Residents take action against a women's refuge in their area, while P.C. Yorkie Smith gives advice to the husband of a woman at the refuge. As D.I. Galloway gets tough with his detectives about the clear up rates of burglaries in the area, W.P.C. Martella and P.C. Edwards pull in a man suspected of three burglaries. P.C. Edwards is getting a hard time because of his impending marriage.

Norika talks to a driver who parks illegally. She then deals with an upset drug addict at a chemist. The girl is later found badly beaten and her prescription missing. Dashwood is worried that there is something fishy about the prescription. Dashwood checks out her doctor. Tim Able is upset at how a father reacted to being asked about his son's tax disc. Frazer is concerned about Able and Garfield's statement taking. She sets up a role play situation so they can practice. It is interrupted by a gas mains leak.

Burnside investigates a break in at a cash and carry. Jim is suspicious of the security guard. Some meat as well as cash was taken. Hollis sees an old man trying to take a packet of meat out of a car. The custody Sgt. is having a bad day and doesn't like briefs who don't give trouble. Norika and Tony bring in a man for the burglary at a second-hand shop who turns out to have robbed the cash and carry.