The pursuit of a reckless getaway driver in a stolen car ends with a full-scale air-to-ground search for a suspect, and a battle to save his life. In Ripley, a report of a crashed car leads to the arrest of a very drunk man who, despite being found with the key in his pocket, denies any wrongdoing.

The road crime team leads a county lines drugs crackdown in Chesterfield, capturing three suspects believed to be ferrying crack cocaine and heroin into Derbyshire on a regular basis. After a spate of car thefts, officers are forced to pursue a gang of teenage joyriders in a stolen car, with one of them just 15 years old.