah, yeah.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Yeah, that is his proper name,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08but you know, on Facebook, he writes down different names.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11The residents know the people, so we need to see if we can locate him
0:16:11 > 0:16:15and then look down the route of arresting him and then possibly charging him.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19The detective assigned to the case arrives at the house.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21He's come through this door here.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24And Sam fills him in on what he and George have uncovered so far.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- This is the first point of entry to the property?- Yeah.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31He's come in here, he's then punched her in the head,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34and he's taken a laptop that was placed on there.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Exited through the same way he came in, back on the roof out there.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- And then outside.- And what's his connection to this address?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- He used to live here.- How long ago? - Moved out in October.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Lived here for about six months.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- So we've got a name, a date of birth?- And a telephone number.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50And a telephone number.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52The Specials have made a lot of progress in this case
0:16:52 > 0:16:54in just a short time.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56It's this kind of hands on policing
0:16:56 > 0:16:59that motivates Sam and George to give their time for free.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01This is why I chose to be a Special.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06I want to help people in this sort of situation when they need that help the most.
0:17:06 > 0:17:12It's how we handle the situation and how we comfort the victim
0:17:12 > 0:17:15is what's going to stick with them
0:17:15 > 0:17:18and make this experience a little bit less stressful.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22You go knock at them houses and I'll go that way and check the other way.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24But before they leave the scene,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27the Specials try to find any witnesses to the crime.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Now we're going to conduct some house-to-house enquires
0:17:30 > 0:17:33to see whether or not anyone else saw anything and has further details
0:17:33 > 0:17:36we can add to the details we've already established.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39KNOCKS AT DOOR
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Good morning, are you OK? There's nothing to worry about.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45The reason why we're calling round is there's been a burglary
0:17:45 > 0:17:48around this area in the early hours of this morning. Now, I'm just doing
0:17:48 > 0:17:53house-to-house enquiries to see if you saw anything that was untoward, out of the ordinary?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56OK, well, thank you very much for speaking to me, have a good day.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Thank you. Bye-bye.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00The house-to-house enquiries didn't pull up much.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Unfortunately they're quite elderly people that live next door,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06they were fast asleep, so they didn't see anything, unfortunately.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09But we have to make sure that we cover every track.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12We could miss vital evidence if we don't follow the right procedure in that way.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21When they get back to the station, Sam and George use the information
0:18:21 > 0:18:24they've gathered to track down the burglar.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28That was the guy's telephone number, the suspect's, that was given to us
0:18:28 > 0:18:31by the victim and the other people that lived at the address.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34So we're just trying to give him a ring to see if we can find out
0:18:34 > 0:18:37if we can meet up with him, if we can get his address from him,
0:18:37 > 0:18:41go and see him. But it's gone to voicemail.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43But while they're making their enquiries, word comes in
0:18:43 > 0:18:46that the suspect has been arrested by other officers.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47It just came over the radio.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49No doubt he's probably still got the laptop in hand,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52cos it only happened at half nine this morning.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Sam and George head out in the van to bring the arrested man
0:18:57 > 0:18:59back to custody.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02During our attempts to try and find him, our impact team,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05which is a priority crime team,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08have managed to locate and arrest the suspect.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11And we're now on the way to go and collect him so we can book him in for the offence.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14All the pieces of the puzzle sort of fell into place.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18The crime's happened, we've then been able to locate and detain
0:19:18 > 0:19:22the suspect for him. You couldn't ask for a better result.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30The man has been arrested by plain clothes officers
0:19:30 > 0:19:32at another address he has links to.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38- Oh, no, no.- Sorry?- No problem, boss. No problem, boss.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42I get a sense of satisfaction working as a Special.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43OK, watch your head.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Nothing feels more relieving than dealing with a crime
0:19:45 > 0:19:49and then thinking, "I know who's done this" and getting that person.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Time of arrest, 11.45. Cheers then, guys.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00He does fit the description of what's occurred this morning.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02So we'll book him into custody.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07The fact that we got called this morning only a couple of hours ago,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11it's definitely a good result. It's good to know that someone
0:20:11 > 0:20:15that's done that sort of thing is off the streets.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I think it's fantastic.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19This way. All the way to the end.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22The suspect was charged with burglary - theft with violence.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26He was found guilty and received four years in prison.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30It's this kind of result that makes it all worthwhile for Sam.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I love the fact that we can help out the community
0:20:33 > 0:20:36and dealing with something that quick and that proactive,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39is just amazing. That's what I like to be doing and it's what
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I enjoy doing every day I come in.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Saturday night in Cambridge city centre.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53It's a busy time for the regular police and Specials alike.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04Tonight Special Constable Jamie Cooper is out on shift with PC Eitan Joseph.
0:21:07 > 0:21:1021-year-old Jamie, who recently graduated with a degree
0:21:10 > 0:21:13in criminology has always wanted to join the police force.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I applied to become a Special in my first year in uni.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26It's always been a career aim for me, to become a full-time PC.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29So when I heard about the Specials, I thought it would be
0:21:29 > 0:21:32a great opportunity to get insight into the job they do.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Whilst waiting to be accepted as a regular officer,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Jamie's supporting himself by working in a supermarket
0:21:41 > 0:21:45and volunteers over 40 hours a month as a Special.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52When I'm a Special it actually gives me quite a sense of pride.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56I'm helping out the local community, I'm helping out my police force.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59And Jamie's helping out tonight in Cambridge city centre.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02It's just past midnight and a call comes over the radio
0:22:02 > 0:22:04requesting assistance.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07We've been called over by our control room.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10There's a male outside one of the pubs in town, The Regal,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13who's been causing trouble to door staff.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17They requested over the CCTV cameras that the police come.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22So we're making way, along with another unit, to go and find out what's going on.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Jamie and Eitan arrive at the pub to find a man outside
0:22:29 > 0:22:31who's been refused entry by door staff.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Hello, mate.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Do you want to come round the corner and have a chat with me?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38In some ways, the effect that the binge drinking, that alcohol has
0:22:38 > 0:22:42on the people I see out on a night out, is actually quite surprising.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47You've got people who, when they're sober, are completely fine, are lucid and friendly.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51But suddenly when they've had a bit of alcohol, become in-your-face, aggressive.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55All right, what's going tonight? Got in a verbal altercation with a bouncer?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58OK, how much have you had to drink tonight?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- I've had enough.- Enough.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04All right, mate,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07because you've had an altercation with a bouncer tonight,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I'm issuing with what's called a Section 27 Direction to Leave.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Jamie issues the man with a Section 27 order,
0:23:12 > 0:23:16which means he's banned from the area for up to 48 hours.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21When I fill the form out, you have to leave town immediately
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- or you're getting arrested. You understand?- Yeah.- Good.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28When dealing with members of the public who've had too much to drink,
0:23:28 > 0:23:32it can actually be quite difficult to get them to calm down
0:23:32 > 0:23:34and find out what's happened.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37No-one's willing to stand up for me!
0:23:37 > 0:23:38- Calm yourself down.- No-one!
0:23:38 > 0:23:41The way that I deal with them is you've got to listen
0:23:41 > 0:23:43to everything they say. Sometimes it doesn't make sense,
0:23:43 > 0:23:47but the parts that do, you can really pick up on.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Something in my experience as well is never to actually tell them to calm down.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52You don't care!
0:23:52 > 0:23:56They seem to get a bit more aggressive when you ask them
0:23:56 > 0:24:00to calm down, rather than just keeping calm yourself and listening
0:24:00 > 0:24:03to what they have to say until you find out what's actually happened.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05So you had a verbal altercation with door staff?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08A verbal altercation! You realise that is a verbal debate?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10HE LAUGHS
0:24:10 > 0:24:11- Yes?- Yeah, OK.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17But as Jamie's still writing out the ticket, the suspect's mood changes.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19You know what my life means, after this?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Nothing. It means you go home and sleep it off.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22It means nothing!
0:24:22 > 0:24:24This man in particular suddenly changed.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27He was quite a young guy and he suddenly moved from being angry
0:24:27 > 0:24:31to suddenly being upset within a split second of me talking to him.
0:24:31 > 0:24:38I think I'm going to find a nice little corner so I can die in it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Just take a deep breath. That's it.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44How are you getting out of town tonight? Are you walking or are you getting a taxi?
0:24:44 > 0:24:45I'm on my own.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47How do you usually get home?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- How do I usually get home? - Yes.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51I ride a magical dragon...
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Jamie's patience is wearing thin.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Shut up and listen to me.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Shut up and listen. You've got two choices.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03One, is you tell me how you're going to get home and you go home.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Two, you go in cuffs,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07you go back to Parkside and spend all night in a custody cell.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Which one are you going to chose?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12It did get frustrating in the end with this male.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15He clearly understood what the Section 27 was
0:25:15 > 0:25:18and then he clearly said he wasn't going to follow it.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21And that, for me, was quite frustrating because in the end,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I just wanted to get him home
0:25:23 > 0:25:26and let him sleep off the amount of alcohol that he drank that night.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Are you accepting that if you do not go home now,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- you're going to get arrested?- I'm not going to go, I'm going to come back.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37- But you're going to get arrested. - I don't care!- Take the form.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Are you taking the form and going home or am I putting you in cuffs?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43After numerous chances to go home quietly,
0:25:43 > 0:25:44the man is finally arrested.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47All right. You don't have to say anything, but it may harm
0:25:47 > 0:25:49your defence if you do not mention when questioned something
0:25:49 > 0:25:51which you later rely on in court.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Anything you do say will be given in evidence. Do you understand?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Fantastic. You've been arrested because you've refused
0:25:57 > 0:26:01and you have breached a Section 27 Direction to Leave.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05In the end he blatantly ignored myself with the advice,
0:26:05 > 0:26:09at which point we had nothing else to do other than take him to custody
0:26:09 > 0:26:12for breach of the Direction to Leave.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15I've given you a number of chances to go home and you've said no.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21I think, in the end, I was a little bit down for the fact
0:26:21 > 0:26:24that we ended up having to take him to custody.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28We'd given him as many chances and a few more, I think.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30The man was taken to custody
0:26:30 > 0:26:33and later received a fixed penalty notice.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36It may not have been the result Jamie hoped for,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39but every situation he faces as a Special is valuable experience
0:26:39 > 0:26:43he hopes to take into a full-time police career.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48You deal with all sorts of different jobs, all sorts of situations.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Being a police officer is what I want to be.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53But doing it as a volunteer, as a Special,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55it's made me appreciate the job a lot more
0:26:55 > 0:26:58and it gives me a sense of pride, a sense of achievement.
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