Police Interceptors

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show_name = Police Interceptors


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format = Documentary Series
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runtime = 45 minutes
creator = Bill Rudgard
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producer = Ralph Perring
executive_producer = Bill Rudgard, Steve Warr
starring = Various
narrated = (Christopher Fox)
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country = UK
location = Essex, UK
language = English
network = Five (channel)
first_aired = 2008
last_aired = present
num_series = 1
num_episodes = 7
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website = http://www.policeinterceptors.co.uk/
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"Police Interceptors" is a documentary series that profiles the work of a police interception unit in Essex who are aimed at tackling the most difficult-to-catch criminals in Britain, the Interceptors hit big-time crooks hard every day.

Armed with very fast cars and the very latest kit, the Police Interceptors are the new kids on the block in the fight against crime – and they are getting results fast. The Government is spending a large amount of money on cutting-edge technology and hand-picked, highly trained officers. Using Essex as a test bed, they have created the hardest-hitting police unit in the country.

Key to the unit’s success is a powerful computer system which links every camera in the county. Sited in known crime hot-spots, as well as on every major road in Essex, the Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology enables target cars to be tracked across the area and their position instantly fed to the Interceptors.

The teams are also kitted out with the latest and fastest police cars in Britain, boasting a host of technology including global positioning and tracking devices linked to the super-computer back at HQ. The Interceptors are also armed with a fully kitted-out helicopter, which features a long range telephoto lens capable of reading a number plate from seven miles, day or night.

With a daily diet of stolen cars, drug dealers and high-speed pursuits, the Police Interceptors are cracking down on Essex crime, with one operation netting five of the county’s ten most-wanted villains – the criminals rarely know what has hit them.

Season 2 begins at 8pm on 10 October 2008.

eason 1 (2008)

ee also

* Road Wars "- series broadcast on Sky One with a similar format."
* Street Wars "- programme broadcast on Sky One which is about police officers "on the beat"."
* Police, Camera, Action! "- series broadcast on ITV1 with a similar format."
* Traffic Cops "- series broadcast on BBC 1

References

http://www.tvguide.co.uk/titlesearch.asp?title=Police%20Interceptors&http://demand.five.tv/Series.aspx?seriesBaseName=PoliceInterceptors