Traffic Cops

Road Crime (13x1)

Uitzenddatum: Jul 30, 2015

In 2015, policing North Yorkshire's roads is all about identifying and intercepting criminals on the move. With a third of its crime committed by criminals living outside its borders, this county has many affluent rural areas where wealthy professionals - and their high-value properties - are regularly targeted by visiting criminal gangs from neighbouring areas. North Yorkshire's specialist road crime unit are determined to stop these villains in their tracks and, supported by intelligence staff monitoring the county's network of automatic number plate recognition cameras (ANPR), are able to track the movements of burglars, drug dealers and wanted criminals and bring them to justice. The team are alerted by intelligence staff to the movements of Scarborough drug dealer. Scrambling to get themselves in a position to intercept the suspect, the RCT spot him travelling from Leeds. When a simple shoplifting arrest turns nasty, RCT officers come under threat from a suspect who resents being caught by the cops. Attracting the attention of the cops by driving erratically, a nervous man is arrested for possession of Class B amphetamines after the car is searched. A wanted man who absconded from custody on his way to court for robbing an elderly lady is rearrested after a call comes in from a member of the public. ANPR Technology helps the RCT on a daily basis, and when they are not receiving information on the whereabouts of criminals, they are often alerted to criminal activities by a network of number plate reading cameras. ANPR alerts the RCT to a stolen car circulating in the York area. A short chase ensues, but the officers soon box and stop the car and arrest three suspects. Upon his arrest, the driver makes some surprising admissions...