The One with the Independent Hound
Simon and Conrad are out and about in Slough when they recognise the driver of a car they’ve been advised as being wanted for drugs offences (though apparently looking like Boris Becker is not a crime), so they turn around and head off after him, with Charlie and Mish heading in for backup. They lose the car briefly, but CCTV find it parked up, so they settle down to wait for him to come back to it and drive off again. The stop itself is – initially – pretty uneventful, as the driver gives himself up at once. His two female passengers, on the other hand, make things extremely eventful, when they loudly object to being filmed and decide to have a go at Simon as he won’t let them drive the car away – primarily because they’re uninsured to do so. Fortunately Charlie, Mish, Lloydy and Jim are all on hand to assist.
Waller and Flipper are in Reading coming to the end of their shift – but come to the assistance of an Inspector who has pulled over a car whose driver has no license or insurance, and is suspected of not being totally honest with his details. It’s all very funny to the lad, until he gets nicked, of course – at which point he starts fighting. Waller and Flipper are, however, ready for this and swiftly have him on the ground in cuffs. Flipper is rewarded for his swiftness of mind with the chance to drive the total shed of a car back to the nick…
Brian and Jake are out and about in Reading, and are called in to track down a man who’s fled from a pub after being spotted by officers investigating him for breaking into his own girlfriend’s house. The chase heads into a local bus garage, where they corner the guy – who proceeds to jump over a fence with a 10 ft drop the other side! Brian is then held up as Jake has taken it upon himself to try and find another way round independently. Fortunately, the bloke doesn’t get away – he’s busted his ankle…
Still in Reading, Brian is helping to deal with the fallout of a wake that’s gone a bit wrong in the midst of flowing drink. Unfortunately, some of the people present have taken offence at the intervention of the law, and now they’re being done for Section 5.
Still with Brian, still in Reading, he’s been called in to investigate a couple of people breaking into a portakabin in a local market, spotted by CCTV. They flee when disturbed – but Jake is on hand to stop one of them, though his enthusiasm at this point knows so few bounds that he bites Brian!
Simon and Conrad are in Aylesbury, patrolling with crim radars on full. They spot a gaggle of youths who aren’t quite holding up a placard saying ‘GET YOUR ILLICIT SUBSTANCES HERE’, but to a seasoned copper, they might as well be. The only challenge is how to nab the various customers. Timing is everything – and they get it just right. One of them has nothing and can go – but the other one has a bag of hash, though he takes his arrest with good humour and is able to go with just a street caution. Though he got a very poor deal as the quality of the merchandise was as rock bottom as it’s possible to get…
Simon and Conrad are now in Amersham, preparing to take part in a raid on a house of a suspected drug dealer. It’s not their first visit – though the previous raid didn’t turn up much. Intelligence suggests that this time it’s more promising. The door is very resistant to the enforcer, but once in, they move through very quickly and find that there’s no one in other than a very friendly English Bull Terrier and a snake of some sort. We start off with a bit of ‘Cooking with Mr Hills’, but there’s nothing much else to find, alas.
Charlie and Mish are in Slough and are called to assist some paramedics who need to get into a house to check on the welfare of the occupant. Charlie puts the door in with a single blow, and they’re soon in to help the collapsed man.
Simon and Conrad are back in Aylesbury, working to crack down on a burglary gang in the area. They stop a carful of suspects and commence a search which reveals – a cat collar. The owner of the collar does not take kindly to being stopped as he’s actually delivering leaflets – but he’s not the really unlucky one. The driver’s over the limit!
