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Urgent call for the Duty Inspector.

- DI Denton.
- DS Akers with request for urgent assistance.

Immediate and credible threat to life.

- We need Gold to sign off.
- Chief Super's gone home.

Well, then, call him at home.

This is Chief Superintendent Mallick.

Please leave your name and number
and I will get back to you.

Not picking up his mobile either.

Really ought to give him
another five minutes.

Ma'am.

There she goes.

Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.

Sir, this is DI Lindsay Denton.

Yes, Linda, how can I help you?

Sir, I need Gold approval for an op.

Are we allowed to know where we're going?

Suspect in a missing person's inquiry.
Need to get him in for questioning. My car.

- What?
- Just come on!

Come on!

DS Akers.
Thanks for stepping in, ma'am.

I need a safe
and available destination ASAP.

Straight into town.

I'd take the back roads.

You lead.

Have your men in my car,
engine running, ready to go.

- I'll take the rest of your team.
- It's just me.

- What?
- Ma'am.

Please.

OK.

Keep the radio in the car on Channel 1,
personal radios back-to-back on 2.

- Who's in the house?
- I don't know.

Just move, please.

Wallace to Denton. Straight on here, ma'am.

I know the way to my own station.

No!

Charlie Mike 2-5. Status Zero.
Long Lane and Crown Avenue.

Charlie Mike 2-5, confirm message.

Status Zero! Status Zero!

One, two, three, four...

How are you, Lindsay?

Anything I can get you?

No, thanks.

Up to answering a couple of questions?

I'm just trying to get my head around
what happened out there, sir.

No-one seems to know
what you were up to.

Not sure I do either.

Wallace and Butler are dead.

The other two...

- Next shot ready.
- .. they're still trying to save.

Who are they?

I'm not clear yet on whether
that's something I should divulge, sir.

It'd help to know.

I got your messages.

If you'd given me a minute
to get back to you...

I gave you more than a minute.

I gave you 20.

Seven, eight, nine, 10...

- Two more breaths, please.
- No, I'm calling it.

Asystolic.

Pulseless for 20 minutes.

- Everyone OK with that?
- OK.

CPR discontinued at 23:12.

Everybody.

Evidence recovery's ongoing, so please
respect the limits of the cordon at all times.

Our forensic team investigators
have work lights.

Talk to me if you need any...

This way, sir.

Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.

There's been an attack on the police.

Three of our colleagues
have lost their lives in the line of duty.

Our first thoughts are with their families.

But now the hunt begins for
the people who committed this brutal crime.

Fifth floor.

This way.

Doors closing.

- Sir.
- As you were.

The transit convoy was ambushed,

the two 4th Street officers shot dead.

The vehicle was set alight.

The witness and handler
suffered critical burns and gunshot wounds.

The handler was pronounced dead on arrival
at the hospital.

We've been assigned to investigate

the possibility that a police officer or officers
tipped somebody off.

Who is he?

Classified.

He was under Witness Protection,
new identity, relocation - the works.

And how is he, sir, the witness?

Critical but stable.

Can I ask you a question?

Depends on the question.

"Critical but stable."
What does that mean, exactly?

- He's been lucky. His chances are good.
- He doesn't look very lucky.

I'll set up an alert.

As soon as he comes round,
we'll be banging on his door. Thank you.

Sir.

You said it was a convoy.
Who was in the other vehicles?

Just one vehicle,
driven by our only survivor, DI Lindsay Denton.

- When can we talk to her?
- I'm chasing but she's in counselling.

Are we allowed to know the names
of the deceased officers?

From 4th Street Station:

Sergeant Alex Wallace...

PC Vincent Butler and...

The third victim's name
is being withheld from the public.

She was from Witness Protection -
DS Jayne Akers.

Sorry, sir, I'll be down in five.

Sure.

Have you got a minute, sir?

See you back at the office.

This one's not for me, sir.

This is going to be a very high-profile case.
I need my best team.

I'm flattered, sir, but I knew Jayne Akers.
We went through Ryton together.

Half the job trained together.
We're not investigating Akers.

Not yet.

There's three of our own in the morgue.

- Am I meant to be angry? Is that it, sir?
- Well, you ought to be!

If I find out a police officer's responsible,
even in the slightest, I'll be livid.

- I'm not, that's the problem.
- Problem?

I'd rather not investigate
the death of a former colleague.

I like keeping a distance.

What about Steve?

I'll have to find him a new partner
and I expect he won't like it.

Away you go.

- Sorry to keep you.
- No problem, sir.

DC Georgina Trotman,
meet DS Stephen Arnott.

Steve, meet your new partner.

Actually, sir, it's Georgia.

Georgia. Sorry.

- Pleased to meet you.
- Likewise.

I've just been given
the operational parameters.

Witness Protection is off-limits.

Christ's sake!

Yep, Major Violent Crime
are going after the gunmen.

So, AC-12's brief is to investigate
the suspicion

that information leakage by a police officer

is part of the set-up of the ambush.

- Sir...
- Steve, I get it. I get it.

If this is how Dryden wants it,
we get the 4th Street officers.

- Only one's still alive.
- So, you go after Denton.

- Very good, sir.
- Thank you, you two.

Is she up to it?

Get you.

The big "I am".

Yes, I think so.

- This investigation...
- Aye. That's the spirit.

Welcome to AC-12.

Morning, ma'am.

How are you faring, ma'am?

OK, thanks.

Anything I can do, don't hesitate.

Cheers, sarge.

Welcome back, Lindsay.

Sir.

You've been through a lot.
Just take it steady.

Thanks.

This one's taken.

I said, this one's taken.

No firearms, no back-up?

It should be you we're burying,
you stupid bitch!

DI Royle, DI Denton.

AC-12 interview.

DI Lindsay Denton
and Federation rep DI Samuel Royle,

in the presence of
Superintendent Hastings,

DS Arnott, DC Trotman.

DI Denton, thank you very much
for coming in today.

Let's be clear, you are being interviewed today
as a witness, not a suspect

in any matters of crime,
discipline or misconduct.

- Whatever I can do to help, sir.
- Thank you.

How did you come to be
involved in the operation

that took place
on the night of September 5th?

Just bad luck.

I was on the ghost rota.

The Duty Sergeant took a call
and passed it on to me.

What was said in that call?

The caller identified herself as DS Akers.

DS Jayne Akers.

Akers, or the individual
identifying herself as Akers,

advised me there was
an immediate and credible threat

to the life of a protected witness.

Did she expand on the nature of that threat?

No, she did not.

Did she give any indication
as to where that information came from?

No, she did not.

Go on.

DS Akers requested assistance.

You were the duty station?

DI Denton is entitled to be questioned
by an officer at least one rank superior.

There's no suspicion of DI Denton.
She's being interviewed purely as a witness.

- Yeah...
- Sam, it's all fine.

We were the duty station, as at that time

Akers and the witness were in the precinct
of the 4th Street Estate.

Did you share that information
with officers of 4th Street Station?

No, I did not, sir.

You did not? Why not?

DS Akers impressed on me
the secure nature of our communication

and that I should only involve others
when strictly operationally necessary.

I invented a cover story involving
the arrest of a missing person suspect.

You shared the information with no-one?

I discussed the matter
with Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.

I sought his approval to render assistance.

Didn't DS Akers advise you
to inform as few people as possible?

A critical incident response
of that type requires Gold approval, sir.

Quite right.

Do you always adhere to regulations?

That's what they're there for.

You and I are going to get on
like a house on fire, DI Denton.

So, Deputy Chief Constable Dryden.

What induced you to call him in particular?

An incident occurred a few months ago
in which the duty CS failed to answer.

DCC Dryden made it clear he could be
contacted in such circumstances.

I think it was his way of finding out
which brass were pulling their weight or not.

And why did you assign Wallace and Butler?

They were two officers I knew by reputation.

They could handle themselves.

Two unarmed officers?

No firearms?

No back-up?

If there was anything I could do
to reverse that decision, sir...

DI Denton's statement records
she was acting on DS Akers' instructions.

Nobody's blaming you.

If those were Akers' instructions.

I just thought you might think they were...
a bit irregular.

You took the view it was
Akers' area of specialisation?

Exactly.

The ambush, ma'am,
must have been frightening.

It was.

Had you ever experienced
anything like that before?

No, thankfully.

That's true, isn't it, DI Denton?

You've held down a lot of desk jobs.
You're a bit of a backroom detective.

I believe I've done important work, sir.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

- You did well in a very testing situation, ma'am.
- Thank you.

You've never faced an Anti-Corruption hearing,
have you, ma'am?

No.

In 2002, DC Denton alleged a colleague
was falsifying witness statements.

The complaint was upheld,
the officer was disciplined.

In 2007, DS Denton alleged a colleague
was making fraudulent expenses claims.

The complaint was upheld,
the officer was disciplined.

DI Denton's demonstrated the utmost
probity throughout her service career.

It takes courage to make a moral stand
against your fellow officers.

Except sometimes they don't see it that way.

No.

I'll direct you to Document 7
in your folder.

Document 7, for the tape, is a map
showing the location of the safe house,

the ambush and 4th Street Station.

For the tape, I am indicating
the route taken that night.

Two unmarked police vehicles
departed the safe house.

The most direct route to
4th Street is by A roads.

Instead, the vehicles travel along
Crown Avenue and turn left into Long Lane.

Almost immediately after which
the ambush took place.

Agreed and accepted?

Agreed and accepted.

The decision was taken
not to go the fastest way via A roads?

Correct.

DI Denton was following
DS Akers' instructions.

Akers chose the route?

Yeah.

This back route,
it would lead to 4th Street Station,

but only if you continued
along Crown Avenue.

The vehicles turned left into Long Lane.

Yeah.

You didn't question that decision?

No, sir.

You had a radio, didn't you?

Yeah.

So why didn't you question the decision?

Can we take a step back
and remind ourselves

that DI Denton is being
interviewed as a witness?

Absolutely. Absolutely.

The decision appeared
to make sense at the time.

There were road works on Crown Avenue.

Temporary traffic signals
controlling a single lane.

It was a potential hold-up
that would have left us vulnerable.

There were no road works
on Crown Avenue that night.

Works had been completed the day before.

I wasn't aware.

You didn't make a point of
getting up-to-date travel information?

No.

You said Akers chose the route but you
seem very familiar with the arguments.

You were the ranking officer.

You and Akers discussed
the route between you.

That's more likely, isn't it?

Not more likely?

I think we should stop there.

Are you withdrawing your co-operation,
DI Denton?

- DI Denton?
- No, of course I co-operate.

Your vehicle
was the only one that wasn't shot at.

They didn't need to,
they'd knocked my car off the road.

I took cover inside
until they'd fled the scene.

You were in fear of your life?

Understandably.

According to the pathologist report,

Wallace and Butler
died almost instantly from gunshot wounds.

But Akers and the witness were alive.

The witness...
managed to put out the flames but...

Akers...

she couldn't...

I threw my coat over her.

Well done, ma'am.

Did you help get them out of the car?

No.

No?

They came out themselves, sir.

They er... They were already burning.

I'm sorry.

That must have been a horrible sight.

It was.

We all appreciate that you've been...

through the most terrible situation.

But we have a job to do.

What we're trying to get at here,

is how those gunmen knew
where you were that night.

I wish I could help you, sir.

You do understand what
we're investigating here, DI Denton?

The possibility of information leakage.

Yeah, I understand.

And information leakage
can only happen in two ways:

- deliberately...
- Officer corruption, they're in with the criminals.

- Or accidentally.
- Officer incompetence.

They fail to communicate securely.

This interview has to stop.

If DI Denton is under suspicion,

you need to issue her
with a Regulation 15 notice.

This is still information gathering.

We are a long way from a Reg 15.

Under AC-12's blanket authority
to vet any officer

connected to an ongoing investigation,

we carried out financial checks
on DI Denton.

I've requested that you stop.

Our strongest suspicion is that criminal
interests tried to assassinate the witness

to stop him from testifying.

Now, those criminal interests
would pay a pretty penny

for an inside man... or woman.

Any officer in the financial
difficulties that you are in, DI Denton,

is duty bound to declare it on the grounds
that she would be vulnerable to bribery.

You're in debt up to your eyeballs.

Stop the tape. We're finished here.

My mother had to go into a nursing home.

And the council wouldn't pay. So...

we sold her house but it wasn't enough,
so we sold mine.

But there was negative equity.

So my mum is being looked after
but I'm stuck with mortgage payments

on a horrible little place that
I hate and...

- You people.
- Lindsay, don't.

You sit there and try and twist
some case out of my misfortunes.

All I did was do my job.

That's all I've ever done.

I shouldn't have even been
on duty that night.

I'd do anything not to have
picked up that call,

because for all I know,
it'll take away the one good thing in my life,

that is being a police officer.

Is that how it works here?

Sometimes.

You should have told me
you were going to treat her like a suspect.

We weren't. She did that herself.

She was defenceless in there.

That's her rep's job, not ours.

What's ours, then?

Catching criminals.

Criminals we catch happen to be police officers,
that's all there is to it.

You think she's a criminal?

Well?

No.

So what gives you the right
to treat her like one?

I've been through it.
That gives me the right.

And having been through it,
it doesn't bother you?

If this is not for you,
all you need to do is say.

It's for me.

Sergeant Alex Wallace
and Constable Vince Butler.

Both leave behind them
families devastated by their loss.

Who were the other casualties?

A police detective was pronounced dead
shortly afterwards.

A second detective suffered minor injuries.

We're withholding both names
for operational reasons.

Can you confirm reports
there was another casualty, a civilian?

No.

"There's been an attack on the police."
Those were my words after the ambush.

For the families that lost their loved ones,
the hurt goes on.

For those of us charged
with finding their killers,

we must set that pain aside
and proceed with clear minds.

And it's clear to me,

there's another attack on the police -

an insidious and ultimately
more devastating one.

Our numbers have been cut back.

Public safety has been jeopardised.

There's no clearer indicator
than the fact that on that night,

we weren't even able to protect ourselves.

God asks us to forgive.

But first we must gain justice
for our fallen comrades.

Dearly beloved,

avenge not yourselves.

But rather give place unto wrath.

For it is written,

Vengeance is mine, I will repay,

saieth the Lord.

Detective Sergeant Jayne Akers
leaves a loving husband,

Richard Akers,

and many colleagues
devastated by her loss.

The families of Sergeant Alex Wallace
and Constable Vincent Butler will miss them.

Sir.

- You called me that night.
- Yes, sir.

How are you bearing up?

OK, thanks, sir.

- So sorry for your loss.
- Thanks.

Sorry.

Very sorry for your loss.

Sorry.

Sorry.

Hi, it's me.

I've got to work late tonight, I'm sorry.

Yeah, would you mind getting his stuff ready
for school?

Thanks, babe.

Yeah, all right then.
I'll speak to you in a bit. Bye.

- I'm sorry.
- What for?

For tonight.

It doesn't matter much
in the scheme of things.

You two always used to end up side by side.

Do you think she ever knew?

When it mattered,
she trusted us both with her life.

The night of the ambush,
she called me to call you.

To say what?

For you to call her back
about the case she was working on.

Why didn't she call me direct?
Was she worried her phone was tapped?

If you'd answered,
you could have asked her yourself.

AC-12 interview.

DI Lindsay Denton
and Federation rep DI Samuel Royle...

Sorry, Tom, can I call you back?

Five minutes, mate. Cheers.

I'm moving you up.

Where?

- 28.
- Why?

Quality Control are responding to complaints

that non high-priority missing persons
are being down processed.

We've got to be seen to take action.

This is because I didn't cover for you.

I got a room full of detectives
scoring fours and fives.

After that balls-up at the ambush,

you're a two at best.

I'm taking this to HR.

Take it to Butler's missus...

Wallace's kids.

Who's on this unit?

You.

And?

I'll find some DCO or other.

If there's one who'll work with you.

Nobody's blaming you,

if those were Akers' instructions.

Akers chose the route?

Yeah.

The vehicles turned left into Long Lane?

Yeah.

You didn't question that decision?

No, sir.

Computer on the blink?

I'm an old-fashioned girl.

I listened to the tape.

- You didn't want to get involved.
- Denton picked the route.

- We don't know that.
- And tried to pin it on Akers.

She was nervous.

Easiest ploy in the world -
blame the dead person.

- May I, sir?
- Sure.

She said, "Just because I reported him missing
doesn't mean I wanted him back!"

- All right, lads, who's for the pub?
- I am.

- Good. It's your round.
- OK.

Thank you for making time
to see me today.

As I told you on the phone,
I'm heading up a newly-formed unit

that's taken over the search for Carly.

Anything we can do to help.

Before she went missing, did you notice
anything unusual about Carly's behaviour?

She'd always been difficult.

A lot of them are that we take in.

How did her
difficult nature manifest itself?

You try and make them stay in school,
not go out late.

If they go out, maybe it's the pictures.

Carly drifted back into her old ways,

or what they said were her old ways.

Out late, drinking, smoking...

Boys too.

We found a used condom in her room.

We did our best not to push her away.

- Yeah?
- Just wanted to ask you a couple of questions.

Which should take place following legal notice
in the presence of my Fed rep.

If you prefer, ma'am, but you're being
interviewed as a witness not a suspect.

I've heard that one before.

We had a job to do. I'm sorry.

But thanks to your co-operation,
our investigation is moving on.

This isn't a trap, ma'am.

You're the last living person
to have had contact with DS Akers.

We need to form a view of her mental state
that night.

All right.

How was she behaving?

She was er...

She was on edge...

nervous.

I'd say very nervous.

Did she give any reason why
she wasn't in contact with her own team?

- No, she didn't.
- Did she refer to any process?

Sorry, gaffer,
you said you wanted these straightaway.

Thank you. That's my new DC, Kate Foster.

Hi.

You were saying?

Did DS Akers refer to any process of
clearing her actions with her superiors?

No, she didn't.

Did she discuss any role played
by other members of her team?

No, she didn't.

As far as you could tell,
who was DS Akers working with?

As far as I could tell...

DS Akers appeared to be working alone.

That's been very helpful. Thank you, ma'am.

I asked Kate to check out
the operational options.

Neither of us suspected
she'd get embedded so quickly.

It was an unfulfilled post for Denton's DC.

Well, a heads-up would've been nice.

Do you want a row?

What the hell were you doing there, anyway,
interviewing Denton again?

We're not allowed to investigate Akers,
so I asked Denton about her.

Full marks for ingenuity, son.

Supposing Akers was the inside woman?

Sorry, Steve.

All right? Thanks for coming.

Steve, meet the trouble and strife.

- Been here before, Steve?
- I haven't. It looks nice.

Yeah, we've heard some good things,
haven't we?

- Speaking of good things...
- Not late, am I? Sorry.

Sorry.

- I'm Roisin.
- Georgia.

- Drink, Steve?
- I'm still on this beer.

Georgia?

Er... anyone fancy wine?

- Yep. Wine list, please.
- Oh, you're on beer.

Do you want one?
Sorry, a beer here, please.

So, Steve's been at AC for a year now.

And every day has felt like a lifetime.

That'd make me about your age, sir.

He also likes to banter, the cheeky wee...

Ted!

Boy. I was going to say "cheeky wee boy".

You're new to Ted's unit?

Transferred from Armed Robbery.

You'll be at home here, then...
with these prices.

Thanks.

That was very generous. Thanks, sir.

- Thanks, sir.
- Pleasure.

Lovely meeting you both.

- See you tomorrow, then.
- Night.

- Night, night.
- Night, boss.

Night.

Do you need a lift?

Bus stop's just here.

I'm that way.

Are you OK to drive?

Do you fancy a night cap?

- What are you having?
- I'll get these, I insist.

All right, beer - whatever they've got.

Pint of er... Peroni,

half a Pilsner...

and a double vodka.

Thank you for that.

You always wanted to try the place.

I got you out on false pretences,
is that it?

I didn't detect any pressing reason
for keeping up appearances.

I'm their boss.

And picking up the bill.

That really took the prize.

For my benefit, was it?

Bottles now?

Work in the morning.

That little thing.

When I first arrived,

what did you say to Hastings
when you were alone in the office?

Just talking operational parameters.

You're such a crap liar.

I just wanted to know more about you.

All right.

Here are three facts about me
but one of them is false.

You've bitten off more than you can chew.
I do this for a living.

Let's see, shall we?

I'm a gifted horsewoman.

I won a poetry competition when I was 11.

I'm a secret pool hustler.

You don't know one end of a pool cue
from the other.

Is it so hard to comprehend a man
wanting to spend the evening with his wife?

This hurts me too.

This is a really stupid idea.

- Yeah, best not.
- Best not.

Which was the false one, by the way?

A girl never tells.

What do you want?

I will... not... take... it... any more!

Yeah, thanks for that. Stay in touch.

Cheers.

News from the hospital.

The docs are going to try the witness
off the ventilator, he's on the mend.

- When do we get to interview him?
- Our foot is in the door.

If anyone's got answers, he has.

Good craic last night.

You two, huh?

This is so reductive.

I'm concerned. There's a news vacuum
and what do we use to fill it?

The Chief Constable's as concerned as I am

about any leak that a police officer
might have been an accomplice.

We're looking at using anti-terror legislation
to keep a lid on it.

You can't invite them to dinner
and not serve pudding.

I need a breakthrough.

I didn't say that.

We need to keep the bastards onside,
that's all.

Deputy Chief Dryden!

- Any more you can tell us?
- Time for a question?

Are you any nearer finding
those responsible?

We're pursuing several productive lines
of inquiry. I'm pleased with progress.

But do you have any suspects?

A breakthrough is imminent.

Deputy Chief Dryden,
any more you can tell us?

Deputy Chief Constable Michael Dryden
has taken charge of the investigation.

A breakthrough is imminent.

Knob!

Anything I can do, boss?

I just need to run an errand.
Be back in half an hour.

- Drive you?
- No need.

- Telecommunications.
- DC Fleming.

Request an urgent identification
on the last number dialled from a payphone

on corner of Ridgeway Street
and Sandhurst Lane.

- Received.
- Thanks.

Get back to me as soon as you can.

DC Fleming.

DC Fleming,
we have the call ID you requested.

Go ahead.

It's the main switchboard
of the general hospital.

Thanks.

Kate?

Denton just made a call to
the hospital from a payphone.

Get over there, Steve. Check on the witness.

Georgia.

DS Arnott.

Steve, I've been onto the hospital. No answer
from the guardian, we're trying again.

Just get up there as fast as you can, OK?

Fifth floor.

Where's the guards?

Good to go?

Yeah.

Sure?

Yeah.