Police must use the difficult hard stop manoeuvre to intercept armed criminals. In one story, this resulted in a fatal shooting and an officer on trail for murder. Also, a surveillance operator preventing an audacious robbery plot.

Police must use the difficult hard stop manoeuvre to intercept armed criminals on the move. In one story, this insulted in a fatal shooting.

The armed siege is one of the riskiest scenarios any firearms officer will have to deal with. Those on the know recall the longest siege in police history, a Christmas Day stand-off and an aeroplane hijack.

Featuring an interview with Tony Long, a leading police marksman who pulled the trigger on three different operations but then found himself charged with murder, and the officers who tracked down and caught fugitive Raoul Moat.