The drama and suspense are high as we ride along with the auto theft team in the Denver/Aurora Colorado Metropolitan area - ranked in the top 20 worst cities for auto theft.
Meet the elite members of the Essex/Union Auto Theft Task Force. This specialized police unit in Northern New Jersey patrols the streets at night in their tricked-out SUV's, tracking down and immobilizing stolen cars, and deploying a high tech decoy car to catch unsuspecting thieves. In this episode, the team's helicopter spots a stolen car speeding through the city streets -- and we see just how dangerous stolen vehicles can be.
The Auto Theft Task Force (A.T.T.F.) is back out on patrol in Newark, NJ. "The Wolf Pack" as the team is known, trails a stolen vehicle and blocks it in -- capturing a wanted gang member in the process. A few days later their Lojack tracking signals go off, alerting them to a stolen vehicle in the area. The car, taken at gunpoint and knifepoint, was stolen only hours earlier. They follow the signal to see if it leads them to the perpetrator.
The Auto Theft Task Force (A.T.T.F.) is faced with scenarios beyond the usual drill. After following a stolen vehicle from a distance, the unit finds it abandoned, rolling backward down the street, and the hunt is on for the driver. Later, the helicopter tracks a car thief on the highway as he leads the task force miles outside of Newark in one of their longest pursuits ever.
The Auto Theft Task Force (A.T.T.F.) mans their heavy-metal SUV's while they search for stolen cars in and around Newark, New Jersey. A deliveryman has his car stolen at gunpoint, and the unit uses their high tech decoy vehicle to capture a pair of unsuspecting car thieves. The real action takes place when the unit changes their schedule and catches the auto thieves off guard.
The unit pursues a vehicle down an alley during a rainstorm and later is in a chase with an erratic driver.
In this episode the Auto Theft Task Force (A.T.T.F.) shows that stolen cars are not their one and only priority. They often get pulled into different types of police investigations. After first taking down a pair of individuals suspected of committing armed robberies, they later find themselves in an early morning manhunt for an armed gunman.
The Auto Theft Task Force (A.T.T.F.) follows a stolen jeep. Three individuals are captured and a gun is recovered. Later, the word's on the street about the decoy vehicle so the unit makes some changes. Plus, it's a dark night while the Union County Prosecutor rides along and the unit responds to the scene of a shooting.
The Auto Theft Task Force (A.T.T.F.) puts the helicopter back up in the air. The eye in the sky comes in handy as the unit tracks down a wanted drug dealer driving in the area. Later the unit's Lojack tracking device takes the officers on a hunt. This time, however, it's not car they're after--it's a stolen motorcycle that's easier to hide.
The Auto Theft Task Force (A.T.T.F.) is on the prowl in Newark, New Jersey--and they've got plenty to keep them busy. First they get in their cardio workout when a perp takes off running. Later they recover a stolen tractor trailer. And finally a successful block ends with a stolen vehicle taken down at a drive-thru window.
The Auto Theft Task Force (A.T.T.F.) has a dangerous bail out that puts an officer in a foot chase across a five-lane highway with lots of fast moving traffic. Later one shady individual learns smoking is more than just bad for his health when the unit uses his cigarettes to finger him for auto theft.
