

In the peaceful, sleepy small town of Ahlen in North Rhine-Westphalia, police officers Rocky, Deniz, and the married couple Hagen and Netti perform their duties. There is hardly anything to do. Tina unexpectedly appears, having been assigned by a higher authority to close down Precinct 23 due to a lack of crime. Unlike their immediate superior, Rainer, the four police officers refuse to accept the closure of their station. To save their jobs and convince the authorities of the necessity of their station, the police officers attempt to fake crimes themselves , thus simulating intensive investigative work. In the homeless man Klaus, the officers find someone they can blame. The sharply increased crime rate strikes Tina as suspicious; she suspects the police officers might be involved. During their investigation, the officers stumble upon an actual crime, an art theft, which Tina had previously investigated unsuccessfully.