 Novice policemen Stanley and Oliver, eating lunch in their patrol car, nearly have their spare tire stolen by a thief and his sassy partner. They then miss the broadcast address of a burglary in progress, and Stanley borrows the phone in a jewelry store to call the station, mistaking the safecracker inside for the shop s owner. The boys eventually manage to catch the apparent burglar and bring him back to the station, only to find it s really the police chief, who d been locked out of his house. The chief exacts a rather dire revenge upon the two rookie cops.