The Met - Series 2

Episode
Episode One
Broadcast Info
2017 (59 mins)
Description
Across London, twenty fours a day, The Met is dealing with the pressures and dilemmas of policing a city of eight and half million people. In Episode 1 they go after a multi-millionaire brothel owner in East London, whilst in Central London a party for thousands of teenagers in Hyde Park boils over and when the police intervene they come under attack. As police gear up to protect the city a young man is stabbed by a stranger and detectives are called in to try and catch the offender.
Filmed over the course of a year, The Met: Policing London follows officers of Britain’s biggest and busiest police service as they deal with life, death, crime and its victims, all across the capital. Police Constables Laura Walker and Oz Bhatti patrol the streets of Westminster. Recently qualified as a response driver Oz gets his first chase at 4am when a 17 year old who’s stolen his mum’s car refuses to stop for them.
On the hottest night of the year there’s an impromptu summer party for thousands of young people in Hyde Park. But when police intervene to stop the music they come under attack. Oz and Laura are called in as back up but the park descends into chaos, resulting in a vicious stabbing, captured on a mobile phone as it happened amongst traffic on Park Lane. Detective Inspector Dave Bolton from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command leads the hunt to find the attacker.
In Stratford, East London Sgt Vicky Kneale is responding to the concerns of local residents by tackling the borough’s prostitution problem. Talking to the girls on the streets she gathers intelligence that a local hotel and several other properties are being run as brothels by one man. He thinks he’s untouchable but Vicky is determined to bring down his major criminal enterprise.
Genre
Criminology; Policing; Forensic Technology; Social Work

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