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! I asked you so many times. I asked you so many times. And I move. I move. It's my job. We get assaulted; 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 ` We're looking at a search area here. RT: One person is still missing. It's the 11-year-old boy. Time is of the essence. Hello, boys. You guys in a rush? He's got warrants for his arrest. Put it out. STERNLY: Put it out. Why are you getting locked up? DRAMATIC MUSIC Copyright Able 2014 ACTION MUSIC I'm in a great position at the moment. I have a really beautiful balance between work and lifestyle and my passion, which is search and rescue. MUSIC BUILDS Got something here. I'm very fortunate to be in the specialist search and rescue squad in the police. ELECTRONIC REGGAE MUSIC Another, uh, passion of mine is sailing. I was 14 when I started sailing ` represented NZ, then got selected for the Whitbread Round the World Race and then again in 2001. Search and rescue and sailing are very similar. You're with a bunch of good teammates, and you've got some mission to complete, and then you throw in the bad weather. Just love that whole competitiveness. Bridget will need to call on all of her experience for today's assignment. Four people on a fishing trip have run into trouble between Coromandel Town and Waiheke Island. There's been no sign of them since yesterday, and the outlook is bleak. We're looking at a search area here. They were due back in at, uh, 1600 last night, which is 4 o'clock in the afternoon. They've been reported missing at midnight, so they've actually been in the water a long time now. With a full-scale maritime search underway, it doesn't take long for a breakthrough. RT: Three people have been recovered from the water. Are all three persons been recovered alive? Yes, they are. The three that have been recovered ` obviously very cold, slightly hypothermic, but not as bad as we initially thought, so we're trying to get as much information from them as possible now. RT: One person is still missing. I'd rather be out there; I think I'm more of a hands-on, but you slot into whatever position that you need to at the time. PHONE RINGS Hello? New information's pouring into rescue HQ. We have found three, yes. So have you still got one outstanding? It's the 11-year-old boy. It's a sobering update, and as a mother, the significance of the task at hand hits Bridget hard. The team meets to discuss their plan of attack. We need to work out the original splash point ` so where the boat has upturned ` and the boat has upturned only about 30 minutes out, so then they have been drifting for a long time. Apparently, it was around about 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock they ended up in the water. They were all quite close to the hull, weren't they, when`? They were all quite close to the hull, weren't they, when`? Yes. Yeah. But we don't` But we don't know at what stage the 11-year-old's been separated. Time is of the essence, so you can see it is full on. We've got coastguard out there; the police boat; Eagle, which is the police helicopter; and, uh, Westpac, and already they've been quite involved; they've been winching people out of the water. It is a very serious search ` you know, a huge amount of money involved in all of these assets going out, but, um, you can't weigh it up against a life. And an 11-year-old boy is, uh` you know, he's got his whole life ahead of him, so you do what you can. Deodar III, Deodar III, this is, uh, police launch base, police launch base on 82, over. We still have the 11-year-old missing. The boat is upturned, so we want to flip the boat and make sure that, um, he's not caught underneath. Bridget was hoping the boy may have been sheltering inside. It's another blow. Concerned relatives, who are with the police, phone in for an update. OK, hold the line. It's, um, the lady on the phone whose family it is, so... The hard bit is the emotional reaction from the family. As soon as you add in the family and their feelings, oh! We have found three` three people. RT: 26 Bravo... RT: 26 Bravo... Yes. That's, uh` That's the` the young boy. I'm afraid he is still outstanding. We are still looking for him. MELANCHOLY MUSIC Search and rescue ` if it can go wrong, it will go wrong at the worst possible time. Yeah, roger that. The sea conditions are deteriorating now. I'd say it's pretty choppy and horrible out there. I'd say it's pretty choppy and horrible out there. Yeah. Not very good at the moment to survive in that out there. And the longer the boy is in the water, the greater the chance of hypothermia setting in. So... Yeah. So we'll just keep going. SOFT, DRAMATIC MUSIC The helicopter search crew give everyone the latest update. No. SAD MUSIC With no life jacket, there's little hope of finding the boy alive. The fishing boat is recovered, and Bridget makes a heartbreaking discovery on board. We've got, um, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven life jackets, and, you know, the` there's a whistle on the life jacket here. Just crazy. Crazy for not wearing it, and, yeah. The three survivors arrive, cold and shaken after a 21-hour ordeal, and with them, word the rescue team was dreading. A survivor has confirmed the 11-year-old boy died yesterday. INDISTINCT CONVERSATION It's hard, but that doesn't affect how we search. You still do it, uh, to the T, even if you knew that they had` you know, they were already dead. HELICOPTER ENGINE STARTS SORROWFUL MUSIC Search and rescue, unfortunately, is a lot of the time search and recovery, and I have probably lost track of the amount of bodies that I've recovered. SORROWFUL MUSIC CONTINUES Despite the best efforts of Bridget and her team, the 11-year-old boy's body has not been found. COOK ISLANDS MUSIC PLAYS I was born and raised in a little atoll, in a little island. And for us, moving from that island to NZ... My family would save coins or not have dinner so we can pay gas to` to take me to my trainings in Auckland, in the domain, every day. HIP-HOP MUSIC I'm in the neighbourhood policing team unit. We're all about, uh, prevention first. Wassup? Wassup, eh? Wassup? Wassup, eh? Can I ask you to calm down for a bit? I always say the biggest weapon you have is communication. Anne's learnt how to survive the streets of Mangere; now she's trying to clean them up. What we do is we deal with the family, find out what the problem is and why it's recurring all the time. You'll be like your friend ` locked up. Do you want that? I do get scared sometimes when we're dealing with, um, angry people. AMBIENT DRUM MUSIC I have been bashed up and assaulted before. I've been kicked in the face, punched in the face before and abused a lot. Tonight, she's tailing some dodgy driving. The car pulls up. Anne always has to be cautious not to inflame a situation like this. Hello, boys. Hello, boys. What up? Hello, boys. What up? You guys in a rush? < Nah, not really. < Nah, not really. You didn't stop at the intersection and cut in front of the other car. < It's not a stop sign. < It's not a stop sign. It doesn't matter; it's not a stop sign but a give-way sign. You didn't even, like, slow down or even stop for the other vehicle. You didn't even, like, slow down or even stop for the other vehicle. < OK, then. Have you got your driver's licence on you? < Um, no. I have a licence number, though. OK. Why haven't you got your driver's licence on you? OK. Why haven't you got your driver's licence on you? < I've lost it couple of years back. And it's still current? And it's still current? Um, yes. Anne will check if his story stacks up. She notices the passenger's sitting quietly but looking a little suspicious. OK, I'm just gonna come around and grab you fulla's details as well, OK? Window down. Have you got any IDs with you? Have you got any IDs with you? MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY > Uh, got no ID on me. > Uh, got no ID on me. > No ID. What's your last name? You got any warrants? You got any warrants? Um, no. All right. Bail conditions? All right. Bail conditions? Um, no. Anne runs their names through the police database. Vehicles or their details, um, on this iPad instead of going over the radio. Um, and also I can confirm by the pictures ` their photos in the system. We'll just confirm that the driver has got a current learner's licence so he's all good. But Anne finds some disturbing information about his mate. Hey. DRAMATIC MUSIC Um, he's got warrants for his arrest. Who's that? Who's that? Um, the front passenger. The passenger could be dangerous. Backup's called immediately. Put your smoke out. (INHALES) You do know you're getting locked up? You do know you're getting locked up? Yeah, I do. Why? Why you getting locked up? Yes, you got your` warrants for your arrest. Hey, hey, hey, I was just asking you to put it out. STERNLY: Put it out. All right, my friend. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) Have you got anything in your pockets? What began as a spin in the front of his mate's car has turned into a costly back-seat ride to the station. SOFT, TENSE MUSIC Every day, it's domestic violence ` um, relationship not working or partners come back home and beat their wives up. It's an all-too-common call-out for Anne, and there's one in particular she'll never forget. Had to save a lady who was badly beaten up ` blood everywhere. We could've prevented that from happening if we got there sooner, and those who were there were, you know, blaming us for not getting there fast enough. I still can picture her face and` and the whole scene, um, that day. SIREN WAILS Today it's history repeating ` a different couple, a similar result. Reported as a male just assaulted a female, um, outside of the Middlemore Hospital. INDISTINCT RT CHATTER He's taken off towards the train tracks, so we just are turning to, um` to do areas to locate this male. RT: Apparently, he's at the bus stop on Hospital Rd now. Anne needs to find him before he finds his partner. RT: I'm still getting a... Anne spots someone fitting the description. Might be our guy. RT: Roger. Copy. Hey. Hey. Hey. Huh? OK, I wanna talk to you. Just wanna know` Just wanna find out what happened. <BLEEP>'s sakes! <BLEEP>'s sakes! Right, just calm down, though. <BLEEP>'s sakes! Right, just calm down, though. Calm down. <BLEEP>! <BLEEP>! All right, then. Just stand here and talk to me. I believe there was a domestic. Yep. Yep. Is it you and your partner? Yep. Is it you and your partner? Yep. Yeah? So tell me what happened. Yeah. Yep. So you guys had an argument? Yep. So you guys had an argument? Yeah. Yeah. Is there anything else that happened, um, apart from you guys arguing? I must've` I dunno, I must've punched her by accident or something. OK. And where did you punch her? In the face. In the face. Yeah. By accident? Or were you just angry? Yeah. Yeah. OK. How many times did you punch her? Uh, <BLEEP>. I can't remember. I dunno. He begins to weep. The severity of what he has done is hitting home. A lot of victims we deal with are females ` you know, partners drinking all night, coming home, um, food is not cooked on the table. They're just being so drunk and done something stupid ` come home and beat up their wives. Well, what's gonna happen now, uh, cos you've ad` Well, what's gonna happen now, uh, cos you've ad` Station? Yep, cos you've admitted that you've, uh, assaulted your` your w` your partner, I'm now gonna place you under arrest for assault. OK? It is hard, um, for me. I am a, um,... yeah, emotional person, but, you know, when you're on the job, you can't show your emotions. You understand you're under arrest for male assaults female? You got the uniform on; you can't show that you're... that you're gonna cry, yes. Thanks for that. ELECTRONIC MUSIC At 6'2", I'm kind of intimidating for most men. When I'm going out with people, others will say, 'We know who wears the pants in that relationship.' And there's an assumption made that because, I guess, I'm gigantic, I'm a policewoman, that I must be such the boss in all things, and, yeah, seriously, I'm not. I just` I'm just a regular person. 22 years in the police is a long time. I have changed a lot. I was quite naive when I joined the police. Afternoon. We couldn't see if you're wearing your seat belt. I thought the best of pretty much everyone, until proven otherwise. This could sound like a really poor excuse... This could sound like a really poor excuse... (LAUGHS) I still do think the best of people. I've just changed the seat in this car. Not perhaps as naive ` I don't trust everyone to tell me the truth all the time. Get your seat belt sorted out, cos it will work better if it can do up. Get your seat belt sorted out, cos it will work better if it can do up. I will drive back and change this back over. and change this back over. Yeah. Tracy's the area commander of Whangarei and Kaipara and also oversees the police programme that tackles the booze issue. NZ has got a huge problem with alcohol. Uh, our culture's not healthy. We're doing drink-driver checks. It's one of our five drivers of crime we've identified, and if we could sort alcohol out, we would reduce family violence; we would reduce murders; we'd reduce deaths on the road. In fact, we probably wouldn't need so many police out there if we could sort alcohol out as a problem. Don't know how much you know about youth access to alcohol being a problem. Tracy's drafted in some underage recruits for this special operation. Go up to the bar... and simply try and buy a drink ` glass of wine, tap beer, whatever you like ` but alcohol. Righty-oh. Shall we lock and load the cars? Righty-oh. Shall we lock and load the cars? Yep. Any liquor outlets that sell to the two teens tonight could face hefty fines or bans. It's not a secret. We advertise it; we tell them that we're doing them. Um, and as a result of not selling to young people, we've got them being restricted with their access to alcohol. And, of course, we know the problems that alcohol causes with young people. They're hitting spots around the Rodney District, north of Auckland. Plain-clothed officers head in first. Their job is to watch for any underage sales. The girls follow soon after and try to buy a drink. We're doing a controlled-purchase operation. 'It is not a win if we get a sale. You don't come out going, "Whoo-hoo, we got one." 'If you don't get a sale, that's a good thing.' It means licenced premises are doing their job and checking things properly. How was that, you guys? How was that, you guys? Uh, it was` He didn't sell. Didn't sell? You guys are OK, though? Didn't sell? You guys are OK, though? < BOTH: Yep. Not uncomfortable? Good practice run? < Yeah. < Yeah. Happy with that? < Yeah. Happy with that? < Yeah. Thanks, guys. Our young people have come out empty-handed, which is a really good result. They move on to location two. How'd you get on? How'd you get on? No sale. How'd you get on? No sale. No sale? Good result. Got asked? Excellent. How'd you get on at that one? How'd you get on at that one? No sale. > How'd you get on at that one? No sale. > No sale? We're doing well so far. This is their final shot ` a community bar that's winding down for the night. How will they fare this time? Can you please log a 3H at <BLEEP> Bar on Hibiscus Coast Highway now? TENSE MUSIC So, do you wanna tell us what happened when you got in there? So, do you wanna tell us what happened when you got in there? Oh, we just walked in, and then she asked for the drink, and then he said they didn't have any and then asked for ID, and, yeah, we said no. and, yeah, we said no. Well, good. That caps off a clear round. It's a heartening outcome, and Tracy lets the bar staff inside know it. And you've done a fantastic job there, kicked them out and said, 'No, thank you.' Yep, so they're not... And then they've gone next door to the off-licence to see if they can purchase there, been turned away there as well, so that's excellent. Licensees and managers have` are starting to get the message that you can't afford to sell to minors, because it results in fairly severe penalties, so that's a great result with having no sales at all tonight. Yeah, so I'll be able to have a big fat sleep-in tomorrow morning, maybe till 6 o'clock. The next morning, it's another liquor operation, but this one is adults only. Our mission today is to locate and seize any alcohol. Make sure everyone's wearing gloves, as it's the type of establishment that gloves need to be worn in. Could be stupid or it could be just plain ignorance, not knowing that they're required to have a licence. They obviously knew they were required to have a brothel licence, but, um, yeah, advertising online's not doing them any favours, which is why we're visiting them now. Yeah, the fact that the door's open's a good thing. Saves on the repair bills, doesn't it? Tracy and her team descend on the club. The alcohol may be flowing, but not for much longer. Three men having a drink ` one was drinking rum, one's drinking a vodka and one drinking I'm not sure what. They said they've been here a number of times, didn't realise that it was unlicensed, now leaving, due to the fact there are so many police inside. Yep, yep. The stock is seized as evidence. The brothel owner eventually turns up. We've sold a few drinks here and there, but` We've sold a few drinks here and there, but` Doesn't actually matter. By just having it present on your property, even exposing, is enough for us to take it. It's serious business, but the staff don't seem too concerned. I think it's entertaining, to be honest. I mean, if it was my business, I wouldn't think it was entertaining, but cos it's not... (LAUGHS) That's pretty selfish, eh? OK. See you guys later. Or maybe probably not see you later but... OK. See you guys later. Or maybe probably not see you later but... < Don't hurry back, eh. (LAUGHS) I can do the tall-old-lady stuff. Yeah, thanks for that (!) I can do the tall-old-lady stuff. Yeah, thanks for that (!) (LAUGHS) They were just taking the mickey out of me. They said, 'You could get some of the tall-old-lady market for us here,' so feeling really special about myself now. Awesome. (LAUGHS) Next week on Women In Blue ` Ooh, don't puke in the car, fella. Hate throw-ups. MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY Doesn't like me. SIREN WAILS I mean, I heard a glass smash. There's been a bottling. Man has entered someone's house, and he's used the bathroom. I think he's gone for a piddle, and then he's called out to the lady in the house.