ROB RUN Police Guide: Enlist, Arrest, Badges and Shift Pay

The first Police objective is a complete duty loop. Buying every badge before trying the role ties up money without teaching enlistment, arrest or salary collection.

Speak to the Looty Bay station officer to begin duty when a slot is open. A badge is optional for basic entry. The department provides uniform, weapons and a service vehicle; personal equipment is held until clock-out and cannot be used during the shift.

Officers retain inventory on death and may kill only Criminals. Police authority operates within Looty Bay, not settlement patrols. Party members in the city must share a role; an optional setting accepts a party Police-role request.

At the station officer, start duty when a slot is available. Once enlisted, the counter offers duty actions such as End Duty and equipment selection. Check the issued loadout before leaving; a ranked selection is a separate choice from basic enlistment.

Only surrendered or knocked-out Criminals can be cuffed. Imprisonment follows a short delay that the officer can shorten. Arrest rewards more than a kill; killing someone already surrendered or arrested gives no reward.

The surrender command temporarily improves arrest rewards. Other Criminals can attempt a rescue during the sequence, so the arrest is not finished at the first cuff interaction. An accepted bank-funded bribe lets the arrested player leave with bag and equipment.

Lawful activity builds earnings. Surrender commands, an active service-vehicle siren and accepted backup requests grant temporary salary bonuses. Accepted backup also guarantees free issued equipment.

Confiscated-goods salary is claimed at shift end, mostly as goods rather than direct cash. Better confiscations improve pay, but the shift has an earnings cap whose amount is not specified. A bag’s catalogue total is not an immediate salary transfer.

Return to the station officer and end duty, then use the salary-collection action for the available shift reward. Check the reward and inventory rather than reading a confiscated item’s catalogue value as an instant bank payment.

The recording’s earnings belong to that player’s shift. They do not establish a fixed reward for two arrests, a salary cap or income per hour.

Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain badges unlock better issued kits. A badge allows one issue of that rank’s equipment; after death and medical assistance, a replacement ranked loadout needs another badge. Badges may be found or bought after research, and Sergeant also has a barter route.

All three badge research paths total $730,000. That is research, not the full repeat-use equipment budget. Exact ranked kit contents and fixed badge-spawn pins are not listed.

Traffic offences still count for Police. Violation level ten causes temporary station detention, preventing role changes and personal item use. Police can ram Criminal vehicles, block bridges temporarily and confiscate bags or cargo; a service vehicle is not immunity from traffic rules.

Police Radios reveal nearby Police vehicles and the encounter feed, including uses for Criminals. The installed vehicle version survives driver death. Station room Keycard access and armory ID Card access are separate loot interactions; the armory ID has an Evidence barter route and breaching produces an announcement.

Basic enlistment needs no badge, so it lets you learn the shift without first paying for Sergeant research and purchases. A badge permits one issue of its ranked kit. If you die and need another ranked issue after medical assistance, budget another badge rather than treating the first as permanent equipment ownership.

All three badge research paths total $730,000, but that is not a salary target or the cost of unlimited ranked lives. Try the basic shift, learn the arrest and clock-out sequence, then decide which rank you can both unlock and keep issuing.