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00:00Thirty miles north of London was once a mecca for migrant workers looking for employment in the car industry.
00:07As a result, it's one of the most multicultural areas in Britain.
00:13These days, Luton's more famous for planes than cars because of its international airport and no-frills flight operators.
00:21For some, who have resettled here from abroad, there's no escaping the reach of their own governments, thanks to the power of the European arrest warrant.
00:34These are issued as a way of extraditing wanted citizens from one EU country to another, virtually no questions asked.
00:45OK, I'll come back to you in a minute on that one, then.
00:48This morning, traffic cops PC Chris Lea and PC Martin Lent are looking for a particular suspect who's committed a crime back in his native Poland.
00:58We're getting probably about five or six of these European arrest warrants every month that we're executing.
01:05I just want to quickly have a look at that address.
01:08Wielding a European arrest warrant is sometimes a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
01:13But today's target, Piot, or Peter Zak, has committed more than just a trivial offence.
01:20Peter was wanted from back in 2004 for the equivalent of causing death by dangerous driving in Poland.
01:27It's 38, which is this one here.
01:30He was convicted of that offence and he's then fled over to this country where he's been working.
01:35He's integrated into society over here.
01:39On the run for years, Zak is in for a bit of a surprise today.
01:44If only the cops can find him.
01:46I don't think there's anybody in there.
01:50We've been given various addresses for him.
01:53We tried his work address.
01:54We tried a current address, which was the last known address that we had for him.
01:58Both of those proved negative.
02:00We were on our way back to go off duty when we were actually passing a road where it was a previous address for him.
02:07So we thought we might as well try that address and have a quick look.
02:12How are you going?
02:13Hello.
02:14How are you?
02:15All right?
02:16Yeah.
02:17Good, good.
02:18Can we come in?
02:19Is that all right?
02:20The quick look has paid off.
02:21Are you okay?
02:22Yeah.
02:23Good, good.
02:24What's your name?
02:25Piot.
02:26Piot what?
02:27Zak.
02:28Piot Zak.
02:29Excellent.
02:30Why?
02:31That's why we want to have a chat.
02:32I'll tell you about it.
02:33Sit down there for me.
02:35Do you mind if we sit down?
02:36Is that okay?
02:37Yeah.
02:38Piot, do you know what this is about?
02:40No.
02:41You don't know what this is about.
02:42I have some bad news for you.
02:44All right.
02:46There is a European arrest warrant for you to return to Poland.
02:50Okay.
02:51So at this moment in time, I'm arresting you, okay, on a European arrest warrant.
02:57You do not have to say anything, but anything you do say may be given in evidence.
03:00Do you understand?
03:01How old?
03:02Did you know you were wanted in Poland?
03:03It's a car accident.
03:05A car accident.
03:06That's right, a car accident.
03:08Unfortunately, the Polish authorities want you back.
03:12The wife or the girlfriend was very distressed.
03:15She's clearly recovering from childbirth.
03:18So, you know, we've tried to deal with him as respectfully and dignified as we can.
03:23Okay.
03:24I will get somebody to make contact with you by the half, all right?
03:27I promise.
03:28Okay?
03:29All right.
03:30In a matter of days, Peter Zak will be back in Poland and facing time in prison.
03:35His past has finally caught up with him.
03:38There's no time left even for goodbyes.
03:40Okay.
03:41Okay.
03:47Executing arrest warrants and rounding up wanted suspects is a rather unusual job for the traffic
03:53department.
03:55150, we're being hollered.
03:57But here in Bedfordshire, because the traffic cops are amongst the first in the country to be armed with taser stun guns,
04:05they're often called in when arrests might turn nasty.
04:12Can you assist with an arrest, please?
04:18We would love to. What are the details?
04:22You've just requested going to...
04:25Oh.
04:27On the way there, I thought, well, actually, I think I might know that person.
04:31I'd had taser about three weeks, and it was my first ever taser deployment, and my adrenaline was going two to the dozen.
04:39Common assault. We have got units on route, but the male's got weapons and violent markers there.
04:45And it might be an arrest.
04:47Oh, that's rather rude.
04:49I've heard a name before.
04:51And obviously, I was explained to me that he is an extremely violent individual, and he will fight the police.
04:58The markers, who are a record kept on the police computer, are warning the man could be trouble.
05:03But before Craig and Shona can deal with him, another important matter has cropped up.
05:12Sorry. Sorry. I'm not having that.
05:15What's that?
05:16Unbelievable.
05:17Oh, yeah.
05:18A baby that's not strapped in.
05:21Your baby?
05:22Yeah.
05:23You've got to be in the child's seat. You can't drive around like that.
05:25No.
05:26Can you sort it out? Put it over and sort it out for us.
05:29Unbelievable.
05:30Sorry.
05:34No, no, fair play.
05:36Caught that at the corner of my eye, and I thought, that's a baby.
05:39Big help in the back seat.
05:41As a mother herself, Shona has a thing about child safety.
05:45It makes me really angry.
05:47Really, really angry.
05:49Nine times out of ten, they would normally get a £60 ticket for failing to have their child restrained correctly.
05:57With the arrest to deal with, words of advice we'll have to do this time.
06:02OK.
06:03OK.
06:04They're obviously expecting issues.
06:06Clearly.
06:08The man's being arrested for spitting at a neighbour.
06:11Hardly the crime of the century, but you never know.
06:13When we pulled up, I saw a marked PSU police van parked up on the kerb.
06:20And then right in front of me was another big PSU police van marked up.
06:24Two police cars and another unmarked traffic car with two taser officers in there.
06:30So this guy's obviously going to play.
06:32Yeah.
06:33It's fine.
06:34We'll both have our tasers drawn anyway, won't we?
06:35Of course we'll go.
06:37We've got two vans and two cars, but we'll go and speak to them and see what's going on.
06:42I was really pleased I was with Craig that day, because he's a self-defence instructor.
06:46And he's used taser before, I think.
06:49He's used it quite a lot.
06:51Craig will go in, he'll have his first warning.
06:53If they don't do it, they're told they get tasered.
06:55If he starts raising the game, you've got any problems, or we think it's going to need, just go behind us.
07:01We'll take a lead.
07:02We already have taser drawn anyway, so.
07:03No worries.
07:04Cool.
07:06In the car.
07:12Tango 150.
07:16Yeah, we've liaised with 1278.
07:18For information, officers are going to be moving forward now.
07:25He looks quite a big unit, to be fair, so we won't mess around.
07:29We'll give him an initial opportunity, the officers are speaking to him, and then if there's any issues at all, we'll just...
07:35He does look rather big, doesn't he?
07:36Yeah.
07:47What we said was, we'll knock at the door, try and get him to come out voluntarily, and then he can be arrested.
07:54He starts saying, no, I'm not coming, I'm going here.
07:56You then know straight away, you're on a downward spiral, where he's not going to be compliant towards police.
08:041.15.
08:05Just putting the knock in there, are you?
08:09Just putting the knock in at number of **** now.
08:14Hello, Keith. Hello.
08:15How are you?
08:16As I have.
08:17Once he'd come to the door, it became apparent there were other people in his flat.
08:22I made the decision there, and then he was not going to go back in that flat.
08:26While he was at the door, I could see he had no weapons.
08:29I could see he had empty hands.
08:30By letting him go back indoors, he's got markers for weapons, he's got markers for violence.
08:36You don't know where he's going to go and what he's going to pick up.
08:38There's an allegation that's been made that you've assaulted somebody by spitting at them.
08:42OK?
08:43All right?
08:44Keith, you've been arrested, OK?
08:45I'm suspicion of assault.
08:46You don't have to say anything, but behind the fence, if you do not mention, when questioned,
08:49something that you lay to you on in court, if you do sound over given evidence.
08:52Do you understand that?
08:53No, I don't.
08:54I don't understand that, mate.
08:55OK.
08:56Come on, out you go, then.
08:57Yeah, I will.
08:58I'm coming.
08:59Come on, then.
09:00Come on.
09:01Come on, then.
09:02Come on, then.
09:03Come on out, Keith.
09:04This is your last chance.
09:05I said I'm coming.
09:06Come on out, Keith.
09:07Keith, this is Taser.
09:08Get down on your knees!
09:09Get down on the floor now!
09:10Get down!
09:11Get down!
09:12Do it!
09:13Get down!
09:14Get down!
09:15Get down!
09:16Get down!
09:17Get down!
09:18Get down!
09:19Get down!
09:20Get down!
09:21Oh, crikey, I might have to use it here because this guy is violent and he doesn't look
09:24like he's going to comply with anything we're saying.
09:27Get down!
09:28This is your last chance!
09:29Kneel down!
09:30Kneel down!
09:31Kneel down!
09:32Put your hands on your head!
09:33Put your hands on your head!
09:34Put your hands down!
09:35Put your hands on your head!
09:36Put your hands on your head!
09:37OK, go forwards.
09:38Hands on your head!
09:39To Shona's relief, the man's decided he doesn't want to risk being hit with 50,000 faults.
09:45Because if I'd gone for the leg shot and missed, there's a problem I'd have to
09:49possibility I could have got Craig and vice versa. So we're kind of thinking we're in
09:55a little bit of a sticky situation.
09:58We're down on the ground! We're down on the ground!
10:01Push you!
10:08OK, I've got a taser drawn.
10:10Taser is drawn.
10:11I'm on drive, stun.
10:13OK, get him down, old drive.
10:15I've got it, I've got it.
10:19I'll drive, stun him, stun him, I'll drive, stun him.
10:22Stun him!
10:23Ah! Stun him!
10:24Ah!
10:25Fuck your stunner!
10:26Who's got a van keys?
10:28Come on, hurry up, man, you was waiting for this.
10:30Hurry up, man.
10:31Hurry up, man.
10:32What?
10:33What?
10:34What?
10:35Just stand the ground, alright?
10:36Put it.
10:37Go on, carry on you little **** with that.
10:39I'll shove up your fucking face, you wanker.
10:42Put it.
10:45Jesus!
10:46Oh, I don't want to spend it!
10:48Oh, I don't want to spend it!
10:49Oh, I don't want to spend it!
10:50There.
10:51Can I go to custody?
10:52Yes, it would be.
10:54Yeah, we'll follow him down.
10:55We'll, um, light here to custody for you.
10:58When we first opened the door, there was a very strong smell of cannabis from inside the house.
11:04Hello?
11:05How are you?
11:06How are you?
11:07My first thought was he's going to be under the influence of drugs.
11:10The fact that we've got a really confined space in that hallway, for officers to be trying
11:15to fight with him, someone's going to get injured.
11:18The female officer went to take hold of his arm.
11:22He's then pulled away rather violently.
11:24Come and help you.
11:25Keith, come out!
11:26Keith!
11:27This is taser!
11:28Get down on your knees!
11:29Get down on the floor!
11:30Get down on the floor now!
11:31Get down!
11:32Do it!
11:33Kneel down!
11:34Get down!
11:35Get down!
11:36This is a 50,000 welfare!
11:37Kneel down!
11:38I thought if I'd be tasered here because that's how we talk.
11:40If he's not complying, he should be tasered.
11:42But because of the angle that he was stood it would make it very difficult to make sure
11:47you've got a shot.
11:49I would mean quite justifiably, to use my taser.
11:54Probably earlier on.
11:55But, for the situation we was in it was easier to take the extra 20 seconds to get him to comply,
12:02which he did, because at the end of the day, he's going to be thinking it's going to hurt him more than anyone else.
12:07Wow.
12:08Works, doesn't it?
12:09Wow.
12:10That's it. Like it? It works well.
12:12That is amazing, because he was going to go, wasn't he?
12:15That was her first proper days of deployment, and she did really well.
12:20She was calm, collected, and did everything that was expected.
12:23Five miles away from Luton, in Dunstable, traffic cop Tanvir Hussain is on a mission to catch some youngsters in a stolen car.
12:40Chasing criminals has long been his ambition, ever since seeing how it was done on TV.
12:48Always wanting to be a police officer.
12:49I think it was the bill. Watching the bill helped a little, but I soon came to realise that nothing's solved in half an hour.
12:59Attention two, please. Another stolen vehicle. It's time for folks to come and move.
13:05The car's been seen on a nearby estate, but unless Tanvir finds it PDQ, this case won't be solved in half an hour either.
13:16It was stolen in a burglary during the night in Leighton Buzzard.
13:19Ten miles away.
13:20I think it's footkicks, that's why they do it. It's that adrenaline rush of being in somebody's house, trying to steal their car keys and whatever else you can get your hands on, and then getting into the car, and off they go.
13:34When cars get stolen, it's to the police helicopter, X-Ray Alpha 9-9, that the cops turn first.
13:44It's one of two covering five neighbouring counties. Between them, they catch a thousand criminals a year.
13:51But first, they have to locate them. From the air and on the ground, the search is on.
13:58So, it's come out. This is near Woodfield Green, just up here. This is where it must be.
14:06Mayfield Road into near Woodfield Green. Could be somewhere around here.
14:11There were other units heading in that direction to try and locate the vehicle.
14:16As we more or less turned into the estate, there was a blue Ford Focus just in the distance, turning and going out of view.
14:26We're at 358 Oakwood Avenue. We've got a right, right, right, drive road.
14:34I'm behind the vehicle.
14:38Yeah, I'm behind the vehicle. Kilo Yankee 05 Whiskey Tango November.
14:439-9, how long have I?
14:449-9, on scene.
14:499-9, on scene, visual, I'll take the commentary.
14:51Currently southward road, standby. It's a right, right now.
14:54The driver was aware I was behind him, and the moment his speed increased, I then activated the lights and then followed the vehicle.
15:03I'm going to try and stop it, have I?
15:05Standby, it's a right, right now.
15:08But the car thieves aren't having any of it. They're determined to get away.
15:17Panda on Mountview Road, on you.
15:20Closely behind Tanvir, it's a right, right now.
15:20Closely behind Tanvir are more police vehicles, local bobbies in Pandas.
15:29Yeah, Panda, you need to just keep your distance.
15:32I'm fairly certain at some point he's going to try and ram into me due to his speed and what he's doing.
15:38Just try and keep your distance, if you can, please.
15:40Heading for open country, the driver's becoming increasingly desperate and dangerous.
15:51Expedia, 7-0, 7-0.
15:58On to Hawke's Lane.
16:019-9, that vehicle is a possible dead end. It's going to be a dead end. Standby for decam.
16:07Yes, Chef. How many on to the system?
16:12When we were going up that dirt track, I'm thinking, right, he's now looking for somewhere to decam. Do a runner.
16:19Standby for decam.
16:21Coming to Church End, Farm, Ferry Farm area.
16:31Now that nipple's off-road, off-road, into the back of Ferry Farm. I can't see any way out of there.
16:37D-cap, D-cap, driver out, black top, blue tracksuit bottoms, white stripes, heading towards the church.
16:46In the cemetery, the church now, heading towards Beach Road, general direction.
16:51Okay, and he's a left-left, going south, out of the church now, on a track towards the quarry.
16:56As he comes to a stop, I think he hits a railway sleeper, and then he jumps out of the car, and off he goes.
17:06The passenger's not as quick as his mate in the hoodie. He's been caught red-handed.
17:19He's bearing left now, into the tree line.
17:22Okay, to the officer, he's on to your left now, he's struggling through that tree line there.
17:27But I think he must have been 16 or 17, I'm 30 years old now, so, yeah, the little head stop that he had didn't help.
17:34Apparently, he's in here somewhere.
17:459-9, the offender has come through that tree line now.
17:48He's still running south towards the quarry.
17:49Can I have a unit to Beach Road, heading back towards Dunstable?
17:52Head him off.
17:53To the officer, that's me chasing this male.
17:56If you continue ahead towards the quarry, there's a path which goes round to your left.
17:59He's going to come out there.
18:04Day or night, the helicopter's gyro-stabilised thermal imaging camera
18:11is just the job for tracking moving heat sources, except when they're in thick forests.
18:219-9, stand by. I lost him in the tree line, but I believe he's going to be on a path
18:25which is going to come round the back of the quarry.
18:27...
18:40Luckily, Tanvir, now a police dog, are closing in fast on their prey.
18:46are closing in fast on their prey police officer don't show yourself i was 100 confident that we
18:55were going to catch him but there's a complication tanvir is in the middle of fasting for the holy
19:06month of ramadan and running on empty is taking its toll having nothing to eat or drink it's
19:15very difficult and normally try and sort of stay away from any any sports activities
19:25we have something to eat in the morning before sunrise and then before sunset we will open our
19:30farm so we will have nothing during the hours of light we will have nothing to drink or eat
19:37and on that day i was fasting and albeit a very short distance run which didn't go down very
19:44well with my system and decided to uh to puke on the field
19:55while tanvir regains his strength in luton someone else is experiencing that sick feeling
20:02the man responsible for the deadly crash in poland
20:06okay peter can you take me a little bit because it's nice yeah of course i can this one seven years
20:13after the accident the last thing he was expecting this morning was to be suddenly wrenched from his
20:18home and family in england the tugs on your heartstrings certainly feeling for her and a child
20:25and and also to a certain degree for him because as a father i would not like to be
20:31um pulled away from my wife and my girlfriend and my newborn child that's got to be the worst feeling
20:39in the world but the underlying factor is we have a job to do and we do it to the best of our ability
20:47the job to do now is to read piot his rights are we going to the big room after you chris went into the
20:55room with him gave him the polish copy of the arrest warrant so he could read it properly at home
21:02there's a lot of emotions flying around he doesn't want to be taken away we're now in the police station
21:08he can now concentrate and the task in hand they've actually um on the warrant here they've actually
21:13given full details of the offense um it says on the 17th of june 2003 the convict violated traffic
21:21safety regulations deliberately so that driving a peugeot car he failed to adapt the speed
21:26to obligatory limits and as a result of the speed crash caused a crash with a mercedes car
21:33and subsequently one of the mercedes passengers died on the spot due to injuries born in the crash
21:39another passenger suffered a multi-organ injury post-injury shock fracture of the left lung and fracture of
21:48the pelvis uh the convict escaped on the spot um so it looks like literally um as soon as the crash
21:56has occurred peter is um run from the scene of the crash peter's obviously quite a serious crash wasn't it
22:05you felt sorry for him but you've also got to think of the family for which uh the deceased come from
22:13and they would want justice they would want the person that was responsible for the death of their
22:20relative to be brought to justice
22:24the authorities in poland are keeping their counterparts in luton very busy today
22:30another wanted polish man has been brought into the main police station
22:35as it happens with around 350 being extradited back to poland every year
22:41a special fortnightly military flight has even been laid on for them
22:47two okay peter this is your room so you need to leave your shoes outside okay just let me have one
22:51more last check about no no bell good okay um i'll come and see you in a little while okay and i'll
22:58make sure that um agatha actually makes contact with your partner just as piot zac is getting settled in
23:04a pc out on patrol has sounded an alarm on his personal radio chris had escorted zach down to
23:11one of the cells to put him in the cell i heard a tone that someone had hit their priority button
23:16can someone let me out quickly please you've got the keys yes
23:20yes the priority button is a kind of panic alarm that's only ever used if a cop is in real danger
23:32when you hear that sound send shivers down your spine you you react to it and you do you drop everything
23:38and you go there's been some kind of altercation in the middle of luton a pc is in trouble but it's not
23:46clear exactly what has happened where are we going tonight towards the library in the control room
23:57they're trying to gather what information they can a network of cctv cameras covers the main
24:05downtown area and they've picked up a disturbance two young men have been caught and are being
24:12restrained while two more have been spotted on the cameras fleeing the cops one of them has run out
24:22of gas leaving another still on the loose amongst the pandemonium there's another problem where are we
24:32going the police radios aren't working and the only information i knew then there was a couple of lads
24:38that had made off from officers in the town center so i'm calling up on the radio to find out what's
24:43happening and realizing that the channel that i was on had been dedicated for a firearms channel
24:51because there's a firearms incident going on we were getting being drip fed information
24:58the information is that the gang turned on a lone officer although it's understood he isn't badly hurt
25:03one of the gang is still at large somewhere nearby
25:13and then all of a sudden we heard that the second person was seen to be in the multi-story car park
25:24a few more things were coming through but still at that stage i didn't know
25:28why we were looking for these individuals you're all just securing that there for us
25:38chris pull this down a dog has been called in to help search the car park
25:43but martin doesn't want to wait
25:49all right
25:49the problem is where he's gone in
26:02he could have either gone over that fence to where martin's gone into
26:05or there's a door that he could have come up i mean he could go higher now the dog's in there i'm
26:10not going to go any higher because the dog will probably do the whole car park
26:13back on the outskirts of dunstable the other runner being chased by the police the hooded car thief
26:23has just been spotted again
26:28information i've got a very faint heat source standby i've got a very faint heat source in that
26:32wood officer on beach road walking away from the panda i want you to walk back towards
26:37kensworth another 50 or so meters hold there just in case he pops out you may pop out to your left
26:44it's a fault alarm it's only tanvir
26:47no no no we've been walking through initially ever okay oh yeah vision you now
26:53despite all their efforts and the helicopter's technology the car crook has vanished without trace
27:05said he's here he's hiding in here somewhere he's obviously taking cover and it's difficult for the
27:10helicopter to pick up a heat source especially with some of the areas that the depths under broken
27:14is difficult for them to pick up any kind of heat but thankfully the cops have got a lead on who the
27:23lad is the passenger caught and arrested in the crashed stolen car has told them he's reese moriarty
27:29a local teenager well known for burglary and car theft this information came from the passenger
27:36to 315. uh he said it might be worth putting out a tannoy ever they've got a name for the driver we've
27:42got a name so hopefully they might just put a tanner out with his name on it might lure him out
27:53the tannoy is another great bit of chopper technology a 700 watt loud speaker system
27:59so that message went on for a couple of minutes a few times but uh didn't work he just literally
28:15disappeared no no uh we just reviewed the video he's um we've got him basically going into woods
28:21um i'd say we didn't sort of come out it's not often someone on foot escapes a police chopper and
28:28the police dog extremely uh thick underground near brambles etc i'm searching it as best as i can
28:36and box struggling as well at times and there's another problem now the chopper's running on empty
28:43number six um i'm running out of fuel now i'm gonna have to leave um i'll leave it up to you and
28:50have good luck however as they now know who it is they'll just issue an arrest warrant and go and
28:56pick him up round his house instead we knew who he was and it was only a matter of time before he
29:03would be detained if he wasn't detained that day it's just nice if if i could have had him that day
29:13there's no need for any more beating around the bushes in luton the cops have had better luck
29:22they've found the lad who was hiding in the multi-story car park
29:27he's the last to be rounded up after the altercation in the town center
29:33it's been some sort of um scuffle an emergency button's been pressed they've got two detained
29:37and this lad's made off but with no idea what he's done yet
29:40that's it we're going right don't know what for but i've got him
29:50back in the control room they're managing to piece together what exactly happened earlier
29:57just out of view of the cctv cameras an officer on his own was viciously set upon by four youths
30:04while he wrestled with two of them a pair of good samaritans have tried to help a taxi driver in the
30:12red shirt and a passerby who's got an assailant that's been cuffed pinned on the floor
30:21to know that one of your colleagues has been assaulted is a horrible feeling almost a sickly feeling
30:26um but when it's someone from the unit that you're a lot closer to because we are a very close unit
30:34and it's a more deep-seated sickly feeling tim where's george street west news has come in that
30:42their colleague who was assaulted has taken a turn for the worse he's managed to get through to say
30:48he's suffering a delayed reaction all right all we knew that he was on his own and that we just wanted
30:54to get to him we don't know to what degree he's been assaulted so we need to make sure that he's okay
31:03it's a race against time to find him
31:05oh
31:22fine you all right you're on me what happens
31:25two four martin and chrissy's colleague isn't a hundred percent two four
31:37two four nor still are the radios goal foul for two four urgent
31:45one four six has been kicked in the head he's got a head injury
31:48um if you can just let ambulance know please and get him here on the hurry up
31:55all right mate don't worry don't worry don't worry don't worry
32:01all right son don't worry he's being sick isn't because of ramadan like tanvir it's much more
32:07serious it's a symptom of concussion he's an extremely fit lad to see him as pale as he was in the face
32:17deflated and shocked and to see him in that state kind of was a shock to me it wasn't nice at all
32:25he is conscious he is breathing he's very very light-headed
32:29the officer who because of fears for his safety can't be identified
32:33is thought to have disturbed the gang while they were burgling a pub
32:36one of them has then fought with the policeman when he went to arrest him
32:41we didn't we didn't even think that i'm seriously
32:45during the taser there's too many people in the way
32:48and these four the other three jumped me to stop me getting to him
32:52as we're laying on the floor struggling in effect and i'm trying to put handcuffs on him
32:57one of the group of three have come along and basically toe punted me to the side of my head
33:05ironically it was a chance encounter which happened whilst a separate inquiry for another european
33:10arrest warrant was being made it's quite scary isn't it because you don't know what people are
33:16intending to do and at this point this group are now hell-bent on getting away which would suggest
33:20to me that if they're that intent on getting away they've done something quite serious so
33:28at that point they could have done anything they wanted if they'd have drawn a knife i would never
33:31have seen it and this is where it's six or seven minutes old in terms of length of incident and
33:39still no one has come to help
33:44no one was responding to me either so for all intents and purposes i was on my own
33:50in 2007 a pc was stabbed to death in one of luton's main shopping streets
33:56you certainly don't get paid enough to be assaulted and you don't expect to come to work and have to
34:01deal with it although given the nature of the people that we're dealing with is it's now a frequent occurrence
34:09i think that's the worrying thing that you've now got groups of groups of people groups of young men
34:16whatever race or religion they're from that are now prepared to actually see a police officer
34:24on their own and think we're going to have a go here you said you'll say that you've been
34:30stabbed in the arm yeah down here okay so you've got a few bruising you can move your fingers there
34:34you've got no pins and needles i have no issues working on my own at all i have no issues
34:39in being single crews but i have major issues with the way in which current policing cuts are going to
34:48affect the way in which we police that that type of incident is more likely to be a regular
34:54occurrence even being armed with a taser sometimes is of no use
35:08the taser couldn't be used due to the fact there was more of a risk to me losing the taser and then
35:14being a victim of it rather than being able to use it to affect arrest
35:18you see that white horse fortunately despite his kick in the head the officer has remembered where
35:25he first came across his assailants we're coming back to one in a minute so they've got the black
35:29horse it's the king's arms we think yes thanks very much thank you while the injured officer goes for
35:38a hospital check-up his mates are off to the pub the king's arms
35:50after another hectic day it's literally time for break fast for those observing the rules of ramadan
35:57cornflakes though are not on tonight's menu when the sun goes down we head for the nearest takeaway
36:08or home and uh literally eat until we can't eat anymore okay can we have uh three chicken tigres
36:15yeah yeah fresh not just do us uh a bit of dominic on top as well after no food or drink for 16 hours
36:23only one thing will do for tan via i don't mind a chicken tigre i'm not too fond of cheese for some
36:29reason but it's it's done with the salad with your peppers bit lemon juice bit of salt goes down well
36:36about a thousand and one takeaways along that stretch and you know i've been in there and i've
36:43you know purchased food and stuff and the people behind the counter and everybody else's you know
36:48how are you all right how's work busy day the the community understands what what i do
36:54but it all comes back back to to respect you know you have to respect somebody in order to earn respect
37:00it's not a one-way thing and because i'm wearing this uniform i'm not better than anybody else
37:06the king's arms in luton it turns out has recently been burnt out the cops are hoping a search of it
37:16will shed light on why the men seen there earlier turned so violent what we needed to do is go in
37:22there to find out what was of of attraction to these lads
37:36i wonder if that's what they were after
37:40the pub is either haunted or martin and chris are not alone
37:45who's upstairs it's the police
37:54bird
37:59i don't know you know police officers make yourself known
38:04we suddenly started hearing footsteps of somebody possibly running um above a loft hatch
38:16to believe that there was somebody else actually inside
38:20it's movement coming this side taser drawn chris is taking no chances
38:24it has quite a powerful torch at the front but it also emanates a laser dot so by shining that up
38:34into the loft hatch you get the laser as well it's a bit of an incentive and if we've got somebody that's
38:41up there that's hiding from us we kind of need to get them down but they may already be down round
38:47the back outside all of a sudden this guy who i can only describe as jack sparrow the living jack sparrow
39:06uh comes up to us got nothing to hide nothing yeah go on forgive me we'll do we'll do go do one
39:15do one it doesn't matter go away go away or you're gonna get yourself lifted go move go go go go go go
39:27what's up dead
39:32mate you seriously need to go there
39:34i still see that you do otherwise you are going to get nicked
39:37why am i going to get there why cause you're obstructing us now you've
39:41already opened the door of the police car opening you go away
39:44what are you going over there go away
39:50i'm obstructing him from going somewhere
39:54It's your last chance, mate.
40:01With only the old safe inside, the cops will be weighing anchor as well.
40:07We cleared it and there was nobody in there.
40:10So whether it was a haunted pub or not, or a big rat, we're not really too sure,
40:16but obviously it had to be looked at.
40:19At the police station in Luton, the officer assaulted near the pub earlier
40:23is back from being looked at in hospital.
40:34He's not there, mate.
40:36Martin started having a bit of banter,
40:40and when banter begins and his personality starts coming out,
40:46it's kind of reassuring that he's getting back to his old self
40:49and that he's beginning to recover.
40:50His clothes have been seized purely for evidence purposes,
40:54along with that of the offenders as well.
40:58So if they deny ever being in contact with him,
41:01forensics can look at possible DNA or fibre transfer.
41:05When we went to hospital and then the doctor said,
41:08she's checked my ears, she went, no, I want you to go for another CT scan.
41:11So that's what we were doing.
41:12I absolutely commend Martin for the way that he actually restrained
41:25and effectively defended himself
41:27and fought with those certainly three of them that I saw on the CCTV
41:32for the amount of time that he did.
41:34Martin, at a point there, was, I believe, was fighting for survival.
41:47On the outskirts of Luton,
41:49some more traffic cops are running low on fuel.
41:51Sergeant Tony Richardson and PC Sam Sparks
41:56need some for their patrol car.
41:58And themselves.
41:59I'm going to go and get some petrol
42:02because I've just seen how much we've got left.
42:04Oh, not a lot.
42:05We've only got 45 miles worth.
42:08Oh, well, I'm going to go and buy myself some Red Bull.
42:10Red Bull?
42:12Yes.
42:13I had a litre of it last night, so I'm doing quite well.
42:16You know we can have a cup of coffee here, don't you?
42:18I was very tired.
42:20And the mention of coffee was made.
42:22And Red Bull, which means staying awake juice.
42:26With the tank full, Sam's going for her wings.
42:30We were approached by a young Asian chap
42:32who was very chatty, but, to be fair, very drunk.
42:36And he made some comments about,
42:38I'm really drunk, I've driven here.
42:40But at that time there were no other cars on the forecourt
42:43other than our car.
42:46Even so, Sam and Tony are betting their bottom dollar
42:50the man has driven here.
42:52Right, we're going far.
42:53We're just going to go over the road.
42:55They're going to sit up and wait out of sight
42:57and see if they're on to a winner.
42:59Where are you going, sir?
43:01Just over there.
43:02Yeah.
43:03But unless the man gets in a car and then drives,
43:06all bets will be off.
43:08We have the offence of being in charge
43:12of a motor vehicle whilst unfit.
43:16But it is easier and better evidence
43:21to actually show that someone is driving.
43:29Just keeping out of the way at the moment
43:31so he doesn't see us.
43:34So we can allow him to get to his vehicle
43:36if he's going to make off.
43:37Sure enough, the man has got a vehicle hidden round the corner.
43:47Oh, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
43:49Racking.
43:50Sam and Tony's hunch was spot on.
43:53They've hit the jackpot.
43:54As he got into it,
43:59then we made our move
44:00to actually stop him if he moved off.
44:04Sure enough, he moved off.
44:061261.
44:06Yeah, we've got to follow.
44:10Foxtrot Mike 04,
44:11Liam and a member Juliet,
44:13possible APL.
44:15Flights were eliminated.
44:16Declated.
44:17Sundin Park, folks.
44:18Stand by.
44:21Are you sorry, Sam?
44:22You've got a vehicle to find the stop.
44:23Oh, hang on.
44:26No, no, no.
44:30OK, go.
44:32Are you good?
44:33Confirm you've got a vehicle to find the stop, brother.
44:36Vehicle stop, one in custody.
44:38All right.
44:39The driver's paralytic.
44:41No need for a roadside breath test.
44:44He's coming quietly.
44:45I've got it, I've got it.
44:48You're under arrest on suspicion of driving
44:50whilst over the prescriber limit.
44:51You don't have to say anything,
44:52but it might harm a defence.
44:53Don't mention when questioned something
44:54which you later will aren't in court.
44:55Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
44:57Do you understand?
45:001261.
45:01Thanks.
45:041261, one in custody.
45:05He smelled very strongly of intoxicating liquor,
45:07so we knew he was drunk.
45:10It was just to what extent.
45:13That will be determined by testing him at the Nick.
45:23You're not going to be sick, are you?
45:24Are you?
45:25I've got four.
45:28I'm all a bit sick, man.
45:29I've got some handcuffs, man.
45:30I wasn't asking you to be sick.
45:31I was just saying you're not going to be sick, are you?
45:33No, but handcuffs are a bit uncomfortable.
45:35Oh.
45:36That'll be off soon?
45:38I know.
45:39Have you been arrested before?
45:41No.
45:42You?
45:42I've been waiting for you to find out, innit?
45:44Oh, OK, then.
45:44And I've discussed it, yeah?
45:45OK.
45:46As long as you can be in no details, nothing like that.
45:48OK.
45:49Now he's in the back of the car,
45:51he's not coming so quietly after all.
45:53Listen, I'm not being racing like that, do you?
45:55Don't you take your seatbelt off to me, yeah?
45:57Sit back.
45:58What?
45:59I'm saying forward to you.
46:01I'm not shagging you, am I?
46:03No, you're quite right, you're not.
46:05So, what are you fucking like, you know what I mean?
46:07In the back of the car, he was really vile.
46:10He was really rude.
46:11And I think he was trying to provoke a reaction
46:14to get me angry.
46:16You ought to take that in that TV, innit?
46:17Be quiet.
46:20See, you don't like it, do you, officers?
46:22You don't like it, do you?
46:23I don't like you.
46:24You don't like your own fucking medicine, do you?
46:25Calm down.
46:27Yeah, man, why?
46:28Why should I come down?
46:29He just was non-stop.
46:32It was F this and F that,
46:34the expletives that were coming out of him.
46:36And then when we got to the police station,
46:38he then concentrated on sexual innuendos towards Sam.
46:43Yeah, make it proper.
46:46No, don't shagging, Mum.
46:49Be quiet.
46:51Yes?
46:54You're boring me now.
46:55I'm a boring...
46:56I'm a boring...
46:57The man seems to have a problem with women.
46:59I think he had a distinct hatred towards women,
47:02especially the police women that had just arrested him.
47:05Put your foot down.
47:07Don't shil us.
47:08Don't shil us.
47:11Yeah?
47:11That's in my dick.
47:13I don't have to give a fuck off to you.
47:15What are you going to do to me?
47:15Nothing.
47:16After breaking his fast and satisfying his hunger,
47:26Tanvir's also heading to a petrol station.
47:29He's after a cuppa...
47:30to keep himself awake.
47:35I was on my way to the BP to grab a cup of tea.
47:40As I pulled onto the forecourt,
47:42I noticed a bike over to the left, parked up.
47:45And I looked into the shop floor,
47:49and standing by the counter was this male.
47:55As he looked out, and I looked at him,
47:57for some reason I thought, yeah, he's had alcohol.
48:00He's consumed alcohol.
48:02He's put it with a car.
48:03I can't stand there.
48:05Pissed as a fuck, but I can't see any car.
48:08The motorbike outside must be his.
48:11As I went in, he passed me and got onto the bike.
48:15I very quickly spoke to the staff.
48:19They said he had purchased some cigarettes.
48:23And the staff mentioned that it appeared to them
48:26that he might have consumed alcohol.
48:28And as I came out, he sat on the bike, smoking a cigarette,
48:37which to me, straightaway said,
48:39look at me, I'm nervous, I'm trying to hide something,
48:42because anybody with a bit of common sense
48:44wouldn't smoke a cigarette on a forecourt, would they?
48:47Let's be honest.
48:48As I pulled out of the forecourt,
48:52he then followed me,
48:54and then he went past me as I pulled to the left.
48:58Tanvir's decided it's time to have a word.
49:02I tried to stop him,
49:04but I think he had other ideas.
49:06Chasing people on motorbikes is always risky.
49:13Chasing drunks on motorbikes, even more so.
49:17Tanvir needs permission to carry on from his boss,
49:19the control room inspector, callsign Oscar.
49:23With motorcycles, motorbikes, it's difficult,
49:26because the pursuit criteria is different.
49:29You know, I informed control room
49:33that it was a motorbike,
49:35and this is the speed that he was doing.
49:37There's no other vehicles.
49:39You know, the inspector of the Oscars up there
49:41were happy for me to pursue the vehicle.
49:43Another vehicle failing to stop is Kilo Uniform 5.6.
49:47When he started to weave and he was failing to stop,
49:49I'm thinking, yeah, this guy has consumed alcohol.
49:52He does not want to be cool.
49:54Just entering Riverfield Drive
49:56towards Goldington Road.
49:59It is some sort of motorbike.
50:03Mixed-race male wearing a helmet.
50:07Approaching the roundabout.
50:08Stand by.
50:21He's just been into Burry Walk.
50:26Tanvir's out of luck.
50:27Another one's gone off-road.
50:29And this time, he can't follow.
50:33358, he's gone into Burry Walk.
50:36And it looks like he's turned right
50:38into, I think it's towards Bedford Town Cricket Club.
50:44And it's just literally a matter of having that local knowledge
50:47and getting other units in the area
50:49and sort of plotting up
50:50and just hoping that it's going to pop out somewhere.
50:52Back at the police station, the drunk driver with a bad attitude towards women
51:00has had a man assigned to finish his alcohol testing procedure.
51:04Question record, please, sir.
51:054-7-6-6.
51:07Have you, since the time of the alleged offence,
51:10consumed any or used any of the following things,
51:13and if so, what?
51:15Any alcohol?
51:15Is he talking to you or something like that?
51:22I can't understand him.
51:23I'm an interpreter.
51:24I can't understand what he's saying to me.
51:29I can't understand you, mate.
51:30Have you scraped within the last five minutes?
51:37Have you scraped within the last five minutes?
51:39Why didn't he?
51:40I can't understand him.
51:42The man's been here and done it all before.
51:45He's a person that's known and has actually been convicted
51:47of failing to provide a specimen of breath
51:49for a roadside analysis and at the station.
51:53He knew the score, he knew what he was going to do.
51:55I warn you that failing to provide either of these specimens
51:57will render you liable to prosecution.
51:59Do you agree to provide two specimens of breath for analysis?
52:04I'm not understanding.
52:06Last chance, hero.
52:08How are you going to give me any...
52:09I don't know.
52:10I don't know what you're doing, mate.
52:12That's a practical point.
52:14See you later.
52:15This way.
52:15That's it?
52:16Go.
52:18Failing to provide is just a way of concealing
52:21how much has been drunk,
52:23but the unpleasant man will be charged anyway.
52:26He was incredibly obnoxious.
52:28I've not come across one like him for a long, long time.
52:32It's just good to know that we've got a drink drive off the streets for a while.
52:35Sam's colleague, Tanvir,
52:38is still hoping to get the biker who fled from the garage off the streets.
52:43It might depend on whether or not he was caught on CCTV.
52:47Went back to the garage to try and speak to the staff in relation to CCTV,
52:52because every field court has CCTV.
52:54As he entered the store, there'll be CCTV in the store, continually recorded.
53:02The footage shows the lad came in for some cigarettes.
53:06They purchased some cigarettes to the value of $5.77.
53:09I think he initially just paid 77p and started to walk off.
53:15Staff just made mention that he owed another £5, which he promptly paid.
53:20And it was at that point they suspected that he had something to drink.
53:23I think for the next sort of 40, 45 minutes, there were two sightings of him.
53:30The first sighting was literally the other side of the field where I had last seen him.
53:35And the other sighting was actually in the village of Great Barford.
53:39We took up a static point not far from Great Barford,
53:42hoping that he would come past.
53:44And every time there was a sighting, we would head in that direction to see if we could locate him.
53:49Playing the waiting game has paid off.
53:52It's now in Great Barford, making off from another police officer,
53:56poor police officer in the vehicle.
54:00So we'll now head off to Great Barford.
54:06He was seen hiding in the back garden of a house where he was detained.
54:12Yeah, that's him.
54:17Yeah, this is who we saw in the filling station.
54:19Hello, mate, you all right?
54:21This is a guy who ran off from me on electric drive.
54:23I don't know where you're talking about.
54:24How are you? Come on, mate. Don't play that game.
54:26Come on.
54:26I don't see that.
54:27I saw you in the filling station.
54:29Where?
54:30In the filling station, Newnham Avenue.
54:31Not me.
54:32The biker's donned a hoodie and is claiming it's a case of mistaken identity.
54:37But he isn't fooling Tanvir.
54:39It's closed, yeah?
54:40Yeah, no, I recognise your face, mate.
54:41I don't care what you're wearing.
54:42Yeah, I said he was wearing a grey hoodie and I thought he had a cycle jacket on underneath.
54:45Yeah, yeah.
54:45That's, yeah.
54:45And a white trainer.
54:46Right in disguise, come on, mate.
54:48Yeah.
54:48We've seen the CCTV, so...
54:50Yeah, check the TV.
54:51Look out, look out, look out.
54:52Have a seat.
54:55It was a bit of a naughty boy back in the day.
54:57He then took the right path.
54:59And last we heard, he was going around local schools, speaking to youngsters about how to
55:06stay out of local gangs and not get involved in crime.
55:10And obviously, be good at school and do your education.
55:15So, yeah, that's what he was doing.
55:19Clearly, he's forgotten the message about practice what you preach.
55:22Another nail in the biker's coffin has been found.
55:28How many has he got in there?
55:29You'd have probably had two or three or four.
55:32Yeah.
55:33That's the packet you bought from the filling station.
55:34Filling station, yeah.
55:35Five pounds.
55:36How much is it?
55:37Five pounds, 77?
55:38I don't know.
55:38Yeah.
55:39Oh, mate.
55:40Pull the other one.
55:43Right.
55:44See you back there.
55:45Yeah, no worries, mate.
55:45The bike rider's cigarettes turned out to be rather expensive after a £300 fine was added
55:54to his late-night shopping bill for drink driving and for failing to stop for the police.
55:58His license was also taken away for 12 months.
56:04It turned out the drunk driver was driving whilst already banned, incredibly for being
56:09caught drinking and driving six times in the last seven years.
56:13On this occasion, he was sent straight to prison for six months and given a further driving
56:19ban of five years.
56:22Rhys Moriarty, the 18-year-old car thief who made Tanvir sick, was arrested at his home three
56:28days afterwards.
56:30He was sentenced to an 18-month youth rehabilitation order for stealing the car and disqualified from
56:36driving for a year.
56:37The highly charged male, who was arrested at Taser Point for allegedly spitting at a neighbour,
56:47wasn't electrocuted or prosecuted either after all the charges against him were dropped.
56:55The Polish hit-and-run driver, Piotr Zak, was flown home a week after his arrest and is currently
57:00serving four years in prison for causing the death of another motorist.
57:06One of the young men who fought with the police officer pleaded guilty to assault and was given
57:11a youth rehabilitation order.
57:13Two others were handed referral orders.
57:16But the booty they may have been after in the burnt-out pub turned out not to be pieces of eight
57:21but after all, the safe was empty.
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