Chief Black and his daughter read a newspaper article which says that the Chief is no good: there are many hold-ups and robberies being perpetrated and no one is caught. When Officer 41144. a recruit, hurriedly enters to tell the Chief there is a dead cat on Main Street Gale takes him to the kitchen, and feeds him generously. "Hard Boiled" Harold and an accomplice go about in a truck stealing. Officer 41144 meets Harold just after he has slugged a man and is having trouble with the engine. The officer offers his assistance. They all go to a pawnshop where all the loot is left. The Chief's daughter, dressed as a cop, approaches: the officer arrests her for impersonating a policeman and takes her to the station, where the Chief, enraged by his stupidity kicks him out. He and Harold go to the Chief's house, where Gale tries to interfere with their taking all the silverware. The daughter enters and the two women assist the officer. Just then some of the stolen goods fall out of the cop's uniform and the Chief orders him arrested.