Line of Duty (2012) s03e01 Episode Script
Season 3, Episode 1
OK.
Thank you.
Operation Damson is an ongoing initiative aimed at detection/prevention of gangland murders.
Surveillance of a suspect under Operation Damson has been in place at an address for less than 24 hours, with intelligence sources indicating a significant belief the suspect is preparing to commit a gangland execution.
The suspect is a known criminal with a history of violence, is expected to be armed and is designated extremely dangerous.
Senior AFO is Inspector McAndrew.
Sir.
You'll operate out of four vehicles, each crew to be positioned on the suspect's possible routes of travel, awaiting Gold Commander's orders to intercept.
Crew assignments are as follows.
Victor Charlie Four Zero: McAndrew.
- Sir.
- Lambert.
- Sir.
- Chappell.
- Sir.
- Miller.
- Sir.
- Victor Charlie Five Zero: Waldron.
- Sir.
You will each sign that you understand the law regarding the legal use of force as outlined by the SFC.
You will each sign out your weapon.
You will each sign out the type of ammunition and the number of rounds.
Come on! Go, go, go, go! Go, go, go, go! Come on! Go! - 'Four Zero.
Radio check.
- Five Zero.
Radio check.
- 'Six Zero.
Radio check.
- Seven Zero.
Radio check.
'All vehicles disperse to routes.
Disperse to routes.
'Victor Charlie Four Zero.
Transmit when in position.
Over.
' Five Zero, Bravo Route, received.
'Six Zero, received.
'Seven Zero, received.
' Victor Charlie Five Zero in position on Bravo Route.
'Received.
' Victor Charlie Five Zero in position, Bravo Route.
The suspect is travelling west on Hill Street.
He's taking Bravo Route, repeat Bravo Route.
Victor Charlie Five Zero, received.
'Blue Toyota Celica, registration 'Lima delta zero four whisky echo whisky.
' Go.
Go! - 'Five Zero, report.
' - Visual with target, maintaining obs.
'Victor Charlie Five Zero, we're en route to join.
Four Zero, what's our order, Five Zero? - 'Order is Fahrenheit.
Repeat, order is Fahrenheit.
' - Go.
Left, left.
'Four Zero, our ETA is two minutes, repeat two minutes, Five Zero.
' Five Zero, received.
- Hard stop.
- Come off it, skipper! - Danny! - Hard stop.
- Danny! Shit.
Go, go! Armed Police! Skipper, slow down! - Armed Police! - Slow down, Skipper! - Police! Armed Police! OK.
Come on, come on! - Skipper! - Shots fired! Where is he? Danny? Danny! - Armed Police! - Oh, shit.
Hari.
Hari, mate, he's down.
He refused to surrender his firearm.
- Jesus Christ, look where the gun is! - How'd it get all the way over there, Danny? Brain injury, muscle spasm -- he chucked it.
- Look at what it looks like, though, Danny.
- Good point.
- Hey, hey, Danny, Danny.
- It was self-defence.
But we all know the shit I'll get for it.
- Skipper, wait.
- For Christ's sake! - You're making it worse.
I'm the last person who wants to see you lot in the shit.
- Us? - We didn't do nothing.
- That's the problem.
So I'll cover for you and say we got here together, shouted "Armed police" but the mad bastard pulled a gun.
- What are you talking about? - He would have surrendered if you'd have got here in time.
That's my report unless the lot of you man up right now.
- Discharge your weapons.
- No way.
Shoot over the suspect's body, in the direction you'd have fired if you'd have actually managed to get here in time.
No.
Shoot, now! Shoot.
Shoot! You choked.
Plausible.
Jesus! 'Five Zero, status report.
Status report.
' We're all in this together.
Best way.
Is anyone hurt? - We're fine, thanks, guv.
- Suspect down, repeat, suspect down.
Stow your weapons.
Victor Charlie Four One, requesting forensic deployment for the scene.
All AFOs and weapons require transporting to base for forensic recovery of evidence and debrief.
You sure you're OK? Fine.
Everyone did their job.
- Carry on.
- Sir.
- Carry on.
Sir.
Steve.
What do you reckon, son -- one for us? Yeah.
One for us.
Sir.
As you were.
Forensics will take your firearms, gunshot residue samples, clothing, nail scrapings.
You are to remain at the station until they advise - they don't need any further samples.
- Sir.
You're all entitled to 48 hours' recovery time.
You'll all be offered post-traumatic counselling.
My advice is to use these 48 hours wisely.
Sir.
For the tape, please confirm you are the officer using the call-sign Victor Charlie Five One.
I am.
Document two in your folders.
This FA-1 was issued to AFOs at South Ferry Police Station on the day of 13th of May of this year.
- You recognise that form? - I do, sir.
- Is that your signature? - It is, sir.
- Mm-hmm.
- According to the FA-1, you were issued with a Glock 17 service pistol serial number Mike November 8746546, and nine by 19mm parabellum rounds.
I was.
Now, can you inform us as to how you personally became involved in Operation Damson? It was a real-time deployment authorised by the SFC.
'I travelled in the second vehicle designated Victor Charlie Five Zero, 'crewed by myself and the rest of my team.
' The rest of your team are AFO Victor Charlie Five Two, AFO Victor Charlie Five Three and AFO Victor Charlie Five Four.
We deployed to a holding position on one of four exit routes for the suspect and maintained radio contact with the operational senior AFO.
For the tape, please confirm this was an inspector using the call sign Victor Charlie Four One.
Correct.
Victor Charlie Four One notified me that the suspect was travelling towards us and authorised us to carry out a real-time intercept.
(Real time intercept.
) Yeah.
Things get a wee bit fuzzy for me here, Sergeant.
Maybe you could be a ray of sunshine and burn off the fog.
Mmm? - I'm waiting.
- Sir, I'm waiting for a question.
What the Super's asking you is how come, as per the statement given by Victor Charlie Four One, - you were ordered to wait for support - Not ordered.
Advised.
But you went ahead and carried out the hard stop anyway.
The suspect was travelling at high speed to an unknown destination with the intention of committing a gangland execution.
Or so the intelligence said.
The intelligence DID say, and if that's wrong, sir, take it up with them.
Can we please just stick to a line of questioning that relates to Victor Charlie Five One's actions? On you go, Sergeant.
It'll help if I refer to the map in our folders, document four.
Travelling at high speed along Prince's Road, the suspect approached a line of parked cars with open road ahead.
I was concerned if we didn't carry out the hard stop immediately, the suspect would get away.
- Oh, and that was your decision, was it? - No, sir.
It was the decision of the Strategic Firearms Commander who designated the operational objective of preventing the suspect carrying out an act of lethal force, added to which, as police officers, it's a non-negotiable duty to protect the public.
- May I answer the question now? - Please do.
Fearing the suspect would get away and pose a danger to the public, I took the decision to close off his route of escape by executing a hard stop manoeuvre on Prince's Road that trapped the suspect's vehicle between ours and the parked cars.
The suspect then made his escape on foot via an alleyway, and I gave chase.
This foot chase led to a confrontation in Prince's Court.
We need you to tell us all about this confrontation.
Once in Prince's Court, almost immediately the suspect realised he was cornered.
The suspect turned his weapon on us and fired.
We returned fire.
Shots struck the suspect in the head and proved instantly fatal.
We've received written statements from yourself and the other AFOs on your team.
- Said statements agree you all entered Prince's Court together.
- Correct.
See, the thing is, we've got a statement off of an eyewitness on Prince's Road.
Says that you entered that rough ground at least 30 seconds before the rest of your team.
I was first out of our vehicle.
That would have misled the eyewitness.
You're saying she's mistaken? I'm saying that my written statements and the written statements of my team are accurate.
Yes, they are.
And entirely consistent in every detail.
- You and your team, you acted as one? - Correct.
That's not always the case with you and your teams, though, is it? In your four years at South Ferry, there's been a fair few 'transfer requests from officers who didn't want to stay in your team.
'Some guys can't cut it.
I want them off my squad.
'To save face, they put in for a transfer request.
'None of these officers had a problem with you?' I've got high standards.
That's their problem.
So, you all entered Prince's Court together? Yes, sir.
We were moving fast on foot but I carried out a rapid risk assessment, noting there were no members of the public in immediate jeopardy.
I called, "Armed Police.
" The suspect turned his weapon on us and opened fire.
I returned fire.
The suspect fell to the ground.
Immediate examination of the suspect by Victor Charlie Five Four revealed serious wounds to the head.
The suspect had absent respiration and his pulse was also absent.
I secured his firearm.
A few moments later, Victor Charlie Four One arrived on the scene with her team and assumed operational command.
You discharged your pistols, not your G36s? We confronted the suspect in a confined space bounded by hard surfaces.
Given the G36 has a muzzle velocity of over 900 metres per second, I identified a significant risk our rounds might pass through the suspect and ricochet back at us causing injury.
We don't have an eyewitness to the shooting.
But we do have three ear-witnesses.
Three independent ear-witnesses.
Each ear-witness claims to have heard a group of gunshots followed closely by what sounded like a second group of gunshots, followed closely by a single gunshot.
As per my written statement, it's a matter of fact that there was one shot fired by the suspect immediately followed by a group of shots fired simultaneously by myself, Victor Charlie Five Two and Victor Charlie Five Three.
These independent ear-witnesses would seem to contradict said fact.
It's an accepted and well recognised acoustic phenomenon that an ear-witness can be deceived by up to six different sounds associated with a single gunshot.
Document six in your folders.
Forensic report regarding Operation Damson.
Gunshot residue from the discharge of a Glock 17 pistol was detected on the hands and clothing of the following: Victor Charlie Five One, Victor Charlie Five Two, Victor Charlie Five Three.
They all discharged their weapons.
No-one's disputing that.
A Colt 1911 A1 pistol was found in the suspect's right hand.
Gunshot residue from the discharge of this firearm was detected on the suspect.
Gunshot residue from the Colt was also detected on Victor Charlie Five One.
Are you able to explain this finding, 'Victor Charlie Five One? 'I secured the suspect's firearm, causing secondary 'transfer of residue after the firearm had been discharged.
' - This explains the high concentration of residue.
- Does it? The concentration and distribution are more characteristic of a gunman than a bystander.
- Caused when I secured the firearm.
- You expect us to believe that? At a distance of approximately five metres from the suspect, there was a small concentration of gunshot residue found on the ground.
Said gunshot residue matched the suspect's firearm.
How do you account for this? The suspect was in motion as he turned his firearm towards my team.
He covered a short distance between raising the gun and firing it.
There's gunshot residue on the ground where the body was found.
That's where he fired the gun.
Why is there gunshot residue five metres away as well? My colleague has answered the question.
Did the gun ever lie in a position on the ground five metres from the suspect? No, it did not.
Steve.
Document 11.
Postmortem result.
Three bullets were recovered from the head wounds and were identified as nine by 19mm parabellum rounds fired by a Glock 17 pistol issued to Authorised Firearms Officer Victor Charlie Five One.
Three shots.
You made sure, didn't you, Sergeant? Victor Charlie Five One regrets the loss of life but I don't need to remind everyone that he was an Authorised Firearms Officer acting on the lawful orders of a Strategic Firearms Commander.
You regret killing him? - As I've said - I'm asking Victor Charlie Five One.
Victor Charlie Five One has the right to be interviewed by an officer at least one rank superior.
Did you regret killing him, Victor Charlie Five One? I regret the loss of life.
Three shots, fella! Standard practice to aim at the maximum body mass, the chest.
- Why head shots? - I was ten metres away in good visibility.
The shots were highly achievable.
Standard practice is double-tap the trigger, discharging shots in pairs.
Not two shots, not four.
He collapsed after the third shot so I ceased fire.
Yeah, right.
You shot him down like a dog! Sir, your language is inflammatory.
'You'd prefer only to have wounded him? 'We don't shoot to wound.
We shoot to neutralise the lethal threat.
' You were the only AFO to strike the target.
- Yes, that's what happened - Listen to me, son.
We weren't born yesterday.
You shot that fella in cold blood while your wee mates stood by and watched.
I shot first and the others fired a fraction later, by which time the suspect had collapsed.
Their shots missed.
You saw all that in a fraction of a second? I've never been to this building before.
You saw me walk into this interview room, sit down in a matter of a few seconds.
Over my left shoulder are three rows of open-plan desks in front of a glass partition dividing the open-plan area from a private office.
Range -- 20 metres.
Seated at the desks are seven personnel, comprising four males and three females.
Over my right shoulder is a longitudinal partition at chest height, beyond which is gate-controlled access.
Range -- 20 metres.
Entrance and exit to this floor level are via keycontrolled lifts adjacent to the waiting area at my four o'clock position.
Range -- 35 metres.
Why the second shot? Why the third? - The first shot was fatal.
- Why did you keep firing? Were you losing it out there, fella? I cite under Common Law my lawful right to use lethal force for preservation of life or in self-defence where this threat is immediate.
Yes.
And in response I cite Section 117 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act -- the use of REASONABLE force.
And for the tape, the emphasis is mine and not contained in the Act.
That's an easy argument from behind a desk, sir.
From behind this desk, Sergeant, we uphold standards.
Standards you're expected to meet as a serving police officer.
Do you recognise the man in this image? I object in the strongest possible terms.
Victor Charlie Five One's been involved in an extremely tragic and distressing incident, and this line of inquiry is offensive and insensitive.
Your man doesn't strike me as the sensitive type.
Are you? Am I what? Sensitive.
'On your personnel file, there's no recorded next of kin.
'Wife? Fiancee?' This line of questioning has no bearing on the investigation.
We don't know that yet.
I'm single.
The suspect was an armed criminal with a history of violence posing an immediate and credible threat to the public.
In respect of Operation Damson, on May 13th the Strategic Firearms Commander authorised the use of firearms.
Under Section 3 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 I am also entitled to use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances to prevent crime, and under Section 117 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 I am entitled to use reasonable force in the exercise of police powers.
Under Common Law, I have the lawful right to use lethal force for preservation of life or in self-defence where this threat is immediate.
At no time has anyone in this room put forward credible evidence that I acted unlawfully, and therefore I formally request that my withdrawal from operational deployment be lifted and my firearms permit be reinstated so I can get back to doing what I do best.
This investigation is far from over, son.
As far as I'm concerned we've only just scratched the surface.
'Request denied.
Interview terminated.
' Desk duty only.
- Danny, don't do this.
- What was that? My personal life.
What was that? - Nothing personal.
- No? - Interview's finished, Danny.
- I'm not.
- Good.
Neither are we.
There isn't a bomb under it.
But there ought to be.
Fortunately I booked a table.
Somewhere ridiculously expensive.
Well, I guess I had that coming.
I'm so sorry, I forgot.
All right.
And what am I .
.
supposed to do with these? Happy anniversary.
Come on.
Come on.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Victor Charlie Two Zero, on our way.
'Victor Charlie Two Zero, received.
' It's all right, mate.
You leave it to us, yeah(?) Oi! You going to tell us how it went with AC-12? - You first.
- We stuck to the story, mate.
Like you gave us much of a choice.
So we all stuck to the story.
- All right? - All right.
They'll go through the motions, hit a brick wall.
Case closed.
All the time, you just want us to play along? - It's worked so far.
- So far? What's your problem? My problem My problem is what really happened with you and that suspect.
Don't try playing the big man.
We both know you're not up to it.
She definitely does.
- All right to come in with the gaffer for a minute? - Sure.
Kate.
Thanks.
We're just discussing the Daniel Waldron shooting.
Is there an undercover assignment? Look, can I just say, this feels like a long shot.
Kate was kept out of the interview on purpose to give us this option.
- We should use it.
- Remind me, Kate.
Are you firearms trained? Yes, sir, I am.
The statements given by Waldron's team are all highly consistent.
That's not suspicious in itself.
What else are they going to do, given 48 hours to get their stories straight? Look, the question is whether Waldron's story adds up, and whether his squad's really as loyal as they appear.
The only way to get the inside story is with Kate on the case.
Putting Kate into an AFO role is a whole level of jeopardy above - a normal undercover - I can handle it.
Thanks.
Kind of a regular thing, first Wednesday of every month.
You all right? Lets off a bit of steam.
- I'm in.
- What can I get you? - No, my shout, guv.
- Is the right answer.
Vodka and tonic.
Big one.
- Coming up.
New AFO, Kate, um - Kate Francis.
- All right? Everyone all right for a drink? Yeah, I've got one here.
Thanks.
You've got to be kidding me.
All right? - Relax, mate.
Off duty.
- You don't normally do the monthly piss-up.
Bit of bonding felt like a good idea.
No-one going to buy me a drink? - What you having, skipper? - Mineral water.
Still.
Ta.
- How are you doing, then? You all right? - Fine.
You? Yeah, I'm good.
Yeah.
I think I best give Jackie a hand with them drinks.
- Danny.
- Evening, ma'am.
Meet Kate Francis.
- Kate, Danny Waldron.
- You all right? - How are you doing? - Thanks for the drink, Kate.
- That's all right.
- See you in a bit.
You're new, then? Yeah, I got posted while, um - While I've been chained to a desk.
- Sorry.
They give you the firepower but when you actually do what's necessary, suddenly you're a pariah.
- Where you posted from? - East Mids.
You know what, Jackie? I think I'd best call it a night.
Laila ain't sleeping too good, you know.
Can't say I blame you, mate.
- See you in a bit.
- See you.
- Would you excuse me? - Yeah, of course.
Hari.
You sure everything's all right? Yeah, it's fine, yeah.
It's just the missus ain't sleeping too good, you know.
Why do I get the feeling you're not 100% on board? I am.
I'm going home, so Laila can grab an early night, yeah? You need me to make the hard choices for you.
Because I see what's inside you.
Jelly.
The fact is, if we'd not stuck together, AC-12 would be charging the lot of us, not just me.
Worth bearing in mind, when you've got that nice little family to provide for.
Love to Laila.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Danny.
- Rachel.
Big night out? Just a quiet one with workmates.
- Your workmates? - Yeah.
Would it be OK if I bought you another drink? Yeah, that would be OK.
- Dry white wine? - Very good.
- Great.
This is me.
It was really nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
Can I kiss you? - That was nice.
- Very nice.
- Can I get your phone number? - Sure.
What's yours? It's 07700 922 621.
OK.
Here's mine.
Got it.
Thank you.
- Night, Rachel.
- Night.
Listen, Hari, can I talk to you about something? In the pub, I couldn't help noticing you and Danny.
Is he giving you a hard time? Well, when hasn't he? But that's just what he's like.
But you all stood by him after he killed a suspect.
Did it really happen the way you all said it did? My advice to you is don't ask.
I don't think you've got any idea what he's capable of.
Not a clue.
- Kate.
- Danny Waldron's squad.
If anyone's got a wobble, it's Hari Baines.
Received.
Suspect turned his gun on us, we returned fire.
The suspect, he discharged his weapon, and we returned fire.
Would it be easier for you to tell us who fired first? The suspect fired his pistol at us.
And we fired back at him.
But you didn't, did you, Constable? No, sir, no.
The suspect had already taken fire to the head and he went down.
So, what, you hesitated, is that it? No, sir, no, it just all felt like it happened in the same moment, you know, the suspect firing and then him being taken down.
'Why was there a patch of gunshot residue from the suspect's firearm five metres away from his body? It must have been the suspect was moving from one position to the other as he fired.
"Must have"? I mean, he was.
He was moving when he fired.
We know it's not easy, being confined to desk duty.
Particularly if you're the only one who didn't open fire.
Well, I didn't choke, if that's what you mean.
No-one said you choked.
When you're AC-12, you're always looking for an angle, aren't you? We appreciate there's trust issues.
No-one wants to seem like they're telling tales on their own.
But no-one wants to let a bent copper off the hook, either.
But we've read your record.
You're an honest copper.
This is bothering you, Harinderpal.
Hari.
It's bothering you, Hari.
A lot.
Look, I told Waldron to let the suspect go.
We were in pursuit.
Like the bloke's still going to carry out a hit with half the Force on his tail.
What? You knew Waldron was out of control and you tried to deter him? - No, I never said he was out of control.
- Well, what are you saying? You followed Danny Waldron's script to the letter.
Except for one moment.
The little patch of gunshot residue that was nowhere near where the suspect's gun was found.
See what I mean? You act like every copper's bent till he's proven otherwise.
- But I'm clean.
- Prove it.
- Tell us what really happened.
Why was there so much gunshot residue from the suspect's firearm on Waldron? What did he really do when he claimed he was securing it? I can't do this.
I'm sorry.
I can't do this.
There's There's no way I'm testifying against Danny Waldron.
Hari Baines is dammed if he does, dammed if he doesn't, poor bugger.
We'll be able to compel him, I'm sure, sir.
If we can get to threshold, he'll go with the flow to save his own neck.
We're a long way from threshold yet, though.
- I've really got to go now, I'll talk later.
Bye.
- Jill.
- Sorry.
The Police Federation are pushing back against Danny Waldron's treatment.
I got an e-mail from their lawyer that was three pages long.
They want him operational again and his firearms permit reinstated unless you can show there's substantive suspicion of crime and/or misconduct and/or endangerment of public trust.
We've got them all.
You don't have endangerment of public trust as Operation Damson remains unreported in the press as per a legal suppression order.
So what have you actually got regarding crime and/or misconduct? There's a strong suspicion Danny Waldron was adjacent to the suspect when the suspect's firearm went off and that Waldron moved the firearm before forensics got to the scene.
I've listened to the tape.
You all did your best but Waldron deals plausibly with all your areas of enquiry.
And his team's statements back him up.
We interviewed one of his team, PC Harinderpal Baines, who we strongly suspect is detachable from Waldron's version of events.
Is he on the record? - No, ma'am, but - I'm a civilian.
It's Gill or Miss Biggeloe.
So he's not on the record.
No.
But we have an officer undercover probing for weaknesses in the team's statements.
Has she found any? - Not yet, but she's only just started.
- So she hasn't.
Look, I've seen enough bent coppers in my time to know when one of them is hiding something.
You know why I've been appointed.
To ensure that anti-corruption inquiries don't get pulled apart in court to everyone's embarrassment.
Yeah, well, we'd all be severely embarrassed if Daniel Waldron manages to pull something like this off again.
We are protecting the public and sometimes that means we have to protect them from our own officers.
Legally this case is weak and juries don't convict police officers for killing suspects.
I've got no option but to recommend that Waldron and his team return to active duty and that their firearms permits are reinstated.
What? She running our investigations now? Search of premises, Class A drugs.
Residents are known to be in possession.
Have access to firearms.
Good to be back.
Armed Police! Armed Police! Jacks, you, Rod, Hari, secure these rooms.
Kate, with me.
Go.
Go.
Armed Police! Armed Police! Armed Police! All clear.
Check the landing.
Kate, check in with the others.
- Victor Charlie Five Five.
- 'Five Two.
' - Status? - 'Still checking.
' Move.
Move.
Armed Police! No! Check your safety.
Stand down.
Get the search team in here, and we need an ambulance and social services.
- 'Yes, skipper.
' - It's all right.
No-one's going to hurt you.
Good boy.
It's all right.
Shh.
How old are you, eh? Hi, it's me.
Yeah, fine.
Just I'll be busy later.
I just wanted to get him before he went to bed.
Thanks.
Hi, sweetheart.
Have you had a nice day? Have you? Oh, that's lovely.
Kate.
There's no easy way to say this.
This isn't going to work.
Nobody feels worse about what happened -- what nearly happened -- than I do.
I decide who's right for my team.
No-one else.
Who can cut it and who can't.
It's nothing personal.
- You're just not up to the job.
- I messed up, but I'll learn.
- I don't give in, skipper.
- Neither do I.
Best you put in for a transfer.
Save me having to turn nasty.
Sorry.
Don't be.
It's a free country.
Here you are.
Here you go.
- So, you worked with Jackie long? - Couple of years, on and off.
- Danny? - A bit less.
- I don't get the impression there's much Sorry, Kate.
Sorry, listen.
- I'm just not feeling very sociable right now.
- No worries.
All right? I'd better get in.
See you in a bit.
Look, I'm sorry.
- Don't let him wind you up like that.
- How do you think I feel right now? - Just ignore him.
- Ignore him? Are you taking the piss? Thanks.
Finally.
- Is that the file on the suspect shot by Waldron? - Yeah.
What? We need an unredacted file.
Leave it to me.
I'll crack some heads together.
- You shouldn't be here.
- That only applies if we're investigating you.
- You're off the hook.
- What do you want? - You didn't know the suspect.
- No.
- I heard a rumour about him.
Heard the name.
You need to caution me before you can ask that.
Like this is on the record.
I just want to know the truth.
The file on Ronan Murphy.
The suspect's name.
Large sections were redacted.
If there's something bigger here, Danny, you don't want to be the one left carrying the can.
- Do you run, Steve? - I don't have to.
No-one's chasing me.
I do.
Miles, some nights.
Tens of miles.
It gets till every part of me hurts.
But the one thing I know is you keep going through the pain because if you stop, it's going to hurt a whole lot more to get started again.
When this is all done, Steve, I'll suffer for my actions.
I'm under no illusions of a happy ending.
But I ain't going to stop.
Danny.
One thing we both know -- easiest way to get away with killing someone, be a police officer.
Come on.
You want to have a go with the light? Press the button.
Press the button for Daddy.
Won't be long before you're driving yourself, will it? - Vroom vroom! - It'll be a few years yet.
- Have a good day.
- See you.
- See you later.
Hari.
- All right, Hari? - Yeah, I'm fine, thanks, guv.
I'm concerned about the interpersonal dynamics on the unit.
So I'm going to disband Danny's squad.
- What did Danny have to say about that? - He won't be the problem.
The problem will be getting AFOs to work with him.
I know he's not the easiest skipper, but he's good at his job.
I'm learning loads from him, so I'd rather keep at it.
- Seriously? - Yeah.
If you move us on now, ma'am, it looks like we messed up, doesn't it? And we didn't.
Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery.
He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower.
He fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Let us pray.
Here you are, girl.
Come on, there's a good dog.
Don't remember me? - No.
- No? Nor did the man that you buried.
Get down.
Sit.
Every time you don't do what I say, it gets worse.
You'll sit, all right? But first .
.
you'll take off all your clothes.
I never knew his name.
Not really.
We did have a name for him, though.
So many years I wondered what I'd do if I ever saw him again.
And then I did.
In a photo in a briefing room.
And I was being sent to meet him with a gun.
Before you ask, this isn't the one.
Illegal, untraceable, no problem with using it on you.
So, who was he to you? Nephew.
I never knew that there was a family connection.
We had a name for you, too.
Do you want to know what it was? Do you want to know what it was? The only thing with Ronan, it was over too fast.
But I've got you to make up for that.
Here you go.
Sergeant Waldron.
- 'Four Zero, radio check.
- Seven Zero, radio check.
'All units, intel reports no egress from the premises this morning.
'Residents are believed to be in situ and should be considered armed 'and dangerous till proved otherwise.
'Five Zero have been briefed and will enter and secure premises.
'Other units are to standby and await orders.
' Armed Police! - Armed Police! - Armed Police! - Armed Police! - Nobody move! Armed Police! - Armed Police! - Armed Police! - Show your hands.
Turn around.
Hands behind your back, walk to me.
- Keep coming.
- Move.
- Turn around, hands behind your back.
- Behind your back.
To me.
Keep your hands down.
- Move! Move! - Who else is in the house? - No-one.
We're going up.
Call it in, channel one.
Victor Charlie Five Five on one.
'Victor Charlie Four One, go ahead, Five Five.
' Two suspects in custody.
Continuing the search.
Hari, Rod, Jacks, go up.
Kate, stay put.
I'm good to go up.
You lot go up.
Back-to-back on two.
Stay on one.
You really going to be like this? You had your chance to make this painless.
In the morning I'm telling McAndrew to bump you off the squad.
- 'Victor Charlie Five One.
' - Five One.
'Five Four.
You better come up here, skipper.
' On my way.
Don't move a muscle.
- Who else was up there? - No-one, I told you.
Shot fired, Five Five.
No further information.
Shot fired.
- 'Victor Charlie Four One.
What's going on?' - Shit! 'Five Five, report.
' Victor Charlie Five Five, status zero, officer seriously wounded.
What happened? Shit! 'We have a status zero on one of our officers.
' Stay with me, Danny, stay with me.
What's he saying? What's he saying? Stay with me, Danny.
Danny! Danny!
Thank you.
Operation Damson is an ongoing initiative aimed at detection/prevention of gangland murders.
Surveillance of a suspect under Operation Damson has been in place at an address for less than 24 hours, with intelligence sources indicating a significant belief the suspect is preparing to commit a gangland execution.
The suspect is a known criminal with a history of violence, is expected to be armed and is designated extremely dangerous.
Senior AFO is Inspector McAndrew.
Sir.
You'll operate out of four vehicles, each crew to be positioned on the suspect's possible routes of travel, awaiting Gold Commander's orders to intercept.
Crew assignments are as follows.
Victor Charlie Four Zero: McAndrew.
- Sir.
- Lambert.
- Sir.
- Chappell.
- Sir.
- Miller.
- Sir.
- Victor Charlie Five Zero: Waldron.
- Sir.
You will each sign that you understand the law regarding the legal use of force as outlined by the SFC.
You will each sign out your weapon.
You will each sign out the type of ammunition and the number of rounds.
Come on! Go, go, go, go! Go, go, go, go! Come on! Go! - 'Four Zero.
Radio check.
- Five Zero.
Radio check.
- 'Six Zero.
Radio check.
- Seven Zero.
Radio check.
'All vehicles disperse to routes.
Disperse to routes.
'Victor Charlie Four Zero.
Transmit when in position.
Over.
' Five Zero, Bravo Route, received.
'Six Zero, received.
'Seven Zero, received.
' Victor Charlie Five Zero in position on Bravo Route.
'Received.
' Victor Charlie Five Zero in position, Bravo Route.
The suspect is travelling west on Hill Street.
He's taking Bravo Route, repeat Bravo Route.
Victor Charlie Five Zero, received.
'Blue Toyota Celica, registration 'Lima delta zero four whisky echo whisky.
' Go.
Go! - 'Five Zero, report.
' - Visual with target, maintaining obs.
'Victor Charlie Five Zero, we're en route to join.
Four Zero, what's our order, Five Zero? - 'Order is Fahrenheit.
Repeat, order is Fahrenheit.
' - Go.
Left, left.
'Four Zero, our ETA is two minutes, repeat two minutes, Five Zero.
' Five Zero, received.
- Hard stop.
- Come off it, skipper! - Danny! - Hard stop.
- Danny! Shit.
Go, go! Armed Police! Skipper, slow down! - Armed Police! - Slow down, Skipper! - Police! Armed Police! OK.
Come on, come on! - Skipper! - Shots fired! Where is he? Danny? Danny! - Armed Police! - Oh, shit.
Hari.
Hari, mate, he's down.
He refused to surrender his firearm.
- Jesus Christ, look where the gun is! - How'd it get all the way over there, Danny? Brain injury, muscle spasm -- he chucked it.
- Look at what it looks like, though, Danny.
- Good point.
- Hey, hey, Danny, Danny.
- It was self-defence.
But we all know the shit I'll get for it.
- Skipper, wait.
- For Christ's sake! - You're making it worse.
I'm the last person who wants to see you lot in the shit.
- Us? - We didn't do nothing.
- That's the problem.
So I'll cover for you and say we got here together, shouted "Armed police" but the mad bastard pulled a gun.
- What are you talking about? - He would have surrendered if you'd have got here in time.
That's my report unless the lot of you man up right now.
- Discharge your weapons.
- No way.
Shoot over the suspect's body, in the direction you'd have fired if you'd have actually managed to get here in time.
No.
Shoot, now! Shoot.
Shoot! You choked.
Plausible.
Jesus! 'Five Zero, status report.
Status report.
' We're all in this together.
Best way.
Is anyone hurt? - We're fine, thanks, guv.
- Suspect down, repeat, suspect down.
Stow your weapons.
Victor Charlie Four One, requesting forensic deployment for the scene.
All AFOs and weapons require transporting to base for forensic recovery of evidence and debrief.
You sure you're OK? Fine.
Everyone did their job.
- Carry on.
- Sir.
- Carry on.
Sir.
Steve.
What do you reckon, son -- one for us? Yeah.
One for us.
Sir.
As you were.
Forensics will take your firearms, gunshot residue samples, clothing, nail scrapings.
You are to remain at the station until they advise - they don't need any further samples.
- Sir.
You're all entitled to 48 hours' recovery time.
You'll all be offered post-traumatic counselling.
My advice is to use these 48 hours wisely.
Sir.
For the tape, please confirm you are the officer using the call-sign Victor Charlie Five One.
I am.
Document two in your folders.
This FA-1 was issued to AFOs at South Ferry Police Station on the day of 13th of May of this year.
- You recognise that form? - I do, sir.
- Is that your signature? - It is, sir.
- Mm-hmm.
- According to the FA-1, you were issued with a Glock 17 service pistol serial number Mike November 8746546, and nine by 19mm parabellum rounds.
I was.
Now, can you inform us as to how you personally became involved in Operation Damson? It was a real-time deployment authorised by the SFC.
'I travelled in the second vehicle designated Victor Charlie Five Zero, 'crewed by myself and the rest of my team.
' The rest of your team are AFO Victor Charlie Five Two, AFO Victor Charlie Five Three and AFO Victor Charlie Five Four.
We deployed to a holding position on one of four exit routes for the suspect and maintained radio contact with the operational senior AFO.
For the tape, please confirm this was an inspector using the call sign Victor Charlie Four One.
Correct.
Victor Charlie Four One notified me that the suspect was travelling towards us and authorised us to carry out a real-time intercept.
(Real time intercept.
) Yeah.
Things get a wee bit fuzzy for me here, Sergeant.
Maybe you could be a ray of sunshine and burn off the fog.
Mmm? - I'm waiting.
- Sir, I'm waiting for a question.
What the Super's asking you is how come, as per the statement given by Victor Charlie Four One, - you were ordered to wait for support - Not ordered.
Advised.
But you went ahead and carried out the hard stop anyway.
The suspect was travelling at high speed to an unknown destination with the intention of committing a gangland execution.
Or so the intelligence said.
The intelligence DID say, and if that's wrong, sir, take it up with them.
Can we please just stick to a line of questioning that relates to Victor Charlie Five One's actions? On you go, Sergeant.
It'll help if I refer to the map in our folders, document four.
Travelling at high speed along Prince's Road, the suspect approached a line of parked cars with open road ahead.
I was concerned if we didn't carry out the hard stop immediately, the suspect would get away.
- Oh, and that was your decision, was it? - No, sir.
It was the decision of the Strategic Firearms Commander who designated the operational objective of preventing the suspect carrying out an act of lethal force, added to which, as police officers, it's a non-negotiable duty to protect the public.
- May I answer the question now? - Please do.
Fearing the suspect would get away and pose a danger to the public, I took the decision to close off his route of escape by executing a hard stop manoeuvre on Prince's Road that trapped the suspect's vehicle between ours and the parked cars.
The suspect then made his escape on foot via an alleyway, and I gave chase.
This foot chase led to a confrontation in Prince's Court.
We need you to tell us all about this confrontation.
Once in Prince's Court, almost immediately the suspect realised he was cornered.
The suspect turned his weapon on us and fired.
We returned fire.
Shots struck the suspect in the head and proved instantly fatal.
We've received written statements from yourself and the other AFOs on your team.
- Said statements agree you all entered Prince's Court together.
- Correct.
See, the thing is, we've got a statement off of an eyewitness on Prince's Road.
Says that you entered that rough ground at least 30 seconds before the rest of your team.
I was first out of our vehicle.
That would have misled the eyewitness.
You're saying she's mistaken? I'm saying that my written statements and the written statements of my team are accurate.
Yes, they are.
And entirely consistent in every detail.
- You and your team, you acted as one? - Correct.
That's not always the case with you and your teams, though, is it? In your four years at South Ferry, there's been a fair few 'transfer requests from officers who didn't want to stay in your team.
'Some guys can't cut it.
I want them off my squad.
'To save face, they put in for a transfer request.
'None of these officers had a problem with you?' I've got high standards.
That's their problem.
So, you all entered Prince's Court together? Yes, sir.
We were moving fast on foot but I carried out a rapid risk assessment, noting there were no members of the public in immediate jeopardy.
I called, "Armed Police.
" The suspect turned his weapon on us and opened fire.
I returned fire.
The suspect fell to the ground.
Immediate examination of the suspect by Victor Charlie Five Four revealed serious wounds to the head.
The suspect had absent respiration and his pulse was also absent.
I secured his firearm.
A few moments later, Victor Charlie Four One arrived on the scene with her team and assumed operational command.
You discharged your pistols, not your G36s? We confronted the suspect in a confined space bounded by hard surfaces.
Given the G36 has a muzzle velocity of over 900 metres per second, I identified a significant risk our rounds might pass through the suspect and ricochet back at us causing injury.
We don't have an eyewitness to the shooting.
But we do have three ear-witnesses.
Three independent ear-witnesses.
Each ear-witness claims to have heard a group of gunshots followed closely by what sounded like a second group of gunshots, followed closely by a single gunshot.
As per my written statement, it's a matter of fact that there was one shot fired by the suspect immediately followed by a group of shots fired simultaneously by myself, Victor Charlie Five Two and Victor Charlie Five Three.
These independent ear-witnesses would seem to contradict said fact.
It's an accepted and well recognised acoustic phenomenon that an ear-witness can be deceived by up to six different sounds associated with a single gunshot.
Document six in your folders.
Forensic report regarding Operation Damson.
Gunshot residue from the discharge of a Glock 17 pistol was detected on the hands and clothing of the following: Victor Charlie Five One, Victor Charlie Five Two, Victor Charlie Five Three.
They all discharged their weapons.
No-one's disputing that.
A Colt 1911 A1 pistol was found in the suspect's right hand.
Gunshot residue from the discharge of this firearm was detected on the suspect.
Gunshot residue from the Colt was also detected on Victor Charlie Five One.
Are you able to explain this finding, 'Victor Charlie Five One? 'I secured the suspect's firearm, causing secondary 'transfer of residue after the firearm had been discharged.
' - This explains the high concentration of residue.
- Does it? The concentration and distribution are more characteristic of a gunman than a bystander.
- Caused when I secured the firearm.
- You expect us to believe that? At a distance of approximately five metres from the suspect, there was a small concentration of gunshot residue found on the ground.
Said gunshot residue matched the suspect's firearm.
How do you account for this? The suspect was in motion as he turned his firearm towards my team.
He covered a short distance between raising the gun and firing it.
There's gunshot residue on the ground where the body was found.
That's where he fired the gun.
Why is there gunshot residue five metres away as well? My colleague has answered the question.
Did the gun ever lie in a position on the ground five metres from the suspect? No, it did not.
Steve.
Document 11.
Postmortem result.
Three bullets were recovered from the head wounds and were identified as nine by 19mm parabellum rounds fired by a Glock 17 pistol issued to Authorised Firearms Officer Victor Charlie Five One.
Three shots.
You made sure, didn't you, Sergeant? Victor Charlie Five One regrets the loss of life but I don't need to remind everyone that he was an Authorised Firearms Officer acting on the lawful orders of a Strategic Firearms Commander.
You regret killing him? - As I've said - I'm asking Victor Charlie Five One.
Victor Charlie Five One has the right to be interviewed by an officer at least one rank superior.
Did you regret killing him, Victor Charlie Five One? I regret the loss of life.
Three shots, fella! Standard practice to aim at the maximum body mass, the chest.
- Why head shots? - I was ten metres away in good visibility.
The shots were highly achievable.
Standard practice is double-tap the trigger, discharging shots in pairs.
Not two shots, not four.
He collapsed after the third shot so I ceased fire.
Yeah, right.
You shot him down like a dog! Sir, your language is inflammatory.
'You'd prefer only to have wounded him? 'We don't shoot to wound.
We shoot to neutralise the lethal threat.
' You were the only AFO to strike the target.
- Yes, that's what happened - Listen to me, son.
We weren't born yesterday.
You shot that fella in cold blood while your wee mates stood by and watched.
I shot first and the others fired a fraction later, by which time the suspect had collapsed.
Their shots missed.
You saw all that in a fraction of a second? I've never been to this building before.
You saw me walk into this interview room, sit down in a matter of a few seconds.
Over my left shoulder are three rows of open-plan desks in front of a glass partition dividing the open-plan area from a private office.
Range -- 20 metres.
Seated at the desks are seven personnel, comprising four males and three females.
Over my right shoulder is a longitudinal partition at chest height, beyond which is gate-controlled access.
Range -- 20 metres.
Entrance and exit to this floor level are via keycontrolled lifts adjacent to the waiting area at my four o'clock position.
Range -- 35 metres.
Why the second shot? Why the third? - The first shot was fatal.
- Why did you keep firing? Were you losing it out there, fella? I cite under Common Law my lawful right to use lethal force for preservation of life or in self-defence where this threat is immediate.
Yes.
And in response I cite Section 117 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act -- the use of REASONABLE force.
And for the tape, the emphasis is mine and not contained in the Act.
That's an easy argument from behind a desk, sir.
From behind this desk, Sergeant, we uphold standards.
Standards you're expected to meet as a serving police officer.
Do you recognise the man in this image? I object in the strongest possible terms.
Victor Charlie Five One's been involved in an extremely tragic and distressing incident, and this line of inquiry is offensive and insensitive.
Your man doesn't strike me as the sensitive type.
Are you? Am I what? Sensitive.
'On your personnel file, there's no recorded next of kin.
'Wife? Fiancee?' This line of questioning has no bearing on the investigation.
We don't know that yet.
I'm single.
The suspect was an armed criminal with a history of violence posing an immediate and credible threat to the public.
In respect of Operation Damson, on May 13th the Strategic Firearms Commander authorised the use of firearms.
Under Section 3 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 I am also entitled to use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances to prevent crime, and under Section 117 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 I am entitled to use reasonable force in the exercise of police powers.
Under Common Law, I have the lawful right to use lethal force for preservation of life or in self-defence where this threat is immediate.
At no time has anyone in this room put forward credible evidence that I acted unlawfully, and therefore I formally request that my withdrawal from operational deployment be lifted and my firearms permit be reinstated so I can get back to doing what I do best.
This investigation is far from over, son.
As far as I'm concerned we've only just scratched the surface.
'Request denied.
Interview terminated.
' Desk duty only.
- Danny, don't do this.
- What was that? My personal life.
What was that? - Nothing personal.
- No? - Interview's finished, Danny.
- I'm not.
- Good.
Neither are we.
There isn't a bomb under it.
But there ought to be.
Fortunately I booked a table.
Somewhere ridiculously expensive.
Well, I guess I had that coming.
I'm so sorry, I forgot.
All right.
And what am I .
.
supposed to do with these? Happy anniversary.
Come on.
Come on.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Victor Charlie Two Zero, on our way.
'Victor Charlie Two Zero, received.
' It's all right, mate.
You leave it to us, yeah(?) Oi! You going to tell us how it went with AC-12? - You first.
- We stuck to the story, mate.
Like you gave us much of a choice.
So we all stuck to the story.
- All right? - All right.
They'll go through the motions, hit a brick wall.
Case closed.
All the time, you just want us to play along? - It's worked so far.
- So far? What's your problem? My problem My problem is what really happened with you and that suspect.
Don't try playing the big man.
We both know you're not up to it.
She definitely does.
- All right to come in with the gaffer for a minute? - Sure.
Kate.
Thanks.
We're just discussing the Daniel Waldron shooting.
Is there an undercover assignment? Look, can I just say, this feels like a long shot.
Kate was kept out of the interview on purpose to give us this option.
- We should use it.
- Remind me, Kate.
Are you firearms trained? Yes, sir, I am.
The statements given by Waldron's team are all highly consistent.
That's not suspicious in itself.
What else are they going to do, given 48 hours to get their stories straight? Look, the question is whether Waldron's story adds up, and whether his squad's really as loyal as they appear.
The only way to get the inside story is with Kate on the case.
Putting Kate into an AFO role is a whole level of jeopardy above - a normal undercover - I can handle it.
Thanks.
Kind of a regular thing, first Wednesday of every month.
You all right? Lets off a bit of steam.
- I'm in.
- What can I get you? - No, my shout, guv.
- Is the right answer.
Vodka and tonic.
Big one.
- Coming up.
New AFO, Kate, um - Kate Francis.
- All right? Everyone all right for a drink? Yeah, I've got one here.
Thanks.
You've got to be kidding me.
All right? - Relax, mate.
Off duty.
- You don't normally do the monthly piss-up.
Bit of bonding felt like a good idea.
No-one going to buy me a drink? - What you having, skipper? - Mineral water.
Still.
Ta.
- How are you doing, then? You all right? - Fine.
You? Yeah, I'm good.
Yeah.
I think I best give Jackie a hand with them drinks.
- Danny.
- Evening, ma'am.
Meet Kate Francis.
- Kate, Danny Waldron.
- You all right? - How are you doing? - Thanks for the drink, Kate.
- That's all right.
- See you in a bit.
You're new, then? Yeah, I got posted while, um - While I've been chained to a desk.
- Sorry.
They give you the firepower but when you actually do what's necessary, suddenly you're a pariah.
- Where you posted from? - East Mids.
You know what, Jackie? I think I'd best call it a night.
Laila ain't sleeping too good, you know.
Can't say I blame you, mate.
- See you in a bit.
- See you.
- Would you excuse me? - Yeah, of course.
Hari.
You sure everything's all right? Yeah, it's fine, yeah.
It's just the missus ain't sleeping too good, you know.
Why do I get the feeling you're not 100% on board? I am.
I'm going home, so Laila can grab an early night, yeah? You need me to make the hard choices for you.
Because I see what's inside you.
Jelly.
The fact is, if we'd not stuck together, AC-12 would be charging the lot of us, not just me.
Worth bearing in mind, when you've got that nice little family to provide for.
Love to Laila.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Danny.
- Rachel.
Big night out? Just a quiet one with workmates.
- Your workmates? - Yeah.
Would it be OK if I bought you another drink? Yeah, that would be OK.
- Dry white wine? - Very good.
- Great.
This is me.
It was really nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
Can I kiss you? - That was nice.
- Very nice.
- Can I get your phone number? - Sure.
What's yours? It's 07700 922 621.
OK.
Here's mine.
Got it.
Thank you.
- Night, Rachel.
- Night.
Listen, Hari, can I talk to you about something? In the pub, I couldn't help noticing you and Danny.
Is he giving you a hard time? Well, when hasn't he? But that's just what he's like.
But you all stood by him after he killed a suspect.
Did it really happen the way you all said it did? My advice to you is don't ask.
I don't think you've got any idea what he's capable of.
Not a clue.
- Kate.
- Danny Waldron's squad.
If anyone's got a wobble, it's Hari Baines.
Received.
Suspect turned his gun on us, we returned fire.
The suspect, he discharged his weapon, and we returned fire.
Would it be easier for you to tell us who fired first? The suspect fired his pistol at us.
And we fired back at him.
But you didn't, did you, Constable? No, sir, no.
The suspect had already taken fire to the head and he went down.
So, what, you hesitated, is that it? No, sir, no, it just all felt like it happened in the same moment, you know, the suspect firing and then him being taken down.
'Why was there a patch of gunshot residue from the suspect's firearm five metres away from his body? It must have been the suspect was moving from one position to the other as he fired.
"Must have"? I mean, he was.
He was moving when he fired.
We know it's not easy, being confined to desk duty.
Particularly if you're the only one who didn't open fire.
Well, I didn't choke, if that's what you mean.
No-one said you choked.
When you're AC-12, you're always looking for an angle, aren't you? We appreciate there's trust issues.
No-one wants to seem like they're telling tales on their own.
But no-one wants to let a bent copper off the hook, either.
But we've read your record.
You're an honest copper.
This is bothering you, Harinderpal.
Hari.
It's bothering you, Hari.
A lot.
Look, I told Waldron to let the suspect go.
We were in pursuit.
Like the bloke's still going to carry out a hit with half the Force on his tail.
What? You knew Waldron was out of control and you tried to deter him? - No, I never said he was out of control.
- Well, what are you saying? You followed Danny Waldron's script to the letter.
Except for one moment.
The little patch of gunshot residue that was nowhere near where the suspect's gun was found.
See what I mean? You act like every copper's bent till he's proven otherwise.
- But I'm clean.
- Prove it.
- Tell us what really happened.
Why was there so much gunshot residue from the suspect's firearm on Waldron? What did he really do when he claimed he was securing it? I can't do this.
I'm sorry.
I can't do this.
There's There's no way I'm testifying against Danny Waldron.
Hari Baines is dammed if he does, dammed if he doesn't, poor bugger.
We'll be able to compel him, I'm sure, sir.
If we can get to threshold, he'll go with the flow to save his own neck.
We're a long way from threshold yet, though.
- I've really got to go now, I'll talk later.
Bye.
- Jill.
- Sorry.
The Police Federation are pushing back against Danny Waldron's treatment.
I got an e-mail from their lawyer that was three pages long.
They want him operational again and his firearms permit reinstated unless you can show there's substantive suspicion of crime and/or misconduct and/or endangerment of public trust.
We've got them all.
You don't have endangerment of public trust as Operation Damson remains unreported in the press as per a legal suppression order.
So what have you actually got regarding crime and/or misconduct? There's a strong suspicion Danny Waldron was adjacent to the suspect when the suspect's firearm went off and that Waldron moved the firearm before forensics got to the scene.
I've listened to the tape.
You all did your best but Waldron deals plausibly with all your areas of enquiry.
And his team's statements back him up.
We interviewed one of his team, PC Harinderpal Baines, who we strongly suspect is detachable from Waldron's version of events.
Is he on the record? - No, ma'am, but - I'm a civilian.
It's Gill or Miss Biggeloe.
So he's not on the record.
No.
But we have an officer undercover probing for weaknesses in the team's statements.
Has she found any? - Not yet, but she's only just started.
- So she hasn't.
Look, I've seen enough bent coppers in my time to know when one of them is hiding something.
You know why I've been appointed.
To ensure that anti-corruption inquiries don't get pulled apart in court to everyone's embarrassment.
Yeah, well, we'd all be severely embarrassed if Daniel Waldron manages to pull something like this off again.
We are protecting the public and sometimes that means we have to protect them from our own officers.
Legally this case is weak and juries don't convict police officers for killing suspects.
I've got no option but to recommend that Waldron and his team return to active duty and that their firearms permits are reinstated.
What? She running our investigations now? Search of premises, Class A drugs.
Residents are known to be in possession.
Have access to firearms.
Good to be back.
Armed Police! Armed Police! Jacks, you, Rod, Hari, secure these rooms.
Kate, with me.
Go.
Go.
Armed Police! Armed Police! Armed Police! All clear.
Check the landing.
Kate, check in with the others.
- Victor Charlie Five Five.
- 'Five Two.
' - Status? - 'Still checking.
' Move.
Move.
Armed Police! No! Check your safety.
Stand down.
Get the search team in here, and we need an ambulance and social services.
- 'Yes, skipper.
' - It's all right.
No-one's going to hurt you.
Good boy.
It's all right.
Shh.
How old are you, eh? Hi, it's me.
Yeah, fine.
Just I'll be busy later.
I just wanted to get him before he went to bed.
Thanks.
Hi, sweetheart.
Have you had a nice day? Have you? Oh, that's lovely.
Kate.
There's no easy way to say this.
This isn't going to work.
Nobody feels worse about what happened -- what nearly happened -- than I do.
I decide who's right for my team.
No-one else.
Who can cut it and who can't.
It's nothing personal.
- You're just not up to the job.
- I messed up, but I'll learn.
- I don't give in, skipper.
- Neither do I.
Best you put in for a transfer.
Save me having to turn nasty.
Sorry.
Don't be.
It's a free country.
Here you are.
Here you go.
- So, you worked with Jackie long? - Couple of years, on and off.
- Danny? - A bit less.
- I don't get the impression there's much Sorry, Kate.
Sorry, listen.
- I'm just not feeling very sociable right now.
- No worries.
All right? I'd better get in.
See you in a bit.
Look, I'm sorry.
- Don't let him wind you up like that.
- How do you think I feel right now? - Just ignore him.
- Ignore him? Are you taking the piss? Thanks.
Finally.
- Is that the file on the suspect shot by Waldron? - Yeah.
What? We need an unredacted file.
Leave it to me.
I'll crack some heads together.
- You shouldn't be here.
- That only applies if we're investigating you.
- You're off the hook.
- What do you want? - You didn't know the suspect.
- No.
- I heard a rumour about him.
Heard the name.
You need to caution me before you can ask that.
Like this is on the record.
I just want to know the truth.
The file on Ronan Murphy.
The suspect's name.
Large sections were redacted.
If there's something bigger here, Danny, you don't want to be the one left carrying the can.
- Do you run, Steve? - I don't have to.
No-one's chasing me.
I do.
Miles, some nights.
Tens of miles.
It gets till every part of me hurts.
But the one thing I know is you keep going through the pain because if you stop, it's going to hurt a whole lot more to get started again.
When this is all done, Steve, I'll suffer for my actions.
I'm under no illusions of a happy ending.
But I ain't going to stop.
Danny.
One thing we both know -- easiest way to get away with killing someone, be a police officer.
Come on.
You want to have a go with the light? Press the button.
Press the button for Daddy.
Won't be long before you're driving yourself, will it? - Vroom vroom! - It'll be a few years yet.
- Have a good day.
- See you.
- See you later.
Hari.
- All right, Hari? - Yeah, I'm fine, thanks, guv.
I'm concerned about the interpersonal dynamics on the unit.
So I'm going to disband Danny's squad.
- What did Danny have to say about that? - He won't be the problem.
The problem will be getting AFOs to work with him.
I know he's not the easiest skipper, but he's good at his job.
I'm learning loads from him, so I'd rather keep at it.
- Seriously? - Yeah.
If you move us on now, ma'am, it looks like we messed up, doesn't it? And we didn't.
Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery.
He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower.
He fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Let us pray.
Here you are, girl.
Come on, there's a good dog.
Don't remember me? - No.
- No? Nor did the man that you buried.
Get down.
Sit.
Every time you don't do what I say, it gets worse.
You'll sit, all right? But first .
.
you'll take off all your clothes.
I never knew his name.
Not really.
We did have a name for him, though.
So many years I wondered what I'd do if I ever saw him again.
And then I did.
In a photo in a briefing room.
And I was being sent to meet him with a gun.
Before you ask, this isn't the one.
Illegal, untraceable, no problem with using it on you.
So, who was he to you? Nephew.
I never knew that there was a family connection.
We had a name for you, too.
Do you want to know what it was? Do you want to know what it was? The only thing with Ronan, it was over too fast.
But I've got you to make up for that.
Here you go.
Sergeant Waldron.
- 'Four Zero, radio check.
- Seven Zero, radio check.
'All units, intel reports no egress from the premises this morning.
'Residents are believed to be in situ and should be considered armed 'and dangerous till proved otherwise.
'Five Zero have been briefed and will enter and secure premises.
'Other units are to standby and await orders.
' Armed Police! - Armed Police! - Armed Police! - Armed Police! - Nobody move! Armed Police! - Armed Police! - Armed Police! - Show your hands.
Turn around.
Hands behind your back, walk to me.
- Keep coming.
- Move.
- Turn around, hands behind your back.
- Behind your back.
To me.
Keep your hands down.
- Move! Move! - Who else is in the house? - No-one.
We're going up.
Call it in, channel one.
Victor Charlie Five Five on one.
'Victor Charlie Four One, go ahead, Five Five.
' Two suspects in custody.
Continuing the search.
Hari, Rod, Jacks, go up.
Kate, stay put.
I'm good to go up.
You lot go up.
Back-to-back on two.
Stay on one.
You really going to be like this? You had your chance to make this painless.
In the morning I'm telling McAndrew to bump you off the squad.
- 'Victor Charlie Five One.
' - Five One.
'Five Four.
You better come up here, skipper.
' On my way.
Don't move a muscle.
- Who else was up there? - No-one, I told you.
Shot fired, Five Five.
No further information.
Shot fired.
- 'Victor Charlie Four One.
What's going on?' - Shit! 'Five Five, report.
' Victor Charlie Five Five, status zero, officer seriously wounded.
What happened? Shit! 'We have a status zero on one of our officers.
' Stay with me, Danny, stay with me.
What's he saying? What's he saying? Stay with me, Danny.
Danny! Danny!