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Traffic Cops S12E25 (3rd February 2024)
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00:00It's gone straight to the red line.
00:03He's got damage.
00:05He's got damage.
00:06Don't do that!
00:07Stay still!
00:08Derbyshire traffic cops.
00:10It does have warning markers for potential firearms.
00:15Turn over!
00:16You're under arrest.
00:17Attentive supply capacity to get 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, nobody's been killed out of this.
00:32I don't know.
00:33Do you know how fast you're going?
00:34It's scary when stuff like this happened.
00:36In life and death situations.
00:39Get on the ground, you'll be tainted!
00:41We've got runners.
00:42Face down.
00:45Yes, yes, successful stink.
00:49Around every corner.
00:51It's a great acting, mate.
00:53There's a new challenge for the traffic cops.
00:57They've got a vehicle now!
01:00I'm going home.
01:01David!
01:02Stop grabbing me like that!
01:06Crash, crash, crash.
01:08Coming up...
01:09You're all over the place there, aren't you?
01:11Yeah.
01:12A drink and drug driving crackdown.
01:15At the moment, you're under arrest on suspicion of driving whilst unfit.
01:20Officers targeting risk-takers.
01:22Speed increase to 7-0 in a 3-0.
01:25Through a set of red traffic lights.
01:27Standby.
01:28And dangerous drivers.
01:29Show me hands now!
01:30Show me hands!
01:31Show me hands!
01:32Get on the floor!
01:33Get on the floor now!
01:36Trying to escape justice.
01:38It's a crash, crash, crash, crash, crash, crash.
01:41All right, mate.
01:42Driver is unconscious.
01:43You okay?
01:45Need an extinguisher.
01:47From an observation, South Mobile's observations for a DIC.
02:01Currently drinking.
02:02It's a possible DIC.
02:04Informant said that she believes that the driver would kill someone with the manner of his driving.
02:10With just a few weeks until Christmas, Derbyshire police are running a crackdown on drink and drug drivers.
02:18I know you're taking a 3-3.
02:19Are you running through ANPR to see whether it's in the cameras?
02:23It's 21-47.
02:25Yeah, 24.
02:26Over the weekend in December, drink driving increases.
02:30It's one job after another.
02:32And it's just constant.
02:33Drivers being reported drink driving.
02:35Collisions where the drivers are drunk.
02:38You can definitely see there's a huge increase during the Christmas period.
02:42Traffic cop Stuart Smith is looking out for suspects around Derby city centre.
02:47Oh, dear.
02:48Okay.
02:49Hello, Oscar Tank 033.
02:54Can I help you?
02:58Go to vehicle check please.
03:01Call a one four and one oh five.
03:03Yeah, 24. He's just looked at me.
03:25Yeah, Ftango 33. I blitz him up. At this time, he's failing to stop, albeit at very low speed.
03:31Yes, yes. Speed is 2-0. I suspect it's probably a drink driver.
03:43Yeah, he's still failing to stop. He did look back at me, so he's very much aware of my presence.
03:49A lot of the time, with drink drivers, even when you put the blue lights and sirens on,
03:53if they're that drunk, they won't even notice that you're trying to stop them.
03:56Vehicle's now excess speed. It's having him back into the estate. It's now left, left, left.
04:04Still low risk, no other road users. Speed is now 4-0 towards 5-0 in a 3-0.
04:12The area is momentarily high as it goes through the red lights, through the lights.
04:17He's got no control over his car. I mean, he's driving two tons worth of metal down residential streets.
04:26He don't know what he's going to do. I don't even think he knows what he's going to do.
04:30He needs to be stopped before he's involved in some horrendous collision.
04:34Stand by. I'm just trying to make some ground on the vehicle it's got ahead of me.
04:38Wrong way up or one way.
04:39It's a crash, crash, crash, crash, crash, crash.
04:52Driver is unconscious.
05:04You alright, mate?
05:07You okay?
05:09Yeah, airbag's deployed. Driver appears unconscious. More units to me, please.
05:15Yeah, units on route. Do you want to be able to?
05:18Yes, yes.
05:25And fire service, please. Vehicle's catching fire.
05:31Need an extinguisher.
05:32If a car catches fire, you've got fluids leaking out of the engine, we've potentially got fuel lines that have ruptured.
05:39You've got to act fast.
05:40You're looking at a car that's going to go up in flames very quickly. Within 30 seconds, the whole car could be engulfed.
05:49Stay where you are, mate. Stay where you are. You've been in an accident, if you haven't seen notice. Have you hit your head?
06:00Yeah. You've crashed.
06:02Yeah.
06:03You okay?
06:04We've got an ETA, please. More units.
06:06Yeah, I can hit sirens. This driver is not unconscious. He's now awake.
06:13He's used the fire extinguisher to put the vehicle out.
06:15You just need another unit to me. Eh?
06:21What's what?
06:23Are you okay? Are you hurt?
06:25You just realise you've been in a crash?
06:29Yeah?
06:31Yes, yes. Still in the driver's seat.
06:33It is a bad situation, but you're just reliant on your colleagues getting to you as quickly as they can.
06:38You can hear sirens in the background. You know that backup's coming because they've all heard the pursuit.
06:42How are you? Are you hurting anywhere?
06:45I'm on the park.
06:46You're not, eh?
06:47I'm on the park.
06:48You're parked?
06:49Okay.
06:49You're far from parked, as well as a van. Two other cars are damaged, and a telegraph pole has been knocked down.
06:57How are your legs?
06:58No, I'm on the parking.
07:00You're not parked?
07:01No.
07:02No. Do you not, do you not remember?
07:06Have you had a lot to drink?
07:09No.
07:10Eh?
07:11No.
07:12Three, three, we've got plenty of units with me now.
07:16Does the door open on the other side?
07:20Are you able to get out?
07:21Right, I'm just going to handcuff you, mate. At this time, you're under arrest, dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, section four, unfit to drive through drink or drugs. You okay? You understand that?
07:38The airbag's smoke and the smell's starting to move away. You can smell a bit of booze now. The way he's acting, the way he's speaking, he's absolutely off his tree. He's had far too many sherbets, as it were.
07:49Yeah. Just sit down with your bum on there.
07:55Don't touch.
07:58That looks new, doesn't it?
07:59Yeah.
08:01It was our ones. His head worked foot well when I got to him.
08:04Yeah, he's sore.
08:07Have you hit your head?
08:08You've got a headache?
08:09No.
08:10Yeah?
08:12He's definitely going to have to go to hospital.
08:14He's definitely going to have to go to hospital, yeah.
08:15He's got a lot of luck on his side. I think the fact that what he'd crashed into has saved him. That transit, folding up the way it did, has brought all the speed out of the crash.
08:27Had he have crashed into the wall, the telegraph pole, any of the other cars that were parked on that street or a house, we were potentially looking at a fatal collision. That transit has literally saved his life.
08:38Are you happy to provide me with a breath test?
08:40Yeah.
08:41Yeah? All good.
08:41All you need to do is put your lips around the tube and blow through the tube. I can feel your breath coming out the other side, all right? So you blow through that when you're ready.
08:50I'll tell you when to stop.
08:52Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Keep going. And stop. Thank you.
08:59Coming up.
09:00That's why I couldn't stop, look.
09:01I've got a whiskey bottle on the brake pedal.
09:03Officers picking up the pieces.
09:05You know where you are?
09:07No.
09:08Oh.
09:08Dealing with a trail of destruction.
09:11He's basically hit two cars, hasn't he?
09:14What a nightmare.
09:15Show me him. Get on the floor. Get on the floor now.
09:19And more chaos on Derbyshire's roads.
09:21Absolutely stupid.
09:23I was panicking. I was panicking.
09:23It's a crash, crash, crash, crash, crash, crash, crash.
09:43Eight days before Christmas, during a crackdown on drink and drug driving, traffic cop Stuart Smith is dealing with an emergency.
09:50After a fleeing driver crashed and knocked himself unconscious.
10:00At this time, you're under arrest.
10:02Dangerous driving.
10:04Fairly stopped.
10:05Unfit to drive through drink or drugs.
10:07Are you happy to provide me with a breath test?
10:10Yeah?
10:10All good.
10:11Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
10:12Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
10:14Keep going.
10:14And stop.
10:15Okay, so you've failed the roadside breath test.
10:20So you're over the drink drive limit, which is 35.
10:23So you're further under arrest on suspicion of driving whilst over the prescribed alcohol limit for the road traffic act.
10:29Drink driving.
10:30You're under arrest for drink driving.
10:32Okay?
10:34Do you understand that?
10:35We need the paramedics to have a look at you and then eventually we'll need to take you to custody.
10:39Come on then, stand up again.
10:41I want the one.
10:42Yeah, yeah.
10:43Because we need to check your head.
10:44You had a bunch of head.
10:45Well, let's see what the...
10:46Yeah, I'm not actually.
10:48Your car's in pieces.
10:49I've been in this one accident.
10:51You don't think you've been in an accident?
10:53No.
10:54You have?
10:54No.
10:55A big one?
10:56No.
10:57Your car was on fire.
10:58Do you know where you are?
11:00No.
11:01No?
11:02Oh.
11:03It'll all become clear in the morning.
11:05Being drunk and slurred speech and confused can quite easily come about from a head injury.
11:12But he had nothing really apparent.
11:13With the level of intrusion in the car, I've more come to the conclusion it was through drink rather than a head injury.
11:22With the driver going to hospital for a checkover before being transported to police custody,
11:28Sergeant Mark Gould arrives to help with the clear-up.
11:32How you doing, all right?
11:33I'll be crying because broadband will be off over Christmas.
11:35Oh, no.
11:36Goodbye.
11:37Can't be having that.
11:42Well, he's come round at quite a speed, hasn't he?
11:45Considering it started off as like a really slow pursuit, then obviously decided to go for it.
11:51As is usually the case, ran out of skill, didn't he?
11:54They're not particularly worried about him.
11:58They've had his arms in air.
12:00He's got a couple of light bruises or lumps that are probably going to come up a bit worse.
12:04His bullseye had the window because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
12:08Ah.
12:08And he was head down at footwell, at passenger side, when I got to him, unconscious.
12:13I was like, ugh.
12:14Cart's caught fire, then I've had to worry about getting a car.
12:17Did you pull him out of the car?
12:18No, he woke up and he walked out himself.
12:22What a nightmare.
12:23I'll just have a quick nosey at this.
12:28That's why I couldn't stop, look.
12:30I've got a whiskey bottle under the brake pedal.
12:33Well, vodka or whatever that is.
12:36Vodka.
12:36Yeah, that's a proper strong.
12:37You can tell I don't drink, can't you?
12:42Wow, wow, wow.
12:45Unbelievable.
12:46It could be that it was literally drinking and driving.
12:50The fact that it's in a footwell, it's pretty poor, really.
12:54It's a worst-case scenario, isn't it?
12:56Someone who's as drunk as that, still drinking, continuing to drive around.
12:59It's just dangerous for everybody.
13:02What's happening with this post?
13:05Yeah, highways, I guess.
13:07Is it highways?
13:09Here.
13:10I don't know.
13:11Is it like a communications company?
13:13Well, it's a phone line, isn't it?
13:15Yeah.
13:16And I don't even know whether internet would be off that as well.
13:19Can we get the necessary people out for the telegraph pole?
13:21Wow, I'll be wording it.
13:22NA Tango C3.
13:23I think that people don't realise how much carnage they create.
13:28I mean, it's not just one officer dealing with a car and arranging for a tow truck to come and collect it.
13:33There were three cars destroyed, telegraph poles.
13:37We've had to get emergency services, we've had fire engines out, ambulance crews, over 10 officers present because we're having to close the road.
13:46And then you're having your telecoms agencies having to come out and make lampposts and telegraph poles safe because we've got electrical wires hanging out.
13:55The manpower and cost involved is huge.
14:00It's an absolute nightmare when these things happen.
14:03Yeah.
14:04Yeah.
14:05I reckon we could do this.
14:07Look.
14:08Yeah.
14:10To me, to you.
14:11I mean, I'm not saying that, I mean at the moment it's just kind of pivoting.
14:18Oh, Steve's doing it on his own.
14:19He's not even heavy.
14:20I think you'll find it would be heavy if you actually wanted to lift.
14:22Yeah.
14:23I mean, they're big.
14:25Right, let's get recovery for the Audi as well.
14:28Well, I saved his mirror.
14:29Well, I think we're pretty much done for.
14:31It is awful that other people's cars have been damaged.
14:33All these cars, apart from one, it's certainly going to be damaged.
14:36Oh, Steve's doing it on his own.
14:39It's not even heavy.
14:40I think you'll find it would be heavy if you actually wanted to lift.
14:43Yeah.
14:44I mean, they're big.
14:46Right, let's get recovery for the Audi as well.
14:48these cars apart from one it's certainly going to be a write-off a bit of a mess
14:54because none of his documents are in order he is a high-risk road user it's
14:59a full house really no license no insurance completely drunk shouldn't be
15:04on the road it's drink driving this is a result drive in excess of the speed
15:10limit under the influence of alcohol you're gonna have a collision and quite
15:14severe one like this one it's a messy job he's lucky to be alive
15:29with the Christmas crackdown continuing the first two weekends of the campaign
15:34have already led to more than 70 arrests
15:39look at this car this is really on it's just zipping about a bit excess speed really
15:45coming out of the city centre it's a bit of a strange route it's going
15:51traffic cop Jack Pressland is another officer taking part in the operation
15:58drink drivers and drug drivers are dangerous they kill people mainly kill other people they don't
16:04think about anybody else other than getting home getting into the warmth it's just a lottery for
16:08them they get home if they don't they're going to either come to the cells or potentially going to
16:12hospital it's extremely dangerous because one day they will end the life or end their own life
16:17I am doing another code to please color one four six oh eight now why it's just on that route
16:32something is telling you to stop that vehicle and the good old saying is copper's nose follow it and
16:38you'll get a result vehicle is failing stop advanced driver t-pack trained
16:48approaching red sir traffic lights on red dr a temporary high and it's a left left left
16:58through another set of red traffic lights nearly missed a member of public dr a back down to medium
17:03two five no conditions are damp we are eight six in a four zero dra medium towards the city centre
17:17tony takes him to lose concentration driving at them sort of speeds to kill somebody kill himself
17:22members of public walking on the street it's just so dangerous it's through a red traffic lights
17:29temporary dra is high safely through d ra back down to medium can have local with stinger please
17:38cars make off from us all the time but when they do make off you're thinking is this drugs is it a
17:44disc wall driver are they impaired is there a weapon there's a lot to think about in a short period of
17:49time speed increase to seven zero in a three zero through a set of red traffic lights dr a temporary high
17:56standby safely through speed one zero zero zero zero the ra still medium vehicle straddling both lanes
18:08now to lane two speeds seven zero and a six zero passing the petrol station to the near side i've got hazard lights
18:16standby
18:17coming up got one detained drivers in denial mate you're not in charge in this situation you've just
18:42drove like an absolute clan now get in the car and do as you're told out of control you're weaving all
18:48over the road there and over the limit you know we haven't failed our test because i failed our test
18:57you know it boss
19:12get up get up get up get up with more than 70 arrests already made during the first two weekends
19:22of a christmas crackdown on drivers over the limit
19:27got one detained he's pulled over there's a passenger also derbyshire traffic cop jack
19:32pressland has caught up with a fail to stop driver after a dangerous pursuit across the city
19:38game there you're under arrest dangerous drive failed to stop the police what was that about
19:46i don't know what happened to you i don't know like i was panicking i don't know what's happened
19:50no absolutely stupid i was panicking is it your car yeah
19:56you've got out on you shouldn't have thanks i've got detained he's failed to stop and took me on a
20:05dangerous pursuit i'm not a happy chappy he's uh he's put my life at risk as well as other people
20:11can i sit up please my arm's hurting you can stay like that mate if you just drive like that you can
20:15sit there he says he's just panicked and then failed to stop and there's clearly more to it
20:22than just panicking to take us around derby for five minutes or so so we'll drug swipe him
20:27breathalise him and we'll go from there you had a drink tonight
20:33got a lot of cash on you mate
20:37are you all right just take him down to custody for us and then i'll follow you down jump out mate
20:42going in this car because you've committed a moving traffic offense and your man who you're driving i'm
20:47going to require you to provide my specimen breath for analysis okay blow on that mate until i'll tell you
20:52stop stop right that's zero two more i'm also going to require you to provide me a specimen of saliva for
21:03the purpose of a roadside drugs test are you willing to provide a specimen of saliva good man
21:07stick your tongue out open wider
21:16thank you this takes eight minutes but we'll go to custody so that goes flat and then we'll test it
21:22and go from there okay right jump in this car i want to watch it you're not watching it mate you're
21:29not in charge in this situation you've just drove like an absolute clan now get in the car and do as
21:34you're told i don't think he understood fully what offenses he was looking at being prosecuted for
21:43and how dangerous the situation was thanks give me anything that the car that you shouldn't be
21:48no any weapons knives any drugs anything like that okay i'll see you
21:56he's tested positive positive for cannabis so when he gets to custody he'll get locked up for
22:01over the prescribed limit for cannabis and we'll go and take some bloods from
22:13so intelligence is a massive key it's that missing piece now that we've got of as he failed to stop
22:20has he got drugs on him why what's in this car what's he got on him let's let's game search we've got the
22:27grounds now so there's intel on who we think the driver is that it could be involved in the supply
22:33of class a drugs and drugs around the derby area so we find quantity of cash in the car uh mobile phone
22:41so it might be that he gets further locked up in interview concerning the supply of class a drugs
22:46jack arrives at police custody to process the suspect
22:55i'm going to stand here i've been arrested for failing to stop dangerous drive uh section 5a drug
23:02drive and possession of criminal property that's a large quantity of cash in the car i'm seizing
23:07your money by the way as well as giving a blood sample to confirm if he is over the drug driving limit
23:14the man also faces questions about the drug intelligence and the cash found on him the stop
23:20is a massive result for the drink drive and drug drive campaign that we've got it's potentially a
23:25drug dealer off the street we've took his cash off him we've disrupted him and now hopefully once we
23:30get the bloods back and the driving offenses he'll lose his license
23:46if i have got any traffic units in the area we have got reports of this male he's going to be
23:49drink driving he is believed to be leaving shortly if anyone can make the way with only two more weekends
23:55before christmas a total of 140 arrests have now been made during a crackdown on drink and drug drivers
24:02just had a call in about uh possible drink driver so we're just trying to catch up with it now only just
24:11left the hotel near chesterfield traffic cop paddy shambrook is acting on a tip-off from a member of the
24:20the public white kia niro almost every force and certainly derbyshire we will run a drink drive
24:31campaign in the run-up to christmas one three and that's not just by chance that is just because
24:41statistically the volume of drink drivers that we deal with unfortunately increases even further
24:48around the lead up to that holiday period and people just don't seem to learn
24:55we're just seeing if we can uh catch up with it it may possibly have gone this way
25:02what's this
25:03it's uh he's all over the road anyone else nearby
25:23pretty bad i'll just put a follow me on see if i come into this next parking
25:26i think i'll stop are you all over the place there aren't you yeah at the moment at the moment
25:45you're under arrest on suspicion of driving whilst unfit you're weaving all over the road there
25:50oh what sorry yeah you're funny right put that go of that i don't need that anymore
26:00yeah any mailing cuffs i got someone just joining me so i can uh breathalyze them all we're gonna do
26:07mate is we'll just do a breathalyzer with you in a minute my colleague's coming when was your last
26:11alcoholic drink today um well what does it say on your car i don't know about two hours ago all right
26:25is it your car company car company car right okay have you got a driving license yes all right have you
26:31got it with you it's got my my breath box is just in my door pocket there yeah
26:48obviously as you go into the holiday seasons like christmas when people just are partying more
26:55people are still choosing to make that terrible decision to mix excessive drinking with driving
27:03well i've reason to suspect you've been drinking you've been twerving all over the road i require
27:07to provide a roadside sample of breath are you willing to provide one um yes okay right okay you
27:15almost went into the back of me all right so just seal your lips around there and give us a good blow
27:18blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow blow right that's it that's it so
27:31there's a fail so all right so at this time you're under arrest on suspicion of drink driving
27:36okay all right so i think every drink driver who's in prison for the consequences of their drink driving
27:45having been involved in a collision at some point will have thought i'm fine i can handle this
27:50and is now just simply contributing to being a statistic
27:55i've got a rock shoot boys but i'm a good boy now
28:00i mean i haven't been in trouble for like 20 years
28:03boys okay paddy takes the suspect into custody for an evidential breath test
28:09it's not too far she's gonna go down the motorway it's the closest one we can get you to
28:17and get you on the machines
28:21the way i'm driving
28:26me yeah you're not driving probably
28:30so you explain to me now all you've arrested me for yeah drink driving the way you were driving
28:38yeah i'm searching a drink driving yeah so all right son i have no lights up
28:43you haven't it's all right son you're doing over 30 mile an hour
28:51which will i i will be telling that sergeant that's that's fine yeah you tell him yeah
28:56you will not do the job efficiently i just start driving properly or we'll follow up with it
29:03about everything i'm saying quoted okay so he's got a lot to say for himself including some criticism
29:12of my driving which is interesting coming from the state that he's in but i've got a job today i've
29:18got to get him into custody safely no the breath roadside tests had failed so yeah at that point
29:34you were over the legal limit but we need to see what the the machine in custody says just go on
29:39machine yeah laugh in the face okay i don't take it personally i'm ruining his night but obviously
30:00he's put himself in that situation and he's going to try and lash out my son anyway he can
30:09we started off really well and now i'm getting insults for some reason
30:16for some reason i don't tend to rise up and start trying to have arguments with people
30:24it's paddy here we've just got a drink driver in the dock when you're ready
30:30you know we haven't failed our test
30:33he's having our test
30:34Oh, my God.
30:36Soon again, I'll pass, you know.
30:38Right.
30:39You know it, boss.
30:44Are you going to get out?
30:46Yeah, let's jump out.
30:47I'll get out, boss, buddy.
30:49All right, it's fine.
30:51All right, oh, what up, mate?
30:52Let's close this door.
30:53Bodies.
30:54Are you all right? You're good.
30:55You're sound, mate. You're sound.
30:56It's all right. I don't take it personally, mate.
30:57It's all right.
31:02Good night, I'm sorry.
31:03I know. We've apologised now.
31:05We're a bit up and down, so...
31:06Sergeant, I've had some information
31:08that the male of this particular car
31:10might be under the influence of alcohol.
31:12I've caused the vehicle to stop with my blue lights,
31:17and then we've done a roadside breath test procedure,
31:21which has come up as a fail on the device.
31:23It's not given a number.
31:25Let's not jump ahead.
31:26We haven't got a result yet.
31:28Hey, fella.
31:29Do you want to speak to a solicitor?
31:31Come on.
31:32You can have a solicitor for your charge, if you want.
31:36Come on, mate. Relax.
31:37Have a solicitor.
31:39Just get on with it.
31:41We don't like drink drivers.
31:42We don't like drug drivers.
31:43It's a completely and utterly selfish thing to do,
31:46and it's extremely frustrating how often we see it.
31:49And obviously, the build-up's Christmas now,
31:51you know, there's that temptation more and more and more to do it,
31:53and we don't like it.
31:55From there, it says 84.
31:5874.
31:59That's double the limit.
32:02So what does 74 mean, boss?
32:0535 and 35 is 70, isn't it?
32:07So it's just over double the drink driver limit.
32:11Just very grateful to have him off the road,
32:13because that dual carriageway, doing a decent speed,
32:16and just weaving all over the road and across the lanes.
32:24Can't believe he didn't have a crash before we've got to him.
32:27Just frightening, just frightening.
32:29Coming up.
32:34Bingo.
32:35Contact, contact on this drink driver's just moved off.
32:38A drink driver with a big problem.
32:41I can smell alcohol on your breath.
32:42You look dazed and you've got alcohol in your car.
32:44OK?
32:45The gentleman's clearly got a few issues.
32:59We've had an activation for potential DIC.
33:04We've got intel on the vehicle stating this driver regularly drink drives.
33:10As part of the Christmas crackdown,
33:12traffic cop Jack Pressland and his colleagues
33:14have arrested around 200 drink or drug drivers over three weekends.
33:20We've just had a report of a drink driver,
33:22so we'll make our way down there, see if he's still present,
33:25and then if he's not, we'll go towards the home address
33:28and see if they're making their way back.
33:31I know of people who think that they're a better driver
33:33once they've had three, four pints.
33:35Unfortunately, they're not.
33:37Their reactions are slower.
33:38They're potentially going to kill someone one day.
33:40It's only a matter of a time.
33:42I think they just need to wake up a little bit
33:44and realise that they can't do it anymore.
33:50I think people just chance the luck until they get caught.
33:55They're going to get caught one day.
33:57They're either going to get caught when they crash
34:00or they write the car off.
34:02It's just not worth it.
34:05The suspect has reportedly bought alcohol
34:07and is now drinking it in his car.
34:10For a Volvo.
34:12There he is.
34:13It's parked up there.
34:14I couldn't see anyone in the car, so we'll give it a little bit
34:23and then we'll go and have a look.
34:25Might be topping up.
34:27With no sighting of anyone in the car, Jack calls the person
34:31who reported the drink driver.
34:33Hello?
34:34Hi, mate.
34:35It's PC Preston from Derbyshire Road's police unit.
34:36You all right, Volvo?
34:37Hi mate.
34:38That Volvo's still parked up, isn't it?
34:39Yes, it is.
34:40He's in there now.
34:41He's in his car, is he?
34:42Yeah, he is.
34:43All windows are fogged up in there.
34:44I'll warn you.
34:45Sometimes he doesn't leave till 10 o'clock at night, mate.
34:46He sits there drinking all that time.
34:47Right.
34:48So, is it a case that he buys his drink from Co-op
34:49and then just sits there and drinks and drives off?
34:51He'll sit there for hours.
34:52Three, four hours.
34:53Always having drinks.
34:54Then he'll jump in passenger seat.
34:55Yeah.
34:56Yeah.
34:57Yeah.
34:58That's about all you can see.
34:59And then he'll often drive off, park outside the pub opposite
35:01and go to the chip shop or just go straight home.
35:05He actually, right now, looks like he's passed out in the driver's seat.
35:11Right.
35:12Yeah.
35:13So, is it a case that he buys his drink from Co-op
35:15and then just sits there and drinks and drives off?
35:17Yeah.
35:18He'll sit there for hours.
35:19Three, four hours.
35:20Always having drinks.
35:21Then he'll jump in passenger seat.
35:22Yeah.
35:23That's about all you can see.
35:24And then he'll often drive off, park outside the pub opposite
35:26and go to the chip shop or just go straight home.
35:27I'll see.
35:28Right.
35:29Leave it with me.
35:30Cheers, mate.
35:31Right.
35:32I'd rather be out there being proactive.
35:35Sometimes that's part of the parcel of the job.
35:38You've got to do it.
35:39And the rewards when you do get a result is brilliant.
35:43What's that?
35:45Bingo.
35:46NA 1040.
35:50Contact, contact on this drink driver.
35:56Try and book compliance stopping shortly.
36:00Let's go.
36:30Get your engine off.
36:32That's your key.
36:34Jump out of your car.
36:35Come and take a seat in mine.
36:38You had a drink mate?
36:41Come and take a seat in my car.
36:43Got out on you shouldn't have.
36:46Take a seat in there for us fella.
36:51I've got the mail stopped.
37:05Okay reason I've stopped you fella.
37:10I've had information and intelligence to suggest that you might be over the drink drive limit.
37:17So because of that, if you smell alcohol on your breath, you look dazed and you've got alcohol in your car.
37:23I'm going to require you to provide me a specimen breath for analysis.
37:27Lovely.
37:34Is it your car fella?
37:35Yeah.
37:36Good man.
37:37Okay.
37:38It's like blowing up a balloon.
37:39I'll hold the machine.
37:40Just keep blowing until I tell you to stop.
37:42Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
37:44Stop.
37:45So what this does, it analyses how much alcohol is in your breath.
37:50Have you had quite a lot?
37:51I can smell it on you.
37:53Enough.
37:54So you've failed okay?
37:56You've blown 89.
37:57The legal limit being 35.
37:59So you are under arrest for providing a positive roadside breath sample, drink driving.
38:03So he's blowing quite a lot over it.
38:05It's annoying.
38:06It's frustrating.
38:07We've all got to abide by the rules and the laws.
38:10Have you been arrested for drink driving or anything before mate?
38:14No.
38:15No.
38:16Okay.
38:17So what happens now?
38:18Take you down to Derby Custody, put you on an evidential breath machine.
38:21That's where your reading matters, okay?
38:23Bear with me.
38:28So, as you can see, the gentleman's clearly got a few issues.
38:36Skull, Carlsberg, special brew, clear signs of an alcoholic.
38:42Someone's going to need some help.
38:44He's clearly living at his car, drinking himself and then sleeping and eating KFC.
38:51It's cheap, strong lager, which telltale signs of most alcoholics go for because it's cheap and gets them drunk quicker.
39:01Alcoholics who continue to drive, you know you've got an issue, you know you're unwell, so why take that risk and hurt somebody else other than yourself?
39:10You're already hurting yourself by drinking.
39:13Get the help.
39:14Try and stop, but just don't drink and drive.
39:17Because I'm transporting you on your own, just step out to the door, mate.
39:20I'm just going to pat you down, okay?
39:21Make sure you've got nothing on you that you shouldn't have.
39:23I don't intend to put handcuffs on you.
39:25No, it's fine.
39:26You're going to be sparring with me?
39:27No worries.
39:28You've got no sharps or hope like that, have you, mate?
39:32Struggling at the minute, mate?
39:33Yes.
39:34Fair enough.
39:35Totally.
39:36Try and get you some help for it.
39:38I can't even, I can't even.
39:39I've seen the amount of cans that's in your car, it's worrying, isn't it?
39:43Spin round for us, buddy.
39:49Lovely, mate. You're going to be bob on, aren't you?
39:51Jump in, buddy. Put your seatbelts on for me.
40:00Mate, if you're struggling at the minute, we'll get you some help, yeah?
40:04I'll put you some referrals in, whatever I can do.
40:10Drink drivers repeat themselves, constantly.
40:13They'll get away with it or try and get away with it daily.
40:17Once they've been caught, they might have stopped for a bit,
40:20but it's that addiction, they're always going to go back to it.
40:27Come on, fella. Let's go and get it sorted.
40:31Let's just walk to that gate, mate.
40:40Heyo, Jack, you're a drink driver.
40:42Let's come in and take a seat on the bench for us, mate.
40:44He's got his own issues, which we'll try and address and get him some help.
40:59We've got a duty of care other than prosecuting people.
41:02But at the end of the day, he could have killed someone tonight,
41:05so he's got to protect himself as well as other people protecting them.
41:10On average, 3,000 people are killed or seriously injured each year as a result of drink driving.
41:17Personally, it makes you feel angry, frustrated.
41:23You should see his car. The front of it is just covered in cans.
41:29You want to tell them your true feelings, but you've got a job to do,
41:32you've got to remain professional, and the main outcome is to get them to court,
41:36get them prosecuted and get them disqualified and get them off the road.
41:40They're out there. They're out there to be caught.
41:42I'm always going to try and capture drink drivers if I know there's one around.
41:47There's too many people who get killed by drink drivers,
41:49so if we can stop them before a collision occurs, I'll put that down to a win.
41:54That false sense of security that people maybe build up themselves
41:59because they've got away with drink driving once
42:01doesn't mean the next day that if they're drink driving that they're going to be safe.
42:06It's not a safe situation. It's what ends up killing people.
42:11In this episode...
42:13Vehicle's now excess speed.
42:15The driver who failed to stop for Stuart Smith...
42:18It's a crash, crash, crash, crash, crash, crash.
42:20Driver is unconscious.
42:22..was checked over at hospital...
42:24You've been in an accident, if you haven't noticed.
42:26If you hit your head, you've crashed.
42:29..but only suffered minor injuries.
42:31So you've failed the roadside breath test.
42:33..he is due to appear in court charged with no licence,
42:36no insurance and drunk and dangerous driving.
42:40If found guilty, he could face a prison sentence.
42:44Bit of a mess. Drink driving this as a result.
42:46It's through a red traffic light, nearly missed a member of public.
42:53The suspect who led officers on a dangerous high-speed pursuit...
42:56..speed increased to 7-0 in a 3-0.
43:00I've got hazard lights, stand by.
43:03..before finally pulling over...
43:05Show me hands now! Show me hands! Show me hands!
43:08Get on the floor! Get on the floor now!
43:12..was charged with failing to stop and drug driving.
43:15What was that about?
43:16..he received a six-month suspended sentence and a community order...
43:20..and was disqualified for driving for 36 months.
43:24..no action was taken for any drug-dealing offences...
43:28..and his cash has been returned.
43:32He's all over the road.
43:34..the driver who was pulled over by Paddy Shambrook.
43:37At the moment, you're under arrest on suspicion of driving whilst unfit.
43:40You're weaving all over the road there.
43:43..pleaded not guilty to drink driving.
43:45All I can say is the way you're driving, boss.
43:49The way I'm driving?
43:50Yeah.
43:51..he was disqualified from driving for 20 months...
43:53..and received fines and costs totalling £459.
43:59Bingo.
44:00Contact, contact on this drink driver.
44:01He's just moved off.
44:03..and the suspect who was reportedly drinking in a shop car park...
44:06..before driving off.
44:08You got a drink, mate.
44:09I can smell alcohol on your breath.
44:10You look dazed and you've got alcohol in your car, OK?
44:13..was banned from driving for 23 months, fined...
44:16..and ordered to carry out unpaid work.
44:19I've seen the amount of cans that's in your car.
44:21It's worrying, isn't it?
44:22Struggling at minute, mate.
44:23Yes.
44:24Fair enough.
44:25Totally.
44:26Try and get you some help for it.
44:28If he completes a community order which aims to help him stop drinking...
44:32..his ban will be reduced.
44:33.
44:35..
44:39.
44:43.
44:45.
44:47.
44:51.
44:53.
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