With Sgt. Peters taking over as Duty Sergeant, Sgt. Cryer returns to the relief, but is unimpressed by the "charity mags" PC Hollis has produced. Whilst attending an incident at a local Shopping Centre, PC Loxton and WPC Datta wind up having the Area Car nicked by a pair of yobs. The newly opened Community Police Station run by PC Smollett is later firebombed.