Episode 10 The Wanted

Yeah, that's him. He's been arrested on a European Arrest Warrant.

Your country, Czech, has issued a warrant for his arrest

which has been authorised here in the UK.

The Czech authorities want him to go back to Czech and go to prison.

GIRL CRIES

Every day in the UK, the police are on the hunt

for known and suspected criminals.

Get back from the door!

They're armed with warrants and big red keys.

The Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire forces

have granted exclusive access to their raids.

Police!

Their officers are wearing special equipment

to give you a cop's eye view,

and bring you closer to the action than ever before.

What's your name?

Britain's streets are a battleground.

On one side are the men and women fighting to keep us safe,

and, on the other, are the wanted.

Greater Manchester, a population of over 2.5 million,

and a police force of nearly 7,000.

Eight of those officers are in the Divisional Tasking Team in Oldham.

Two are preparing for their night shift.

Right, I'll see you down there.

The Divisional Tasking Team was set up to target repeat offenders,

and people who are wanted and aren't easy to find.

We will do whatever we have to do to find these people.

The team deal with those wanted for petty, low-level crimes

committed by everyone, from novice law breakers to serial offenders.

We've got loads on tonight, lots of arrests to do,

warrants, wanted persons.

This girl we're going for now has been wanted for ages.

We had several addresses for her all over Oldham.

Department of Work and Pensions have come back with an address here,

on the Holts Estate, so we'll give it a go, see if she's there.

She's failed to appear for a theft.

Nothing major, but she's wanted for court so let's get her to court.

The wanted woman is 38 and has already appeared in court 10 times

on various charges.

She's currently wanted for shoplifting.

94's upstairs. It might even be here on the right, mate.

Telly's on.

THEY KNOCK ON DOOR

Hello, you all right, pal? Is she in?

Yeah, yeah.

I just need a quick word with her, mate, that's all.

Hello.

You've been wanted for ages. You were supposed to go to court,

you're wanted for a theft, you've not turned up.

I didn't know about it.

There's a warrant out for your arrest, we've been looking for you.

-I've been here for seven or eight months!

-Have you?

-All right.

-So I'm going to get locked up all night, then?

-Yeah, you are, yeah.

-Great.

Well, you should've gone to court, then.

I didn't know! We'll get it sorted.

You'll get a call tomorrow morning, won't you?

Dawn, are you all right up there?

Yeah, she's fine.

See you in a bit, pal. Make sure this door's locked.

'You know, we've not been able to trace her.'

Department of Work and Pensions have done the business,

housed her at this address.

The thing is, these people still claim money

and they need to give a permanent address,

so it's paid off this occasion.

She'll spend the night in cells now and court tomorrow morning.

She says she didn't know anything about it, but she will have done,

she will have had the paperwork.

It's just ignorance, really, but it's tough, that's the way it goes.

It's good for us, she's in custody now,

so hope she has a good night's sleep.

As well as working through their wanted list,

Officers Rawcliff and Cross are on call

for any suspect activity during their patrol.

That's her over there, isn't it?

On the bike.

No?

Yeah, two well-known burglars are out and about nearby somewhere.

One of them has got a Domestic Violence Protection Order

to prohibit him from being in a certain area,

so it's a good chance he's going to be going round to his ex,

or his girlfriend's house, causing problems and therefore in breach.

So, if he is, we'll get him locked up.

-WOMAN:

-Right, I'm shutting me door.

-Have you got anything with you you shouldn't have, pal?

-No.

-Have you got anything, mate?

-No, no.

-Nothing at all?

-No.

They've been watched by officers mooching around the streets,

and eventually stopped on Ashton Road,

both searched due to the way they were acting.

You're on the streets, middle of the night,

we've had a load of burglaries and that, OK...

What?! No, we're not burglars, you know we're not burglars.

So, come over here.

The officers find no evidence the men are preparing to burgle,

but one of them, Carl Jackman,

also known as Charlie, is in trouble anyway.

This street is a no-go area for him because of a Protection Order

keeping him away from a previous partner.

You're not allowed within 100 metres of that address, are you?

I was only walking past it.

You're still within 100 metres of that address, aren't you?

-I will never do it again.

-It doesn't work like that.

We'll have to take you in for breaching your order.

Oh, please don't do that, please!

Please don't do this to me!

Well, don't go there, then, simple as that.

I wasn't going there, I was just walking past.

As it stands, you're locked up for breaching...

Please don't do this to me!

You don't have to say anything but it may harm your defence

if you do not mention when questioned something which you...

He's got a notice against him saying that he's not allowed in that area,

he's breached a restraining order.

He wasn't aware he was being watched, and so he's been arrested.

Stick him in there.

For Charlie, it's a night in the cells,

as opposed to a night on the town.

You'll be out tomorrow.

For the police, there are more arrests to come.

You know, there's a lot of criminals out there that are active

and it's nice sometimes to get on their tails

and try and track them down a little bit, really, bit of cat and mouse.

We know what they're doing, it's just trying to find them, really.

Street crime is usually mopped up by uniformed officers.

Richie. Briefing.

But, when criminals step up a gear,

it's the Serious Organised Crime Group that hunts them down.

Information is that Operation Mole is an investigation being conducted

by Syndicate Three into a drug-related criminal activity

of an organised crime group.

Detective Sergeant Richard Castley is in charge

of the team's latest operation.

Our address is address C, to execute a warrant at the address and

conduct the arrest of Rashid Akhtar, 5/10/89, he has no warnings.

Intelligence indicates that he may not be at our address today,

and it may be his girlfriend, his long-term girlfriend

and a small child at the address,

but he may have travelled there in between that intelligence

and us getting there.

25-year-old Rashid Akhtar is wanted for suspected possession

and intent to supply drugs.

The team I work for is the Serious Organised Crime Group.

We investigate drug offences, high-value drug importation,

robbery offences, firearms,

the movement and selling of firearms, etc.

Yeah, we're in position.

We're very proactive.

We put bad people away who Division can't look at

because they don't have the resources, they don't have the time.

Left here.

Four, nine, five...

That one there.

Excuse me, ma'am.

THEY BANG ON DOOR

Is someone there?

Yeah.

Hello, sir. Hello, we're from the police.

I've just got a warrant to search the premises.

Rashid Akhtar?

-Rashid Akhtar.

-Rashid Akhtar.

-He's not here.

-Is he not here?

-Do you know where he is?

-Eh?

-Do you know where he is?

-I don't know.

What relation to him are you?

-Huh?

-Are you his dad?

-Yes. I'm Dad.

Ah, so you've got his phone number, then?

-Eh? No phone...

-No phone number.

-My phone died.

You go to the address, you expect them to be there and they're not.

It's a bit of a downer, but you've got to gee yourself up

and go and do the search of the address.

Which is just what the officers do in this case.

A methodical search of the property is now underway.

Officers Kev Rawcliff and Phil Cross are on nights,

working through the wanted list in Oldham.

This evening, they're searching for a vulnerable young girl.

Yeah, we've got a bit of a problem, really.

Well, it's very topical, young females going missing,

and they're unfortunately at risk of sexual exploitation, really.

As a result of that, we're doing our best to combat that,

we're targeting these offenders,

the locations they go to, the vehicles they drive.

Got a couple of addresses to do for her.

There's a female there.

It means knocking on a lot of doors,

waking up many surprised residents.

Hello, sorry to trouble you so late at night.

Nothing for you to worry about.

Phil's gone into that one but they don't...

She says she doesn't know anything at all.

There's a suggestion from Nick

at the back, there's a light on in here.

At one address, the team discover something they weren't expecting.

She's coming now.

I was scared, he's in there come to talk to me.

-Who did?

-Charlie, he's here.

It's Carl Jackman, also known as Charlie.

The same man they arrested the previous night

for breaching his restraining order.

Charlie's here as well from last night.

Tonight, he's back at the house he's barred from entering,

and doing his best to hide from officers Rawcliff and Cross.

Charlie, you've failed, you're not fitting in here, come on out.

You've lost.

I tried!

LAUGHTER

'You see a pair of feet sticking out,

'they're there for a reason, aren't they?

'So, it's either someone they know, someone who shouldn't be there,

'someone who's wanted.

'To find him hiding under the bed,'

although we could laugh about it and say it's funny,

however, the Protection Orders are there to protect the lady,

you know, because she's vulnerable.

He come to talk. I know he's not meant to be here, know what I mean?

You've breached your Domestic Violence Protection Order,

-so I must arrest you, OK?

-Yes.

You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence

if you do not mention when questioned something you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

You've been released...

Let me just get this right. You were released from court this morning,

and what happened with last night's incident? Did you get a fine?

-Yeah.

-How much?

-£110.

-How much?

-£110.

£110. So, now you've breached it again.

I'll come to court.

You've got to go to court again.

You've not harassed me today, I asked you, fair enough, yeah.

There's a great deal of work goes into these orders.

-I'm really sorry.

-Stupid thing.

No, I'm sorry, Charlie, but he's right.

These things are for our safety, do you know what I mean?

It's very frustrating because we know that

a serious assault's occurred,

a restraining order's put in place, and he's breached it.

She's sat there saying how he's fine, giving him a cigarette,

a cup of tea, giving him a kiss goodbye and, you know,

it doesn't paint a very good picture.

A lot of officers have put a lot of work into that job.

The courts have took positive action as directed by the government

and the Home Office, and they're there,

they're doing it to protect that person.

Here you are, mate, let's just put these cuffs on.

-Will he be at magistrates' in the morning?

-He will be.

Give me a kiss. I love you, right.

I love you.

Charlie's failed the hide and seek test.

Pass us your...

-Do as you're told.

-I love you.

-I love you.

OK, mate.

Go on, I'll walk you out.

Another team found the girl the officers were looking for

before they were diverted,

but there was no happy ending for the man they found.

He was sentenced to a fortnight in prison

for breaching the terms of his restraining order.

The time that we don't go

is the time that these people get seriously assaulted,

and then the police get criticised,

and the social services and the partner agencies get criticised

for not doing enough to help these vulnerable people

when we're doing everything we can.

Earlier, the Serious Organised Crime Group

went on the hunt for a suspected drug dealer.

Rashid Akhtar lives in the Crumpsall area of Manchester

and is wanted for possession and supply.

The suspect may not be at home, but the team have a warrant

allowing them to search his bedroom for evidence.

We search everywhere, we take our time,

we're methodical in what we do,

we'll search rooms, drawers, cupboards,

underneath skirting boards, in false walls, we find hidden compartments.

People are quite sophisticated in the way they hide items

that they don't want the police to find so we have to go the extra mile

and search to a great degree and often we get great results from it.

So we're searching the wardrobe in the subject's bedroom.

I came across this black bag.

Inside that, there's a white Adidas sports bag

which is padlocked.

We just eased open the zip on that and inside the bag

there's a set of scales covered in brown powder

and a bag containing brown powder,

which I suspect will be heroin.

There's a load of latex gloves and freezer bags as well

to weigh this out into smaller amounts, using the scales

and then use these smaller bags

to break the stuff up for individual deals.

It was obvious by what was there,

the scales etc, that he'd been drug dealing

and so it's a good result that we obtained

such a large quantity of drugs, take them off the streets

and we were also able to prevent someone from drug dealing.

You're looking at about six grand, sold at street value.

Well, at this moment in time,

the room is obviously Rashid's bedroom,

there's documentation in there which correlates to him,

there's his passport.

When you search the address,

everybody has their own individual room,

parents have their room, the sisters have their room,

so, at this moment in time,

no-one else in the address is going to get arrested,

unless there's something else found in that room

cos it's obviously his room, so it comes back to Rashid.

All their details have been obtained downstairs

and verified. If it does change further down the line,

they may be arrested, but, at this moment in time,

the bedroom just relates to Rashid.

Whilst the evidence is bagged up,

DS Castley finds a locked tin that may be of interest.

BANGING

Rick can't go on his stag do, he's got broken knuckles!

LAUGHTER

Here you are.

After all the detective's efforts,

the box contained nothing incriminating.

Well, we search to such a degree

that people often thank us at the end because we find stuff

they've not found for years such as keys, credit cards,

because we search to such a degree - down the back of sofas,

under sofas, everywhere - we often find things

that the family or the occupants

have been looking for for quite some time.

It's a good result on the evidence front,

but the team are yet to find their wanted man.

Two bags, Robbie. Two.

Yeah, I've put them in the back for you.

'It is frustrating at times,

'but you know you'll get them sooner or later,'

they'll either hand themselves in

when you contact them or you'll go

and find them wherever they're hiding,

but, initially, it is quite frustrating.

Eventually, Rashid Akhtar was found and brought into police custody,

where he had to answer for the heroin discovered at his address.

Akhtar later appeared in court,

charged with conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

He was sentenced to four years and eight months in jail.

Putting bad people in prison, that's what I want to do.

Invariably these people involved in these crimes are bullies.

They prey on people who are a bit vulnerable in the community

and we want to put them in prison,

we want to make that bit of a difference,

put these people in prison and make the place a lot safer.

Most names on the police wanted list are local, but not all.

Every week, 27 foreign criminals are extradited from the UK.

These are Europe's most wanted,

sought by police for crimes committed in their own countries.

The European Arrest Warrant allows police here to pursue them

for offences ranging from murder and rape to a breach of bail.

They can then be put on planes back home where justice awaits.

A European Arrest Warrant is basically issued for anybody

throughout the EU and if they're wanted in one country

and living in another, we can issue this warrant

in order to arrest them

and send them to their country for sentencing for trial.

For six years, PC Dave Lockwood has been arresting

wanted European criminals who've made new lives in West Yorkshire.

Today, he gets news of another one.

I've just had a new European Arrest Warrant allocated

which has come from the National Crime Agency.

It's a David Molnar, who's from the Czech Republic.

He's wanted for two offences of shoplifting.

It seems really petty.

If we arrest him and locate him, he's going to go back to the Czech

and serve 16 months in prison for the two offences of shoplifting,

which is extremely strict

compared to what they'd get here in the UK for it.

I then looked at this lad on our database,

on our computer system and, da-da-da, his offences here...

..in the last year, let me just count these up,

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,

14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, I think.

So this guy is seriously hurting us here in West Yorkshire,

he's a one-man crimewave.

So he's committed 29 offences in nine months!

The amount of police time this chap is wasting, unbelievable.

It seems to be a lot of booze, tinfoil and chewing gum.

So, I know you think it's probably not the most serious offence,

but, if you look at 29 crimes in nine months,

each time you've got officers attend the scene,

you've got to investigate, you've got to look at CCTV,

you've got to have CCTV examined, you've got to arrest him,

you've got to interview him,

I haven't had a look yet but you may need an interpreter

so you've got the cost of an interpreter, cost of solicitor,

so, if we can get him out of West Yorkshire, I'm happy to do that.

David Molnar is 30 years old

and is believed to have moved to Britain from the Czech Republic

in the last few years.

His last known address is in the Roundhay district of Leeds.

For Dave and his partner, Andy Million,

the pursuit of foreign fugitives

is taking up an increasing amount of time.

In the last 18 months, we've located and found four different people

we've arrested for murder that we didn't know were in West Yorkshire.

We've arrested somebody for terrorism.

I've currently got somebody on my workload

that's stolen 59 million euros,

which I've got on my workload I'm looking for.

I am just a PC and I'm working with the National Crime Agency

and we're trying to locate that person.

If somebody had stolen 59 million euros in the UK,

it would be all over the news, there'd be a massive squad,

there'd be loads of seasoned detectives,

there'd be an SIO, but nobody knows.

A lot of this work we do, up until you capture it,

nobody knows we do it.

Nobody knows we've arrested these murderers

cos we don't tell the public, we don't advertise it,

we just do it low-key and get it done.

That's his picture from here in West Yorkshire

and that's the picture the Czech provided

so you can obviously see, to me, they look two different people.

So it just helps having a really up-to-date picture,

just to help with identification.

Yeah, you've got the neighbour in the garden

so he might be able to help us.

Yeah. All the windows are open. Right, let's see what we find.

I can hear someone inside. Let's just give them a knock.

-Hello?

-Yes?

-Hello, David?

-No.

-What's your name?

-BLEEP. Yes.

-Right, we just need to speak to you.

-Yeah?

-Yeah. Can we come in and have a word?

-OK, then.

-Have you got some ID, pal?

Oh, I don't have ID. I've lost all my ID the other day.

OK.

This is David's last known address.

He's not home, but PC Lockwood is hoping these friends

have contact details for him.

David Molnar does not live here.

-No, it's a week he's gone.

-A week ago?

Yeah, last week has gone. Yeah.

Where's he living now, do you know?

-Sorry?

-His address? His new address?

I don't know address, sorry, boss. Yeah.

Do you want to ring him?

-Me, yeah? OK.

-And see if he wants to meet us.

OK. Problem, David? What problem?

I can't tell you cos of Data Protection,

-but, if he comes here, I'll tell you while he's here.

-OK.

Hello, is that David?

It's the police.

Hello?

Are you there?

Huh!

Sums that up, don't it?

Here you are, love, he's hung up on me.

'You can't just say, "I'm looking for this guy,

'"he's going back to prison for six years."'

You can't tell everyone that, you know,

there's Data Protection issues,

but you just can't put that information out there,

but you try and tell people as much as you can

or explain why you can't tell them

so at least they say, "Yeah, that's fair enough. You've got a job to do,

"I understand," so you're leaving them in the best possible way.

See you later, thank you.

There you go. Something that looks straightforward never is, is it?

Ah, he don't want to talk to us, he don't want to meet us

so we'll see what they do.

We'll go to this other address,

see if that's his new address or an older one.

I'm adamant he's going to get picked up

in the next couple of weeks by somebody in Leeds

cos he's going to commit offences cos he's bang at it.

So, whether we can do it today or not, we'll have to find out.

We'll see if he rings us.

He knows what he's doing.

The Oldham Divisional Tasking Team are starting another day's shift.

PC Kev Rawcliff and his team are off to arrest a known offender.

She's wanted for two crimes so we'll try and locate her later on.

Kelly Davenport is wanted for shoplifting offences.

Hello, sir, you all right? Is Kelly here?

-No, yes?

-Yeah, she's here.

-Where is she?

-In the bedroom.

-This one?

Yeah, she's decent.

Kelly... Kelly... Kelly...

Come on, flower, wake yourself up.

Are you decent under there?

You're wanted, darling.

For shoplifting. Morrisons.

Well, you are wanted for that.

Whether you've done it or not, that's down to you,

but you are wanted for that, love.

Come on.

-Where are you going?

-Just getting my shoes, love.

-I'll get your shoes. Where are your shoes?

-Can I go to the toilet?!

-Calm yourself down.

-BLEEP!

-Where are your shoes?

-Can I go to the toilet?

I'll take you in one second.

-Where are you shoes?

-I don't know! I just woke up!

I want me meth, I've not had it!

It's my meth, it's got my name on it! Will you look?

Look at my meth! They're not letting me have my medicine.

Many wanted suspects are under the influence of medication.

This poses potential problems during arrests

so officers must follow a strict protocol when dealing with them.

SHE CONTINUES TO ARGUE

She tried grabbing for a bottle of methadone,

claiming that she's just woken up.

Dawn went to put the handcuffs on,

she was trying to grab the methadone to neck it,

but she's obviously...

I mean, if she's prescribed it, she can get it when she's in custody,

but to neck it, you know, it would put her in danger, us in danger

and there's all sorts of ramifications,

so she's obviously played up slightly to the point

where we've had to sort of drag her out the house and put her in here.

'The people we're dealing with a lot of the time

'know that it's going to be possibly our team

'that come for them again and we tell them,'

"That is all our job is basically to hunt you down,

"bring you before the courts

"or before an officer who's going to interview you."

Kelly Davenport appeared before the courts

and was sent to prison for four weeks.

On the opposite side of town,

other members of the Divisional Tasking Team

are working through their wanted list...

..but PC Cross is suddenly diverted.

We've had some information regarding some stolen property

that might be being sold from a vehicle,

so we're just going to make our way up there.

We'll get the chassis, we'll find it.

It's '98, so it should be an S or a T.

Whilst PC Cross checks out the car's credentials,

the suspect is detained before being taken to the custody suite.

Would you just give us the last five off that chassis, there, John?

Can you see that sticker?

-This one?

-Yes.

Should be Whisky Victor and all that.

Right, this car is a 20 valve petrol.

That number comes back to a 1900 TDI.

It's showing false plates, with no insurance,

no tax and we're guessing selling stolen property.

So, it's got to come in, hasn't it?

The true car comes back to Whitefield.

Right, basically, we've got this car has been knocking round here

trying to sell some stuff,

some phones which we believe may be stolen.

We've stopped the car, it was an Irish lad driving,

so we're guessing it's his car, he's plated it up to come

and do what he's doing, and obviously if someone rings up

and says, "Oh, I bought a phone and it was that reg number,"

there's no way we can trace it back

and then he'll probably go home and put the proper plates on

and no-one knows any different.

But, unfortunately for him, it's hopefully back to jail.

-We've done some checks on the car.

-Yes.

-We're not happy with it,

it's not displaying the right registration number, all right?

At this moment in time, you're under arrest

on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle

and also theft of those mobile phones

which are in the front of the vehicle.

-Any reply to make to that?

-No.

-OK, mate.

We're going to Ashton so we'll take you down there,

you'll be interviewed about the offences

-that we've locked you up for. All right, pal?

-OK.

-All right, mate.

Oh, I'll tell you what he'll say.

"It's my car, I bought it off this lad in Whitefield.

"I've no insurance, I put that number on

"cos I didn't want to get done for no insurance,"

-and then it's no insurance, fraudulent.

-Good defence there.

Despite Officer Cross's investigations,

his suspicions were correct

and no further action was taken against the suspect.

In Leeds, PC Dave Lockwood is continuing his hunt

for a European criminal.

David Molnar is wanted

for shoplifting in the Czech Republic.

Since moving to West Yorkshire,

he's committed numerous offences.

Hello, is that David?

Hello, David, thank you for ringing me.

We've got a little problem we need to sort out

so I need to see you.

Are you willing to meet up with us?

'We do get a telephone call'

and he does agree to meet us

so again it shows that, he may have panicked at first,

he's talked to his friends about it

and decided this is what they're going to do.

So, we set off, driving back to the original address we went to

and, lo and behold, we pass him on the street,

so it was just a bit of luck.

I'm just smoking, yeah.

Yeah, have a smoke, yeah. Yeah, that's him.

No, have your cigarette. Carry on smoking it.

What's your full name, sir?

David Molnar.

You got any ID on you? Your identification?

Excellent, thank you.

What is this?

Right, basically back in Czechoslovakia,

there was theft from a shop, two shops,

do you want the exact dates, or are you aware of them?

September 2012...

-'12, yep.

-Are you aware of that?

Yeah, you're aware of that.

So basically they've issued a warrant for your arrest, OK?

You don't have to say anything,

but anything you do say may be given in evidence, OK?

He's been arrested on a European Arrest Warrant.

Your country, Czech, has issued a warrant for his arrest,

which has been authorised here in the UK.

The Czech authorities want him to go back to Czech

and go to prison, OK, for offences he committed two years ago.

Our job, just listen a minute,

our job is to put him before the next available court,

so he's going to be in London tomorrow in court.

He will get a solicitor. If he's not sure of his language

and you don't understand, he'll get an interpreter.

-Tomorrow, you understand "50/50"?

-Yeah.

So, 50/50, he's going to go straight to prison

or he's going to come back home with bail conditions.

I don't know what's going to happen, that's down to the judge.

If he comes back home, he'll be back here

while he fights his extradition.

If he goes to prison, he will stay there

while he fights his extradition. OK?

But the end goal is Czech want him to go back to prison. OK?

WEEPING

'So you've just got to manage that

'and let him say goodbye to his family.

I mean, you're on a street, you're not in a house

and you're next to a main road

and obviously there's a big police van, so people are looking,

people are coming out of their houses,

some are just spectators watching to see what's happening

but then people are grabbing hold of him, hugging him -

are they going to try and drag him away,

are they trying to give him something?

You've got to manage all that,

but you know that this guy's getting arrested,

may go to prison, may go out of the country

and not see his family again so it's a judgment act

and I tend to do that by looking at people's behaviour

and if they're calm and they're not aggressive and, you know, manage it.

Just sit in the corner, pal, please.

WOMAN SPEAKS IN CZECH

We're going to look after him, all right?

You've got our word on that.

I can see this has come as a total surprise to you.

Just because you've been arrested and you're going before court

doesn't mean you're going straight back to Czech, OK?

What you need to focus on now is, tomorrow, when you're in court,

50/50, you're either going to go straight to prison

or you're going to be able to come back home

on bail conditions on a tag, curfew.

-Do you understand what that is?

-Yes.

-I've got to be honest with you,

you've had a colourful history since you've been here in West Yorkshire.

You've done a lot of crime.

You've been doing a lot of shoplifting, haven't you?

And you've been arrested a lot

so that's not going to go in your favour.

I'm not kicking you while you're down, I'm not trying to upset you,

I just don't want to give you any false promises, OK?

There's probably a lot going through your mind right now.

Just ask me. If there's anything you're worried about, ask me

and I'll try and help you, OK?

Our job's to put you before the court.

I have no control over what will happen in court, OK?

David was arrested and sent to court

and we extradited him nine days later

and that was it, he was gone.

You don't make any judgments about people

because everybody makes mistakes in life.

However, for this chap,

who's actively involved in criminality week in, week out,

month in, month out, you suddenly think,

if we can arrest him, then that will free the resources

within the Leeds district

and we can, you know, do what we need to do.

The Divisional Tasking Team are on the night shift again in Oldham.

PCs Kev Rawcliff and Phil Cross have another name

on their wanted list this evening.

A familiar one.

We're going to try and get one of our prolific offenders,

a guy called Denis Pauley.

He's in and out of prison all the time,

he's out for a couple of days before he starts reoffending.

The circle of friends he's got

means he's always within that criminal fraternity.

He's wanted for failing to appear in court again

for failing his drug assessment so hopefully he'll be in

and we can try and get him remanded in custody

cos, while he's out, crime always goes up.

-He's just a nuisance, he's a pain in the

-BLEEP

for us, really, so fingers crossed, he'll be there

and we can get him before the courts and remanded

cos he gives nothing back to society, really, just drains us.

Have you got one, Steve?

I'll go in the other side, mate.

Repeat offender Denis Pauley is wanted - again -

this time for shoplifting and failure to appear in court.

-How are you, Denis?

-I'm all right.

You keeping well?

-Have you been behaving or...

-Yeah.

Are you on tag here, mate?

I have got some medication, yeah.

Denis, are you on tag? I'll ring them and let them know.

Are you going to need it between now and tomorrow midday?

-What's that?

-Your medication.

-Right, one sec, it's in here.

What's your date of birth, Denis?

30th of third, '68.

No, I'm not a bad lad, really, I'm just trying to live like a...

You know, I've done a lot of things in my past

and that's why they all come, you know...

PHONE RINGS

-This is loud, isn't it?

-Can you see a future for yourself

that doesn't culminate in this sort of lifestyle?

Yeah, yeah, I can. I'm trying to, that tag,

-I've been in here every

-BLEEP

-night.

I haven't broke it yet. It's good, that, isn't it?

Last time, do you remember I broke it every time?

-Hello?

-Hello, have you set off?

Right, no, listen, listen, listen to me.

-Do not set off cos

-BLEEP

-BBC's here

with the police force and everything.

-I

-BLEEP

-should've been to court today. I'm getting arrested.

-'You're getting arrested?'

-Yeah, well...

-'You're joking?'

I'm not, it's cos I never went to court.

-You remember I got arrested for that

-BLEEP,

-not going to that meeting, that drug place?

-'Yeah.'

Well, I got nicked for that, right,

-and then they give me a court day and I

-BLEEP

-couldn't find it,

that's what I was doing with the paperwork,

but I can't find it so I didn't know what day it was.

So it was today I should've been at court

so they've arrested me for not going to court.

Keep my shepherd's pie, I want it tomorrow!

INDISTINCT

Adam, we just need to do a quick search, mate, before he gets in.

He's one of them, he's like a likeable rogue,

but he's not likeable, really, cos he goes round committing crime.

He's a drug user and to get the money to buy drugs,

he commits crime, and it's the likes of you, me

and members of the public who become victims as a result of it.

-You got no more money?

-No, that's it.

-Yeah, in my

-BLEEP

-back pocket, there's a

-BLEEP.

What have you got in that pocket, is it a Kinder egg?

Yeah, it's got subbies in it, only about five.

More money! Right, get in there, mate.

Oh, listen, you've got my phone, haven't you?

No, you left it in there.

In the end, Pauley was convicted of several theft offences

and has spent much of the year behind bars.

Very often, it's a very small percentage of criminals

committing a large percentage of crime and to go out

and get these people arrested is really good,

you know, I thoroughly enjoy it.

And it's nice to ring the victims up and say,

"Look, we've got your property back,"

or, "This person's now in custody,

"is getting remanded, you can sleep easy tonight," so it's good.