Investigations This is the Police Guide

Last update: 14 September 2016

Once in a while a purple marker will appear. It represents the possibility to start an investigation in a case of a wanted criminal responsible for fire starting, murder, theft or other things. You send detectives to such cases. One of them is the lead investigator and the others can be assigned as his assistants. The latter can be delegated to other tasks at any time. Some investigations will open an opportunity to thrash out the gangs.

On the right you can decide which investigator to assign to the case. On the left you are informed about the new slides.

From time to time your men will discover new pieces of puzzle, usually 3 "pictures". Your task is to combine the information such as investigation and monitoring reports with these illustrations. This should lead to conclusions about what actually happened. If it will go hard, you can try all combinations until you find the right one. Later the investigations will be longer and you will have to combine more slides. In order to return to the case, you must simply click "Investigations", select the case and press "Details". The longer the chain of events, the more professional detectives you will need. If the detectives aren't good enough, the case will stand in one place. Also, you can assign additional men, thanks to which they discover more slides. You can assign people from both shift, thanks to which they will discover something new. The better investigators will find correct slides, wherea tthe weaker ones will sometimes provide you with different versions. You can also leave the case for later, until you have a better crew. If you find the correct solution then the detectives will identify the suspect and a new marker will appear on the map.

Now you know who the culprit is. Now the question is where is he hiding.

Now you can send your main detective with 2 officers. If the suspect is troublesome, you can send SWAT team as well. If it is possible, don't send the officers without a detective! Their chances will drop significantly. Don't wait a few days with the arrest because the suspect can escape and disappear. In some cases there might be more than one location. In order to avoid wasting time you should study the case again so that you can locate the right location. From my observations it is best to send a team just before 2:00 when the shift changes. A new call won't appear and you will have all officers. Then the game will wait for the result of your officer's attempt, despite the fact that the clock will show three in the morning. Of course, this will happen if you are sure of the location of the criminal.

A list of all investigations that most players will receive: