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Tonight's show, which airs at 9pm will see how police officers arrested a man after he attacked a Poundland worker before spitting at police and hospital workers in
Paignton
The first episode of Channel 4's Call the Cops is set to air tonight and will feature officers from Devon and Cornwall Police.
Tonight's show, which starts at 9pm, will see how police officers arrested a man after he attacked a Poundland worker before spitting at police and hospital workers in Paignton.
Earlier this year Devon Live reported on the case of Amarpreet Padda who followed his pregnant girlfriend into the bargain shop when she ran away from him.
A court hearing revealed how he had dragged her to the ground in full view of young families.
CCTV showed them cowering away from the fight in which he bit her hand and took her mobile phone. He attacked a Poundland worker from behind as he fled.
He was tracked by a police dog but then lashed out and spat at police who arrested him nearby. The dog bit his bottom and he spat at nurses after being taken to Torbay Hospital for treatment.
The arrest was filmed by the Channel 4 camera team who have made a series of fly-on-the-wall shows about Devon and Cornwall Police.
Remarkably, they capture on film how Padda played to the camera as he struggled with officers.
He repeatedly shouted 'Film me, you are taking a black man out for no reason' and 'racist, racist, racist'. Bodycam footage showed him kicking a female officer and headbutting or spitting at three male colleagues.
He was put in a spit hood and taken to hospital by aimed another spit at police as soon as it was removed, missing them and hitting the two nurses.
He had to be carried out of the A&E unit by four officers and bundled into the back of a police van, still shouting abuse and threats. He later said he could not remember anything because he had drunk a magnum of Lambrini wine.
Homeless Padda, aged 37, admitted affray, causing actual bodily harm to the Poundland worker and six counts of common assault against emergency workers. He was jailed for 14 months by Judge Peter Johnson at Exeter Crown Court.
Judge Johnson told Padda: "You were belligerent and obstructive to the police and making their job as difficult as you could. They are entitled to the protection of the law and they shall have it."
The judge described the attack on the Poundland worker as cowardly because he had hit him from behind without provocation or warning, causing a **** in one ear.
Mr Adrian Chaplin, prosecuting, said Padda had been in an on-off relationship with a 20-year-old single mother who was pregnant with his child.
They had split up but she agreed to meet him in the centre of Paignton, where he demanded the return of a phone he had given her and there was an argument.
She took refuge in Poundland but he followed her in and was seen on CCTV grabbing her in a headlock and dragging her to the ground. She had a cut on her hand where she said he bit her.
What is Call the Cops about?
Channel 4 says it 'goes inside the nerve centre of policing - the police communications and control centre known as Force Control - to shed fresh light on law and order in modern Britain'.
Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer, said: “Call the Cops has been almost a year in the making and stemmed from my many discussions with frontline officers, and senior officers speaking to me and other members of the executive in relation to the challenges they face every day.
“Whilst there are many aspects of policing that are a joy to be a part of, the reality of frontline policing for the vast majority of my officers is incredibly challenging. ‘Call the Cops’ accurately reflects this and will be an eye-opening watch for many of our communities and the wider public.
“I hope you will join me in watching this when it airs and I trust that you will feel as moved as I am by the results.”
Sandra
For the first time, the series will go inside the nerve centre of policing, the police communications and control centre.
With violent and complex crimes on the rise across the UK, an increasing number of emergencies, and fewer resources to deal with them, this series will show the critical decisions made in control and on the ground in Devon and Cornwall.
It also set to highlight the challenges Devon and Cornwall Police’s staff and officers have to face on a daily basis, including being on the receiving end of verbal and physical abuse.
The force says that the reality of policing in 2019 is that there are up to 1,000 incidents a day, that resources have been cut by 15 per cent in the last decade and that there is only one incident manager with overall command for both counties at one time.
‘Call the Cops’ starts at 9pm on Monday 19 August and will run for four weekly episodes during this series. The public can join in the debate on social media by using the hashtags #CallTheCops and #ThisIsPolicing on Twitter, and joining the live question and answer session that will take place on Devon and Cornwall Police’s Facebook page, and via @DC_Police during and after each episode.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/first-look-channel-4s-call-3226142
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