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00:00Stopping criminals and the worst drivers is only one part of the traffic cops job.
00:07Increasingly the police are both the first port of call and the last resort for the most vulnerable in our society.
00:15So when they stop a car or a pedestrian, the cops never know what they'll find.
00:21What you've got to deal with is what's in front of you.
00:24People think we're here for catching criminals and recording crime.
00:28We're not. We are the last port of call for everybody.
00:34It's late afternoon on the hard shoulder of the M606 outside Bradford, West Yorkshire.
00:41When we've come down there, we've seen you reversing down the hard shoulder.
00:44Traffic cops Andy Howarth and Richard Clarke are dealing with a driver who has reversed down the hard shoulder
00:50to help a friend who has run out of fuel.
00:53Can't do that.
00:55On average, it's 11 minutes before someone on the hard shoulder is hit by another vehicle.
01:01If that vehicle reverses across the slip road entrance and somebody hasn't noticed,
01:07that's a 70, 80 mile an hour impact.
01:10You're not just going to walk away with that with a cut and a bruise.
01:13Whose car is it mate?
01:15What are you doing?
01:17Walking on that side.
01:19I'll go and have a word before he gets killed.
01:25Come away from edge.
01:27Yeah, you just walked through there.
01:29How close are you?
01:30Right.
01:31Come here.
01:32Stand there.
01:33Come here.
01:34How close were you to that car?
01:37Pretty close, I think.
01:38That?
01:39Yeah, I didn't do that.
01:40At 70 mile an hour?
01:41Yeah, I should have gotten that.
01:42It might sting a bit.
01:43Beggars belief.
01:44I don't understand what's going through people's mind.
01:47But as Andy is giving the driver a ticket, a call comes in.
01:52Come here, Bob and T-packs.
01:53Is that correct?
01:54Yes, yes.
01:55A van on fake number plates is being pursued by an unmarked car.
02:01So, eh, eh, come on, let's go.
02:04Dan's in a pursuit.
02:06Dan has just got past us in a pursuit.
02:09I'm out.
02:10Get out, mate.
02:14In this game, Mum.
02:18What van is it, Dan, please?
02:20White dranny.
02:21Come on, mate.
02:26Is that him, mate?
02:28The van is leaving the motorway and heading into Bradford.
02:31Oh, yeah.
02:32Got him.
02:33Got him.
02:34He's right at...
02:35Red traffic lights have allowed Andy and Richard to catch up.
02:38The unmarked car actually wasn't directly behind it to start with.
02:42As far as we knew, they had no idea that they'd been rumbled.
02:45So they're just tootling along nicely like you would be doing,
02:48not trying to attract any attention.
02:501-0-1.
02:51We are five cars covered behind you, mate.
02:54We wanted to try and catch them at the top of the motorway to box them in.
02:57It wasn't going to happen.
02:59I'll hang back.
03:00I didn't chase his lane warning, mate.
03:01Turn down...
03:02Watch, you don't get caught here.
03:03Park...
03:04Parkway.
03:05McDonald's.
03:06As soon as they've seen the marked car, their hairs are on the back of the neck,
03:10or have they seen us?
03:13Actually, Romeo 1-0-1, we're now lead vehicle,
03:16requesting TPAC authority and other units.
03:19And they're just weaving a little out, just a couple of times,
03:22just trying to see if we're matching them.
03:24We're playing it cool.
03:25It's a game of cat and mouse, who's going to blink first?
03:27Passing Yorkshire Building Society.
03:29Speed is 5-0 mile per hour.
03:32Watch your dump bail down.
03:33There's a turning left.
03:34He might dive left.
03:35He might dive left in Tick Park.
03:37He has.
03:38He's locked up.
03:391-0-2.
03:40Vehicle's failing to stop off Sangster Way.
03:42Can we have X-Ray 99, please?
03:43And other units.
03:44The van driver is heading in an unexpected direction.
03:45We're going into the cemetery.
03:46If I'm being bluntly honest, all I could imagine was the headline.
04:01Let him go steady, mate.
04:02Let him go steady.
04:03Police chase Rex's graveyard.
04:06Yeah, at the moment...
04:08I'm trying to.
04:10Yes, yes, he's in the cemetery.
04:13He's going round by the Oak Crypt.
04:15Looks like he's heading towards Asda.
04:17I know that cemetery well.
04:19It used to be my footbeat when I first started as a young kid.
04:22So I've spent years wandering round there,
04:24knowing all the little alleyways and cut-throughs that they have.
04:26So I thought, oh, great, you're on my turf here.
04:28Happy days.
04:29He's just doing circles in the cemetery at the minute.
04:32We need somebody to, with a stinger, at the entrance to the cemetery, please.
04:35Make sure he doesn't get out onto the wheel lane.
04:38Bail out front passenger.
04:40Watch out for it, Slidy.
04:42Watch him, watch him, watch him.
04:51Coming up...
04:53The cemetery runaways do their best to give Andy the slip.
04:57North Yorkshire's traffic cops target those who exploit the vulnerable...
05:05This way, please, sir.
05:07...by trying to cover their tracks.
05:09He's clearly trying to pull the wall over my eyes.
05:12Come here.
05:14...and lost on the hard shoulder.
05:16There's nobody here. You sit there.
05:18A long way from home.
05:20I'm not going to get out of here.
05:21I'm not going to get out of here.
05:27102.
05:28Vehicle's failing to stop.
05:29We're going into the cemetery off Sangster Way.
05:32In Bradford, traffic cops Andy Howarth and Richard Clarke chased a van on false number plates from the hard shoulder of the M606.
05:39Yes, yes, he's in the cemetery. He's going round by the Oak Creek.
05:45Into a cemetery.
05:47Bail out front passenger.
05:49Watch out for it, Slidy.
05:51Having abandoned the vehicle, the driver and his passengers have jumped over a fence and are heading towards a supermarket.
05:57I must admit, when I looked, I thought, well, that's too getting away. Then we'll get other cars to go pick them up in Asda.
06:06Because I didn't think I'd better get over that.
06:09Actually, Romeo, one off.
06:11I can see the two lads, and one of them is taking his top off.
06:17And it is a big place. It's a massive supermarket.
06:20And a very helpful member of the public said, two lads have gone right, mate, in the self-serve checkouts.
06:28The two suspects are doing their best to blend in with other shoppers.
06:32They did stand out a bit because they're mucky, they're sweaty, they're out of breath.
06:37They're buying a Kit Kat with a ┬г50 note each.
06:40It's not the sort of normal behaviour you'd expect.
06:43So I just clocked them out at the corner of my eye and thought, well, they're not going anywhere because they're penned in.
06:47So I just walked past them.
06:52Other lads thinking, oh, he's got one, I'll keep quiet.
06:55And I've got him as well.
06:58And he's bagged his suspects.
07:01And now other shoppers are taking an interest.
07:04I looked up and I saw this man mountain of a bloke.
07:07And I just thought, oh, please be on my side, please don't want to help them.
07:10And he just smiled and says, do you want to help, mate?
07:12I says, just stay there, mate.
07:13And these lads also looked as well and thought, there's two of them now and he's a lot bigger than either of us.
07:19So, yeah, they just gave up until the rest of the troops come and help me get rid of them.
07:26Back at the van, Richard Clarke discovers the most likely reason for the driver and passengers trying to get away.
07:32Full of power tools. Full of power tools.
07:35Full of power tools.
07:40Right, that van's stolen from Bury over in Greater Manchester.
07:45So, they're going to be arrested on that offence as well.
07:501-0-1. I don't know which two you've got, Andy, but one had grey trackies on with like a blue wide band stripe across the top.
08:02Grey trackie bottoms, grey top, matching trackies, but it had a blue, dark blue navy stripe across the back.
08:09With two suspects arrested, Andy returns to the cemetery.
08:14I'm going down with Stephen Cowick, prisoner, or one of them.
08:18Blake and Bobo's got tover.
08:20They had a bit of a shock when I dived on them.
08:22When I was at public buying the tea.
08:25But, yeah, good result.
08:30I must admit I had a big smile on my face for the rest of that day.
08:34I'm not known for my foot chases, it has to be said.
08:37I only chase people that owe me money.
08:43Policing Yorkshire's roads is not just about catching criminals.
08:48With social services increasingly stretched, the cops are having to deal with more and more people struggling with mental illness.
08:56Can you hear me at 1-0-2?
08:58PC Martin Willis often has to use his 15 years experience as a cop to deal with what are sometimes life and death situations.
09:06We can have all these computers and all these fancy gadgets we've got on the NPR and all that sort of thing.
09:11But a lot of policing comes down to using that and you can be able to communicate with people.
09:17And, you know, that's your best tool you've got in your toolkit.
09:20It's 9pm in the control room at Bradford.
09:28Police emergency.
09:30A member of the public has spotted someone walking on the hard shoulder of the M606.
09:343-0-2, we've just got a part of a pedestrian and it's just climbed over the barrier onto the hard shoulder.
09:42Martin Willis is the nearest cop to the sighting.
09:45Junction 25 westbound just prior to Hartford.
09:49You know, this isn't good. This sounds like somebody potentially wanting to take their own life.
09:54Yeah, show us a good vibe to that.
09:58Minutes and seconds count on this one. You've got to get there quickly.
10:01Get there and do what you can for this person.
10:05Oh.
10:14Someone there, someone there.
10:15Someone there.
10:24You guys, grab it, grab it, grab it, grab it.
10:26Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
10:32It's okay. Come with me, come with me. Come on.
10:35Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up.
10:37Stand up, come on. It's okay, it's okay. Stand up, please. Stand up.
10:40Come on. Come on. It's all right. It's okay.
10:42Hey, come on, get in the car, fella.
10:45Come on, get in the car.
10:47Come on, it's all right, come on, come on, it's okay.
10:50Come on, come on, you're okay, yeah?
10:54Come on, sit in the car, fella.
10:56What's up, what's up?
10:58Let's get you in the car, let's get you in the car.
11:01Come on, just have a seat in there, go on.
11:06Come on, sit down, sit down.
11:08Sit down, mate, sit down.
11:09Sit down, you're okay?
11:12No, you're all right, you're all right, you're all right.
11:14Just sit there, mate, just sit there.
11:16Just relax, okay?
11:18Get in the car and I'll chat with you.
11:23What's happened tonight?
11:25I don't know.
11:27I don't know.
11:29You don't know?
11:30We do have quite a bit of training in relation
11:32to dealing with people who are suffering
11:33from mental illness, and that does help a lot.
11:38But I guess also, as well, from your own experiences
11:42in life as well, when things aren't gone well for you
11:46and there's been stressful times in everybody's life,
11:50from my point of view, I want to look at dealing
11:53with people who are in bad times.
11:56I think to myself, well, how would I like to be dealt
11:59with by somebody?
12:00Our concern at the moment is your safety
12:04and your welfare, okay?
12:05And that's why I'm here to look after you, okay?
12:07Don't stress about anything, yeah?
12:09Just try and take some deep breaths and just relax,
12:10all right?
12:11Okay?
12:12You can obviously really distress, I can tell that, yeah?
12:14Okay.
12:15What were your intentions?
12:16What were you thinking you were doing?
12:17I was about to walk into the traffic.
12:19Right, okay.
12:20I don't know what job I'm doing, but I'm...
12:23Right.
12:24I'm never going to come at some point.
12:27Right, okay, right.
12:28What's the jumping out of me?
12:29I need help.
12:30Right.
12:31The main thing is that you've actually,
12:33what you've said to me is a massive thing, yeah?
12:35And it's a really, really good thing that you need help, yeah?
12:38Because...
12:39I do.
12:40Yeah, well, that's really good,
12:41and that's a massive step forward,
12:43is recognising that, yeah?
12:45And seeing that, and that's what we're here to do,
12:48and that's what we're here to help you with, okay?
12:51And that's what we're going to do, okay?
12:54So, what we're going to do is, in a minute,
12:56when we find out, is I'm going to take you somewhere.
12:58Terry 21.
12:59Not a police station.
13:00No, it's not a police station.
13:01I'm going to take you somewhere,
13:03if someone can see you and speak to you and help you.
13:07Okay?
13:08Yeah?
13:09Years ago, we literally would...
13:11arrest somebody for under 136 of the Mental Health Act,
13:15would put them in a cell,
13:17and then they'd be left in that cell
13:19until such time as the doctor came and assessed them,
13:21and then the doctor would then maybe call out,
13:23you know, a psychologist,
13:24and then they may be taken off to a hospital then.
13:29I'm just going to drive up to the services
13:31to find out where we're going to take you.
13:35I knew this day would come.
13:39All right, well, you're obviously in a bad place at the moment.
13:42Clearly, a very bad place, because...
13:45Now there's an understanding where we can...
13:48They don't have to go through the custody system.
13:50We can take them straight to a part of a hospital
13:53that deals specifically with mental health,
13:55that has the experts to deal with it,
13:58and the doctors to deal with it.
13:59Have you ever done a thing like this before?
14:01Yeah.
14:04The biggest problem is that often
14:07you can have a lot of things going on in your life
14:09and in your head and all the rest of it.
14:11In my head, yeah.
14:12Yeah.
14:13And then all you need is just that one tiny thing
14:15or that one tiny person to push that one tiny button
14:18and a little bit more...
14:19And then that's it.
14:20We're not doctors, we're not psychiatrists.
14:24Sometimes it's very difficult to tell
14:26how serious they are about it,
14:28what sort of mental illness they've got, you know.
14:30So really, if you're in any doubt,
14:33you go down the line of,
14:34well, we're going to get you the help,
14:35get you to a place of safety,
14:37so you're not putting them in that situation
14:40where if they say, well, you know,
14:42this cry for help's not being answered here.
14:44Well, I want to take you somewhere
14:46where we can get you some help
14:47and someone can speak to you
14:48and we can, you know,
14:50just sort of assess you
14:51and make sure that we're going to get some help for you
14:54and we're going to get you sorted out.
14:56And that's the important thing.
15:01Martin takes the young man
15:03to a specialist unit at a hospital nearby.
15:08Come on then.
15:09You OK?
15:10No, I've never been to this.
15:11Have you not?
15:13He himself actually admitted he needed help
15:16and he needed to be able to speak to somebody.
15:19And I think he actually made that first step
15:22and I think that's a very brave thing of him to do.
15:31While cops want to protect the vulnerable,
15:33some criminals see them as easy prey.
15:37Now the police are cracking down on those
15:39who go out on the roads to find vulnerable victims.
15:42So, we're focusing on vulnerability.
15:48In Harrogate, North Yorkshire,
15:50Chief Inspector Fiona Willey is briefing the late shift
15:53on Operation Target.
15:55Operation Target is set up to target the most vulnerable people
15:59within our community
16:00and ensure that they don't become victims of crime.
16:03The ANPR work.
16:04We've asked for vulnerability markers.
16:06The traffic cops are using automatic number plate
16:09recognition cameras, or ANPR,
16:12to track vehicles associated with known criminal predators.
16:16They will have markers for vulnerability,
16:18so we'll be looking at people that may be trafficking,
16:21having children who are of a young age.
16:24It's very much about building on that intelligence picture
16:27that we've got already.
16:28These type of people do anything they can
16:30to try and commit the crime on their prey.
16:33So, it's very important that we deal with them
16:36robustly and effectively.
16:37It's the start of the shift and a camera on the M62
16:43has been triggered by a car tagged as being owned
16:46by a registered sex offender.
16:48He's apparently living in his vehicle now
16:51since he's recently been kicked out of his address.
16:54He travels to West Yorkshire regularly
16:56using tape to amend that registration to avoid detection.
17:04Do you know I'm up at Bramham?
17:05Do you want me to zip down?
17:07No, I'm behind it.
17:09Hook's one up.
17:10Traffic cop David Minto rushes to join a colleague
17:13who has been tasked with urgently stopping the suspect car.
17:17The cops box the car in.
17:28Near-side indications, I'm right.
17:31And bring it to a stop.
17:36That's my stopping sake.
17:37You just knock your engine off a moment.
17:40We'll do a check and then we'll explain
17:42exactly why we've stopped you, all right?
17:44Because you must probably have 1,000 warm questions at the moment, all right?
17:47Just bear with me a moment, sir, OK?
17:51With the car stopped, the cops can examine the number plate.
17:55That is supposed to be a Charlie and not an Oscar.
17:57And you can clearly see that he's got some tape across there,
18:02trying to make the seat look like a hole.
18:05As you get closer up to it, you can see clearly that it's tape.
18:09He's clearly trying to pull the wool over with eyes.
18:12More information is coming in about the driver.
18:15An intel market has just gone on today for this chap,
18:19seeing that he threatened to go to an address.
18:21If he does, he's going to breach his terms.
18:25Yeah, of course we are, yeah, yeah.
18:26So we shouldn't be allowing him to go?
18:27No, no, we shouldn't, no.
18:28But he's got to account for that.
18:29Yeah, I'll say that's on you.
18:31Have it this way, please, sir.
18:35He's got conditions.
18:37He shouldn't be in certain areas.
18:39He's a registered sex offender.
18:41And what we're looking at, he's quite serious.
18:46He's trying to, for some reason, he's trying to cover his tracks.
18:50What's your head, sir? What's your head?
18:52So, my colleague's locking him up for that.
19:00What's your part, mate?
19:01Again, we have someone off the roads and in custody.
19:03Potentially, we could have him committing more offences
19:06and we've removed that risk tonight.
19:08So, yeah, it's brilliant.
19:09An absolutely cracking result.
19:11He's coming up.
19:19What you got in your car? What's that?
19:21A dangerous load.
19:22I was completely gobsmacked.
19:26And lost on the motorway.
19:27away day-to-day policing is increasingly about the protection of those most at risk from criminal
19:46exploitation and even when the streets seem deserted the traffic cops have to be on alert
19:58it's three o'clock in the morning in leeds and traffic cop dale brown has been on shift for five hours
20:05this is a time when we start being proactive and trying to get people off the streets that
20:10sure that shouldn't be on the streets up to no good i think tonight might just one of them nights
20:16there's not a great deal moving oh we're just in the wrong place
20:28he's about to take a break when he spots someone walking on the hard shoulder of the m606
20:34i think i was actually going back for my dinner uh when i sort of stumbled on it hello stop there stop
20:45because tell straight away how vulnerable she was once i stopped to speak to her i've got a duty of
20:50care for this young lady stay there hello stay there hello just come here come here do you speak english
21:05english do you speak english why are you walking here come take a seat you can't walk you can't walk
21:15on here have you got any identification on you nobody there have you got any id on you
21:26initial thoughts is does she not speak english or is she suffering from some sort of mental health
21:31issue and doesn't want to speak to me where where are you from from where a australia how long you've
21:42been in england finding a young lady on the motorway uh i can't leave her my immediate thought was to get
21:50in the back of the car there's no nobody here you sit there and we actually went off the motorway
22:00local park up on the side street and talk better and safer away from sort of carriageway right no need
22:10to be scared i'm here to try and help you okay i'm the police i could see how how scared and frightened
22:20she was uh but again you're trying to reassure in english it's like her talking to me i have a clue
22:27what she were talking about i'm going to try and get an interpreter but that's where language line
22:34comes in the language line is a translation service used by every police force in the uk
22:40ah good morning it's pc brown come from west yorkshire police road traffic department
22:46i've i've got a young a young lady with me from eritrea that i've just picked up on the motorway she's
22:52very scared and i'm not 100 if i've actually got the right language could you just just have a word
22:58with her see if uh if i've got the right language for a kickoff if you can make communication with it
23:03and then we can go from uh you you speak hello hello
23:17um
23:21um
23:25um
23:27um
23:34um
23:35I have no idea how to do this.
23:40What are you doing now?
23:43You're all going to do this, you're going to do it.
23:48You're going to go with me?
23:50Why do you go?
23:53Why do you go with me?
23:58Why do you go with me?
24:00I'm a good man.
24:01I'm not going to go with you.
24:02just ask her how she's got here whether it's on a on a hgv truck or what and then just reassure
24:15her i am here to help her but what she needs to do is be able to speak to you uh and i need to
24:20know how she's got here and then i can help her from this moment on okay okay
24:32and then english agar no you what english agar is no way the english agar let's give you no
24:39mada bish i did lang woda canada no meadow
24:45ah no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
24:53can't he'll be done with the gush naaru on it yeah i know you know
24:59If you are doing this work it will allow you to do it.
25:06Yes, you're right.
25:08What are you doing?
25:11Do you have an answer?
25:14I will not want you to do this.
25:18She's obviously spoke to some smugglers somewhere in the world, they said, yep, we'll get you
25:42to Canada, no doubt. They don't care, they don't care where she ends up, they don't care
25:47if she makes it alive or not, they've got her money, they'll chuck in a container or whatever
25:52form of transport they use, then she's not their problem anymore, they move on to their
25:57next poor souls, I'll pay them a load of money.
26:00So just let this new lady know, I need to take her to a police station, but she's nothing
26:06to worry about, she's not going to get hurt, it's what we need to do when she comes into
26:12the country illegally, so we can know she's here and we can get her the help that she
26:16needs.
26:26Whilst looking out for the vulnerable is a vital part of the traffic cop's role, getting
26:30law-breaking drivers off the road remains a top priority.
26:34We've got anybody, 248 South Battenborough Bridge for a possible disqual driver.
26:40In North Yorkshire's control room, an ANPR camera has flagged a suspected disqualified driver
26:45on the motorway.
26:55traffic cop David Minto is dispatched to intercept the car.
27:04But it's 10 miles away from where it's been spotted.
27:07What time did he hit?
27:09I'm looking at 940 now.
27:11I'm still a little bit behind him.
27:14If he stays on the motorway, then we've got a chance.
27:17As Minto hits the motorway, he spots the vehicle.
27:27We've got a chance at southbound Bromham.
27:32Just behind him are two other cop cars, driven by Sergeants Julian Pearson and Paul Cording.
27:38Pretty much as soon as we come onto the A1, we've spotted the vehicle.
27:41The intelligence was that there was a disqualified driver behind the wheel.
27:44We had no idea who the driver was.
27:47174 Sarge, do you want me to go in front and light it up and we'll just give it a little
27:53bit of a hard stop?
27:56We've got three vehicles with us so we could stop it safely.
28:01Thanks for stopping.
28:17Does anyone else have access to this vehicle at all?
28:21No.
28:22No?
28:23No family, no brothers, sisters out like that?
28:25No.
28:26All right.
28:27Minto checks the driver's details with the control room.
28:31Expired substantive, disqualified until 7-3-12-17, that's what they say.
28:36For her?
28:37For her, yeah.
28:40Give her the good news, innit?
28:42I'll just caution, you don't have to say anything, harm your defence if you do not mention
28:45now something which you'll get around in court and you think you do say maybe given
28:47an evidence.
28:48Have you got a driving licence?
28:50No.
28:50No?
28:51Why you not got a driving licence?
28:52I have a band.
28:53You got a band?
28:54All right, it's OK.
28:55So you're disqualified?
28:56Yeah.
28:57So you're driving in the belief that you're disqualified, you know that you're disqualified.
29:01All right.
29:02Have you ever done this before?
29:04No?
29:05So what did you get banned for?
29:06Drink driving.
29:07Drink driving, yeah?
29:08Yeah.
29:09And when was that?
29:10Just before Christmas.
29:11Just before Christmas.
29:12OK.
29:13Because you're disqualified, automatically means you're not insured as well, all right?
29:18Yeah.
29:19So we'll deal with you for the disqualification at the roadside.
29:21Unfortunately, the vehicle has to be taken away.
29:23All right?
29:24How can we get back?
29:25You can get it back when you can...
29:27No, I mean, I mean, how am I going to get back home?
29:28How will you get back home?
29:29Yeah.
29:30To bring somebody...
29:31You're probably going to have to ring a friend or a family member and get them to come
29:34and call a few...
29:36Call a few fear, as in...
29:38Driving while disqualified is not the only thing that's bothering the traffic cops.
29:44What you got in your car, what's that?
29:46The car is piled up with gym equipment.
29:51It's almost on the front windscreen.
29:54It's not secured at all.
29:55That's with one hand.
29:57If the force of braking, that's just going to go...
30:00If they're lucky, it's going to go straight through the window and not hit anybody.
30:03If they're unlucky, it goes straight through the window, straight into the people in the
30:07car in front, or it goes sideways and wipes your knees out.
30:10It's absolutely shocking.
30:12It really is.
30:13I was completely gobsmacked.
30:15You've got somebody who's driving whilst disqualified, therefore, has not got any insurance.
30:20You've got unsecured heavy loads.
30:23If she brakes or she's involved in a collision, and that goes through the windscreen, it's just
30:28going to go...
30:29Of course it is.
30:30Of course it is.
30:31Yes.
30:32Complete disregard for road force.
30:34The passenger, she actually had to climb under the pole to get out of the car.
30:43So, yeah, that was a really good stop.
30:45Disqualified driver off the road, uninsured vehicle, and the load that was in there could
30:49have caused some serious harm.
30:51Back in Leeds, at the police station, Dale Brown is booking in the Eritrean woman he found
31:06lost on the hard shoulder.
31:12Hello.
31:13How are we doing?
31:14Suspecting she is here illegally, he has brought her to be passed through into the immigration
31:19system.
31:21Sit down.
31:22I could tell straight away how vulnerable she was.
31:25She did look like a frightened rabbit.
31:28You want a drink?
31:29Right there.
31:31She might have not had water for weeks.
31:33A lot of these smugglers don't care.
31:35As soon as they get their money, they've done.
31:37They're not bothered.
31:38Judging by the amount of water she had, I think she had a bit of a thirst.
31:41And they got several glasses of water, so it just broke down them barriers, albeit
31:46couldn't understand each of them.
31:49Too bad, thank you.
31:50I've tried to get as much detail as I could, but failed miserably.
31:54Basically, she's been smuggled into the country with two other people.
31:58We don't know where they are.
32:00She doesn't speak English, so the language line is used again to help process her through
32:05custody.
32:07She wants to know where she is right now.
32:09She's in West Yorkshire at the moment.
32:12Now she is safely in custody, she will have to wait for immigration to come and deal with
32:35her.
32:36You've got to feel sorry for her, because the life she must have had is absolutely
32:40probably desperate, to the extent where she's sort of paid, or her family's paid, to try
32:45and make her have a better life.
32:52Dawn is breaking over leads.
32:55Yeah, we'll have a look at that.
32:56How long ago did that happen?
32:58PC Martin Willis is single crewed, and heading for the city.
33:02As we get into the early hours of the morning, often the motorways start getting quiet.
33:06It's an opportunity then to sort of get into the towns and the cities, and start looking
33:10out for other criminal activity.
33:13He's on the city's inner ring road, when a car catches his attention.
33:18I saw this Silver Astra, and it was going a bit quick.
33:23I could see there was several young males in the vehicle.
33:27It also matches the description of a vehicle used in a robbery earlier tonight.
33:32They absolutely floored it.
33:34By the way they're driving, and the way they're starting to accelerate away, they clearly know
33:43that they've done something wrong, and they don't want to get stopped.
33:46Yeah, the vehicle's failing to stop.
33:52Back to lane, finally.
33:55During the pursuit situation, it's extremely difficult on your own.
33:59You're asking for extra units to come, you're asking for a dog, you're asking for a helicopter.
34:04You're trying to do all this, as well as pursuing a vehicle at high speed.
34:07It's extremely difficult.
34:08Standby for the road name.
34:10Stone Cliff Grove.
34:12It looks like a dead end.
34:15Then the car dives left.
34:17Yeah, standby, it's going off the road, I think.
34:22Coming up, another person risking their life on the hard shoulder.
34:27You can't walk on the waterway, I'm afraid.
34:29It's the only way I'm off.
34:31X-Ray Romeo 102.
34:32And tension at dawn.
34:34It was a bit like a Mexican standoff, really.
34:40X-Ray Romeo 102, urgent?
34:42Yeah, the vehicle failing to stop.
34:44Earlier this morning, PC Martin Willis pursued a silver Vauxhall Astra that failed to stop.
34:50Standby for the road name.
34:52Yeah, standby, it's going off the road, I think.
34:54It escaped by going off-road, where he can't follow.
34:58It's possibly going to come back out onto the ring road.
35:00But he's not giving up easily.
35:02I ended up dropping down into Armly and I thought,
35:04well, I'll just go and have a look down there,
35:06because, you know, often a lot of the cars do go down that way.
35:09I'll just have to wait and see if it turns up again.
35:13As I came down to where the flats were, I saw a silver Astra.
35:18As it came up, I thought, that's it.
35:21There are four men in the Astra.
35:24Martin is on his own.
35:27X-Ray Romeo 102.
35:29And when I came face to face with this vehicle,
35:31it was a bit like a Mexican standoff, really.
35:34Romeo 102.
35:36Single crewed.
35:42There's a car full.
35:44So I thought, well, I'll just sit here and see what it does.
35:48Romeo 102.
35:51OK.
35:52Astra's on standby.
35:53Right, yeah.
35:54We're on again.
35:55Train needs to go back.
35:56Yeah, I'm behind the Astra again now.
35:58Armly Town Street.
35:59Is it failing to stop?
36:00Yes, yes.
36:01Going to and drop.
36:02Make sure we're only 102 urgent.
36:03Vehicle failing to stop on Town Street, Armly.
36:04Yes, yes.
36:05Going to and drop.
36:06Make sure we're only 102 urgent.
36:07Vehicle failing to stop on Town Street, Armly.
36:09As Martin requests urgent backup.
36:10Left, left, left, left.
36:11Workly Road.
36:12Standby.
36:13Left, left, left.
36:14Left, left.
36:15Left, left.
36:16Left, left.
36:17Left, left.
36:18Left, left.
36:19Left.
36:20Left, left.
36:21Left, left.
36:22We're only 102 urgent.
36:23Vehicle failing to stop on Town Street, Armly.
36:29As Martin requests urgent backup.
36:33Left, left, left.
36:34Workly Road.
36:35Standby.
36:36Left, left, left.
36:37The Astra heads down another cul-de-sac.
36:41Yeah, it's gone off-road.
36:47It's gone off-road.
36:48Once they go off-road, we have to abort the pursuit.
36:51This time, they've got away.
36:54Come on, Tony.
36:55But the cops believe they'll always have another chance to bag them.
36:59The career criminals, they wouldn't have just gone out and done it the once.
37:03They'll come again and they'll get caught.
37:09It's the end of a long shift for PC Dale Browne.
37:12But even when it is quiet on the motorways, the traffic cops have to be alert to the dangers
37:18for vulnerable road users.
37:20The pedestrian on the motorway or at the side of the motorway.
37:23He is searching for a woman who's reported to be walking along the M621 just south of Leeds.
37:29Time is of the essence.
37:36Every year, 800 people are killed or seriously injured on the hard shoulder.
37:44He needs to stop her and find out why she is taking such a risk.
37:56Why are you putting your life at risk walking on the motorway?
38:01I'm on my way home.
38:02Just had an argument well.
38:03I haven't had an argument with my boyfriend.
38:05He don't know I know about it.
38:06Good answer.
38:07He's been up to.
38:08So, I'm heading from Leeds back to Bradford.
38:10Oh dear.
38:11You can't walk on the waterway I'm afraid.
38:13It's the only way I know.
38:14Have you got any money for a taxi?
38:17Don't be daft.
38:18I know.
38:19About a bus.
38:20It's Bradford.
38:21I'm from Bradford.
38:22Come on.
38:23Who in Bradford has money?
38:24Everybody in Bradford has got money.
38:25People in Bradford have got more money than I do.
38:27I wish.
38:28I can't take you all the way home.
38:30You can't take me all the way home.
38:31Well, I can't leave you on the motorway either.
38:33Because if you get...
38:34Come on, top down.
38:35If you listen, let me finish.
38:37If I take you to the petrol station at the end of Tong Street, at the end of the A650,
38:44is that good enough for you?
38:46That's fine, but I'm quite happy to walk.
38:48Not on the motorway, you're not?
38:50I can't allow you to walk on the motorway.
38:52And I really don't want to give you a ticket for walking on the motorway either.
38:55Because you'll be so nice about it.
38:57So if I give you a lift to the Shell garage, are you able to walk home?
39:01Are you all right?
39:02Mm-hmm.
39:03I'm nothing all right.
39:04You're not going to do auxilie, are you?
39:05No.
39:06You're not going to do auxilie to your chap that's done something that you know, that he's done.
39:09I told you what I'm going to do to him.
39:11I swear on my life and my son's life.
39:14His stuff's getting packed and the minute he walks through the door, it's bye-bye.
39:17So there's no violence involved?
39:18No.
39:25Dale needs to get her to safety as soon as possible.
39:37Now, you look after yourself.
39:39You're number one.
39:40And this is quite a fast, horrible road.
39:41There's no pavements, is there?
39:43Not a bottle of grass.
39:44It's too long to be full of dog poops.
39:46Yeah.
39:47You don't want poo shoes, do you?
39:49Who cares?
39:50Yeah, I'm very laid-back.
39:52I'll give you that much.
39:56Me and I have no great shakes.
39:57It took me three or four minutes.
39:59I go, will you?
40:01Take care of yourself, Victoria.
40:03Had she been really vulnerable, then I took her to her door.
40:06But just speaking to her, my first impression was that I could look after herself,
40:11so I was happy to drop her where I did, which literally stole her away from home anyway.
40:15But far enough away from the motorway, I was happy she wouldn't go back home.
40:18You look after yourself, Vicky.
40:20Don't do anything silly.
40:21And let's not be coming to your house a little later on, eh?
40:23Me?
40:24Don't be daft.
40:25You look after yourself.
40:26I will do.
40:27Thank you, boys.
40:37The challenges of modern policing means having to deal with more and more of the most vulnerable
40:42people in society.
40:44But for the traffic cops, helping those most at risk is particularly rewarding.
40:49We sometimes forget that our dealing with them at that worst part of their life will
40:56stay with them forever.
40:57The distressed young man, Martin Willis, found on the hard shoulder of the M606 was assessed
41:04at the hospital.
41:06He is now being cared for in a mental health unit.
41:10The young Eritrean woman, dropped out of a lorry and lost on the hard shoulder of the M606 in Leeds,
41:19is in the UK immigration system.
41:22The man caught on the M62 was charged with using false number plates and is currently awaiting trial.
41:33He was not charged with breaking the conditions of his sex offender registration.
41:37In all, Operation Target North Yorkshire's crackdown on those exploiting the vulnerable led to 22 arrests.
41:49Yes, yes, he is in the cemetery. He is going round by the Oak Creek.
41:53The two men caught in Asda after the chase through a cemetery are still under investigation.
41:58No further action was taken against the driver of the Silver Astra, which failed to stop for
42:08Martin Willis as there was not enough evidence to link him to the robbery.
42:12And the young woman caught on the A1M has been charged with driving whilst disqualified, no insurance,
42:19and driving a motor vehicle in a dangerous condition.
42:22She is awaiting trial.
42:42There is a stolen motor at the U.S. station.
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