A few weeks into her tutorship, Emma is slowly getting used to life in the force's busiest area - Llanelli. Now, she and her tutor, Ash, search for a suspected knife attacker in Ammanford.Former golf coach Sam and his tutor, Potts, desperately try to find someone in MIlford Haven who has dialled 999, but then hangs up.Ex call centre worker Caity and her tutor go out on patrol together for the first time in Aberystwyth and are called to reports of a fight by the pier.And as Gethin comes to the end of his three month tutorship, his tutor takes time out to give him a pep talk before he goes it alone.More than the usual arrests and criminal activity, Rookie Cops is a unique opportunity to look deeper into the personalities of these new officers - and to understand what drives someone to give up an established career for their dream of becoming a police officer.
At the station and at home, from their first day to their first arrest, we learn how they feel about their new careers - and about the leap of faith it took them to get here.