A hostage situation turns into a deadly shootout; police officers try to stop a knife-wielding man who is enraged over a midnight pot roast; police officers fear for their lives when faced with an ambush from a hidden gunman.

A local deputy in Texas attempts to rescue a woman who is trapped in her burning home; a plane crashes onto a railroad in Los Angeles, California; a police officer in Nevada risks his life in order to save a suicidal woman.