The police mobilise a large-scale manhunt with a firearms team, eight response cars, dog units and a helicopter after a woman has her car stolen at knifepoint. Elsewhere in the county, a man arrested for drunk and disorderly puts up a fight as officers try to transport him to custody. They must take quick action when he threatens to hurt himself.

The night begins with police officers are called to a fight in a takeaway and other officers respond to a hit-and-run call. There are reports of bouncers being racially abused by a passerby. Police receive a report of a man with a machete.

A routine area search leaves a sergeant caught off guard and suddenly surrounded by an aggressive family. Drinking can bring out the worst in people, and an assault at a night club brings aggression and verbal abuse.

Officers are called to reports of a group of youths throwing bottles in the road and being a general nuisance. Other officers receive a call about a fight with a knife and discover a trail of blood leading into a block of flats.

A man who is refused entry to a nightclub takes exception when a specialist operations officer tries to send him on his way. A car linked to drug dealing is tracked and followed.