Responding to reports of ASB in Crian A call comes in of a neighbourhood disturbance in Crian. I am on patrol with a community officer in the nearby town when the call comes in. I am immediately struck by the sense of urgency of the police officer and as we are driving the small distance to Crian [5 miles] I ask about the call, and apparently there is trouble between these individuals regularly [ … ] when we arrive at the village, there is a bit of a fracas going on between two males in neighbouring houses. We are the second police car there, another car from [nearby town] has also turned up … The lads are still shouting and swearing at each other, creating a scene in the street. The mum of one of them comes out and is distressed with what is going on. She starts to become aggressive too, and the officer I have arrived with intervenes and tries to calm her down while the other two [male] officers deal with the two lads. The male officers arrest the younger of the two lads, not because of this disturbance, but because he is out on license. His mum is clearly distressed and the officer I arrived with is attempting to keep her calm. I get the sense the officer knows the situation, something I later confirm. Once we are back in the police car, I ask about the situation and the role of discretion in the decisions that are taken … ’to be honest, I will use my discretion here more [than neighbouring city] … like you tend to know people more here … see [name of the arrested], I know his family well, they are trouble, he's had loads of chances and like I try to build trust with him but look, if he needs the jail, he'll get it and our hands were kinda [sic] tied there’…I then ask about backup and custody and the officer says ‘that's no problem, the cells are not far away and the station is only ten minutes up the road’