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00:00Welcome to Bermuda.
00:03A small island paradise in the middle of the Atlantic.
00:07Seeing the turquoise waters, it does lift my mood.
00:10We'll go along the coast, OK? See you up there.
00:13A dedicated police service...
00:17Somebody's going to need to open this door up really quickly.
00:19..is keeping this British Overseas Territory safe.
00:25I think he wears the uniform very well.
00:27Do you want the $20 now?
00:29Officers, including Brits, doing their duty.
00:32It's tough. And it's really humid today.
00:37The reality is that there are challenges.
00:40Crime busting in a place where anything can happen.
00:44I didn't really expect the cows to run out the gate.
00:46Uh-oh.
00:49Going to great lengths to catch criminals.
00:54Oh, she's gone, gone. She's gone.
00:56Cannot make this up.
00:59With summer tourists arriving in droves...
01:01Whoo!
01:02..whoo!
01:03..this is peak season for the police.
01:05Listen, mate.
01:07Listen. Calm down.
01:08I love policing.
01:09It's in my DNA.
01:11In Bermuda today, police rush to a serious road traffic collision.
01:23He's in a lot of pain.
01:24I think he has a broken arm and maybe some back ribs.
01:27A drug busting first at the airport.
01:30Right now, I'm telling you that you're under arrest on suspicion of imputation of a controlled drug.
01:35And on the beach, the K-9 units swing into action.
01:38Drop the weapon, sir.
01:39Bermuda has long been the destination of choice for the international jet setter, seeking glorious sand, sea and balmy weather.
01:58Little wonder 800,000 passengers fly into the island's airport each year.
02:03Good to see you. Welcome back.
02:04Keeping a close eye on today's arrivals is Officer Paul Watson.
02:06Originally from Tyne and Weir, he's affectionately known as Geordie.
02:12Primarily, I'm here just to monitor other passengers. I monitor behavior coming off the aircraft. Provide a level of reassurance.
02:25Our role is just high visibility policing. A lot of people find air travel and travel in general very, very stressful.
02:32Oh, he's just a youngster. I thought it was...
02:34That's my star outfit.
02:35That's fine. I thought it was an old guy falling over. That's why I wanted to check.
02:38Nothing hurt but your pride, right?
02:40There are a lot of Bermudians who get very offended if you don't say good morning, good afternoon, good evening.
02:48I see you've got the good colors on. Take care now.
02:51And just the niceties of life.
02:53Is the queen here today?
02:55The queen? I hope so, because she died two years ago. If she's here today, then it's going to be a big thing.
03:00You're right. Well, bigger than it is now, right? God, I forgot.
03:04I talk the hang legs off a donkey most days, but yeah, I enjoy it.
03:08That's all right. Actually, no, we still have a queen, but she's married to the king now.
03:15Officer Geordie's been in the Bermuda Police Service for more than 30 years, but he's never forgotten his roots.
03:22So, most important task of the day. Quick cup of tea.
03:27My philosophy for the longest time has been, I come to work, I do my work, I go home, and my work stays at work.
03:34It's nice when I finish to just go home.
03:37When I first came here, you'd walk down the street and there'd be a car with the windows wide open, because it's pretty warm.
03:45And on the front seat was the lady's handbag with a purse and all her personal belongings in it.
03:51And I'd walk past and I was horrified.
03:53Yeah, in the UK that would be gone in 30 seconds.
03:56And it took me a while to settle down and stop, literally standing by a car for 15, 20 minutes until the person came back.
04:06Having worked in the capital, Hamilton, and with the Marine Police, Officer Geordie's been an airport bobby for four years.
04:14You got a new harness, boy?
04:16Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
04:18Today, he's joined by sniffer dog, Falco, and customs officer, Jamie.
04:23It's not that you're a shepherd, isn't it?
04:26No, he's a Belgian Malinois.
04:28Falco is part of a team of five dogs that patrol the airport on a mission to sniff out trouble.
04:35Good boy.
04:39They are trained to look for a particular scent, whether that's drugs, whether it's money, whether it's firearms, whatever, a cadaver, whatever the particular dog is trained to sniff for.
04:51The handler recognizes the dog's alerting to something, and then his reward is to get his tennis ball or his little chew toy at the end of it.
04:59It's a game for the dog, but they play a huge role in the prevention of the imputation of drugs.
05:07Good boy. Come, seat.
05:12But this morning, poor Falco's been caught short on the carousel.
05:17He realized that Falco needed the loo, and he was dragging him to the other side of the baggage hall to get him outside.
05:25Wait, ah, ah, ah, ah, no.
05:27Ah, off, off.
05:28And Falco couldn't wait.
05:31Same as you and I.
05:33You need your party break every now and again, right?
05:38After his impromptu bathroom break, Falco's back on the job, and he's picked up a suspicious scent from some passengers.
05:46I think there's a group of five of them by the looks of it, but we'll just watch them come through.
05:51And then if there is anything, then obviously we'll do the business, as we say.
05:56That's him there, right?
05:58The group's been tracked through to the baggage hall, and when two begin to make their way to the toilets, Officer Geordie becomes suspicious.
06:08Excuse me, sir.
06:09Sir.
06:10I wouldn't normally stop you going to the restroom.
06:13Sir, you as well.
06:14It's just the canine alerted to you as you come off the aircraft.
06:18My fear would be either that they were trying to dispose of it or to hide it so that it could be picked up by somebody else within the airport.
06:26There's an urgency to negating any possibility of disposal at that stage.
06:31Do you have any cannabis, cannabis product, or any drug items on your postal?
06:34No, no, no.
06:35A vape, right?
06:36A THC vape?
06:37No, no, no, no.
06:38Just a regular nicotine vape?
06:40Yeah, sir.
06:41No drugs.
06:42They were shocked.
06:43I think a lot of tourists, when they travel on vacation, leave their brains at home.
06:47And they're just like, ooh, I'm going on vacation. I'm going to Bermuda.
06:50We just need to satisfy ourselves. I can't let you go to your reference.
06:53So what we're going to have to do, we'll just take you through.
06:56They'll do a quick search and secondary inspection.
06:59At the end of the day, you've got your job to do, and you've got to do what is right in law.
07:06The passengers' bags will now be searched by customs.
07:09But will they confirm Officer Geordie's suspicions?
07:13British-born Officer Jules Brasington is on motorbike patrol with fellow Officer Thomas Greenslade.
07:32Officer Jules served with the British Marines and Police before moving to Bermuda 14 years ago.
07:39You have got the best of both worlds over here.
07:45Policing-wise, it's certainly not on the scale of policing back in the UK.
07:50And the beauty of the place, working in an environment of where you've got sun, sea and sand all around you,
07:59it makes it a nice place to work.
08:02Whilst on patrol, Officer Jules bumps into off-duty Police Sergeant Helen McHugh, taking a break with her family.
08:10And he can't resist checking that they're following the rules.
08:14Good afternoon, sir, how are you?
08:16I'm very well, thank you.
08:18We're going to, while we're here, we're going to do a boat inspection to make sure we've got all the boat safety equipment.
08:24Paddles, life jackets and all that.
08:26Superintendent.
08:27When you're off-duty, friends, colleagues are always popping up.
08:32Everyone knows everybody.
08:33Everyone is generally friendly.
08:35How are you?
08:36Good.
08:37Don't chuckle.
08:38Have you had a nice day?
08:40Yes.
08:41Was it busy down Cambridge?
08:42Yes, very.
08:43We were at King's Point.
08:44All right, lovely.
08:45Yeah, really.
08:46I found when I was policing in the UK, I had a good social network within the police.
08:52But I wouldn't say they're closer friends than what I have now with people in Bermuda,
08:57because it's more of a family network.
09:00You build up a real strong bond with friends that you meet over here.
09:04Well, have a nice time.
09:06We'll leave you in peace now.
09:07Are you sure you don't want to be on the inspect?
09:09No, I trust him.
09:10If anybody's there.
09:12Officer Jules was born in Manchester, so it's hardly surprising that one feature of life
09:17on a subtropical island has taken a bit of getting used to.
09:23For me, the climate is one of the main things really.
09:27Working in your full equipment is hard work.
09:30Mid-shift and with temperatures soaring above 30 degrees across the island.
09:36I'm absolutely melting.
09:39It's a good time for officers Jules and Thomas to grab a cooling snow cone.
09:45Appreciate that.
09:46Thank you very much.
09:48Yeah.
09:49It's the humidity levels that make it really hot.
09:53So a couple of hours on the bike and this is great.
09:58To have a bit of a breather at the side of the road and have that ice snow cone is heaven.
10:07So these are very nice.
10:10But then they melt too quickly.
10:12That's the only problem.
10:13So you've got to eat them quick.
10:15Just as well, because there's barely time to cool down before they receive an urgent call to attend a potentially serious road traffic collision.
10:26Do we know what it is?
10:28Bike versus car.
10:29So going through my mind on the way to an accident, I want to know if they've got head injuries or internal injuries.
10:35Because you never know what you're going to get.
10:37And it just keeps you on your toes.
10:51The police canine unit is in action all over the island.
10:55Officer Robin McNabb works on the unit with three year old Roni.
11:01He is a German Shepherd crossed with the Belgian Malinois.
11:06He's very sweet.
11:07He's very loyal.
11:08He loves to work.
11:10He's a great dog.
11:11He's a happy boy.
11:13Officer Robin and Roni have been partners for two and a half years.
11:18He's a regular dog.
11:20He has to pee.
11:21But he still needs training every day.
11:24Come here.
11:25See.
11:26Up.
11:27Good boy.
11:28And it's just constantly building that bond so that he's, him and I are working together as a team.
11:33Los.
11:35Roni was trained in the USA before coming to Bermuda.
11:39What's this?
11:40When we got the dogs, Roni, they were already named, but they said that you can change the name if you want to.
11:46And I was like, oh, I could call him Batman.
11:48That would be so cool.
11:49You know, Batman and Robin.
11:50But their passport said Roni.
11:53I'm like, I'll just, he's Roni.
11:55We'll just leave it at that.
11:56Bliven.
11:57Roni isn't trained in English, but Dutch.
12:00Hooligan.
12:01Tit.
12:02Off.
12:03Bliven.
12:04It's a way for us to communicate with them that people on the street wouldn't be able to shout commands at them.
12:13Lots.
12:14Off.
12:15Hey, hey.
12:16Come here.
12:17Roni.
12:18Enough.
12:19He's still very, very much like a toddler.
12:24He's a work in progress.
12:26Come here.
12:27Good boy.
12:28Come on.
12:29For his next lesson, Officer Robin and Roni are off to the beach.
12:34So we're going to do a bite work tracking scenario, where as if a suspect has assaulted somebody and then run off in hiding.
12:51And I brought Roni to try and find them.
12:54Come on.
12:55Super.
12:56Another officer, Andrew Rowlands, is playing the part of an armed suspect hiding in the rocks.
13:02Super.
13:03BPS came live.
13:07Please make yourself known or the dog may bite you.
13:11Just come out slowly with no weapons.
13:15Keep your hands where I can see them.
13:17All police dogs go through rigorous training.
13:20Drop the weapon, please.
13:21And recreating real life scenarios like this is important.
13:25I'm just keeping this.
13:27No, I'm not done.
13:28No, I need you to drop the weapon.
13:29The dog's not going to hurt you.
13:30I don't know if you can handle it.
13:32Drop the weapon, sir, and stop right there.
13:34This exercise requires Roni to intimidate the suspect into dropping his weapon.
13:39Don't come any close, sir.
13:40Or disarm him by attacking his arm.
13:42Good boy.
13:43Good boy.
13:44Good boy.
13:45Drop the weapon, sir.
13:46Drop the stick.
13:47Drop the stick.
13:48Drop the stick.
13:49Stop fighting my dog.
13:50Roni.
13:51Los.
13:52I give up.
13:53Los.
13:54Good boy.
13:55Good boy.
13:56That dog's crazy.
13:57He did good.
13:58Our main part is to be as intimidating as possible.
14:00Come on.
14:01The suspect just gives up.
14:02That's what we want.
14:03He did exactly what he was supposed to do.
14:08One thing we do work on is getting him to release.
14:09When I tell him to let go of it, he might not want to let go of it, but that just comes
14:15with, sometimes they just get so excited that it's hard for them to do that all the time.
14:32But now, with a report of suspicious activity, Roni gets to do his job for real.
14:38Some guys were down here using drugs, possibly selling drugs.
14:42Yeah.
14:43But these guys usually leave the stuff so that if they're caught, you know, that they're
14:46not going to have anything on them.
14:47Mm-hmm.
14:48I'm going to double check the right-hand side.
14:50So, just make sure you give that side a good check.
14:52Yeah.
14:53Use to be on the best of the dog's ability.
14:54Okay.
14:55Sup.
14:59Sup.
15:00Come on.
15:04All of our dogs are dual purpose, so they do detection and apprehension and tracking.
15:10Check it out.
15:11We just use them for whatever's needed.
15:14Come here.
15:19Live in.
15:23Good job, buddy.
15:26He actually found some drugs that were hidden in the rocks of the cliff.
15:30So, if somebody was running off, they might have shoved it there to try and come back later.
15:34He did exactly what he should have done.
15:36He was good.
15:37If you could have seen him two and a half years ago, he was wild.
15:40And just, he's come such a long way.
15:42And I've come such a long way with him because I'm a brand new handler as well.
15:45And I just think, you know, a year from now and then a year from that, like, he's just
15:49going to get better and better.
15:50All right, buddy.
15:51Let's get some water.
15:52At the airport, Officer Geordie has intercepted a group suspected of carrying cannabis.
16:11Just follow him through, guys.
16:13But before he can take matters any further, Customs will have to determine if there are
16:20grounds for suspicion.
16:22Customs have primacy.
16:24So, they will do the initial basic investigations and then it's always handed over to the police.
16:30Nothing has been found in the male passenger's luggage, but the attention of the Customs team
16:35has now turned to a woman in the group.
16:38So, you've got just one THC vape?
16:41Yeah.
16:42Just one vape with THC?
16:43Yeah.
16:44But she's admitted it's THC, isn't it?
16:45Yeah.
16:46OK, that's cool.
16:47The passenger is carrying a vape that contains THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
16:53THC vapes are legal in some parts of North America, but not here in Bermuda.
16:58So, it's time for Officer Geordie to step in.
17:01Hi, how are you doing?
17:02I'm PC Watson, OK?
17:03Um, the officers informed me that you have a vape with THC in it, is that correct?
17:08Um, and it has, so it's a THC vape cannabinoid product?
17:12Mm-hm.
17:13OK.
17:14I'll just let you know that to import a cannabinoid product into Bermuda is actually an offence.
17:20I'll tell you that you're not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so.
17:23But what you say may be taken down in writing and given in evidence.
17:26That is the equivalent of your Miranda rights in the US.
17:29Do you understand that?
17:30Yeah.
17:31Is there anything you want to say in response to that?
17:34Nope.
17:35Not a big worry.
17:36OK, I've just...
17:37Yeah, no, that's fine.
17:38I'm just complying with the law and explaining to you what the process is.
17:43The tourists bought the vape legally in the United States, but didn't realise carrying it into Bermuda was against the law.
17:51It's an all-too-familiar story for Geordie.
17:54Most people, once they realise that it's an offence to import it, are...
18:00I'm not saying in a state of panic, but they understand that this has potentially huge implications to them.
18:06And you'll see the colour drying from the face often.
18:09I've got my stern face, I've got my poker face, I've got my angry face,
18:12but I try and treat them with a little bit of dignity and respect.
18:16So what's going to happen now?
18:18Because this single vape, it's less than 250 milliliters?
18:21Yeah.
18:22Yeah.
18:23That meets the criteria for what we call an informal warning notice.
18:26So you're not going to get arrested.
18:28All I'm going to do is complete some paperwork here.
18:32Once this paperwork is completed, I'll get you to sign it to say that you accept the informal warning.
18:37Yeah, that's fine.
18:39Once that's completed, then it's going to be destroyed.
18:42You guys are good to go.
18:43If you're bringing in 20 kilos, it's a different ball game.
18:47But when you're just bringing in a small amount, you know, let's just be reasonable with people and deal with it in the easiest, most informal way we can.
18:56And, yeah, if it spoils your holiday for 10 or 15 minutes and you're made to look a bit of a fool at the airport, then so be it.
19:04But far other than that than, you know, having to be dragged before a court into day three or day four of your holiday and getting fined.
19:12Just be aware, guys, if you're going to travel somewhere, just look at the regulations in place for where you're traveling to.
19:19Sorry for the inconvenience.
19:21Just bear in mind, you know, one, don't let it spoil your trip.
19:25But just bear in mind when you're traveling because you go to other locations and it might be treated a lot differently.
19:33Anyway, guys, enjoy your trip, OK?
19:36Take care now.
19:37I think every single time I deal with an individual for an informal warning, they breathe a massive sigh of relief.
19:44Most are more than happy to have it seized, not get arrested and walk out of the airport and get on with their vacation.
19:53One case successfully dealt with by Officer Geordie, but he's barely caught his breath before a potentially more serious case crops up.
20:03Customs have an individual who is admitted to possessing what I've been told are mushrooms.
20:09So whether they are Psycholive magic mushrooms, I don't know at this stage, but I have reasonable grounds to suspect that it's a controlled drug.
20:17Officers Jules Brasington and Thomas Greenslade are racing to the scene of a road traffic collision.
20:36Policing on bikes over here, I think, is essential.
20:39It's purely just because of the layout of the island.
20:41The bikes are slightly smaller, a bit more agile.
20:44You can take them on and off-road.
20:46You can move around a bit more freely on it.
20:48It does give you a bit of an advantage, shall we say.
20:51The officers arrive at the scene in under five minutes.
20:56How are you doing?
20:57Yeah, just here.
20:58To discover the collision could be serious.
21:01Was it just car versus bike?
21:03Yeah, he was overtaken when they were turning.
21:06Right.
21:07So, knocked him.
21:09So, what it appears, it's cars heading in the westerly direction and it's turning into the public dock here.
21:17As the car's turning, the motorcycle was going for the overtake because it's along a straight road.
21:22And he's not seeing the car turning and they've collided.
21:26The car driver is okay, but the motorcyclist is injured.
21:31Officer Robin McNabb was one of the first at the scene.
21:34He's in a lot of pain.
21:36I think he has a broken arm and maybe some cracked ribs.
21:39So, he's just trying to create a barrier because the road is very, very, very hot.
21:43So, as well as his arm pain and everything, he's also burning from the ground.
21:47So, I just tried to kind of get under him to protect them a bit.
21:50Locals rely heavily on motorbikes to get around the island.
21:55But heavy traffic and Bermuda's notoriously narrow roads leads to traffic collisions claiming a life here every 30 days.
22:03On a daily basis, we'll deal with minor road traffic accidents from what we call a 56, which is non-injury road traffic accident,
22:10to 57, which is personal injuries, be it bikes, cars.
22:16But unfortunately, it is happening a lot.
22:19One sec.
22:21Your training kicks in when you arrive on a scene.
22:23Once ambulance has arrived, if we need to block the traffic initially, we will do.
22:28Attain as many witness details as we can, and then we'll try and establish what's occurred here.
22:33While paramedics tend to the injured man, the police need to collect evidence and manage traffic safety at the crash site.
22:42It's a busy road, and it's a fairly narrow road.
22:45So, I was just making sure that the traffic was moving freely,
22:51but also allowing the emergency services to work in the middle when they needed to.
22:55The problem with the traffic here is if it had been in the middle of the road here now,
22:59it's one of the main arterial roads on the island,
23:02so we'd have had to have put a roadblock down by the water lot further down here,
23:07and then we would have had to have had the traffic go across onto the other side of the island,
23:12so it causes a massive disruption.
23:14So, we do, if it's non-serious in the sense of the road can be reopened,
23:19then we'll keep the traffic moving as we've just done so.
23:22Safely in the ambulance, the injured man is finally ready to be taken to hospital.
23:28Are you going straight away?
23:30Not yet.
23:31Cool, cool.
23:32And Officer Jules can begin to clear the scene.
23:36Road traffic accidents, they are common,
23:38and unfortunately, that is one of the nastiest signs of policing that you do see.
23:44And really, for me, it's just making sure that I've done it as best as I can.
23:51But luckily, the casualty, from what I hear, is making a full recovery.
23:55I've never dealt with any magic mushrooms or hallucinogens here at the airport.
24:00It's usually minor stuff, or major impotations that I'm talking to many cities.
24:03At the airport, officer Jordy is dealing with his second narcotics case of the day,
24:07a US passenger suspected of carrying the hallucinogenic drug magic mushrooms.
24:13his second narcotics case of the day a u.s passenger suspected of carrying the hallucinogenic drug
24:19magic mushrooms i've never dealt with any magic mushrooms or hallucinogens here at the airport
24:26it's usually minor stuff or major importations and i'm talking suitcases full of drugs but
24:32magic mushrooms no i've never seen that here importation of magic mushrooms into bermuda
24:38is an offense but the severity of the penalty depends on the amount of drugs seized afternoon
24:45so officer geordie's first step is to speak to customs officials
24:50just let me know what you got um so we have magic mushroom chocolates and magic mushroom gummies
24:59the goods containing the drug have been found in the passenger's bag as many ways as you could
25:05think to smuggle then they will try i had one where a guy left the uk had a pound and a half of
25:10cannabis resin stuffed down his jaws and sat on a british airways plane for seven and a half hours
25:15does this product contain a hallucinogen not that i'm aware of officer geordie needs to carry out a
25:22careful examination before he takes the next step and it's not looking good for the passenger it's an
25:30offense to import a control drug or what i certainly this time suspect is a control drug so right now
25:37i'm telling you that you're under arrest on suspicion of importation of a control drug you're not obliged to
25:42say anything but anything you do say would be taken down in writing maybe given in evidence do you
25:47understand that so i see you're looking a little bit uh a little bit flummoxed there if i knew it was
25:53controlled somewhere that left it in california yeah you bought it out there bought it in a liquor
25:58store you can walk in the liquor store and buy a look up magic mushroom bermuda nothing pops up right
26:04my friend has brought those before like the bermuda they come and they go back and forth all the time
26:09what he'd done was he'd very foolishly just in a google search for magic mushrooms in bermuda and as
26:15far as he was concerned bringing magic mushrooms into bermuda was not illegal possession of the drug
26:23could lead to a fine or caution and if found guilty of an offense there could be an even bigger
26:29impact on the passenger's life i'm on a work visa i work in the us i don't live here anymore right so
26:36importation of a controlled substance means i will be put on a stop list it's supposed to be a vacation
26:42he was bermudian and he was in the us on a work visa so he would have lost that work visa and that
26:47right to work in the us i felt sympathy toward the individual because i do understand that it has a
26:56potentially huge impact but at the end of the day i've got my job to do live rock it's watson at the
27:01airport how are you could you initiate a innocent for me please in cad 1021 for imputation of a control
27:08drug suspicion of invitation i'm giving you a lot of leeway here by not handcuffing you i don't think
27:16you're going to try and run away and if it is a bar of chocolate then it's not worth running away for
27:20right so he was arrested he was taken to the station i think he's upset the fact that he could see
27:32the potential for his future basically just being washed away but we had the drug exhibit fast tracked
27:40it was done in three or four days and the chocolates and the gummies were tested by the analyst
27:46and were found not to contain psilocybin the hallucinogen in a magic mushroom and when he
27:53came back to answer bill he was just he was released from custody and to see the smile on his face and
27:58and the relief on his face was actually quite interesting because for him it meant if he was
28:05convicted it would have meant that he wouldn't been able to work in the us so he's left with a huge
28:10weight off his shoulders next time the race to find an elderly lady sometimes you get some people
28:19with dementia so just basically making sure she's okay and it's carnival time for officer chris
28:25and i've got a few cramps the price today is just non-stop too friendly
28:42so