It's nearly the end of the night shift when a member of the public calls in to report that they have seen a group of three men trying to break into cars. PC Gorton and PC Williamson rush to the scene as there is a chance that the men are still there, and they can catch them in the act.
As they arrive on scene, they spot one of the suspects and give chase, but he scales a fence and into the back of gardens. PC Gorton is on his trail, and he doubles round the back to try and catch him. As he jumps down, the suspect is threatened by tasers, but PC Shaw captures the man before they are needed. With the man in handcuffs, a check of his bag reveals not only three bank cards in female names, but also a lock knife. The officers phone the original caller who agrees to come down to the station to give a witness statement.
Local policing officer PC Bailey and her partner PC Evans are called when a homeowner has confronted a drunk man who she says urinated against her wall. The man denies the claim and his wife backs him up, but the woman who owns the house wants them gone from the area as she is frightened they will come back to get revenge. The man is refusing to move on, but he starts to turn nasty to the police when they try to get him to leave. After warning the man that he is in danger of getting arrested, PC Bailey eventually persuades the wife to get the man to leave.
On patrol in the rural outskirts of the town PC Merchant is on the lookout for a car that has been flagged as being involved in some robberies in the area, but he can't find it. He is suspicious when another car makes an abrupt turn to avoid him in a petrol station. PC Merchant catches up with the car and the young driver admits to having drugs in his system which is why he turned away from the garage. A further search of the car leads PC Merchant to another seven bags of drugs which the driver did not declare and he is arrested.
In the town centre, PCs Bailey and Griffiths are patrolling as the clubs are closing and people are spilling out onto the streets to go home. Clubbers alert the officers to two females and a male who are very drunk and are struggling to walk. One young woman is on the ground covered in sick and can't stand up and the other two are trying to help her but with little success. As PC Bailey tries to help, one of the women becomes abusive. The officers decide to take the three to the nearest taxi rank so they can go home safely.
On the M5 a man is flagged over for his bad driving. He stops on the hard shoulder and not the slip road he should have, putting himself and PC Hammond in danger and earning a stern talking to by the road traffic officer.
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