Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.

The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima jumps at the opportunity to pursue something other than his current case, which he finds less than inspiring. However the powers that be have other ideas, and Wangan again plays host to a special investigation team from headquarters. Aoshima's friend Superintendent Shinji Muroi, assigned by headquarters to assist Okita, is again powerless to help the local officers as decisions are made by the higher ups.

1997年12月27日，警视厅湾岸警察署全体在新年前夕依然繁忙的工作着，当然，除了无所事事的几位高层。是夜，商店街发生了绑架事件，突然从人群中冲出一个青年，轻轻松松将绑匪制伏。原来是传说中的青岛俊作（织田裕二饰）刑警回来了！因事件调离的青岛在新年之前调回湾岸署，但各个课室都不愿意接收这位爱惹麻烦的问题警察。从警务课、交通课、生活课，各个课长都像踢皮球一样不想青岛来工作。但青岛却乐在其中，在工作中，细心的青岛又发现了强盗犯罪事件的线索，犯人凶残似乎威胁到了警察署内部！1997年的最后几天，注定因为青岛俊作的努力工作而不平凡！
《跳跃的大搜查》系列电视剧特别篇第1部。

1998年10月，卧底假扮业务员一个月的刑警青岛俊作（织田裕二饰）回到的原来的岗位——警视厅湾岸警察署刑事课。本以为可以休息片刻，但新案件接踵而至。放火杀人未遂事件引起警方注意，押解嫌疑人的途中，小堇（深津绘里饰）等人在处理另一个事件的途中，让嫌疑人逃脱了，小堇因此被总部调查。青岛为了小堇，誓要逮捕犯人，还小堇青白。但此时，青岛与警视庁刑事部捜査一课管理官室井慎次（柳叶敏郎）的信赖关系却出现了裂痕。高层的跟踪调查，嫌疑犯的不知所踪，青岛陷入了前所未有的危机之中。
《跳跃的大搜查线》系列电视剧特别篇第3部。