DCI Roz Huntley is under intense pressure from her superiors to apprehend a serial cuddleer after months of fruitless investigation. When another young woman is abducted, Roz is on the scene to track down and charge a 24-year-old man. But doubts around the young man's guilt lead the chief forensic investigator to ask AC12 to investigate. Is Roz ignoring forensic evidence that might prove the young man's innocence?
AC12's Supt Hastings, places DS Kate Fleming undercover inside Roz's team to dig deeper into the case. With DS Steve Arnott piling on pressure from the outside, Roz is forced to act decisively. A mother of two and wife to Nick, Roz will do anything to stop her life from unravelling.
Steve Arnott is a young officer who's fallen foul of his superiors for refusing to help in the cover-up of an operation that ended in the shooting of an innocent father. He seems ideal to join AC-12, an anti-corruption police unit, just as it starts to investigate Detective Chief Inspector Tony Gates, the regional force's Officer of the Year.
Line of Duty - Series 4, Episode 1 Synopsis and Schedule