Step up to the Plate

Taviner and Young end up pursuing a speeding car after responding to a burglary call, and discover that the car has been stolen by the masked driver. Taviner matches the MO to a number of similar cases in the area, and decides to challenge a group of young joyriders who seem to be giving him the runaround. When the leader of the gang turns up at the station and gives false information to Smithy, Taviner arrives at the suspect's reported location to find himself in the middle of an ambush. He pushes Smithy to set up an obbo, but when he refuses, he goes over his head to Gold to get the obbo authorised. During the obbo, Taviner is distracted, and watches on as the Area Car speeds out of sight.
== Characters: ==
PC Gabriel Kent 
PC Ruby Buxton 
DC Mickey Webb
PC Kerry Young
Sgt. Dale Smith 
PC Des Taviner 
Insp Gina Gold 
PC Polly Page 
PC Cathy Bradford 
DCI Jack Meadows
DC Juliet Becker 
DS Debbie McAllister 
Acting DI Sam Nixon 
Rachel Heath 
Ian Matthews 
Dean Martin-Philip Dowling 
Court Usher-Ian Tolmie 
Defence Barrister-Gerrard McArthur 
DS Phil Hunter-Mentioned
Dr. Owen Preston
Josh Preston 
Gavin Rayner
Tara Owen 
Supt. Tom Chandler-Dead