The Flying Squad - Operation Pelican

This video is about The Flying Squad - Operation Pelican. An original fly on the wall documentary detailing the success of Metropolitan Police Force detectives in the 1980's in combatting armed robberies.

[@SkipSpotter]

Cheers for uploading these episodes. They are much better than much of the crap put out these days!

[@leepaterson3462]

24 hours on Police custody is much better

[@viper174471]

​@@leepaterson3462Not even cops back then wer real men not like now days. The quality of policing back then was by far superior.

[@Phil-v61]

I wish people would write correctly!

[@uvox43]

An amazing display of chunky knit jumpers in action!

[@gd-on4ti]

Leave the stakeout by 4 my man wants to be leaving at 5😂

[@louistyler6766]

How did they have clearer cctv cameras in the 1980s than we do now

[@jimmyjones2020]

Because we are not they

[@mattcapital]

Those building society cameras are still cameras not video cameras.

[@eddiegrimm9462]

Because clearer cctv cameras offend some people

[@jadedwitness9840]

We definitely have far clearer now, facial recognition etc

[@Victor-z7t6q]

They had satellites the only give us the shity CCTV

[@151mattwilson]

Thanks for uploading these. Had no ide about them and I've been so engrossed on the Crimewatch uploads from you. I was born in September 1986, and these are really interesting to me

[@Captainpubwatch]

Excellent upload - though I find the phone conversation from 4:20 to 5:00 hilarious! The 1980's telephone manner to the fore here (ohhh Christ........cheers darling, ta-ra).........

[@MrDesalex]

He wore corduroy trousers? There's 10 years right there!

[@jamesmcdonagh-cy6vs]

😂😂😂😂

[@pleidiolwyfimwlad2104]

Cords r cool

[@Red-Jones]

Another three for that haircut.

[@jadedwitness9840]

Cords are cool again buddy get with it

[@martynflynn8368]

@MrDesalex: Faaaaaaakin elll that made me chuckle.

[@danielsmith2770]

Kudos to Eddie the eagle for nicking him as he left the back door 😂

[@jmm1233]

Ah the 80s , where could smoke a cig in the interview room

[@jasonantigua6825]

jmm1233 And bash the accused up!

[@jasonantigua6825]

duckjive1 In the early 80s I think? They even let friends or family bring you food in! And un convicted prisoners on remand could have a can of beer brought in!!!

[@johnniethepom2905]

+jason antigua It was a pint of beer and it had to be opened in front of the prison officer's and poured into a plastic jug . They used to get around it by injecting vodka into an Orange . A couple of pieces of fruit were allowed . It was only the surge in drugs during the 80's that forced the Home Office to curtail the privilege.

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

Ha ha yeah

[@elz14c30]

5 years for 6 jobs lol. Unlikely to reoffend lol the funniest thing is the clothes and glasses the old bill are wearing . Gotta love the 8 Os I just started the extecy then when they was good

[@lidiasantoro3098]

It's like going back in a time capsule.

[@benfrewin9926]

"We're The Flying Squad Love. Now put your knickers on and make us a CUPPA TEA!"

[@andrewbaird7834]

Here Ben That's If She Wore Any Knickers In The First Place As Jack Regan & George Carter Would Have Both Said She's A Scrubber or A Slag Take Your Pick

[@joannamorgan6911]

Thank the Lord sexism is dead!

[@jadedwitness9840]

​@@andrewbaird7834shut up you bed wetting tit

[@martinparker9249]

SHAAAT IT !!

[@Stealth_FX]

Ahahahahahaha 😂

[@thesceptic1018]

She is great, knows perfectly well what he’s been up to, probably helped, maybe planned (he’s not that sharp), and a beautiful smile when told she slept in

[@Plumduff3303]

Except she helped id him for the statement 😮

[@zaftra]

@@Plumduff3303 well they did have a photo of him.

[@jimsmith-d3l]

totally agree she was the mastermind

[@bmccabe1767]

Cool for cats " 🎵 it's funny how the missus always looks the bleedin same 🎵"

[@Actingskint]

A master robber , keeping all the clothing pictured in the cctv and shown on crime watch .

[@giuseppenero110]

Undoubtedly he never heard of cctv until they showed him the photos

[@lllucky13]

he is wearing a blue t-shirt .. shows him a B&W photograph

[@Wally-H]

I wonder if the writer of Frost got the idea of having a senior police officer called Mullet from this documentary

[@davidwardle5]

11:37 DI Mullett looks pleased as he checks out his catch!

[@greatescape7735]

Where are they now

[@pirateboyfearless]

The standard of policing and way they conduct themselves is head and shoulders above todays rubbish .

[@viper174471]

Definitely I can't agree with you more they're just so cool professional down to earth can I have a sense of humor. They do a really good job they're very thorough. The turds now days ant got a clue. Theses guys have MAUNA and have charisma. Especially DS John Stratford I like the way he talks.

[@MarkMiller-zm2th]

The robber looks like a young Richard Hammond, and the interviewing officer like Phil Daniels.......too surreal haha

[@johnm9845]

He should have ordered some colour prints of those nice crystal clear CCTV images for family album.

[@johnpalser9757]

9:57 "Lead us up the stairs". So that if anyone upstairs starts blasting away, she's the first one who gets it...

[@closethedoornow7538]

No, it’s so she doesn’t stab them in the back.

[@grizcuz]

Never been in any serious legal trouble. But I'd love to know just how different the old bill were behaving because the cameras were there, back then? Even for the daft bit of bother I was in as a teenager in the 80's, mainly for causing trouble at the football, I was treated far more harshly than they were treating this armed robber.

[@tilerman]

I got into a street fight in 1985 when i was 20. It really wasn't over anything and should not have turned into what it turned into. It was just 4 people having a scrap when some other young men whom i knew from my estate but weren't my friends just happened to be walking by and jumped into lend a hand as it were. And that's when things got serious, it was well known these lads were nasty bastards, bottles got broke and 2 people got seriously hurt, one very badly with lifetime injuries. Took myself off to the Police station as i knew word was out and wanted to explain myself. And that's when 2 years of hurt followed. In the station the detectives were hard bastards, had me up against a wall with a fist held back screaming into my face, shoved from wall to wall and the verbal abuse. They pinned the whole lot on me because they had no on else. They came to my house, my workplace and generally hassled me relentlessly. Ended up in Court a year and a bit later and it was a 3 day hearing, i was up for GBH, ABH and affray, serious charges. Got off the GBH and Affray and got done for ABH. Something i remember vividly was the court case and how exhausting it was, listening to the Police make up their bullshit which was all lies. Hands down worst period of my life, i lost weight, became paranoid and depressed, a horrible experience.

[@grizcuz]

@@tilerman Yep, that pretty much tallies with my experiences in the 80's. I'm not saying all the police were nasty bastards, because I met a few that weren't. But they had some officers who seemed to actually enjoy hurting people without any fear of consequences. And for the lads I've known who ended up in jail back then, they said the prison officers were as bad if not worse. I know it can be a tricky job, but they can't have people in the police who are in it to hurt people.

[@jasonantigua6825]

@@grizcuzThe good old days is what I call them!

[@twinkle3026]

I've heard it all now!!! The guv, said that the neighbours are more suspicious about the police cars parked in the street, than they are of the suspects cars??? Wow!! ...... Incidentally the police man who said the suspects look guilty due to the nicely furnished flat equipped with mod cons, is wrong, because i myself receive PIP and UC, due to bad mental health issues and my flat is real nice, but i certainly have not robbed any banks. That's not to say i am disputing the polices suspicions, but you cannot always judge by appearances.

[@orenthalgregoriasmudbone7988]

No you just robbed the taxpayer instead

[@twinkle3026]

@@orenthalgregoriasmudbone7988 How can you make this statement about me when you do not know me! I am a virtual recluse in my flat, due to my nerves being so bad, i rarely go out! I am very grateful for the help i receive!

[@johnmelling9950]

I work full time and can just about keep my head above water.

[@twinkle3026]

@@johnmelling9950 I struggle very badly with my nerves, i rarely go out and i do not eat much due to Anorexia so i don't spend much. Social Media is my lifeline and my cosy home is my sanctuary. x

[@orenthalgregoriasmudbone7988]

@@twinkle3026 you're welcome for your money my kids didn't need or deserve it anyway its not like I worked for it or anything

[@alanmeires]

He got a touch getting a five . Now days he would get a ten for that lot. And that bird of he's all she was worried about was herself and her poxy flat.

[@colshythecomedian]

alanmeires Alan that's funny as fuck lol "poxy flat" 🤣🤣

[@yozza4978]

Yeah but 5 years was worth more back then, 10 years in todays jails is like a holiday camp compared to back in the day lol

[@maptuffs]

@@yozza4978 exactly, plus good luck getting a job after

[@AlexAlexon3897]

It's "that bird of his", not "he's". Sigh. All this bad English.

[@eddiegrimm9462]

@@AlexAlexon3897 and so what ?

[@joereedsmith1531]

Please can we pause and reflect on the wearing of a shiny track top with collar and tie.

[@bigpoppapump2025]

I wonder why they didn't use tape recorders in the interviews ?

[@trebor9711]

That's Harry Enfield 😂😂

[@KennethDavey-o5l]

Was arrested by Dective Inspector John Stratford approximately 12 years after this video, decent for a copper actually quite likeable and personally bought all of my confiscated paperwork back to my office , asked me to make him a coffee and then proceeded to tell me of how many of fathers friends nicked over the years & i had a fortunate escape & for me to retire from that way of life or I would end up doing a lot of bird like my father , as I said decent man for a copper

[@viper174471]

I know DC John Stratford is superb.Id love to know how he's getting on now anyone?

[@bencooper8050]

There no such thing as ok plod !!

[@David-h4z2s]

Love the way the copper is Putting on a villian voice On the car phone 📠📞

[@rodkirkbride2230]

"Where are all ya t-shirts?" Ya cant.

[@badgermcspoon11]

Can you imagine now they would all be shouting and flapping they would cuff them all for officer safety and the case would fail in court. There is a sense of ability and panache about these cops.

[@JJB88-y9v]

we're the Sweeney son and we haven't had any dinner so unless you want a kickin tell us where those photographs are

[@Wally-H]

Looking at the physical state of the old bill in this reminds me of those old comedy sketches about 'fat sweaty coppers' from the Fast Show kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWO3iX2hl5JorcU

[@slees1847]

Episode 1 Series 1

[@dr.fabritziovanmong1956]

Put yer strides on your nicked😦

[@eddiegrimm9462]

@@Wally-H them fat sweaty coppers back in the day would beat your fucking head in if you give them any stick. they did not mess about with wokism and political correctness etc they were tough as old boots lad

[@jupitorious7925]

Love her quality leather jacket and sovereign Ring, I bet she had plenty of company while he was locked up

[@Osman-mj5rf]

🤣😜

[@voodoodolly]

Sure looks looks like many faces from "me mam's old pub lol

[@jasonantigua6825]

She lives on my road!!!

[@JohnConboy1]

Haha!

[@jasonantigua6825]

@@eddiegrimm9462 Still nice looking? She’s never been nice looking! Takes it up the Gary Glitter apparently!!!

[@version736ha2]

13:35 - "Sarge, bag these knickers up, we will need to have a closer look a these, a bit later (cough!)"

[@flalingbashers2957]

Eric a reformed character now . He’s found god and now he’s a vicar.

[@jasonantigua6825]

Yeah right! He’s a piss head !!!!

[@tomparker962]

Fackin love you gumbo

[@flalingbashers2957]

@@tomparker962 We are Shadwell

[@krisyung]

Father Eric always gives a good sermon bless

[@andrewburne7591]

Two words luv, No comment. But tbf he could have least worn a balaclava lol

[@mjkrbjcw]

she might as well be a witness against him the way she talks

[@alanmeires]

She was more worried about herself and all the new gear in her flat that he had brought her.

[@alonsocushing2398]

She's a right scrubber!

[@09weenic]

Alonso Cushing have some respect you asshole - that’s someone’s mother, daughter or sister you are talking about !

[@Kennyde]

No she’s someone’s grass of a mother, daughter or sister. Singing to save herself and sending her fella down which wouldn’t have happened without her statement. Silly tart

[@Wugzy123]

@@09weenic aye nae bor ya cloon! daft slapper

[@Bloxdio_God]

That DS Stratford did him a favour. A 5 for that.

[@alwardgrover3347]

@@duckjive1 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[@viper174471]

I love DS Stratford I really think he is such an awesome D.C and person Sooo very well organized and has real human side to him. We don't get them like this anymore I'm afraid. What a HEARTY group of guys

[@paulwhite2533]

heavy, heavy cank...i love the good old days but cank is the one change that i welcome...the stench on public transport was grim back in the day

[@eddiegrimm9462]

cank ?

[@paulwhite2533]

@@eddiegrimm9462 cancer....smoking....seems like everyone was on it

[@retrorambles517]

Look how great the CCTV was back in the 80s

[@bendingspring]

Retro Rambles They’re photos. Back in the day, not sure about now, they had a film camera above the door that took about 60 photos in quick succession as soon as the bank staff activated the alarm.

[@davenolan3082]

Cracking glasses on wpc

[@benbabs7018]

Hi dose any1 no were can get full series plz

[@jasonantigua6825]

Yes! Hit me up

[@Ramblingpete]

Great to see them using pens and pencils old school 👍🏿good old days

[@jimsmith-d3l]

the police we are remember and wish we had back,.

[@bendingspring]

Operation Plonker! Lots of people slagging off Eric’s Mrs, she’s definitely salt of the earth in a south London way but she seemed like a nice person. What Mrs would say “see ya tomorrow “ for the court case these days? All on their toes!!!!!!!!!!!?

[@robertwoods-dc4wo]

He looks like Ricky Ross outta deacon blue he wore cords anaw last seen doin a gig at Glasgow barrowlands😂

[@WonkaVator72]

DSJS at 14:31: "As you could see at the flat, very, very palatially decorated for people that are allegedly in debt." Maybe that's how they got in debt ;-).

[@leedstown]

People on benefits have nicer houses now

[@charlieminaj2]

@@leedstown don’t talk wet, I’ve had no repairs carried out since I moved into mine that was 2018? What am I paying rent for?🙈😅

[@replicas11]

It soon turned into Harrods sale when they busted the house didn’t it.

[@Shandizzlebizzle]

Heard stevie wonder was hard up, had no idea he’d started threading eyebrows

[@AlexAlexon3897]

She's prettier than you, you jealous loser.

[@seanatkinson770]

If she actually realised that she was giving them everything they wanted ie the picture of him in one bank 😳

[@martynflynn8368]

I know, like the cops knew they would a had no chance of a conviction when all they had was the perp smiling into the cctv at each job, no disguise, he kept all the clothes he was wearing in the Crimewatch vids in his drawers so he could hand em to the old bill when thay called and he even took em out on a ride to fetch up his old discarded fake sawn off, faaaaack me, without her id 'ing him on that one job they would have been letting him out no charge.

[@traceypace92]

Wot is it with crims from the old days? MULLET AND MELODY good old copper names

[@MrDREWASIDE]

Can't beat a chunky knit. Old school!

[@peaceLove1988]

1988 Best year ever.

[@victorvictor8587]

DARREN DAY How Much Crack did you Smoke in 88’?

[@tomparker962]

@@victorvictor8587 haha

[@Sol-Cutta]

U usually find crooks birds are more savvy than the blokes, now if they kept her in the loop she could advise him with stuff he wouldnt think of - like dont keep your fkin clothes that u robbed a bank/building society😅 in...in her words - "what a plonker" 😂😂😂

[@amyamy1897]

They don't make mobiles like they used to he should be arrested for using that one going equipped

[@davidbaker8957]

The moral of this story is don’t get women involved at any level.

[@karlblake4596]

Fact, but moral of this story is don't get involved in serious crime if you have a peanut sized brain, CCTV or no CCTV, cover up and discard of the clothes he deserves life

[@AlexAlexon3897]

Incels like you know nothing about women! 😅

[@Harry-v6b7l]

Loose lips sink ships never discuss anything with wives or girlfriends a cardial sin a recipe for disaster

[@geeandme7760]

"Dont start shoulting, woman." This is back when misogyny was tolerated. Give her a crack 😂

[@zaftra]

she was starting to shout, she is a woman.

[@JohnConboy1]

People keep mentioning her eyebrows, but I think she's a very pretty girl in this. Wonder what she looks like now?

[@eddiegrimm9462]

She would be around 60 years old now but most likely still nice looking id say ?

[@AlexAlexon3897]

She's very pretty. She looks like my g/f in some ways. 🙂

[@spleeeen4it]

Very very pretty

[@MarineAqua45]

In the days when suspects got beaten up or given an old-fashioned kicking.

[@hornetobiker]

Only if you pissed them off, it was never standard.

[@markaroundbarbados]

The good old days of cops and robbers and black people called coloured.

[@bluenose4903]

5 years for 6 robberies? 😂 Bring back the good old days is my moto.

[@Osman-mj5rf]

Init result 🤔 today yeh be a lucky to get a ten 🙈😜

[@drewandrew9389]

That what am thinking the sentence was light

[@elainekerslake6865]

I knew 2 lads who got two stretches for tax evasion of a couple of grand.

[@giuseppenero110]

Who would have thought a bank (of all places) had CCTV? lol

[@colshythecomedian]

5 years for armed robbery??? Not violent?? He stuck a gun in the nose of bank teller!!! 🤬

[@juliataylor2623]

no solicitor present at any time while shes in custody and scared, she may be guilty but this would hardly stand today.

[@Tampo-tiger]

How is it that even when they're dressed in what they imagine are civvies they are still 100% obviously coppers?

[@jadedwitness9840]

Cos you can't hide being nonce

[@marklittler784]

Is her statement really of any relevance ?

[@durrantalan]

21.00 Freddy Krueger called. He wants his striped jumper back.

[@bigbadnewman]

In the 70s the flying squad would have given him a " right kicking".

[@MarineAqua45]

bigbadnewman He would have gotten a kicking at that time too, but the Cameras were filming them, so they couldn’t do it to them.

[@version736ha2]

@@MarineAqua45 a real shame, this show would have been 100% perfect with the villains getting a good kicking as well as nicking

[@1970boggy]

I wouldn't call that flat well decorated

[@kevinryan7633]

I wonder if she waited for Eric

[@davenolan3082]

No !

[@jasonantigua6825]

Kevin Ryan Eric was back in prison as of 2012!

[@marklittler784]

I don't think he was with the woolwich !

[@CARLIN4737]

EXCELLENT

[@karlblake4596]

Wow fascinating stuff seeing two simpletons being apprehended after one commits bare face robberrys, well done sir

[@AlexAlexon3897]

It's "bare-faced robberies". You're not clever yourself, 'sir'. 😅

[@AlexAlexon3897]

You could tell he wasn't violent. Hope he went straight after 2.5 years.

[@eddiegrimm9462]

he would of done more than 2.5 years back then..i think it was two thirds them days

[@KIERNAN100]

Clothes by Halfords.

[@challanger275]

He would get 18 months now

[@jorgealdridge6665]

Who was that beautiful copper

[@09weenic]

jorge aldridge Elton Johns sister 😂

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

All firearms and clothing ,never in your own cat & mouse .

[@Tampo-tiger]

DS Stratford subsequently left the police force to become Jeremy Clarkson.

[@chrissharp6733]

Brown Audi unmarked nearly Bins it 8:59

[@Justforfun-wq7mr]

“Fire arms and clothing” 🤣🤣🤣

[@voodoodolly]

"Palatialy decorated" typical ridiculous over exaggerated statements made by police. Smh. Palatial lol.

[@stevegreen9460]

what is it with londoners and gold soverian rings !! even the birds wareing one

[@g13flat]

Not just Londoners, very popular with Neds in Glasgow too.

[@jasonantigua6825]

A sign of wealth!

[@AlexAlexon3897]

Steve Green: What is it with all the terrible spelling and grammar? You should've written: "What is it with Londoners and gold sovereign rings? Even the bird's wearing one." Not that difficult!

[@victorvictor8587]

The Television is Like a Crack Pipe and the TV Programs are the Crack Rock itself .

[@tomparker962]

Good way of putting it

[@pensans1]

Hard to tell cops from robbers.

[@billyswainsonsnr6508]

Fuck me thought they where 3 old bill at the table 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@pman885]

Fav firearm for the underwulads is the Sarnoff shotgun

[@britnic5394]

all furniture was from council tip.. palatial flat indeed

[@ryanfisk3671]

She never saw him on Crimewatch then.

[@ryanfisk3671]

@@eddiegrimm9462 It was broadcast evening slot all over Britain is why, millions watched Crimewatch.

[@ryanfisk3671]

@@eddiegrimm9462 I already surmised that never saw him on Crimewatch.

[@ryanfisk3671]

@@eddiegrimm9462 I am far from woke or weird just your pointless posts never deserved my attention.

[@eddiegrimm9462]

@@ryanfisk3671 lol

[@ryanfisk3671]

You had no point in replying, in the first place.

[@papanoel3999]

Wonder how Eric and his missus are nowadays. 🤔

[@michaelgrace1298]

She should of spent some of the dosh on her eyebrows ffs

[@AlexAlexon3897]

Sure, sad incel.

[@johnfisher7143]

Sitting around in cars for hours on obbo, then five minutes of adrenaline, then hours of boring paperwork. No thanks.

[@cbjgdicad1]

yeah that flat sure was 'palatial'

[@bascet1]

cbjgdicad1 It was for 1987 South London council estate. No home computers, Skytv wasn't even out then, laminate floor was a thing of the future, people didn't spend as much time indoors as they do now as pubs were frequented more as were Cinemas. Since the 80s the big cities in the UK have got rid of some real shithole council estates.

[@HopelessSinner]

15:09., Shitting Hell! Wots with them eyebrows!?👀

[@mickeymirrorz76]

suzanne cox Jesus H!! She looks like an old out of work drag queen!! Lol

[@HopelessSinner]

mickeymirrorz76 😂😂And this was a few years back- I wonder if she's aged well!?!👹Makes me shudder just thinking bout it! 😱

[@jasonantigua6825]

Suzanne Cox She looks rough as fuck now,I know the pair of them,she lives in the next street to me!

[@linas7050]

😂

[@AlexAlexon3897]

@@HopelessSinner: Jealousy screams from your comment! 🤣

[@Tampo-tiger]

So with good behaviour he's out in two years or so.

[@Bloxdio_God]

The girl has got a nice smile.

[@trebor9711]

Loads ov Money💰💰💰💰

[@johnniethepom2905]

If the wife had said it was his cousin who had done a runner to Ireland . it might have put some doubt in the Jury's mind . Under English law a wife cannot be forced to to give evidence against her husband . That may have since changed. ???. There was no way out once she started opening her trap ! Got to wonder if they are still together , that said ,he was hardly the sharpest tool in the box .

[@robertwoods-dc4wo]

Hghghghghgagha 10yrs for wearing cords aw maaan abs brilliant

[@gcrichards1]

C'mon it was the 80's, Bernie should have actually had a mullet..