Inside the Force

A fight inside a pub escalates and spills out onto the street, leading to multiple arrests. And a woman who injured her ankle after drinking, allegedly assaults an officer.

Middlesbrough police stations officers face the daily stark reality of substance abuse in the town, which has one of the highest drug-related death rates in Europe. PCs Tash Nicholls and Nancie Mitten are called to a domestic incident in which a man is having a psychotic episode after taking £400 worth of cocaine. Back-up arrives as they struggle to restrain the man, and three officers are left injured

PCs Jordan Vasey and James Boyd Bell are called to a suspected domestic incident, but upon arrival the suspect is struggling to breathe and in need of medical help having taken cocaine. PCs Will Douglas and Katie Welford respond to a call about a domestic between a mother and daughter that has resulted in a garden gate being set alight

A look at how officers at Middlesbrough station deal with the realities of drug abuse.