Uniform officers and detectives from an inner London police station enforce law and order on a day to day basis.
The format of the show still follows Geoff McQueen's original guidelines: the story is told through the eyes and by the actions of the Police, as such any given scene will always have one or more police officers in it.
DS Stuart Turner:
Right... We've got a fire on Waterview Road, uniform are dealing with it but it looks accidental, so, I need anyone?
DC Jacob Banks:
There's some dry paint in custody that needs watching...
DC Mickey Webb:
Sorry I'm late Sarge, traffic was murder.
DC Jo Masters:
Oh yeah? Nothing to do with the late...
There were actually three versions of the credits featuring the plodding feet. There was a blue-tint version used in the original episodes in the 1980s, a 1990s fuzzy, overcast version and mid-1990s fine weather version.
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