gary haskins, who runs the call in for avon and somerset police, was an officer in east bristol whenthe drug war on his patch saw guns being carried by both sides. to combat the level of violence that the aggi crew and other gangs posed, it resulted in armed police being deployed in the city. and that was the first time a british force had done that — or an english force? i believe it was, yeah. we had guns, i'm not going to lie. we had guns, you know what i mean? but we'd only take the gun out if we were going to shoot somebody, so... so, you shot people? people have been shot, yeah. by you? i never shot shot nobody, no. all of this area would just be full up with people, you know what i mean? mainly outside here, outside the cafe. because this — which one was the cafe then? this one. black and white cafe? yeah. the police hoped that getting the aggi crew off the front line would give them the opportunity to stop the scourge of crack cocaine that was blighting the area. but clinton thinks differently. if i leave this line today, there ain't no less drugs being sold out here, i ain't