Synopsis
PC Stamp is in hospital recovering from a savage beating, PC Hemmingway has been suspended over the death of a suspect and PCs Kent and Valentine are reprimanded for using CS spray. There is confusion in the relief about the use of reasonable force and Sgt Ackland calls for strike action. DCI Meadows orders DC Nadir to remain deskbound following a death threat but he goes on an operation with PC Powell and they find themselves held at gunpoint by a local gangster. DS Hunter discovers that Kate Maltby might lose their baby. PC Casper receives a letter in the internal mail which confirms that someone knows about his affair with Rochelle Barratt.
