It's late night in Sunderland and a vehicle is refusing to stop for PCs Jamie Leslie and Máire Curran race to back up the patrol on its tail. The suspects take a dead end and ditch the car running into a nearby house. But the occupants of the house won't play ball and refuse to let the cops in! Leaving the police with one option - smashing down the door! In Newcastle, PC Andy Clarke spots a flashy car with a young man driving it. Something doesn't add up, so he decides to stop it. The man doesn't have a driving licence and the car has markers for drug dealing. 

In Sunderland, PC Martain Anderson is called to a collision where a car has smashed into a pedestrian crossing. On arrival, the driver is nowhere to be seen and the crashed car has been abandoned. Then the driver appears, carrying an Indian takeaway and stinking of booze! Cameras in Newcastle pick up a stolen car on the move. Motorway cops flood the area, but the driver does a runner. However, two passengers have decided to stay put, leaving them with a lot of questions to answer. In Northumberland, calls come in of a car crash at one of the force's busiest interchanges, causing carnage as it's taken out the traffic lights.

The series narrated by Nicky Campbell returns for another ride out with Northumbria Police as we join their Roads Policing Unit patrolling 6000 miles of road across the North East of England, chasing criminals off the streets and locking up dangerous drivers. In Newcastle city centre, Sergeant Dave Roberts follows a car being driven erratically. When the car refuses to stop, it leads to a heart-stopping pursuit through the streets that ends abruptly when the car crashes into a shop. Then both female occupants make a run for it. And PC Jamie Leslie spots a driver with her foot down. When he pulls the car over, he discovers the driver stinks of booze!