It's access to all departments in this week's Scot Squad as the spoof comedy flashes the spotlight on the good guys banging up the baddies across the land.

Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson furthers his dream of becoming a best-selling Tartan Noir crime-writer, attending an auction alongside one of Scotland's greatest novelists, Ian Rankin. The Chief believes the crime writer could learn a thing or two from a real-life crime fighter and offers-up plenty of creative suggestions to Rankin.

Always ready to expect the unexpected, city cops PC Jack McLaren and PC Sarah Fletcher rush to the open outdoors in pursuit of a miscreant inside an inflatable zorb. This young man has breached his bail conditions but McLaren and Fletcher are there to remind him - he can roll but he can't hide from the long arm of the law.

Knights of the Road, PC's Singh and McKirdy turn firefighters to extinguish a dangerous BBQ car boot inferno and sample some delicious sausages on their crime fighting journey while Maggie Le Beau breaks loose from her headset as she works a shift at the police museum.

Elsewhere, rural cops McIntosh and MacKay make a surprising discovery on a routine shift when they pull over a dominatrix on a date; Officer Karen is on hand when local man Bobby brings in a bag of dangerous looking weapons; and Volunteer Officer Ken Beattie does his best to sort out every single public complaint possible when he represents the Scot Squad at a community council meeting.