Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack

Programme exploring the rising number of assaults on police officers, revealing what they face in the line of duty, and the emotional toll these incidents take.

Programme exploring the rising number of assaults on police officers, revealing what they face in the line of duty, and the emotional toll these incidents take.

Two officers are called to a property in Llanelli and are taken by surprise when a man armed with a knife runs out of the house and threatens them, while in Stoke-on-Trent Sgt Durose and a colleague resppond to a 99 call to find a man with a knife is holding a woman hostage and threatening all and sundry.

A South Wales officer is bitten on the finger while trying to make an arrest, while new policewoman finds herself separated from her colleague and facing an angry young man - who decides to attack her. In south London, two Metropolitan Police officers respond to a 999 call and PC Gray climbs into a dark room through a broken window and soon finds himself facing a man who is armed with a shovel.

A single-crewed officer in north Wales spots a gang of suspected burglars making off in a powerful car, leaving PC Emma Birrell to give chase in a high-speed pursuit. In Hereford, police driving past a local nightclub spot a bouncer being verbally abused. They stop to help and PC Natasha Markham soon finds herself arresting the man, but he has no intention of going quietly and attempts to grab her crotch. When backup arrives, they take the man into custody, where the verbal abuse and assaults continue.