There are over 40,000 assaults on police officers every yearand they are at their most vulnerable when they are singlecrewed. Alone and often outnumbered, they are 50% more likelyto suffer an injury than when they are working in pairs. Inthis episode, a routine stop on a car suspected of having noinsurance or MOT attracts the attention of a man from anon-looking house. He pulls out a handgun. The officer has todrop his questioning of the driver and focus on the armed manuntil back-up arrives. And four suspected thieves go on the runin a suspected cloned car after failing to stop for a loneofficer. Other officers arrive on scene to help look for therunaways who have abandoned a car with suspected stolen toolsinside.
