Fresh Cops

Three young officers from Leicestershire Police welcome us to their beats. As they go about their daily working lives, never knowing what's coming next, they share the unique highs and lows of doing the job at their age as well as their hopes, fears and the camaraderie that gets them through their toughest shifts.

A sudden death, a stop and search for drugs, an attempted suicide and a kissing couple are all in a day's work for Leicestershire's youngest cops.

We're back on shift with some of Leicestershire Police's youngest officers, as they go about their daily working lives, dealing with whatever comes their way and looking out for each other when things get tough.

New Sergeant Adam Ahmed must think on his feet when a suspected burglar turns out to be a victim of modern slavery, while 'glory boy' Jake deals with some of Loughborough's kids.

In episode three of Fresh Cops all our young officers are starting to make their mark.

27-year-old new Sergeant Adam Ahmed is keen to impress on his young team of PCs the importance of proactive policing and teamwork. Working with one of his young officers, he pulls over a car acting suspiciously in a burglary hotspot and discovers the passenger is wearing gloves which sets off his "spidey senses". A further search of the car reveals a rucksack with torches and a knife in the car. Ultimately, it's not enough to charge the occupants with "going equipped" for burglary but Adam's always happy to take a knife off the streets.

Back at the station, Adam has to pay a double "cake fine" for kerbing the police car twice and deflating its tyres. Later, he's called to an incident where a man has returned to the family home in breach of his bail conditions. When Adam enters the property he discovers the man has jumped from the window and escaped. Adam's team are quick to arrive in support. They search the area, eventually finding the man and removing him from the area.

25-year-old PC Jake Bull has made no secret of his love of blue lights action but he's just discovered he's being moved from response to a role in investigations. He'll have to leave his response "family" – including buddy Calum and veteran cop Andy Dyson - behind, swapping the uniform for a suit and tie and what he considers a desk job. On his last Friday night shift he ends up in the town centre dealing with a report of an assault – and is almost headbutted himself.

Back at the station, his Sergeant invites him for a chat and Jake starts to consider what he might gain from a role in investigations. We meet a new Fresh Cop, 24-year-old Jason Game, who has been in the job for 13 months. He and his colleague are called out to a report of attempted blackmail. A man has been sent photos via a dating app, the woman who sent them then claimed to be underage and threatened to tell the police. Jason and his colleague are able to reassure the man that it's a scam. Jason spends some time chatting to the man about his mental health – and shares his own personal experience of being taken into care at a young age.

PC Khadeejah Mansur also shares her caring side, when she's called to a woman who has been threatened by two men threatening to smash her windows if she doesn't give them money. The case is ongoing but Khadeejah gives the woman some advice and reassurance – and is rewarded with a hug.

It's the final episode and three of our police officers are thinking about moving on, while one is just at the beginning of her time in response. 

Twenty-five-year-old PC Jake Bull is on his last shift on response before he moves to a role in investigations. For the first time ever, PC Andy Dyson lets him drive – reluctantly. 

Meanwhile, 22-year-old PC Khadeejah Mansur proves she is becoming more assertive in difficult situations when she and a colleague are called to help paramedics trying to treat an injured woman where a crowd of onlookers, some hostile, has gathered. 

Sergeant Adam Ahmed is still struggling with life in the countryside, but when he's called to a report of a woman with a knife in the park, he treats it in the same way he would in his inner-city patch. 

The freshest cop of all, Aarifah, who has only been in the job six weeks, is called to a report of a man who has taken drugs and is threatening to kill himself.