Although reluctant to admit that the only way to run a Proper Neighbourhood Watch is in conjunction with the police, Wyatt is more than eager to attend the meeting at the village hall where the Crime Prevention Officer will give details about the scheme.

A series of daring night-time thefts from the garden of Mr and Mrs Lawson charges Wyatt with the determination to catch the culprit red-handed. Applying the military techniques with which he was instrumental in winning the Second World War, he sets up a lookout in their potting shed.