These are NZ's most explosive streets. (SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY) (SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY) WOMAN: Crikey dickens. > For the more than 1500 female police officers, every day brings them face to face with danger. And I stabbed him in the head. You just really never know quite what's going to happen. ALL LAUGH ALL LAUGH Hey! Come on. Come on. I asked you to` Come on. I asked you to` And I moved. I moved. This is my job. We get assaulted, and we get punched in the face. So be it. <BLEEP> you! (BARKS) These streets are tough,... Just walk away. ...so they need to be tougher. Hey! Police! Tonight on Women in Blue ` In terms of risk, this one's quite high. Open the door! Come out with your hands up! Why were you doing burglaries? ALL TALK AT ONCE ALL TALK AT ONCE Cos your shirt's ripped and you're not gonna get in any bars. Alcohol. It's fantastic. Not. Just go away. Go away. < Walk away. < Walk away. Is that right? < Walk away. Is that right? < Go away. Copyright Able 2014 TENSE MUSIC We're from the Tactical Crime Group at the Lower Hutt Police Station. Zoe's four years into the job and plays a key role within her team. Our main aim is to target volume-crime offenders ` burglars, car thieves, that sort of thing. We find that a lot of people doing burglaries are doing it for a reason, and it's mainly to get money to buy drugs. But busting dealers in the suburb she grew up in wasn't always Zoe's dream job. I always wanted to be a rock star when I was a kid. I thought that would be an awesome job, but, obviously, not many people make great rock stars. So, um, I moved into, sort of, audio engineering. I wanted to be a sound engineer. I was about two years into my study when I realised, 'No, I actually want to be a police officer. 'It's` That's what I wanna do.' RT CHATTER Today we're doing some work around the distribution of methamphetamine in the Hutt Valley. Methamphetamine, or P, as it's more commonly known in NZ, is extremely addictive and linked to violent crime. We're coming across drugs more and more, and we're seeing a lot more methamphetamine use and supply and that sort of thing. Zoe stakes out the suspected targets and their vehicles ` crucial work in the fight against P. TENSE MUSIC It'll give us some further lines of inquiry to be able to identify some of the players involved. Methamphetamine is an issue nationwide, and I don't think the Hutt Valley has got a bigger problem than anywhere else, but I'd be a fool to say it's not being manufactured in Hutt Valley, because it more than likely is. Um, we just` We just don't know where at this stage. Back at the station, Zoe updates the police file. The net is closing in on the crims. We've been doing a lot of background work to try and build up a case against all of our targets. We're at a point where we believe we've got enough to charge a vast majority of them with offering to supply or conspiracy to supply. MENACING MUSIC MAN: Zoe, you'll take separate cars, um, because I want you to park either end of the street. If any vehicle leaves that address, stop it. Whoever's in it needs to be dealt with. > We're about to head off and execute a series of search warrants throughout the Hutt Valley area. He appears to be holding the firearms for this group of people. It's a male-dominated environment, but you hold your own, and, yeah, you just give as good as you get, I suppose. So, um, all of you to carry Glocks that are leaving the station. When you're going on a high-risk warrant, there's an element of` of danger to it. The adrenalin does get going. Just as a precaution, we need to` to take our own firearms just in case anything happens. We're trained to use them. It's just second nature. Move! Nice and quick. Get up there. Quick, quick, quick. SHOUTS: Threat! SHOUTS: Threat! (FIRES GUN TWICE) We have access to firearms. We don't carry them all the time, and it's drilled into us from day one that you need to justify everything you do with that firearm. All right, seek and cover. Move to cover. And up. Brace. And up. Brace. BANG! You're very aware of the fact that it's a weapon that can kill people. Even pointing it at somebody, let alone pulling the trigger, is an extremely high level of force. If I'm pointing a firearm at somebody, there's gonna be a bloody good reason for it. BANG! BANG! Beautiful. Nice shooting. If someone wants to take my life, yeah, I've gotta back myself to do something about it. But I've never used my firearm, and I hope that I never will. TENSE MUSIC It's probably the biggest operation I've been involved in. There's gonna be six simultaneous search warrants happening throughout the Hutt Valley. We're just gonna, sort of, sit at either ends of the street ` uh, myself and another officer ` and if any vehicles come away from the address, we're going to, um, stop them. FOREBODING MUSIC If any vehicles that are at the address at the moment come out, we're gonna, um` gonna tip them out, um, and` and see who's in them. And if our target's in there, then they'll be arrested straightaway. MENACING MUSIC With the target's vehicle on the move, Zoe joins the pursuit. SIREN WAILS SIREN WAILS It's about that car. EXCITING MUSIC We're gonna use the Armed Offenders Squad to stop the vehicle safely and ensure that it` it doesn't take off from us. INTENSE MUSIC SIRENS WAIL INDISTINCT RT CHATTER Every job is unpredictable. You don't know what's coming. You don't know how people are gonna react. It could go from one end of the spectrum to the other within a split second. MAN: Open the door and come out with your hands up. Keep those hands where I can see them. Then walk this way. Keep your head down. Keep at will. Keep walking this way. DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE Keep it coming. Keep that head down and your hands where I can see them and you won't be harmed. Doing well. Keep coming. DOG CONTINUES BARKING I'll just strap your hands behind your back. How come I'm being handcuffed? How come I'm being handcuffed? You're stopped under the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. Zoe takes no chances. These guys are known gang affiliates and have been caught with guns before. You have the right to remain silent. 'Talking to people and communication is obviously my biggest asset.' I'm not the biggest cop you're gonna come across. You know, if I can, I will definitely try to` to talk myself out of, you know, a confrontation. So, what did you get out of prison for? (LAUGHS) No, what were you in prison for? Why`? Why were you doing burglaries? Um... > I would've suspected you were doing it for the money. That's a lot of risk involved just cos you didn't get a hug. There'll be no free hugs today. It's back to the station for questioning. Found a smashed P pipe in the vehicle, which suggests drug use, at least. And given the nature of methamphetamine, it comes in very small quantities, and it's easy to secrete about the body, so we're gonna be strip-searching him just to ensure that he doesn't have any drugs on him. If he does, he'll be arrested and charged in relation to that. Nothing shows up. The men are released without charge. But the operation has served as a warning to anyone making meth in the area ` Zoe and the team are watching. Standard bulbs waste 95% of their energy on heat. When you turn them on, you pay for 400% more power than you would if you used quality energy-efficient LED bulbs that give you the same amount of light. And LEDs last longer, over 15 years. Over their lifetime, they could save you $290. To switch, remember the base, brightness and colour you need. The more you switch, the less you pay. With a St John Medical Alarm, you have the confidence to enjoy living at home. If there's an emergency, you can press the button and it connects directly with St John, who'll know exactly what's needed, from reassuring advice... to dispatching the right help for your situation. It feels like having St John right here in your own home. Call 0800 50 23 23 and find out about a free trial. UPBEAT MUSIC INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS Oh dear, oh dear. Welcome to downtown Auckland on a Saturday night. Move away. Move away. Move away. Move away. Move away. Move away. Off you go. Go on. You're <BLEEP>, man. So, at half past 1 in the morning, it all starts happening. Fight time. I have told you to move on before. Off you go. Go. Downtown cameras from ACG-07. Bridget has some help she can wire into for the battle against alcohol-related violence ` direct radio contact with the clubs. Apparently, one of the bars has just called in that there's a fight. So, um, from` on the Bar Watch Radio. So we just want to give them some support. And, uh, we wanna get rid of these, um, idiots if they're fighting. Man, it is busy in here tonight. INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS < MAN SHOUTS Whoa! Whoa! CROWD: Whoa! Bridget's nearly king-hit by a bottle. It's just a taste of what's in store. Have a chat to me, OK? Have a chat. Have a chat to me, OK? Have a chat. We don't have to have a` Have a chat to me, OK? Have a chat. We don't have to have a` Nah, nah, nah. We do not have to have a chat to you, mate. We do not have to have a chat to you, mate. Yes, you do have to have a chat. I just got punched in the face. I just got punched in the face. Then let's sort it out. Let's sort it out. Let's sort it out. No. No, we're gonna stop here. We're going home now. We're going home now. I need to sort it out first. He just punched me in the face. He just punched me in the face. Then let's sort it out. Let's sort it out. We're going home now. Please don't waste our time. We're going home now. Please don't waste our time. We'll get details so we can sort it out. Hey, hey, he's not doing anything! Hey, hey, he's not doing anything! Shut up! Hey, hey, he's not doing anything! Shut up! Hey, hey, hey, hey. My brother` My brother` I just wanna talk. My brother` I just wanna talk. Go! Go! We're just gonna talk. We're just gonna talk. They're brothers. They're brothers. We're just gonna talk. They're brothers. They're brothers. ALL TALK AT ONCE Listen. Back off. Back off. All we're gonna do` All we're gonna do is talk to him. Back off. Back off. Back off. No. We're gonna sort it out. All we need is some details, and we'll have a chat about what happened. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) Yes, you are. You can't walk away right now, because at the moment, I don't know if` (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) You could be. Listen. You're not helping. You're not helping. Bridget. Take him back to Downtown Station. Get his details, and we'll find out what happened. He's intoxicated; he's also really hyped up. He hasn't been arrested. He just needs to calm down. We need to get details ` your details. Both of your details. I'm not giving you details. I'm not giving you details. Come and have a chat over here. I'm not giving you details. Come and have a chat over here. You suspect I'm a felon? At the moment, I don't know. But I know a fight happened. At the moment, I don't know. But I know a fight happened. No. You cannot say, 'I don't know.' All I know is a fight has happened, and you've got blood on you. You're going down to Downtown here. Do think that I'm a felon? Is that correct? Do think that I'm a felon? Is that correct? Go and have a chat. Is that correct? No, bring a supervisor. I would like to` I am the supervisor. I am the supervisor. That's why he's got stripes on him. It's quite close. And they're big boys. And I'm, like, you know, knee-high to a grasshopper. Go away. Go away. No worries! Go away. No worries! You're obstructing. I'm gonna warn you once, then you'll be locked up for obstruction. Move off. Move off. Yes! Yes! One more. One more. One more. One more. Go. Go now. Right, you've got some ID? He has an uncle in the police and thinks this hotline is his 'get out of jail free' card. Have you got some ID? I've done nothing wrong. I've done nothing wrong. All right. Let's go. Hang up. You're getting angry cos you want him to give his details. If he just gave you the details and talked, then you could calm the situation down. But they don't. You're, like, 'Man, you're really starting to annoy me.' And then there's a little bit of disrespect, and you try not to let it affect you, but it does. But at the end of the day, you gotta look at the big picture. We can do this here, or we can do this in the station. The police station is just here. We can either do it here, or we can do it in the police station. All right? So which way is it gonna be? Tell him to cooperate? Tell him to cooperate? If you give your details, we can sort out what happened. Cos clearly, something has happened, isn't it? Clearly, there's been` Clearly, there's been a fight. I don't know who or what right now. If you speak to the security guards` If you speak to the security guards` I can't do that until I have your details. I will show you the way there. I will show you the way there. Let's go back and talk to the security after we get your details. Hey, Uncle <BLEEP>, we're just gonna go to the security guard. Hey, Uncle <BLEEP>, we're just gonna go to the security guard. You're gonna do details first. I mean, I'll speak to these guys if they... So he's talking to his uncle on the phone, and then his uncle has said, you know, 'You need to cooperate. 'You need to give them your details.' Your details. Your details. < My details. Your details. < My details. Yup. And then we'll have a chat` < Would you like to write it down? < Would you like to write it down? Yes. < Would you like to write it down? Yes. < Yup. All right. Right. Last name? Arresting him, um, was an option. But, uh, you keep on grappling in your head, 'Have I got enough evidence to arrest him? What am I arresting him for?' Um, I just wanna have a chat. So no victim. We haven't got the other guys. You're gonna be let go. But at the moment, you need to just turn around and talk to me, OK? (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) Outside the station, the younger brother has really taken to heart the advice to take some time out in the corner. Take him inside, calm him down, clean his nose, give him some water, whatever. And once we get him to that calm state, then we can get him out of the city. Your brother's in the station. He's calming down, but I need you guys out of the lane. You can't stay here. You can't stay here. ALL TALK AT ONCE OK, but I need you to sit over there, though. Cos I've asked you to, eh? And you need to get out of the city. And you need to get out of the city. What for? Cos your shirt's ripped and you're not gonna get in any bars. Go and sit down. I'm just saying` I'm just saying` No. Go and sit down over there. Go and sit down until your ride comes. So Uncle's picked up one of the boys. Yup. Just get in the van. Just get in the van and go. And, um, he's good. He's out of the city. In the taxi. No, no. Over here. Over here. Alcohol. It's fantastic. (CHUCKLES) Not. DISTORTED MUSIC TECHNO MUSIC My name's Patsy. I'm a police constable in Wellington Central. Been doing the job for almost four years now, and I'm General Duties Branch, which means I respond to the jobs when they come in. Front line, really. Just doing a mobile breath test. Keep going. Keep going. You guys got any cannabis on you? Have you got your licence on you? Have you got your licence on you? No, I don't. Have you got your licence on you? No, I don't. You don't. I was probably about 16 when I decided that I wanted to join the police. I just remember one day seeing a police car drive past, and I don't know what it was, but that's what I decided there and then. Just outside Wellington Central, Patsy is responding to a call that's come in about a suspected mugging. RT: States these three males approached him, threatened to assault him, so he handed over his wallet. Comms, JVR-4, 10-7 area. Yeah, that could be him. I mean, we deal with a lot of aggressive people. Um, you don't know what they're capable of. So just be quite mindful of that and be very cautious about what could happen. They spot three youths loitering at a bus stop. Comms. Watch out. So Patsy parks up. One of them there just dropped it. One of them there just dropped it. RT CHATTER Fellas, stop there, all of youse. Whereabouts have you guys come from? Oh, just from up the road. Oh, just from up the road. Up the road. So who've you been with? You` You three. OK. Come over here, mate. So, the allegation is that three males have approached the victim. So, stand up for me, thanks. They've circled around him. They've asked for his wallet. The boy's given it, and then one of them has taken his hat. What we're doing is we're just searching for this person's property, OK? Is this your cap? Is this your cap? Is this your cap? < Yeah. Is this your cap? < Yeah. It is your cap? We're going to our mate's house, and then we're just going` We're on our way to our mate's house when you... Yeah. That's all. Patsy suspects there's more to their story. Have you been drinking tonight? Yup. How old are you? 18? Oh, 17. Sorry. 17? 17? Yeah. 'We get lied to a lot.' We're not gonna start trouble. We're just gonna hang with mates and` We're not gonna start trouble. We're just gonna hang with mates and` No, that's fine. At the start I was` used to believe them for everything they said, and it wasn't till I became more experienced that I realised they're more than likely lying to me. So, we're gonna take you back to the station and have a chat with you and sort it out there, OK? All right? You have been identified as people who took something from somebody further down the road. I'm just gonna advise you're under arrest for theft, OK? I don't understand what you're talking about. I don't understand what you're talking about. Yup. I don't know why this is happening to us. Just turn around. Just turn around. Why is that? Just turn around. Why is that? Cos you're under arrest for theft. Cos I believe that the hat and the, um, card there are not yours. OK? Turn around, put your hands behind your back. Don't be silly about it. Put them behind your back. I'll see you back at the station, OK? The male I was dealing with, he told me he was 18, then he told me he's 17. Went back to the station, did a few checks, and it turns out he was 16. You sort of do wonder... what their parents know about what they're up to. Just in here, mate. A good catch. They've been dealt with earlier on in the night and have been told by police to go home cos they've been causing trouble, so, um... And now this is a serious offence. It was good to catch up with them. It's the witching hour, and Patsy heads out again. Now is when the gloves come off. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) Any time between 3 and then around 6, um, is when everyone comes out on to the street. And then that's when you start getting all your fights and, obviously, drunk drivers. Let's check this car. Let's check this car. RT CHATTER I need you to blow into this tube. We're taking him back to the police station. We drive through Courtenay Place a lot at night, and the states of some of the people are quite horrendous. The majority we deal with are under the influence of alcohol. WOMAN SHRIEKS There's lots of things intoxicated people do that's pretty stupid ` things like running across the road when cars are coming, argy-bargy and pushing around and not being aware of what's around them. Wake up. At this point, it's all about damage control. Hey, buddy. 'You see people that are likely to turn into victims. 'They're just so intoxicated, they've got no idea what's going on.' Come on, brother. Come on, brother. All right? As the night goes on, people's behaviour does get worse. There was one male that ran past us saying how intoxicated he was. He's saying, 'I'm sorry I'm so drunk.' He's just got in the bar. He's saying, 'I'm sorry I'm so drunk.' He's just got in the bar. (LAUGHS) So we thought, 'Right, we'll go in there and pull him out and have a chat with him.' Told him to move on, jump in a taxi and go home. And then 10 minutes later or even less than that, he was standing close to us, um, had his pants down by his ankles and thought it was a great idea just to show everybody what he had, or lack of. At this stage, you're under arrest for offensive behaviour. Why were you doing that back there? We took him off the street to get him to sober up and to avoid any further offences being committed. But this early-morning mooner's friends aren't so keen to wrap things up. ALL TALK AT ONCE < Walk away. < Walk away. Is that right? < Walk away. Is that right? < Go away. It's OK. It's OK. You're embarrassed for them. Gonna give you your rights again, OK? And you think if only they could see themselves or that their parents could see what state they were in. When I'm a mum of teenagers, I'd maybe move to the country so they can't actually get into town. Is this the first time you've been arrested? Is this the first time you've been arrested? Yes. Have a bit of a sleep, sober up and then you'll, uh, be free to go. OK? Uh, so that` that male is quite harmless. Just, yeah, out for a good night, but, unfortunately, he drew our` drew our attention. And, um, oh, I'd say it's a bummer of a night for him. Next week on Women in Blue ` So, you're under arrest for stabbing him in the head. Let's go. Come on. Let's go now. What's up. What's up. Hey! What's up. What's up. Hey! Look at the pole. Let's go. It's only a pole. It's only a pole. It's a power-line pole. This is really dangerous. What are they up to over there? He needs to go home, eh. I know I'm loose, but I'm a loose <BLEEP> that goes home.