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. I asked you so many times. And I move. I move. No, you haven't. It's my job. We get assaulted, get punched in the face. So be it. <BLEEP> you! (BARKS) These streets are tough,... Just walk away. ...so they need to be tougher. Get off! Get off! Hey! Police! Tonight on Women In Blue ` That beep there, that is him. They are life-saving devices. I think round those tennis courts is where they've got the best signal. Just walk away. Just walk away. Because I'm not` I'm` Just walk away. Because I'm not` I'm` Walk away. No, no, no! Why? Why? Walk away, because you're being disorderly. Walk away, because you're being disorderly. Don't push me. I've told you a thousand times to go. Sweet. Sorry, can I just get you guys to hop off the couch and just go and sit over here? Up you get. Hey, you're under arrest for warrants, OK? Copyright Able 2014 QUIRKY ROCK MUSIC We're just gonna do a checkpoint here in the Naenae area, see what we come up with. Stop! Morning. How are you? We're just doing licence, warrant and registration checks. Have a good day. See ya later. Cheers. No worries. Have a good day. See ya later. Bye. Car checks are a visible part of policing that saves lives. Hey, you haven't got your seat belt on there. Hey, you haven't got your seat belt on there. Oh, she did have it on. (LAUGHS) Did she? An unfit car is a weapon in the wrongs hands. Oh, it's just a licence and registration check. Your warrant is too far out to be driving it, even if you have just purchased it, OK? You shouldn't be still driving around, cos it's` It's` It's a couple of years out. If she really has just bought this car, she's got a raw deal. There's nothing on those tyres. SOFTLY: Jesus. Cos they're quite flat too. Yeah, I know. We just bought it round the corner. We just came back. Yeah, I know. We just bought it round the corner. We just came back. Yep. OK. Could you just keep a eye on her so she doesn't drive off? Don't think she quite understands. Jacqui runs some checks on the vehicle. I'm gonna end up green-stickering it anyway and giving her tickets for no warrant, no registration on the vehicle. Let's go and have another chat to her. Where did you get the plates from for this? Oh, yeah. Cos the plates that are on the car don't match this vehicle. The plates are removed, leaving this car missing its identity. But not for long. Hang on. He may have found it. (CHUCKLES) Is it registered to her? Nah, it's not registered. It's been driven by her ` 2010. Nah, it's not registered. It's been driven by her ` 2010. Oh, righty-oh. The woman's story has sprung a leak. 'She's tried to tell me that she's only just purchased the car in the last hour or so for $500.' But checks reveal she was driving the same car a few years ago and it's not registered or warranted. So she's had this car since 2010 and hasn't warranted or registered it, and I'm wondering how many times she's told that to police when she's been pulled over. That's an infringement notice. Yep, you get three fines ` one for not having your warrant, no registration and not producing your driver's licence. And had she told me in the first place that she knew the car wasn't warranted and registered and those were not the correct plates, it probably would've been heck of a lot easier. Yeah, back in 2010. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so you haven't just bought it, OK? So that's what you tried to tell me before, all right? Hopefully she'll learn and be a bit more honest next time she gets pulled over, or go and get her car sorted out. OK. See ya later. The following week, Jacqui's on the night shift... FUNKY MUSIC ...and spots something just as unroadworthy as the Naenae car. Is that someone on a pushbike? Hey, what are you doing? NO AUDIO How old are you? You're 15? You shouldn't be out at this time of night by yourself. Are you gonna be in big trouble when you get home? This is no hour for a young girl to be out alone. Why are you in trouble? Yeah. I have to rush back. I have to rush back. Oh. And your helmet is...? And your helmet is...? Yeah, where's your helmet? And your shoes? How old are you? 15? You're 14 now? Yeah. Yeah. Um, where have you come from in Naenae? 'She went` Apparently, went to her friend's place, but we think she snuck out to see a boy 'and, um, lost track of time and thought, "Oh, I better get home," so jumped on the bike.' But you're 14, and we can't really let you be out at this time by yourself on a bike, with no helmet and no shoes, OK. OK. Leave the bike here. We'll go and take you home and tell your parents. You probably will get in trouble. Uh, I would be disappointed if you didn't, cos it's 25 past 3 in the morning, and you've got school soon. Leave it here. Come jump in the car. This girl wasn't expecting her night to end up with a police escort home. The reality is Jacqui has kept her out of harm's way. Did you sneak out? Snapped. OK. You know, you just gotta be careful, all right? The girl's mother answers the door. So she snuck out at about 11 o'clock. She went to her friend's house, and we've just found her now in the middle of the night cycling back home here. Yep, on her sister's bike. Told Mum. Either Mum didn't quite understand or wasn't really that fussed by it, so it must be something she does quite often. I think you need to have a talk to her about sneaking out in the middle of the night, cos there's a lot of horrible people out there at this time of night wandering the streets. MOTHER: Thank you very much. MOTHER: Thank you very much. OK. No worries. She's got school in about four hours, so hopefully she'll get some sleep. There's one last job tonight. As we had a warrant to arrest for a gentleman in Naenae, um... This was his home address. The last few times we'd been there, he hasn't been there. These searches can prove fruitless, but they're taking no chances,... Um, are we just gonna go now? ...with Jacqui and her team surrounding the address. KNOCK AT DOOR And I hear people always say, 'Don't you get scared turning up to a job like that?' And it's, like, 'Well, no, cos I know what to do; I've been trained.' (KNOCKS LOUDLY) 'But it's still exciting. (CHUCKLES)' It's the police. Can you come to the door? 'You're walking into the unknown. You just don't know, but you have to be prepared for everything.' LOCK CLICKS Hey. Sorry to get you up at this time. Um, we're looking for <BLEEP>. Oh, yeah. We've got a warrant to search your place, so we're gonna come in and have a look for him. All right? All right? Yep. All right? Yep. So, who else is here? OK, sweet. Is there a light we can switch on here? RT TRILLS RT TRILLS Post entry to the address. Just checking it now. When was the last time you'd seen him? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. He needs to hand himself in. Oh, yeah. OK. Cool. Oh, OK. Sorry, can I just get you guys to hop off the couch and go and sit over there? We just gotta move the couch around and stuff and make sure he's not hiding around by it and stuff. Yeah, it's moving, eh? Can you help me lift it? Lift the other end. Cheers. So you can sit back on it again if you want, guys. Oh, you just hop off this one. I'll just check in this one. Hey, mate. How are ya? Up ya get. Hey, you're under arrest for warrants, OK? I lifted up one of the couches and located him hiding, sort of, inside it, um, in the bottom of the couch. Um, as I rolled it, he tried to roll with the couch. Soon as I saw his legs, I told him he was under arrest, and he was pretty` pretty good from there on, like, 'Fair game. You got me.' You understand you're under arrest for warrant? Yup. Yup. Cool. OK. Jacqui's getting to the bottom of why this couch surfer's been so hard to catch ` he'd removed his monitoring device. Right. So you've actually cut your bracelet off? Oh. How long ago was that? Ages ago. Have they not caught up with you since? Have they not caught up with you since? Have they not caught up with you since? Since you cut your bracelet`? Oh, right. OK. What was the bracelet on for? What, court fines? Oh, OK. So, he'll go to court tomorrow before a judge, and he may or may not get bail. You think you had a good hiding spot there? (LAUGHS) 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. EERIE MUSIC (PANTS, WHINES) You guys will be the three that go in, and we'll take the outside and the perimeter. You guys go out the back. I'll stay out the front. You guys go out the back. I'll stay out the front. Yup. < Cool. My name's Patsy. I'm a police constable stationed at Wellington Central, and I've been doing the job for about four years now. DRAMATIC MUSIC It's a good feeling as soon as you get to work and you're off going to jobs. It's just the thrill of not knowing what's gonna happen makes it quite exciting. WOMAN: Police! Come out now or the dog, it will be used to find you! You can't really plan your day. Quite exciting, really, just to be out and about in the uniform and dealing with the public. It's a shame. Had my hopes up with that back door open. (LAUGHS) SIREN WAILS Got any cannabis on you? I can smell it coming from your group. I was a farm girl, yep. I was brought up in Te Awamutu. Till I was about 12, we lived on a dairy farm. Come and stand up against this wall. Have you got anything in your pockets? Just normal stuff? Have you got anything in your pockets? Just normal stuff? Yep. 'When I was young, I used to play a lot of tennis ` um, went to nationals and those sorts of things. 'I also played a lot of netball. So I represented Waikato and Otago netball as well.' You have to go home. Get pulled over and you'll be arrested for failing to comply with an officer's directions, OK? Day I graduated was an amazing sense of achievement. I had been wanting to do the job for such a long time that I'd finally got there. Really good feeling, actually, and hadn't felt so proud of myself, really, in anything else that I've done. ENGINE REVS, SIREN WAILS Patsy's first call-out tonight is a strange one. A male from a removal company has turned up at a female's address and is, um, demanding money from her ` payment. Obviously, they've had a deal. He's been a bit threatening towards her, so we're gonna go and check it out. As far as we know, he's still on the premises. She's inside the house with a couple of children, and, um, he's, apparently, outside and still there, but we're no longer in contact with her. RT: ...and they're gonna call us back. We are taught just to be always prepared for the worst thing that could happen. Um, so it's sort of not letting your guard down and just making sure that you're safe and that your colleagues are safe as well. It seems the removal man's moved on. Just on the phone to you, sorry. He's just, this second, left. Just on the phone to you, sorry. He's just, this second, left. He's just gone, has he? (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) You OK? EMOTIONALLY: Not really. EMOTIONALLY: Not really. All right if we come in and have a chat with you? OK. Girls are asleep; they've just gone to sleep. Girls are asleep; they've just gone to sleep. Yep. Up the stairs. So what's happened tonight? So what's happened tonight? Well, he arrived to give us the move` removal company. He arrived at half past 9 this morning. <BLEEP>. And it's taken them till now to do a two-bed. And he came to the door at the end, walks in. 'I need payment now, otherwise I'm not leaving 'and the truck's staying in the drive.' I said, 'What? I haven't got the money.' He says, 'I'm taking it down to $1000,' which still it shouldn't have been anywhere near that much. So I said, 'If you send me the invoice, I will pay you.' 'I'm going now, otherwise I'm taking your TV and something else.' I said, 'You just can't do that.' 'I'm prepared to talk to people and let them have their say,' and from that, we can make better decisions of how we're gonna approach the situation. We're just trying to see if there's anything that is an offence. I can understand, like, he's` he's threatening to take your television if you don't pay him, etc. It sort of doesn't` His behaviour, like you said, was` He was calm, but he said he wasn't going to leave. I was trying to use you as prevention. Yeah. And we're more than happy to follow up that way. Um, what we'll do is, um, contact the company and see if we can have a chat to him about his behaviour. Basically, we'll tell him to pull his head in. 'I think we make a difference by being there for people 'who really don't have anyone else to talk to, um, or just don't know where to go.' Yeah. No worries. Have a good sleep. Thanks. 'We don't often get thanked in our job, so when you do, it's quite nice.' Um, you sort of... Makes you feel good. BUSY MUSIC It's time to head back into a very messy Central Wellington. INDISTINCT CHATTER I feel like alcohol abuse is getting a wee bit worse. It's out of control sometimes, especially when you're on Courtenay Place on a Friday, Saturday night. It's quite shocking to see the states that some of the people have got themselves in. OFFICER: Oi, oi, oi, oi, oi. Back off, back off, back off. OFFICER: Oi, oi, oi, oi, oi. Back off, back off, back off. What is going on? Tell us what's been going on. Tell us what's been going on. Nah, nothing. MAN: This guy got attacked, bro. She was defending` He got attacked while we were just walking past. He got attacked while we were just walking past. What happened? Let's carry on, guys. I saw you. Let's carry on, guys. I saw you. Are they all good? These guys are gonna go home. These guys are gonna go home. Yeah, yeah, they're all good, yeah. These guys are gonna go home. Yeah, yeah, they're all good, yeah. Yep. All good. It's quite tiring, um, dealing with the same type of thing over and over again. You're my mate. You <BLEEP>... You're my mate. You <BLEEP>... Come on, man. I'm not... You're my mate. You <BLEEP>... Come on, man. I'm not... Oi. 'Just driving along Courtenay Place and heard a couple of males arguing.' So you know him? So you know him? Hey, come here. No, no, I told him to stand over there. Listen` No, no, I'm telling you leave him alone; I'm talking to you. He come to me! He come to me! Yeah. Do you know him? Do you know him? Do you know him? No. Do you know him? No. OK, where are you heading to now? (MUMBLES) (MUMBLES) You need to walk away. There are times when you can sense that you're not in a good situation, and I would tend to just, sort of, back off a little bit. You need to walk on. 'So once I've established where it's gonna go,' it's pretty much zero tolerance and just deal with them and get them out of that situation. Just walk away. Because I'm not` I'm not` Because I'm not` I'm not` Walk away. Because I'm not` I'm not` Walk away. No, no, no! Why? Why? Walk away, because you're being disorderly. Walk away, because you're being disorderly. Don't push me. I've told you a thousand times to go. On several occasions, I've been called a blonde slut... (LAUGHS) or a <BLEEP> bitch. Something like that, yeah, yeah. Just being sworn at a lot but, sort of, just try to let it go over the head. He said, 'I'm gonna stab you, and I'm gonna kill you.' That's what he said. When he saw you, when I waved to you to come... when I waved to you to come... Who said that? when I waved to you to come... Who said that? That Indian guy. The other guy said that to him? The other guy said that to him? He was calling his mate, 'Come and help me to fight.' Yep. Yep. Well, unfortunately, you're both intoxicated and just need to` to go your separate ways. Finally moved on in separate directions and um, hopefully prevented, uh, some sort of assault or anything serious happening there, cos they were a bit wound up, but hopefully they've gone home now. HIP-HOP MUSIC MEN YELL INDISTINCTLY MEN YELL INDISTINCTLY You're probably not gonna get in, cos you're too drunk. Come here! I saw you drinking it. Don't argue with me. Get him out of the city! HIP-HOP MUSIC CONTINUES I'm very fortunate to be in the specialist search-and-rescue squad. That is where my passion lies within the police. Picked up something there. I absolutely couldn't do what I do without a very supportive family. It might be 2 o'clock in the morning ` uh, pager goes off. My husband might be away. I've got my son at home. Mum will come up in her dressing gown and we'll, like, pass in the driveway. I might be gone for four days. You never know. Got a ditch on the left. Search and Rescue is a really tight unit. All of the search-and-rescue guys love getting out in the bush and having a successful end to searches. Down. Down. Yep. Down. Yep. Yep. I feel it's one of the best squads in the police. DOG WHINES Her enthusiasm could only be topped by a teammate she can always rely on. He's named Zinzan ` after the All Black. Zinzan, seek. It's a bit of a love-hate relationship, actually. Um, he's a big, bolshie, confident, dominant shepherd but fantastic at what he does. Got a cup! Good boy! Training exercises are really important, because you never know when you're going to be called out to a real job, and you have to put everything you learnt into reality. As clever as Zinzan is, today he's been sidelined in favour of a little modern technology. Often people with Alzheimer's or dementia, um, go missing, and they, uh` they wander, and then they can't get back to their house, or they wander from their rest homes. Medical alarms, personal locator beacons and location-activated smartphones can all help find lost or disoriented people. We have the WandaTrak programme, which is when they wear a necklace with a little pendant that emits a signal, and we will go out with receiving units, and we will tune into that person's frequency number. Can you hear that little beep? Can you hear that little beep? BEEP! She's somewhere between me and Eden Park; that's quite strong now. The WandaTrak call-outs happen quite a lot. We've got 180 pendants in Auckland at the moment, and so we would be looking sometimes two a week. This guy today, he's, um, elderly, um, Chinese male. He's, um, 86 years old, and he's gone for a wander, and he hasn't come back home, so we're just gonna go and, um, try and pick him up with this, uh, tracking unit. I've got his number here, and we're just gonna dial into his number. STATIC BUZZES So we'll go to the scene address first, and then we'll work out from there. STATIC BUZZES STATIC BUZZES He's definitely not here. I just did a quick sweep down the road. So we'll head up to this` Right behind the house is this nice big hill. We'll go up there, and then we'll see if we can track him from there. They are life-saving devices, because I've found a dementia patient at 4 o'clock in the morning just in his boxer shorts, you know, very very cold, and he'd just wandered not far from his house but then, disorientated, eventually sat down and then start losing that core body temperature. STATIC BUZZES STATIC BUZZES Can you hear that little beep? STATIC BUZZES Can you hear that little beep? BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! That beep there ` that is him. BEEP! BEEP! Yeah, he's down here. BEEP! Yeah, he's down here. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! We can almost probably see him. BEEP! BEEP! He's right down in there somewhere. Yeah, I think round those tennis courts is where they've got the best signal. BEEP! BEEP! So, um, really strong now. BEEP! So, um, really strong now. BEEP! So getting, um, quite close. You can hear that real big beep. These missions bring out the racing spirit in this former round-the-world yacht racer. We're on College Rd now. Are you at the top of the roundabout? OK. All right, cool. See you soon. It's definitely quite competitive ` you know, sort of, 'My find. I got this one.' It is like you are tracking them down, and you know you're getting closer, and it turns into a real hunt game. BEEP! BEEP! Yeah, so here he is. (LAUGHS) BEEP! That's our search and rescue comrade. So he's pretty stoked he's found him. That's good. So, here's the, um, little pendant here. When you find a missing person in WandaTrak, it is very rewarding. Can we take you home now? You hop in our car. The white one? The white one? Yes, yes. Dementia's such a difficult thing to live with, so you're always so happy to have them back and in the car. Had some money here. He was gonna pay us for his taxi fare. (CHUCKLES) Hello. It's Bridget from Search and Rescue. We have, uh, your grandfather, is it? Yeah. Yeah. < Thank you very much. So that was really successful. We found him, and we took him back home and dropped him off with his family. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. No, no, you're welcome. You're welcome. And we'll head back now and put the gear away and wait for the` wait for the next one. FAST-PACED ACTION MUSIC Captions by Ashlee Scholefield. Edited by Glenna Casalme. www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2015 ACTION MUSIC CONTINUES