0:00:00 > 0:00:03Get on the floor! Do it now!
0:00:03 > 0:00:07The Special Constabulary is the nation's volunteer police force.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09- Do you know the gent? - Watch your speed.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12It's made up of over 20,000 members of the public...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14He's gone down there.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17..who give their time to fight crime in their communities.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Get out of the car!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Specials combine their day jobs...
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Stage, please.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26- ..and home lives... - There's a good boy.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29..with being serving police officers on the front line.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Coming up - James is called to a New Year's Eve celebration
0:00:34 > 0:00:36that ends in disaster.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40The female there has been attacked by a dog
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and some of the inside of her leg is now not inside her leg.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46In the right place at the right time...
0:00:46 > 0:00:50A male's been jumped just across the road.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Chris and his colleagues run some suspects to ground.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Calm yourself down.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And hot on the heels of some runaway horses...
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Oh, you sod.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03..Bill's horse rustling skills are put to the test.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Come on!
0:01:23 > 0:01:27It's New Year's Eve and special constable James Chatfield
0:01:27 > 0:01:31is heading out on shift with fellow special, Glenn Derby.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34I'm thinking tonight's going to be a reasonably busy shift.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Nightclubs, pubs closing at two/three o'clock
0:01:37 > 0:01:43so I'd imagine between the hours of 11 and three, we might be quite busy.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48It's 6:40, we've got five hours and 20 minutes left of this year.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Plenty of time for the alcohol to flow
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and the drunken revelry to get out of hand.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57But the first call that comes in isn't quite what they expected.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00RADIO: An RTC, Bridge Street in Wistow.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02A car has crashed into the bridge.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08They arrive to find the driver waiting in his car.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12He's unhurt but the side of his car has taken quite a bashing.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- Have you had anything to drink tonight?- No.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- What you doing, you out working? - Yeah, I'm delivering pizzas.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- Whose vehicle is it?- Mine. - It is yours, is it?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Where did you come off?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I caught the corner.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27The corner up there?
0:02:27 > 0:02:31OK, we'll have to go and have a look at that.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Judging by the state of the bridge,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34the driver has hit it with some force.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36It's just that support pillar, there.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I mean, there's metal - he must have given that a real whack.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43I suppose he's lucky he's hit that bit and not just one of the metal beams.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47I'm not sure they would've... They're hollow so they may have given
0:02:47 > 0:02:50and it's quite a drop down there, full of water.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Yeah, I think he's quite lucky, I wouldn't want to end up down there.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55But the driver hasn't been drinking
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and there don't appear to be any other vehicles involved.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I think it's a case of damage only, single vehicle damage only.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04There's no injuries, he says he doesn't want an ambulance,
0:03:04 > 0:03:05he says he's absolutely fine.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09He's delivering takeaways, I know the guy from town.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12So on this occasion, the police are happy to just give the man
0:03:12 > 0:03:14a word of advice.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16It's obviously fairly slippery at the moment.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19You just need to watch it, especially in these conditions.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22I've got all of his information, all of his insurance details.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26He's not drunk and everything checks out.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28The roads are slippery, there is mud about.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31So, yeah, not the best conditions to drive in.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35And it seems like conditions are no better elsewhere.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Minutes later, another call comes in.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43- RADIO:- A report of mud on the road. - Yeah!
0:03:43 > 0:03:45It's a fairly complex job,
0:03:45 > 0:03:50it's going to take quite a while to explain, there's mud on the road.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52It's not quite the kind of job the specials had in mind
0:03:52 > 0:03:54when they signed up.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55But on a poorly lit country road,
0:03:55 > 0:03:59with cars whizzing past at up to 60 miles an hour, mud can be a hazard.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05James checks out the force's mud clearing equipment.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Ah, there's a broom - one of us shovel, one of us broom.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Ah, look, no handle.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Here's a handle, it's a build-your-broom!
0:04:18 > 0:04:20And the two specials get to work clearing the road.
0:04:22 > 0:04:28So, here we are, sweeping up Cambridgeshire's roads,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31having a muddy good time.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39James volunteers 50 to 80 hours a month as a special.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42And when he's not policing, he works as an estate agent.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47My day job is kind of similar in the fact that it's office based -
0:04:47 > 0:04:48doing paperwork - and out and about,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51but the difference is the people that you're dealing with.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53In the police, you get called to someone,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56you're there to help them to resolve a situation.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59In estate agency, you're helping someone look for a house.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02So I guess it's still helping people, but totally different.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Anything on you that will hurt us, or hurt you?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07James doesn't get paid to work as a special,
0:05:07 > 0:05:12but unlike some of his colleagues, he has no aspirations to become a regular police officer.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Doing it once a week, twice a week is enough for me.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19To think I can go to work doing my normal job, which I enjoy,
0:05:19 > 0:05:24and think, "Tonight I'm going out in a police car, I'm fighting crime,"
0:05:24 > 0:05:27that's enough to keep me going.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Tonight, James is out with fellow special, Glenn.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33When he's not policing, he works as a warehouse manager.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45It's now almost midnight and the New Year celebrations are in full swing.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47So with no immediate jobs to attend to,
0:05:47 > 0:05:51James and Glenn decide to see in the New Year with some familiar faces.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53So here we're, New Year's Eve in Warboys,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56we thought we'd do a bit of PR, let everyone know that we're here.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05There were various people there, there were some off duty PCSOs,
0:06:05 > 0:06:10some off duty police officers and most of Warboys village turned up
0:06:10 > 0:06:14to see in the New Year at the Clock Tower, it was quite nice.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17But the community spirit in Warboys isn't necessarily present
0:06:17 > 0:06:18everywhere else.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21And once the clock strikes midnight the trouble begins.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- RADIO:- Domestic in progress.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27We're going to a domestic in progress now involving a dog.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30I'm not too sure what that means,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I don't know if someone's been bitten by a dog or what.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36In a situation like that, I'm fully aware that I am putting myself
0:06:36 > 0:06:40into a dangerous situation, but I do it because someone's asking for help.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44They arrive to find a woman in the kitchen
0:06:44 > 0:06:47with a serious wound to her leg.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49The dog had attacked her,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I don't know why the dog had attacked her, but the lower half of her leg,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56at the back of her calf, looked like it had been
0:06:56 > 0:07:01clawed or bitten in several places and the skin just ripped open.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04I can remember seeing the inside of what
0:07:04 > 0:07:07I can assume was her calf muscle poking out of the wound.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- Hotel victor 99. RADIO:- Hotel victor 99.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14It's a bit tense here at the moment. Can we get an ambulance, please?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17The female has been attacked, looks like been attacked by a dog,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19quite bad injuries to the bottom of her leg.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24It appears that the woman had been having an argument with her boyfriend when the dog went for her.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26The dog got scared.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31She was apparently going for her partner whose dog it was
0:07:31 > 0:07:34and the dog, I believe, got confused as to what was going on
0:07:34 > 0:07:37and, obviously, the dog's instinct is if someone's being attacked
0:07:37 > 0:07:40they attack that person.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Another woman in the house saw what happened.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- She come down the stairs kicking off and the- BLEEP- dog went for her,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50cos she started going for everybody.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54The dog is now tied up in the garden,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57but the house is full of agitated people who've been drinking.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00We're not going to get anywhere while you're shouting as well.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02We're not going to get anywhere like this, are we?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05There was four or five adults in the house,
0:08:05 > 0:08:09there was children downstairs, children upstairs
0:08:09 > 0:08:15and lots of arguing going on and all of those people, and myself and my colleague,
0:08:15 > 0:08:20that was it, there was two of us against four or five of them.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23James calls for back-up and he does his best to take the heat
0:08:23 > 0:08:26out of the situation as they wait for the other unit to arrive.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31If you just come and sit in here, just to calm the situation down a little bit, yeah?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Just go and take a seat in your front room.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Other officers arrive and James brings them up to speed.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43It's still a little bit confusing as to what's actually gone on.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Everyone's hammered, she's been attacked by a dog.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49The priority now is to get the injured woman to hospital.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52But as it's New Year's Eve, the officers have been told
0:08:52 > 0:08:55there could be a two-hour wait for an ambulance
0:08:55 > 0:08:58so they decide to take her to hospital themselves.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Basically we've got the female here that's being carted off to hospital,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04the other people are OK to be left in the house.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07There's just been a massive argument, they've all been out,
0:09:07 > 0:09:13got drunk and it's just turned into a total and utter mash of a situation.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16So, we've resolved it by splitting them all up,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20and hopefully we won't get any more calls here tonight.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23It's a job well done for the two specials.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25But the incident's not quite over yet.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28The injured woman's boyfriend suddenly appears,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30believing that the police have taken his dog.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33No, you can't do that, get my dog out.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- The dog's not in there. - Where is it, then?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37The dog is still tied up in the back garden.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39And the penny then drops
0:09:39 > 0:09:42as the man realises his girlfriend is in the van.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44What, my girl's in the back?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- With a- BLEEP- bit leg, you put her in the back of a van
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- with a- BLEEP- bit leg.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- She's going to hospital, mate. - Are you police dumb?- Stop swearing.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Come on, you're supposed to be proper police officers,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55you put a woman in the back of a van.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- Go away and stop swearing.- You put a woman in the back of the van?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- She's bleeding.- You put her in the back of a van? You, stop.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07The woman is taken to hospital,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10where she'll receive treatment for her injured leg.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15It's now 3:30am and James and Glenn were due to finish their shift
0:10:15 > 0:10:17half an hour ago.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19But in the early hours of New Year's Day,
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Cambridgeshire's police are having to deal with four times the usual number of incidents.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And just as the specials head back towards the police station,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29yet another call comes in.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Domestic in progress, immediate, great(!)
0:10:33 > 0:10:36A lot of the time that Cambridgeshire Police
0:10:36 > 0:10:38dedicate their time to, is to domestics.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43I'd say that some people feel that they can't deal with their own problems.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46They get themselves into such a mess that they need someone else
0:10:46 > 0:10:50to come and deal with it, which is why they end up calling the police.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Phone line is open, I can hear screaming
0:10:52 > 0:10:55and it sounds like a door being kicked/punched.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Sounds reasonably violent to me.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02The caller has also reported furniture being thrown around.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05And at this point in time, James and Glenn
0:11:05 > 0:11:07are the only police unit en route.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Because it was a busy New Year's Eve, lots of people calling 999,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13there is just no resources available.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17So, at that moment in time, we were on our own.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Hello, what's occurring?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23A woman answers the door
0:11:23 > 0:11:26and it's immediately obvious there's been a violent struggle.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30In the lounge, there was a chair flung across,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32there was items of various clothing,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35ornaments that had all been thrown around, as well.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Going to some incidents and the absolute mess
0:11:39 > 0:11:43that people can get themselves into, whether it's their fault or not,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46you do get to them and think, "How can this happen?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49"How can people let it get this bad?"
0:11:49 > 0:11:53The woman claims that her boyfriend has been threatening her and has assaulted her.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57So the specials' priority is to split the pair up.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59In a job like that, you have to separate them.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03My colleague came in and spoke to the female,
0:12:03 > 0:12:07I forcibly got the male to come out into the hallway with me
0:12:07 > 0:12:10to try and get the people there, get their version of events.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13But the couple, who appear to have been drinking,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15are becoming more and more agitated.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18It's really easy for anything like that to escalate out of control,
0:12:18 > 0:12:22as I found out that night. It went from bad to worse.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25They both kept trying to go at each other's throats.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Even after literally pushing him out of the way,
0:12:28 > 0:12:32he was still trying to break past me, shouting at her,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35her screaming at him, the children all crying,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37literally screaming in the background.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39It's a difficult situation to be in.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Fearing for his and his colleague's safety,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44James calls control for back up.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- Hotel victor 99. RADIO:- Hotel victor 99, go ahead.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Don't suppose you've got any more mobiles anywhere?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53We've got another very tense situation here,
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I think I'm going to have a complaint of assault.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57The situation now moves up a gear.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00The man is becoming increasingly aggressive
0:13:00 > 0:13:02and tries to force his way out of the house.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Listen, you're not going anywhere, you're detained at the moment.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08It don't matter for what, I am detaining you.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10You need a reason to detain me, bruv.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15There's an accusation of assault, all right, and we're just trying to find out exactly what's happened.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Luckily, back up is now en route.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- RADIO:- Hotel victor 99, back up is coming as soon as possible for you.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26And in the meantime, James has no option but to arrest the man.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28You're under arrest on suspicion of assault.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Listen mate, I ain't done nothing to her, she's taking the- BLEEP.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34If she makes an accusation of assault, we've got to act on it.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36I know you have, yeah, but do you know what?
0:13:36 > 0:13:41That's my son's mother, mate, I ain't going to hurt her, for Christ's sake.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46A few minutes later, the back-up units finally arrive.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50When I looked out and I saw all the cars coming from different
0:13:50 > 0:13:53ends of the road, it was the biggest relief I had that night.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55It's good to know you've got the support if you need it
0:13:55 > 0:13:58and I think we did need it, I couldn't have handled that,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I couldn't have handled that, no way.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04The man is taken to the police van to be transported to custody.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- What the- BLEEP - you bending me up for?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- What the- BLEEP- is your problem? - Settle down.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- Why the- BLEEP- are you bending me up?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Get the door straight back. Get in the back.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20- BLEEP- idiot!
0:14:25 > 0:14:28And now, 12 hours after they started their shift,
0:14:28 > 0:14:33James and Glenn can finally say goodbye to New Year's Eve 2012.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38The final word is it's six o'clock in the morning.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I was meant to be in bed by about half three.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46Between the hours of 10pm and 6am, Cambridgeshire Police dealt with
0:14:46 > 0:14:50almost 350 incidents and the specials had a vital role to play.
0:14:52 > 0:14:58On New Year's Eve, the fact that we spent midnight with a whole village of people, off duty officers,
0:14:58 > 0:15:02it was great being part of the community, and then at the end of the night,
0:15:02 > 0:15:07being in those two really violent situations and still helping out the community.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09The feeling of satisfaction after we left that,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13to think that we've resolved that and now I'm going home to bed
0:15:13 > 0:15:17and can think that I'm going to get up and have a good New Year's Day.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21The man who was taken into custody on suspicion of assault,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25was later released without charge.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Specials are unpaid volunteers who work alone or alongside
0:15:35 > 0:15:38the regular police to fight crime in their communities.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Don't want to see you walking on the main road again.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Recovery is en route.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Specials are not police community support officers.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49They're fully fledged members of the police force
0:15:49 > 0:15:52who have the same powers in law as their paid colleagues,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54including the power of arrest.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Stop it. Move out of the way.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Within many special constabularies, officers can rise through
0:16:03 > 0:16:07the ranks, from constable all the way to chief specials officer.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Ouch! I found a thorn.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Let me remind you, you're under arrest.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Anything you say will be written down.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Specials work 16 hours a month or more as volunteers
0:16:16 > 0:16:19and undertake all kinds of duties,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23from policing community events to arresting hardened criminals.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32Papa India three-five - myself, two-nine and three-one going now.
0:16:35 > 0:16:378pm and special constable Chris Hallatt
0:16:37 > 0:16:41is on shift with the impact team -
0:16:41 > 0:16:44a dedicated unit which focuses on prolific criminals,
0:16:44 > 0:16:48tackling crime such as car theft and burglary.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I'd say the impact team is a different way of policing.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53We're in plain clothes in a plain vehicle,
0:16:53 > 0:16:57we've got intelligence on people, we know where they live
0:16:57 > 0:17:01and we know the areas that they're targeting.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Barely minutes into the shift and the team have already received
0:17:04 > 0:17:10a call about a possible break-in at an industrial estate.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15A security guard called through to say that two males were climbing the fence next to a railway.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18When I'm going to a job like that, you just want to get there
0:17:18 > 0:17:21as quick as you possibly can to catch them red handed.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Chris has been in the specials for a year
0:17:25 > 0:17:28and happily gives up his evenings and weekends to help
0:17:28 > 0:17:31his regular colleagues police the streets of Cambridgeshire.
0:17:31 > 0:17:37My main goal was to help people and to get life experience out of it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40You don't know what to expect, it's always different,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43it's exciting and it's such a large range of jobs, as well.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45So, yeah, I enjoy it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48And when he's not out on the beat, he works as a site manager
0:17:48 > 0:17:50at two police training centres.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55I basically look after some of their buildings, maintain it,
0:17:55 > 0:17:59look after contractors, make sure security is where it should be.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02I'm very passionate about working for Cambridgeshire constabulary,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I've got a lot of respect for them and what they do.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Tonight, Chris and his colleagues are hot on the heels of two males
0:18:08 > 0:18:12who've allegedly been spotted trying to break in to an industrial estate.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21When we arrived, there were industrial buildings all around us,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24so we split up and did an area search.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25It's a massive area
0:18:25 > 0:18:30and the details about where the suspects were last seen are sketchy.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34When it's dark, you don't know the area,
0:18:34 > 0:18:38it can be a little bit intimidating.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41I suppose you do feel a bit vulnerable.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47There's no sign of the intruders.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52The area was so big. It wasn't very well lit.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56They would've only had to have seen or heard one officer approaching,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59and they had plenty of opportunity to get away.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Control updates them that the suspects were last seen
0:19:02 > 0:19:04in the next building along.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I'll walk round the back and walk through.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Did you see them go inside that door?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Chris's colleague, Paul, is in direct contact
0:19:14 > 0:19:17with the CCTV control room.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22That blue door, there, is where he said they were at. Make sure it's secure.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Doesn't look like they've gained entry,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27but the bloke at the central monitoring station can only see
0:19:27 > 0:19:30a certain amount of this area, so we'll just check it,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33make sure it's all secure and then leave it as.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38The police head back towards their car.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40But just as they're about to leave the premises,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43an unrelated call comes over the radio about a suspected mugging
0:19:43 > 0:19:46which has taken place just yards up the road.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51As we've been here, a male's been jumped just across the road.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54There's five suspects currently walking down Fort Road.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57There's one officer trying to stop them.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10With so many officers in the area, the chances of catching
0:20:10 > 0:20:14these suspects are stacked in the police's favour.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16They all ran off in different directions,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18so it's a good job we had plenty of officers there.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24When I'm running towards an incident,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I'm thinking more about where my colleague is,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30my safety, whether they're going to be compliant,
0:20:30 > 0:20:31if not, what am I going to do?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Just getting there, as well.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Chris arrives just as the suspects are cuffed.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Five men are caught running from the area where the street robbery took place.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53As a special on that particular shift, numbers were important
0:20:53 > 0:20:55because of the amount of males that were detained.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59If I wasn't there, maybe one of them would have got away.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Calm yourself down.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08After an interview with the robbery suspects and the victim,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12the suspects were released without charge and the crime has been filed,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16pending any further information coming to light.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Nobody was ever found in connection with the suspected break-in at the
0:21:20 > 0:21:24industrial estate and no evidence was found of an attempted burglary.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Working with this team was very different from Chris's usual shift
0:21:28 > 0:21:30as a special policing the streets,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33but it was a challenge that he relished.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Working with the impact team is something I'd love to do again.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40It's a different way of policing, it's exciting.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45It was very different to a normal shift, due to the fact that
0:21:45 > 0:21:47we're in plain clothes and a plain vehicle.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52We got to get involved in stuff and see it through to the end,
0:21:52 > 0:21:56which was good. I enjoyed it.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05In Peterborough, it's 9am and special chief inspector Bill Bond
0:22:05 > 0:22:08is out on shift with PC James Styles.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11They've just received a call about some runaway horses.
0:22:11 > 0:22:18We've been dispatched to a report of some horses loose on the A47.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20We're not quite sure of the location
0:22:20 > 0:22:22so we're going to go to the most likely,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25which is where some horses are known to stray onto the road.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31This isn't the first time Bill's been to an incident of this kind.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33In Cambridgeshire, there are a large number of horses
0:22:33 > 0:22:38left to graze on public land, and escapes from fields are commonplace.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40I think it's a problem throughout the county.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42We have lots of people who keep horses
0:22:42 > 0:22:45and seem to be terribly concerned about what they're doing.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49If they get onto a fast road, they can move unpredictably,
0:22:49 > 0:22:53cause vehicles to swerve, cause collisions, which are potentially fatal.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Before becoming a special, Bill spent 12 years in the army
0:23:00 > 0:23:02and 14 years in the civil service.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08I rejoined the special constabulary when I left the civil service
0:23:08 > 0:23:11because, with my previous experience, I felt it was something
0:23:11 > 0:23:14I could usefully contribute to.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18There's going to be a penalty of £60.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22I get an immense feeling of job satisfaction out of being a special.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Having been in the army and the civil service,
0:23:25 > 0:23:29I'm used to the big organisation feel and I get that again in the police.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Bill now devotes up to 180 hours a month to working as a special,
0:23:34 > 0:23:38alongside running a small lettings agency.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I'm fortunate in that I've got a small company
0:23:40 > 0:23:42that runs quite smoothly.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44There are some things that I have to do,
0:23:44 > 0:23:48but, equally, there are some things that I can delegate and it gives me
0:23:48 > 0:23:51the freedom to come and police for the greater part of my time.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Today, Bill and James are hot on the trail of some runaway horses.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01How good's your horse rustling, Bill?
0:24:01 > 0:24:02Not terribly!
0:24:04 > 0:24:07They need to find the animals as quickly as possible,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09as they could be a hazard to passing traffic.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13But they're not sure of the horses exact location.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Here, horsey, horsey, horsey.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Can you see any horses down there?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I can't see any horses down there, James.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23But then James suddenly spots one up ahead.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24There we go.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Oh, they're all out. Wahey! It's great fun.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Nei-i-i-igh!
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Where have you got out from, fellas?
0:24:37 > 0:24:41It's an offence to allow your horses to stray onto the highway,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44so fences around fields need to be well maintained.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Fence is down.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46This fence is clearly broken
0:24:46 > 0:24:50and the horses are now only feet away from a very busy road.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54James tries to coax them back into the field.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59In we go. Come on. This way. Oi! Dumb ass.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Back in the field, come on!
0:25:03 > 0:25:05But these steeds are having none of it.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07You stubborn horse!
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Bill decides to opt for a more forceful approach.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- Go on, get in there, get in there- BLEEP- thing.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Come on, sha!
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Oh, you sod!
0:25:23 > 0:25:27You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30And these ponies are going nowhere.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Come on, we're going to go this way.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Luckily, reinforcements arrive in the form of a helpful passer by.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Can you do me a favour? Stop this lot from coming back out the field.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Thank you. I'll try and get these next ones in.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Grab his head collar.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- Doesn't like it.- They'll go where their nose goes. Go on.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Come on. Yes!
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Come on.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Between the three of them,
0:25:57 > 0:25:59they manage to get the horses back in the field.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Good horse.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Now they just need to fix the fence and hope that
0:26:05 > 0:26:08these mischievous mares won't try to make another run for it.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11We didn't have the tools to do anything about the fence
0:26:11 > 0:26:12with its broken posts.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15The best we could do was put some blue and white police tape
0:26:15 > 0:26:18across the gaps and hope that the wind fluttering it would discourage
0:26:18 > 0:26:22the beasts from breaking through until our shift had finished.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27With a bit of luck, this flutter will scare them off.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32It's more visual than practical, but, hey.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34For now, the horses are out of danger
0:26:34 > 0:26:36and are no longer a threat to passing traffic.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39But Bill knows that this is only a short-term solution
0:26:39 > 0:26:40to a long-term problem.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46I must admit, I get frustrated by the issue of horses on the roads.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49We have these animals that are kept and I think a lot more
0:26:49 > 0:26:53could be done to ensure their welfare and keep them where they should be.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- I would shake your hand, but we're both covered in- BLEEP.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- Who cares?- There you go, thank you very much.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59- That's all right.- Cheers.
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