The hero of the film is a district inspector of the Murom district of the Vladimir region, police lieutenant V. A. Romanov. V.A.Romanov conducts conversations with fellow villagers who abuse alcohol, with a shop assistant who violates the rules of trade in alcoholic beverages, with a teenager who misses school, attends a police seminar, congratulates graduates on graduating from high school, talks with the secretary of the district committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union P.K. Panov about assistance in obtaining housing for the family of G. Sorokina. VA Romanov drives a motorcycle around the territory of his subordinate area.