CITY POLICE POLICE UNIVERSITY PART 2
[ Aleksandr ]I'm Aleksandr Nosik. As an actor, I've played law enforcement officers many times, but acting
is one thing, and being around real cadets at the Moscow Police University is quite another.
[ ALEKSANDR NOSIK TV PRESENTER ]Let's continue our tour!
CITY POLICE
[ Aleksandr ]Our cameraman came up with this amazing shot. It'd work great
in any action movie. But God forbid you end up like this!
[ ALEKSANDR NOSIK TV PRESENTER ]You wouldn't see these pretty lady
cadets doing their investigative work anymore because you'd be gone.
[ Aleksandr ]An investigator's job is to solve crimes, to find
suspects and prosecute them, thus, making our lives safer.
[ VO ]Moscow Police University has four research
centres and thirty-four departments offering more
than 500 disciplines. Future professionals are trained at nine faculties and three schools.
[ VO ]We’ve still got two more interesting locations to visit. We will take a tour around a place
where future investigators are trained. A special trade, a special world. Local cadets have a
dedicated training facility that features all the places we see in everyday life – stores, pharmacies,
banks, etc. Then we’ll take a look at how in-demand cybersecurity professionals are trained.
[ Aleksandr ]This isn't a movie set, but anyone making police shows would be happy to shoot
here. An amazing and surprising world has been recreated, where Moscow Police
University trains future Sherlock
Holmeses. It's here that cadets learn to find
clues, deduce cause and effect… all the
things that will enable them to solve crimes.
[ Egor Markov ]I'm Lieutenant Markov, a police investigator for Moscow's Preobrazhenskoye
District. I must warn you that providing false testimony and refusing to
testify are criminal offences. Now, from the people lined up here, you must
identify the person you saw earlier and specify under what circumstances… W
[ Witness ]When I first met her, I noticed she had dark eyes…
[ Aleksandr ]Drinking this in excess often leads to the commission of crimes.
[ Aleksandr ]Investigators collect evidence to use in court to establish
the truth, i.e., who's guilty. After the verdict, there will
be one less criminal out there, and our world will be safer.
[ Aleksandr ]You can't touch anything, as there could be fingerprints here.
[ Aleksandr ]This is how fingerprints are taken now – digitally It's
worth mentioning that even the FBI has recognised
this scanner as the best. So, using this, one can
quickly check a person's criminal record and enter data…
[ Andrey ]Yes, we can take the prints of a person of interest
and see if there's any info on them in our database.
[ Aleksandr ]So, you enter it into the database…
ANDREY SAFONOV ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, FORENSIC ANALYSIS DEPARTMENT, MOSCOW POLICE UNIVERSITY
[ Andrey ]Yes, we digitalise the fingerprint, and
the system will automatically identify the person.
[ Aleksandr ]So, be careful! This machine combined with this
database will always know where your fingers have been!
[ Aleksandr ]This victim is silent; he won't say anything. What do the investigators need to look for to solve this crime?
KIRILL YARMAK HEAD, TEACHING DEPARTMENT, MOSCOW POLICE UNIVERSITY
[ Kirill ] The victim may be silent, but clues will tell us who was driving and what happened.
[ Aleksandr ]So, this was a hit-and-run, eh? You need to establish the
driver's identity, but what else do you look for in this case?
[ Kirill ]The relative position of the car and victim, skid marks, broken glass, even the shoes.
[ Aleksandr ]That will establish mitigating or aggravating circumstances for the driver, am I right?
[ Kirill ]The factors affecting the driver and an entire picture of what happened.
[ Aleksandr ]All for a hit-and-run? Excuse me.
[ VO ]Unfortunately, in life, things often work differently. Here’s an example. In this police
footage, you see a driver trying to flee the scene of an accident. Look at how the culprit is acting.
[ Driver ] I didn't break any laws, I don't have to talk, I didn't hit anyone.
[ Driver ]Put that in your report. Why should I say anything
else? Why should I tell you where I was? I don't see the point.
[ Driver ]Maybe the question is how I was driving. The car has a dashcam. See for yourself, it's all in there!
[ VO ]Such footage lets cadets analyse situations and look for solutions.
[ Driver ]Charge me with whatever you've got. That's my answer.
[ Aleksandr ]This appears to be a simple domestic abuse case: the husband got drunk and beat his
wife. Doesn't seem complicated, but what small details do you need to pay attention to?
[ Kirill ] Regardless of what people claim, evidence is vital in establishing the
truth of what really happened It could be staged, it may be a false accusation.
[ Aleksandr ]Right, but it seemed like an open-and-shut case.
[ Kirill ] There's more than meets the eye.
[ Aleksandr ] Except the black one [ Kirill ] But it's the right eye.
[ Aleksandr ]Why does it matter?
[ Kirill ] It shows if the person who hit her was right- or left-handed.
[ Aleksandr ]So, you throw something for the husband to catch like in the movies?
[ Kirill ] Probably a bottle. - The one he emptied.
[ Victim ]He broke the vodka bottle and hit me. Then a neighbour stormed inside, and
there was a lot of commotion. Yes, it was total mayhem. Our entire flat was trashed.
[ Aleksandr ]Hello! Sorry, I accidentally picked these up.
[ Aleksandr ]Joking aside, what crime could be
committed in a pharmacy? A teenager could
snatch some items, but what serious work is there for investigators here?
[ Kirill ] It's not just shoplifting. It could be the sale of
narcotic drugs without a prescription or with fake ones.
[ Kirill ] The investigator needs to establish the chain of events and of the people involved.
[ Aleksandr ]And for this you need to turn to facts, clues, and evidence. Pharmacies seem
to be places for health, but turns out they can be places for crime too.
[ VO ]And yet another compelling case study from actual police practice:
arrests in pharmacies. Cadets could face such situations in the future.
[ Woman ]I don't know what this is.
[ Voice ]And these scissors… Why have the packets
been cut open? Do you have the right to sell this
drug by the capsule if you have a pharmaceutical degree? Answer please: Do you have that right?
[ Woman ]I didn't sell anything, I don't know… [ Voice ]You, did! We have it on tape.
POLICE IN THE CITY
[ VO ]We have to leave the future investigators’ training ground briefly.
[ Aleksandr ]The guys need to work on a couple of assignments we’re not allowed to film.
[ Student ]Pay attention to this baggie containing a white powdery substance…
[ VO ]While they’re doing their work, we’ll take a closer look at
one more future job, one that is particularly relevant these days.
[ Aleksandr ]Have you ever called a plumber? Not all plumbers are equally helpful. We've all seen
the spy films: a nondescript plumber pays a visit and all your information is leaked.
[ Aleksandr ]So, this plumbing system is also, of interest to the police, or to
Moscow Police University's Cybersecurity Department to be exact.
[ Aleksandr ]This is classified info, we need to make sure it isn't leaked
[ Aleksandr ]Where's the truth? It lies in knowledge and information. He who owns the
information, owns the battlefield. This cadet isn't looking for mines or
artefacts, he's looking for a 'bug', or 'a covert device for collecting
acoustic information', to be more precise. I'd never heard it called that.
[ Aleksandr ]Oh, my God! A device has been detected!
[ Aleksandr ]So, all the information's been collected
[ Aleksandr ]Thank you! Cut!
[ VO ]We are still at the cybersecurity department facility. It seems that all the cadets here are just
developing their fine motor skills. Just kidding! But in a way, it’s true. Look, some are unsoldering some
connections, others are dismantling a data storage device. Each has an assignment – to extract data from various
media – a USB-drive, phone, or computer. And they don’t just extract the data, they need to decrypt it too.
[ Aleksandr ]Cadets learn to work with databases here… How, why, and what kind of data?
KAREN AVETISYAN PROFESSOR, CYBERSECURITY DEPARTMENT, MOSCOW POLICE UNIVERSITY
[ Karen ]Our databases are generally
part of a unified police information network.
[ VO ]The perfect way to do the analysis is to use both open sources and
special police databases. To get a more accurate picture, you need to
browse through card files, enforcement proceedings, identify links,
including kinship, study so-called online footprints, and much, much more.
POLICE IN THE CITY
[ VO ]And now it’s time to check on the future investigators again. I think
they’re done reviewing crimes we weren’t able to film. Interestingly
enough, we might wind up at the department where investigators analyse
crimes that have a lot in common with what the cybersecurity guys do.
[ Aleksandr ]Where'd the money go? 'Who's the culprit?' I'm asking.
[ Aleksandr ]Armed bank robberies seem like a thing of the
past. What are they like now? How do you tackle them?
[ Kirill ]Nowadays, crimes are committed by using
IT technology, and not by stealing from ATMs.
[ Kirill ]Here, the main thing is to establish how the information was leaked. The victim may have
been inattentive when entering a PIN code or they passed information to 3rd parties, and so on.
[ Aleksandr ]It often happens when scammers call and…
[ Kirill ]Yes, scammers use mobile communications
[ Aleksandr ]Or a bank employee could leak information
to criminals, no? Also possible. Don't try
to haul away an ATM, they weigh 600 kilos! And don't give information to fraudsters.
[ VO ]This is what ATM robberies look like in real-time. This is police footage. A familiar situation: perps attempt
to steal money but to no avail. By the way, in our next episode, we’ll show you some similar crimes. Actually,
during their years in the university, cadets go through hundreds, if not thousands, of case studies like this
one. It gives them a better understanding of causes and consequences. And now, a couple more examples for you.
[ Aleksandr ]Our programme dedicated to the Moscow Police
University has come to an end. We've spent time with these
fantastic young professionals, who we'll soon
see in the field. Now, we're off on a new adventure.
[ Aleksandr ]City Police. See you!
POLICE IN THE CITY
NEXT TIME
[ Aleksandr ]We can't go any further, as there are police officers down there.
[ Aleksandr ]When they go in, we'll stay out of the way but keep recording.
[ Officer ]Hands behind your head! Is there anyone else here?
[ Officer ] Are you alone?
[ Officer ]Your full name!