An employee of the police archive, Major Andrey Vershinin, is suddenly promoted and transferred to the border town of Portovy. Vershinin will take the post of head of the Department of Internal Affairs instead of the recently deceased Colonel Avdeev. The new boss is greeted coldly: subordinates are in almost open conflict with him, and the press and the public, agitated by the recent series of robberies, are simply outraged by this appointment. 

Journalist Anna Loginova becomes Vershinin's only loyal colleague: together they must figure out what is happening in the city of lawlessness. In a short time, the hero proves his competence in solving crimes and does not give up even in an atmosphere of general distrust.

 However, even after coping with the shadow master of the city, Vershinin fails to turn the Port into a quiet and cozy place, because the Moscow corporation is trying to take over the power in the town.…