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00:00This is Police Interceptors and you're riding with the pride of
00:10Northamptonshire Ace Pursuit drivers with air support and a crack dog
00:23unit. They bring down the bad guys, keep the streets safe and battle 24-7 in the war on crime.
00:44Crash, crash. Overflow now!
00:51This is what it is, isn't it? We find them, we lock them up.
00:53Coming up!
00:55A bid to escape, whatever it takes.
00:58We're being ran, we're being ran.
01:01Get down here! Get down here!
01:04Callum races to help a cop in need.
01:07Can't talk about now.
01:09Oh my God!
01:11And...
01:13We've got three in six.
01:15The end of the road for cross-border criminals.
01:18It's a sunny summer's evening shift.
01:36Interceptors Rob and Charlie have tracked down a wanted motor...
01:40Which a member of the public has seen being driven dangerously.
01:47There's no mistaking the cops want a word.
01:50Question is, will the bloke oblige?
01:54It's touch and go.
01:55Then the dodgy driver gives them his answer.
02:01Stand by.
02:08Stand by.
02:10Take it away.
02:11Try it, cierre.
02:12Stop it.
02:13Stand by.
02:14Please come in.
02:16Stop it.
02:17Stand by.
02:18Send by.
02:19Do you, keep on?
02:20Straight out the gate, he's put to the floor.
02:34We are Bootsley North, into town, occupants unknown, unknown as any juveniles or weapons
02:41on board.
02:43Reason for getaway, also unknown.
02:45However, the occupants are dropping clues, possibly drunk and behind the wheel of a two-ton
03:01truck, they need to get the driver stopped fast.
03:09Reinforcements are en route.
03:14Driving dog handler, Dan.
03:16Vehicle sales stop for the traffic cars, it's coming out in the villages at the moment between
03:23Malton and Pittsford, so we'll just end up there just in case we get a decal.
03:28A few miles away, the suspected drink driver has no intention of pulling over.
03:32We're only IPP advanced, so when they're closer, they'll take over.
03:38Rallying through country roads in low sun.
03:41Vehicle continues, mountain bridge, speed eight.
03:47Taking potentially lethal risks.
03:50Currently, we're having a risk.
03:54We are right, right.
03:56Down to drive by.
03:57To tell for a very high risk, he's nearly crashed into the ultimate vehicle, we're back
04:01to medium.
04:02Bouncing off the curb, he's inches from disaster with a delivery van.
04:08There's no way he can outgun the Interceptor's BMW 340.
04:21Good?
04:22Yeah.
04:23Just don't want to get around.
04:26We are left, left, straight to my lane.
04:30So he's leading Rob and Charlie onto tricky terrain.
04:33Speed five zero, medium risk.
04:37Taking full advantage of the Mitsubishi's ability to handle the country track.
04:42Going towards Pittsburgh Road.
04:46It's a rough ride in the low-slung 340.
04:51And it's about to get bumpier.
04:56Sabi's coming to a stop, wait.
04:59We're being rammed, we're being rammed.
05:04Minimal damage, they're up close to them.
05:08We're still Spectacle Lane.
05:11The runaway's going at breakneck speeds down the lane.
05:18My belt's not on, mate.
05:19Get it on.
05:20Get it on.
05:21Then you can.
05:22It's the Spectacle Lane.
05:23Towards Pittsburgh Road, generally.
05:24It's a free loss.
05:25It's a free loss.
05:26Right, it's gone right.
05:27Has it gone right?
05:28Has it gone right?
05:29And if ramming can't get the cops off his tail...
05:30Just keep going.
05:31Just keep going.
05:32Just keep going.
05:33Just keep going.
05:34Just keep going.
05:35Just keep going.
05:36Just keep going.
05:37Just keep going.
05:38Just keep going.
05:39Just keep going.
05:40Oh.
05:41Perhaps a DIY roadblock will do the job.
05:44Oh.
05:45It's off the lid.
05:46The roof to his vehicles come off.
05:48It's the lid for the truck.
05:49Get out of the way.
05:50Get out of the way.
05:51Get out of the way.
05:52Get out of the way.
05:53Charlie clears their path.
05:55Go.
05:56Yeah, I'm going.
05:57I'm trying.
05:58I'm trying.
05:59I'm trying.
06:00Currently, total loss of it to get out of the way.
06:01Out of my car.
06:02To get his roof out of the road.
06:05The last sighting was Spectacle Lane.
06:08Towards Pitzer Road.
06:09It's Pitzer Road.
06:10It's Pitzer Road.
06:11All they can do is follow the Mitsubishi's dust trail to a junction.
06:19Left.
06:20Or right.
06:21I think it's gone right.
06:22Just the dust.
06:23Good, left.
06:24Good, left.
06:25Good, left.
06:26Good, good.
06:27Yeah.
06:28Now we're at Pitzer Road.
06:29It's towards Melbourne.
06:30It's a total loss of this time.
06:33Mitsubishi man has vanished.
06:39So, vehicle is lost at the moment, so we've got loads of units now combing the area, trying
06:49So it's going to come out of a little rough road, which is just down here somewhere.
06:56On the way, Dan checks in with Rob and Charlie.
07:00He's reversed ramped there.
07:02He didn't look like he'd got any damage.
07:03I've got a tiny, tiny little hole in the middle of the grill.
07:07Oh, God, yeah, yeah.
07:08Because Spectacle Lane is rough.
07:10It's a hard road to ride up.
07:12It felt it.
07:13Yeah.
07:14Do you think he could have taken one of the gateways?
07:17I think he's come this way.
07:18Okay.
07:18I'll have a look in the college.
07:21Nice one.
07:21Cheers, boys.
07:30Before long.
07:35Another unit hits the jackpot.
07:38It's probably going to be abandoning a good 20-odd minutes now.
07:41With this heat, we might struggle a bit.
07:43We'll give it a go, though.
07:44So we'll get cola out.
07:45Oh, found it.
07:46It's just gone past.
07:46Ditched in a hedgerow, paint spilled everywhere, it's a shame there aren't any red footprints
07:54to follow.
07:56Hopefully Dan's crewmate, police dog Cola, will pick up a whiff of the runaway.
08:04Cola.
08:06Cola.
08:09Track on.
08:10Dan and super sniffer Cola have been crewmates for four years.
08:18Her favourite game is hide and seek.
08:20Yes, mate, we'll just cast around at the moment.
08:31And immediately she's detecting a track.
08:39Leading to a gate.
08:42Okay.
08:43Okay.
08:43Okay.
08:43Okay.
08:43Okay.
08:43Okay.
08:43Okay.
08:44Okay.
08:45Okay.
08:45Okay.
08:45Okay.
08:46Okay.
08:46Okay.
08:47Okay.
08:47Okay.
08:48Okay.
08:48Okay.
08:49Okay.
08:50We track quite nicely to this gateway, but I'm not getting anything further beyond here
09:02at the moment.
09:04But beyond the gate, the trail goes cold.
09:06So I think potentially they've been picked up.
09:09It's a standard old dog handler excuse, but I think that might be the case tonight.
09:14Nevertheless, seizing the Mitsubishi is a victory for the team, and there's no serious
09:19damage to Rob's Beamer.
09:21We might not have the driver.
09:22We might not have the driver or the occupants, but we've got the vehicle.
09:25He can't do anything as reckless or as stupid as dangerous again.
09:28I think someone told me once that they have to be lucky every time, and we have to be lucky
09:33once.
09:35So hopefully that's his luck all used up now, and next time it comes to 50-50, he'll pick
09:41wrong, and we'll catch up with whoever it is.
09:47After the pursuit, the driver phoned 999, claiming his car had been stolen.
09:52Enquiries placed him in the driving seat, and realizing he was out of luck, pleaded guilty
09:57to dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified, and no insurance.
10:01He received a 16-month suspended prison sentence, and a four-year disqualification.
10:12Coming up...
10:13Come up!
10:15An off-duty officer under attack.
10:18Dude!
10:19Take over!
10:22And...
10:23When was the last time you had anything to eat or drink?
10:25About an hour and a half.
10:26The drink driver has a double fail.
10:29His tie is totally bold on this side.
10:31They say crime never sleeps, but interceptors rarely switch off, either.
10:54I have arrested someone off-duty.
10:57I was out for the day with my family, and we'd stopped somewhere at a supermarket.
11:02And someone barrelled through my wife and my son, followed by a security guard.
11:09This guy had been in and had stolen around about £1,000 worth of alcohol on sort of consecutive days.
11:17So we had a little foot chase, and then I caught him on a dual carriageway not too far away.
11:21And the kind people at the supermarket bought us our lunch for the day, as a way of thank you.
11:30Stepping in doesn't always end so well.
11:32An off-duty police officer is challenging two suspected shoplifters in a supermarket.
11:48One of the suspects has already been detained.
11:53He's a police officer, mate. He knows what he's doing.
11:55He's a police officer.
11:55He's going to have fun in your show.
11:57It's funny.
11:58However, his alleged accomplice in the grey hoodie isn't as willing to stay put.
12:02Head-butting the off-duty cop in the mouth.
12:22The raging bloke is only just getting started.
12:32Hey, listen, let go of me.
12:34Get him off me.
12:34Get him off me.
12:36Get off me.
12:37As the officer, without any kit, grapples to keep hold of the suspected shoplifter,
12:41all available units are blue lighting to the scene,
12:47including interceptor Callum Donoghue.
12:49Can we treat it as a 10-0?
12:52That's the off-duty officer has been smacked in the face.
12:57The officer's eye is being pulled.
12:59Any unit can make the very, very front counter.
13:03Get there as quick as we can.
13:05Help can't come soon enough because in the supermarket...
13:09Get off me.
13:10Get off me.
13:10Get off me.
13:10Get off me.
13:14Get off me.
13:16The violent suspect is raining down punches
13:18on the injured cop.
13:22Look, the people on the way...
13:24Look at me every day.
13:28I'll finish it.
13:30Wait, sorry.
13:31Get off me.
13:32If the situation wasn't dangerous enough,
13:34now suspect two is kicking off in the background.
13:38Get off me.
13:39Get off me.
13:40Get off me.
13:41Get off me.
13:41Get off me.
13:41Get off me.
13:41Get off me now.
13:42Move.
13:43Get off me.
13:44Get off me.
13:45Get off me now.
13:46Get off me.
13:48Get off me.
13:49Calm down.
13:49Start acquiring wrenches.
13:51Get off me.
13:51Get off me.
13:52Get off me.
13:54Get off me.
13:54Let go of me.
13:56Let go of me now.
13:59The standoff is reaching boiling point.
14:02Get off me.
14:05Get off me now.
14:07Move.
14:09Get off me.
14:10Oh, there's five men trying to keep hold of the suspected shoplifter.
14:17Yet still he's lashing out at the loan officer.
14:25First uniform on scene is Callum.
14:40He's not wasting any time getting this guy in cuffs.
15:04His mouthy mate is second in line.
15:08You are, aren't you?
15:10Watch, bro, watch.
15:13Unsurprisingly, everyone is keen to get this pair off to the nick pronto.
15:17Come here.
15:18Pull me nicely, bro.
15:19Come here.
15:20I'm not going to pull you nicely.
15:22Don't manhandle me.
15:23I beg you.
15:24Don't handle me.
15:25Oh, because I'm in cuffs now, yeah?
15:27Yeah.
15:28Move.
15:29They might moan about manhandling, but it's the off-duty officer who suffered a serious injury.
15:39No.
15:40So I've gone out here, detained him, taken him in.
15:44And then, basically, Z and then night of me.
15:47Knocking out my tooth.
15:48Knocking out your tooth?
15:51No.
15:52Last year, over 50,000 police officers in the UK were assaulted.
15:56Around one attack every ten minutes.
15:59It's hard not to get frustrated when people are assaulting your colleagues.
16:01I've never met that officer, but he's trying to do a good job and he's been assaulted.
16:04Knocking out his front tooth and caused quite serious facial injury.
16:08I'm not sure how much longer they could have been in the situation they were, had people
16:13not turned up.
16:14It's a team game.
16:15We've all got to support each other and that's exactly what we've done today.
16:20The charge of shoplifting was dropped at court and no legal action was taken against
16:25the man who was all mouth.
16:29However, the head-butting man pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker.
16:33He was ordered to pay £1,284 in compensation and sentenced to 23 weeks behind bars.
16:44I'd like to say no one got hurt.
16:46Unfortunately, this time a cop did get hurt.
16:48But it's the reality of the job and it's important to show this sort of thing
16:52because it's what we do on a day-to-day basis.
17:03Behind the wheel of a marked BMW 340i...
17:08Should we go and find some crime?
17:10..is interceptor Chris Guttridge.
17:12I'm still learning the area.
17:14I will go everywhere on a night shift.
17:16I'll touch every part of the county.
17:18After transferring from Thames Valley Police last month,
17:22he's quickly getting to grit with Northamptonshire's 914 square mile patch.
17:28Go ahead.
17:35Yes, yes.
17:37Sat perfectly, actually.
17:38About to get on the eastbound.
17:39Excellent.
17:44Control have received a report about a suspected drink driver
17:47coming down the A14 in a Ford Focus.
17:51So it should be coming from behind us.
17:55Plotting a prime position, Chris pulls in for a stakeout.
18:00So any second now we should be through.
18:02Hopefully.
18:08Policing is Chris's first and only job.
18:10Having joined up at 18,
18:12off-duty he's into clay pigeon shooting.
18:15Unless it's come off before, I don't think it would have missed it.
18:25However tonight, it's odd he hasn't yet got the drink driver in his sights.
18:30Swerving all over the roads.
18:32Doesn't mention that they're going particularly slow.
18:39Intel suggests the suspect should eventually pass Chris on their way home.
18:43You might not be on to a winner here and only.
18:55There we go.
19:02At last, he's got eyes on the prize.
19:04Finally got contact, contact with the vehicle.
19:08He's doing 4-0 in the 70 at the moment.
19:12I'll try and follow me board and get him off the next junction, I think.
19:18There's a road closure up ahead,
19:20giving Chris the opportunity to have a word with a potentially drunk driver.
19:24Turn off here for me.
19:31Come off here for me.
19:33Or at least try to.
19:35Follow me.
19:37Follow me.
19:39With a little help from the Beamer's in-car matrix board,
19:42Chris escorts the driver off at the junction.
19:51Hello.
19:53Not too bad.
19:54The reason I've stopped you, sir,
19:55is you've had a report you've been weaving all over the road.
19:58You're slurring your words, you're unsteady on your feet.
20:00So I suspect you might have been drinking some alcohol today.
20:03Okay.
20:04And you could be impaired.
20:05So what I'm going to do, I'm going to require you to provide me with a specimen of breath.
20:07Okay.
20:08Follow me to my car.
20:09When was the last time you had anything to eat or drink?
20:11About an hour and a half.
20:12When was the last time you had a smoke, cigarette, a vape, anything like that?
20:15I've had a cigarette about an hour ago.
20:18An hour ago.
20:19Perfectly.
20:20Pop your hands out your pockets for me.
20:21Just come and join me on the pavement over here.
20:22If the drive is staggering, is anything to go by?
20:25What's your name, sir?
20:26My name is Paratutorial.
20:28Sorry?
20:29Paratutorial.
20:31Things aren't looking good for the breath test.
20:33So don't blow as hard as you can.
20:34Just a nice, even blow for us.
20:36Okay?
20:37When you're ready, do that for me.
20:39And blow, blow, blow.
20:41Keep going, keep going.
20:42Perfect.
20:43Wait a couple of seconds to check it.
20:45Anything under 35 is a pass.
20:48So that's a fail at 58.
20:50Okay.
20:51So you're over the limit.
20:52Okay.
20:53So all that means is you're under arrest at the moment for driving a motor vehicle over
20:55the specified alcohol limit.
20:56That's all.
20:57Just turn around for me and place your hands on the small of your back.
21:02The number of deaths from collisions involving a drink driver have hit the highest level for
21:07more than a decade.
21:09Right.
21:10Have a seat in there for me, sir.
21:12This bloke is lucky his night is only ending up with a trip to custody.
21:16Yeah.
21:17Cool.
21:18Right.
21:19Sort his car out.
21:20You could tell straight away.
21:21He's wobbling all over the place as soon as he's got out of the car.
21:24He sinks of alcohol.
21:25To be fair, it looks like at some point he's hit something.
21:27I don't think that's tonight from the tape.
21:29But the car's not in the best of conditions over.
21:33His tyre is totally bold on this side.
21:39This chap's car's in a right state.
21:43Road worthiness.
21:44I mean, I don't think that lights to be working correctly.
21:47It's totally smashed.
21:48You've got multiple tyres on it that are bold.
21:50It's just not fit for the road, which is scary enough as it is.
21:53But when you consider the facts that he's drunk as well when he's clearly getting steady on his feet.
21:58It's a bit of a disaster waiting to happen, unfortunately.
22:01But good job we've got him.
22:04Chris is going to seize the shed of a motor to ensure it's made road worthy before anyone else drives it.
22:11Fellow Interceptor Stuart is arriving to sort recovery.
22:17All right.
22:18I just need a key.
22:19There you go.
22:20Cheers.
22:22While Chris turns his attention to delivering the drunk driver to the Nick.
22:27Weeklywood's probably closest to here.
22:29It'll have to be here.
22:30Yeah.
22:32Weeklywood's custody suite it is.
22:37Oh, tell you what, mate.
22:38Just balance yourself here or you're going to fall over.
22:41The sozzled suspect gives another two samples of breath.
22:47So that's 65 and 64, so you're well over.
22:50OK.
22:52Confirming he's nearly double the limit, it seems the driver is resigned to his fate.
22:57Just sit tight from there.
22:58We're going to be detaining you for a bit longer so that your alcohol levels can come down.
23:01That's fine.
23:02I can still request a solicitor.
23:03They'll still have a chat with you.
23:04It doesn't make a difference.
23:05I'll admit to you, right, that I've had a cup of drink.
23:08Right, OK.
23:09And if that was over the limit, that's my fault.
23:11That's not, that's not anyone else's.
23:12Do you want me to get, would you like this cool one?
23:14No.
23:15I only provided him 58 on the, at the refliser at the roadside.
23:20I was quite shocked at the level compared to how unfit he was.
23:24It's quite rare where you actually get them and they, they're almost falling out of the car like we saw tonight.
23:29I have no doubt at all, he'll be, he'll be disqualified for this.
23:31He'll lose his licence.
23:32Could well impact his job depending on what his employment is.
23:35So it's just dangerous really.
23:36As a whole it's a good job we've got him off the road.
23:42The drunk driver was indeed disqualified from driving for 18 months and he had to pay fines totalling £847.
23:58Coming up.
23:59I think we've got the vehicle.
24:01Suspecting cannabis farm robbers on the road.
24:05And, who is the disqualified person?
24:13It's my daughter Nicole.
24:15Harrison is one step ahead in a game of guess who.
24:18And what should they do please Rose?
24:20Fifty seven.
24:35There's no limit to the risks suspects will take to evade the law.
24:53Left, left, post the road towards the Stinger.
24:57But the classic combo of a stealthy Stinger.
25:00Freeze down, freeze down, freeze down.
25:04Plus an unbreakable box.
25:06Puts a pin in many of the suit.
25:10Play super games, win super prizes.
25:19Following an ANPR camera hit in neighbouring Leicestershire.
25:23Interceptors believe a car on clone plate is now travelling through Northamptonshire.
25:30N-PASS permission?
25:31Go ahead.
25:32I think we've got the vehicle.
25:36N-PASS, the National Police Air Service are tracking the target.
25:40A-5, Watten Street, here whipped off dirt, have I?
25:46Criminals use false plates to conceal anything from a stolen car to serious organised crime.
25:52Can't tell if anybody's in the past, it's just the driver I can see visually at this time.
25:57And this motor has got quite the back story.
26:00Just start driving normal.
26:06After a cannabis farm burglary in the early hours, police tasered a suspect who jumped out of a window.
26:12Allegedly making their escape in this cloned car.
26:16It's a dual carriageway, it's in lane one.
26:20Thanks to N-PASS, ground units are tightening the net on the target.
26:26Armed pursuit drivers are making for the A-5.
26:29Potentially some drug offences, I think, to the sounds of it.
26:35Once again, Dan and police dog Kohler are en route in case there are any runaways.
26:40It could be up to tune, just exit this vehicle.
26:44And an unmarked unit is lying in wait, ready to tail the suspect car.
26:49Oh.
26:52There we go.
26:55Contact, contact.
26:56South of the A-5, it's just passing half the shot.
27:02Contact, contact, receive.
27:04It's just passing what looks like a garden sector, something like that, near sign.
27:08We are unmarked, approximately 50 inches wide.
27:17Interceptors behind, above, and now a few miles ahead.
27:22Stand well, stand well.
27:24We've got an off-side indication about that.
27:26Towards the A-5.
27:28Ooh.
27:30Ooh, indeed.
27:31The unwitting driver is heading towards a stinger.
27:34Cancel base, continue.
27:35Continue.
27:36Continue.
27:37Very far, start.
27:38It's all right.
27:40Roger.
27:41I've got the vehicle in the tyre.
27:42Bye, boy.
27:45Spikes are out.
27:49Vehicle stand, vehicle stand.
27:52Now it's much more acceleration.
27:56They've blown his tyres and their cover.
28:00Yeah, it's now fine.
28:01It's done.
28:02Red ATS, temporary, high risk.
28:04But there's slim chance of a second getaway in this clone.
28:10It's got deterioration of his tyres.
28:13Such cell garage.
28:16The team are moving in.
28:19We've got three in six.
28:23A marked car leads to charge of three TPAC or boxing units.
28:28Speed four, five, immediately.
28:30Dogman Dan's at the rear, ready for runaways.
28:38And they swiftly follow up the stinger with a TPAC chaser.
28:41Cold is out the hatch and raring to go.
28:54Stop, stop, stop.
28:5510 passes, no.
28:5610 passes, no.
28:57Something out of the left-hand window.
28:58Out of the left-hand window.
28:59Something out of the left-hand window.
29:05Cola's elite speed isn't needed today.
29:07Roger.
29:08Two men in the car are nicked.
29:17That's all the occupants accounted for.
29:20The driver may have tossed something down here.
29:23Although the suspected cannabis farm robbers may have tried to discard evidence.
29:36A small bag is quickly recovered.
29:38Then the suspect on his feet is spotted slinging something into the bushes behind him.
29:53Wait.
29:57Weeding it out is a job for Dan and Cola.
30:01Good girl.
30:06Good girl.
30:08The phone down here as well.
30:12Wait.
30:14I can see it quite plainly, but she doesn't know what it is.
30:17And she's indicated and said that it's been recently handled.
30:20Some mobile phones are an absolute goldmine of evidence.
30:23So, you know, obviously if he doesn't want us to have it, there is a reason behind that.
30:31There's a tiny bit in the earphone.
30:34Fellow interceptor bomber is on hand to look for any more evidence in the alleged getaway car.
30:40No one's tasered anyone, have they?
30:49That's definitely a taser barb.
30:52The taser barb has a serial number which can be checked against the police taser fired at the cannabis farm.
31:00That's what we found, but it doesn't really sit with the information that we had.
31:04They've probably offloaded anything they've nicked from the burglary before they've started this journey.
31:12Checks also reveal the cloned plates have been placed on a nicked motor.
31:16So, stolen car, false plates, been involved in that great burglary up in Nottinghamshire.
31:22So, yeah, really tidy job and, you know, really nice to get that one safely concluded and get the bad guys in custody.
31:28No charges were brought against the suspects in relation to the stolen car or the false plates.
31:37The passenger was convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery and sent to prison for four years and eight months.
31:44As for the driver, no action was taken against him for burglary, but he was convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery, driving dangerously and without a license or insurance.
31:57He was disqualified for more than two years and jailed for three and a half years.
32:02Lovely bit of cross-border work got impasse up and that's been the crucial part is having the aircraft above to follow it.
32:15And then we've been able to put a plan together to deal with the safety.
32:19So, really happy.
32:20Once a suspect is stopped, the next round of intercepting begins, filtering facts from fiction.
32:36I guess one of the challenges of the job is that people don't always tell us the truth.
32:42They're sometimes economical with the truth or sometimes they just tell us barefaced lies.
32:48Either way, our job is to find out what the truth is and there's so many different ways in which we can do that,
32:55whether that be the use of technology or fingerprint scanners,
32:58if people, particularly if people are trying to disguise their identity from us.
33:02It's inevitable that people will lie to us, but I think nine times out of ten, we normally find out the truth.
33:08In the north of the county, Harrison Beverley is behind a Merc with a marker flagging it's potentially being used by a disqualified driver.
33:24Female has warning to impersonate when arrested. She's possibly will provide her mother's details.
33:31I've got an image sent through to you of her.
33:34Yeah, the picture is brilliant, thank you. I'll try and stop it. We're just going towards our lease at the minute.
33:39Copy that.
33:40We'll give it a stop, see if they're driving it as a disc wall or not.
33:46Armed with the Intel, Harrison cuts to the chase.
33:51Hello, you alright? I'll be straight up with you. This vehicle's got a disqualified marker on it.
33:56Are you disqualified? Have you got a driver license?
33:59I haven't got it on me. It's not a good start.
34:00No, I don't, I just don't get any carried around.
34:03And what's your name, please?
34:05My name? Rose.
34:07Your name's Rose. Who is the disqualified person?
34:10It's my daughter, Nicole.
34:12Okay, go with me two seconds. Let me just do a couple of checks then, and I'll be on your way.
34:17No ID isn't ideal.
34:19But there's more than one way to check whether this is the band driver masquerading as her mum.
34:24Easy way to solve this. I can ask for a fingerprint from you which will tell me who you are.
34:28If you've got no identity on you, because I...
34:31Is that necessary?
34:32Yeah, I'll be as fair as possible with you, but unfortunately I need to know who you are as a person.
34:37Given there's also a young child in the car, Harrison needs to be 100% sure the woman has a license.
34:44But there's no reason for me to be pulled over at all.
34:48I've explained the reason why I've pulled you over.
34:50Yeah, that was my daughter, not myself.
34:51That's okay, but then I've just asked for some identification, you haven't got anything on you.
34:54With six years experience in the job, Harrison's honed his skills at sorting truth from lies, and alarm bells are ringing.
35:06And what's the date of birth please, Rose?
35:0857.
35:0957.
35:141957.
35:17She's either an extremely youthful 60-something, or...
35:21Okay, I am looking at a picture of Nicole at the minute, and it looks very much like yourself.
35:30Do you want to start telling me the truth?
35:33Yeah?
35:34No, look, this is not...
35:38Listen.
35:39The only reason I drove to the shop is because I needed to get something for my kids.
35:41I'm begging you.
35:42Listen, what am I meant to do?
35:43Please just have some, like, some compassion.
35:46I'm a human, I know you've got a little child with you, but equally.
35:49Yeah, you've got a camera shining through my window.
35:51Well, don't swear. If you're going to give me grief about stopping you, don't swear in front of a child.
35:55I'm not really grief. I understand.
35:56You're the one that's driving whilst disqualified, so let's get that straight.
35:58But don't need to be so, like, pedantic.
36:00Not to be pedantic, but she's driving whilst disqualified and without insurance.
36:07So while a friend arrives to take the child home, a local unit is also dropping in to help with the unhappy customer.
36:15Unfortunately.
36:16I don't know why you're being so smug.
36:18Smug? I'm not being smug. I'm trying to work with you.
36:21You're the one that's driving whilst disqualified.
36:23You lied to me.
36:24I'm in a panicked situation.
36:26Somehow it's my fault that she's driving whilst disqualified.
36:29I'm not talking to you, am I?
36:32I appreciate she's got a young baby with her.
36:35Clearly it's going to affect how we deal with it.
36:37But, you know, it's a risk.
36:38Public, she's disqualified if we drink driving.
36:41So I'd argue she's putting the child at risk by driving, especially with no insurance.
36:46So, yeah.
36:48The child's safe, that's the main thing.
36:49We'll figure out where we go next.
36:51Time to check in with the Sarge.
36:53Hello, Sarge.
36:54Right?
36:55It's female.
36:56He's got a three-year-old child.
36:57What's your thoughts on slow time or just custody?
37:01Slow time option means reporting offences at the roadside and avoiding a trip to custody so the woman can return home to her child.
37:10Yeah, thank you.
37:11I'll use my discretion then and do it slow time and then I'll just sit and wait recovery.
37:18The driver is getting the best possible outcome.
37:21I'm not going to go to custody if you don't have to.
37:23It's your first time caught whilst disqualified and you've got a child at home that's young.
37:28I'll do arrest you but I will report you for those two offences.
37:31The car will be seized in section 165 of Road Traffic Act.
37:35It doesn't need to be well.
37:36It does.
37:38Unfortunately, she's still not happy with the plan.
37:41Grab what you need.
37:42The car will be sent to a secure compound and then you can...
37:45Oh, it's not Hampton, which is just...
37:46No, it's going to be going to probably Lutterworth from here.
37:49Ridiculous.
37:51Yeah, it's difficult.
37:53At the end of the day, she's driving whilst disqualified.
37:55She's trying to conceal who she is in order to get away with it.
37:59On this occasion, you know, use discretion.
38:01The vehicle's recovered.
38:02She'll go to court for no... for a disc or drive and no insurance.
38:05So, ultimately, the child's back home and back with his mum.
38:08So, it's a... it's a good outcome in the end, I think.
38:15At court, the woman pleaded guilty to obstructing the police,
38:18driving whilst disqualified and no insurance.
38:21She had to pay a total of £279 in costs
38:26and was banned from the roads for another five months.
38:31If you're straight up and honest, you know,
38:33it's going to be a far easier process.
38:34We get used to it after stopping cars every day.
38:36So, I've just got to judge it every time you stop it
38:39and, you know, come to an outcome where we're still going to enforce
38:43what we need to enforce, ultimately.
38:45Still to come.
38:51How old are you?
38:5270.
38:53I want you our new driver there.
38:54A ditch disaster calls for a family rescue mission.
38:58Go!
38:59Keep going, keep going.
39:00Now, rest!
39:023...
39:22It's a miserable night tonight, isn't it?
39:25It certainly is.
39:27It's been a rainy day in Northamptonshire, and the wet roads are creating a busy night
39:36shift for Harrison and co-pilot Joe Wood.
39:39There is a family in a ditch with three youngsters around it.
39:42They've put their thumbs up to the corner as they drove past.
39:45It looked like it had just happened.
39:48That's Ignite.
39:49Just confirm the locus again.
39:51The van has come off a country road just outside the small town of Rawnes.
40:08The long straight bit has got a big ditch there on it, so I imagine it's going to be a long
40:13last.
40:14It could be in the National.
40:17Yeah.
40:18Even so familiar with the territory, he can even pinpoint where the accident's going
40:23to be.
40:24We're on this bend, if anything.
40:27Yeah.
40:28That'll be the one.
40:29Yeah, yeah.
40:30Ouch.
40:31They've slid into a ditch, haven't they?
40:34So we know what's happened here.
40:35You don't need to be a forensic collision investigator to know that he's overcooked it.
40:41You know what, I'll leave the front blues on as well, being as we're on this unlit section.
40:47You all right, lads?
40:53You all right, mate?
40:54Yeah.
40:55I'm all right.
40:57Looks like the interceptors aren't the only ones responding.
40:59It's this who's getting you out, is it?
41:01Yeah.
41:02No worries.
41:03Whose van is it?
41:04He's the driver.
41:05All right, no worries.
41:06Are you the driver?
41:07Yeah.
41:08Cool.
41:09No worries.
41:10We'll just get your details.
41:11Make sure everything's in order with the vehicle, and then we'll let you drag it out.
41:13All right?
41:14Yeah.
41:15Thankfully, no one is hurt, and the young lads have already organised their own rescue
41:19mission.
41:20Grandad and his truck.
41:22I've got a back box, so I weren't going quickly, I just lost control of it.
41:26The roads are slippy.
41:27I've not been driving them at all, neither.
41:29How long have you had your licence?
41:31I've passed in January.
41:33Oh, you passed in January?
41:34I passed in January.
41:35How old are you?
41:36Seventy.
41:37All right, so you're our new driver then.
41:38Joe's first car was an Austin Mini.
41:42As a roads policing lead investigator, he knows the teenager's crash could be a genuine
41:48accident.
41:51But he needs to make sure.
41:53So you've not done one of these then, because you've already just flashed your test?
41:56No.
41:57Yeah, no, I've never done it.
41:58Come on.
41:59Hopefully this is your first and last.
42:00Right, I'll hold the device.
42:02Deep breath in as far as you can, and then blow out until I tell you to stop.
42:05Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
42:08Zero.
42:09Perfect.
42:10All right.
42:11You grab that, pull it towards you, and you keep that bit.
42:18Everything checks out.
42:19The 17-year-old new driver hasn't touched a drop of drink, and he has a full licence and
42:25insurance.
42:26What's your plan, see if it just drags out?
42:29Yeah, it should drag out.
42:31Hopefully.
42:32Famous last word.
42:35So the focus quickly shifts to hauling the van out of the ditch and clearing the perilous
42:40stretch of Country Road.
42:42So we've got family members here that have come to assist them, so they're going to try
42:46and tow it out of the chain.
42:47So that'll be interesting.
42:48We'll see how they get on.
42:49Hopefully there's not too much damage to it.
42:52Police interceptors, eh?
42:54Grandad and the family get to work.
42:57I've come out in my slippers.
43:02Chain's secure.
43:05Harrison and Joe shut the road.
43:07Fellas, step back out of the way in case the chain comes off it.
43:12Operation TurboToe is go.
43:28Stop, stop there.
43:31No, it's alright.
43:32Hold it there.
43:33Nice one, Grandad.
43:35The wheels might be smoking, but the 17-year-old is back on the road.
43:42Is this your first vehicle, is it?
43:45The second one.
43:46The other one, I blew it up.
43:48Let's move on, shall we?
43:50Hello?
43:51Take your time.
43:52You've got all mud in the wheel.
43:53All right.
43:54All right.
43:55Can you take an hour for three?
43:57The family are shifting to a safer place to assess the damage.
44:02Meaning Harrison and Joe can get the road open again.
44:05If anyone else comes down that bend and does the same thing, then there's going to be another crash.
44:11So, unconventional, but safety-wise, we're happy now.
44:15So, no injuries, so at least that's the main thing.
44:18A bit of damage repair on his run.
44:20We've all done it, haven't we?
44:22Well, I did.
44:23Well, I did.
44:24Not in a ditch as such, but...
44:25Well, no, I've not put it into a ditch, but I have lost it on a bend when I was young and stupid.
44:45Yah.
44:46Ooh, too.
44:47...
44:49I looked at the edge as such as what?
44:51Just in a ditch as such.
44:52I was kind of celebrating this day.
44:54I hope you're not all.
44:56I'm a happy child.
44:58We're at the end of the tunnel.
44:59You're at the end of the tunnel.
45:01I'm a happy child.
45:02I work together.
45:03You're a happy child.
45:04You're a happy child.
45:06You're a happy child.
45:07I'm a happy child.
45:08It's not so sorry.
45:09You're always going.
45:10You're always going to have to do the right thing.
45:11I think.
45:12I'm a happy child.
45:13But always.
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