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00:02This is Police Interceptors, and you're riding with the pride of Northamptonshire.
00:14Ace Pursuit drivers, with air support, and a crack dog unit.
00:27They bring down the bad guys, keep the streets safe, and battle 24-7 in the war on crime.
00:45Crash, crash. Overflow, wow!
00:48Here's what it is, isn't it? We find them, we lock them up.
00:53Coming up!
00:55A bit to escape, whatever it takes.
00:59They're beating around, they're beating around.
01:02Get down here! Get down here!
01:05Callum races to help a cop in need.
01:08Can't turn you back now.
01:09Come on, man! Come on! Come on!
01:13And...
01:13We've got three in the state.
01:15The end of the road for cross-border criminals.
01:34It's a sunny summer's evening shift.
01:38Interceptors Rob and Charlie have tracked down a wanted motor...
01:46...which a member of the public has seen being driven dangerously.
02:01There's no mistaking the cops want a word.
02:05Question is, will the bloke oblige?
02:10It's touch and go.
02:16It's touch and go.
02:18Then the dodgy driver gives them his answer.
02:31Straight out the gate, he's put to the floor.
02:34We are Boots Lane North into town.
02:38Occupants unknown, unknown if any juveniles or weapons on board.
02:42Reason for getaway, also unknown.
02:46Right, right, right.
02:49However, the occupants are dropping clues.
02:52Alcohol thrown out the side window.
02:54Alcohol thrown out the side window from the passenger now.
02:58Possibly drunk and behind the wheel of a two-ton truck, they need to get the driver stopped fast.
03:08Reinforcements are en route.
03:13Including dog handler Dan.
03:16Vehicle sales stopped for the traffic cars.
03:19It's coming out in the villages at the moment between Moulton and Pittsford.
03:24So we'll just end up there just in case we get a decal.
03:27A few miles away, the suspected drink driver has no intention of pulling over.
03:33We're on the IPV advance.
03:35So when they're closer, they'll take over.
03:38Rallying through country roads in low sun.
03:41Vehicle continues.
03:42Mountain green.
03:43Speed eight.
03:47Taking potentially lethal risks.
03:51Currently at risk.
03:53We are right, right.
03:56Down to drive by.
03:57The tow-per-per-per-climb risk is near the crashed-in-sponsored vehicle with that back to medium.
04:05Bouncing off the curb, he's inches from disaster with a delivery van.
04:11Vehicle speed seven zero, medium risk.
04:14It's a bit of the manual of climbing.
04:16There's no way he can outgun the Interceptor's BMW 340.
04:22Yeah?
04:23Yeah.
04:24Just don't want to get around.
04:26We are left.
04:28Left.
04:29So he's leading Rob and Charlie onto tricky terrain.
04:33Speed five zero, medium risk.
04:37Taking full advantage of the Mitsubishi's ability to handle the country track.
04:44Going towards Pitsland Road.
04:47It's a rough ride in the Low Slung 340.
04:51And it's about to get bumpier.
04:56Savvy's coming to a stop.
04:58Wait.
05:00They're being rammed.
05:01They're being rammed.
05:03They're being rammed.
05:04Minimal damage.
05:06They're up close to them.
05:08We're still spectacle lane.
05:15The runaway's going at breakneck speeds down the lane.
05:22The belt's not on mate.
05:23Get it on.
05:23Get it on.
05:24Then you can.
05:25It's a spectacle lane.
05:27Oh, it's Pitsland Road generally.
05:30It's a boring loss.
05:32It's a loss.
05:33It's a loss.
05:33It's a loss.
05:33It's a loss.
05:33It's all right.
05:34Is it going right?
05:34And if ramming can't get the cops off his tail.
05:37It's a keep going.
05:38It's a keep going.
05:38It's a keep going.
05:41Perhaps a DIY roadblock will do the job
05:46The race to his vehicles come off
05:50Get out of my car like that like Charlie clears their path
06:11All they can do is follow the Mitsubishi's dust trail to a junction
06:18Left or right
06:21I think it's gone right, just the dust
06:22You good left, good left, good left
06:29Weird pits are going in towards Melbourne now
06:32It's a total loss at this time
06:37Mitsubishi man has vanished
06:41So vehicle is lost at the moment
06:43So we've got loads of units now combing the area
06:48Trying to find it
06:49So it's going to come out of a little rough road
06:52Which is just down here somewhere
06:56On the way, Dan checks in with Rob and Charlie
07:00He's reversed roughly
07:01It didn't look like he got any damage
07:03I've got a tiny, tiny little hole in the middle of the grill
07:07Oh God, yeah, yeah
07:08Because Spectacle Lane is rough
07:10It's a hard road to ride up
07:12It felt it
07:13Yeah
07:13Do you think he could have taken one of the gateways
07:16I think he's come this way
07:18Okay
07:19I'll have a look in the college
07:21Nice one, cheers boys
07:30Before long
07:35Another unit hits the jackpot
07:38It's probably going to be abandoning a good 20 odd minutes now
07:41With this heat
07:42We might struggle a bit
07:43We'll give it a go though
07:44So we'll get Kola out
07:45Oh, found it
07:45It's just gone past
07:49Ditched in a hedgerow
07:50Paint spilled everywhere
07:51It's a shame there aren't any red footprints to follow
07:56Hopefully Dan's crewmate, police dog Kola
07:59Will pick up a whiff of the runaway
08:04Kola
08:09Kola
08:09Track on
08:13Dan and super sniffer Kola have been crewmates for four years
08:18Her favourite game is hide and seek
08:24Yes, mate
08:24We'll just cast around the moment
08:31And immediately she's detecting a track
08:39Leading to a gate
08:58We track quite nicely to this gateway
09:00But I'm not getting anything further beyond there at the moment
09:04But beyond the gate
09:05The trail goes cold
09:07So I think potentially they've been picked up
09:09It's a standard old dog handler excuse
09:11But I think that might be the case tonight
09:14Nevertheless, seizing the Mitsubishi is a victory for the team
09:17And there's no serious damage to Rob's Beamer
09:21We might not have the driver or the occupants
09:24But we've got the vehicle
09:26He can't do anything as reckless or as stupid as dangerous again
09:28I think someone told me once that they have to be lucky every time
09:32We have to be lucky once
09:35So hopefully that's his luck all used up now
09:38And next time it comes to 50-50
09:41He'll pick wrong
09:42And we'll catch up with whoever it is
09:47After the pursuit
09:48The driver phoned 999
09:50Claiming his car had been stolen
09:51Enquiries placed him in the driving seat
09:54Realising he was out of luck
09:56Pleaded guilty to dangerous driving
09:58Driving whilst disqualified
10:00And no insurance
10:01He received a 16-month suspended prison sentence
10:04And a four-year disqualification
10:12Coming up
10:15An off-duty officer under attack
10:22And
10:22When was the last time you had anything to eat or drink?
10:25About an hour and a half
10:26A drink driver has a double fail
10:29His tie is totally bold on this side
10:48They say crime never sleeps
10:50But interceptors rarely switch off either
10:54I have arrested someone off duty
10:56I was out for the day with my family
10:58And we'd stopped somewhere
11:00At a supermarket
11:01And
11:03Someone barrelled through my wife and my son
11:07Followed by a security guard
11:09This guy had been in
11:10And had stolen around about a thousand
11:13Pounds worth of alcohol
11:14On sort of consecutive days
11:17So we had a little foot chase
11:18And then I caught him on a dual carriageway
11:20Not too far away
11:21And
11:22The kind people at the supermarket
11:24Bought us our lunch for the day
11:26There's a way of thank you
11:30Stepping in doesn't always end so well
11:43An off-duty police officer is challenging
11:45Two suspected shoplifters in a supermarket
11:50One of the suspects has already been detained
11:52He's a police officer mate
11:54He knows what he's doing
11:55He's a police officer
11:57However his alleged accomplice in the grey hoodie
12:00Isn't as willing to stay put
12:18Head butting the off-duty cop
12:20In the mouth
12:27The raging bloke is only just getting started
12:36As the officer without any kit
12:38Grapples to keep hold of the suspected shoplifter
12:42All available units are blue lighting to the scene
12:46Including interceptor Callum Donoghue
12:50Can we treat it as a 10-0
12:52That's the off-duty officer has been smacked in the face
12:56The officer's eye is being pulled
12:59Any unit can make the very, very front counter
13:02Get there as quick as we can
13:05Help can't come soon enough
13:07Because in the supermarket
13:15The violent suspect is raining down punches on the injured cop
13:31If the situation wasn't dangerous enough now suspect two is kicking off in the background
13:37Let's go
13:38Just go off me
13:40Get off me
13:42Get off me
13:43Stop, stop, calm down
13:46Calm down, calm down
13:46Get off me
13:47Get off me
13:52Get off me
14:05Calm down
14:13there's five men trying to keep hold of the suspected shoplifter
14:23yet still he's lashing out at the loan officer
14:37first uniform on scene is calum
14:50he's not wasting any time getting this guy in cuffs
15:04his mouthy mate is second in line
15:13unsurprisingly everyone is keen to get this pair off to the nick pronto
15:17come here pull me nicely bob come here i'm not going to pull you nicely
15:22don't manhandle me i beg you don't handle me
15:25oh because i'm in cuffs now yeah
15:28move
15:33they might moan about manhandling but it's the off-duty officer who suffered a serious injury
15:51last year over 50 000 police officers in the uk were assaulted around one attack every 10 minutes
15:59it's hard not to get frustrated when people are assaulting your colleagues i've never met the officer
16:03but he's trying to do a good job and he's been assaulted and knocking out his front two
16:06and caused quite serious facial injury i'm not sure how much longer they could have been in the
16:11situation they were had people have not turned up it's a team game we've all got to support each
16:15other and that's exactly what we've done today
16:20the charge of shoplifting was dropped at court and no legal action was taken against the man who was
16:25all mouth
16:28however the head-butting man pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker
16:34he was ordered to pay 1,284 pounds in compensation and sentenced to 23 weeks behind bars
16:44i'd like to say no one got hurt unfortunately this time a cop did get hurt um but it's the
16:49reality
16:49of the job and it's it's important to show this sort of thing because it's it's what we do on
16:54a
16:54day-to-day basis
17:04behind the wheel of a marked bmw 340i
17:10is interceptor chris guttridge
17:12i'm still learning the area i will go everywhere on a night shift i'll touch every part of the county
17:20after transferring from thames valley police last month
17:23he's quickly getting to grit with north hamptonshire's 914 square mile patch
17:35yes yes sat perfectly actually about to get on the eastbound excellent
17:44control have received a report about a suspected drink driver coming down the a14 in a ford focus
17:51so it should be coming from behind us
17:55plotting a prime position chris pulls in for a stakeout
18:00so any second now it should be free
18:08policing is chris's first and only job having joined up at 18
18:12off duty he's into clay pigeon shooting
18:20unless it's come off before i don't think we'd have missed it
18:25however tonight it's hard he hasn't yet got the drink driver in his sights
18:30swerving all over the roads doesn't mention that they're going particularly slow
18:39intel suggests the suspect should eventually pass chris on their way home
18:46you might not be on to a winner here in iron lane
18:55there we go
19:02at last he's got eyes on the prize
19:06finally got contact contact with the vehicle
19:09he's doing um 4-0 in the 70 at the moment
19:12and i'll try and follow me board and get him off the next junction i think
19:18there's a road closure up ahead giving chris the opportunity to have a word with a potentially drunk driver
19:28turn off here for me
19:31come off here for me
19:32or at least try to
19:35follow me
19:36follow me
19:38with a little help from the beamer's in-car matrix board
19:43chris escorts the driver off at the junction
19:51hello
19:53not too bad the reason i've stopped you sir
19:55if you've had a report you've been weaving all over the road
19:58you're slurring your words you're unsteady on your feet
20:00so i suspect you might have been drinking some alcohol today
20:03okay and you could be impaired so i'm going to do i'm going to require you to provide me with
20:06a specimen of breath
20:07okay
20:07follow me to my car
20:09when was the last time you had anything to eat or drink
20:11about an hour and a half
20:12when was the last time you had a smoke cigarette a vape anything like that
20:15um i've had a cigarette about an hour ago
20:18an hour ago perfectly
20:19pop your hands out your pockets for me just come and join me on the pavement over here
20:22if the drive is staggering is anything to go by
20:25what's your name sir
20:26my name is peristoria
20:28sorry
20:29peristoria
20:31things aren't looking good for the breath test
20:33so don't blow as hard as you can just a nice even blow for us okay
20:36right when you're ready do that for me
20:39and blow blow blow keep going keep going perfect
20:42that just waits a couple of seconds to check it
20:45anything under 35 is a pass
20:48so that's a fail at 58 so you're over the limit okay
20:52so all that means is you're under arrest at the moment for driving a motor vehicle over the specified alcohol
20:56limit okay
20:56just turn around for me and place your hands on this wall on your back
21:02the number of deaths from collisions involving a drink driver have hit the highest level for more than a decade
21:09right have a seat in there for me sir
21:12this bloke is lucky his night is only ending up with a trip to custody
21:16yeah cool right sort of sort his car out
21:20you can tell straight away he's wobbling all over the place as soon as he's got out of the car
21:23he sinks of alcohol to be fair it looks like at some point he's hit something
21:27i don't think that's tonight from the tape but um
21:31the car's not in the best of uh conditions over
21:37his tyre is totally bold on this side
21:40this chap's car is in a right state
21:44road worthiness i mean i don't think that lights will be working correctly it's certainly smashed
21:48you've got multiple tires on it that are bold it's just not fit for the road
21:51which is scary enough as it is but when you consider the facts that he's drunk as well
21:56when he's clearly getting steady on his feet
21:58it's um a bit of a disaster waiting to happen unfortunately but um good job we've got him
22:04chris is going to seize the shed of a motor
22:06to ensure it's made road worthy before anyone else drives it
22:11fellow interceptor stewart is arriving to sort recovery
22:16all right i just need a key uh there you go
22:19cheers thank you
22:22while chris turns his attention to delivering the drunk driver to the nick
22:26weeklywood's probably closest to here or are we have to be here
22:29yeah
22:32weeklywood's custody suite it is
22:36look tell you what mate just balance yourself here or as you fall over
22:40the sozled suspect gives another two samples of breath
22:47so 65 and 64 so you're well over
22:50confirming he's nearly double the limit it seems the driver is resigned to his fate
22:56sit tight from there
22:58we're going to be detaining you for a bit longer so that your alcohol levels can come down
23:01that's fine
23:01i can still request a solicitor they'll still have a chat with you
23:04it doesn't make a difference
23:05i'll just admit to you right that i've been a cup of drink
23:08right okay and if that was over the limit that's my fault
23:11that's not that's not anyone
23:12do you want me to get would you like this call one
23:14no
23:16i only provided him 58 on the the ref flies at the roadside
23:20i was quite shocked at the level compared to how unfit he was
23:24it's quite rare where you actually get them and they're almost falling out of the car
23:28like we saw tonight
23:29i have no doubt at all he'll be he'll be disqualified for this
23:31he'll lose his license could well impact his job
23:34depending on what his employment is so it's just dangerous really as a whole
23:37it's a good job we've got him off the road
23:42the drunk driver was indeed disqualified from driving for 18 months
23:46and he had to pay fines totalling 847
23:57coming up
23:58i think we've got the vehicle
24:01suspecting cannabis farm robbers on the road
24:15harrison is one step ahead in the game of guess who and what's the date of earth please rose
24:45there's no limit to the risks suspects will take to evade the law
24:57but the classic combo of a stealthy stinger
25:04plus an unbreakable box puts a pin in many of the suits
25:10there's no limit to evade the law
25:10play super games win super prizes
25:19following an anpr camera hit in neighbouring leicestershire interceptors believe a car on clone plate
25:25is now travelling through northamptonshire
25:31i think we've got the vehicle
25:36impasse the national police air service are tracking the target
25:40a5 walking street near wibtoft
25:43criminals use false plates to conceal anything from a stolen car to serious organised crime
25:52i can't tell if anybody's on the past site
25:54it's just the driver i can see visually at this time
25:56and this motor has got quite the back story
26:00just driving normal
26:06after a cannabis farm burglary in the early hours
26:08police tasered a suspect who jumped out of a window
26:12allegedly making their escape in this cloned car
26:16it's due to a carriageway, it's in lane 1
26:19thanks to end pass ground units are tightening the net on the target
26:26armed pursuit drivers are making for the a5
26:31potentially some drug offences i think for the sounds of it
26:35once again dan and police dog cola are en route in case there are any runaways
26:40they could be up to tune, just exit this vehicle
26:44and an unmarked unit is lying in wait ready to tail the suspect car
26:52there we go
26:55contact contact
26:56contact contact
26:57south of the elk boy
26:57it's just passing half the shots
27:01contact contact
27:04it's just passing what looks like a garden centre
27:06something like that, next sign
27:16Interceptors behind, above, and now a few miles ahead.
27:28Oh, indeed, the unwitting driver is heading towards a stinger.
27:45Spikes are out.
27:56They've blown his tyres and their cover.
28:06But there's slim chance of a second getaway in this clone.
28:16The team are moving in.
28:23A marked car leads to charge of three TPAC or boxing units.
28:33Dogman Dan's at the rear ready for runaways.
28:38And they swiftly follow up the stinger with a TPAC chaser.
28:50Cold is out the hatch and raring to go.
29:05Cold is elite speed isn't needed today.
29:13Two men in the car are nicked.
29:16That's all the occupants accounted for.
29:20The driver may have tossed something down here.
29:25Although the suspected cannabis farm robbers may have tried to discard evidence.
29:35A small bag is quickly recovered.
29:40Then the suspect on his feet is spotted slinging something into the bushes behind him.
29:57Weeding it out is a job for Dan and Cola.
30:01Good girl.
30:05Good girl.
30:06Good girl.
30:07Good girl.
30:08The phone down here as well.
30:12Wait!
30:14Obviously, I can see it quite plainly,
30:16but she doesn't know what it is,
30:17and she's indicated on him to say that it's been recently handled.
30:20Some mobile phones are an absolute goldmine of evidence.
30:23So, you know, obviously, if he doesn't want us to have it,
30:25there is a reason behind that.
30:28I don't want to leave little bits.
30:31There's a tiny bit in there.
30:33Yeah.
30:35Fellow interceptor bomber is on hand
30:36to look for any more evidence in the alleged getaway car.
30:41No one's tasered anyone, have they?
30:48That's definitely a taser barb.
30:52The taser barb has a serial number
30:54which can be checked against the police taser fired at the cannabis farm.
30:59That's what we found, but it doesn't really sit with the information that we had.
31:05They've probably offloaded anything they've nicked from the burglary
31:08before they've started this journey.
31:12Checks also reveal the cloned plates have been placed on a nicked motor.
31:17So, stolen car, false plates, been involved in that great burglary up in Nottinghamshire.
31:21So, yeah, really tidy job and, you know, really nice to get that one safely concluded and get the bad
31:27guys in custody.
31:31No charges were brought against the suspects in relation to the stolen car or the false plates.
31:38The passenger was convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery
31:42and sent to prison for four years and eight months.
31:47As for the driver, no action was taken against him for burglary.
31:51But he was convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery, driving dangerously and without a license or insurance.
31:58He was disqualified for more than two years and jailed for three and a half years.
32:06Lovely bit of cross-border work got impasse up and that's been the crucial part is having the aircraft above
32:13to follow it.
32:15And then we've been able to put a plan together to deal with it safely.
32:19So, really happy.
32:29Once a suspect is stopped, the next round of intercepting begins, filtering fact from fiction.
32:37I guess one of the challenges of the job is that people don't always tell us the truth.
32:42They're sometimes economical with the truth or sometimes they just tell us barefaced lies.
32:48Either way, our job is to find out what the truth is.
32:52And there's so many different ways in which we can do that,
32:54whether that be the use of technology or fingerprint scanners,
32:58particularly if people are trying to disguise their identity from us.
33:02It's inevitable that people will lie to us, but I think nine times out of ten, we normally find out
33:08the truth.
33:15In the north of the county, Harrison Beverley is behind a Merc with a marker flagging it's potentially being used
33:23by a disqualified driver.
33:25The female has warnings that it participates when arrested.
33:29She possibly will provide her mother's details.
33:32I've got an image sent through to you of her.
33:34Yeah, the picture, brilliant, thank you.
33:36I'll try and stop it, we're just going towards our leaves at the minute.
33:40Copy that.
33:42We'll give it a stop, see if they're driving it, is disc wall or not.
33:46Armed with the intel, Harrison cuts to the chase.
33:51Hello, you all right? Are we straight up with you? This vehicle's got a disqualified marker on it.
33:55Yeah.
33:56Are you disqualified?
33:57No.
33:57Have you got a driver licence?
33:58I haven't got it on me, it's okay.
34:00It's not a good start.
34:01No, I just don't get any carried around.
34:04And what's your name, please?
34:05My name?
34:06Rose.
34:07Your name's Rose.
34:08Who is the disqualified person?
34:10It's my daughter, Nicole.
34:11Okay.
34:12Put it in two seconds.
34:12Let me just do a couple of checks then, and I'll be on your way.
34:17No ID isn't ideal, but there's more than one way to check whether this is the band driver masquerading as
34:23her mum.
34:24Easy way to solve this.
34:25I can ask for a fingerprint from you which will tell me who you are, if you've got no identity
34:29on you.
34:30Is that necessary?
34:32Yeah, I'll be as fair as possible with you, but unfortunately I need to know who you are as a
34:36person.
34:37Given there's also a young child in the car, Harrison needs to be 100% sure the woman has a
34:43licence.
34:44But there's no reason for me to be pulled over at all.
34:47I've explained the reason why I've pulled you over.
34:49Yeah, that was my daughter, not myself.
34:51That's okay, but then I've just asked for some identification.
34:53You haven't got anything on you.
34:57With six years' experience in the job, Harrison's honed his skills at sorting truth from lies,
35:02and alarm bells are ringing.
35:06And what's your date of birth, please, Rose?
35:081957.
35:141957.
35:16She's either an extremely youthful 60-something, or...
35:21Okay, I am looking at a picture of Nicole at the minute, and it looks very much like yourself.
35:29Do you want to start telling me the truth?
35:32Yeah?
35:33She's lying.
35:36No, look, this is not...
35:38Listen.
35:38The only reason I drove to the shop is because I needed to get something for my kids.
35:41I'm begging you.
35:42Listen, what am I meant to do?
35:44Please just have some, like, some compassion.
35:46I'm a human, I know you've got a little child with you, but equally...
35:49Yeah, you've got a camera shining through my window.
35:51Well, don't swear.
35:52If you're going to give me grief about stopping you, don't swear in front of a child.
35:55You're the one that's driving whilst disqualified, so let's get that straight.
35:59But why don't you be so, like, pedantic?
36:01Not to be pedantic, but she's driving whilst disqualified and without insurance.
36:07So while a friend arrives to take the child home, a local unit is also dropping in to help with
36:13the unhappy customer.
36:15Unfortunately.
36:16I don't want to say why you're being so smug.
36:17Smug?
36:18I'm not being smug.
36:19I'm trying to work with you.
36:20You can see I'm...
36:21You're the one that's driving whilst disqualified.
36:23Okay, no one's arguing.
36:23You lie to me.
36:24I'm in a panicked situation.
36:26Somehow it's my fault that she's driving whilst disqualified.
36:29Why are you so f***ing talking to me, bro?
36:30I'm not talking to you, am I?
36:32I appreciate she's got a young baby with her.
36:35Clearly it's going to affect how we deal with it.
36:37But, you know, it's a risk.
36:38Public, she's disqualified if you drink driving.
36:41So I'd argue she's putting the child at risk by driving, especially with no insurance.
36:46So, yeah, the child's safe, that's the main thing.
36:49We'll figure out where we go next.
36:51Time to check in with the Sarge.
36:54Hello, Sarge, right?
36:56It's female.
36:56He's got a three-year-old child.
36:58What's your thoughts on slow time or just custody?
37:01Slow time option means reporting offences at the roadside and avoiding a trip to custody
37:07so the woman can return home to her child.
37:10Yeah, thank you.
37:11I'll use my discretion then and do it slow time and then I'll just sit and wait recovery.
37:17The driver is getting the best possible outcome.
37:21I'm not going to go to custody if you don't have to.
37:23It's your first time caught whilst disqualified and you've got a child at home that's young.
37:28I'll do arrest you but I will report you for those two offences.
37:31The car will be seized in Section 165 Road Traffic Act.
37:35Does it need to be there?
37:36It does.
37:38Unfortunately, she's still not happy with the plan.
37:41Grab what you need.
37:42The car will be sent to a secure compound and then you can, it's going to be going to probably
37:48Lutterworth from here.
37:50Ridiculous.
37:51Yeah, it's difficult.
37:53At the end of the day, she's driving whilst it's qualified.
37:55She's trying to conceal who she is in order to get away with it on this occasion, you know,
38:00use discretion.
38:01The vehicle's recovered.
38:02She'll go to court for no, for a disc or drive, no insurance.
38:05So ultimately, the child's back home and back with his mum.
38:07So it's a good outcome in the end, I think.
38:14At court, the woman pleaded guilty to obstructing the police, driving whilst disqualified and
38:20no insurance.
38:23She had to pay a total of £279 in costs and was banned from the roads for another five months.
38:31If you're straight up and honest, you know, it's going to be a far easier process.
38:34We get used to it after stopping cars every day.
38:36So I've just got to judge it every time you stop it and, you know, come to an outcome
38:42where we're still going to enforce what we need to enforce, ultimately.
38:50Still to come.
38:52How old are you?
38:5370.
38:53Oh, whilst you are a new driver there.
38:55A ditch disaster calls for a family rescue mission.
38:59Go.
39:00Keep going.
39:00Keep going.
39:01Now, rest.
39:02Now, rest.
39:24It's been a rainy day in Northamptonshire.
39:31Go ahead with the details.
39:34And the wet roads are creating a busy night shift for Harrison and co-pilot Joe Wood.
39:40There is a family in a ditch with three youngsters around it.
39:43They've put their thumbs up to the corner as they drove past.
39:45It looked like it had just happened.
39:47That's Ignite.
39:48Just confirm the locus again.
39:50It's on Vinions Road.
40:04The van has come off a country road just outside the small town of Rournes.
40:09The long straight bit has got a big ditch down it, so I don't know if it's going to be
40:13a long pass.
40:13You've been a national.
40:15Yeah.
40:18Harrison's so familiar with the territory, he can even pinpoint where the accident's going
40:23to be.
40:25You've got this bend, if anything.
40:27Yeah.
40:28That'll be the one.
40:31Ouch.
40:32They've slid into a ditch, haven't they?
40:34So we know what's happened here.
40:35You don't need to be a forensic collision investigator to know that he's overcooked it.
40:42You know what, I'll leave the front blues on as well, Venus.
40:46We're on this unlit section.
40:52You all right, lads?
40:53You all right, mate?
40:53Yeah.
40:54I'm all right.
40:56Looks like the interceptors aren't the only ones responding.
41:00Is this who's getting you out, is it?
41:01Yeah.
41:01No worries.
41:02Whose van is it?
41:03He's the driver.
41:04Right, no worries.
41:05Are you the driver?
41:06Yeah.
41:07Cool, no worries.
41:08Before we start dragging it out, we'll just get your details, make sure everything's in
41:11order with the vehicle, and then we'll let you drag it out.
41:14Thankfully, no one is hurt, and the young lads have already organised their own rescue
41:19mission.
41:20Grandad and his truck.
41:23I've got a back box, so I weren't going quick at all, I just lost control of it.
41:27Roads are slippy.
41:28I've not been driving them at all, neither.
41:30How long have you had your licence?
41:32I've passed in January.
41:34Oh, you passed in January?
41:35I passed in January.
41:35How old are you?
41:36Seventy.
41:37Oh, right, so you're our new driver then.
41:39Joe's first car was an Austin Mini.
41:42As a roads policing lead investigator, he knows the teenager's crash could be a genuine
41:48accident.
41:51But he needs to make sure.
41:53So you've not done one of these then, because you've already just flashed your test?
41:56No.
41:56Yeah, I've never done it at all.
41:58Hopefully this is your first and last.
42:01Right, I'll hold the device, deep breath in as far as you can, and then blow out until
42:04I tell you to stop.
42:05Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, that's it.
42:11Zero.
42:12Perfect, alright.
42:13You grab that, pull it towards you, and you keep that bit.
42:18Everything checks out.
42:19The 17-year-old new driver hasn't touched a drop of drink, and he has a full licence and
42:25insurance.
42:27What's your plan to see if it just drags out?
42:29Yeah, it should drag out.
42:31Hopefully.
42:32Famous last word.
42:35So the focus quickly shifts to hauling the van out of the ditch, and clearing the perilous
42:40stretch of country road.
42:42So, we've got family members here that have come to assist them, so they're going to
42:46try and turn it out over chains, so that'll be interesting, we'll see how they get on.
42:49Hopefully there's not too much damage to it.
42:52Police interceptors, eh?
42:55Grandad and the family get to work.
42:58I've come out in my slippers.
43:02Chain's secure.
43:04Harrison and Joe shut the road.
43:08Fellas, step back out of the way in case the chain comes off it.
43:12And Operation TurboToe is go.
43:15Right, mate, don't wait.
43:17Up.
43:18Keep going, keep going.
43:19Yeah, rip, rip, rip.
43:24Whoa!
43:25Whoa!
43:28Stop, stop there.
43:31No, it's all right.
43:31Hold it there.
43:32Nice one, Grandad.
43:35Wheels might be smoking, but the 17-year-old is back on the road.
43:43Is this your first vehicle, is it?
43:46The second one.
43:47The other one, I blew it up.
43:49Let's move on, shall we?
43:52Hello?
43:53Take your time, you've got all muddy in the wheel.
43:55Oh, all right.
43:57Oh, all right.
43:57Can you take an hour for three?
43:59The family are shifting to a safer place to assess the damage.
44:03Meaning Harrison and Joe can get the road open again.
44:09If anyone else comes down that bend and does the same thing,
44:11then there's going to be another crash.
44:13So, unconventional, but safety-wise, we're happy now.
44:16So, no injuries.
44:18So, at least that's the main thing.
44:19A bit of damage repair on his run.
44:21We've all done it, haven't we?
44:23Well, I did.
44:24Well, I did.
44:24Not in a ditch as such, but...
44:25Well, no, I've not put it into a ditch, but I have lost it on a bend when I was
44:29young and stupid.
44:30Let's go.
44:31Let's go.
44:44Let's go.
44:49Let's go.
45:00Let's go.
45:02Let's go.
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