CITY POLICE TRAFFIC POLICE
[ Aleksandr ]I'm Aleksandr Nosik. I'm an actor. I've
acted the role of a policeman many times.
[ ALEKSANDR NOSIK TV PRESENTER ]Acting's one thing, but being in the
same vehicle during a car chase with real
officers is a whole different story Anyway, now with me, Aleksandr Nosik - 'City
Police'. Today, we're with everyone's favourite unit: the Traffic Patrol Service.
[ Aleksandr ]Ready or not, here we come, you can't hide! We'll find you and nab you!
[ Police man ]Go to the right and stop!
[ Police man ]Okay, okay!
[ Police man ] Where is he going? Wow! On a red light! On a red! Where's he going?
[ Aleksandr ]The excitement of the chase. I get it!
[ Voice ]Robbery in Veshnyaki district!
[ Aleksandr ]Obey the law! These guys are serious.
CITY POLICE
[ VO ]Today’s watch is tougher — we’re on night patrol. More offences and
violations occur at night. Also accidents of various degrees of severity
happen. We’re joking, of course, but as they say in that game: “The city
falls asleep, the mafia wakes up!” So here we go - on the night watch.
[ Aleksandr ]Ok, guys, darkness has fallen in Moscow.
[ Aleksandr ]It's our time now! We're going on the night beat in a police patrol car
[ Aleksandr ]We'll see if drivers obey the traffic rules, aren't driving drunk...
[ Aleksandr ]Offenders beware!
[ Aleksandr ]Law-abiding citizens, rest easy! The car's ready to roll. We're off!
[ VO ]In July 1936, The Council of People’s Commissars
approved “The State Automobile Inspectorate of the Main
Directorate of the USSR Workers’ and Peasants’
Militsiya Act”. The new NKVD department dealt with accidents,
developed technical standards, oversaw driving lessons
and traced stolen cars. There were just 57 people working
in 7 departments of the State Automobile Inspectorate:
they were considered to be the elite of law enforcement.
[ Aleksandr ]Evening! [ Renat ]Hello!
[ Aleksandr ]Aleksandr! [ Renat ]Renat!
[ Aleksandr ]Nice to meet you. [ Renat ]Likewise. So, the night patrol?
[ Renat ]Yep! [ Aleksandr ]As a special favour, can I sit in the front?
[ Renat ]Of course! Many thanks!
[ Aleksandr ]Do you use your intuition when you're on patrol? I mean are
there certain places where something's more likely to happen?
[ RENAT KLYAVLYAEV CHIEF INSPECTOR OF TRAFFIC POLICE ]Yes, we do that!
[ Renat ]We monitor accident hotspots, where most accidents and offences happen.
[ Renat ]We check to see if traffic signs and traffic lights are working okay. We monitor those spots.
[ Aleksandr ]So it's planned and you know where you're going from one spot to another?
[ Renat ]That's right.
[ Aleksandr ]So, you're on the night shift...
[ Renat ]It starts in the evening and ends at 8 am, a 12-hour shift. We also get 90 minutes for lunch.
[ Aleksandr ] When do you sleep? - When we get home!
[ Aleksandr ] Do you get a day off after a night shift?
[ Renat ]Yes, a day to get some sleep, then a day off. Then back on duty! Correct! We get enough time off.
[ Renat ]We could do with more street lights here! This one's got no licence plates.
[ Aleksandr ] Do you stop all cars without plates? - Of course! It's illegal.
[ Aleksandr ]What if the car's brand-new?
[ Renat ]Ford, pull over! Pull over to the right. Stop your vehicle! Stop!
[ Renat ]Stop your vehicle now! Pull over to the side of the road immediately!
[ Renat ]Stop your vehicle!
[ Renat ]Okay, okay! Sorry, I didn't see you.
[ Renat ] Legs apart!
[ Renat ]Gotta check him out. Why didn't you stop?
[ Driver ] I didn't see or hear you. - No? Why no plates?
[ Driver ] Dunno!
[ Renat ] You don't? So who does? Are you carrying any blunt or bladed weapons, firearms, ammo, drugs?
[ Driver ]I don't remember. I know nothing Why all this?
[ Renat ]Breaking traffic rules, driving without plates and not stopping at my command.
[ Driver ]What command?
[ Renat ]Get up! Where's your licence plate?
[ Driver ]Guess I mislaid it.
[ Renat ]Seems like no blunt or bladed weapons
[ Aleksandr ]Don't break the law. These guys are serious!
[ Renat ]Get in the patrol vehicle, right side... come on.
[ Renat ]Easy now! We'll check you in our database. Don't worry!
[ Renat ]You don't have any documents Perhaps you're a car thief. We don't know!
[ Renat ]We need 2 witnesses to check the car
[ Aleksandr ] What now? Check the car, find witnesses?
[ Renat ]Yep! All that! And check the database
[ Aleksandr ] And as he's got no docs... - We take him to the station and verify his ID
[ Aleksandr ] Does the car get impounded? - Yes
[ Renat ]A police officer will drive it to the nearest department. We'll sort it all out from there.
[ Aleksandr ]- Will you do alcohol and drug tests?
[ Renat ]Yes, we'll do all those procedures. We'll check his driving licence... everything, within the legal limits.
[ Driver ] Can we avoid impouding? - Of course! If you produce your documents
[ Aleksandr ]So if he'd had his documents, it would've been
OK? But evading the police is an offence, right?
[ Renat ]Yes. We would've given him a ticket, and he would've faced a fine.
[ Renat ]He'd have got a ticket too under article 12.2, part 2 - Driving without plates .
[ Renat ]Here's my colleague. [ Police man ]Hello.
[ Renat ]He’ll drive the vehicle. You'll find documents on the car roof there!
[ Renat ]Now we'll go to the station. We'll check everything out there
[ Renat ]OK, take him to the station!
[ Renat ]We'll try to ascertain your identity.
[ Renat ]Follow me to the nearest police station, please.
[ VO ]On average, 50% of accidents happen at night even though traffic
volume is 10 times lower than in the daytime. Among the contributing
factors are night visibility problems and tiredness at the end of the
day. And of course it’s easier to steal a car under the cover of darkness.
[ Voice ]No 23! There he is! Coming towards you
[ VO ]This is an incident that happened during a night shift a few
months ago. A car thief was caught shortly after committing the crime.
[ VO ]Here’s the action…
[ Voice ]2126! He's in front of you
[ Voice ]Robbery in Veshnyaki district. It was
reported yesterday Tekstilshchiki district.
[ VO ]Information about the stolen car had come the day before. The
vehicle was stopped after a pursuit that took just a couple of minutes.
[ Aleksandr ]And what if something else comes up, an operation by
another service that requires assistance from the traffic police?
[ Renat ] Yes, we carry out raids. [ Aleksandr ] What kind of raids?
[ Renat ]It could be an FSB operation, or a raid by the Federal
Migration Service, or by the Federal Bailiffs Service...
[ Renat ]Many kinds of operations!
[ Renat ]We work with all the services.
[ VO ]Sometimes, during nighttime raids, serious stuff is found in vehicles…
[ Voice ]- What's that? - I have no idea
[ Voice ]- Where did you get this? - It's not mine, it's hers
[ Voice ]- This woman's? - It's not mine
[ Voice ]Madame, is that yours?
[ VO ]People on car message boards often wonder if traffic cameras
work at night. The fact is, there’s no hiding at any time of the day.
CITY POLICE
[ Aleksandr ] Where's he going? - It's a red light!
[ Renat ]On a red! Where's he going?
[ Renat ]Pull over to the right. Pull over, park the car!
[ Renat ]Hello! Lieutenant Klyavlyaev, traffic police
[ Renat ]Your licence and car documents, please
[ Renat ] Are you in a hurry? [ Driver ] Yes, bringing the girl home
[ Renat ]I see.
[ Renat ]That was dangerous, you might've caused an accident.
[ Renat ]I'll write you a ticket, run you through our database, and be right back.
[ Aleksandr ]Do you get drivers who stop, and then speed away?
[ Renat ]It happens!Yes!
[ Renat ] It's so convenient now, you have a tablet Yes, very handy, an indispensible tool!
[ Aleksandr ]How did we manage before, without tablets?
[ Aleksandr ]This isn't just a police squad car...
[ Aleksandr ]It's a mobile office.
[ Renat ]See how handy it is! The ticket's printed.
[ Renat ]Mission accomplished!
[ Aleksandr ]Now we can serve it.
[ Aleksandr ]Look out for yourselves and drive safely!
[ Renat ] Kirill, here are your documents...
[ Renat ]This says that you've violated traffic laws. You have no prior records.
[ Renat ]The fine is 1,000 roubles. Please, check this and sign.
[ Renat ]Here's a pen.
[ VO ]Our shift isn’t over yet. Several minor road accidents need our attention.
[ Driver ]I was coming from over there and he tried to squeeze through an opening behind me.
[ Driver ]Sir! Everyone started moving, and I didn't
[ Driver ]You were behind me!
[ Aleksandr ]You also went for coffee?
[ Renat ]Well...
[ Aleksandr ]To a great shift!
[ Aleksandr ]Quite a productive night. One chase, then another...
[ Renat ] It happens.
[ Aleksandr ]Do you ever have shifts when it's all quiet, all night?
[ Renat ] Sometimes! It does.
[ Aleksandr ]Don't you get bored on those shifts, with no challenges?
[ Renat ]Yes, sometimes!
[ Aleksandr ]I can see in your eyes, you like a good adrenaline rush
[ Aleksandr ]The excitement of the chase. I get it!
[ Renat ]Okay, okay!
[ Aleksandr ]To catch a perp, you need to be fit. You said you don't swim anymore. Do you work out?
[ Aleksandr ] Is there any special training for officers? - There is, we do it!
[ Aleksandr ]How often do you do it?
[ Renat ] Every six months. Right!
[ Aleksandr ]You can't really get fit for sports in 3 weeks,
so you always need to be in good shape
[ Renat ]We do try to keep fit. For example, we do push-ups at home
[ Aleksandr ] How many? Never mind the cameras! - About 30 push-ups
[ Renat ] I can do 13 chin-ups - 13! The police standard?
[ Renat ]With ease!
[ Aleksandr ]You've got the badge!
CITY POLICE
[ VO ]Our shift is almost over. We leave the patrolmen, and wish them a
quiet end to their shift. Meanwhile here’s some food for thoughts: The
Ministry of Internal Affairs recorded more than 164,000 road accidents in
2019, and nearly 17,000 people were killed. We won’t labour the point about
lethal accidents caused by drunk driving. On a positive note, road
accidents involving casualties decreased by several percent this year. Every
year, the stats look better. It means drivers are becoming more careful,
and that the traffic police are doing a good job of keeping us safe.
[ VO ]Be careful on the roads. And look out for each other.
'City Police'! See you!
NEXT TIME
[ Voice ] Don’t film this. Let go!
[ Voice ]Freeze!
[ Voice ]Don't try this at home!