- 6/30/2025
Ten thousand revellers pack Brighton's clubs and pubs every weekend, and as the sun goes down and the lights come up, the number of assaults, sexual violence, anti-social behaviour, drug-related incidents and hate crime goes through the roof – and for the Night Coppers of Brighton, policing this city after dark is one hell of a ride.
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00:00Look at him!
00:05Yeah!
00:06Look at how literally good looking you are!
00:09Thank you very much!
00:10You're crazy!
00:11I'll take that!
00:12Can I put your hat on?
00:20Call the police!
00:21Call the police!
00:22Love it!
00:23What's your name?
00:24Robbie!
00:25I'll give you a kiss if you give me a hand back!
00:27Joking, I'm a lesbian!
00:28Thank you very much!
00:30Can I have a kiss Robbie?
00:31Unfortunately you can't!
00:32I hate to disappoint!
00:33Let him arrest you!
00:35Go on!
00:36Can't use force without a good reason unfortunately!
00:38Can you tase me?
00:39Absolutely!
00:40Oh!
00:41She wants to tase me!
00:42I've never drawn my taseo!
00:44See you later!
00:45See you soon!
00:46Love you!
00:47Have a good night!
00:48Alright?
00:49I wish you'd tase me!
00:53I love the dirty shit!
00:58Don't go forwards!
01:00I want to see this paper, I want to see it pris...
01:03See it!
01:04See it, see it, see it 만약 farm!
01:05A bear!
01:08Help me out my fingers!
01:11Hubbyo these bitches!
01:13Mal an a call me the wolf!
01:15And they call me the wolf.
01:16And they call me the wolf now.
01:18He's down on the floor now.
01:19And they call me the wolf.
01:34Right, listen up everybody.
01:36How are we all?
01:38Go through briefing.
01:40Most wanted, please be aware of this single female.
01:44His voice is telling her to masturbate.
01:46Puts fingers into anus when about to deal with police.
01:51Sorry, Sarge, is this the person who defecated in the van and smeared everywhere?
01:56Yes.
01:57When she was interviewed last, she pulled a pooey fork out her van.
02:02What?
02:03During the interview.
02:06Please arrest if seen.
02:08Cuff to the front.
02:10If there's nothing else, stay safe and then fight some crime.
02:17Oh my God.
02:18Are you all mad?
02:19Are you all mad?
02:20Are you all mad?
02:21Yes.
02:22Are you all mad?
02:23Are you all mad?
02:24Yes.
02:25Are you all mad?
02:26Yes.
02:27Are you all mad?
02:28Yes.
02:29Do you want to come for my man?
02:30Yes.
02:31I think I've got a good bedside manner within this role.
02:32I have the ability to see somebody on their level.
02:38I grew up in a fairly rough area, witnessed a lot of aggression, domestic abuse.
02:45My granddad was a debt collector for Mad Frank.
02:46He was a London gangster.
02:49I've got a good girl.
02:50Do you want to come for my man?
02:51Yes.
02:52I think I've got a good bedside manner within this role.
02:53I have the ability to see somebody on their level.
03:00I grew up in a fairly rough area, witnessed a lot of aggression, domestic abuse.
03:07My granddad was a debt collector for Mad Frank.
03:11who was this London gangster.
03:14I've got uncles that have had a bit of a shady past
03:17and have actually done some time.
03:20There was a point where I was like,
03:22I can either turn into a nasty piece of work
03:26or I can actually use that trauma and that hurt
03:29I've experienced and try and change that.
03:41That's closest, what's your mention?
03:42There's someone being attacked on Queen's Road in Brighton.
03:48I just saw two people run across the road
03:50and start beating each other up.
03:53Can you still see them now?
03:54Yeah, they're part of a group of people.
03:57999 activated.
04:00We've all been pretty drunk on a weekend.
04:03Just the people that can't handle it, ruin it for everyone else,
04:06tend to just be that bit of poison in the water.
04:09Oh, God!
04:10Oh, God!
04:11He just hit me in the face!
04:12Oh, God!
04:13What are you getting on?
04:14Oh, God!
04:15Oh!
04:16He just hit me in the face!
04:18Don't ever.
04:19I don't care for .
04:21He was a dick there and said your plan to work!
04:23Calm down.
04:24You don't have to say anything.
04:25I'm telling you friends, you don't have to request.
04:27Tell me your name on the other side.
04:28Right now, bring it down.
04:30He's got to hurt me in the back of my head.
04:33Is he making an allegation against that?
04:36He is.
04:37I was supporting my week out of the MMA fight,
04:40and he started me in the club for no reason,
04:43just because he's intoxicated.
04:45So, I promise you, he started...
04:47Something's happened early on this.
04:49It's like this boy's pub misses and he's driving.
04:51I just got smacked in the back of my head out of nowhere.
04:54Just stand still.
04:55Chill out.
04:56Are you actually crazy?
04:58Right, listen to me.
04:59I don't have to deal with that, but you've also hit my body.
05:01Because I was getting...
05:02I don't get that in the back of my head.
05:04No, no, no, no.
05:05You just smacked me in the head.
05:06Yeah, I did.
05:07I'm a good human.
05:08I really have a good human.
05:09I'm done.
05:10Well, I'm saying you're not.
05:11I'm all right.
05:12I'm just trying to work out what's going on.
05:14We're just trying to work out what's going on.
05:16When people are fighting in the street, the longer it takes for us to split something up,
05:28the more crowds it brings, the more judgement, the more phones that come out.
05:34When we're all just trying to achieve the same goal, which is peace.
05:38This is where my knife jumped out and hit my phone.
05:40He was waiting for us.
05:41And fought him.
05:42I promise you no.
05:43I don't deserve this, guys.
05:46Please, don't fuck me over, mate.
05:48I'm sorry if I hit you and I'll never lay arms or peace off at all, especially on one.
05:53Triple one, what does the footage pick up of this fight?
05:57I just want to know which one through the first punch.
06:00We can't really tell who's who and who started it and who the victim is.
06:14So they were down on an MMA event.
06:16He's tried kissing one of their mates and girlfriend.
06:19And that's caused a massive fight.
06:21And as a friend explained, it's because they've all got small dicks.
06:25I've actually done one of those events.
06:27Lost, but I've done one.
06:29I was quite an angry child growing up.
06:32I'd always lose my temper.
06:34And then I got into martial arts to channel my energy into something that can be a good self-defense option.
06:41Martial arts is a beautiful thing.
06:43It's discipline.
06:44It's got rules.
06:45Have you had any alcohol tonight?
06:47Two pints.
06:48Two pints.
06:49Use it when you have to, but use it in the right way.
06:53Don't just beat someone up because you can.
06:56Any religious dietary needs?
06:58Allah.
06:59OK.
07:00Would you like anyone to be notified that you've been arrested?
07:04What about Lizzie?
07:05Who's Lizzie?
07:06Queen.
07:07Well, she's dead, so...
07:08Oh, yeah.
07:09I ain't got time to stay here all night, guys.
07:10Don't know if I'm wrong.
07:11I had a little, cheeky scrap of that fact that you started anyway.
07:12We'll get to all of that in a second.
07:13OK.
07:14Very impressive.
07:15I'm intoxicated, aren't I?
07:16I guess the what?
07:17Tongue up, left, down and right.
07:18You'll be surprised if people are hiding their mouths.
07:19Yeah, I feel good.
07:20Cool, lovely.
07:21Cheers, mate.
07:22Let's get you down to the cell.
07:23I think the only reflection you can take from that is don't kiss your mate's girlfriend.
07:30What type of cheese you use is to hide a small horse?
07:31I have no idea.
07:32Mascarpone.
07:33When I was younger, I used to come to Brighton quite a bit.
07:34I think the only reflection you can take from that is don't kiss your mate's girlfriend.
07:37What type of cheese you use is to hide a small horse?
07:40I have no idea.
07:41Mascarpone.
07:42When I was younger, I used to come to Brighton quite a bit.
07:45As a teenager.
07:46I definitely used to enjoy it more before I worked here.
07:47What type of cheese you use is to hide a small horse?
07:52I have no idea.
07:53Mascarpone.
07:54When I was younger, I used to come to Brighton quite a bit as a teenager.
07:59I definitely used to enjoy it more before I worked here.
08:04What's the most annoying thing you've had when someone's come up to you on a night
08:09out when you're working?
08:10They always want to take pictures.
08:11They love not bad things.
08:13Yeah, but I'm not always camera ready, am I?
08:16We have a keyword we are not allowed to mention, which is quiet.
08:20Hiya.
08:21I'm French.
08:22Can I take a photo with you, please?
08:23Oh, I'm in the picture.
08:24Yeah, you're in the picture.
08:25We'll get a girl's picture.
08:28Because when someone says that, everything goes crazy.
08:32Unicorn.
08:34Is that good for you?
08:35Yes.
08:36Perfect.
08:38Good night.
08:39You too.
08:40Yeah.
08:41Hotel Victor, Brighton.
08:43Keep on into the subway and the old steam.
08:46There's no assistance.
08:47It's gone.
08:48It seems like it's been a fight, subway.
08:49So I've nicked her for ABH.
08:50Yeah.
08:51How lovely.
08:53Like, video these bitches for being a dumb cunt.
08:55Like, yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:56Like, video me cunt.
08:57Like, shut the fuck up.
08:58Get off me.
08:59Get off me.
09:00Get off me.
09:01What are you telling me?
09:02To where, guys?
09:03Going to custody.
09:04Video these bitches from being a dumb cunt.
09:08Oi, yeah, yeah, yeah, video me cunt.
09:10Shut the fuck up, get off me.
09:14Get off me.
09:15Don't fuck me, bitch.
09:21We're going in the bed.
09:23To where, guys?
09:24We're going to custody.
09:26Where are we going?
09:27Jimmy's have us custody.
09:28I'm going to custody.
09:29Jimmy's have us custody.
09:30You're going to custody.
09:31You're going to custody.
09:32You're going to custody.
09:33You're going to be back.
09:37Drink affects people so differently.
09:40And some people just can't handle it.
09:43I mean, I definitely couldn't.
09:51Have you been arrested before?
09:53Never.
09:53Never? OK.
09:55Once you do get people into custody, where you've got the bright lights
09:59and police officers stood around you, and in many cases,
10:02then Ben go, oh, God.
10:04So the officers need to tell me why you've been arrested tonight, OK?
10:07I'm tired now.
10:08Keep right on.
10:08Yeah.
10:09Sorry.
10:10Sorry.
10:11It's fine, don't worry.
10:12I'm sorry.
10:13I've done this.
10:14Don't worry.
10:15It's fine.
10:16One of my female colleagues there is going to search you.
10:18I've always put me to be arrested.
10:20Hold on.
10:21That's not a good thing to do.
10:23No, it's noisy.
10:24It is, yeah.
10:25That judgment that they may have had before to tell them not to do something
10:30has come back into their brain, and then they think, oh, shouldn't have done that.
10:33It's so stupid.
10:34Have you had any alcohol this evening?
10:35Yes.
10:36Yeah?
10:37What have you had?
10:38Quite a lot.
10:39Quite a lot.
10:40OK.
10:41Have you got any dietary requirements?
10:42Any allergies?
10:43I'm on a diet right now.
10:44You're on a diet right now?
10:45No.
10:46Aren't we all?
10:47You can sometimes put yourself in people's shoes.
10:48I've been a bit silly when I'm drunk.
10:50But then I think, I've never been silly enough to get arrested.
11:06Try and control yourself if you're an adult.
11:09Don't, don't be so.
11:12She likes me.
11:15Thank you so much.
11:17Did you want to read a copy of The Codes of Practice, which is a rule book on how we
11:20can look after you?
11:21I would love it, babe.
11:22I'd love to read it.
11:23I'm going to get you a blanket.
11:24I can't eat the cream on loads of them.
11:25Are you okay to practice?
11:26Yes.
11:27Please.
11:29Oh!
11:30Oh!
11:31So, OK, you're going here.
11:32Do you want to get a long book?
11:33So, I'm going to call her later.
11:34I'll be like, I'm sick.
11:35Well, I'm going to get you a blanket.
11:37Do you want a hot chocolate and a water?
11:39This is better than that.
11:40It's better than that.
11:42You've got to have a lot of patience in this job.
11:46I think I can be quite patient with people sometimes.
11:49Probably a bit too patient.
11:51Hi, this is a holiday.
11:53Wow.
11:54That's sex.
11:55What kind of holiday is this?
11:57A free one.
11:58Never knowing someone.
11:59Very wrong to be.
12:00I'm so happy.
12:01Yeah.
12:02Who's your rare favourite repeat offender?
12:17The guy that used to refer to everyone as a celebrity.
12:21You look like a fat Gary Barlow.
12:24Or, he went to me once, he went,
12:26You look like a smaller version of Taylor Swift.
12:29I was like, oh, thank you so much.
12:34I wanted to be a PE teacher.
12:36My mum was a PE teacher.
12:37And I was like, she's well cool.
12:38All the kids love her.
12:39I want to do that because I love sports
12:41and I'm going to teach kids how to do sports.
12:43And then when I went to college, my PE teacher was a nob.
12:48Couldn't stand him.
12:49And just gave up on it.
12:56Oh dear.
12:59All of my family are proud of what I do.
13:02But, if I just scrolled through TikTok
13:06and watched videos of the police,
13:08they're all so negative.
13:09If I wasn't in the job and I didn't know other police officers,
13:11I'd probably hate the police to be completely honest.
13:13But it's all like,
13:14it's not proportionate to what we actually do.
13:22Hello, I've just come across a man up on the road.
13:24He's very, very drunk, fallen off his bike.
13:26His elbow is most likely broken.
13:28However, he's refusing any sort of medical treatment.
13:30Is there anyone that can head down
13:32and try and either transport to hospital
13:34or get him home with a bike?
13:36On the last, um,
13:38do you fancy playing Uber?
13:41Fabulous.
13:42Um, we're only around the corner, mate.
13:44We'll figure it out when we get there.
13:47Thank you, mate.
13:49Never off duty.
13:51What's he doing?
13:54Hello.
13:59Hiya.
14:00That's a bad bump, that.
14:02He wants to go home.
14:03He wants to go home.
14:04He's trying to cycle drunk home.
14:06Sit down, Forrest.
14:08Sit down.
14:09Yeah, mate.
14:10No, no.
14:11No, sit down for a second.
14:12He was in the middle of the road
14:13and there's, like, three cars stopped.
14:15Oh, God, I can smell the booze from here.
14:17Jesus.
14:18OK.
14:19So, he's just going to keep trying to get home
14:21on his own and probably die, so...
14:24Aw.
14:25Just sit down for a second.
14:26You can go if you want, mate, or what about?
14:27Yeah.
14:28People can be drunk and cause issues,
14:31but they can still make you laugh.
14:32Just sit down for a second.
14:35No, I'm all right.
14:36I'm all right, thank you.
14:37Feels good.
14:39We all get drunk as well.
14:40Like, on our rest days, I go out and get drunk.
14:42And I'll probably...
14:43I'll never get into an absolute state,
14:45like, half the people we meet,
14:46but I'm probably a bit of a melt sometimes when I'm drunk.
14:50Your elbow really isn't good.
14:52Well, it's OK.
14:55No.
14:56No, it's not OK.
14:57You definitely don't want to go to the hospital?
14:59It is broken.
15:00No.
15:01OK.
15:02Well, I can't force you to go to the hospital.
15:03Shall we get you home?
15:04Or to the hospital, preferably?
15:06Er, call on, please.
15:07He's just absolutely battered.
15:09Yeah.
15:10And he's got a broken elbow,
15:11but he doesn't want any medical treatment.
15:12Can't force him.
15:13He just needs to go back to his home address.
15:15Hello!
15:16Here's your taxi service,
15:17cos that's what we're here for, apparently.
15:19All right, in you get.
15:20In you get.
15:21Come on.
15:26You know when someone's so drunk that you can...
15:28Like, if you smell it,
15:29it makes you want to fry up cos you can literally taste it
15:31in the back of your mouth
15:32and it's almost like it's a liquid in the air?
15:35It was...
15:36I could smell it like that, that far away.
15:38I thought it was going to fry up.
15:39Shall we?
15:40Shall we?
15:41We shall.
15:42Ready for a fun-filled night?
15:55Absolutely.
15:56You did.
15:57It's always a good start to the night, isn't it?
15:58It does look very busy, though.
16:11Looking packed.
16:12Could make for an interesting night.
16:13So, do you have any embarrassing stories from, like, when you got drunk? Like, how bad has it got?
16:22So, I should share that.
16:23We've all been young.
16:24We've all got a bottle of cider when we shouldn't have. And I'll leave it at that.
16:31Okay.
16:32I wanted to be a police officer when I was younger.
16:41Did you?
16:42Yeah.
16:43I wanted to be a rock star.
16:44I wanted to rebel.
16:48I've had many jobs.
16:50One of my job titles was erection specialist.
16:54Dare I ask?
16:55I was building marquees.
16:56Hot bus.
16:57If Brighton was a rock star, I think it would be Prince, or artist for me known as.
17:04Bit of flex in it. Bit of flash.
17:07Lot of layers to it.
17:12How drunk is this man here?
17:14I mean, this is fantastically drunk.
17:16Look at that.
17:17Oh.
17:18Oh.
17:21Hi, buddy.
17:22How we doing?
17:25Is he all right?
17:26Are you with him?
17:27No.
17:28I don't know who he is.
17:29I'll jump out for him.
17:34Do you hear me?
17:35Hello?
17:36Excuse me.
17:39All right, mate.
17:40Stop where you are.
17:41Listen.
17:42Stop.
17:43Stop.
17:44Just stop.
17:45Who's this?
17:46Can I answer the phone for you?
17:47You're a little bit drunk.
17:49Okay?
17:50Someone's trying to call you.
17:51Sorry?
17:52What are you doing?
17:53Are you all good?
17:54Are you with him?
17:55Is this his mate?
17:56Come on.
17:57Oh, is this your mate?
17:58Yeah.
17:59What's your mate?
18:00He's pissed.
18:01Brian can be pretty wild.
18:02It is quite funny some of it.
18:03Are you with him?
18:04Yeah.
18:05Oh, wonderful.
18:06Why are you getting arrested then?
18:07He's not.
18:08He's nearly falling in the road.
18:09He's all right, mate.
18:10I've seen him worse than that.
18:11Have you?
18:12Yeah.
18:13All right.
18:14Come on.
18:15Yeah, I don't know.
18:16Where has he gone?
18:17I thought you were with him.
18:18Let's go.
18:19Do you have a question?
18:20Can I ask you a question?
18:22Where?
18:23Where?
18:24Where?
18:31Come on, mate.
18:32Come on up to you.
18:33Hello.
18:34What have we done?
18:35What have we done?
18:36What have we done?
18:37What have we done?
18:38What have we done?
18:39What have we done?
18:40What have we done?
18:41What have we done?
18:42What have we done?
18:43I'm asking you a question.
18:44Why?
18:45Bend it and we'll talk.
18:46Okay.
18:47Get in the handcuffs and then we'll talk.
18:48You're under arrest for going and quit, right?
18:49What have we been equipped?
18:50Julia Charlie 190.
18:51What have we been equipped?
18:52Excuse me.
18:53Apologies.
18:54We're on shit street at the moment.
18:55We've got one in custody for going and quit.
18:57Your house is your castle, so I hate breaking cowards crime, really.
19:01I've just been told by a member of the public that you were trying to break this.
19:04No, I was not.
19:05It's not been broken.
19:06It hasn't been broken.
19:07It's okay.
19:08It hasn't been broken.
19:09Attempting to break in?
19:10No, I haven't.
19:11I haven't attempted to break in though.
19:12My mate lives there.
19:13I live here.
19:14We'll get this all sorted out.
19:15Get the rest of the day.
19:16Calm down.
19:17My dad was a lorry driver.
19:18He used to go to France a lot where, pick up cheap booze.
19:22Put all the booze on the kitchen table.
19:24He came down one morning and all the booze had gone and the VCR nicked.
19:29Please believe me, mate.
19:31I really haven't.
19:32I swear to God, mate.
19:33Well, you can spray it in the morning, mate.
19:35We go to a lot of jobs, but a burglary, I think, especially to someone's home or their small business, is a massive attack on them.
19:43You know, people have had to move because they've been burgled and that's not right.
19:48I've done nothing wrong.
19:50I've done nothing wrong.
19:51I've done nothing wrong with you.
19:52I'm going to get it.
19:53I've done nothing wrong with you.
19:54I've done nothing wrong with you.
19:55There you go.
19:56He's got this in his hands.
19:57I'm going to say a rudimentary lock pick.
19:59There's a homemade log pic and a black glove.
20:10He's a bit of a collectible on the old Brighton home criminals.
20:14Yeah, you know, I've known him since a kid.
20:18And he's had a bit of a rough upbringing and unfortunately it's ended up like this.
20:23You almost see people grow up, become like children to men
20:27and, you know, they can go either way.
20:29They can go from they were a bit of a naughty kid,
20:31got into a bit of trouble with police and now they've got a good job.
20:35But sometimes it goes the other way
20:37and they grow up from being a bit of a naughty kid to, you know, a full-on criminal.
20:42He is quite sad when we see someone, you know, go downhill like that.
20:46What can you hear them saying or screaming?
20:48Um, I heard someone shout, it's the weed, it's the weed.
20:50They're starting to get physical with each other.
20:52Okay.
20:53We've got it on an emergency response. We'll get officers straight out of it.
20:55They're saying they're going to kill each other now.
20:57And someone says, and I don't know, I don't know.
20:59I don't know.
21:00I don't know.
21:01I don't know.
21:02I don't know.
21:03I don't know.
21:04I don't know.
21:05I don't know.
21:06I don't know.
21:07I don't know.
21:08I don't know.
21:09I don't know.
21:10We've got it on an emergency response.
21:11We'll get officers straight out of it.
21:13They're saying they're going to kill each other now.
21:15And someone says, my kids are upstairs.
21:17Are the children inside the address?
21:19I think so, yeah.
21:20I can hear the little ones.
21:21They're under the age of, I'd say, four.
21:24Oh, God.
21:25Yeah.
21:26Radio 117.
21:27I've got two in.
21:28Request for further units.
21:29Go ahead, Zoe.
21:31Yeah, I'm rude.
21:33We're transporting someone, I think.
21:35Yeah!
21:38Shouty.
21:39Yeah.
21:40It's the only thing that worries me over the radio.
21:45There's only little ones up here.
21:46There's only little ones upstairs.
21:48Pardon?
21:49There's only little ones upstairs.
21:50Yeah.
21:51That's all he's checking for.
21:52I've got two kids in there.
21:54Right.
21:55Two, I think, one or two-year-old and a baby.
21:57OK.
21:58Mum's drunk.
21:59She's also good at smoking cannabis.
22:01So, she's going to come in for neglect.
22:03This is going to obviously kick off.
22:05Are you all right transporting Mum?
22:07Yeah, it's fine.
22:08Hmm.
22:09I don't care how drunk you are.
22:12I don't care what you've been through.
22:14For me, when it comes to kids, there's no excuse.
22:17Some kids open the cabinet!
22:19I've got a bad feeling.
22:21They're in the bedroom with us.
22:23That's going to be the issue.
22:24So, right.
22:25Is she holding one?
22:26Is she holding one?
22:27Yeah.
22:28I'm going to try and talk to her and explain.
22:30All right, let's try.
22:32Even before I should have had those responsibilities, I've had to look after my sister in very traumatic situations.
22:41I know people parent, they make silly mistakes and I'm not perfect.
22:44But there's a line and if somebody crosses that line and they're not looking after that child, then I don't budge.
22:51It's come from seeing, like, people that I love to bits get hurt.
22:57Oh, you're joking!
23:01No!
23:02No!
23:03No!
23:04No!
23:05Let go!
23:06No!
23:07Not in front of the children.
23:08Not in front of the children.
23:09Not in front of the children.
23:11Just bring it down.
23:12Bring it down.
23:13You shut the door.
23:14Let's not do this in front of the kids.
23:16Are you fine?
23:17I don't know.
23:18Listen, listen.
23:19Just listen to me.
23:20Let's not kick off in front of the kids, please.
23:21One step.
23:23Who's that?
23:24Are you mad?
23:26Oi, no.
23:27No one's talking to me.
23:28No one is talking to you.
23:29Up quick.
23:30Wait, I haven't done nothing wrong.
23:33Your kids are going to be looked after, OK?
23:37Don't do that.
23:38OK?
23:39You banging your head isn't going to help your kids, is it?
23:41That's going to make the whole situation worse.
23:43Please, it's me.
23:44It's only me that loves them.
23:48Yes?
23:49We need to speak to you about what's happening tonight.
23:51No, it's me.
23:52I love them.
23:53It's me.
23:54OK.
23:55Please, I beg you.
23:56Just to...
23:57It's not going to change, unfortunately.
23:58We're trying to explain it to you.
23:59It's not enough...
24:00I haven't done nothing wrong.
24:03Mate, that girl's lucky, yeah?
24:04She didn't get fucking stabbed.
24:06This is not...
24:07Youth making threats to stab people is not going to help your children.
24:10I would never regret my kids, yeah.
24:12I loved them too much.
24:15Daddy used to beat us up.
24:16I messed her up.
24:19I'm fucked up tonight.
24:23I'm very much of the opinion that no matter what you've been through,
24:26once you're an adult, you have choices.
24:29If you make the wrong choice, that's on you.
24:34And I can quite happily sit there and say that,
24:36because I've been through a hell of a lot of shit in my personal life
24:38before I joined this job.
24:40I could have gone the opposite way.
24:43And if I had have done,
24:44I don't know if I would have used those excuses.
24:48I'll empathise with it.
24:50But you make your own choices.
24:53Police were called to a fight outside of her property.
24:56Her property smelt strongly of cannabis
24:57and there was broken glass outside of it on the floor.
24:59Police have gone in and located children upstairs crying
25:02with a dirty nappy.
25:04And there had also been a fight inside her property
25:06which had spilt out onto the street.
25:08And for that reason,
25:09she's been arrested on suspicion of child neglect.
25:11Find me right this one, then.
25:12That was horrible.
25:28Not good.
25:30I'd rather have a fight with a six-foot-five man, to be honest with you,
25:33than have kids respond like that.
25:36It's not fair on the children, is it?
25:37No, it's just, like, it's horrible, but don't...
25:39don't do that for...
25:40Like, she screamed.
25:41And then you've got, like, a two-year-old
25:43and a one-year-old screaming.
25:44They're not going to understand, are they?
25:45They're just going to be frightened.
25:46Strange people in your house already.
25:48Yeah.
25:49Let's do it calmly.
25:50If you want to kick off and fight us, do it outside.
26:04I once had a search at custody
26:06that one of my colleagues was doing.
26:08It was a male.
26:09Mm-hmm.
26:10And, um, he...
26:12he got a bit of a...
26:13a bit of a bit excited
26:15whilst the male colleague was searching him.
26:19And, um, I...
26:21I couldn't stop...
26:22Don't quite believe it.
26:23I couldn't stop giggling in my...
26:24It just kept getting a bit bigger and bigger.
26:26Oh, no!
26:27It was very uncomfortable.
26:29117 got a, uh, cleared nines.
26:37Lewis Road in Brighton.
26:39Some, uh, members of the public with a male
26:42who's, uh, extremely drunk.
26:44He's, uh, potentially, yeah, Medcon.
26:46We don't really know at this stage.
26:47124, we'll take that.
26:48It's always in the middle of the night
26:52when things start to get a bit crazy
26:54once people have had a bit too much to drink.
26:57You can't predict what's going to happen.
26:59Ever.
27:00Whatever job you're going to,
27:02even if it doesn't sound like it's going to be violent
27:07or aggressive,
27:09you've got to be thinking worst-case scenario
27:12in order to protect yourself
27:13and the people that you're going to help.
27:24Is that his blood?
27:25Yeah, yeah.
27:26Where's it from?
27:27From the back of his head.
27:29Has he fallen over, has he?
27:30No, he didn't matter.
27:32Well, they tried to mug him at night.
27:33Who's tried to mug him?
27:34Hiya.
27:35We just want to make sure you're all right
27:38before you go home.
27:39This guy was walking past.
27:40This guy was driving.
27:41Do you see what's happened?
27:42Two kids were, like, mugging him against the pole.
27:44They pushed him against the pole.
27:45One of them tried to put his hand in his pocket,
27:46I think.
27:47One of them just, like, smacks him in the head
27:48and they just, um,
27:49he falls on the ground and he just leg it.
27:51Yeah, got ya.
27:53124, this is a robbery or an attempt robbery.
27:56Just where two suspects northbound Lewis Road,
27:59we've not seen him.
28:00This is just from a witness.
28:01All I want to do is go home.
28:02OK, can I just make sure you're all right?
28:04You've got a lot of blood.
28:05Oh, yeah, that's a big old gush, innit?
28:07Yeah.
28:08Hang on, let me get the torch on it
28:09so I can see it a bit better.
28:10Is that all right?
28:11Yeah.
28:12Yeah?
28:13Because we might have to take...
28:14Put your head down.
28:17Ooh.
28:18Yeah, there's quite a bit of blood.
28:20Um...
28:21Oh, I think you need to go to the hospital
28:23because I'm not a medical expert.
28:24I can't say, yeah, that's great, that's fine.
28:28But if you go to sleep, then you won't wake up again
28:30because you've got a head injury.
28:32Unfortunately, when people are drunk,
28:34they do sometimes become victims of crime.
28:37And it's our job as police then to get involved
28:39and help them as best as we can,
28:41especially in their vulnerable state.
28:43You want to get yourself checked out?
28:45Once it wears off,
28:46we never know what's going to happen, really.
28:49When people are drunk,
28:51they can definitely underestimate
28:53the severity of their injury.
28:54The adrenaline is going through your body,
28:57especially after you've been assaulted.
28:59And you're in this sort of survival mode,
29:01so you're not going to listen to police officers.
29:03You don't know what's going on upstairs, do you?
29:05We've never known what's going on.
29:07Oh, no, no.
29:08Never known what's going on upstairs there, anyway.
29:10Let's make sure everything's all right first.
29:12If you get the attention of the victim
29:15and you can just hone them in on you
29:17and what you're saying
29:19rather than paying attention to the chaos of what's going on,
29:21sometimes you can get them to listen to what you're saying a little bit.
29:25We've called an ambulance, OK?
29:27So they'll be on their way soon.
29:29I'm fine, darling.
29:30And we've got a first aid kit in the back of the car,
29:32so we're just going to make...
29:33I'm fine.
29:34All right?
29:35I'm fine. I'm fine.
29:36Well, can we at least do something and just make sure?
29:39Yeah? Thank you.
29:40When they come in, they'll have a look at you and they'll say,
29:43the bloke ain't got a brain, so we should send him home anyway.
29:48Fuck off.
29:49Yeah?
29:50Does that hurt?
29:51Does that hurt?
29:52No.
29:53No?
29:54So you've had a few drinks, yeah?
29:55Yeah.
29:56Is this how you normally feel when you've had a few drinks,
29:58or do you feel a bit more, like, dazed?
30:00Sometimes I don't have an idly walk, but...
30:03Right, OK.
30:04OK.
30:08How much do you think you've had to drink tonight?
30:10Two pints?
30:11Ten pints?
30:12Ten, twelve, maybe?
30:13Twelve pints.
30:14I wouldn't be able to speak up to twelve pints, would you?
30:20What?
30:21He's got quite a haematoma on the back there.
30:23He's going to have to go in.
30:24You can't go over that.
30:25He's going in.
30:26He's going in, eh?
30:27He's going to have a headache tomorrow, for sure.
30:29He's smart, yes.
30:30You definitely get used to the blood and the gory first aid
30:34that you have to do sometimes.
30:36But you also have the reassurance of the ambulance aren't far away.
30:42I'd rather they got the best care that they could get and overreact
30:46and it be nothing than have assumed they're fine
30:50and send them home if the worst happens.
30:57You're telling me to fucking calm down.
30:58Sorry.
30:59Bomb.
31:00Bomb.
31:01Punch and taxis.
31:02Ticket or pinzo.
31:03Yeah.
31:04Chucking out time is kind of like the home stretch of a long run.
31:18You can see the end, but you can also see a lot of obstacles in your way.
31:22And half of the time you're kind of just praying that everyone behave themselves
31:25and goes home, but across the town, in the slightly quieter areas,
31:30the more sinister things can happen.
31:36Police, I can help.
31:37Hello, it's Mitch Collison Police here.
31:39I've just had a caller on the phone.
31:41He's a landlord.
31:42His tenants are in Brighton.
31:44OK, so what has he reported?
31:46There is a man that lives in the basement flat who has previously made death threats towards his tenants,
31:53smashed doors, windows, and has been evicted this morning.
31:57But the tenants believe that he's broken back into the property.
32:02And they're so terrified that they've actually gone to stay with a friend
32:05because they just don't want to be in the property.
32:09Grade one.
32:10Ex-tenant has broken back into the building.
32:12He does have a warning for violence dated 2013 for assault police.
32:16He's making efforts to kill.
32:22It's the police.
32:23Open up, please.
32:28Buddy, open up.
32:29We just need a chat with you, please.
32:30We'll see you, Dad.
32:31We'll see you, Dad.
32:37Back out.
32:38432, Ergin, Manor City's got a hammer.
32:41And it's here, you get on us.
32:42Can we get on the into it, please?
32:44Is STO possible?
32:46When we're called to instances where we need to start using our police support unit kit,
32:51that's when you start thinking this could be quite serious now.
32:55I've got an enforcer.
32:56I've got bars to pry things open with.
32:59I've got equipment to pad up my team.
33:01It's a massive use of force if I do decide we're going to go into an address
33:06and take somebody out.
33:08And it has to only be used when it's our last resort.
33:13It can be a bit of a goose bump situation
33:15because there's a lot of risk that falls on my shoulders.
33:22We've knocked at the door and straight away he's got very aggressive
33:25and he told us to F off, called us a nonce
33:27and then said he was going to use a hammer and a knife and he would fight us.
33:30Yeah.
33:31He owns that property.
33:32Yeah.
33:33So he's £83,000 in debt.
33:36So the court has taken away the property.
33:39The person who's called it in is the owner of the top part of this property.
33:43And he's seen the person come through a ring doorbell into the property.
33:48I think he's probably still got a key to a property that he's been supposedly evicted from.
33:52I think just the main thing that's because the biggest issue here is the way that you've presented.
33:58are you've come to the door with a knife and a hammer.
34:00You've got people quite scared.
34:03You are not fucking worthy.
34:05You're just a fuck or you're around.
34:07All right.
34:09Why are there so many people here?
34:10Why is there so many believers?
34:12We wouldn't disclose what's going on.
34:14Do you know the person inside that address?
34:16What's your relationship like with him?
34:17I just came first.
34:18That's fine.
34:19We're obviously here trying to find out what's going on.
34:21And he's given us a bit of violence.
34:23He needs mental health support.
34:25Yeah.
34:26But we can't do that through a door.
34:28Dealing with members of public who aren't aware of what we're there for
34:33are probably the primary problem that we have.
34:37You'll be very careful.
34:38I said watch people first.
34:39I said it was...
34:40Do you want to listen to me?
34:41Absolutely.
34:42You're all talking at the same time.
34:43You're talking to me.
34:44I'm happy to have a conversation.
34:45That never happened to you before.
34:46And the only way I can describe it is it's kind of like you're holding something up
34:50that's quite dangerous.
34:51And your annoying sibling is tugging at your leg.
34:55Asking you to get him a drink or to explain to him how life works.
34:59You know?
35:00It's near on an impossible task half the time.
35:03We're trying to sneak in and we're trying to get him to open the door to us, okay?
35:07Get a fucking ambulance here.
35:08And we have a fucking trained person that's meant to look after him.
35:11Because you're not looking after him.
35:12We are trying to speak with him.
35:14Can I ask you a blank question?
35:15Were you evicted today?
35:16No.
35:17You'll get off my fucking land if it's paid for.
35:18I'm happy he's not a risk to himself.
35:19We're happy we haven't got any criminal offences.
35:20Definitely still civil.
35:21It appears a civil issue with the courts.
35:23And not an actual criminal offence has been committed.
35:24Broken in.
35:25He's squatting, essentially.
35:26He's squatting.
35:27He's got rights.
35:28If we can't confirm the offence, we're not going to be forcing our way in.
35:29If we're going to be leaving him to it now, because we can't identify and he's...
35:30He's got rights.
35:31If we can't confirm the offence, we're not going to be forcing our way in.
35:36If we can't confirm the offence, we're not going to be forcing our way in.
35:37If we're going to be leaving him to it now, because we can't identify any solidified offences.
35:43We're happy he's not at risk of taking his own life, and we're quite happy he's in there on his own so there's no one else at harm or risk of harm inside.
36:03If you do hear any light commotion you're quite concerned about that he may harm himself or anything,
36:08If you do hear any light commotion, you're quite concerned about that he may harm himself or anything, do call.
36:13But to put you guys at ease, we're not going to be forcing our way in there.
36:15OK, thank you for letting me know that.
36:17I won't ever escalate a situation.
36:21I've talked people off cliffs.
36:23I've stopped massive brawls.
36:26Just by focusing that energy on me and taking them out of a situation,
36:30I've been able to use my dulcic tones to create some sort of balance, I'd say.
36:37I've been to jobs where as soon as you turn up, you're being called a rapist, a racist, a murderer.
36:50Before you even said hello, the more you can keep that level head, the more people will be more receptive to what you say.
36:57It just takes a little while for them to actually understand you're not the picture they're painting.
37:02If they give us more grief, we adapt to that.
37:06What's that point of being in this role?
37:08Is it your, you have to be a chameleon in a way?
37:11What's that song, a come a chameleon song?
37:14I'll have to get you singing it in a minute.
37:17This is Regency Brighton.
37:30Sussex police are warning people to stay away from a large fire that has broken out at the Royal Albion Hotel.
37:36David Leggis there with more.
37:38Fifteen fire appliances were in attendance.
37:41The public has been asked to avoid the area and an investigation into the cause of the fire is continuing.
37:47Oh my God, these fire buildings.
37:53Yeah.
37:54On fire.
37:55They had any casualty happening.
37:56It's all very unknown at the moment.
37:58It went very quick.
37:59Fire has requested that everybody on the old scene has moved away.
38:04When we first got the call, it was just that there was a fire within the hotel.
38:08So from then it's just escalated.
38:10It hasn't slowed down.
38:11They've lost control.
38:12We've basically evacuated everywhere.
38:14Whether or not it's happened intentionally, we have to deal with saving life first and making sure everyone's okay.
38:21We do have further resources on the way.
38:34I'd lose count the amount of people who think they know better than us.
38:39Hello, what's me?
38:40And can make a serious situation just that little bit more serious.
38:44Once we stop one person, five or six, then decide to run through.
38:47Even at the moment, it's so unmanageable that someone's going to get hurt.
38:51Under arrest.
38:52Under arrest.
38:53Do you not mention?
38:54We're questioning somebody's leg driving for.
38:56Fuck off!
38:58Let the fuck off you!
39:00For some reason, drunk people feel like they need to run towards that danger that's in front of them.
39:04But it's our role and our priority to make sure that doesn't happen.
39:08We're moving the scene back that way.
39:11No matter what happens when you're at work, life still carries on.
39:16You can best plan for everything, but I think when you make those plans, that's when it's more likely to go wrong.
39:23Oh, I've got my daughter's birthday tomorrow.
39:27Party's in, like, six hours.
39:31That's depressing.
39:33I'm just going to have to roll on through.
39:36I mean, so unmanageable out there.
39:38I mean, so unmanageable out there.
39:44Statistics police, what's your emergency?
39:46Please, please, I'm okay.
39:48I'm unable to understand what you're saying.
39:52Your ex-partner has turned up. Are you harmed?
39:57Yeah, but I hope to please be in my heart.
39:59And is he still in your property now?
40:01No.
40:02Thank you. You're doing really well.
40:04He's telling us my hair strainers. He's telling us what I'm saying.
40:09Uh, so hair strainers and morphine.
40:14Yeah.
40:16We've got officers on route to you.
40:19I just know that he's, like, quite unhappy with you.
40:22You can see the statistics on that.
40:24We've been assigned to a Grade 2 domestic.
40:27He made a stabbing motion towards her with his flick knife.
40:31She's bleeding on her leg, and he's pushed her over and was throwing things at her.
40:36He could be lurking somewhere, then, couldn't he?
40:39Mm-hm.
40:40Is this it?
40:41Yeah.
40:42Well, he's got a knife on him now.
40:43Well, it's all right. We've got a taser.
40:51It's good if he was just here, wouldn't it, so he can get it?
40:53Mm.
40:56You could have, like, a job, and you could read it a million times,
41:00but I never form an opinion of it until I'm through the front door.
41:05Oh, hello, it's the police.
41:09I think there's certain elements of dealing with victims that you can't teach.
41:14There's so much to take into account when you walk in.
41:19But if you haven't got a suspect in custody, you have to accept some risk,
41:22which I don't really like doing.
41:24Hello.
41:25Is that...?
41:26Is it just you here?
41:27Yeah.
41:28I could sit there and go, you know, we've arrested him.
41:30He's in a cell right now.
41:31He's on the way to a cell with police officers.
41:33He's not coming back.
41:35If I can say that to a victim, they're much more likely to, like,
41:38open up more, cos then they've got that safety blanket.
41:42OK, so tell us what's happened today, then.
41:45What exactly is it that you're scared of?
42:02Is it further injury or violence, or is there other stuff to it as well?
42:06He's just sadistic.
42:07OK.
42:08Like, the things he does, like, throw his cups of coffee at me or...
42:13Are you scared that he might try and kill you?
42:14Has he ever made any threats to do that?
42:15Or are you scared that he might?
42:18Basically, you went for me, you saw I fled.
42:21Mm.
42:22And then you, like, started swiping it with the knife.
42:25Does he make you feel isolated from your mates or your family in the area?
42:28Yeah?
42:29Yeah.
42:31OK.
42:32Has he sort of tried to stop you from seeing them, then?
42:34OK.
42:37I'm just wondering about my life.
42:39Mm.
42:41It doesn't just go from nothing to a sustained assault.
42:46There would have been previous that we're not aware of.
42:49So is tonight the worst it's ever been, do you think?
42:52Whatever, yeah.
42:59All I can do is do as much as I can
43:01and safeguard them as much as I can
43:02and try and build enough of a rapport with them
43:04to make them feel like they could call again.
43:07But at the end of the day, there's people out there,
43:11like some people that I've met,
43:12that if they have an intent to do something,
43:14no matter what you do,
43:16unless they're in prison,
43:18they will keep going.
43:19Calling the police has probably taken quite a lot, hasn't it, tonight?
43:24Mm.
43:26Once then I understand how you're feeling,
43:28but I can certainly empathise with it.
43:31It's taken a lot for you to do that.
43:32Wow, that's quite true.
43:34Look, it's not normal.
43:37I feel failing in some kind of way because he's not well.
43:41OK.
43:42But I can't keep covering it and see what we're doing.
43:47No.
43:48We'll leave you to it, but please ring us.
43:49Yeah.
43:50I know I've said that about 15 times.
43:51OK.
43:54You're all right. You take care.
43:57I've got a B in my bonnet about this one, though, Jodie.
44:00I want to arrest him.
44:01What an absolute prick.
44:13You can easily just give up on this job
44:14and go find an easier job that pays similar money.
44:18But I love this job.
44:21And I think sometimes it can really be,
44:23whatever I'm going through in my life,
44:24I can come to work and focus on the job,
44:27and it's a really good distraction, this job,
44:30which I think is quite nice sometimes.
44:35Oh, fucks.
44:38For me, it's like, nuts as it sounds,
44:41the more risk that's involved for myself and my personal safety,
44:44the more adrenaline I get.
44:46It's going to those jobs where members of the public
44:48wouldn't put themselves in that situation and I'm doing it.
44:51Yes, you've got the element of like,
44:52oh, well, we've safeguarded the victim as well.
44:55But on top of it, you've also got that, like,
44:57little bit of adrenaline.
44:58It's like going to Thorpe Park for the day.
45:01But it's freight.
45:02And you're getting paid for it.
45:04That keeps me going.
45:06Relax.
45:07Relax.
45:08Relax.
45:09You're under arrest.
45:10Relax your arms.
45:11Don't sense.
45:12Do not sense.
45:13Do not sense.
45:14Do not sense.
45:15Do not sense.
45:16Do not sense.
45:17Do not sense.
45:18Do not sense.
45:19Do not sense.
45:20Do not sense.
45:21Do not sense.
45:22Do not sense.
45:23Do not sense.
45:24Do not sense.
45:25Do not sense.
45:26Do not sense.
45:27Do not sense.
45:28Do not sense.
45:29Do not sense.
45:30If you have a leg.
45:31What's the fuck?
45:32EVH at the moment.
45:33Alright.
45:38Sorry if I hit you...
45:39I'll never lay hands on these officers,
45:41especially on women.
45:42on these off doors, especially on women.
45:44Video these bitches for being a dumb cunt.
45:48Oi, yeah, yeah, yeah, oi, video me, come.
45:50Get the fuck, oi, shut the fuck up.
45:52Get off me.
45:54Get off me.
45:56Come on, mate.
45:58Come on, see.
46:00Hello.
46:02Put that down.
46:06Put that down.
46:12Oh, I've got my daughter's birthday.
46:14There's no point in going to bed now.
46:16I think any sink now is a waste.
46:18So, yeah, I'll just crack on and push forward.
46:30Support information for the issues raised
46:32can be found online at channel4.com forward slash support.
46:36And Night Coppers continues at 10 next Monday
46:39because at 9 we have death in the desert.
46:41The Nurse Helen Mystery, a controversial case.
46:44And for the first time in 45 years,
46:46confidential government documents get released to Helen's family.
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