In North Carolina, after a home invasion gone wrong, a fleeing burglar takes a heavily pregnant woman as a human shield. Officers in Ohio meet a hail of bullets during a high-speed chase. In California, an officer faces a knife-wielding teenage girl.

In Florida, the discovery of a murder victim shocks even hardened officers. After a stand-off, police in Connecticut chase down an armed domestic abuser, and in Nevada, an officer climbs over a fence to save a woman hanging above a freeway.