Police Department

Police Services

Police services are needed to maintain law and order in the city.

Police stations and headquarters will send out patrol cars, which patrol the city's roads and reduce crime (as viewed in the crime info view) in the buildings they pass. Each car will work a shift before returning to base. These cars will also race to emergency calls in specific buildings when they occur. When the vehicle arrives at the destination, it will pick up the criminal and either return to the station, patrol, or respond to another call. Police cars can carry a maximum of three criminals back to the station.

Police services will increase the well-being of the citizens and reduce crime in the city. Unemployment and general unhappiness in the city will increase crime.

Police buildings

Building	Tab	Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW)	Size (cells)	DLC	Notes
High-Capacity Police Headquarters		Big Town	95,000	2,400	0	0	960	1,920	×		Prisoner capacity: 80 Patrol Car Capacity: 40
Historical Police Station		?	8,000	400	0	0	240	240	×		Prisoner capacity: ?? Patrol Car Capacity: 4
Intelligence Agency		Busy Town	60,000	1,600	0	25	800	1,280	10×8		Effectively a Police Station. Prisoner capacity: 15 Patrol Car Capacity: 20
Police Department		Worthy Village	12,000	480	0	0	240	640	×		Prisoner Capacity: ? Patrol car capacity: 10
Police Headquarters European Police Headquarters		Busy Town	60,000	1,600	0	0	480	1,280	6×4 6×5	-	Prisoner Capacity: 60 Patrol car capacity: 25
Police Helicopter Depot		Big Town	60,000	1,600	0	15	160	1,600	14×8		Helicopters patrol city reducing crime. Police helicopter capacity: 3
Higher Capacity Police Helicopter Depot		Big City	190,000	3,360	0	45	288	2,080	×		Helicopters patrol city reducing crime. Police helicopter capacity: 10
Police Security Center		Worthy Village	8,000	240	0	0	128	320	2×1		Prisoner capacity: ?? Patrol Car capacity: 8
Police Station European Police Station		Worthy Village	12,000	480	0	0	240	640	4×3 4×3	-	Prisoner Capacity: 20 Patrol car capacity: 10
Prison		Big Town	120,000	2,400	0	100	1,120	1,920	15×9		Prison vans pick up prisoners from police stations and transfer them to the prison. Prisoner Capacity: 500 Prison van capacity: 5 Sentences are 1 game week long, unless the prisoner is transferred to a prison.
Small Bank		Big Town Stock Exchange Level 2	12,000	192	0	10	160	480	×		Cash vans pick up money from commercial buildings and take it to the bank, reducing crime in commercial areas. Cash van capacity: 6
Large Bank		Big Town Stock Exchange Level 3	30,000	480	0	20	320	960	×		Cash vans pick up money from commercial buildings and take it to the bank, reducing crime in commercial areas. The Large Bank has 3 visual variations. Cash van capacity: 15
Skyscraper Bank		Big Town Stock Exchange Level 4	60,000	960	0	30	480	1,440	×		Cash vans pick up money from commercial buildings and take it to the bank, reducing crime in commercial areas. Cash van capacity: 30

Banks

Main article: Banks

Banks are Service buildings that appear in the Banks tab in the Police Department and Banks menu.

Banks provide a cash transport service for commercial buildings which results in commercial buildings having a reduced risk of crime.

Intelligence Agency

The "Intelligence Agency" is from the Content Creator Pack: High-Tech Buildings DLC. It is described as being responsible for mass surveillance and covert operations. In-game it is functionally identical to a police station or headquarters, but with 20 police cars and a cell capacity of 15 criminals.

Police Academy

Building a Police Academy Unique Faculty within a Trade School Campus Area will result in:

• Increased jail cell capacity.
• Increased police patrol car quantity.
• Increased police efficiency.

Police Helicopter Depot

The "Police Helicopter Depot" is from the Natural Disasters expansion DLC. Up to three police helicopters can operate from each depot (on a 100% budget) to patrol the city, reducing crime as they go. Each one patrols for a shift and then returns to the depot. Sometimes, they will search for criminals, which is similar to a police car responding to an emergency call, except they will not pick up the criminal. You can tell if the helicopter is in this mode if the searchlight is on.

The "Higher Capacity Police Helicopter Depot" was added to the Natural Disasters expansion DLC in the Hubs & Transport free update and has 10 police helicopters.

Prisons

Prisons are part of the revised crime logic that increases the likelihood of criminal activity. The revised logic has police chasing, arresting, and transporting criminals to Police Stations or Police Headquarters. The Police Stations have holding cells with a capacity to hold 20 criminals and cannot hold them for very long. Police Headquarters have holding cells with a capacity to hold 60 criminals.

There is no justice system in the new logic and those who are arrested are considered guilty. When the police stations become full the Prison dispatches vans and picks up the inmates to begin their sentences. Sentences are 15 game weeks long. Some are released earlier for "good conduct" while others stay for a longer time. Some will be rehabilitated and less likely to resume their criminal activities while others will return to their errant ways. Each Prison has enough cells to hold 500 prisoners. Prison vans can each transport 20 criminals between police stations and prison, and each prison can field five vans.

If a Prison is demolished, the prisoners are released. As they have not served their full term, they are not rehabilitated and are very likely to resume their criminal activity.

When the Harsh Prison Sentences policy is active, the prison sentences are twice as long as usual and the harsh verdicts keep the worst felons off the streets for longer, causing a reduction in crime rate.

School of Law

Building a School of Law Unique Faculty within a University Campus Area will result in:

• Reduced city-wide Police Department upkeep.
• Reduced city-wide crime rate.

Service Vehicle Selector

In order to change the vehicles spawned by a police station, click on the building to bring up the info panel. If there is more than one type of police vehicle model available then there will be a button to change the model used in the bottom right of the info panel. The base game includes one police car model and additional models are available in the Steam Workshop or in DLCs such as the Vehicles of the World Content Creator Pack. Police vans dispatched by prisons are not available to police station buildings, and there is no selector for prisons.

Trivia

• Service buildings that don't require road access will never experience crime or fire. It will only complain when it isn't connected to its grid, preventing servicing the city. • Expensive buildings built by player have low chances of crime or fire.