[Music] 8:30 a.m. Saturday South Yorkshire helicopter base it's going to be a long day and already some of 99 screw on a mission large ways of makin buddies meanwhile captain mal Reeves is making sure 99 is up to scratch it's a bit of personal pride in the machine keeping it clean but there's also an aspect of aircraft husbandry you do get attached to miss like like like your car you know you do actually get used to to flying them and looking after them and making sure it's in good order [Music] the first call of the day excess control whoever knew traffic more ballast free please third part of a stolen Boxster Carson it would bother Matt knowledge traffic cops near 99 space and looking for a distinctive purple Vauxhall which has been involved in an all fly since break-in we decided that rather than wait until somebody else spotted it we might as well go proactive and actually see if we could identify being purple it's quite noticeable from the air Jojo currently would bother but we're looking yeah they just asked me but he's the distinctive purple or the dark blue within minutes actually we we spotted the car being driven at that time not particularly violently or aggressively but because it was a purple box or by when we took a registration number with the camera it was obvious that it was the car even though there aren't any police cars inside the crew were convinced the driver of the car is on to them okay the car stopped to collect the passenger and the driver was obviously very aware that the helicopter was there because he actually looked up through the windscreen to look at the helicopter looking at me looking at him so although he wasn't being pursued on the ground he took off and drove rather more aggressively this time obviously trying to make his way to an area that he knew where he could ditch the car the driver is beginning to take bigger risks cutting corners unfortunately he chose a bad road to turn down and was to another car the driver has stopped jumping and is now strolling by that time there were sufficient police units to virtually cordon off the area so while we remained in position we talked to the ground units and told them that we thought the the criminal was actually down in a wooded area Captain Reeves and his crew are now worried it doesn't happen often but it looks like they've lost their man somebody come out of this serious it's rubbish shirtsleeves I got this thing I bet sure he's far too casual he's got his jacket under his arm I don't know the pilot was happy that it was one of the same person the driver and a person in the wooded area the front seat observer wasn't quite so sure and to be honest I had been so preoccupied with trying to get everybody on the same channel and get people into the area you know he was there with our house for me but I couldn't really upset one way or the other at that point the well I don't got out at the the driver's seat I believe and he told me I believe at this stage have got darker hair this clutch Herald's quite light well the dog handler watches the suspect below PC saws B reviews the evidence above typically criminals will try and change clothes to try and confuse us so sometimes we'll review the tape in the aircraft so that we can say yes that's definitely yes or definitely isn't the person we're looking for they got a cap off their get my birth cap off we could see that whilst it was in the car and looking up at us that he'd got something over his head of a hat of some description that meant the top of his head all at dark and then this male hoot emerge from the trees had got much lighter hair he also had been observed drinking alcohol and he smelled strongly of intoxicants as officers were with him despite all this PC sauce be still isn't a hundred percent sure PC sources noticed something he missed earlier by comparing this with the footage of the man as he strolled out of the woods they should be able to solve the mystery one way or another the dog handler has found a black cap in the lads pocket we did have a view as the t-shirt and we've got a good facial shot of him as well so it was more than sufficient grounds to suspect that this was the driver obviously could retrieve the video from our office disappoint all officers actually come staring at it captain Reeves is especially pleased Oh all along he was sure they had their man he taken his jacket off and was strolling far too casually all their activity going along it's surprising you can even read body language from you know two or three hundred feet up and as he was approached by the policeman it was obvious that he was he was the guy we were looking for that gobblers look on his face fifty nine nine is running low on fuel but another emergency call is coming in Charlie control status to police for an immediate response to 99 must refuel before they can even consider the mission a cars been stolen from the center of Sheffield by a man on the run from the law [Music] meanwhile captain Reeves is doing his bit in the kitchen a rare treat bread and butter pudding to use slightly stale bread and as you can see from this loaf here that's definitely slightly stale but that won't detract from the from the flavor of the pudding don't often go for the gourmet meals because you can guarantee that the quality of meals is directly proportionate to the number of times you get called just as it's being served well though having said that couple of the guys are quite good at cooking and some guys are better than others of course because they still live at home of their mums and don't know how to cook or use a washing machine or a vacuum cleaner in Sheffield the traffic cops have lost the car a black Mondeo it is now up to the sky cops to find it [Music] by the time we got there the car had been parked up abandoned the two people that the driver in that front seat passenger got out of the car there's no sign of the wanted man or a woman who said to be with him to park the car quite idly shut the doors and walked away quite calmly apart it may well be that the newly aircraft was there but didn't know that we'd seen them and just trying to sort of blend in with the rest of the people in the area the man might be phoning a friend more worryingly his girlfriend has what looks like a police radio the female was holding something in her hand it was quite difficult for us to see what it was so there's some kind of a police radio type of device it's just a case of trying to contain the area to prevent them from from getting out while we then make further arrangements to get other officers and perhaps dog handlers and the likes into the area to try and some catch him [Music] inaudible stop if they continued straight ahead they would come out of the woods in front of you if you want to stay there then you can maintain some kind of company but soft outside for me until I can get all the rubbish into the area the woods aren't yet surrounded there are still ways out we've got their forces director to the sort of normal and sense common sense escape route from the orbs of paths roads that went into that area and then it was a case of sort of directing the dog gambler in put the dog in and we know that nobody else has gone into that area then if the dog picks a track up the chances are that it's gonna be the trailers being left by by the offenders the wanted man isn't taking any chances with police dogs [Music] don't draw other words other ones the deep the device culturally turned out to be an old police radio which wouldn't have been much used back in the kitchen captain Reeves culinary creation is complete it will do there's no time for seconds PC cook is needed elsewhere and he must look his best he's got a date in Sheffield at a football match a big one Sheffield United's promotion to the Premiership faces its first big test Liverpool Sheffield haven't played in this level for many years and an unprecedented crowd of 14,000 people is expected it's obviously something that the Sheffield United supporters will have been looking forward to for a long time and I would imagine it's going to be a party atmosphere but even the best plan parties go wrong if there's trouble today pc cook will be at the very heart of it as the sky cop in the stadium's police control room my role really was to liaison the aircraft and the silver commander of course we kickoff to give advice on the deployment of the aircraft and to maintain a link between the two controller message what's your message would all at nine 9's base the crew must wait to be cool to the game it's not PC cook on the line but a police station in rather another month he's got a back problem so pick the traps do a job [Music] [Applause] [Music] at Sheffield United it's getting tense and the police commander wants his helicopter but if the aircraft in the air yeah there are firearms job in Rotherham well if they have the opportunity to over flood we burn cross and shuffle town areas and they'll give ok the silver commanders breathe a sigh of relief when we know we're overhead because he's got a view of everything that is going off whether it be inside the ground or outside the ground and it's the old adage of a picture paints a thousand words nine 9's camera is painting a thousand words over water up there just pitch still down leaks aren't we looking certainly looks quiet on Ash no sign yet of anyone with a shotgun innocent members of the public now nine 9's crew are under real pressure they are needed in a [ __ ] craft the Liverpool fans have arrived for the first time the police have realised they can't get the people into the ground fast enough decision this because huge queues have built up outside PC Kirk is also getting worried if you are available and yeah Roger that's understood however this is a genuine firearm Java will dictate otherwise on PC cooks big day out is turning sour people near the silver table at the white just got by I think negative we had a quick look at walked off Walker's the only person we saw we're still checking them every time I asked for the crew was I'm saying well you've got something else and there is something else not an armed man a shotgun hidden behind a wall clearly visible from the air with the shotgun found and armed officers at the scene 99 can switch to crowd control at Sheffield United with the kickoff already delayed it's now a question of when will it be safe to start we're looking at having 40,000 people rushing to get through turnstiles there's always an element of people who would have left it to the last minute and there's always the rush through the turnstiles for the kickoff 999 ain't nothing this is what the game commander has been waiting for to be able to see exactly what's happening outside well I need to retest the aircraft immediately to retouch them with looking at the bromelain area from particularly the two ends of drama lane where those two few situation an 8p possibly of the camera on the entrances bromelain to the care of their words yeah Roger will do we just had them on that but we'll go around again if you could keep her a wide view as you are doing just so we wanted to that for the next few minutes place but there's more bad news another emergency Hague that controls teriyaki nine-nine I am aware that you are airborne would you be in a position to travel to Barnes the place for a missing that child it's the match commanders cause you look there the insurgents I think that all along the sucrose and focuses there's no contest really is that if the first mission persons found though we need to know asap to make matters worse the weather's turned nasty water doesn't come in here okay in the stadium the match against Liverpool is underway last PC cook can relax there's good news too from headquarters the missing boy has been found but on the m1 there's a maniac on the loose a male driving erratically on the n1 North ground and we heard on the radio a pursuit coming on the motorway into our County sods law at the furthest point away from the pursue so we headed over to try and get on top of this pursuit to lend a hand [Music] they'll need more than just a hand the man driving the car is thought to be under the influence of heroin the fleet vehicles the hot shoulder [Music] some other police cars chasing the man aren't from South Yorkshire he's been on the motorway for 18 miles I believe is on for your information we we do record permanently authorities off paper the situation is going from mad to worse and the crew of 99 are starting to wonder if the man is deliberately trying to cause a crash I think some of his actions were intentional and I think some of the collisions into civilian cars were intentional as well to try and cause an accident that the police would have to stop and deal with but I also think a lot of his Drive in looking at it was unintentional just unable to control the vehicle at those speeds in his condition the traffic cops on the motorway have seen enough the plan with 99s help is to box the crazy driver in and slow him to a halt the police call it a t pack in a t pack situation the aircraft has obviously got a long-range view of the road ahead and can give advice on to where is the more appropriate places to to try and stop the vehicle we just gave our brief bit of input to say that you've got clear gaps ahead and they then made the move to get vehicles in front of him and slow that the pursuit down slowing the man down isn't going to be easy because his car is starting to disintegrate from the battering it's been taking metal from the car has almost penetrated the police cars windscreen speeds have now reached more than a hundred miles an hour but guided by the crew of 99 the TPAC trap is being sprung slowly but surely [Music] but it isn't going to plan [Music] the sideswipe is the final straw the lead car of the TPAC uses its brakes to bring the driver to a halt whatever the damage [Applause] [Music] [Music] man officers this male has been beating the traffic cops are soon able to confirm what they suspected all along the man is on heroin when he was standing at the side of the vehicle he was quite obviously under the influence of something you ask yourself how they've been capable of even turning the ignition on getting the keys into the ignition they've been in such a bad state they're just an accident waiting to happen chase over 99 now becomes a traffic monitoring the jams that are rapidly building up behind the incident if you have any situation on a motorway at a busy time of day you can have very very rapid buildup of traffic I think your average is about a mile a minute so as soon as would finish there is a quite urgent job to get the vehicles off the road get rid of all the debris and get the traffic flowing again as swiftly as possible success for the police on the m1 isn't being matched at Sheffield United nine-nine is just in time for the final whistle the question is now will the fans behave themselves if you can just keep looking on surrounding streets around the stadium the crew are right the draws ensured a peaceful trip home for everyone [Music] but the best result is still on the side of the motorway one less dangerous driver on South Yorkshire roads obviously quieter in this case who was drugged up and he was gonna continue to drive like that there's a lot of different issues great through your mind when you're following a vehicle either you've got to ask yourself is this too dangerous to continue if we backed off with this person continue to drive rather loose in our interest to try and get this person stopped before he seriously injured some money these people are generally I'd do anything the power to try and get away from being gored they don't want in the prison so when they finally get caught shock sets in and and you do have different kind of reactions from drivers we've had some offenders after actual will bring physically sick in the back of the police car the dangerous drive had got 13 months and was disqualified from driving for a further two years the car thief who hid in the wood was convicted of dangerous driving and got 12 months the woman holding the old police scanner is not charged the teenager who tried to fool the sky cops by changing his clothes was convicted of stealing and driving under the influence of alcohol [Music] [Music] [Music]