Highland Cops Season 3 Episode 4

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00:00The Highlands and Islands of Scotland is Britain's biggest beat.

00:08I'm injured. There's a car on fire.

00:11I've got three wounded persons.

00:13It is really easy to underestimate the Highlands.

00:17Patrolling 12,000 square miles of mountains, lochs and islands.

00:23We're going to need a launch to be able to go out and get this boy lifted.

00:27And searching for suspects deep in the wilderness.

00:33The Highland cops must go above and beyond to protect their communities.

00:38We realised it was human remains so we came back down and phoned the police.

00:42I think in the Highlands the blue line is very thin.

00:45Tackling traditional rural crimes.

00:47It's absolutely related with shotgun pellet.

00:50It's clear evidence that these birds are being persecuted.

00:53And crimes that plague the nation.

00:56Oh, good effort.

01:00Bags of a white crystalline powder.

01:02If you're getting one person off the street, then it's like you've done your job.

01:08This series goes inside the UK's most distinctive police force.

01:12We are close. We live in close-knit communities.

01:14Alright, let's go.

01:15We look out for each other.

01:17To find out what it takes to walk the beach.

01:21There's monkeys, there's parrots.

01:22It's all completely a lot of our comfort zone.

01:25And keep the peace.

01:26You just threatened to kill it.

01:27Said you were going to strangle it.

01:29In some of the most beautiful and wild places in the UK.

01:33In the UK.

01:46Case Ness.

01:47A remote landscape exposed to the storms of the North Sea.

01:52And the winds that whip in from the North Atlantic.

01:56We're the furthest north that you can get on mainland Britain.

02:02We would definitely classify ourselves as an island on the mainland.

02:10Sergeant Stephen Todd's base in Wick is as close to Oslo as it is to London.

02:16His beat covers more than 600 square miles.

02:21It's a fairly big patch for minimal staff and being a sergeant and four cops sometimes.

02:27It's a huge area we've got to cover.

02:31We are very remote.

02:32We are left for our own devices.

02:35In terms of we've just got to manage the risk ourselves nine times out of ten.

02:39And any additional resources that we need.

02:41You're looking at a couple of hours at least before we can get them to us.

02:47This is a place which attracts those hoping to escape from the world.

02:53And that can bring its own policing challenges.

02:57We will have a quick brief here before we go.

03:01Today Stephen and a specialist dog handling unit from Inverness

03:05are providing backup to the SSPCA on a potentially dangerous assignment.

03:11We'll do a soft approach first.

03:12If that doesn't work then no issue.

03:13They're fully kitted up. They'll force entry if need be.

03:17An SSPCA officer was investigating allegations of neglect at a remote property

03:23when they were threatened with a dog.

03:26It's a SSPCA led warrant.

03:29So it's just be mindful of your surroundings and don't take any unnecessary risks.

03:33Now the SSPCA are returning with a warrant to seize the dog, along with dozens of other animals they suspect have been kept in bad conditions.

03:46We know at least one of the dogs is subject to a dog control notice, which basically means that a dog's potentially bitten someone previously.

03:52Well, we're going to be in full riot gear anyway.

03:56Right.

03:57That's just our level of protection is what we need to put that on.

03:59The dog handling team are carrying shields that can deliver an electric charge to an animal if it becomes aggressive.

04:06Best way to describe it is a taser in a shield form.

04:09We know there's potentially one aggressive dog there. We know there's six in total.

04:15I've got to treat all six dogs as being aggressive until I can prove otherwise.

04:20The dog they are most worried about is a German Shepherd crossed with a Belgian Malinois, a breed known for its strength and fierce bite.

04:28It is aggressive. So she said it probably will be likely to try and bite.

04:34We use them in the police. We know what their capabilities are of them.

04:40Yeah, go ahead. We're just getting in the motors now.

04:43But dogs are just one of Stephen's worries.

04:46He's been told to expect a menagerie of exotic animals.

04:50There's parrots. There's some monkeys there as well.

04:53So it's all completely well out of our comfort zone.

04:56What we need is doggy treats.

04:59I wonder if dog treats work on monkeys as well.

05:01I feel sad for the animals because they're not kept in a suitable condition for them.

05:07For example, monkeys, they should be out in the jungle somewhere rather than in Cape Ness, basically living in a shack.

05:16The woman they are about to visit lives in an isolated stretch of coast.

05:21She recently moved here from England.

05:22There's definitely that mentality that Cape Ness was so far away.

05:27Who's going to stop them type of thing.

05:29But I'll be brutally honest.

05:30If people are kind of wanting to hide in the shadows, they need to go to cities for that.

05:35It actually, by coming up to places that are rural, they stand out more.

05:38People think they come to the ends of the earth because they're going to kind of escape it all.

05:44Whereas actually they flag pretty quick on our radars.

05:48I think that's her van, that's her van.

05:51The grey one?

05:52Yeah, so she's just down.

05:53So if we...

05:54You see that's her house there right in front of you.

05:55I've got a copy of the Warrens, so I'll come down with whoever, with Dave.

06:06Try and make a peaceful entry.

06:08But the dogs are in the back.

06:09See no roof and a chimney coming out?

06:10Yeah.

06:11That's where the dogs are.

06:13Cool.

06:14Will we head up?

06:15All right, so it's padlock shut as well.

06:20Steven is prepared to confront an angry dog.

06:25Hi.

06:26Sorry we've got to meet under these circumstances.

06:28We're here assisting the SSPCA.

06:31They have a war room.

06:33But the owner is also prepared and is in no mood to let anyone in.

06:39You've come to kill my Belgian man.

06:42You're just going to kill him. Take him away and kill him.

06:45Take him away and kill him.

06:51While some parts of the Highlands are isolated from the rest of the UK,

06:56in its only city, others are grappling with the worst aspects of modern crime.

07:02Today, DC Ashley Templeton will be involved in an operation

07:07targeting the city's illegal drug trade.

07:11There is a drugs problem in Inverness.

07:13The drugs will be brought to Inverness by organised crime groups who originate predominantly in England,

07:22whether it be London, Newcastle, Birmingham, any big city.

07:26It's nearly the end of Ashley's shift, but the police have just received a tip-off about a suspected dealer connected to one of these groups known as the Frankie Line.

07:37Intelligence says she's currently dealing from her home address and she's sitting on multi-ounce quantities of controlled drugs.

07:45There is fairly recent intelligence on it as well for operating for county lines.

07:51About six weeks ago, she was assessed to be working for the Frankie Line.

07:54They're a Birmingham-based organised crime group.

07:58They've been putting out synthetic heroin that's been responsible for a number of drugs deaths.

08:03Synthetic heroin is generally a lot stronger than traditional heroin.

08:11There was a spate of overdoses and that was induced by a synthetic opiate that the Frankie group ended up using.

08:19So the plan is effect entry and just to contain the occupants of the address. Following that, we'll be looking to crave a search warrant.

08:29As the intel has just come in, the police have had no time to arrange a search warrant.

08:35But because the drugs believed to be sold at this house are so lethal, they decide to raid the property immediately and then wait for the search warrant to be granted.

08:48There is situations where we can enter a property by use of force without warrantry.

08:54On this occasion, it was due to information we had received that the Frankie group were selling heroin that contained synthetic opiates.

09:06And it is a huge public health concern.

09:11This is more of an ad hoc, on the job, kind of less planned approach.

09:16Organised crime groups and county lines groups are always looking to adapt their tactics to avoid being detected by police.

09:22These are the exciting ones.

09:25We have to be willing and open-minded enough to adapt our tactics as well, within the law, in order to detect crime and to protect people.

09:36This is just the ram we use to put the doors in, so the big red key, some people call it.

09:43With it being county lines related, it's likely to be crack cocaine and heroin.

09:54The quantities can vary quite a lot. On a good day, a few ounces of drugs would be nice.

10:00But there might not be as much as that. There could be more than that. We'll just wait and see.

10:03You do get the wee rush before you go in, especially when you get the responsibility of putting the door in.

10:10Open the door in.

10:19She's seen you.

10:20Open that door!

10:24Hit it, one hit, one hit.

10:26Police!

10:27Police!

10:28Police!

10:32The dog's fine. The dog's fine.

10:35He was OK just to give her a quick search? Will you stand up for me?

10:41As we were running it, she bent down and she was messing around with that table for something. I don't know what.

10:45inside they find two women who are taken into custody leaving Ashley and his

10:51colleague to look after the dog who seems friendly but until they get a

10:57search warrant the police can only look not touch there's signs of drugs

11:04misuse in the house and one of the females has got a quantity of cash in

11:10her pocket questions are raised as to why there's so much cash on her person

11:14like there's needles and there's scales and wrappings and all that kind of

11:19stuff and there's one more telltale sign that the people who live here could be

11:24involved in supplying drugs lots of phone that's been ringing constantly since

11:28we've been in the address I don't know about you but I'm not as popular as these

11:32people anyway you know which again is another sign of drugs misuse you know they

11:38do all their dealings over the phone so the fact that's ringing pretty constantly

11:43a sign for us if the tip-off is correct this unassuming house is at the center

11:51of a lucrative trade in a deadly drug this particular person is living in a

11:58lovely row of almost kind of retirement bungalows elderly people on either side

12:03they'll have people knocking on their doors all time in the night mistaking their house for this

12:09house people banging on windows and it'd be terrifying for anyone it's like two

12:16three in the morning someone's rattling your door or rattling your window but you know you've

12:20got elderly people vulnerable people in the street who are trying to live a quiet life back at

12:26headquarters Ashley's colleagues are working on getting sign-off on the search warrant until then

12:32he will need to wait car keys in hand ready to go home for a nice sunny evening and here we are

12:39standing in the house for hours on end this is me getting the text when when you do home are you

12:44going to be home in time for dinner in case Ness Stephen Todd is backing up officers from the SSPCA who have a want to seize a dangerous dog

13:06we have brought an independent vet with us and to assess the living conditions if she obviously said

13:11everything's okay independent indeed but not employed by the SSPCA before the SSPCA can inspect the house

13:19the dangerous dog inside needs to be safely removed the shepherd normal across would it be amenable if you were

13:28to bring the dog out rather than us I'm not saying that's going to happen it's just we can't do an

13:37assessment on a dog it's going to try and bite us all the time they'll be going into one of our cages

13:42it's a crate that they've got see him again and he died with strangers only though and without me to hold

13:49you'd have to shoot him she was very clearly distraught as far as she's concerned those animals are her life

13:56the woman reluctantly allows the police to approach her dogs

14:01we're going to go for the dangerous ground and fuck

14:07as you can tell from the noise in the background she's got no control over it whatsoever

14:19the plan is to take any animals living inside the only ones that are staying are the ones that

14:34can live outside towards your pigs and your horses finally the police can enter the house

14:42I don't even know how to describe it they find a menagerie of tropical animals including marmoset

14:55monkeys and parrots exposed to the caithness weather obviously we're in the house now exposed the sky

15:03it's all the rainwater winds going to be coming straight at the house there's no door she's living

15:08in this for Stephen the smell of animal faeces is overpowering it's quite ammonia like and you

15:19know you'd expect some dirt with animals but certainly certainly not this it's just complete

15:28and not a state I mean you've got light fixtures above falling down you've got a roof it's caving in

15:33I would say the house in general is probably the worst house I've ever been in it didn't even have

15:40a roof there's tiles missing on part of the roof where she was living out of one wall is completely

15:45missing completely exposed to the elements Stephen is here to protect the animals welfare but as he

15:53explores the house further he realizes the welfare of the owner is also at risk

15:59well see in terms of any like additional support is there anything that we can try and put in place

16:06well we can't leave you when you're making comments like that I'm concerned about you living here you've

16:18not experienced a winter and caithness I've lived in a stable for two and a half years with these dogs

16:23in comfort minus 10 I lived in a stable minus 10 I've been in there for two and a half years so yeah I

16:30can cope are you quite happy to live with us yes we've got my dogs we're not in the business of

16:38taking things away just because we can we have to weigh it up with the pros and cons and ultimately

16:43we've got to look after the welfare of the animals her attitude towards the dogs she she clearly loves

16:50them she clearly cares for them she's just physically incapable of looking after them

16:55the animals will be checked by vets before being rehomed or sent

17:24to specialist sanctuaries only three horses and two pigs will remain in the woman's care

17:30the SSPCA were right to get that Warren the animals needed to come away with them but the actions

17:38we talk were legal unethical the animals can go off to you know other homes habitats you know there

17:46wasn't the right place for them the Cairngorms one of the most spectacular mountain landscapes in the UK

18:07but in bad weather one of the most hostile

18:11we managed Kinrara estate on the outskirts of Abidmore

18:18every year people lose their lives in these hills and some of those who have disappeared here still

18:26haven't been found we've had some contractors on that place today who believe they may have come

18:33across the remains of a body today DS Joe Newson is investigating a terrible discovery in the hills

18:41above Abidmore we're just going to the Kinrara estate which is just to the southwest of Abidmore which is

18:49where the remains were found up on the hillside we were found by a chap who was up on the estate doing a

18:55deer survey and saw what he initially thought was a deer carcass when he went over he realized it

19:00was a human remains with clothing on so came back down phoned the police the initial assessment is

19:08to primarily look at the remains themselves the composition they're in anything untoward about

19:14what we see Abidmore is a fairly small town and sitting in this Bay Valley you don't have to go

19:22very far tall from the town itself until you're in some pretty remote and inaccessible terrain

19:29it's quite possible for people to go missing in the wilderness up here and the chances of them ever

19:38being found is pretty minimal these human remains are lying on rough terrain just over a mile away from the nearest road

19:46according to the caller they are badly decomposed so identifying the body could be a challenge

19:54I'm winging it a bit now I think it's probably up that track Joe does have one lead the discovery

20:05of the remains could be linked to the disappearance of a man 16 months ago his name is Rodrigo Falcon

20:11Rodrigo was an Argentinian male who'd been living in Avimor for a year or so he'd been on a night out with friends

20:23left the nightclub at closing time and it was the last time he was seen by his friends

20:30that night it was minus 10 and snowing so a major police search was launched to try and find him

20:40Rodrigo was considered high risk from the outset particularly given the weather conditions the

20:48sub-zero temperatures we do know he was a very popular and outgoing individual and he enjoyed

20:56going to house parties after the pub so one theory is that he was potentially trying to visit friends

21:03who live on the outskirts of Avimor in that direction you do have a massive area to try and search

21:11it really is looking for a needle in a haystack despite a huge police effort Rodrigo was never found

21:19perhaps until now you know I'm expecting that the outcome of this to be that it is Rodrigo I'm not

21:30anticipating it being anyone else but we never assume that our kind of hypothesis is correct

21:36you know we'll do everything we can to check and it's not impossible that it could be someone else

21:43you have to be open-minded to that if these are Rodrigo's remains the next question Joe needs to

21:51answer is how and why did he come to be in such a remote location and could anyone else have been

21:58involved kind of working assumption would be that the remains had been here since kind of December 2022

22:06when Rodrigo went missing obviously if there was information that the remains have ended up there

22:13a period of time after Rodrigo disappeared then I bring a whole new kind of angle to the inquiry and

22:20there's a lot of questions we would need to find answers to

22:24you can see over there on the other side of the valley and the trees you can see the police tape

22:32that's where the remains are with Joe today is crime scene examiner Matthew McLeod it's his job to

22:41thoroughly photograph the area so other forensic specialists can assess it and make a plan for how

22:48to remove the body given the terrain we've got what's called the police mountain rescue team and they

22:53specialize in recovering living and deceased persons from challenging locations all right let's give it a go

23:02look around descending the gorge crossing the burn at the bottom

23:14and climbing up the other side to where the remains have been found proves tough going

23:26having come down here now I I can't see how someone could have successfully made their way from where

23:41we left the vehicles to here and then further up there this would be quite a mission to get

23:46through here in the dark it's hard enough in the daylight after a steep climb up the far side of the

23:55gorge the team reached the spot for the body is lying half-hidden in a hollow in the heather that

24:03is a huge piece of luck he's been found and I think in a year's time he'd be covered over by moss even if

24:10you know if he was wearing a green jumper yeah he wouldn't have been seen key to identifying who this

24:17is are the clothes that are with the remains we know from speaking to his friends and the CCTV footage

24:24from the nightclub that when he left he was wearing a red jumper jeans and he was wearing his Argentina

24:31football shirt if that wasn't a red jumper if that was a green jumper or a brown jumper you wouldn't even

24:40notice it from here that is an Argentina shirt and it does look like it are you okay with moving just a

24:50little bit of grass yeah yeah if this is Rodrigo it's still far from clear how he came to be here and

24:58how he died and there are other questions relating to his clothes or the lack of them we know Rodrigo was

25:07wearing jeans when he when he went missing there's no there's no sign of that

25:12back my bag up happy with him okay my confidence remains the same that it is Rodrigo but with the

25:23the same caveat that the further kind of investigations and and tests would be required to to confirm that

25:30it's pure luck or coincidence that the chap who found him yesterday happened to be in that area

25:38he was on a quad bike so if he'd been in a slightly different direction he would have never seen the

25:44red jumper never stopped never got off his quad so when people are lost in these very remote places

25:50it's it's it's just sometimes a lucky coincidence that results in them being found there's nothing

25:58more Joe and the team can do today with the scene secured they'll return tomorrow with forensic specialists

26:05and the mountain rescue team they still need to confirm that this is Rodrigo and solve the mystery of how he died

26:14in Inverness Ashley and his colleague Duncan are waiting at the house of a suspected drug dealer for a search warrant to be granted

26:33getting hungry for three and a half hours they have been unable to search for drugs while they wait

26:42at the front door there seems to be a disturbance at the back she's not holding her from the police you

26:49guys okay though oh you're silent this man is known to Duncan and Ashley oh we got it here right take

27:02care of yourself see you later I generally information is that instead of using the front door where

27:11everyone sees for people to come and go from the general trend is that people go around the back to get

27:17their drugs who knows there are signs suggesting the householders are involved in drug dealing but the

27:27police still need concrete evidence and without the search warrant they can't look for it

27:33hello Ashley speaking finally Ashley gets the call he's been waiting for yeah that's fine cheers bye so

27:46that's us got the warren from the sheriff so now we can search the address just watch your fingers

27:55needles Ashley there's any needles around do you want to do the honors or why small wad of cash they're

28:05looking for drugs and any equipment associated with the drugs trade just being methodical and trying to

28:14think where people might put things that they don't need to find you know it isn't long before they find

28:21some telltale signs of drug dealing just having a look in here to see if there's any tick lists or

28:27any any notations that might indicate drug supply we've got a bit of cash there mobile phones tinfoil

28:35no skills there actually yeah but there is a substance on there that suspected might be

28:41cocaine because it's it's white so we'll test that back at the police station and see if it indicates

28:46it's positive for cocaine which I suspect it will and the notes scattered around the house there's

28:52some more potentially incriminating evidence here look three B plus one W two brown plus one so we'll

29:00see to that users of drugs will refer to drugs by different slangs crack cane we refer to as W or

29:07white and heroin referred to as brown or B so this here would suggest that the occupants will be

29:15keeping notes of what she's dishing out or what's being ordered and what she needs to run to the

29:20customers out on the street so that's quite useful evidence

29:24what do you reckon to that what do you reckon to that 350 bits hi 350 bits bits is a slang word

29:40used by dealers in the mrs area to describe deals so we'll we'll seize that they've found some

29:47incriminating material as well as some unusual items I mean I've heard of disguises but I mean come on

29:56it surely not

30:01okay that's us then

30:03well we started our shift at 7am this morning it's now 25 to 11pm and we've just cleared the address

30:19Ashley and Duncan have been on the go for 15 hours their search has revealed drugs paraphernalia but no

30:28drugs are heading back to the police station we will need to current the cash that we've seized it's

30:35still a good result yeah but one of the women who was arrested earlier that day was found to be in

30:42possession of synthetic heroin the drug wreaking havoc on the streets of Inverness we definitely

30:50didn't make the right decision to go into the house we seized a quantity of controlled drugs which

30:56were the drugs that were killing people and we've taken them off the streets we would never be able to

31:01confirm it but potentially save lives doing it

31:04workingically

31:13yeah

31:14yeah

31:16yeah

31:24ds johamisen is investigating missing person Rodrigo Falcon Horn who vanished 16 months ago a body has been

31:33found on a hill with clothing that seems to match Rodrigo's. Now Joe needs to piece together his

31:40final movements and try to explain how and why he ended up in such a remote spot.

31:48So this is Alvin Moore. The vault nightclub is around about here. So CCTV from the nightclub

31:57and from an Indian takeaway shows Rodrigo walking south through the town towards the kind of end of

32:04Alvin Moore. We don't know where Rodrigo was heading that morning. It was in the middle of

32:10winter so it was a very cold night. It was lots of snow, sub-zero temperatures and in the early

32:17hours of the morning he walks south out of the town of Alvin Moore and that's the last sighting of him

32:23on CCTV. The next sighting is here which is the side of the A9. A gritter driver saw a male slight

32:34build, dark bushy hair and wearing a red jumper or coat which we believe was Rodrigo walking through

32:41the trees alongside the road. Police officers attended and found footsteps in the snow. He followed the

32:48footprints which carried alongside the road down as far as here in the footsteps that was lost at

32:54that point and which is about two kilometres or less as the crow flies from the site where these

33:01remains have been found. That night there was quite thick snow on the ground. Rodrigo had a drink that

33:07night, we know that. Perhaps the cumulative effects of cold and alcohol and perhaps being a bit disorientated

33:15on a dark night he's simply you know lost his way and then has become even more disorientated and

33:22ended up on the hillside where he was ultimately found. So far all the evidence points to this being

33:29Rodrigo's body on the hill and his death being a tragic accident but Joe and his colleagues can take

33:36nothing for granted. They need to establish exactly how Rodrigo died in order to definitively rule out foul play.

33:44I think anyone can empathise with Rodrigo's family and friends and hopefully we can provide some

33:51closure to his friends and family that will kind of help them with that grieving process.

34:04The next day the operation enters its most critical phase. First the body will be examined where it lies

34:21by forensic scientists. Then it will be carefully retrieved by the Police Scotland mountain rescue team

34:29led by Matt Smith. For Matt it's a sad end to a story he's been involved with since the start.

34:39We played a quite a significant part in the search effort at the time. When somebody's found you

34:45immediately start thinking in your own head did we miss something? Should we have been somewhere?

34:50But people when they're missing they tend to follow tracks or trails or they tend to have a really good reason to

34:57to find themselves somewhere. This location is just a place that we probably wouldn't have considered.

35:04We've come up this way. Joe is also on scene again today to oversee the specialist teams.

35:14Today the whole purpose of the investigation is to try and piece together as far as we can

35:20what happened after Rodrigo left Avimor. How has he got here from there and what routes could he have taken?

35:30Are you ready? Yes. Yeah. Assembled the teams can make their way to the spot where the body lies.

35:37The key experts in a case like this are forensic anthropologists. By examining bodies where they

35:43are found they can often work out the likely cause of death. From what the anthropologists have

35:49found so far it's just an initial assessment but it appears that the remains are intact. Okay.

35:55And including the footwear? No. He's not got his socks on, he's not got his shoes on and he's not

36:00got his jeans on. Okay. The fact that the limbs that were in those are still there but they're not

36:06means that they've been taken off by him. In cases of hypothermia it's common for people to become confused

36:16and start removing their clothes in the belief they are too hot. When people are in a hypothermic

36:21condition they're not, what they think is happening is not, does not reflect the reality. So that

36:28clothing could be a kilometre away. Yeah it could be, yeah. And in any direction.

36:35They could have been right next to him and then snow melt over to Winters has taken it down to the river

36:39and where's it gone from there. After looking at the position of the body the forensic anthropologists

36:47are reaching some conclusions about the likely cause of death. What you tend to find is that they'll

36:54pull their hand in and they'll go to back. Right. But face down. So if they were sleeping

36:59fetal position you'd be on the side. Yeah okay. But if his knees had been underneath him. Right. And his

37:05hands have been up. That's more a digging. Okay. All right. The anthropologists can look at the

37:12position of the bones and from that make an assessment of the body position of the person

37:18when they came to rest. If someone's suffering with hypothermia the body position that is quite

37:23different to the position of someone lying down to go to sleep. This behaviour where people with hypothermia

37:30tuck themselves into the ground is called hypothermic or terminal burrowing. We can't say with absolute

37:36certainty but what we're seeing is consistent with hypothermic burrowing but obviously we'll look to

37:43confirm some of these things with all the scientific and forensic tests that are done at the laboratory.

37:49It's hard to say what the last few

37:52minutes or moments of Rodrigo's life would have been like for him. We're fairly sure he would have been

38:00disorientated for various reasons but primarily probably through hypothermia. I'm no expert but my

38:09understanding is that compared to some other ways people die someone just kind of slips away. So I like to

38:18think there's maybe some comfort to be taken from the thought that his probably his final moments may

38:26have been quite peaceful. It's finally time to lift the body carefully from where it lies and carry off the hillside.

38:41I think you're never going to rest when your loved one's missing in the mountains.

38:48But ultimately it's actually a rather positive day to be able to to know that at the end of that day

38:55they've been found and the family can start that process of grieving is so important.

39:00It's invariably a tragedy when the body is found but we do what we can to try and get answers for

39:20family and friends as to what's happened and hope that that helps them kind of work through their grief.

39:30In Inverness it's a hot and sunny bank holiday. Are you all right?

39:54PC Siobhan Cooper is on patrol in the city centre.

39:59I'm having a good day. Are you having a good day?

40:01That's good.

40:04Siobhan's family is steeped in Highland policing.

40:07My dad joined the police when I was four years old so it's something I've always kind of been a part of.

40:14CCTV police one.

40:15I had an uncle who was in traffic in Inverness and then my auntie as well was in the police.

40:22It's always been in the family and then when we grew up my brother then became interested in it as

40:27well as me. He joined up literally the year before I joined.

40:31Yeah, we're not far away.

40:32I cover the city centre of Inverness. It's a small team. We're on foot patrol, we don't have vehicles.

40:40Just to kind of show visibility, speak with shop owners, security and just provide that sort of extra

40:46bit of policing in the centre.

40:49Harry, stop it!

40:53All of you need to go.

40:55You're going as well. If not, you're going to get lifted. I don't care.

40:59The warm weather has brought dozens of teenagers onto the streets and some are out to cause trouble.

41:06Kids are off school. There doesn't seem to be much for them to do. They get bored, they come to the

41:11city centre and they cause a lot of issues. Their attitudes towards police can be pretty shocking

41:17sometimes. It's really difficult dealing with kids. The threshold for arresting them,

41:23taking them into custody is so high, but they know that too. So they will run away from us,

41:29commit crime, expecting that there's no repercussions anymore. And because they know that,

41:33I just think it's like a vicious cycle. It's just getting worse and worse.

41:36CCTV police one. Siobhan and her colleague Sam are on the hunt for suspected thieves.

41:46Yeah, we're not far away. Some teenage boys were spotted stealing alcohol from a supermarket.

41:57CCTV cameras have tracked two of them down to this alleyway. I'm not chasing you. You're not getting

42:04arrested, OK? OK, all right, come speak to me then. Come speak to me. Well, show us then.

42:10One boy resists Siobhan's attempts to search him.

42:16I'm not f***ing a bitch. Stop it.

42:19What are you saying? There's nothing on me, search me. There's nothing on me.

42:24I look at every person as an unknown risk, and anybody on that street could harm me.

42:30Settle down. I'm settled. Do you want the jail? No. Well, then I suggest you pipe down right now.

42:36Search me. Search me. Search me. You're walking around the streets,

42:40you don't know who you're going to be stopping. So yeah, you do feel vulnerable.

42:45Can you keep a hold of him and take his details? While the officers were busy restraining one of

42:49the suspects, the other boy got away. Leaving the angry teenager with her colleague,

42:55Siobhan's got no choice but to try and pursue him by herself. Yeah, where's the male gone?

43:00I pass up to another male and the boat's running down Georgian Street.

43:08You will encounter, at some point, a child being cheeky to you and abusive. They will shout at us,

43:14they will assault us, everything. You do go home sometimes battered and bruised.

43:21Attempting to make an arrest always has the potential to lead to violence.

43:26Something Siobhan experienced when she was assaulted on the job six years ago.

43:35I went into work that day and then I went away from work in the back of an ambulance to hospital.

43:45I was dealing with an individual I'd already dealt with the day before and I've then gone to arrest

43:52him for threatening or abusive behaviour and on doing so he's just gone from zero to a hundred.

44:00He has tried to punch me and then he's got me in a choke hold.

44:09I didn't know if he was going to kill me.

44:12His hands were like in my eye. He was strangling me and he just wouldn't get off me. His strength was

44:21ridiculous. There was three grown men trying to get him off me and they couldn't.

44:26And then basically pulled a big clump of hair up my head. All I remember is just going to hospital

44:32and I couldn't see. I thought he'd take my eye out at that point. So just a fear of like being blind.

44:37It took Siobhan months to recover from her injuries both physical and psychological.

44:49So I had to work through a lot of stuff like mentally after that. But I think that was probably

44:55the point in my career where I did seriously consider whether it was worth it or not.

44:59It was like kind of, do I go back? Do I not? Is it worth it?

45:07You haven't seen two young lads run in here have you? No?

45:15Like yeah okay he battered me. He did seriously injure me. My eyesight was

45:21wrecked because of it and I could sit there for the rest of my life and be angry at him

45:25and annoyed. But then I just kind of turned it on its side and I was like you know what it could be

45:31worse. I could be blind. You know he could kill me. He didn't. I'm still here. I love my job.

45:38I'm not going to let him stop me from liking my job. And I think I just got that fight back.

45:42Hmm.

45:46Hmm.

45:48We're back on back. She just died.

45:50What's that?

45:52Yeah the other male that was passed off alcohol too is probably wearing the beanie hat with the white logo.

45:58Siobhan moves on to help a colleague who has now stopped a third suspect.

46:04Can you just show me? Someone's been past drink. We're just trying to work out who it is.

46:10But when they search him for the stolen alcohol they come up empty-handed.

46:14The alcohol has been passed on before we've managed to get a hold of it.

46:2680 miles to the southwest Siobhan's brother Stephen is on patrol in Glencore.

46:38It's a very different environment from Inverness. Unlike his sister Stephen's chosen to stay in the glens where they both grew up.

46:48I mean as a kid you couldn't hope for a better place to grow up I don't think because you've just got freedom to do what you want to when you want to.

46:54It might be a bit boring at times when it's wet and the weather's horrible but when the weather's nice you've got a big playground in nature haven't you?

47:02So I've lived in this area from a very young age like seven years old I think.

47:08I don't see myself leaving here. I'm still happy, I'm still enthusiastic, I still enjoy the job so I don't really see any need to go anywhere else.

47:16In summer Glencore attracts tourists from all over the world. Its narrow roads fill up with traffic. Today it's sunny and warm and the roads are busier than ever.

47:30These roads were designed for cattle carts years and years and years ago before cars were even a thing.

47:35They've obviously been modernised and improved since then but there's only so much you can do with the width of them.

47:42Stephen's on his way to help some stranded tourists.

47:46I spotted what looked like possibly a higher car in a ditch. It just looked like it had gone too far over and just fallen in a little bit.

47:55A lot of people have never experienced a single track road before they've come to Scotland so they don't know what they're doing with it.

48:00I don't know, underestimate the ditches at the side and drive into them.

48:05I think this is where this car is in the ditch.

48:09Stephen's been beaten to the scene by a group of good Samaritans.

48:13The stricken drivers are a young couple from New York enjoying a Scottish holiday with their baby.

48:36The dad says he was forced into the ditch by a passing lorry.

48:40A lorry came, did not even wait there and made us push inside.

48:45Right, okay.

48:47See, I'm worried as well if I pull you with this it might go in further and make your situation worse.

48:52Right, I'll try and get my car out of the way a little bit so we can get the road moving.

48:58Stephen's first priority is to keep the traffic flowing.

49:02I'm trying to think how this is going to work traffic management wise.

49:11When the recovery gets here the road will be shut so our biggest danger is going to be the sail back into the main road.

49:16The A82 through Glencoe is one of the main arteries to the north of Scotland and attracts fast moving traffic.

49:25If a queue of cars backs up onto the main road Stephen's worried it could cause a serious accident.

49:31In an ideal world there would be two of us, one down there somewhere at a passing place and me up here at this passing place.

49:38But unfortunately the world's not ideal and it's just me so I'm just going to have to try and manage it as best I can.

49:45It's going to get interesting when we try and open the road again and everything's got us to try and pass on the single track.

49:49Control 3 to whiskey.

49:53It's time to radio for a car removal team.

49:56I'm looking to arrange recovery for a vehicle causing obstruction if possible please.

50:00Yeah, that's not a problem at all, stand by.

50:05So I've asked for the recovery to come, so they make that phone call now.

50:10It'll be soon, they're just close by and they'll drag you out.

50:12I appreciate it.

50:13Nah, no problem at all.

50:14With regards, the truck kind of forcing you off.

50:16Did you get the registration of the truck or anything?

50:18No.

50:19I'm afraid there's not very much we can do about that and it's a hazard of these roads unfortunately, so I'm very sorry.

50:25We are used to driving on the right hand side, so now driving on the left was the first challenge and the single lane drives are fun.

50:35You need to be always on the lookout.

50:38Won't be long now, they're just leaving the yard, which is 10-15 minutes tops.

50:43How old is she?

50:4410 months tomorrow.

50:4510 months tomorrow.

50:46She's an older girl in 10 months tomorrow.

50:47Ah, right.

50:49I think the thing I most enjoy about being a police officer is helping people.

50:53Dad joined the police when I was very young and I saw the job he did.

50:58So when I finished school and I was presented with the option of going to university or joining the police,

51:03I just decided that the police was the better option and haven't looked back since.

51:08That's the recovery guys on scene now.

51:15They're just reversing to the car to try and pull it out.

51:19Is that all right there, Colin?

51:21It's not in too far, but I didn't want to try and drag it out myself.

51:26It would cause more damage than you'd solve.

51:27The local car recovery team, a father and son duo, Colin and Mark.

51:34How are you, Mark?

51:35We'll put the rope out, we'll put a snatch to this corner here so it can only come towards you that way.

51:47It can't run along the ditch, you know.

51:49He's got 50 years experience, I've only got 14.

51:52You should see us when we argue.

51:54It is a very close-knit community and it's great to have that pro-police support.

52:02It's probably not for cities, it's totally alien I would imagine, but it's brilliant.

52:07OK, Dad.

52:13At last, the car is freed.

52:17As easy as that.

52:19If only all the recoveries were that easy, it would be an easy job.

52:21You come with me and we'll go down to the garage.

52:25You jump in the lorry.

52:26Thank you so much.

52:27No problem at all.

52:28Thanks, guys.

52:33Control, 3-2 whisky.

52:36Yeah, that's me clear that vehicle off the road, it's been recovered and the road reopened.

52:43It feels quite good getting them out of the ditch and stuff.

52:44I know they're going to get a bill for the recovery and things like that now, but it's better than a ruined holiday.

52:49So it's good that they can carry on with their journey.

53:00In Inverness, Stephen's sister, Siobhan, has managed to find some of the alcohol that was stolen from a shop, along with another of the suspected thieves.

53:10Hello?

53:11Hi, it's the police.

53:12Sorry, your son?

53:13No.

53:14Oh, it's the police man.

53:15Yeah, they've taken the passport proof with him from here, and also a lot of what I'm tired.

53:20He's under 16, so rather than arrest him, Siobhan's attempting a different strategy and calling his mum.

53:29Sorry, my radio was going there.

53:31He's been caught at the co-op stealing alcohol.

53:34We've not managed to recover them all because they've tried to hide them from us.

53:38So, yeah, it's kind of gone too far now.

53:42I can tell a lot by how their parents are when I phone them and tell them they've just stolen this, that and the other from this shop.

53:49And then if they don't react, then I worry because I think, well, like, if that was my mum or dad getting a phone call when I was that age, like, I'd be terrified.

54:00On this occasion, Siobhan's reassured that the boy's mother is taking the matter seriously.

54:10But it's not long before the peace is shattered again.

54:18Is that the same group of males we've been dealing with?

54:22Yeah, so the males are now having a fight on Falcon Square.

54:27It's probably alcohol-fuelled again. The alcohol they've probably stolen, so...

54:32More than just a police fight.

54:33They've just punched them in the face.

54:36Ugh!

54:39Who's that idiot?

54:41Enough!

54:43Is he assaulted you?

54:44Yeah, he slapped me on my face.

54:46CCTV, Police 1, have you got eyes on?

54:49Yeah, I got eyes on.

54:52Yeah, what's their location now?

54:55827-535.

54:57They're coming up to a road towards the top of their own by the stretch.

55:04Move!

55:07They eventually manage to catch the boy.

55:10It's another of the alcohol thieves who they already stopped and searched earlier in the day.

55:15What is your problem?

55:17It doesn't mean you can start punching folk.

55:20I'm not getting lifted for this. I'm not doing anything.

55:23If it was an adult, we'd be arresting them for threatening abusive behaviour.

55:26I understand, like, they are a child and that's, like, the last place they should really be.

55:31Right, who's your... Who's at home?

55:33I'm not getting lifted.

55:34Give us your details.

55:35I'm not giving you anything unless he goes.

55:37You're not in charge here.

55:39Right, enough.

55:41Enough.

55:42Enough.

55:43Cut the attitude.

55:45Running out of options, Siobhan calls a custody sergeant for advice.

55:49He's only 15, so, you know, the protocol is we shouldn't really be arresting him, but he's being very abusive to us.

55:55Well, I'm not looking for it.

55:57And he's assaulted somebody else in Falcon Square and he's stolen alcohol, so...

56:01Come on, you've got fours right in the...

56:03What are you doing right now?

56:04Eh?

56:05I can't be at you.

56:06Honestly.

56:07You can't do a bottle shot him.

56:10He's now threatening to break our faces.

56:13Yeah.

56:15Thanks. Cheers.

56:16Right, you're under arrest for threatening abusive behaviour, okay?

56:19Do you understand that?

56:20Yeah.

56:21I'm so sorry.

56:22Nah, too late, mate.

56:23Too late.

56:24Too late.

56:25I don't care.

56:26Should have thought about that.

56:27I'm just really sorry.

56:28I don't know what you do.

56:30I have got to the point where I have had to arrest them and take them into custody, where they do get a few hours in a cell.

56:35And I've noticed even that on its own has sort of had an effect in a good way and made them realise that, you know, there is repercussions.

56:41to their actions.

56:42But, as I say, it doesn't happen often.

56:45Too late, mate.

56:46Too late.

56:47You can't get away with talking to us like that.

56:49You can't get away with treating people like that.

56:51I'm not going to be fine.

56:52I'm just sorry.

56:53If I look down, I shouldn't be drunk on the stage.

56:56You've sobered up now, though, haven't you?

57:02I'm getting this abuse sometimes.

57:04You're being assaulted.

57:05It's seeing the end result.

57:07And if you're getting one person off the street and making that street a bit safer for everyone else,

57:13then it's like you've done your job.

57:15People have been drinking beer, vodka, wine.

57:18Fuck fast.

57:19Fuck fast.

57:20All right, let's go down to cell number 19.

57:23Police!

57:24Police!

57:25Police!

57:26Police!

57:27Police!

57:28Police!

57:29Police!

57:30Police!

57:31Police!

57:32Police!

57:33Cohohohohohohoho!

57:34Please, please!

58:04Next time, police close in on a man who has evaded them for almost a year.

58:15That's his campsite as described.

58:19Human remains are found in one of the most remote parts of the Highlands.

58:23It's bringing up more questions than answers.

58:27And police deal with a serious collision on one of Scotland's deadliest roads.

58:32There are quite a few people in that vehicle, so I hope they'll be okay.

59:02I'll see you next time.

59:04I'm sorry.

59:06I'm sorry.

59:08I'm sorry.

59:10I'm sorry.

59:12I'm sorry.

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