0:00:02 > 0:00:04They're the Brits who race to the rescue down under.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06'Multiple patients critical.'
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Everyday heroes saving lives...
0:00:09 > 0:00:11'12 miles to run.'
0:00:11 > 0:00:12..battling fires...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Do not go out now! It's too late.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16It can be extremely dangerous.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17..and fighting crime...
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Put your arm down.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Police! Open the door!
0:00:19 > 0:00:23..from the big city to the outback...
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Our policing district is bigger than the whole of the UK.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27..from the bush...
0:00:27 > 0:00:31He's been crushed between one of those Dingo diggers and a ute.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32..to Bondi Beach.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35'The search continues for a British tourist who hasn't been seen
0:00:35 > 0:00:37'since he went for a swim.'
0:00:37 > 0:00:40You never quite know what you're in for or what's going to happen.
0:00:40 > 0:00:413-3-2, mate, on the heading.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Very high impact. He's really quite critically injured.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Brits on blue lights
0:00:46 > 0:00:47under blue skies.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Today down under, a storm causes chaos
0:00:57 > 0:01:00and puts a patient's rescue in jeopardy...
0:01:00 > 0:01:02We understand why you want to go to North Shore,
0:01:02 > 0:01:04but obviously a storm is a storm, so...
0:01:04 > 0:01:05'No worries.'
0:01:05 > 0:01:08..expat policeman John risks life and limb
0:01:08 > 0:01:10in the hunt for a burglar...
0:01:10 > 0:01:12There he is. Come here.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14- Come here, come here! - BLEEP
0:01:14 > 0:01:15We don't start like that.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Get up, get up.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22..and Brits come to the rescue on Bondi Beach.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- WEATHER REPORTER:- It's Lars Peterson in for Jason Staveley this evening,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38with some showers expected for Sydney. Could even still
0:01:38 > 0:01:41get that thunderstorm coming through later this evening as well.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44The weather can be just as unpredictable down under
0:01:44 > 0:01:45as it is back home.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Today, RAF veteran John Legge must outrun the storm.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Keep an eye on that thunderstorm as well.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57That's going to be an issue for our return leg, I think.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Yeah!
0:01:59 > 0:02:02He's part of a medical team racing to help
0:02:02 > 0:02:06a seriously injured biker in woods north of Sydney.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11- RADIO:- People have stated patient's paralysis from the navel down.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12It's not a simple mission.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Time is against them and they need to land without delay.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18OK, it's 2-3-8.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20OK, let's... You want to find them and then...
0:02:20 > 0:02:22There they are, directly below, mate.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24They're just at my nine o'clock now, Legge.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27You can see them right below us, mate, really close up.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Oh, yeah, got them.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32As the team's medics hitch a ride with the police,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36it's John's job to help plan the patient's journey to hospital.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Thanks, mate.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41The site is probably about 200 metres up the road.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43So, we've just arranged for the police to come
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and take our doctor and paramedic up to the scene.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49And now we're just waiting to see what they want to do next.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55At the scene, the medics fear the biker has broken his back.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59I'll just ring Legge and let him know what our plan is.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Hey, mate, we're going to come down to you
0:03:03 > 0:03:05once we're ready, packaged.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07So, we'll be travelling to North Shore by air.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10All right, mate, we'll see you in a bit. Cheers, bye.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Yeah, we're going to transport to Royal North Shore by air.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Royal North Shore?
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Sydney's spinal surgery unit is in the heart of the city,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22at the Royal North Shore Hospital.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24It's right in the centre of the storm.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I don't know that going into Royal North Shore's going to be
0:03:27 > 0:03:30such a good idea because there's going to be more storms
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- behind these ones.- Yeah.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- PHONE RINGS - Yes, mate?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Hey, mate, we're going to have to make it Westmead, I'm afraid.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39'Um, it's spinal, mate.'
0:03:39 > 0:03:41It's weather.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- Eh, weather?- Yeah.- OK.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46The team has a difficult choice to make.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Thunderstorms can tear helicopters apart.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51We understand why you want to go to North Shore,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53but obviously a storm's a storm, so...
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Yeah, all right, no worries.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56There's no alternative.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59John and his Aussie pilot must say no.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Because it is a spinal hospital and they want to take him there,
0:04:03 > 0:04:04they've decided to go by road.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08So, they're going to take him in the ambulance to Royal North Shore.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13The decision is made and the injured biker heads to hospital by road.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16It's his best chance of being able to walk again
0:04:16 > 0:04:20without risking a hazardous helicopter flight.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23But if John hadn't been on hand with his medical team,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26the biker's chances would've been even smaller.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44This is Australia's Wild West.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52The rugged outback around the gold-mining town of Kalgoorlie.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59It's a place where miners earn and spend small fortunes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06It's a long way from British police officer John Doyle's old beat.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15I was on a response team in Toxteth in Liverpool.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21Just seemed like a no-brainer to transfer here
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and I've been here for just gone four years now.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28The people you're dealing with are completely different
0:05:28 > 0:05:30to anything that you've been used to in the UK.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33But the incidents and the type of incident you're dealing with
0:05:33 > 0:05:35is just the same.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Policing is policing.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40So, wherever you go in the world, policing is the same.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46His Aussie colleague Toni Nicholls is used to working with Brits.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Bit of rivalry with the cricket and that. It's good.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53The guys on the team do notice that Doyle-y is not from around here.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56His accent's very, very thick, I guess.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Hard to understand sometimes.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I'm working on teaching them all Scouse, though.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Yeah.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07No matter where you're from, police the world over
0:06:07 > 0:06:10are constantly on the lookout for suspicious cars.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- Hello.- Hello, mate.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28We're just doing a licence check and a breath test today.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30The driver is being breathalysed.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33But one of his passengers has a bigger problem.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34He's a wanted man.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I believe you've got an outstanding warrant, mate,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39so if you just want to pass me your hands, please.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- What for?- What for? Because I believe
0:06:41 > 0:06:44you've got an outstanding warrant, so, I'm going to handcuff you
0:06:44 > 0:06:45until can verify it.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Give me your other hand, mate.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49'Right, one long continuous breath until I tell you to stop.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51'Keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52'Yep.'
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Just pass us your arm, mate.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Pass us your other arm. - Perfect, all zeros, thank you.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02We'll sit you down, mate, and then we'll conduct some checks,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05but I'm pretty happy that the warrant is outstanding.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07What for?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08I'm not sure, mate.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Can I just grab your name, sir, please?
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Another passenger is unhappy with his treatment.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16OK, can we have your name, please?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Yeah, Constable Nicholls. What's your name?
0:07:20 > 0:07:24John checks the suspect's record on the police database.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26He has a long list of run-ins with the law.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Date of birth, sir?
0:07:28 > 0:07:29And your date of birth, ma'am?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31You're getting me angry now.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33By law I can ask you your name, date of birth and address.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35What's your address, please?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37How can you just pull us up like this and pick us up?
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Because this is a random breath test.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41This fella's got 11 outstanding bench warrants
0:07:41 > 0:07:43that we've just put in the van.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Ten of them, from what I can look at, are for fines
0:07:45 > 0:07:49and he's got one which is a warrant in the first which is
0:07:49 > 0:07:53issued here if there's sufficient enough evidence to charge.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56So, at the moment, he's going to be under arrest for a burglary offence
0:07:56 > 0:07:59and for the ten outstanding fines warrant.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02The wanted man is arrested and will be taken to the police station.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05But the other occupants of the car are free to go.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08He's going to be staying in custody with us overnight.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11All right? And then he'll probably be going to prison tomorrow.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Yeah, go on, mate.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Hey! Mate, you can't speak to him.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20You can't speak to him.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- I thought you wanted to speak to me. Just...- Nah, I thought...
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Yeah, nah, if he... You can't speak to him now, mate, he's under arrest,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28so, we can't have you...
0:08:28 > 0:08:30We can't open the door for you or anything like that.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32What is it you need to speak to him about?
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Going to the station!
0:08:35 > 0:08:37He reckon you've got him locked up... Jail.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Well, he is. We're not having a conversation on the road, mate.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44If you want to speak to us, then we'll speak to you at the station.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Still got it, mate.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49SHE GIGGLES
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I call it the copper's eye. Do you know what I mean?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54You see something and you're just not happy about it.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Years of experience is what it is.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Collecting fines is a major problem for Australian courts.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Some prefer jail time.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08This suspect will spend two days behind bars
0:09:08 > 0:09:11as a result of his unpaid penalties.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13After that, he'll face a burglary charge.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Ambulance Emergency, what town or suburb?
0:09:32 > 0:09:3624 hours a day, Australia's emergency services
0:09:36 > 0:09:40fight to save lives across nearly five million square miles.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43So, he's crushed in between both vehicles, is that correct?
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Yes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Some casualties can be hours from hospital, even by air.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Is he breathing?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59And flying doctors travel huge distances.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02We can go for secondary transfers by road, by helicopter,
0:10:02 > 0:10:06or by fixed-wing and that's all distance-led, essentially.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Although sometimes, if it's a specialist transfer,
0:10:10 > 0:10:14we'll go a lot further in the helicopter.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16We could fly the equivalent of London to Edinburgh,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18but we'd have to do a refuel on the way
0:10:18 > 0:10:21and you'd have a very numb bum by the time you got there.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Today at Sydney Airport, an air ambulance is being prepared
0:10:25 > 0:10:29to take off on a rescue mission to a remote seaside town
0:10:29 > 0:10:31on the New South Wales coast.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Numero four.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38British flight nurse Susan Ankers is the medic on board.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40'This morning we're going to Port Macquarie to pick up
0:10:40 > 0:10:43'a seven-month-old baby who has had a choking episode.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47'Apparently he was lying on the floor after his feed
0:10:47 > 0:10:50'and his mum heard him choking a lot.'
0:10:50 > 0:10:52So, now they're worried that he's got a foreign body
0:10:52 > 0:10:56stuck somewhere, not in his trachea, which is his windpipe,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59but in his oesophagus, which is the pipe that goes from
0:10:59 > 0:11:01your mouth down into your stomach.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04'He's drooling a lot, he's quite distressed,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06'but at the moment he's fairly stable.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09'That's what the nurses in the emergency at Port Macquarie
0:11:09 > 0:11:12'have told me. So, we'll go and check him out and see how he is.'
0:11:16 > 0:11:19269, runway, clear to take off.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Susan's young patient lives 300 miles
0:11:24 > 0:11:27north of Sydney, in the seaside town of Port Macquarie.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Even by plane, it's a long way up the surfing beaches
0:11:33 > 0:11:35of New South Wales.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42We have an ETA of approximately 12.25.
0:11:42 > 0:11:431-2-2-5.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Susan and her pilot finally arrive in Port Macquarie.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52It's taken them an hour and a half to get here.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58It's feared little Jaxx Eggings has something lodged in his throat.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01They've done a chest X-ray, but they haven't put any cameras down
0:12:01 > 0:12:04or anything to have a look. That's what we're going...
0:12:04 > 0:12:05You're going there for an endoscopy.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07He's subdued and obviously ill.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10And when he's crying, he's not going...
0:12:10 > 0:12:13He doesn't appear to go blue or anything? He's got no...
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- No. - ..synosis round his lips?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- Just when he's doing that choking thing...- Yeah.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20..you thought he was blue this morning at home?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23No, he wasn't blue, he was really red, though.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Really red. So, you didn't notice any blueness
0:12:25 > 0:12:27around the lips or anything?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I can't tell you cos I wasn't looking for that.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- I was just trying to...- Yep.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Susan fears whatever he swallowed may be affecting his breathing.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37The decision is taken to fly mother and baby
0:12:37 > 0:12:41to the city of Newcastle, 150 miles south.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Jaxx is hooked up to a monitor,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48so Susan can keep an eye on the oxygen levels in his blood.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55My concerns will be his respiratory rate,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58how much he's breathing, if he's in any pain,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00how distressed he is and, obviously,
0:13:00 > 0:13:03we don't want him to have another choking episode
0:13:03 > 0:13:04on the aeroplane and going blue.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08So, I need to make sure that we've got oxygen and suction
0:13:08 > 0:13:09and equipment up and running,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12just in case anything like that does happen.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Eventually, he settles.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15He's all right, he's just distressed.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19He hasn't eaten or had a sleep, he's probably hungry
0:13:19 > 0:13:22and just feeling generally a bit distressed, I think.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24I don't think he's in pain,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27but you know, he hasn't had anything to eat and he's just a bit fed up
0:13:27 > 0:13:30with people poking at him and all that sort of stuff.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34All right, sh, sh, sh.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45After 45 minutes in the air, the plane arrives in Newcastle
0:13:45 > 0:13:47where doctors at the local trauma unit
0:13:47 > 0:13:49are waiting to examine Jaxx.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54The difficulty being in a plane, you haven't got a lot of room.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59The obstruction in his throat was cleared
0:13:59 > 0:14:03and he was soon allowed back home to the New South Wales coast.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22In Australia's gold rush country,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25it's the beginning of another shift at Kalgoorlie police station.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27What's your Glock number, John?
0:14:27 > 0:14:281-5-1-0, mate.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Western Australia Police rely on British recruits
0:14:32 > 0:14:35to help enforce the law here
0:14:35 > 0:14:37and they're well equipped to do it.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40All police officers routinely carry...
0:14:40 > 0:14:42a Glock...
0:14:42 > 0:14:43and a Taser.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48If you're coming up against people who've got firearms or knives,
0:14:48 > 0:14:53you need to be able to overcome whatever the threat is.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57So, yeah, I mean, it doesn't bother me in the slightest, mate.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00John Doyle was in the Merseyside force,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Jon Maskell served in the Met
0:15:02 > 0:15:04and today he's in charge of the armoury.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07So, the lads will kit up. Draw their Glocks, draw their Tasers.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11They'll grab a radio, a prelim to do some breath testing.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15It's just a way of ensuring that everything that does go out
0:15:15 > 0:15:17is returned, because as you can imagine,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20the amount of firearms and rounds, and other specialist equipment,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22everything has to be accountable.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25We don't want to go losing anything because that'd be a bad thing.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Ready to rock and roll now, so we'll see what the night brings.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Kalgoorlie is a town where miners are well paid,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36and the first job of the evening
0:15:36 > 0:15:40is to a vacant luxury home, burglary in progress.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43'Caller reports the rear of the property,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46'they can hear glass breaking and voices coming from inside.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49'They believe someone is breaking in.'
0:15:57 > 0:16:00It's clear how the burglar got in. He may be injured.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01DOG BARKS
0:16:01 > 0:16:03And he could still be here.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Hello, police!
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Police, hello?
0:16:43 > 0:16:47After checking, the house appears to be empty.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51The front window's certainly smashed so we've gone in just to have a look
0:16:51 > 0:16:53to make sure that no-one was in there,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55but there's no-one in there.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58So, whether or not they've been in, I don't know.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00It's hard to say.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03The two Johns get back on patrol.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07But, in a nearby garden they spot an intruder.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Yeah. Spin it, mate, there's someone there.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Just saw someone in the shadows, just there.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- Where, where, where?- He's just gone.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Thought he went in here.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38There he is. Come here. Come here, come here, come to me.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39We don't start like that, mate.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- I'm not going to run nowhere. - You're not going to run anywhere,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45but we don't start off like that, do we? What are you doing?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- I'm walking home. - Where have you been?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- I've got him mate, I've got him. - OK, all right.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- Whoa, whoa, ow! - What's up with you?
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- Whoa, whoa, wow!- Why are you being like this?- Whoa, whoa, wow!
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Why are you being like this?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58BLEEP
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Don't start talking like that, don't start talking like that.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02I'm walking home, bro!
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Put your arm behind your back. Turn over.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Put your arm behind your back, this one.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- Put your arm behind your back. - I am. Officer!
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Sit up, stop acting like a peanut.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14BLEEP
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I'm trying to go home!
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Stop swearing.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Well, don't turn round as if you're going to spit at us.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24- Get up.- Get up.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25The man is known to the police.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28He's supposed to be at home under curfew.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- Has he?- Yeah.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Excuse me, Constable, don't carry me like this!
0:18:34 > 0:18:36They think they have their man.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Claret all over me, man.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Just as they're ready to head to the station, there's a problem.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Well, that's not good, is it?
0:18:47 > 0:18:51The police car's battery has run out of juice.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54We've only been out the car 10 minutes!
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Is there another van that can bring some jump leads out to us?
0:19:01 > 0:19:02We've got a flat battery.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05What the British officers didn't know
0:19:05 > 0:19:07is that there's a spare battery in Aussie police cars.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Where's that?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Oh, yeah, that's a good idea.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16We'll give it a whirl Ben. Thanks, mate.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Right, now try.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20ENGINE STARTS
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Legend!
0:19:25 > 0:19:28You can tell we're poms, can't you?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30It's like a disaster, we've got a flat battery,
0:19:30 > 0:19:34what are we going to do about it? We're lost in the bush.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35No, not that one...
0:19:35 > 0:19:37They're back in action.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41One problem down, but there's soon another.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43John has left something at the scene.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Just keep, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Stop.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Your cuffs.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Oh! That's class, mate!
0:19:56 > 0:19:58That's is the biggest mistake of all time!
0:19:58 > 0:20:02We've just got acting Sergeant Maskell's handcuffs,
0:20:02 > 0:20:06that he decided to leave at the scene of the crime!
0:20:06 > 0:20:0910,000 miles from home, old police rivalries
0:20:09 > 0:20:12still re-surface from time to time.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13And his keys!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I don't how they operated in the Metropolitan Police,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18but this would've never happened in Merseyside.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19THEY LAUGH
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Finally on their way, they head to the station.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Their prisoner's going to spend the night in the cells.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35But there's no proof he committed the burglary.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40He's later released, and his curfew conditions remain in place.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Bondi Beach is one of Australia's national treasures,
0:21:13 > 0:21:17a strip of sand less than a mile long that's world famous,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21and today, the safety of the people enjoying its northern shores
0:21:21 > 0:21:23is in the hands of a Brit.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28So, welcome to Patrol 14 this afternoon.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30We're on until 6 o'clock.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32John, can you and Emily go on the southern outpost?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35You'll just have to go in the tower on your own, Alex,
0:21:35 > 0:21:36until I get more numbers.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Then the rest of you, if you can just be down at the water's edge.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Karen Sheppard came to Australia eight years ago from Kent,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45to work for a pharmaceutical company.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48She now takes turns leading the volunteers
0:21:48 > 0:21:50who make Bondi a safer place.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55And there's already an emergency.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58'Bondi, we've just had a tasking from New South Wales Police.'
0:21:58 > 0:22:00A job has come in for the team's inshore rescue boat,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02known as the IRB.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13'Can you please launch your IRB immediately?'
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Yeah, copy that. The location is off Icebergs? Is that correct?
0:22:17 > 0:22:18'Affirmative.'
0:22:21 > 0:22:24The diver's in trouble at a popular dive site
0:22:24 > 0:22:25at the other end of the beach.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31We've sent our boat to go out and see if they can find the diver.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35I think the diver was last seen half an hour or so ago.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39It looks like there's a chopper also going out to look.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Karen's team is in the front-line of the emergency response
0:22:43 > 0:22:45to locate the missing diver.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49'We'll try a shot out in this direction, see how we go.'
0:22:49 > 0:22:52'This is Bondi patrol, over.'
0:22:52 > 0:22:57'Yeah, could you also have Tamarama or Bronte have a look
0:22:57 > 0:22:59'off the south Bondi corner,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02'just in case they've been swept around the corner?'
0:23:02 > 0:23:03But, as they head to the rescue,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06there's news from the other end of the beach.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07'The Bondi Iceberg incident,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10'please be aware that the person has been located
0:23:10 > 0:23:12'and no further action is required at this stage.'
0:23:12 > 0:23:15North Bondi IRB, the patient has been found,
0:23:15 > 0:23:19so if you can return to shore, that would be great, thank you.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- Very good you got out there very quickly.- I know!
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Did you see anything? - Saw a couple of divers there.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29- Yeah.- They gave us the thumbs up.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33- So the diver was found? - Must have been.- Yeah. Good.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Well, excellent work. You got out there super quick.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- They had the boat ready for me! - Yeah. Yeah.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42OK, good.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47This location is just six miles from the centre of Sydney,
0:23:47 > 0:23:51and it's home to Australia's oldest life-saving club.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53And Karen's not the only Brit
0:23:53 > 0:23:56guarding one of the world's most famous beaches.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Emma Guest, from Peterborough,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02takes turns protecting surfers and swimmers in the waves.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Move over! Move over!
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Move over!
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Her job is half life-saver, half beach policewoman.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15A lot of what we do is preventative.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19So we're trying to address and spot incidents before they take place.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22So if we see someone maybe when we're out on the boat,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24maybe not looking too confident on the boards,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27just being able to identify them and just check with them they're OK.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29And just being able to look at risk.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33So, looking at the conditions, like today, being able to spot rips,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36so that we can try and keep people out of those areas,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38and obviously that's where we put the flags.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Just keeping an eye on the general public, so we can manage risks
0:24:42 > 0:24:44and monitor it throughout the day.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53On a busy day, Bondi can attract 20,000 people, and there are rules.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57They try to keep swimmers, body-boarders and surfers apart.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Only foam boards are allowed down here.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03It's time for Karen to step in.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Yeah.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08So fibreglass boards have got to be down at the southern end.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13At this part of the beach, we don't allow fibreglass surfboards
0:25:13 > 0:25:14because they do cause injury
0:25:14 > 0:25:17when there are so many people in the water.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19So we only allow foam boards.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Let's just work on preventions.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29We're not here to stand on the beach and sun ourselves.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32It's going in early, getting to the person a few minutes
0:25:32 > 0:25:34before they physically need rescuing.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35They do this job unpaid.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Surf Life Saving is a passion for thousands of Aussies,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42who begin training for this job as kids.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Irishman Michael Boland is one of the club's instructors.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Which is plain ironic,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50an Irishman teaching people life-saving on Bondi Beach!
0:25:50 > 0:25:55But I come down every weekend to teach kids, 12 to 16-year-olds.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57So, yeah, keeps me busy.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02First off, they don't really believe
0:26:02 > 0:26:05anybody from the northern hemisphere can swim, which isn't true.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08And you come down here and you've got to prove yourself,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12but once you get out swimming, it's a voluntary organisation
0:26:12 > 0:26:14so they're just crying out for people to help.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17If you're willing to get in the water and get wet,
0:26:17 > 0:26:18they'll support you down here.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Bondi is deceptively dangerous,
0:26:23 > 0:26:29prone to freak tides and rips, which drag the unwary out to sea.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Up to five drownings have been reported in one day here,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34and even the wildlife can kill.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37We get all sorts of sharks off Bondi.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Nothing we can do there, other than if someone sees one
0:26:39 > 0:26:42and we're sure there is definitely a shark,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45we'll set off our shark alarm, which is a big siren.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47And we will evacuate the water.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Usually we have everyone out for half an hour
0:26:50 > 0:26:54before we feel that it's safe and we've scared the shark away.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56And then we let everyone back in.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Other things that we get?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Probably the most common is jellyfish.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02We call them bluebottles.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05They're a particularly painful jellyfish sting.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07We get quite a lot of those.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Less common, but you can get something called
0:27:09 > 0:27:11a blue-ringed octopus.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15They're actually very, very small. They're only about this big.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18They live underneath rocks and in crevices.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20If you get stung by one of those,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24again very painful, but also dangerous as well.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Sit down over here.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27CHILD SOBS
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Do you guys have tweezers?
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- We do, we'll have to give it to you to take them out.- That's fine.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34We're not allowed to in case it gets stuck in his foot.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38This emergency is rather less serious, but painful nevertheless.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Squeeze my hand as hard as you can. Good boy.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Ouch, it's a big...
0:27:43 > 0:27:46One of the spikes from a sea urchin had gone into his foot.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48As lifeguards, we're not allowed to actually try
0:27:48 > 0:27:50and take sea urchin stings out.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53That's why we gave him the tweezers to do it himself.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Obviously, if he tried to take it out and it broke off,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58then it's something he's done rather than something that we've done.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11As the sun fades and the surfers and serious swimmers head home,
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Karen's shift is nearly over.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18So, yeah, our patrol captain happens to be a Brit,
0:28:18 > 0:28:19which is a little bit unfortunate.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23These things go in cycles, and I'm sure we'll get a few Australians
0:28:23 > 0:28:24back up where they need to be.