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Episode 3

Cops Like Us Series 1
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Officers from Staffordshire police, one of the country鈥檚 most cut forces, look to the future as they take on new recruits.

In recent years, Staffordshire police have lost more than a quarter of their officers due to budget cuts. In this final episode, the officers look to the future as they take on new recruits.

At the end of 2019, the government pledged to train 20,000 new police officers, and Staffordshire police are going to be receiving some of these new recruits. One of them is trainee Holly Swift. After working in mental health services and seeing the difference police officers can make, Holly has decided it is the career for her.

At the other end of the career path is Sergeant Dave Allan, who is just about to complete 30 years of service and retire. The police service recruited heavily after the miners' strikes in the 1980s, and many of those officers are now approaching retirement. And whilst the new young officers don鈥檛 have the experience of the retirees, they do have more experience of the changing nature of crime, particularly online and cyber-crime.

With the police stretched, some members of the public feel their crime is not being dealt with as they would like 鈥� and this leads some to take matters into their own hands. After seeing a rise in motorbike thefts in their area, a group of bikers have set up North Staffordshire Bike Watch to track down stolen bikes.

As police staff have been cut and crime has changed, Staffordshire Police have changed the way they are responding to crime. Many crimes that don鈥檛 need an immediate response are now dealt with by police officers on the telephone in the resolution centre. Around 15 per cent of the police demand in Staffordshire is now dealt with in this way 鈥� people report a crime and a police officer phones them back, collecting evidence and resolving any issues over the telephone.

Stoke-on-Trent, and the police force who serve it, is in a time of transition. This series explores the highs and lows of working in one of the most demanding and challenging jobs in the UK.

59 minutes

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Sat 2 May 2020 01:30
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:02

    Larry Adler

    Smoke Get's In Your Eyes

  • 00:06

    Junior Wells

    Ships On The Ocean

  • 00:07

    Nils Frahm

    Harm Hymn

  • 00:11

    Mark Pritchard

    Give It Your Choir

  • 00:22

    Soul Brothers Six

    Some Kind Of Wonderful

  • 00:25

    Ry Cooder

    Feelin Bad Blues

  • 00:44

    Dr. John

    Right Place Wrong Time

  • 00:47

    Norman Blake

    I am a man of Constant Sorrow

  • 00:50

    Bob Crosby and The Bob Cats

    Big Noise From Winnetka

  • 00:53

    David McCallum

    Call Me

  • 00:54

    Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    You've Really Got A Hold On Me

Credits

Director Richard Wyllie
Producer Alice Keane
Production Manager Louisa Hatfield
Director Jonathan Stiasny
Editor Ollie Rainbird
Editor Michael McGill
Editor Denis McWilliams
Production Company Dragonfly Film and Television
Executive Producer Richard Bond
Executive Producer Ros Ponder
Executive Producer Simon Kerfoot

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