Traffic Cops

Following a spike in car thefts across Derbyshire, officers are on the lookout for cross-border gangs stealing high end cars. A police camera alert triggers officers into action and they give chase to a suspected stolen car. Another suspect vehicle with cloned plates triggers a high-speed chase, but the driver escapes off-road down a track.

More than 60 thefts are reported to Derbyshire Police every day. In this episode, following a rise in thefts across the East Midlands, officers target organised gangs of thieves and burglars. Police cameras trigger a search for a suspected cloned car linked to multiple burglaries across the county. Six units give chase including a dog handler. Three suspects are eventually located in a shed on a housing estate. Store CCTV footage identifies burglars thought to be stealing from a string of homeware shops across three counties after officers stop a man and a woman with a boot full of loot. And a report of an attempted break-in of a car leads to the arrest of a couple of teenage suspects.

Automatic number plate recognition cameras trigger an alert for a suspected disqualified driver with no insurance, prompting three police units to give chase. Officers arrest a man following intelligence that links his vehicle to suspected child protection concerns. Plus, three men are arrested on the motorway in two suspected stolen cloned vans, which are thought to be travelling together

A high-speed pursuit for a traffic officer is risky business, with 'drivers failing to stop' causing around 40 deaths a year on Britain's roads. Police across the UK are involved in nearly 13,000 pursuits every year as suspected criminals try everything they can to evade capture. In this episode, a dangerous driver fails to stop for officers for more than 45 minutes. The driver eventually goes off road and three men make a run for it. And officers are forced to engage in the pursuit of a vehicle that has already failed to stop for local police. After losing sight of the car, officers search the area and find the car abandoned and arrest a suspect close.