Traffic Cops

Derbyshire officers battle a surge in car crime across the East Midlands and South Yorkshire, with 10 police units from two forces pursuing a gang of suspected car thieves using fake registration plates to steal high-powered vehicles. On the M1, officers apprehend the driver of a stolen vehicle at a motorway services and discover he is carrying a selection of dangerous knives, with identity checks revealing the man is wanted for a serious assault and robbery.

Police endeavours to tackle drunk or drug drivers. Police control receives reports of suspected drug driver. After the driver fails to stop, cops are forced into a high-speed pursuit.

The daily challenge of catching car thieves, with organised gangs using hi-tech scanners to hack into keyless cars, allowing them to unlock and steal a vehicle in less than a minute. Cops spot a stolen car using fake registration plates that they believe has been used for the getaway in a robbery, while at the Derbyshire border, a call comes in about the theft of an expensive 4x4.

Jamie Theakston narrates an episode focusing on thieves and burglars, with officers sent to investigate a report of a suspected break-in at a warehouse on an industrial estate near Chesterfield. Five miles north, police race to another suspected theft at a distribution centre, where they believe three males have been siphoning petrol from lorries.

Officers tackle people driving illegally, going in pursuit of a motorist who fails to stop after a driving licence check reveals he has no insurance, with the chase reaching more than double the national speed limit. After a lengthy pursuit on the outskirts of Chesterfield, multiple officers are forced to use a stinger to bring a disqualified driver to a safe stop, but despite his tyres being punctured the suspect carries on driving dangerously.

it takes six units from two police forces to bring to a stop a suspected cloned van thought to be carrying stolen goods, which officers spot being throwing out of the window onto the motorway. Police have to close down both sides of a carriageway when a pedestrian is found walking down a live lane on a fast road on the outskirts of Derby.

Just outside Ripley, Derbyshire, officers head to a set of roadworks following a tip-off that a driver is suspected of regularly driving to and from his place of work under the influence of drink. When they arrive, they arrest a workman who is not only aggressive and appears to be drunk, but is wanted for being in breach of a court order, so is taken into custody. Police also tackle a surge in thefts from lorries, boxing in and intercepting a couple of known offenders with a history of burglary.

With roads busier on a bank holiday weekend, Derbyshire officers deal with hundreds of reports of drink, drug and dangerous driving, as well as an array of other crimes. Police also take part in Operation Limit, a road safety campaign to clamp down on drink and drug driving, arresting a trainee truck driver who has crashed into a friend's car.

Offices go in pursuit of a banned drink-driver who collides with a passing car before taking off again only to crash into someone's garden after a further chase. In south Derbyshire, officers spot a man wanted for an alleged domestic burglary and assault and seize the opportunity to catch the suspect while in his car, while police officers respond to a call for help after a lone sergeant stops a suspicious-looking car on the M1 with five men inside.

Officers chase a suspected stolen vehicle believed to be using fake number plates. As the car fails to stop, more units join the pursuit and are aided by a heroic member of the public who chases the driver as he tries to get away. A call comes in about a fight in a pub, where a male customer has allegedly been assaulted by a woman who is being aggressive. In Chesterfield, a woman is caught driving her partner's car with no licence and no insurance.

Officers clamp down on dangerous and illegal drivers, from those under the influence of drink or drugs to those without insurance or a valid licence. Derbyshire's road crime team goes on a high-speed pursuit of a reckless disqualified driver who fails to stop, while police respond to a call from a member of public about a crash in which two cars have collided head on, with one on its roof with people trapped inside.

Officers chase a suspected stolen vehicle believed to be using fake number plates. As the car fails to stop, more units join the pursuit and are aided by a heroic member of the public who chases the driver as he tries to get away. A call comes in about a fight in a pub, where a male customer has allegedly been assaulted by a woman who is being aggressive. In Chesterfield, a woman is caught driving her partner's car with no licence and no insurance.

Derbyshire officers take part in Operation Fuego, a week-long, five forces strong campaign targeting road crime gangs using cloned vehicle registration plates to hide their tracks while transporting drugs, cash and stolen vehicles across the country. After a lengthy pursuit down the motorway, officers surround and box in a car full of youths thought to be involved in stealing from HGVs at motorway services and lorry parks.

In this episode, Officers attend a road traffic collision in bad weather, where a motorbike rider is trapped under a car. When the police arrive, they discover that, luckily for the rider, the local community including an off-duty nurse have come together to assist whilst waiting for an ambulance to arrive.

Across Derbyshire, officers clamp down on drivers putting other road users' lives at risk, as well as their own. Near Chesterfield, a suspected uninsured and unlicensed driver recklessly fails to stop, speeding past young children in a local housing estate before disappearing. After a long search, the car is found parked up near a suspect's address, and an investigation begins to identify the driver.

With illegal car meet-ups and antisocial driving becoming an increasing problem across the county, officers pull over a high performance vehicle following reports of the driver live streaming on social media doing speeds of over a hundred and seventy miles an hour. Officers find themselves caught on camera and under pressure when locals film during a routine stop check.

Traffic Cops investigate the case of a driver who crashed into a lorry after drinking heavily and then racing his friend's car with his family also inside. CCTV from various sources including the lorry the driver crashed into, helps officers crack the case.

It is estimated that one thousand vans are stolen in the UK every month. In this episode Derbyshire Traffic Cops target criminals stealing vans, banned drivers in vans and thieves in vans on the run.

With a clampdown on gangs stealing vans to order, officers are on the hunt for a transit van taken without keys from a driveway. But, with the suspects changing number plates to disguise the stolen vehicle, it makes tracking it down much harder, even with four police units and a helicopter in hot pursuit.

Following a tip-off about a suspected disqualified driver, officers search for and arrest the driver of a van who, when questioned, says he has no recollection of being disqualified.

Near Derby, officers respond to a report of a ram raid and hunt down a suspected stolen van. Following a short pursuit with the van, the driver is arrested for a stack of other offences, including driving the van illegally and possession of drugs.

In the Midlands, three men in a stolen transit van are captured on CCTV stealing thousands of pounds worth of cable drums. Officers race to intercept the van which appears to be driving in convoy with another car also thought to be linked to the theft.

And officers on the lookout for suspect work vans spot a disqualified driver with a host of driving bans who was using a work van to escape detection from police cameras.

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.