Road Wars

Coming to a screen near you: day-glo Police Officers (7x4)

Uitzenddatum: Mrt 10, 2009

Darryl is out and about with Murphy in Exeter and is called to help with the apprehension of a car thief who nicked a vehicle in Torquay, rammed a police car with it, and is now hightailing it towards Exeter. By the time the chopper’s on scene, the car’s been abandoned and a suspect has been spotted on the run. It’s time for Murphy to show what he’s made of, and they head out across fields to where they can see the chopper hovering. Unfortunately, it’s the wrong fields, and Darryl can’t contact the crew. By this time, the suspect is largely knackered, so the team of officers, and dog, are now on the hunt. Things are not improved by the possibility that the suspect is carrying a knife, so it’s just as well the pack now contains a few armed guys as they converge on some fishing pools to pick up whatever trail they can. They head out on foot again, past bemused anglers, and finally converge on their suspect with drawn tasers, much shouting and – from Murphy – much barking. Once sorted, all that Darryl has to do is see if Murph can find the knife – and show off his blistered fingers. Taff and Jim are chasing a suspected drugs dealer, and we get a birds’ eye view of it from the Force chopper, to watch the suspect massively overcook a turn at a junction and send his car merrily into an unsuspecting tree. Apparently uninjured, his flight is short lived – and he is returned to the scene where the Lads have uncovered the reason for the mad chase: a kilo of amphetamine in the boot. One short spot of car porn later, we’re now with the RCU in Saltash. Giles is lurking in an ST on watch, while Mike and Jon are waiting out of sight in one of the beemers. It’s a ‘crim radar’ kind of thing, with Giles looking out for suspicious vehicles and calling in his colleagues to help when he gets in behind them. He gets behind a dodgy looking Merc, but Mike and Jon are going in the opposite direction so a hasty about turn is required to get in touch agai