# 5524: LISTEN¦ 'Police had a difficult job, but they should have shut it down much sooner, they should have been more prepared' Independent councillor Paul Doherty spoke to Frank after scramblers and cars were recklessly driven in West Belfast

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/listen-with-frank-mitchell-960321/5524-listen-police-had-a-difficult-job-but-they-should-have-shut-it-down-much-sooner-they-should-have-been-more-prepared-independent-councillor-paul-doherty-spoke-to-frank-after-scramblers-and-cars-were-recklessly-driven
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/listen-with-frank-mitchell-960321/5524-listen-police-had-a-difficult-job-but-they-should-have-shut-it-down-much-sooner-they-should-have-been-more-prepared-independent-councillor-paul-doherty-spoke-to-frank-after-scramblers-and-cars-were-recklessly-driven.md
Podcast: [Listen! With Frank Mitchell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/listen-with-frank-mitchell-960321)
Published: 2026-05-05T11:20:07+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/u-105-audio/episodes/5524-listen-police-had-a-difficult-job-but-they-should-have
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/u-105-audio/e/69f9d4b31932a077a98f24a0/media.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/listen-with-frank-mitchell-960321/episodes/5524-listen-police-had-a-difficult-job-but-they-should-have-shut-it-down-much-sooner-they-should-have-been-more-prepared-independent-councillor-paul-doherty-spoke-to-frank-after-scramblers-and-cars-were-recklessly-driven
Duration seconds: 779

## Resource

'Police had a difficult job, but they should have shut it down much sooner, they should have been more prepared' Independent councillor Paul Doherty spoke to Frank after scramblers and cars were recklessly driven in West Belfast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/listen-with-frank-mitchell-960321/episodes/5524-listen-police-had-a-difficult-job-but-they-should-have-shut-it-down-much-sooner-they-should-have-been-more-prepared-independent-councillor-paul-doherty-spoke-to-frank-after-scramblers-and-cars-were-recklessly-driven/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/listen-with-frank-mitchell-960321/5524-listen-police-had-a-difficult-job-but-they-should-have-shut-it-down-much-sooner-they-should-have-been-more-prepared-independent-councillor-paul-doherty-spoke-to-frank-after-scramblers-and-cars-were-recklessly-driven.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.