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 > 0:00:09Do 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 > 0:00:17who 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.
0:00:29 > 0:00:35Coming up... A Saturday night spirals out of control for Gary...
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Listen to me very carefully!
0:00:39 > 0:00:43..a woman is knocked down by a car in a busy rush hour...
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Her left ankle is broken.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53..and the burglar caught on camera as he tries to rob a convenience store.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57- Who's done this?- One man, two man.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17It's Saturday night in Peterborough city centre.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Veteran Special Inspector Gary Cowling is on shift with
0:01:20 > 0:01:23fellow Special Susan Burberry,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26who's only been volunteering for a couple of years.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Gary's been doing it for many years more than me, so he's
0:01:29 > 0:01:32definitely more experienced and so I learn a lot from working with him.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Tonight they're in charge of the prison transport van.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39They'll patrol the area near bars and clubs
0:01:39 > 0:01:42and transport any suspects into custody.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Unfortunately, like any busy city centre,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46we get quite a few arrests on a Saturday night.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50You can expect to encounter drunk people, happy drunks,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53unhappy drunks, violent drunks and people that have been arrested.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56When he's not volunteering,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Gary works as the manager of a local supermarket.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01..get the tickets on there tonight.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04My day job, in some ways, is quite similar
0:02:04 > 0:02:06to my Special Inspector role...
0:02:06 > 0:02:09because, at the end of the day, the police force is there to
0:02:09 > 0:02:11provide a service to the local community.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I live in Peterborough, I do the majority of my policing
0:02:14 > 0:02:16in Peterborough.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18At the end of the day, you can sit there at home
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and think, "Yeah I have put something back."
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Tonight Gary is showing the ropes to 21-year-old Special, Susan.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26When she's not volunteering,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29she's a chemistry student at Bristol University.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Being a Special is much more varied than doing a chemistry degree.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37I think being a Special just requires a bit more instinct,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39a bit more using your own resources
0:02:39 > 0:02:42and doing a chemistry degree is a bit more about scientific knowledge.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Tonight Susan and Gary are out on the prison wagon -
0:02:46 > 0:02:50a secure van with a cell in the back used to transport people
0:02:50 > 0:02:52who've been arrested to the police station.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55It's a Saturday night and the clubs get quite busy
0:02:55 > 0:02:59and there's probably going to be some public order offences
0:02:59 > 0:03:01going on, maybe some violence.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Drunken youth on the streets is a growing problem in Britain.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08More than ten million people in England now drink more than
0:03:08 > 0:03:12the daily recommended alcohol limit and alcohol misuse
0:03:12 > 0:03:16contributes to over a million incidents of violent crime a year.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20You generally get people who've been in fights who get arrested,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23and take them to custody. Sometimes you're just taking really
0:03:23 > 0:03:26drunk people home because it's the safest thing for them.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32It's one AM and Peterborough's nightlife is in full swing.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35It's not long before the first incident of the evening
0:03:35 > 0:03:37appears on the police radar.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40'Can I have a van for two to Fever, please?'
0:03:40 > 0:03:45A fight has broken out inside one of the city's most popular nightclubs.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Susan and Gary have been called in to lend a hand.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Will you take control of this one?
0:03:52 > 0:03:54He's quite a big lad, he's got cuffs on.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Come on then. - Where are you taking me?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01'Everybody involved was very heavily intoxicated, there had
0:04:01 > 0:04:05'been pushing, shoving, some rumours of assault on the dance floor.'
0:04:05 > 0:04:07And to make it safe for people trying to enjoy
0:04:07 > 0:04:11themselves, the door staff had taken out quite a high
0:04:11 > 0:04:14number of people and this male was one included.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16You're taking me back to Thorpe Wood to explain that?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Susan and Gary need to get the man away from the nightclub
0:04:19 > 0:04:21so he can't cause any further trouble.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23But he's not going quietly.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25That's my phone, you can't take that.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28We're just taking all your stuff out your pockets.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- So you're telling me you've got the right to take that?- Yeah.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33How am I meant to know you're going to give it back to me?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35'It definitely helps to be a female officer in certain situations.'
0:04:35 > 0:04:38If you're in a volatile, violent situation,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41men don't want to hit women, generally, so that's good.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45They place the man in the van while they decide what to do with him.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49It wasn't clear whether he'd assaulted anyone. There was
0:04:49 > 0:04:52no complaints at the time, but he was heavily intoxicated,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54he was very loud, he was very obstructive
0:04:54 > 0:04:57and he would have caused more problems if we'd left him there.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00With the rise of public order offences, cell space is under
0:05:00 > 0:05:04pressure, so the police are loath to take the man into custody.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07But they do have other ways of dealing with suspects.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09We're just going to get this gentleman out the way,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12we're going to issue him with a Section 27 direction to leave,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15which means he'll have to leave the city centre immediately.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17If he breaches that, we'll then arrest him for it.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20As soon as I take the handcuffs off, you must immediately
0:05:20 > 0:05:22get in a taxi and go home.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25If you do not immediately get in a taxi and go home,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27you will be arrested immediately.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Do you understand?- OK, yeah, that's fine, but can you do me a favour?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Can you actually do it when there's a taxi in front of me?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- I'll let you walk to a taxi.- You are allowed to walk to a taxi.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38I'm not going to run to a taxi just because you say I've got to run to a taxi.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I don't want you to run cos you might fall over,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I just want you to go straight to a taxi.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- I'm not bothered if I fall over, but I'm not running to a taxi. - Just walk to a taxi.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50A taxi arrives and the man WALKS over to it.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55His night may be over, but it's only just beginning for Susan and Gary.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59A lot of people tonight are going to be very drunk, so that's
0:05:59 > 0:06:02the kind of people we're normally dealing with on this kind of shift.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06At the moment it is...20 past one, so the clubs are open
0:06:06 > 0:06:11till six, some of them, so many more potential incidents until then.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15They head back out on the road, and it's not
0:06:15 > 0:06:19long before the next incident of the night is radioed through.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23We're just going to two people detained outside Ghost nightclub.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26We're not sure if they've been arrested yet,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29but we'll find out there and decide what we're using the van for.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34They arrive to discover that one of the males has been arrested.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40He's been seen by door staff in Ghost to basically fight them,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43be aggressive with them.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44He's been removed by door staff,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46he's still aggressive towards police.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50He's been arrested, drunk and disorderly, clearly intoxicated.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53The man has now calmed down and allows the police to lead him
0:06:53 > 0:06:55towards the van.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57I need to give you a quick search to make sure you haven't got
0:06:57 > 0:07:00anything sharp, any weapons or anything like that on you.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03But one of the regular officers on scene warns Gary that the
0:07:03 > 0:07:05man's behaviour is unpredictable.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06He's very up and down.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- Where is he?!- Listen to me...
0:07:08 > 0:07:10All I want to do is talk...
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Listen to me very carefully.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17'Once we tried to get the male in the van, I think it hit home that
0:07:17 > 0:07:22'he was being arrested. He became very aggressive very quickly and did all he could'
0:07:22 > 0:07:23to try and assault us
0:07:23 > 0:07:26and to try and make it impossible to get him in the back of the van.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29BLEEP. BLEEP.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35'I think this incident showed that when you're dealing with anyone
0:07:35 > 0:07:38'that's drunk to any sort of level you have to be very careful.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41'When you've had something to drink alcohol-wise, what you think and
0:07:41 > 0:07:44'what you do can change dramatically to what you're normally like.'
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Do NOT kick out.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50It takes six officers, including Susan and Gary,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54to get the man into the van and even then they have their work cut out.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01We need to get him back to Thorpe Wood as quickly as possible,
0:08:01 > 0:08:03we have a welcoming committee waiting for us.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Other officers will probably take him straight to a cell which will be the safest option.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10It was a tense situation for the two Specials to deal with,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14especially Susan, who's only been volunteering for a couple of years.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19I think authority to deal with incidents comes with experience,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22age, to an extent, but now I've been a Special for about two years,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I feel I've got a lot more authority than I had
0:08:25 > 0:08:28when I first started, I know much more about what's going on.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34By the time they arrive in custody, the man has calmed down again.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39- Bring this leg forward.- Ready? Step down.- All right?
0:08:40 > 0:08:44And he allows officers to lead him into the police station.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47You all right? One foot after the other. There we go.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51But he's left a gift behind in the van for Susan.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53He was sick in the back of the van,
0:08:53 > 0:09:01so I'm using this stuff to clean it out.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Colloquially known as "cat litter",
0:09:04 > 0:09:11you sprinkle a bit on, apparently, and it should just soak it all up.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14There's a lot of stuff that we come across that is not part
0:09:14 > 0:09:17of training because you just don't ever imagine it's going to happen.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20So this is not the kind we cover,
0:09:20 > 0:09:25but it's something that you learn pretty quickly, so it's OK.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28The prisoner is booked into a cell for the night
0:09:28 > 0:09:31and will be interviewed in the morning once he's sober.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35As for Susan and Gary, they can finally head on home.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I think, at the end of a prisoner transport shift
0:09:38 > 0:09:40you do feel like you've done something.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42You are very tired and all you want to do is go home and go to bed,
0:09:42 > 0:09:46but you do look back and you do see how you've made it
0:09:46 > 0:09:48safer for people that have just wanted to go out
0:09:48 > 0:09:50and have a good time and not get involved in any trouble.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53You also know that you've helped your regular colleagues as well,
0:09:53 > 0:09:58so it's a great feeling, you get a good sense of self satisfaction once you've done a shift like that.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01The man who was issued with a Section 27 direction to leave
0:10:01 > 0:10:04did abide by the order and went home to bed.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08The second man was arrested on suspicion of being drunk
0:10:08 > 0:10:11and disorderly and was ordered to pay a fixed penalty.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Specials are unpaid volunteers who work alone or alongside
0:10:24 > 0:10:27the regular police to fight crime in their communities.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Have you got hold of him?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33I don't want to see you walking on the main road again.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Specials are not police community support officers.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38They are fully fledged members of the police force
0:10:38 > 0:10:43who have the same powers in law as their paid colleagues, including the power of arrest.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- Stop it. Move over.- No, no, no!
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Within many Special Constabularies, officers can rise through
0:10:52 > 0:10:56the ranks from Constable all the way to Chief Specials Officer.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Ouch, I found a thorn.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Let me remind you, you're under arrest...
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Specials usually work 16 hours a month or more as volunteers
0:11:04 > 0:11:09and undertake all kinds of duties, from policing community events
0:11:09 > 0:11:12to arresting hardened criminals.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22It's a snowy night in Wisbech.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Special Constable Chris Hallatt is preparing to start his shift,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28when an emergency call comes in from a convenience
0:11:28 > 0:11:30store in the town centre.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34We've just had a report of a personal attack alarm gone off.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Was it a wine shop?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39International Food & Wine Store in the Market Place.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41That's all the details we've got at the minute,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44so we'll get down there, have a look and find out what's going on.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48A personal attack alarm is fitted to
0:11:48 > 0:11:51most of the shops and banks in Wisbech.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Basically, what happens is, if they've got an issue, they'll press
0:11:55 > 0:12:00that personal attack alarm which sends a call to a call centre
0:12:00 > 0:12:05and then that call centre notifies the police.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Chris has been in the Specials for a year
0:12:07 > 0:12:11and is used to responding to urgent calls for help.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15When you hear a call like that over the radio,
0:12:15 > 0:12:19I suppose your instinct is to get there as quick as you can.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22There could be a number of things happening,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25that person could be being attacked at that time,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28they could be lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30You've also go to think about your safety
0:12:30 > 0:12:32and the best way of dealing with it.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37In his day job, Chris works for Cambridgeshire Constabulary,
0:12:37 > 0:12:41as a site manager for two police training centres.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46I basically look after some of their buildings, maintain it,
0:12:46 > 0:12:50look after contractors, make sure security is where it should be.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I'd say that my day job isn't much dissimilar to being a Special,
0:12:53 > 0:12:58there's always something that needs sorting out,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00it's always unpredictable.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03But being a Special also gives Chris the opportunity to
0:13:03 > 0:13:05indulge his more caring side.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I would say that I'm quite a community-focused person,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I always have been since an early age.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I always try to help people where I can,
0:13:13 > 0:13:17I always go round and see my next door neighbour who's elderly and I
0:13:17 > 0:13:25think being a Special just puts the icing on the cake, really, it helps.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29And when he's not at work or policing the streets, Chris
0:13:29 > 0:13:31enjoys nothing more than spending time with his brother
0:13:31 > 0:13:33and the rest of his family.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I am proud of him,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37he's doing things that I wouldn't like to do, if I'm honest.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41I do think he makes a good police officer, he takes it very seriously.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45You do worry because you see it on the news, don't you, police
0:13:45 > 0:13:49officers are going down...and the last thing I want to hear is Chris
0:13:49 > 0:13:53getting into trouble when he's just trying to do right by people.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Tonight Chris is on a rescue mission.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01A panic alarm has been pressed in a shop in the town centre
0:14:01 > 0:14:05and Chris and his colleague, PC Stacy Smith, need to get
0:14:05 > 0:14:07there as soon as possible.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10It's just a few minutes to the store, where
0:14:10 > 0:14:14they find the worried shop assistant and her partner waiting for them.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16We walked into the shop,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I could see tins and food all over the floor, it looked a bit
0:14:19 > 0:14:25of a mess, really, and the shopkeeper just seemed very shaken up.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31The shop assistant explains that a man has tried to burgle the store.
0:14:31 > 0:14:37- Who's done this? - One man, two man.- One man, two.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42Where have they gone? Out here in the back?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44One man, two.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Chris and Stacy go through to the back office, where the
0:14:47 > 0:14:51shop owner shows them some CCTV footage of the incident.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54From what I could see,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57a male with a yellow hoodie entered the shop,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00and basically tried to take something from behind the counter.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08He had a scuffle with the owner and ran out from the back of the shop.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Chris and Stacy set off to see if they can find the culprit.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21Basically we're looking for a guy in a hoodie, bright yellow...fastened
0:15:21 > 0:15:24right round his face, that's as far as we've got at the moment.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26They're also looking for his accomplice,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29who appeared to be keeping watch outside the shop.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Can you ask your partner what the other chap was wearing?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Both of them.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Black dress. Black jumper.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Black jumper, all black? OK.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48They head in the direction the suspects were last sighted.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- Apparently they went down here, mate.- Down where?
0:15:50 > 0:15:54They went down this way, so we could go up Norfolk Street.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58I think what they've tried to do, they've attempted to try
0:15:58 > 0:16:01and rob the store, possibly for money, cigarettes.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05I'm not really sure if they've got away with anything,
0:16:05 > 0:16:06but we'll find that out later.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10It's now 20 minutes since the suspects left the shop,
0:16:10 > 0:16:12so the police need to act quickly.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17But just as they reach the area where the men were last seen,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19they spot someone else behaving suspiciously.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22And for now, they're forced to suspend the search.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Hello, mate, what you up to?
0:16:26 > 0:16:30A man is going from car to car, wiping snow off the windows.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33As we approached the male,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37he seemed not quite with it, just acting very strange.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Walking around checking these cars like you're doing...
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Made meself look suspicious.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46You've made yourself look very suspicious, haven't you?
0:16:46 > 0:16:50And I've got alcohol in my system, as well.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Have you got any ID on you at all? - Yes.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Driving licence or bank card?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59I think I've got a bank card, which proves it's me,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01or, no, it doesn't really.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Stacy decides to search him,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06to make sure he's not carrying anything harmful or illegal.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08The grounds why we're going to search you is
0:17:08 > 0:17:11because we've just seen you coming from that car,
0:17:11 > 0:17:15scraping the window, going to that car there, scraping the window.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19So my suspicion is maybe you're looking in the car to see
0:17:19 > 0:17:23if there's anything there to steal. This is what we're thinking, OK?
0:17:23 > 0:17:27But the search turns up something rather unusual.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- Pants, yes.- I daren't ask why.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Why have you got a pair of pants in your pocket?
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Just step forward, mate.
0:17:33 > 0:17:40You've got underpants in one drawer, socks in the other, I don't know
0:17:40 > 0:17:43what I'm going to find in the third pocket, I don't even want to ask.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Unfortunately, the man's third pocket
0:17:45 > 0:17:48turns up something a bit more sinister.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50What am I going to find in this one, matey?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- A knife, what have you got a knife here for?- A knife?
0:17:53 > 0:17:57Yeah. Why have you got a knife with you?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- I don't know.- No?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- I think you're up to no good, you, aren't you?- No.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03I think you are.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06'He could have been a danger to the public due to the fact that he had a knife on him.'
0:18:06 > 0:18:11You have to ask yourself why is he carrying a knife and if he hasn't
0:18:11 > 0:18:15got a good enough reason, he's going to be arrested for it, simple as that.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19The man is also behaving strangely.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21I was out with a couple earlier,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24but then the brother come in the King's Head and I thought
0:18:24 > 0:18:27there was going to be a blooming punch up,
0:18:27 > 0:18:29cos people was acting weird.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- A bit like you are doing now? - No, no, it's not that.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Chris calls control to run some checks on the man.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39He's known for previous convictions,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42he's been released from prison in 2010.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Obviously we've got to be careful
0:18:44 > 0:18:47as someone could just turn at any second.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50They decide the best course of action is to take
0:18:50 > 0:18:52the man in to custody.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55I'll take you in on possession of a bladed article in a public place.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58You're under arrest, you don't have to say anything,
0:18:58 > 0:19:02but it may harm your defence if you don't mention something which you later rely on in court.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Do you totally understand what I'm saying?- Yes.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Right, come round the back of my van, my friend.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Excellent job.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Chris and Stacy head off to the police station, where the
0:19:20 > 0:19:22man will be detained and questioned.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24But their night's not over yet.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26As they turn the corner,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29with the detained man in the back of the van, they spot three males
0:19:29 > 0:19:33fitting the description of the men who burgled the convenience store.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Yeah, that could be them.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36'One of them'
0:19:36 > 0:19:40wasn't wearing a top or he was just in a T-shirt, which was
0:19:40 > 0:19:44quite strange as it had been snowing and it was minus five at the time.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47It could have been that he'd been wearing a yellow hoodie
0:19:47 > 0:19:50and he'd taken it off so he wasn't recognised by us.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Weren't you wearing a jumper or coat earlier?
0:19:56 > 0:19:59No, because I got black jumper.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01You're out in the cold and that.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Because, for me, it's hot.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Is it? Where have you just come from?
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Poland.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Have you, from Poland? Ah, good place, good place.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Where have you just come from now?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13His house.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Chris runs a check on the man... - Yes, yes.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19..and discovers that he does have previous convictions.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22'He had previous for being violent'
0:20:22 > 0:20:24and he was known for carrying weapons as well.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28But when they search the man they find nothing to connect him
0:20:28 > 0:20:29with the burglary.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33So they have no grounds to hold him and let him go.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Thanks very much for your cooperation, look after yourself.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38They now head back to the police station,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41to take the man with the knife into custody.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Every time I go out on duty, you end up starting
0:20:44 > 0:20:48one thing and finishing with something completely different.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53The male that was arrested that had the knife, it's satisfying
0:20:53 > 0:20:57that we got him off the street, you never know what he could have done.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00But it's not just about arresting him, he probably needed other help,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03so it's good to know that we've done that.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Two of the men who they stopped in the street were later
0:21:06 > 0:21:08arrested in connection with the burglary,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12but were released with no further action due to insufficient evidence.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16The man with the knife was charged with possession of a bladed
0:21:16 > 0:21:18article in a public place.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21He was sentenced to 18 months community service
0:21:21 > 0:21:24and enrolled on an alcohol treatment programme.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38It's mid-afternoon in Cambridge and Special Sergeant, Kirsti Bruce,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41is teamed up with fellow Special, Jamie Cooper.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45A report's just come in of a road traffic collision in the town centre.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49It's a car versus pedestrian as far as we're aware.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52So we're going to go and assist...see if we can give them a hand.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55SIRENS BLARE
0:21:55 > 0:22:01Our main priority when we arrived was to just stop the traffic because in situations like that,
0:22:01 > 0:22:06even though the cars can see what's going on, if they're in a rush, they'll do anything
0:22:06 > 0:22:10and take any risks they can to get through the traffic.
0:22:12 > 0:22:19In her day job, Kirsti works as a nanny, looking after two children aged five and seven.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24'I take them to school, prepare their meals for them, take them to their after school activities
0:22:24 > 0:22:26'and keep them busy in the holidays.'
0:22:26 > 0:22:31I went into nannying because I wanted to work closely with families as opposed to working
0:22:31 > 0:22:34in a nursery where you work with lots of different children.
0:22:34 > 0:22:40And I feel like working with my family, I've really become a part of their family.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Oh, there's a teddy bear one, Luke, it says "create your own".
0:22:44 > 0:22:50And for Kirsti, working with children isn't a million miles away from her work as a Special.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Being a Special's quite similar to being a nanny,
0:22:52 > 0:22:56it's about boundaries, not crossing the line,
0:22:56 > 0:23:00not letting people take too much and pushing their luck.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Both jobs require a lot of patience, a lot of listening...
0:23:05 > 0:23:07..and a very good sense of humour.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Today, Kirsti is out with fellow Special, Jamie Cooper.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16When he's not volunteering he works in a supermarket.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21They're at the scene of a road traffic collision.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24A woman has been knocked down by a car as she was crossing the street.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27The driver of the car is now with her.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Her left ankle is broken, we're trying to establish
0:23:30 > 0:23:33whether she's hurt anything else, I ran into her.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35'We thought that she had broken her ankle,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38'that's certainly what it looked like from where we were.'
0:23:38 > 0:23:39SHE CRIES
0:23:39 > 0:23:43I think she was in shock, she was in a lot of pain, she was crying
0:23:43 > 0:23:47and I think she was just quite surprised at what had happened.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49SHE GROANS
0:23:49 > 0:23:53While the paramedics tend to the woman, Kirsti and Jamie
0:23:53 > 0:23:57make sure the waiting traffic doesn't try to force its way through.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Stopping traffic in Cambridge city centre is an absolute nightmare.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04It's quite easy stopping cars to a certain degree.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07If all the other cars have stopped then they have to stop.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10But you have motorbikes and the main issue is cyclists
0:24:10 > 0:24:13because they will just see that they can get through
0:24:13 > 0:24:16and they'll try and go through no matter what we're doing.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22The injured woman is transferred to a stretcher and taken to the ambulance.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Kirsti and Jamie go to talk to the driver and passenger of the car.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33It's important to interview the driver to find out what's happened.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Potentially it could be a drink driving offence.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Unfortunately it can just be an error as well,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44but from interviewing them straight away we can hopefully
0:24:44 > 0:24:47get as much information as possible about what's happened.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52She slowed down, then noticed she was in the middle of the road.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57- But she took a step back as we went over...- OK.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00..and so she stepped back into the car.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I think the driver was quite upset by what had happened.
0:25:03 > 0:25:09She was in shock, she couldn't believe that she'd hit somebody, she just needed reassuring.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Sometimes, unfortunately, it's just one of those things where...
0:25:13 > 0:25:18..it's just the situation and you're stuck and sometimes there's just nothing you can do.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23- Ironically she'd have been fine if she'd just stayed in the middle of the road.- Yeah.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29It looks like an unfortunate accident, but regular officer, sergeant Aaron Murphy,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32still needs to perform a breath test.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Keep blowing until I say stop. I'll hold on to the machine.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Blow, keep going, keep going, keep going, thank you very much.
0:25:40 > 0:25:46In any RTC situation it's standard procedure to breathalyse the driver
0:25:46 > 0:25:49just to rule out drink driving as a factor.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54She said she hadn't been drinking and she blew zero which proved that she hadn't had a drink.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Next, the team talks to witnesses to corroborate the driver's story.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02And pending a statement from the victim, the driver is now free to go.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05We've got your details...
0:26:05 > 0:26:09From what I can see it seems to be an accident,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13the driver hasn't been drinking, there's no driver error,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16she didn't go through a red light, the pedestrian was crossing
0:26:16 > 0:26:20when the traffic light was green and the crossing light was red.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24But until statements have been taken from everyone involved,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28it's impossible for the police to tell categorically if anyone was at fault here.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33In the meantime the specials try to reassure those involved.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38In a strange kind of way this is the nicer side of specialing.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41And that's what I really want to achieve doing this,
0:26:41 > 0:26:47I want to help people, not necessarily by locking up criminals, by catching bad guys,
0:26:47 > 0:26:52but by being there, by being that reassurance when someone needs it the most.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56The victim was treated for her injuries in hospital.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59And no further action was taken against the driver.
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