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Policing Paradise Season 2 Episode 4
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00:01Welcome to Bermuda, an island in the middle of the Atlantic.
00:08I wouldn't want to police anywhere else. It's paradise.
00:12A police service tackling crime.
00:15Looks like a whole made machete, doesn't it?
00:18To keep this British Overseas Territory safe.
00:22We've got a bike failing to stop.
00:26Right now, you're swearing at me and I'm disrespectful.
00:30Up close to investigations.
00:33One of the most dangerous drugs in the market today is a killer.
00:37Is there extra pressure with it being linked to a murder?
00:40I'd say so.
00:41Catching criminals at the border.
00:43You are being placed under arrest for suspicion of conspiracy to employ drugs into the theater.
00:48At the airport.
00:49A9 has shown interest in your bags.
00:53And on the water.
00:55You're walking away from my officer.
00:57Can you stop the boat, please?
00:59With the busy summer here.
01:01Get back, please. Go back, go back.
01:03This is peak season for the police.
01:06Go, go, go, go, go, go.
01:10It's a kind of view in it.
01:11Mm-hmm.
01:15Today in Bermuda, a disgruntled detainee.
01:17Yo, I swear on that, man, you don't give a f*** off me.
01:20Right now, you're swearing at me.
01:22I took him off.
01:22I'm not taking it anymore.
01:26A mysterious crash with a missing driver.
01:29It's an elderly male somewhere in his 80s.
01:31They've experienced some sort of medical episode.
01:35And a heated exchange on the water.
01:37On the second place.
01:39Stop, stop your boat.
01:40But you're walking away from my officer.
01:42You need to stop your boat, please.
01:46Bermuda, an island paradise, surrounded by crystal clear waters and home to thousands of luxury hotels and beachside residences.
01:57But for those arrested here, there's only one place to go.
02:01Hamilton Police Station, where the country's sole custody suite is located.
02:07All day, officers are bringing in detainees for processing.
02:12And I told you what would happen if you start, like, messing around and giving false information.
02:15Huh?
02:16And on duty today is police constable Miss Carol Scarritt, who's at the start of her eight-hour shift as
02:23the custody officer.
02:24No one will come from this area on my watch.
02:30So this is a highly secure area.
02:33She's been providing bed and breakfast for detainees for 18 years.
02:38We are at Hamilton Police Station, not Hamilton Princess Hotel.
02:44This is one of our lovely styles.
02:46It may be no frills.
02:48Of course, we give our detainee a mattress to light on.
02:53With a limited menu.
02:55The luscious meals that we have here.
02:57This one is sausage and mash.
02:59Happy detainee.
03:00It's a happy custody area.
03:02But Officer Miss Carol Scarritt is nonetheless proud of the provision here and will never tolerate difficult guests.
03:17With over 2,000 arrests each year, custody welcomes in and processes around six detainees every day, who can spend
03:27up to 48 hours in the cells.
03:34One detainee has been brought in overnight on an assault charge.
03:39Can you put down his shoe for me, please?
03:42And he's on a permitted call to notify a family member of his situation.
03:48Officer Miss Carol Scarritt's shift is already heating up.
03:52Can you all ask the lawyers why I'm not getting a call at 2.30?
03:56Of course they're 2.30 today, right?
03:57Can you discontinue that call and you have a conversation?
03:59I'm not having a three-day conversation.
04:01This is my channel.
04:01Yes, where Yonanda goes.
04:03This is my channel.
04:04This is my channel.
04:05This is my channel.
04:05This is everything about me.
04:06That means I don't...
04:06Miss...
04:07I don't care if I'm going to talk and fuck on my daddy.
04:10That's you, but I'm not having a three-way conversation.
04:12So we finish the call with a father, and then we'll talk.
04:15The detainee wants the next court session, but without entering a plea, he can't, and his frustration turns aggressive.
04:22Why the f**k didn't call it to daddy? Look at the time.
04:25This morning was plea court.
04:27Sure.
04:27You have to be in plea court, which will plea to the information on the charge sheet, which will give
04:34to you.
04:34The plea could either be guilty or not guilty.
04:36And with language, Officer Ms. Skerritt will not find acceptable.
04:41My information meant to fuck.
04:42I am dirty.
04:43Why am I?
04:44Me?
04:45Too dirty.
04:46Right now, you're swearing at me, and I'm disrespectful.
04:50I'm talking off.
04:51I'm not taking any more.
04:52Come, let's go back there.
04:53Can I get a local person?
04:54Come.
04:56Come, let's go, please.
04:58Let's go back.
04:58In custody, confrontation like this comes with the territory.
05:03Back there.
05:06And with years of experience under her belt, Officer Ms. Skerritt takes it all in her stride.
05:12I think that police have to go through.
05:14Mm-hmm.
05:15But I guess it's my job.
05:16And as I clearly say in my force, it's in my DNA.
05:20So I'll pay for this kind of thing.
05:22This doesn't work for me.
05:24You just, I just do what I gotta do and move on.
05:36A few floors up at Hamilton Police Station, Brit Detective Constable Nick Ackle has spent five years rising quickly through
05:44the ranks to the Criminal Investigation Department, tackling Bermuda's most serious crimes.
05:50It's been a crazy, crazy month.
05:53Burglaries, airport jobs, matters of national security.
05:57Yeah, so we do everything.
05:59He's partnered today with Detective Constable Quincy Fevrier.
06:03Quincy, to his friends.
06:05Since he's joined CID from uniform, he has become to realize that we were constantly crazy, 24-7.
06:13If those demands weren't enough, Detective Nick also volunteers in the Bermuda Police Service, which he does in addition to
06:21his work as a detective.
06:22So today, apart from being super busy as usual in CID, another role I fulfill is Family Liaison Officer between
06:30victims of crimes and families who have unfortunately experienced a death.
06:34At the minute, I have a victim's property in here and I would like to return it back to the
06:40family today.
06:42I think one of the requirements you do need to be a Family Liaison Officer is to have empathy with
06:47people and just understand what they're going through to an extent.
06:51Let's crack on, then, in that case.
07:02I think the Family Liaison Officer are pretty much one of the unsung heroes in the Bermuda Police Service.
07:08Most of the people who do it, do it out of the goodness of their own heart and they want
07:12to help people, which is all about policing, really, at the end of the day.
07:17Helping families in their darkest moments is something he's used to.
07:23Before I became a police officer and moved here, I used to work in cancer care. I used to look
07:27after cancer patients.
07:28I tried to help people when I was in England doing that last job and now I get a chance
07:33to actively help people, so that's a good motivation for me for all of this.
07:42Detective Nick's task to return the belongings is always a challenging one, but as a Brit in Bermuda, navigating the
07:49roads is the first obstacle.
07:51I think it's down this way.
07:54One of the issues I have of being a foreigner here is finding where I'm supposed to be going half
07:59the time.
08:00And you've been here for seven years now?
08:01I've been here for five years, but yeah.
08:03Dude, I used to get lost in the tube back in England.
08:07They find the right to dress and prepare themselves for the difficult task of returning the deceased's belongings to their
08:14loved ones.
08:21It was important for me to personally return that property just to show them I'm there for whatever they need.
08:28I just met with the victim's family and for the people left behind is always very difficult.
08:33But yeah, they're doing well.
08:35Family's going to take a short trip to get out of Bermuda just to chill out for a little bit.
08:39But yeah, he was very happy to get his family member's property back.
08:44It's always a sad one when you're dealing with the family.
08:47But again, as long as we're there and they know that we're there to help them with whatever they need.
08:52It was a tough task, but one, unfortunately, that Detective Nick has become used to.
08:59I'm okay.
09:00See, listen, I'm quite used to all this kind of stuff.
09:02I look at it as swallowing my personal feelings for a little bit, get the job done, then I can
09:06deal with it afterwards.
09:08Walking the dog.
09:10Anything ever wrong in my life, walk the dog, I always feel much better afterwards.
09:24I don't know.
09:29Community policing in Bermuda means staying visible in key hotspot areas around the island, busy with tourists visiting from around
09:38the world.
09:40Over in the west of the island at Somerset Station, experienced police constable Rajiv Bailey is at the start of
09:47his eight-hour shift.
09:48Ticket books, my pocket notebook.
09:51He's partnered today with police constable Chris Lynn Lambert.
09:56We are all good to go.
09:58Gotta shoot up.
10:01Are you comfortable?
10:03That's the thing.
10:04I just feel like I'm so short.
10:07Okay, I'm good.
10:08Sorted.
10:14So Chris, we're gonna head to the dockyard now.
10:16Okay.
10:16We're gonna do some high visibility, for sure.
10:18Okay.
10:19Check out the tourists.
10:20We've got a cruise ship in the dockyard, so see what they're saying.
10:23I've been a police officer for 18 years now.
10:26I'm a joker.
10:27I'm definitely a practical joker, but I am serious when it's time to be.
10:30You know, I can't always be the bubbly guy in the street.
10:32You have to kind of portray that police officer, you know?
10:35That serious face, that dad face.
10:40Sounds like a good day today.
10:43The officers are heading up the dockyard.
10:46Bermuda's busiest port and a gateway for both cargo and thousands of tourists each week.
10:52So, like, you know, because I'm not a seasoned issue.
10:58Right.
10:59What's that supposed to mean?
11:00I'm old?
11:01No, it just means, you know, you got a lot more wisdom on the job than I do.
11:04Wisdom.
11:05Okay.
11:05We'll go with wisdom.
11:06I appreciate it.
11:09When it comes to cruise ships, you know, what's the weirdest thing you find on a person?
11:14I've had a customs officer turn something over to me that she thought was crystal meth.
11:19And it ended up being rock candy.
11:24I've always joked with Krislyn, I've called her my Padawan.
11:26You know, I'm her Jedi, she's my Padawan, and one day she's going to be a Jedi herself, right?
11:32So, Kris, being two years in the job now.
11:35Mm-hmm.
11:35Full time.
11:36Full time.
11:37Is it what you expected?
11:38I think I've always been open-minded with the job in itself, especially when no two days are the same.
11:45And today is no exception.
11:48Their routine patrol is quickly interrupted by an emergency call from the far side of the island.
11:57So we've got a report of a single vehicle RTC, which is a road traffic collision.
12:03However, the circumstances around this collision are a bit peculiar.
12:07The information we have right now is that it's as a result of some sort of a medical emergency.
12:12We've got to do.
12:12With the situation unclear, officers Rajiv and Krislyn must get to the scene as quickly as possible.
12:23They arrive to find an abandoned car that's collided into a wall, but it appears the driver is nowhere to
12:30be seen.
12:30So they just left.
12:34Let's figure it out.
12:35With no eyewitnesses, piecing together what's happened won't be straightforward.
12:41The first port of call is the fire service, who were first on the scene.
12:46You've got a first name left.
12:47Anything.
12:48All right.
12:49Appreciate you.
12:50Yeah.
12:51There are times when you get to a scene and you have absolutely no idea what's taking place.
12:56You try to piece together certain things like, what happened?
12:59Was this where this happened?
13:01Or was this where this happened?
13:03And sometimes just that curiosity can help you to piece something together to make a better picture.
13:13So the only information we can go for right now is it's an elderly male somewhere in his 80s.
13:18We'll confirm that information.
13:20That was common to the doctor's office.
13:22And at some point when they pulled in, they've experienced some sort of medical episode.
13:28Whether that's seizure or hopefully not too much worse than that.
13:35They turned their attention to the abandoned vehicle, looking for more clues.
13:41Vehicle is registered.
13:45Our next course of action is we'll try and identify who the driver was.
13:51And if they're doing all right.
13:53The crash scene offers few answers and it's now up to officers Rajiv and Chrislyn to unravel what happened and
14:00track down the missing driver.
14:12Back at Hamilton Police Station, Officer Ms. Skerritt is midway through her shift and paying close attention to her disgruntled
14:20detainee.
14:22Would you like a cup of tea?
14:24Yeah, we have ginger tea?
14:26Yes, I have ginger tea.
14:28Yeah, that'll help my stomach. My stomach kills me.
14:30Okay, I'll bring you a pack of ginger tea. That's my property, right?
14:34All right, thank you very much.
14:35Okay, you're welcome.
14:38So my detainee just asked for ginger tea.
14:41I have some sockets of ginger here.
14:44And I'll give my detainee a pack of tea to keep them happy while he's here.
14:47The man has had some time to calm down and she's doing everything in her power to keep him that
14:54way.
14:55Even offering him her personal stash of ginger tea.
14:59This is my favourite ginger tea.
15:02That's why I have it in abundance.
15:05So I have enough that I can share with my detainee to keep him happy.
15:11I brought you the cup of tea.
15:13Firm on the rules, fair on the care.
15:16Drink the hot tea.
15:18I don't want to hear nothing from you again until I come back for you.
15:21All right?
15:22Okay.
15:31Back from their liaison duties, Detectives Nick and Quincy return to an unusually quiet station.
15:37So they decide to check in on the state of playing in custody.
15:43P.C. Skerritt.
15:44How are we?
15:45I'm awesome.
15:46Know you here and better.
15:47P.C. Skerritt.
15:49She's a very interesting character.
15:51When I first came out of training school, I was with P.C. Skerritt for three months.
15:55It was the best training I ever had, but I didn't have a lunch break for three months, did I,
15:59P.C. Skerritt?
16:00Yes.
16:01I do see P.C. Skerritt as a mentor.
16:05She's an excellent police officer.
16:07She knows the law inside out.
16:09She's very, very hardworking.
16:11You taught me very well, didn't you?
16:12The oracle.
16:13The oracle of Bermuda, yeah.
16:15Policing's in her DNA.
16:18Okay, and what's your reason for your visit today in custody's offices?
16:21I need to come and check who's in custody today and see what's going on.
16:24Okay.
16:24I need to check on your welfare, ma'am.
16:26All right.
16:26We have one person to be interviewed and you guys here to interview that person.
16:30Detective Harvey's going to come down and do that for you.
16:33So we've organised that for you today.
16:37She is the intelligence mistress of Bermuda.
16:41If I want to know who it is or where they are or what relationship they're having
16:45or what colour car they've got, ask Skerritt because she will know.
16:50Sticking to the rules and the strict security protocols of custody
16:53are paramount for prisoner safety
16:55and something Officer Miss Skerritt takes very seriously.
16:59Why are you up here?
17:01Is that a detainee?
17:03You need to get down there with a detainee.
17:05This area is not for you.
17:06Get to your detainee, please.
17:08Get to your detainee, please.
17:11Every time I arrest someone here,
17:13one of the main things I say when I come in here,
17:14I go, listen, the only word of advice I can give to you,
17:17apart from all the legal stuff,
17:18be nice to PC Skerritt.
17:22PC Skerritt?
17:23Yeah, PC Skerritt definitely gives me tough love.
17:26One of the tactics I do use is to feed her sandwiches on a regular basis.
17:31You want a sandwich today, PC Skerritt?
17:34Anything to keep you happy, PC Skerritt?
17:36I'm OK, but don't forget my sandwich.
17:38I won't forget your sandwich.
17:53On Bermuda's island paradise, being out on the water is a way of life.
18:00And it's the job of the Bermuda Police Service working hand-in-hand with the Coast Guards
18:06to help keep everyone safe.
18:10Out on patrol today is police constable Hugo Bedzinger.
18:17He's been jet ski policing for the past eight years.
18:22I love being on the water.
18:24So even if it means you're in uniform and you're, you know, it's a hot day and you're sweating,
18:29it's still enjoyable.
18:30And looking after other people, I like assisting, I like supporting, I like giving service.
18:35And to me, that's a big thing.
18:38Have a lovely day, OK? Just saying hi.
18:41Just very much focused on looking after people, trying to be as professional as possible,
18:46trying to be polite, kind.
18:50And for Officer Hugo, keeping up with the legal requirements is another big part of his job,
18:55as Bermuda has one of the highest boat ownerships in the world.
19:02Hey guys, how you doing? Is that your vessel?
19:05Brilliant.
19:06Having registration on a boat in Bermuda is important
19:08because you actually know the boat is registered to a person,
19:12you know, who is in ownership of that boat,
19:15whether it's involved in a collision,
19:17it's also having to pay your tax.
19:21Just making sure everybody's got a sticker on today.
19:24You know the red one? Oh no, that's it, down there.
19:28You're having that good kind of conversations about why people have done something,
19:31giving them advice,
19:33but also having that discretion.
19:34And if you need to write a ticket, write that ticket.
19:37Just to ask you for a single show, it doesn't mean you're guilty or annoyed
19:39for some of those who are taking the ticket.
19:40Despite the $50 ticket, Officer Hugo's approach means the boaters take it in good spirits.
19:52But not every encounter on the water is met in the same laid-back Bermudian style.
19:59So there's a very small fraction of boaters on the water
20:03who are not as pro-police or pro-coastguard as you'd like.
20:06And it's not long before Officer Hugo spots another boat he suspects may not be legally up-to-date.
20:13Hey boss, how you doing?
20:15Just to check for, um, you got this sticker?
20:19It's on your front bow, is it?
20:21Just on your front bow.
20:26That's not this year at all.
20:28It's 2019, boss.
20:31I have this boat and I have the biggest move back here.
20:33OK. Listen, these guys are going to give you a check on you, OK, to make sure you have.
20:38While he has a sticker, it's displaying six years out of date, but the boat owner is insistent.
20:48Uh, ticket, the, uh, mercencies from 2019.
20:52OK. Do you need a ticket book or...?
20:54Do you want to just check if you've got one?
20:55May we get a reg check?
20:57Yes, check.
20:58Whilst his colleague from the Coast Guard, Matthew Stevens, runs the check.
21:03Officer Hugo questions the boat owner.
21:06Hey, just explain. So what we're doing, just checking to make sure whether or not you have registered it.
21:09OK? You sure you have?
21:12That's received. Not finding anything in, uh, government database.
21:16And it's not good news for the man on board, as he hasn't registered his boat for six years.
21:22On the second base, so...
21:23It is, in fact, registered, so thank you for that. That's a good start.
21:27The issue is, is that you haven't registered it since 2019, and it is August, as you can appreciate, and
21:33everybody else has their sticker on.
21:34You know?
21:35Oh, I appreciate it. But you can appreciate that everybody else has their sticker on, and so, that is an
21:41issue, OK?
21:42It's on the right, your ticket, OK? It's...
21:45Yeah, it's not displayed. That's the issue.
21:48And while Officer Hugo writes the $50 fine, the boat owner is trying to give him the slip.
21:54Stop your boat. Put your boat in neutral for me. Put your boat in neutral for me, please.
21:59OK, look, we're gonna issue this ticket, then we can discuss that a little bit later.
22:02OK, but right now, you're walking away from my officer. You need to stop your boat, please. OK?
22:08Luckily, Coast Guard Matt is on hand for backup and soon puts a stop to his getaway.
22:15Wherever necessary, you need to enforce the rules, the law, and to make sure people are safe and abide by
22:24what is expected.
22:25Give me a good ticket, OK? Thank you very much. Have a good, safe day.
22:29You don't want to be a killjoy, but if you have to, you do.
22:46Officers Rajiv and Chrislyn are at a mystery crash in the west of the island.
22:52With no witnesses and an abandoned vehicle, they're trying to uncover who the driver was and their whereabouts.
23:00The crash site sits on land owned by the local church, and the site's caretaker has just arrived on the
23:06scene.
23:07Are you a representative from the church? Yes.
23:09Good. Awesome, sir. How are you? I am Constable Bailey. So, obviously, you've seen what's taking place, yeah?
23:15He has helpful information to identify the missing driver.
23:19You know, everyone knows everybody. You know, hey, that's Susan's son. I know him, yeah. He works at the gas
23:25station, yeah.
23:26All right. Any questions for us?
23:28Not really. I want to know if he's OK. That's what we need.
23:31So, with the driver of the car identified and his whereabouts confirmed as Bermuda's only hospital,
23:39the officers head to the next of kin for a welfare check and to gather more evidence.
23:45His condition is in question at the moment. He is not responsive, unconscious, don't know his disposition at this stage.
23:56So what we need to do is just to make sure that the family are aware of how urgently they're
24:01needed at the hospital.
24:06Yeah, some people, I mean, responses vary. I mean, like I said, police in paradise, but then you get those
24:12jobs when you go and people are crying on you.
24:20It was apparent that he had some sort of medical episode, which caused him.
24:24He does have seizures.
24:25Yes.
24:26So when's the last time he had a seizure?
24:27In April.
24:28In April.
24:28I think it's pretty important that you go down there and speak to the doctors.
24:34Yeah, I would look into it just for the safety of himself and others. Yeah.
24:38She was nonchalant. She was like, he's a big man. He can come home when he's ready.
24:43The officers have done all they can, tracking down the missing driver and family and uncovering what led to the
24:50crash.
24:50We've done our part, you know, we've gone, we've told the family, hey, this is what's happened.
24:56And I think he did a good job, you know, handling that situation.
25:00So I could appreciate that experience and guidance during that time. So thank you.
25:06A few days later, the officers learn the elderly man is doing well, discharged from hospital and on the mend.
25:23Detective Nick is on a vital police mission.
25:27I have to make sure I get PC Skerritt a sandwich, otherwise I'm in serious trouble and it wouldn't be
25:33worth living.
25:34But I don't mind feeding her. As long as Skerritt's happy, then the rest of Bermuda can rest in peace.
25:41It may not fall under his regular work remit, but Detective Nick knows the precise order well.
25:48Today, she will be having a turkey club on white without any tomatoes.
25:57Bonjour. Bonjour.
25:59Can I just get my usual sandwich, please?
26:01And a cup of tea as well, please.
26:04You all good? No issues?
26:06Yes, everything was fine.
26:08Anyway, cheers. We'll see you later.
26:11Detective Nick clearly knows where his bread is buttered and the importance of keeping Officer Miss Skerritt happy.
26:28It looks like Detective Nick's mission has been a success.
26:33Here is my lovely sandwich from my son.
26:38Oh, thank you, PC Ackloo.
26:40She refers to me as one of her children, which I take as a very high compliment. She always says
26:46to me that her children do very well.
26:49But there's a rookie error with a missing drink order.
26:52And you brought my drink too?
26:54I didn't bring you a drink, Matt.
26:57So am I drinking water?
26:58You have to drink water, yeah.
27:00This is not for PC Skerritt's benefit. It's for the benefit of all prisoners in Bermuda, to be honest with
27:05you.
27:05Otherwise, she gets hangry.
27:07Huh? She is unique, that woman.
27:10I am happy that my adopted work son, DC Ackloo, bought my sandwich. So I no longer will be having
27:20a salad day today.
27:22She is unique.
27:28And Officer Miss Skerritt is in no doubt about her value to Detective Nick.
27:33I don't have any more favours to return to him. I made him who he is today. I taught him
27:39everything he knows, which I'm proud of.
27:43So right now, I'm reaping the benefits. Pay for something and don't get back change.
27:50Next time, a moped on the run.
27:53Vehicle failing to stop. I'm safely following at this time.
27:58The drug squad investigate a suspicious package.
28:00I get very excited when I see a print like this.
28:04And the canine unit are on tracking training to sniff out crime.
28:07He's got his head down now, which means he's picking it up.
28:30Probably not.
28:32Where are you going?
28:33There we go.
28:35I don't love you.
28:38Where are you guys?
28:40Who are you...
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