Orphaned at eighteen, a na?ve and solitary Chris Pritchard joins the Metropolitan Police in search of a family, friends and a regular income. The young officer is posted to the toughest of testing grounds, Stoke Newington police station in north-east London. Despite barely concealed contempt for her hapless new charge, his experienced instructor, WPC Dawn Matthews, puppy walks him through a journey, which is regularly amusing, frequently sad and occasionally...