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Traffic Cops S12E03 (27th December 2023)
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00:00It's gone straight to the red line.
00:04You've got damage, you've got damage.
00:06Not doing it! Stay still!
00:08Derbyshire traffic cops.
00:10It does have warning markers for potential firearms.
00:15Don't hold it! You're under arrest.
00:17Intent supply class to be a drug.
00:19Police a thousand square miles.
00:23It's a crash, crash.
00:25You've got any other injury other than your head?
00:27With some of the UK's most dangerous roads.
00:30Oh, no one's been killed out of this. I don't know.
00:33Do you know how fast you can go in?
00:35It's scary when stuff like this happens.
00:37In life and death situations.
00:39Get on the ground, you'll be tainted!
00:41We've got runners.
00:43Face down!
00:46Yes, yes, successful stick.
00:49Around every corner.
00:51Great acting, mate.
00:54There's a new challenge.
00:56For the traffic cops.
00:57They're buying a vehicle now!
01:01I'm going home.
01:02David!
01:03Stop grabbing me like that!
01:09Coming up.
01:11That's over there.
01:13Car criminals on the run.
01:15Contact, contact.
01:16This vehicle is failing to stop.
01:18Confirm failing to stop.
01:20It's just been cannibalised.
01:25Officers tracking down stolen vehicles.
01:28One careful owner.
01:2920 grand, it's yours.
01:32Do you want it?
01:35And truck thieves.
01:36Tie is off.
01:37I'm going to leave three.
01:39Risking lives trying to escape.
01:41Vehicles come to us.
01:43Stop, stop, stop!
01:45They're running across the side right.
01:46They're running across the side right.
02:01Observations for an AMPR hit for a possible cloned vehicle.
02:05At force control, there's a report of a car theft.
02:09Any units you can stop making the way to the area, please be obliged.
02:12It's just one of over 350 vehicles stolen every day across the UK.
02:21I'm bringing a 2-4 of that vehicle.
02:22They've got no reports on it.
02:23Ten miles south, near Derby, traffic cop Matt Cork is responding.
02:28A short time ago, we were notified from a member of the public that they'd come home to find their house had been burgled and their car had been stolen.
02:35We've been able to identify a vehicle which we believe to be involved, which is a blue Audi S3.
02:40From a to all units, we're currently heading southbound at speed if units can start making their way to the area.
02:46This car is believed to be involved with the burglaries.
02:49It's believed to be the arrival and the getaway car, if you like.
02:53We're doing some more checks at the moment.
02:54Anticipate that this car will then be picked up in convoy with the stolen vehicle.
02:59At which point, we may be able to identify what plates the stolen vehicle is now showing.
03:04Police suspect the Audi is fitted with a copied or stolen number plate.
03:08So we've now got a mark on that vehicle.
03:10It's started to activate cameras again on the knots border.
03:13So we've got a number of units heading towards that area.
03:15There's a number of reasons that criminals choose to clone vehicles.
03:19They use four or five different sets of number plates.
03:22Regularly stopping and changing them to try and prevent us from keeping tabs on where they've been.
03:27Jobs like this, time's of the essence, to be honest.
03:30You can get a long way in a short amount of time in a car.
03:33So it's important to get as many units as we can into the area.
03:38Standby for observations. We have an ANPR hit heading southbound for observations, please, if you're in the area.
03:42In the north of the county, traffic cop Martin Carter joins the pursuit.
03:52It's an extremely fast car.
03:54And at the minute, we're just trying to play catch up with it.
03:57The knots police have stated they're unfamiliar with the area, so they've asked me to take the lead.
04:01As Martin tries to keep up, a police plane tracks the suspect car.
04:07PAS 81 is now overtaking on a solid white line.
04:13And PAS 81 is continuing now, going through a red light on the temporary roadworks.
04:19He's driving well in excess of the speed limit, going through red traffic lights.
04:23He's been overtaking on solid white lines.
04:26Approaching the minute roundabout standby.
04:28Looks like I've just got two rear occupants out. Looks to be changing number plates.
04:41And he's now off, off, off again.
04:45And it's a right, right. Approaching the minute roundabout standby.
04:49Not the first, it's the second, the second.
04:51With Matt racing to catch up, Martin closes in.
04:58That's it there.
05:00An Oscar Tango, 2-5.
05:03Contact, contact. This vehicle is failing to stop. Confirm, failing to stop.
05:08It's overtaking vehicles.
05:13Speed, 80-0.
05:14We need to bring this pursuit to a conclusion, sooner rather than later.
05:22We've got a Stinger.
05:27Cancel.
05:29Right, right, right. Right, right, right.
05:32Still driving well in excess of the speed limit.
05:34Speed increasing. Speed up to 1.
05:370-0.
05:39Vehicle is overtaking on chevrons.
05:41Vehicle continues in excess of 1, 3, 0.
05:46There is a massive amount of risk, both to myself, to my colleagues,
05:52to members of the public, and to these people that are trying to get away.
05:57At that moment in time, they've got nothing to lose.
05:59They're not thinking about the risks they're taking.
06:02Vehicle is currently getting out of sight.
06:05N-PAS retake control of commentary, please.
06:09N-PAS 81 approaching to the roundabout, standby.
06:12He's gone wrong side on the roundabout.
06:15He's taken the third, the third.
06:17This driver's well aware that he was being pursued.
06:20At the moment, I imagine he's probably not aware of the fact that N-PAS are above him.
06:24N-PAS 81, he's done a right-to-right-to-right into a housing estate.
06:34It looks like it's going to be a dead end, standby.
06:38N-PAS 81, vehicle comes to a stop.
06:41N-PAS 81, I've got four occupants out.
06:44While the police plane tracks the suspects, Martin and Matt are nearby.
06:51N-PAS 81, suspects have come out.
06:52N-PAS 81, they've driven it down to dead end.
06:53I think they've got four people jumped out and legged it.
06:57To that unit, you've just got past turn around.
07:03N-PAS 81, suspects have come out.
07:06Yeah, that's those on your left.
07:08There's three detections.
07:16Three suspects are under arrest.
07:19Some 6-3 has out-cooked here.
07:20One has jumped over the hedge into the gardens.
07:23But one more has escaped.
07:25N-PAS 82, correction 8-1.
07:27Yeah, those officers just through that hedge.
07:28Turn right, turn right.
07:33Nots job.
07:34Coming up.
07:35Isn't it?
07:36Yes, yes, that's where I last saw him.
07:37I haven't seen him come out yet.
07:39As the hunt for the runaway suspect continues.
07:41I can hear him in the garden, will you swear?
07:45Matt and Martin find some suspicious items.
07:48Got some jewellery in here.
07:49Expensive watch in the back as well.
07:53It's obviously going to be a clone vehicle.
07:55Likely stolen.
07:58And danger on the motorway.
08:00As a stolen lorry tries to escape police.
08:03In here, it's definitely on the rims.
08:05I'm telling one, it's slowing.
08:07I'm struggling one and two.
08:08I'm struggling one and two.
08:09MPAS 81, suspects have come out.
08:22That's those on your left.
08:26Near Chesterfield, a police plane is tracking a runaway suspect.
08:30Yeah, if you could go back into the gardens where you ran through, I haven't seen the final suspect come out of there.
08:36Three suspected car thieves are under arrest, but one more is on the run.
08:42So the garden that we ran through, can you see the one with the red feet bumped out?
08:47Can you say they're back in that garden?
08:49Yes, yes, that's where I last saw him. I haven't seen him come out yet.
08:53Can you take that side? I'll take this to the side. There's a side gate.
08:59Just this week, the occupants, they've got CCTV, they have seen this male run through their property.
09:05He's got a baseball cap on, dark hooded top and dark bottoms.
09:11As officers continue the search...
09:14We're approaching the housing estate now.
09:17Traffic cops Martin Carter and Matt Cork
09:21find the blue Audi which police believe has been used by the suspects to steal another car.
09:27Organised crime gangs are a massive thing at the moment.
09:30There seems to be a level of planning involved by them.
09:33Their tactics are regularly changing, which is why we have to stay innovative.
09:37When you look at the brake pad material down here, it's literally still glowing.
09:42Cars aren't designed to be pushed that hard.
09:45It's not got racing spec tyres, it's not got racing spec brake pads, brake discs.
09:49You know, it was only going to be a matter of time the way that these people were driving this vehicle before catastrophe.
09:55An intensive watch in the bank as well.
09:58Probably stolen during this burglary.
10:01The vehicle's confirmed stolen from South Yorkshire area.
10:05As you've seen, numerous false plates in the vehicle.
10:09Probably been used in multiple burglaries across many counties.
10:13There are obvious signs that we see.
10:16But to average Joe, two Audis with the same plate looking at them,
10:19you wouldn't know which one should have that plate on it and which one shouldn't.
10:22Nearby, there's another discovery.
10:25We've got some jewellery in here.
10:29Looks like gold.
10:30So it's potentially been involved in burglaries.
10:33With the stolen Audi recovered,
10:40a dog handler arrived to search for the runaway suspect.
10:43To fly east.
10:45We believe that's how they find his gun.
10:47Property to the left-hand side of your vehicle.
10:50I last saw him in that garden.
10:52I can hear him in the garden, are you sure?
10:56Yeah, near the top unit.
10:58He's in the garden, near the caravan.
11:00Have we got him up there?
11:09Catching these sorts of criminals is very rewarding.
11:12There's a real sense of achievement knowing that you've put four behind bars for burglary.
11:16You know, nine out of ten cops would say exactly the same.
11:19They've joined this job to put bad people behind bars.
11:30As well as car theft, traffic cops are seeing an increase in stolen HGVs and freight crime.
11:38It's got an info marker for an Izetto lorry bearing the plate for a token.
11:45Traffic cop Matt Cooling is looking for a suspicious lorry on the motorway.
11:50On 2 at 9, I'll start to come towards the M1.
11:56The lorry is thought to be using a cloned registration
12:00and is being tracked by several police units from two forces.
12:04Committed, committed and one no.
12:08It's obviously going to be a cloned vehicle, likely stolen.
12:11And normally those types of vehicles are used in freight crime.
12:14So, you know, it could be full of tens of thousands of pounds worth of stolen gear.
12:18We've got, you know, a large HGV that's not stopping.
12:23We don't know who's in it, we don't know what's in it, how we're going to stop it,
12:27what we're going to do if it doesn't stop.
12:29There's lots of things now starting to go through his head.
12:32What are they going to do to get away?
12:34Obviously, you've got units behind it.
12:37I could be ahead then if you need that necessary.
12:41Matt races ahead of the pursuing officers.
12:44Any pursuit is dangerous,
12:58but ones that involve HGVs in particular really do raise the stakes.
13:03What are they prepared to do to get away?
13:05They've got a heavy piece of machinery there
13:07and if they want to plough through a police car,
13:09you know, they're quite capable of doing that.
13:11My plan would be to use yourself as blockers.
13:16Yeah, understood. I'll stay in the south.
13:19Yeah, that's received.
13:21Zane 2, 5-0.
13:26As Matt waits for the lorry.
13:28Got a near side indication. Off, off, off.
13:31The driver makes an unexpected move.
13:34It's off, off, off.
13:36Proces around about standby direction.
13:39Leaving Matt out of position and having to catch up with the pursuit.
13:43Round and round about standby.
13:45Taking the M1 southbound.
13:49It's off, off, off. Standby.
13:54Approaching the red traffic lights.
13:56Lights are through the sequence.
13:58The HGV gets to a junction and then it basically loops back round to come back on itself.
14:08And for us that is a bit of a problem.
14:10Because we're always then trying to second guess where it's going, what it's doing.
14:14Lean two.
14:15Looks like we're doing a reciprocal standby.
14:17Knock three.
14:19Knock three.
14:20We're back on.
14:22Con.
14:23M1 northbound.
14:32M8.
14:33Have we considered M-pass at all?
14:35M-pass at all but we're out of town I'm afraid.
14:38Have we got any other RPG units?
14:40Third off the motorway.
14:42You're going to pass it on the opposite carriageway to say.
14:44It's going to be here somewhere.
14:46That's it there.
14:47There's a way for.
14:48Main one.
14:49Speed six zero.
14:50Six zero.
14:51Just passed the half a mile mark forward.
14:56300.
14:57200.
14:59100.
15:01Standby.
15:03Got an off-site indication going into lane two.
15:0710.
15:08As officers ahead move in for a stop, Matt holds the traffic back.
15:127-3, we've got a block on staff, Matt.
15:17Only going to be possible for a lane one stick.
15:20Yeah, that's received.
15:22The important thing for us is to get this vehicle stopped and to get it stopped safely,
15:28causing the least amount of damage and risk as possible.
15:32We need specialist equipment, like getting the appropriate Stinger ahead of it to puncture
15:37its tyres.
15:40An 829, back of the stick, I've got safety.
15:43I've got the block on the north.
15:46From Stinger, we are now your rear safety.
15:49Traffic in the distance, but still got quite a sterile area.
15:54Further ahead, officers lay a trap to burst the lorry's tyres.
15:58A Stinger is basically just a plastic strip, you know, full of hollow spikes that we can
16:03throw and deploy, you know, in front of a vehicle that's failing to stop.
16:06The spikes need to be bigger to puncture HGV's tyres to what would be required to puncture
16:11a car tyre.
16:12And trying to get that mobilised takes some planning.
16:16The vehicle's been stung.
16:17I'm sure I haven't been tired.
16:18Vehicle's slowing.
16:191-0.
16:20Quite a strong smell coming from the HGV.
16:21Lane 2.
16:225-5.
16:23It's swerving.
16:24Still lane 2.
16:25Interior is definitely on the rims.
16:26Under lane 1, it's slowing.
16:27Struggling 1 and 2.
16:28Tire's off.
16:29Under lane 3.
16:30Still travelling.
16:31Tire's off.
16:32Under lane 3.
16:33Still travelling.
16:34Tire's off.
16:35Under lane 3.
16:36Still travelling.
16:38This is coming to a start lane 4.
16:47I'm just coming to a start lane 4.
16:50This is coming to a start lane 4.
16:52Inside lane 3.
16:54Still travelling.
17:00It's coming to a start lane 4.
17:06Lift you on.
17:09Prepare for a decamp here.
17:12The vehicle's come to the...
17:14Stop, stop, stop!
17:16They're running across the tribes, right?
17:19No! South Van Parish right into the woods!
17:22The dog's out. Come on.
17:25Where's the dog?
17:28It's just the other side of that wall.
17:30I appreciate it, it's quite high.
17:32Come on in, mate.
17:34Where that post is, straight up.
17:36We've just got cops just on the southbound carriageway at the minute
17:40and they're just searching the woodland,
17:42which is where the offenders were seen to run into.
17:46We've got the motorway held behind us in the carriageway.
17:49We're going to keep the motorway shut for safety.
17:51And then we've got the Knotts drone.
17:55We've got Knotts drone out.
17:58Two or two.
18:00Potentially they could be in these trees.
18:02Crossed over into a field.
18:04There's definitely something in there.
18:05It's the heat source.
18:06Keeps moving.
18:07Is it in front of me?
18:09If you're the single officer,
18:11directly in front of you stood still, yeah.
18:13It's about 10 metres in front of you.
18:15Probably about 11 o'clock.
18:18NA, I've got a mail.
18:20It sounds like one of the occupants at Steed Camp's been found.
18:28So he's been arrested at the moment.
18:30One man is detained, but the second is still missing.
18:34Another heat source through the north.
18:37Is that where we're stood now?
18:40Yeah.
18:41Is the heat source large,
18:42or could someone be in the trees behind it?
18:46No, you're directly with it.
18:48It's right where you are.
18:50Are they docked on the barter's car?
18:52Yeah, all of them.
18:53They weren't in the dock for anything?
18:55No.
18:56These lads that are driving these lorries
18:58aren't the masterminds of the operation.
19:01These are lads that are paid, you know,
19:03a nominal fee just to drive the lorry from A to B
19:05with the stolen goods on board.
19:07But it's those that are risking the court,
19:09so their incentive is obviously to get away.
19:12After 15 minutes searching,
19:37the second suspect is found and Matt reopens the motorway.
19:42As soon as the lorries is confirmed,
19:43lanes one and two are clear at your own.
19:47Confirmed we are clear to open the motorway
19:49when you are happy.
19:51Bringing them up.
20:04It's a great outcome.
20:05You know, managed to get this vehicle stopped safely,
20:07without any members of the public getting involved and hurt.
20:09You know, we've ended up chasing after these guys
20:11to catch them and arrest them and they've not got away.
20:14And the teamwork involved in doing that, you know,
20:16was massive on that night.
20:17It really is satisfying that we have caught them.
20:27Coming up.
20:28Cracking down on car thieves stealing to order.
20:30There could be a piece of glass there that's been broken
20:33with a bit of blood on maybe.
20:34It could be a fingerprint potentially somewhere.
20:41And Sergeant Scott Riley is on the hunt for motorbike thieves.
20:46So we're just going to head out up into the north of the county.
21:04She's been subject to burglaries again last night.
21:07So I'll head up there and see if we can catch any burglars.
21:11Traffic cop Matt Cooling is starting a night shift.
21:15Yeah, you're right. I'm going to start heading up now.
21:17Yeah, we are.
21:18Was it ten o'clock then, that other one?
21:19That's...
21:21All right, mate.
21:22I'll probably stick on the periphery as such then,
21:24because I'm obviously going to be in that X5, aren't I?
21:25Yeah, yeah.
21:26If you're knocking about in a plane car.
21:28With a recent rise in car thefts along the Derbyshire border,
21:32officers in unmarked cars are deploying to the area.
21:36All right, mate. I'll see you up there.
21:37I'll see you up there.
21:38All right, mate.
21:39Yeah, all right, see you in a bit.
21:41I've just had a quick chat with some of our colleagues
21:44who are obviously aware of the issues up at the north of the county
21:46with all the burglaries that we're suffering from.
21:49So they're going to go up in a plane car
21:50and obviously we'll go up and assist in a marked car.
21:53This is what I joined the job to do, you know,
21:54is to catch burglars and car thieves.
21:57And at the minute, you know,
21:58we've got a real big issue up there of that type of crime.
22:01There's lots of cars being stolen in different pockets
22:04and it does cause us, you know, a massive problem.
22:08You're always going to find that people, you know,
22:10unless they're caught, they're going to keep the...
22:13what they get away with.
22:14You know, obviously there's massive financial reward
22:16for, you know, nicking someone's car, van or caravans.
22:20Matt takes up a position near Chesterfield.
22:27We'll sort of take this primary spot and see what comes past.
22:32The problem is it's just, you know,
22:34it's just hunches into which way they're going to come in,
22:38putting yourself in the right area, but, you know...
22:42It is a game of cat and mouse.
22:45You're always second guessing where they're going to be
22:47and what they're going to target,
22:48but you've got to be in that area, you know, at the right time.
22:51And if you're not out there,
22:52then we're never going to catch these people.
22:55Range Rover Evoke in Black headed off towards Newbold
22:59and they're getting the track of details.
23:01It's stolen off the drive.
23:02Keys have not been taken.
23:04It has a track on it.
23:05They're just getting the track of details.
23:06It's gone off towards the Newbold area.
23:09Tango 29, I'm en route down the bypass.
23:12Mick, I'm going to come off to Sheetbridge
23:15and into Newbold that way.
23:17Just on the bypass now.
23:19I'm just thinking where to park, mate.
23:21It's one of a couple of ways it could come.
23:24We've basically just had a report of a theft of a Land Rover Evoke
23:29that's been stolen in Chesterfield,
23:31which apparently had a tracker on it,
23:33but they think that's now been blocked, that signal,
23:36because they can't track it.
23:38So it was last headed towards Newbold, which we're on the outskirts of.
23:41So we're just here, just on the off chance that it comes out this way.
23:45Hey, Robbie.
23:46How are you?
23:47How are you?
23:48Good, mate. Are you out looking for this stolen car?
23:50Yeah.
23:51We're just waiting for a location for it, mate,
23:54because it's just pinged again, apparently.
23:56I think they'll probably hide it, won't they,
23:58and then come back in a week or two after it.
23:59Well, potentially.
24:00That's if they've not ripped it out.
24:02Yeah.
24:03I think the general evo and error for nicking modern cars,
24:06certainly the ones with keyless entry,
24:08is to clone that signal.
24:10You know, they'll use various bits of technology that will do that,
24:13and then that tricks the car into thinking that, you know,
24:15they're stood next to it with the key.
24:17Units out looking for this Range Rover Evoke.
24:20The track has just activated,
24:22so they're just getting the location.
24:24Apparently it's stopped on an industrial estate,
24:26but they're just confirming the exact location with the caller.
24:29Standby.
24:30They've said Armada Way, if that rings out to anyone.
24:35Apparently there's a right-hand turn off that
24:36that leads into an industrial estate.
24:45We're not far off now.
24:46Where it's last pinged, it's round this corner.
24:51Yeah, I think I've got it parked up, abandoned.
24:53Yeah, I've got it recovered.
25:04Looks like the driver's window's been smashed.
25:07If I can get recovery arranged, please.
25:09The track on the car's reactivated
25:12and gave this location as to where it was.
25:15Luckily, obviously, because we were in the right area at the right time,
25:17we've got it really, really sharpish.
25:19Probably only been abandoned, I suspect, a couple of minutes at the very most.
25:23So, luckily, we've got a car back, you know, without having a pursuit
25:27and it looks like relatively little damage that's been caused to it
25:30other than the driver's window that's been smashed,
25:32which I suspect is what's been caused in the process of licking it.
25:36As Matt inspects the car, colleagues arrive in support.
25:40I've asked for recovery.
25:42I mean, obviously, I don't know if things have been touched and disturbed or what.
25:45I mean, this has probably only been here a couple of minutes, maybe.
25:48I've not seen anyone when I've turned up.
25:50Yeah, so it's been thrashed here, hasn't it?
25:54Because it's so quickly been taken,
25:56I personally think, no, to get it recovered
25:58and having, you know, to turn forensic on it,
26:00because you've got glass in there...
26:02It's the best chance of catching it, isn't it?
26:04It's not been driven for days and days, has it?
26:06Yeah.
26:09There could be a piece of glass there that's been broke
26:11with a bit of blood on, maybe.
26:12Could be a fingerprint, potentially, somewhere.
26:14So, hopefully, they'll examine the car tomorrow
26:17and find something that we can link back to an offender.
26:21As officers leave to search for the thieves...
26:26Ah, right, Brill.
26:27..the owners of the stolen car arrive.
26:29It's been dumped, mate.
26:30The only damage that we can see to it is the broken driver's window.
26:33So we're basically going to get it recovered.
26:35We're going to get it recovered for CSI to have a look at it.
26:38Just on the off chance they've left something forensically there.
26:40I know it's going to inconvenience you...
26:42..but it's the best chance of us catching them.
26:44If you've got a key, then, can we...
26:47Just the car keyed up, if that's fine.
26:49And have you caught it on CCTV as well, if there was a mention of?
26:52My daughter had a little bit on the ring bag.
26:55Yeah, right.
26:56My daughter lives opposite, so she watched it happen.
26:58Right, OK.
26:59So she saw somebody reach into...
27:02..well, smash the side...
27:05..side window.
27:06Yeah. Reach in.
27:07Up tallies then, yeah.
27:08Then we heard the alarm go off.
27:09Yeah.
27:10And that was it.
27:11Right, OK.
27:12We looked out the window and it had gone.
27:13She was just in a bit of shock.
27:14I don't believe they've been watching us
27:15because we've literally just gone up to bed.
27:17Right, OK.
27:18I think the experience of the victim is going to be horrendous.
27:21You know, the fact that someone's broke into the home
27:23and taken the car, you know,
27:25it's a pretty despicable thing to do.
27:29The problem with modern cars nowadays
27:31is your key is always emitting a signal.
27:34Right.
27:35And what these crooks do is they'll come with, you know,
27:37an antenna and a piece of software
27:39that basically acts as a go-between between the car and your key.
27:42Yeah.
27:43Hence why they can start it and not have the key.
27:45In future, you need to look at buying a Faraday bag.
27:48Faraday.
27:49It's basically a foil-lined bag.
27:50Just at night, you pop your keys into it
27:52and it stops the signal.
27:53Or just get a box and put some tin foil around it.
27:55Yeah.
27:56It's got such cheap though, aren't it?
27:57This time of night, literally.
27:58Yeah, yeah.
27:59I don't believe they watched us go to bed.
28:00Yeah, yeah.
28:01They really do.
28:02At least you've got your car back relatively undamaged.
28:04Yeah.
28:05No other than the glass.
28:06We'll wait here now till it's recovered.
28:07The car will be kept and not released
28:08until it's been forensically looked at then.
28:10There could be a piece of glass in there
28:11with a minor speck of blood on or something.
28:13You just don't know, do you?
28:15We'll do what we can.
28:16Lovely. Thank you.
28:17All right.
28:18Good night then. Thanks very much.
28:19See you, mate.
28:20Turn that up.
28:21Turn that way.
28:24No, I don't think it's anything else.
28:26So we'll just sit and wait for recovery then.
28:30Hey, Tega, turn on.
28:32Turn on.
28:33I take it you've took the stolen marker off this vehicle
28:36and took it off the hot list.
28:38Yeah, we have indeed.
28:42We're really close to catching him
28:43on the basis of the last update as to where it was by the tracker
28:46and how far we were away,
28:48which was only, you know, within a couple of minutes.
28:50When we've arrived, we've not seen anyone, you know,
28:52in the vicinity or walking away or anything
28:55to suspect that they're responsible.
28:57clearly just missed them.
29:00It's really important that people start to understand
29:03how vulnerable their vehicles are,
29:05especially if they are, you know, keyless entry.
29:08It's important that people either, you know,
29:10look to stop the signal being emitted from the key
29:13or they buy a physical lock, you know,
29:15whether it be a gear stick lock or some sort of steering lock.
29:19I'm motivated to catch these sort of people
29:24because I think they can come and just do what they want
29:26and take other people's things without consequence.
29:28Just past 2am, we're coming up to Normanton in Derby.
29:45On the outskirts of the city centre,
29:47Sergeant Scott Riley is looking for another suspicious vehicle.
29:51There is a stolen van from Derby,
29:53so we'll drive around to see if that raises its head.
29:57But before Scott has a chance to search for the stolen van,
30:01there's an urgent call.
30:04Yeah, that's all right.
30:06We've joined a motorbike, two or two of them,
30:10by the father.
30:12Not really been aware of our presence.
30:14Sarah Falls near the hospital.
30:16I'll make my way to the area.
30:18Making his way to Olverston in Derby
30:20where ARVs have had what they believe to be
30:23a stolen motorbike make-off from them.
30:25They're saying they're struggling to ride it,
30:27which is quite common when they're unfamiliar with new bikes
30:32when they've stolen them,
30:33so it'll be worth us going to have a look,
30:36see if we can persuade them to dump it.
30:39Up in the north of the county,
30:41we're having one or two stolen a night.
30:43It's a problem at the minute.
30:45I don't know the lights to spook them.
30:48I'm going to walk down the tree line,
30:51behind where they're ditched.
30:53ARV, I'm just next to your car there, aren't you?
30:55The cycle track,
30:57just to the near side of it.
31:03As Scott arrives, officers are in a foot chase.
31:06Which way from the bike?
31:11As you walk down the path towards the bike,
31:14it's run right across the grass.
31:22Saw somebody in black down here.
31:26Barely got a description.
31:28I saw somebody in black, but I think it was you.
31:41Where did they go from the bike?
31:43Across, so straight over the road.
31:45One's been down this side.
31:47What are they wearing now, mate?
31:48It's got some forensics.
32:01That's quite a nice thing, wasn't it, actually?
32:05See, it's not like a little moped, is it?
32:07And I was on this path.
32:09He was trying to fire it up.
32:10I could just see him firing it up
32:11and riding it straight out of me.
32:12He's what, stolen?
32:13Brilliant result.
32:14I think it's right out of fuel,
32:16because it's dropped a bit of fuel there, hasn't it?
32:22Two offenders have made off.
32:24We've just got a dog unit coming to the area now,
32:26trying to see if they can track.
32:28The difficult is three officers have been out,
32:30so that will disturb the track for the dog.
32:32But if the dog does pick a track up,
32:34then we'll be game on,
32:35because there's nobody else out on the streets
32:37at this time of night.
32:38We know that we're looking for two young offenders,
32:40probably late teens, early twenties.
32:42What I'm going to do now is just go around in plain car
32:45and see if we can pick anybody up.
32:53What we're trying to do now is run parallel
32:55to where the path is, the old canal,
32:58and see if we can pick anybody up walking off it.
33:02Well, the trouble is now,
33:04even if we get somebody linking them to that bike,
33:07to be good intelligence,
33:09well, that'll be about as much as it'll be.
33:14There's one running on the canal path.
33:16Complete the motor road.
33:19Running down the canal path.
33:22It's gone from the bloody canal path.
33:24Where were you when you shouted one running?
33:25We were on the canal path,
33:27which is at the end of this road,
33:28and we've already tweeted one.
33:30How old are you?
33:31What is it?
33:32Yes, can I see.
33:33Where we were you?
33:34Where are you when you shouted one running?
33:39Where were you when you shouted one running?
33:51We were on the canal path, which is at the end of this road, we've seen him stood around
33:56here on this field.
33:57I don't think he's made it onto that main road, yeah, because there's loads, you were
34:03there and we were not far behind you, so I think they'll be in gardens.
34:08I'll try and get containment on at the back.
34:13As Scott continues to search, a drone arrives.
34:17We've got a dog unit, we've got a drone, plenty of cops.
34:22That's all we really need.
34:25It's just whether we're lucky enough that they're still in the area.
34:32I can hear the police dog barking, but it really is going mad.
34:38Sounds like it's got something, but I've not heard anything over the radio.
34:40They could be in these gardens, but there's a big sports field back there, and the officer
34:47did say that they'd ran back.
34:50So if I was a betting man, I think they'd be more likely to be in those fields there.
34:56The drone uses thermal imaging to detect heat sources.
35:00That's now doing the work of a dozen officers, really.
35:04Truth told, you could never search these gardens and be 100% satisfied nobody was in them, whereas
35:09that drone can be 100% satisfied, because if there's no heat sources, they're not there.
35:15But despite an intensive search, there's no sign of the suspects.
35:20They've not picked any signals up.
35:22They've made the way out of the area.
35:25And that means we can get back in as cars quicker and go and search in other locations.
35:29You've got all those police resources committed to the job, so people should be reassured that
35:41if their property has been stolen and the police do see it, then that's the sort of efforts
35:46we'll go to to try and recover the property and get the offenders that have done it.
35:56They've just helped themselves with somebody's stuff.
35:59It seems to be we have to catch somebody two or three, four times before they get a proper
36:04sentence.
36:05So it's frustrating.
36:10Coming up...
36:14It's just been cannibalised.
36:16Thieves target high-performance cars for parts.
36:20Believe it or not, stuff like this does end up back on the road.
36:26You can get from Doveridge all the way over to Castle Donington.
36:43It's late evening.
36:45Traffic cop Paul Barker is looking for car thieves.
36:47A lot of the criminals use that.
36:51Officers have seen a recent rise in the theft of high-performance cars across the county.
36:57When I have my car stolen, it's like one of the families being stolen.
37:00You don't know where it is.
37:01You worry about where it is.
37:03If it's going to be damaged when you get it back and things like that.
37:06I've not got much in opinion of car thieves.
37:08Professional criminals target residential areas at night where cars are parked close to a house.
37:14Using high-tech scanners, thieves can hack into a key fob signal, allowing them to unlock
37:21and steal a car in less than a minute.
37:26Vehicle crimes, they're not victimless.
37:29People have got the car.
37:30They might need it for work the next day.
37:32If the van's stolen, they've got all the work tools in that.
37:34And if they've broken into the house to steal the car, then people have to deal with somebody
37:38being in the house.
37:39It does have a big impact on people.
37:42We've got reports of found stolen vehicle.
37:44It's currently just parked in the middle of the street.
37:46You need to go and check that one out, please.
37:49There's been a report of a stolen vehicle being dumped.
37:52It's been stripped.
37:53And then the shell's just been dumped in Normanton.
37:56Just dumped the car on.
37:57At the scene, Paul's colleague, PC Rich Morris, has found the car.
38:02We've got a stolen AMG.
38:06Whoever's had it last knows it's stolen because you've got a VIN in the windscreen,
38:12but you've also got a visible VIN here, which has been scratched out.
38:17So the people that have had this, they know what they're doing.
38:21A VIN number is a vehicle identification number.
38:24Everyone is unique to every vehicle.
38:27So criminals will try and either alter or deface that VIN number so that that car can't be identified as its original vehicle.
38:38My guess is somebody on this road has bought it with the intention of getting it back on the road in a few weeks' time.
38:49New interior.
38:51One careful owner.
38:5320 grand it's yours.
38:55Do you want it?
38:57The interior would have been worth some money anyway.
38:59So it's basically been, it's just been cannibalised.
39:03I mean, it's absolutely destroyed.
39:05Doors, interior taken off.
39:08There's thousands of cars get stolen every year and they're then chopped up or they're put on different plates and sold on.
39:15High performance vehicles are regularly being stolen.
39:17Chop shops take stolen cars in and either strip them down and sell the component parts or they'll cut and shut cars.
39:27That means taking part of a damaged car and welding it to a good part of a car to make what on the face of it looks like a decent car.
39:36However, generally not safe to be on the road.
39:40We've seen cars that have literally just split apart because they've just been welded together.
39:46Whenever you're buying a car, it's always important you check the heritage and the history of it.
39:51Because, believe it or not, stuff like this does end up back on the road.
39:56And that's a worrying thing.
39:58Somebody's a few quid down, this is never going back on the road.
40:01Insurance company will have it back now and I'm pretty sure that they'll write it off.
40:05It would have been somebody's pride and joy and it's ended up here,
40:11middle of this residential area at midnight, just like this, blocking the road.
40:16As the stripped out car is taken away for forensic tests, Paul heads back on patrol.
40:22It's rare that we come across a carcass like that because it does disappear.
40:28They end up in a chop shop somewhere.
40:30Minutes later, Paul's in-car computer triggers an alert.
40:33Stolen from street overnight. No keys taken. When found, recover. Inform Derbyshire police.
40:40So the NPR has just pinged up on a van that's stolen.
40:45So I guess tonight is the night for it.
40:51Car theft can take a lot of resources to police.
40:54When somebody's car's stolen, we have to send units to try and find it,
40:58which then takes away from our core policing of keeping the road safe.
41:09Criminals often leave stolen vehicles parked up overnight
41:12to see if they're being tracked by the police.
41:18Hello?
41:19This has been reported stolen and it's just pinged up on my NPR is stolen.
41:29Yeah, they've confirmed it is stolen, so we'll have it recovered now.
41:32Another one to be returned to the owner.
41:35It's all secure, but it's in a position where it can just be dragged up.
41:40For us on the roads policing unit, dealing with stolen cars,
41:43we deal with them all the time. It's annoying.
41:46We've just been to a vehicle that's been stolen and then stripped
41:51and dumped in the street, and on the way back from that,
41:54we've just found another stolen vehicle, but intact.
41:58So another one to be recovered.
42:01One's a 30 grand car. This one's about 10.
42:05If you've got something and somebody else wants it,
42:07they'll come and take it.
42:10Insurance companies have to pay out, but at the end of the day,
42:13society as a whole have to pay because the premiums go out.
42:16So at the end of the day, it is a society problem.
42:29Last year, over 130,000 vehicles were stolen.
42:33Car thieves make me a bit tense.
42:38We've all got a pride and joy that you have on your driveway,
42:41you can wash it on a Sunday or whatever,
42:43and some individuals just come along and take what's on your drive.
42:47That doesn't sit right with me.
42:50You'll have the people that will go out nicking the cars,
42:52you'll have the people that will work in the sort of garage
42:54that will break them down.
42:55You've probably then got people that obviously are then selling these things on.
42:58We have to stay resourceful and fleet-footed essentially,
43:03ready to change quicker than they can.
43:09In this episode, after a 15-minute pursuit of a cloned Audi,
43:13the suspects are awaiting trial on suspicion of burglary and car theft.
43:18Vehicle continues in excess of 130.
43:21Zero.
43:25The driver was remanded in prison
43:27and also charged with disqualified driving,
43:29no insurance and cannabis possession.
43:40Vehicle, come to us.
43:42Stop, stop, stop.
43:43The drive of the abandoned lorry was recalled to prison,
43:45but no action was taken against him for the incident shown in this episode.
43:49The passenger remains under investigation.
43:54Yeah, so it's been thrashed here, hasn't it?
43:56Police are awaiting the results of forensic tests
43:59on the stolen Range Rover Evoque.
44:02The author lives opposite, so she watched it happen.
44:04Right, OK.
44:06The case is still ongoing.
44:14The suspected motorbike thieves have not been traced.
44:20Investigations into the stolen Mercedes found by Rich and Paul are ongoing.
44:2620 grand, it's yours.
44:28And the white van has been returned to the insurers.
44:31So, let us know in a moment.
44:32We'll see you next time.
44:33We'll see you next time.
44:34We'll see you next time.
44:35Good luck.
44:36I'm not sure.
44:37Bye.
44:38What will you learn?
44:39We'll be out for you next time.
44:40Good luck.
44:41Let's be back.
44:42I'm sure you guys.
44:43Go ahead.
44:44Do you think?
44:45And if you're sure and do?
44:46You can have the best,
44:49best of luck.
44:50We'll see you.
44:51Go ahead.
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