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00:00Police emergency.
00:03Every night in Britain.
00:05Okay, we'll get police making to you as a grade one emergency.
00:09Officers of the law.
00:10Yeah, that's noted, we're just round the corner.
00:12Clock on.
00:13You'll have to put a stop on time.
00:15I'll lock the door! I'll lock the door now!
00:18To keep the peace.
00:19I'll lock the lock!
00:21And protect us.
00:22Sorry!
00:23I need to get you home safe.
00:24While we sleep.
00:25Police officer and Jason, stay with me now!
00:28You're going to be ready for a possession of loads of articles.
00:30I love the night shift. It's my favourite shift.
00:32I'm not having that f*** off!
00:34Sometimes it can just go mental for no reason.
00:37Hey!
00:38Can you get a sack of cups on here?
00:39Move, move, move!
00:40Hey, hey, hey!
00:41Down on the ground!
00:43We filmed with Gloucestershire Constabulary.
00:46Is that something like Taser?
00:48Show me your hands now!
00:49Following their 999 response team.
00:52I'll stop hang at 5-9, I'll stop hang at 5-9.
00:54Mate, move on!
00:56Stay where you are!
00:57And specialist units.
00:59What's the time to go to? There's more fighting going on.
01:01Oh, Willie!
01:02Can we have an ambulance, could we?
01:05To show the highs.
01:07Snakes.
01:08Shall we go?
01:09Yeah, let's go.
01:10And the lows.
01:11Got any weapons on you or anything like that?
01:12Weapons?
01:13It's probably Willie.
01:14I'm so sorry, my darling.
01:15Not darling.
01:16Of the night shift.
01:18I love working nights.
01:20It's when you get the chance to catch that old-fashioned career criminal.
01:23I thrive on that because I join the police to lock criminals up.
01:25That has to go out quickly, doesn't it?
01:27It's time to come back.
01:29We've had reports of multiple vehicle RTC
01:37Queue out to any available traffic mobile able to attend on the M5 northbound near to
01:44junction 14 please. We've had reports of a multiple vehicle RTC with reports of possible
01:51fatalities. All available traffic units to attend please. Every collision that you know
01:59has potentially got a serious nature to it. It's always more of a challenge to deal with
02:05especially when it's on the motorway. It's early evening and Rhodes policing officer
02:13Sergeant Gladman has only just started his night shift when an urgent call to attend an
02:18RTC has come through. You just go into focus mode right and like do the job you're trained
02:30to do. One unit is almost there now. We're about five minutes away. Initial reports are
02:38it could be quite serious.
02:40The crash is on the opposite carriageway and it's not known how serious it is.
02:46We don't know the cause at this stage so we remain open minded and we just look at all the facts
02:53when we get there. But there's also reports of debris on the other carriageway as well.
02:59So we've got to be mindful of that as we're going down that we're not going to hit any debris
03:03when we're travelling at 155 mile an hour.
03:08Before he reaches the accident he spots another vehicle in trouble.
03:12We're just coming up to what looks like a car fire on this side of the road as well. Which is not good.
03:18And then just as I'm driving down I see a huge plume of smoke coming up and start to wonder
03:25what's going on and just as I come around the corner I see a truck on fire.
03:30With thick smoke pouring across the motorway making driving dangerous, Sergeant Gladwin
03:35decides to stop.
03:37Right, we're going to have to close the road.
03:39It was a quick situation, not something you always come across but when you do you have to react to it
03:50and make sure everyone's safe.
03:54Ostangolf 2, I've just come across a car fire at 11305 on the Alpha so I've had to shut the road this side.
04:01Can someone get a hold of fire for me please?
04:03When smoke goes across a road, the last thing you want is vehicles going through that 70 mile an hour
04:12for the potential risk of even more RTCs.
04:18With the motorway closed, he checks that all the truck's occupants are safe.
04:23Are you guys from it, are you?
04:24Yeah.
04:25Right, just stand hard shoulder, just got fire coming.
04:27OK, whose is the caravan? Is that yours as well?
04:30Yeah, you've moved it away, have you?
04:32Yeah.
04:33With other units still on the way to deal with the RTC, they stop to see if they can help.
04:39No, you go down to that one.
04:44Luckily, I saw that quite early on from the smoke so we could try and get it slowed down and now we've got a bit of control.
04:51But until the fire brigade arrive, there is still potential danger, especially if the fire spreads to the caravan next to it.
04:58You've got to consider the risk that if a gas canister goes up, then it can have catastrophic effects.
05:05So we need to create space, allow for fire to come and do their job.
05:10Right, we can go and stand back behind the lorry because that's probably going to explode shortly.
05:14It's lucky that everyone wants to get out already because you don't see a car go on fire like that very often.
05:18That's just literally gone up like a fireball. It ends like the tires and everything are going to start exploding.
05:23So that's why I've just got to get it all stopped and get everyone safe.
05:26Rhoades policing officer Sergeant Gladwin was on his way to one emergency call when he spotted another.
05:47Right, we're going to have to close the road. Not a great situation now.
05:59A truck towing a caravan has burst into flames and is starting to explode.
06:04Right, just on the hard shoulder, just got fire coming. Right, if we can go and stand back behind the lorry because that's probably going to explode shortly.
06:12Dealing with two serious incidents on the same stretch of motorway is challenging for all the emergency services.
06:20Hiya.
06:22Everyone's okay here, I think. Yeah, there's another accident just further down, that's where everyone else is going through.
06:27By the time that's finished, there'll be nothing left but a pile of rubble.
06:31It's just getting more and more intent.
06:35It just shows how things can quickly change and develop and what can happen on the motorway.
06:39The chances of us being there then like we were, like to get it closed off so quickly and potentially protect all these people that were going to come through this, doesn't bear thinking about what could have happened.
06:48The driver of the lorry was one of the first to stop and help.
06:52He tells Sergeant Gladwin what he saw.
06:55I was just coming down there, I see all the black smoke. Everyone's just going past it and I thought, oh, I'll block this line up.
07:00I'll block this line up and then I'll see you and I'll just, like, ward the rover.
07:04So it'd already come on to a stop when you see...
07:06Yeah, they were pushing the caravan back.
07:08Guys, let's go back a bit further because it's...
07:10Thank you for stopping anyway.
07:12No, no, you know what it's like.
07:14It's mainly the tyres because all the, like, the air's just expanding.
07:17Oh, it's the air expanding and getting hotter.
07:19It's just getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
07:20There we go.
07:22There we go, that's another one gone.
07:26That's three or four now.
07:27Yeah.
07:28It's like a firework display going on.
07:29That's one of the worst I've seen, that's for sure.
07:36There's not a lot I can do about putting that fire out, so I've just got to stand there and wait until the experts from the fire brigade can come along and put it out.
07:43And it can feel like a long time when you're waiting, having the motorway shot, just stood there, doing nothing, watching it exploding.
07:53But luckily for Sergeant Gladwin, he doesn't have to wait much longer.
07:59No rest, I'm trying to get sorted.
08:02If you're struggling, give me five minutes and I'll try to do it.
08:04Obviously we can't.
08:05There is also news from the original call for a potential serious RTC up ahead.
08:16Ah, all right, yeah, just...
08:18Occupant not moving, possibly deceased, to a non-injury.
08:21Right.
08:23Oh, well, that's good at least.
08:24Rossetanga 6-3.
08:31The northbound could be reopened now with the RTC sorted in the other side in Laosu.
08:36Thank you very much.
08:37QR-doss, cross you on 6-3.
08:40With the fire out and the motorway partially reopening, Sergeant Gladwin can deal with the driver.
08:45Right, two minutes.
08:50She brings out a white Ford Ranger, are you all with?
08:54Well, it was.
08:55Yeah, no reports present to the insurance, not held.
09:02There could be a genuine reason that the vehicle isn't shown as insured.
09:06If they haven't, then it's very unlucky because they're going to have to cover that
09:10and it's quite an expensive car damage there today.
09:15Highways England will try and claim for any damages which normally would come off insurance.
09:20If they haven't got any insurance to cover that, then, yeah, the cost is going to come onto them
09:26because it's not cheap to close a road off to repair.
09:30Is it your vehicle?
09:31Yes.
09:32Have you got your driver licence on here?
09:33Yes.
09:34Have you got insurance?
09:35Yes.
09:36Do you know who with?
09:37With Aviva.
09:39Because it's shown as having no insurance at the moment.
09:42Sorry?
09:43It's shown as having no insurance.
09:45I not have insurance?
09:46No.
09:47The driver is convinced he has an insurance policy and checks for his documents.
09:51So they are Adam and they're insured, but now he's starting to go through his bank
09:55and see his transactions over the last couple of months, and I don't think he's fined them
09:59at the moment.
10:00The biggest loss right now is going to be for himself.
10:03Like, he's the one who's going to have lost the vehicle.
10:06He's the one who the recovery costs are all going to come from, and who the repair costs
10:11for the motorway are going to come from.
10:13So those things that we sort of take for granted with insurance may be on him right now.
10:19Also add to the fact that if he hadn't got insurance, I'll be given the ticket, which would
10:25be a £300 fine of six points.
10:29On the 5th of May, that drops off our system then, so the insurance is gone.
10:34It's very odd for it just to drop away.
10:36Why?
10:37I would suggest they've cancelled the policy for some reason.
10:39Have they given anything to count?
10:41They should have sent you a letter or something like that, so therefore you're not insured,
10:45which is obviously now a problem because you've got a vehicle that's just been lost.
10:50Then it's going to cost thousands to repair the carriageway potentially, and normally that
10:54would come off an insurance claim.
10:56Then where is taken to the caravan?
10:59That would be to a garage in Gloucester.
11:01So not a great day really right now, is it?
11:05Sergeant Gladwin has more bad news for the driver.
11:08Unfortunately, because there is no insurance in place, that's an absolute offence.
11:13I'm going to have to give you a ticket for that, which is six points and a £300 fine
11:17to add on top of everything else that's gone on.
11:22Anything with the points, license.
11:24Anything with the points, what, to not do it?
11:26Unfortunately, I got no choice on this matter.
11:29Like, with the consequences of this around, like, the damage towards the mowerway,
11:33the mowerway being shut for half an hour, but if no one had insurance
11:38and everything happened like this, then it wouldn't be great, would it?
11:43Cars don't really just blow up, so there's normally something has caused this
11:48in some way or another.
11:49Now, whether that's neglect around servicing and maintenance.
11:55Are you happy to be open up late two and three?
11:57I think so, aren't we? We're all in place now.
11:59Yeah, right. I shall do that now.
12:01The motorway is fully reopened, but with a ten-mile tailback,
12:06it'll be a while before the traffic is cleared.
12:09It's so important. Your insurance is up to date.
12:11And there's no way he's saying he wasn't aware that insurance companies
12:14don't just counter policy without sending letters or giving warnings.
12:18These people were lucky to be able to get out of it.
12:37You know, you think with all the fuel on board,
12:39it's just an explosion waiting to happen.
12:41Unexpected start to the night, this was, but that's policing for you.
12:49You just never know what's going to happen.
12:53Do you want a hand to get it all in?
12:54Yeah, I'll be all right.
12:56It's 9pm, and local policing officers, PCs Gummery and Bond,
13:14are leaving their third call about anti-social behaviour of the evening.
13:22Everyone's just tied up now with stuff,
13:24so it's just at a point where there's no one to go to anything that's coming in.
13:27People love calling stuff in as well, and then driving off.
13:30Yeah.
13:31And, like, saying, oh, they're fighting,
13:32but fighting could mean arguing, it could mean anything.
13:36So, and obviously, them in the control room,
13:39they can only grade it on what words are used.
13:41So a lot of the time, it's not helpful.
13:44Kicking off.
13:45Yeah, kicking off.
13:46Is one.
13:47Oh, my God, someone's kicking off, and you think,
13:48yeah, but what does that mean?
13:49Like, can you quantify that?
13:50Yeah.
13:51Because, like...
13:52They like saying verbally aggressive as well.
13:55I don't blame people for that.
13:57They're not exposed to it, but...
13:59Yeah.
14:00It just...
14:01It can just make it a bit difficult.
14:02They head back to the station for a break.
14:07But as they get there, a member of the public needs their help.
14:13I mean, it's a standard scam that I've heard about.
14:16Yeah.
14:17You know, for a long time.
14:19But it's never happened to me before.
14:21Right, okay.
14:22And I wonder what practical steps I have to take...
14:25Yeah.
14:26...in order to get rid of this problem.
14:28Okay.
14:29The man has received an email and is worried he's being scammed.
14:33Uh, do you have a QuickBooks account?
14:35I've just been advised to try and open a coin, um...
14:40Bitcoin, yeah.
14:41Bitcoin.
14:42From my experience, that's...
14:44It's just a standard email they send out to everyone.
14:47Absolutely.
14:48To try and get you to send them money.
14:49Yes.
14:50And then that's it.
14:51Well, I don't want to.
14:52Yeah.
14:53So, my advice would be, change your passwords and delete it.
14:56Uh, have you got mobile banking on yet?
14:58Yes.
14:59Yeah?
15:00Have you checked your bank to see if anything's gone out?
15:02Any transactions you don't, uh...
15:04Well...
15:05Recognize?
15:06Do you want to go in and have your food?
15:07No?
15:08No, it's fine.
15:09Is it just...
15:10Yeah, no, it's fine.
15:11Yeah, to be honest with you, I get like, five of those a day.
15:15Um...
15:16But yeah, they normally, they normally go through to like your spam and your junk.
15:21But some of them are quite convincing.
15:23But the fact on there, it says, dollars and Bitcoin.
15:27And it's just a general email address.
15:29They've not disclosed your name.
15:31Anything like that.
15:32It's just a general email that someone out there sends out in mass.
15:37Yeah.
15:38I wouldn't worry.
15:39I've had those before.
15:40Alright.
15:41It's just general.
15:42There's nothing on there that points anything out to me that would say you need to be worried.
15:45So, I need to delete it?
15:47Yeah, I delete it, ignore it.
15:49And then just monitor everything just to make sure.
15:52Change your passwords to give you a peace of mind.
15:54Of course, it's bank holiday on Monday.
15:56Yeah.
15:57And it's Sunday tomorrow.
15:58Yeah.
15:59So, I can't go into nationwide.
16:00You've got your cash card on, yeah?
16:01Yes.
16:02Yeah, go to the cash machine, check your balance on there.
16:04Yeah.
16:05But no, I wouldn't be too worried.
16:06If it said your first name, surname, disclosed your address, your IP address, all those sort
16:11of things, then I'd be worried.
16:12I can have trouble with my address.
16:13I'm looking for somewhere to rent.
16:15Yeah.
16:16And a little bit like henge teeth.
16:18Yeah.
16:19That's not easy, is that?
16:20So, if you've got room in here, I'll come and sleep in there for a while.
16:23Oh, it's a nice place, isn't it?
16:25Yeah.
16:27Pleasure to meet you.
16:28Take care.
16:29Look after yourself.
16:30Alright.
16:31Well, I've been in the police service now for 19 years, 19 enjoyable years.
16:47It's certainly been a rollercoaster.
16:49I've been in the police service now for 19 years, 19 enjoyable years.
16:55now for 19 years, 19 enjoyable years.
16:59It's certainly been a roller coaster, ups and downs.
17:03Luckily, more ups and downs, which is good.
17:07A speeding car has attracted his attention.
17:10I was driving up the motorway, and I could see initially
17:13that the number plates were illegal.
17:16And then as I pulled up in front of the vehicle,
17:19because I wanted to put my rear sign on to pull him over
17:22to say, follow me off the motorway,
17:24it was at that point I could see that his driver's windows
17:27and passenger window were tinted as well.
17:40Any idea why I might stop you?
17:42I've also stopped you because you windows.
17:44So we've stopped a vehicle for speed and also a number
17:48of offenses, tinted window, tinted number plate,
17:51legal number plate.
17:52But we're just going to measure the tints on the windows
17:55and just go from there.
17:56When I stop somebody for speeding,
17:58it's important to be kind and courteous.
18:00That might be the only interaction they've ever had
18:03with the police.
18:04So it's important I don't go in there, all guns blazing.
18:07And I speak to them like human beings, because at the end
18:09of the day, they haven't committed an atrocity.
18:12Having had a word with the driver about his speed, P.C. Webb has now turned his attention
18:18to the car windows.
18:19This is what we call a tint man, OK?
18:21This measures the amount of light that comes from the outside to the inside of the cabin.
18:25So I'll pop that on the inside, and you can see it's only letting 20%.
18:33That's why I can tell it's right away they're illegal.
18:35So believe it or not, you've already committed offense,
18:37which I can give you a fine for.
18:39However, you seem quite reasonable.
18:41What I'm not going to allow you to do is drive away with the tints like that.
18:44So if you want to start taking them out, I won't give you the fine.
18:48And then in that time, I can do the checks on your driver's license
18:52and everything else.
18:52Is that fair enough?
18:55Depending on how long it's been on there and how well it's baked on,
18:58it might be a little bit challenging.
19:02Yeah, people do struggle.
19:04Try not to scratch my mouth.
19:05There you go, there you go.
19:08He's effectively done that because it makes his car look nicer.
19:12There's no reason to give him a fine.
19:15I'm going to give you a warning about the speeding.
19:17You're taking these out.
19:19From the outset, he was totally compliant.
19:22He was reasonable.
19:24He gets it.
19:25You know, I explain to him and I measure the windows.
19:27I tell him about the number plates.
19:29Although it's quite difficult to take tinted windows out,
19:31depending on how long they've been on,
19:33he was quite happy to do it at the roadside in order to escape a fine.
19:42Licence and order, insurance is in order.
19:56You've committed a minor indiscretion with the speed.
19:58As long as you can do your job then, it's comfortable.
20:01That's it, yeah, yeah.
20:03And I get to look at a beautiful car while I stay straight.
20:06I gave him words of advice about his number plates which would get rectified.
20:10I was satisfied he would do it
20:12because he was willing to take them out of the roadside for the windows,
20:15which is the main safety aspect because he was driving at night.
20:24With the man on his way, PC Webb is back on patrol,
20:27now heading towards Tewkesbury.
20:29A van went past me and I just happened to just to look in my rear view mirror
20:35and I could see it had no rear lights on,
20:37which is a prohibitable offence for a motor vehicle.
20:42Intending on giving the driver a bit of advice,
20:44he turns and gets the van driver to pull over.
20:47Quite a fast stretch of road.
20:49And unfortunately for me, the way the driver stopped,
20:54although he did pull into the lay-by,
20:56he positioned his vehicle in such a way where the door was open,
20:59it was into the carriageway.
21:02PC Webb has no choice but to stand right on the carriageway
21:05to talk to the driver.
21:10Your headlights were on as you went past me.
21:13And then as you went past me,
21:17there were no lights shown at all to the back of your vehicle.
21:20Sorry?
21:21You put them on now?
21:26Are they on now?
21:27Are they on now?
21:28I'll have a look in a sec.
21:31Is your door open?
21:32Where's your key?
21:34Just take the key out for a bit of pass.
21:35You're on your own, are you?
21:36Yeah.
21:37Yeah.
21:38But my intention was just to sort like, say,
21:39your lights aren't working and then let him on his way
21:41and just inform him, really.
21:44But he didn't pan out like that.
21:45Have you had anything to drink tonight?
21:47Yeah, I have.
21:48Yeah.
21:49All right.
21:50I can smell alcohol in your breath.
21:52How much have you had to drink?
21:54A few pints.
21:55A few pints.
21:56OK.
21:57Because I don't know you,
21:58I'm on like a bit of busy road,
21:59just to put some handcuffs on you.
22:02The reason being, I'll put them on nice.
22:06You're not happy with it.
22:07I don't care whether you're happy with it or not.
22:08OK?
22:09So I'm going to breathalise you,
22:10but in order for me to breathalise you,
22:12I need to take you back to the car
22:13and obviously we're on the busy side of the road.
22:15The road is a busy carriageway,
22:17used by HGVs.
22:20You're starting to go in there.
22:21Eh?
22:22I'm not going to let you go in there.
22:23You're not driving me in there.
22:24Worried that the man is not complying,
22:26PC web calls for backup.
22:28I'm thinking,
22:29this could be a flashpoint with the handcuffs.
22:31If I get my handcuffs out
22:32and start putting them on straight away,
22:34that could be a flashpoint.
22:35So I said, well, OK,
22:36I'm going to wait here
22:37and get some colleagues to me.
22:39Is there anyone who can join me
22:41on the,
22:43I'm not sure where I am,
22:45between Teddington
22:46and Tewkesbury,
22:48Ash Church.
22:49I stopped the vehicle.
22:50He's been a bit obstructive
22:51and I'm on a really dark stretch of road.
22:54Not really, am I?
22:55Well, you are,
22:56because I said I just need to put handcuffs on you
22:57just to ensure my safety.
22:59Unfortunately for me,
23:00he has quite a power position
23:02because he's up high up in the seat.
23:04I'm quite short for a police officer.
23:07He's got, like, the height over me.
23:11No, don't have any water.
23:12No, don't.
23:13Drinking water could interfere
23:14with the results of the breath test.
23:16I can.
23:17Stop messing about.
23:18No, you can't grab me.
23:20I then reach up and try
23:21and grab the bottle of water
23:23and that's when a struggle issues.
23:25Hey.
23:28You can't hear me.
23:29Hey.
23:30You can't believe me.
23:31I'm now in a precarious position
23:35and he pushes me,
23:36pushes me back out of the van
23:38and it's at that point
23:40this heavy goods lorry just,
23:42it must,
23:43how it misses me,
23:44I don't know.
23:48I don't need handcuffs.
23:49All right.
23:50All right.
23:51We'll just put your hands on.
23:52No, no.
23:53Put a new pocket in.
23:54Where are they, please?
23:55Hey.
23:56I don't need handcuffs.
23:58I want to get a drink of water
24:00so I'm not telling you about.
24:01No, you can't have it.
24:02I need to breath like this.
24:03He then spits this water out into my face.
24:09You are a fucking idiot.
24:11Mate, come on.
24:12You really are.
24:14Whilst all these things are happening,
24:16I'm thinking,
24:17I might die here.
24:30Bye, bye.
24:33P.C. Webb is on patrol
24:34and has stopped a driver
24:35to tell him his lights are out.
24:38You're on your own, are you?
24:39Yeah.
24:40Yeah.
24:41He suspects the man has been drinking.
24:43I can smell alcohol in your breath
24:45and how much have you had to drink?
24:47Two pints.
24:48They are on a busy carriageway
24:49and heavy goods lorries are fumbling by.
24:53I don't have to grab one.
24:54I am grabbing you. I'm telling you what to do.
24:56You can't do that. I can.
24:58The man is becoming violent, and PCWeb has asked for back-up.
25:04Where are they, please?
25:10Mate, come on. No.
25:12He's still high up. So he's standing up and starts throwing punches.
25:15I'm trying to get my handcuffs out.
25:18I'm trying to manage to get one handcuff almost on.
25:21And another lorry goes past, and I'm now thinking,
25:26this is getting really, really serious now.
25:32Lean me alone. Mate, you're under arrest for assault, please.
25:35Oh, fuck. Are you not pleased? I am pleased.
25:38Yeah, right.
25:39Fearing for his life, PCWeb presses his emergency button.
25:43Clip.
25:44200-mobile is making to the space zero to attend trance, and...
25:48Space zero, please. Come on.
25:50Assistance, please.
25:52I think your state zero is several units making.
25:55I've pressed my state zero button, something which I never thought I would do.
25:59Fucking hit you.
26:00I don't do it that way.
26:02When you press your state zero button, the GPS tells everyone where you are.
26:06On the road now.
26:07I'm coming in.
26:08People up behind you.
26:09Go, go, go, go, go.
26:11And all that time, you're just, you're thinking everything.
26:16You're thinking of what you need to do to get this mail, but you're also thinking of your family and all the other...
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