0:00:02 > 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 > 0:00:10- 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 > 0:00:21Get out of the car! Get out of the car!
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- Specials combine their day jobs... - Stage, 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.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36Coming up - a man with a knife has barricaded himself in his kitchen.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41There's blood all around the door frame, we've got to get in there.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45It's a dog's life for Adam as three pooches give him the run-around.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48This is ridiculous, isn't it? Come here!
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Talk about a wild goose chase, it's a wild dog chase.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55And a routine traffic stop takes a violent turn for Chris.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- They'd better not be in my - BLEEP- house when I get back!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17It's ten o'clock at night in Cambridgeshire.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Special Constable James Chatfield is out on patrol on his own.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- RADIO:- Male's taken an overdose and is smashing the premises up, over.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28An emergency call has just come in from the ambulance service,
0:01:28 > 0:01:31requesting police assistance at a residential address.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34There's a male that's taken an overdose,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37but he's smashing the place up at the same time.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40There is another mobile on their way from Huntingdon, but they're
0:01:40 > 0:01:45currently tied up with something so we might be first on scene.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50James is used to working on his own and is well aware of the dangers
0:01:50 > 0:01:53of going solo into a situation like this.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56It sounds like it could be a violent situation,
0:01:56 > 0:02:02the guy's smashing the place up, so not ideal. Far from it.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11James joined the Specials a year and a half ago,
0:02:11 > 0:02:15inspired by childhood memories of riding in his dad's police car.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21With my dad being a police officer in Cambridgeshire, it did inspire me.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24You'd be at home on a Saturday and a police car would turn up
0:02:24 > 0:02:26and it would be him just popping by to say hello.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29I did get to have a go in the police car on one occasion.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32You look in the rear-view mirror and you think,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36"Ah, I'm in a police car." That's when I thought, "I want to do that."
0:02:36 > 0:02:39In his day job James is an estate agent,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43but he gives up his evenings and weekends to work as a Special.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44I do it for various reasons.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48I think the main one is the buzz that you get from helping people.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50It's very important to be community minded -
0:02:50 > 0:02:54if you're not willing to help out the community or put yourself out for it,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56it's not going to work at all.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Cheers.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Having spent 30 years in the police force himself,
0:03:00 > 0:03:05James's dad - who's now retired - couldn't be prouder of his son.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08It's what he wants to do and I fully support him.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10He enjoys it and gets an awful lot out of it
0:03:10 > 0:03:12and he's still part of the police family.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Really, really proud.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Tonight, James is heading into a potentially dangerous situation.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23A man has taken an overdose and is acting violently.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26The ambulance service has called for police back-up
0:03:26 > 0:03:29and James believes he might be the first officer on scene.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32My thoughts were, "Oh, my God, what am I going to do?"
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I've been told he's got a weapon
0:03:34 > 0:03:37so I'm thinking I will be his next target.
0:03:37 > 0:03:38When he arrives,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42James finds two other police units have also responded.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I turned round the corner of the road and I could see a van,
0:03:45 > 0:03:50one police van and a police car, which was fantastic.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52The man's mother is also there -
0:03:52 > 0:03:54she was the one who called the ambulance -
0:03:54 > 0:03:57and the man himself is in the kitchen.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00He's barricaded the door with his body and won't let anyone in.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04But the scene outside the kitchen is truly shocking.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05I've never seen anything like it.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09The sofas had been pushed about, vases smashed,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12light fittings smashed, the curtains were pulled off and there was
0:04:12 > 0:04:17blood stains right around the door frame and on the walls.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21The ambulance crew need to get to the man urgently
0:04:21 > 0:04:23to assess his injuries, but the police are worried
0:04:23 > 0:04:26that if they force their way into the kitchen,
0:04:26 > 0:04:27the man could become violent.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33He had access to kitchen knives, cutlery, scissors -
0:04:33 > 0:04:36there could be bread knives, carving knives, anything.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38We needed to get to him first of all
0:04:38 > 0:04:41to stop him causing any further injury to himself,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44and also if he did have a weapon we needed to get that weapon off him
0:04:44 > 0:04:47and restrain him so he couldn't use it on anyone else.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51James goes to assist his regular colleagues,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54who are trying to reason with the man through the door.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57We've got ambulance here waiting to see you,
0:04:57 > 0:04:58do you want to come and speak to them?
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Can you tell me if you've got an injury at all?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03The man refuses any offer of help
0:05:03 > 0:05:07and won't give the police any information about his injuries.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10But he does confirm that he's taken something.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12What have you taken? Prescription drugs.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I was in with colleagues in the lounge while they were
0:05:15 > 0:05:18trying to talk to him, just in case he decided to come bursting out.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Then I changed and I went out and I spoke to the mother.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25My role then changed to reassuring her.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27He'll be all right, it always looks worse than it is.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29'I said we were doing all we can'
0:05:29 > 0:05:31and we won't be going until we'd got him out.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35If it meant we were there all night, we'd have been there all night waiting for him.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Like I said, we want to help you...
0:05:38 > 0:05:41The police try to convince the man to move away from the door.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44If we push the door in, we don't want to hurt you,
0:05:44 > 0:05:45so are you going to move?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47But he suddenly becomes agitated.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58When I heard the banging noises I was looking round at my colleagues
0:05:58 > 0:06:00thinking, "What's he doing?"
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Real loud banging noises like he's pulling stuff down,
0:06:03 > 0:06:07glass smashing - I've never heard anything like it.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10The police are worried the man may try to make a run for it,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13so James is asked to guard any possible escape routes.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Can you make sure there's someone round by that window?
0:06:16 > 0:06:17- Yeah, I'll go round.- Cheers.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21The situation is now becoming increasingly urgent.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22The man is in a bad way
0:06:22 > 0:06:25and the police are seriously concerned about his well-being.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31It sounds like he's throwing up in there and he's collapsed as well,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34but there's blood all around the door frame.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36We've got to get in there.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Armed officers have been called to gain access to the kitchen.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44When they arrive, James briefs them on the situation.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46What have we got?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48There's a chap in there, you can hear him,
0:06:48 > 0:06:52there's blood all round the door, he's got knives and everything,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54and he's taken some anti-depressants.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Everything now moves up a gear
0:06:57 > 0:07:01as the armed officers prepare to enter the kitchen.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Get all this out the way in case we need to drag him out
0:07:04 > 0:07:06and deal with him. So get that out the way.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10But hearing the commotion outside, the man becomes distressed.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15The police need to get in there straightaway.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18They get ready with the Taser and prepare to break down the door.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Can you stand back and we'll break the door open?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Then the man suddenly opens the door.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Show me your hands.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32But he's not going down without a fight.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40He launches himself at one of the officers.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Fearing for their safety, the police decide to use the Taser.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Put your hands behind your back, now!
0:07:52 > 0:07:56The state of the man was pretty horrendous.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59He was covered in blood from head to toe, it was all over his face,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02all down his chest, legs, arms, the lot.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04It was like watching a horror film
0:08:04 > 0:08:07and then realising you're actually in it.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09It's an alarming sight for the man's mother,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12but James does his best to keep her calm.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17He'll be all right, now ambulance have got to him they'll sort him out.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20The paramedics are now able to assess the man's injuries.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22And although they look alarming,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25they turn out to be quite superficial.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28He has several wounds, nothing overly serious,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31but there's a lot of blood everywhere.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35We're going to take him to hospital cos he needs some wound closure
0:08:35 > 0:08:38done on the wounds on his hands and across his body.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It's just now getting him out safely
0:08:41 > 0:08:46cos he's still a bit edgy around us and the police.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48The man is taken to the ambulance
0:08:48 > 0:08:51and will be transported to the nearest hospital.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55And for James, it's the end of a very eventful shift.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57From arriving at that house
0:08:57 > 0:09:00and seeing what he'd done to his own house,
0:09:00 > 0:09:05I was very concerned for my safety and colleagues' safety as well.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08He's capable of doing that, he's capable of injuring any one of us
0:09:08 > 0:09:12and that really is at the front of what I'm thinking all the time.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16A lot of people would say, "Why do you put yourself in that situation?"
0:09:16 > 0:09:21It's the thought that potentially you are helping someone.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25We get him out of the house, he goes to hospital, he survives,
0:09:25 > 0:09:26that's a life saved.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30And the buzz of that, that is what does it.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33The man was admitted to hospital that night,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36where he was treated for his injuries.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39He was later sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Specials are unpaid volunteers who work alone or alongside
0:09:49 > 0:09:53the regular police to fight crime in their communities.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- We got all of them! - I don't want to see you walking on the main road again.- Come on.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Recovery is en route.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Specials are not police community support officers.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04They are fully-fledged members of the police force who have
0:10:04 > 0:10:06the same powers in law as their paid colleagues,
0:10:06 > 0:10:08including the power of arrest.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- Stop it!- Move over!- No, no, no, no! - Move out the way.- No!
0:10:14 > 0:10:19Within many special constabularies, officers can rise through the ranks
0:10:19 > 0:10:22from constable all the way to chief specials officer.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Ouch, I found a thorn.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27You're under arrest and anything you say will be written down.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Specials work 16 hours a month or more as volunteers
0:10:30 > 0:10:32and undertake all kinds of duties,
0:10:32 > 0:10:37from policing community events to arresting hardened criminals.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47It's a freezing cold day in Cambridgeshire
0:10:47 > 0:10:50and Special Constable Adam Catling is out on patrol
0:10:50 > 0:10:53with colleague PC Kersten Richmond.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55They've just entered the village of Melbourn
0:10:55 > 0:10:58when they come across three dogs running loose in the street.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Hello, hello. Where did they come from?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Hello.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Adam and Kersten need to find out who the dogs belong to,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15so they check their collars for an address or phone number.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20But before they can write the number down, the dogs take off.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26They went into a side street - we thought we'd manage to corner them,
0:11:26 > 0:11:27but that wasn't the case
0:11:27 > 0:11:31and they then decided to run back past us towards quite busy traffic,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34which then became a game of cat and mouse, or cop and dog.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Come here!
0:11:37 > 0:11:39No, no, not in the traffic.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45In his day job, Adam works for the ambulance service,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48a job not a million miles away from his work as a Special.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I'd say working in the police is incredibly similar
0:11:53 > 0:11:55to working in the ambulance service.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58The basic interpersonal skills that we use are exactly the same.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Working in the two jobs brings me quite close to the local community.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05You get to know people on first name terms and the relationship
0:12:05 > 0:12:08that you build with them is something I really quite enjoy.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Dealing with people is a different matter to dealing with animals.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Today, Adam and Kersten are hot on the heels
0:12:15 > 0:12:17of three particularly slippery characters.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Here you are, here you are.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22They just crossed the road like ducks.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24I don't know where they've come from.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Talk about a wild goose chase, it's a wild dog chase.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30On the day itself it was quite snowy and icy,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34so straightaway there was a hazard with us trying to chase these dogs.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36It appeared that at any point that we got near them
0:12:36 > 0:12:41to the point of being able to get hold of them, they instantly ran away
0:12:41 > 0:12:44and kept that one step ahead of us the whole time.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Being on four feet instead of two, they definitely had the advantage,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50which was quite humiliating.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Due to the weather conditions,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56the dogs could be a risk to other road users.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Adam decides it's time to call for back up.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02We've got three dogs just running round in the road.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And in the meantime they decide that in a case like this,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07four wheels are better than four feet.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09There's another main road there.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- You're kidding. - I've just seen one go past.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Where that hedge is.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17We'd better get in because if they've gone on that main road...
0:13:18 > 0:13:21The pressure is now on to catch the suspects.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23They're heading towards the busy A10,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26where cars are whizzing past at 60 miles an hour.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29It's no place for a Labrador and two Jack Russells.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32But with gardens and hedges left, right and centre,
0:13:32 > 0:13:36the village is full of hiding places for crafty canines.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I've got no idea where they've gone from here
0:13:39 > 0:13:41because they were out of my sight.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43It's a mystery. Where have they gone?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45The police decide to appeal to witnesses
0:13:45 > 0:13:47for any sightings of the suspects.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51I don't suppose you've seen three stray dogs walking down here?
0:13:51 > 0:13:52- No.- No, OK. Thank you.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56I don't suppose you've seen three dogs running around
0:13:56 > 0:13:57on their own, have you?
0:13:57 > 0:14:02- Not yet. Are they big dogs? - One Lab and two Jacks.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Oh right. I'll keep an eye out.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- So they didn't come this way.- No.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12It's starting to look like the pups have given the police the slip.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16It's not every day in the job that we end up chasing dogs.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Usually we're much more akin to chasing criminals.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22I think they can certainly be a lot more predictable than dogs
0:14:22 > 0:14:24and in some ways much easier to catch.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27This is a new one on me.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31But then Adam suddenly spots the suspects up ahead.
0:14:31 > 0:14:37- Ah, here we go. - Grab him, grab him, grab the dog.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39The dogs are now just a hair's breadth away.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Kersten and Adam close in.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44But once again the mutts are one step ahead.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Come here!
0:14:47 > 0:14:52I don't think this is going to happen any time soon, put it that way.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54It's all turning into a bit of a dog's dinner,
0:14:54 > 0:14:58so Kersten and Adam decide to lie low until the dog handler arrives.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01They meet him in a nearby field
0:15:01 > 0:15:04and all three head off in search of the pooches.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08But it's now 20 minutes since they were last sighted and there's
0:15:08 > 0:15:11no sign of them in the streets or in the neighbouring fields,
0:15:11 > 0:15:13so they decide to call off the search.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Cheers for your help, thanks for that.- See you later.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Unless there's any other calls or we come across them
0:15:21 > 0:15:24while we're out on patrol, we're just going to leave it how it is.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Famous last words.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Minutes after calling our search off for these dogs,
0:15:29 > 0:15:30we have another sighting.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Our dog unit has just seen them come round the corner,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35so we're heading off to see if we can catch them again.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38And this time they're in luck.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Got one.- Fantastic, hooray! - Well done!
0:15:40 > 0:15:43We saw he had the larger of the three on a lead and there was
0:15:43 > 0:15:47a tremendous sense of relief that with the other two staying nearby,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50the chase was finally over and we'd got them safe and away from traffic.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55A bowl of dog biscuits later
0:15:55 > 0:15:59and three very grubby pooches are securely fastened on their leads.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03All that remains now is to make contact with the owner.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Could you come down to get them? Otherwise we'll have to get them
0:16:06 > 0:16:09taken to the vets or into kennels, which will cost.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Come on, then.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13The dogs are loaded into the police car
0:16:13 > 0:16:18and the dog handler arranges for the owner to come and meet them.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21At least we know that they're going to be OK now and there's not
0:16:21 > 0:16:25going to be any road-related incidents, which is always good.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Team effort, we got them!
0:16:29 > 0:16:31But it's not quite over yet.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Unfortunately when we got there some time passed without her turning up,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38which meant that we had to call her to see what was going on...
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- She's in labour.- Oh, my God.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44She was due this afternoon, she was heading to hospital
0:16:44 > 0:16:47when we called, she was on her way back
0:16:47 > 0:16:50and the pains had started to kick in and the contractions.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53She's gone to hospital. We're not delivering a baby!
0:16:53 > 0:16:55In the time I've been working with the police,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58this is one of the most surreal situations.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Chasing dogs for two and a half hours
0:17:00 > 0:17:01for the owner to then go into labour,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03it's something you couldn't plan for
0:17:03 > 0:17:07and certainly something that isn't involved in your training.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Luckily there is someone at the owner's address,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12so they're able to deliver the dogs safely.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- There's number one.- Come on, boy.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19There's number two, she's got a sore back left leg.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Thank you very much. - No problem, take care.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24The main worry with these three dogs was that they were going to
0:17:24 > 0:17:27cause an issue with traffic. As light and funny as it did seem,
0:17:27 > 0:17:30it was very much just a matter of trying to get control
0:17:30 > 0:17:33of the dogs before they became too much of a risk to the public.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36It came as a tremendous relief, beyond what I can describe,
0:17:36 > 0:17:40that we managed to get them home safe and sound.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50It's 11:00pm - pub closing time -
0:17:50 > 0:17:55and Special Constable Chris Hallatt is out with PC Colin Johnson
0:17:55 > 0:17:56on a drink driving patrol.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58When did you last have a drink?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Blow in there until I tell you to stop.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- Have you had a drink tonight?- No. - You haven't? OK.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09When he's not volunteering,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Chris helps manage two police training centres.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17My day job is basically managing sites, working alongside
0:18:17 > 0:18:22'other police officers, police staff, dealing with contractors...'
0:18:22 > 0:18:23OK, when are you starting that?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26'..dealing with security problems.'
0:18:26 > 0:18:28When I walked in, the alarm wasn't set.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Basically making sure everything's working properly.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36You've got to be able to think on your feet, stay organised,
0:18:36 > 0:18:39being able to deal with people.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Someone's always got a problem, so it's nice to fix that problem.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Tonight Chris and Colin are on the lookout for drink drivers,
0:18:49 > 0:18:53and a van in front has aroused their suspicion.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56The drivers were a bit scatty, trying to get out the way, seeing a police car.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00They suddenly turned off the street and were driving a little bit quick.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04So we followed it and pulled it over.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- We're doing a drink-drive campaign. Have you had a drink tonight?- No.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12- You haven't? When was the last time you had a drink?- Yesterday.
0:19:12 > 0:19:18- Have you got your driving licence? - No, not with me. I'm in my pyjamas!
0:19:18 > 0:19:23She had this one-piece suit on, what they call a onesie.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27I try not to judge a book by its cover,
0:19:27 > 0:19:33but why are you out at midnight in your onesie driving a van?
0:19:33 > 0:19:37The police have pulled the driver over on suspicion of drink driving,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39but it quickly becomes apparent
0:19:39 > 0:19:42that there's much more to this case than meets the eye.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- Have you got insurance to drive this vehicle?- Don't know. I think so.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Well, that'll be a no, then.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50The woman doesn't have valid insurance
0:19:50 > 0:19:53and is breaking the law by driving the van.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56The van is owned by the male passenger's father.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58He claims his parents let him and his girlfriend
0:19:58 > 0:20:00borrow the van to go to the shop.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I don't believe your dad will allow her to drive this vehicle,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08knowing she's got no insurance.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09I want you to be honest.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13I am being honest. He said, "Just take it."
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Did you hear him say that? - No, my mum said we could take it.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18It's not your mum's car, is it?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21It's my mum and dad. You can come round and speak to my mum.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Just to let you know, I'm seizing the vehicle under
0:20:24 > 0:20:28section 165 of the Road Traffic Act for being driven with no insurance.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32There's no-one here that can drive it with relevant insurance.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35I've got reason to believe that vehicle is going to be
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- driven away from here. - Well, no... You can take the keys.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39No, I'm not being funny...
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I'll have to empty it all out, then.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44It's not down to me, but I'll have to empty it out.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47The officers are seizing his dad's van.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51His father is a builder and his tools are in the back.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54If it's being seized it will be safe, won't it?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It will be put into a secure compound.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01The male passenger seemed a bit scared that we were taking it.
0:21:01 > 0:21:07He took his dad's tools and made every effort to secure the vehicle.
0:21:07 > 0:21:13- Does your dad need it for work Monday morning?- Tomorrow.- Right, OK.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18The mother of the female driver arrives
0:21:18 > 0:21:21and she's not pleased about her daughter's choice of evening wear.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- Sorry, what's been going on? - Just been to Tesco's... - Look at the state of you.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30I'm in my pyjamas. I've just got out of bed to get something to eat.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- You would have thought I'd murdered someone.- Oh, shut up.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I'm sorry. Can I leave this with you?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- You can do.- Because I'm going out.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44PC Johnson runs some checks on the female driver
0:21:44 > 0:21:45and it's more bad news.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48You've got six points on your licence.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- Yeah. Now I've got about ten. - That means I can't give you a ticket,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55because your licence would be gone. I'm going to report you for court.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58You're being reported for the question of prosecution for driving
0:21:58 > 0:22:02- a motor vehicle on the road... - Are you nicking me? - You're not being nicked.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07Just hurry up, people need your help and you're having a go for driving to the shop to get cream soda.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10I'm dealing with you, who's driving around on the road without insurance.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13What if you knock someone over and kill them?
0:22:13 > 0:22:14I doubt it, I was only going to the shop.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19- What if someone else knocked one of your kids over? - Just breathalyse me, will you?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22She's already got six points and is now due another three,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24but complains this is all a waste of police time.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Police are there to deal with situations like that, aren't they?
0:22:28 > 0:22:32If you had the right documents, you were insured and driving the vehicle,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35we could be dealing with something else.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- Have you had anything to drink tonight, at all?- No, I don't drink.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41OK. Blow into there until tell you to stop.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Chris breathalyses the woman to make sure
0:22:45 > 0:22:47she hasn't been drinking alcohol.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49The test comes back clear.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52But PC Johnson has just made another damning discovery.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- More bad news for you. Your licence is no longer valid.- Oh!
0:22:55 > 0:22:59So you are also being reported for driving otherwise in accordance with a licence.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Great, anything else you want to do me for before Christmas?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04You're going to be reported for both offences.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- It will mean a court appearance. - I don't care, to be honest.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10I don't want to drive any more, anyway.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I'm not well. I'm in my pyjamas.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17The female driver had no insurance and driving licence, basically,
0:23:17 > 0:23:21so to me that's someone who doesn't really take any care.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24The car is towed away and the woman
0:23:24 > 0:23:29and her boyfriend make their way home in a taxi with his dad's tools.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Case closed, or so they think.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Literally before we got to the end of the street,
0:23:36 > 0:23:38we heard a call come in over the radio.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Control is reporting a domestic dispute in progress
0:23:41 > 0:23:45at the address of the man whose van has been impounded.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48A specific street and house name was mentioned.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53We looked at each other and thought, "That's the address of the van."
0:23:53 > 0:23:56We'll go as well. It's a domestic now at that address.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59SIRENS WAIL
0:24:07 > 0:24:12As we arrived there was the young man that had been in the van
0:24:12 > 0:24:16at the time we seized it, was out in the front garden.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20- What's going on?- A kickoff, big time.- Who's kicked off?
0:24:21 > 0:24:27He had a fat lip, and he was saying, arrest his dad.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30The man claims he was hit by his father
0:24:30 > 0:24:32when he came home without his van.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Just try and calm down. All right?
0:24:37 > 0:24:41The father has accused his son of stealing some of his tools.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Due to how the father was acting,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47he was handcuffed immediately by PC Johnson.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- You're a bit agitated. - No, I'm- BLEEP.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53You can't go around hitting people.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55The man's wife is also in the house
0:24:55 > 0:24:58and appears to have been involved in the incident.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Her cheeks and her nose looked swollen.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I think she was trying to stop the dad from hitting the son
0:25:04 > 0:25:08and she got in the way, got punched in the face.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- You're under arrest for ABH times two.- Sorry?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- You're under arrest for ABH... - Times?- Two.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- For your son and your wife.- And what? - And punching your wife.- Right.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23You do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned
0:25:23 > 0:25:25something which you later rely on in court.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Anything you do say will be given in evidence, do you understand?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I understand I'm under arrest.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33You better make sure, when you release me,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36because I'll tell you now...
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- They'd better not be in my- BLEEP- house when I get back.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- Why is that? - I'll burn it- BLEEP,- that's why.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- OK.- So, lock me up, do what you're going to do.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- Can I just remind you that you are under arrest.- Yes, I know.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52And anything you do say...will be written down and used against you.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- That scamming little- BLEEP... - I'm not going to discuss it now...
0:25:55 > 0:25:57..ripped me off and you're nicking me!
0:25:57 > 0:26:00You need to calm down, we'll deal with this.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- No, I don't think I need to calm down, actually.- Yes, you do.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Would you be like that if your son ripped you off?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Right, we're going to deal with it in custody, sir.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11It started with a routine traffic stop
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and ended up with a chap being arrested
0:26:14 > 0:26:17for assaulting his wife and his son.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19People make choices in life.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23You've got to take the consequences, haven't you?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25It just goes to show you small little things,
0:26:25 > 0:26:30like from a minor traffic offence, escalates into something like this.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37Yeah, if the girl had insurance, none of this would have happened.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40The man was taken into custody
0:26:40 > 0:26:43and charged with two counts of common assault.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46The case went to court but was later dropped.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50The female driver was summonsed to court for driving without
0:26:50 > 0:26:52a licence or insurance.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55She pleaded guilty, received six points on her licence
0:26:55 > 0:26:59and was ordered to pay a £180-fine and £90 costs.
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