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As Middlesbrough officers prepare for another busy shift a call comes in reporting that a man is walking around a housing estate allegedly brandishing a nine-inch serrated sword. The man has barricaded himself into his house by the time armed officers arrive at the scene, and they try to coax him off the roof of his home and into the waiting custody van.

PC Simon Berger deals with a series of challenging and vulnerable suspects who have mental health conditions, which an increasingly common occurrence with 60 per cent of all the Lincolnshire force's incidents being mental health-related. His first call is to a disturbed man who is shouting at passers-by and kicking doors and windows in town, before responding to a report of a man attacking a bouncer in town

South Park Police Station prepares to deal with a huge rise in incidents as lockdown restrictions lift and nightclubs reopen for the first time in almost two years. With extra officers drafted in to help and rest days cancelled, response officers patrol the city centre dealing with the busiest night of the year

A fight inside a pub escalates and spills out onto the street, leading to multiple arrests. And a woman who injured her ankle after drinking, allegedly assaults an officer.

Police tackle a fight over an alleged £40 debt, involving facial injuries from a meat-cleaver or mini machete, and a woman whose windows have been blown out by a shotgun while she's asleep.

Friday night sees Sergeant Dan process a series of challenging suspects including an angry environmentalist who strips naked at the front desk.

Middlesbrough police station's officers face the daily stark reality of substance abuse in the town, which has one of the highest drug-related death rates in Europe. PCs Tash Nicholls and Nancie Mitten are called to a domestic incident in which a man is having a psychotic episode after taking £400 worth of cocaine. Back-up arrives as they struggle to restrain the man, and three officers are left injured

Officers Sgt Mike Templeman and PC Becky Hill visit a flat that looks like a murder scene, before attending to a fight outside a nightclub.

PC Jess and PC Simon are involved in urgent manhunts across Lincoln. A suspect is wanted for sexual assault as well as stalking.

Lincolnshire police are put under added pressure as they respond to a huge increase in incidents as a result of the Euro 2020 football tournament. In South Park station on the night of the England v Germany match, Sgt Nicky Duke heads up one of the extra units and she and her team deal with call after urgent call with pubs in the city centre bursting at the seams