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The Sims Freeplay- Profession Careers: Police

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Once you build the Police Station you can begin the Police Career:

This is a profession career so it is a little different from a normal career as you can actually go to work with 2 of your sims and help them during their work day!

You can either go to work with your sims or send them to work offsite, if you send them to work offsite this means you won’t see them at the police station. But you can go to work with your sim if you select send alone or accompany sim and then they can help sims and earn resources (only two sims can be at the police station at one time, all other sims with this career have to work offsite)

When you send a sim to work at the police station sims will enter with bubbles above their heads, you need to click on this bubble and select one of the tasks that appears, the amount of grey sections there are tells you how many tasks you have to complete before you earn the reward that is pictured in the middle of the bubble:

Once you have built the police station 3 workstations will already be unlocked (Front Desk, Training Center and Surveillance Van) so you can start helping sims by completing actions using these workstations, you will see options similar to the image below when you click on one of the bubbles:

Each of these has to be completed in a different workstation so file police report is at the front desk, receive motivation is in the training center and check police video is in the surveillance van

TIP: if you are unsure which workstation is required it tells you above the action!

Only one sim can use a workstation at one time (new tasks will be added when you unlock new workstations, keep reading for more information)

Each time your sims complete a task (that section will turn from grey to green) a police coin bubble will appear above their head, click this and they will earn police coins and XPs, the experience points are towards levelling up, so they will level up quicker than if you just sent them to work.

Once all the tasks have been completed all the grey sections will now appear green, click on this to receive your reward (the rewards are police coins and resources used to upgrade the different workstations at the police station):

I am not going to go into too much detail about how to complete Profession Careers here, if you are still unsure check out my Guide to Profession Careers for more information on how they work!

HOURS

You can send your sims to work anytime for 8 hours but if you are helping sims they can finish early if they reach the quota, they need to help 25 sims (you need to complete all the tasks for a sim to have helped one sim) during their shift, then they will end their shift early and you earn extra police coins and resources. Both sims can help the same sims and each time one of them finishes helping a sim they will both have helped one sim:

If they are working offsite they will just work for 8 hours and they won’t earn any resources as they won’t be helping any sims.

LEVELS

All sims completing this career will be able to reach level 6:

 LEVEL  MONEY XPs
1 Cadet S1,165 300
2 Deputy S1,260 480
3 Trooper S1,355 660
4 Corporal S1,450 840
5 Sergeant S1,545 1020
6 Sergeant S1,640 1200

Then only 2 sims, once they reach level 6 can choose to be either Metro Police or Special Agent, only one sim can be metro police and one sim can be special agent, all other sims will stay as level 6 sergeant.

Metro Police– when your sim specialises as Metro Police they can continue to level up and unlock more workstations:

 LEVEL  MONEY XPs WORKSTATION UNLOCKED
6 Patrol Sim S1,640 1,200 Squad Car
7 Lieutenant S1,735 1,380 Jail Cells
8 Captain S1,830 1,560 K-9 Unit
9 Division Chief S1,925 1,740 Chiefs Office
10 Police Commissioner S2,020 1,920 –

Once you unlock the workstation you have to use the resources to build it before you can help sims using these workstations, only the metro police will be able to complete tasks to help sims that require one of the workstations above. I will be going into detail about workstations later in this post.

Special Agent– when your sim specialises as a Special Agent they can continue to level up and unlock more workstations:

 LEVEL  MONEY XPs WORKSTATION UNLOCKED
6 Investigator S1,640 1,200 Interview Room
7 Detective S1,735 1,380 Sketch Room
8 Super Sleuth S1,830 1,560 Forensics Lab
9 Secret Agent S1,925 1,740 Division 51
10 Sim-In-Black S2,020 1,920 –

Once you unlock the workstation you have to use the resources to build it before you can help sims using these workstations, only the special agent will be able to complete tasks to help sims that require one of the workstations above. I will be going into detail about workstations later in this post.

When your sim specialises they have to fulfil profession badges before they can level up (check the occupations tab to find out what you need to do to complete this):


Each sim can only earn one badge per shift and you need all badges before you will be able to level up in this career 

If you don’t manage to complete a badge in a shift the progress for that badge will reset and you will have to start again on the next shift (for example, if your task is to help 2 important sims and you only help one, in your next shift it will reset so you will have to help 2 important sims in that shift to get the badge)

Each level requires you to complete more badges, you cannot level up until all the badges have been collected.

Who are the important sims I need to help to get a badge?

These are the sims with question marks in the bubbles above their heads:

When you reach level 10 in a profession career you unlock the work outfit in that specialist for a female and male adult sim to wear at any time, you can find these in the wardrobe under outfits:

Left- metro police outfits Right- special agent outfits

Remember:

  • You can only go to work with 2 sims at a time, all other sims in this career will work offsite so you won’t see them during the day
  • Only one sim can use a workstation at one time
  • If you don’t know how Profession Careers work read my guide

Workstations

The workstations require resources to upgrade them so the time an action takes will decrease and the coins and XPs you earn for each action will increase. The resources are shown below:

Some resources are not unlocked yet, build new workstations to unlock them

You can see the resources you have in the second tab of the professions menu under storage (you can access this using the button in the top left hand corner of your screen when you are at the police station)

In the professions menu you can see:

  • Workplace Overview- here you can see the workstations you have currently unlocked, what level you are on and what resources you need to upgrade them
  • Storage- this is where you see your current resources collected and on the right hand side is your police coins, the police coins are used to increase your storage if you need to and trade for resources (which is in the next tab)
  • Resource Exchange- here you can either spin for resources using simoleons or LPs for the mega spin as well as trade police coins for resources

The tables below show the upgrade resources needed, the time each upgrade will take and the time an action takes and the amount of coins and XP you earn when you complete each action, only one of these will upgrade each time so if the time taken decreases then the amount of coins and XP you earn will stay the same until you upgrade again and then the amount of coins you earn will increase while the time taken and XP will stay the same.

NOTE: you can only upgrade one workstation at a time unless you are VIP

If you don’t have the amount of resources you need it will say it costs LP, when you have the right amount of resources you can build/ upgrade the workstation without LP (you know you have all the resources you need when there are ticks next to all the resources):  When you upgrade each workstation to level 10 and 20 there will be a visual upgrade to the workstation, those pictures are shown below each of the tables.

Front Desk– already built

UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 4 Flashlight
  • 8 Radio
 5 seconds  1 minute 80 60
2
  • 7 Flashlight
  • 16 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 5 minutes 57 seconds 80 60
3
  • 10 Flashlight
  • 24 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 10 minutes 57 seconds 84 60
4
  • 14 Flashlight
  • 32 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 15 minutes 57 seconds 84 63
5
  • 17 Flashlight
  • 40 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 25 minutes 54 seconds 84 63
6
  • 20 Flashlight
  • 3 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
  35 minutes 54 seconds 88 63
7
  • 23 Flashlight
  • 3 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
 50 minutes 54 seconds 88 66
8
  • 27 Flashlight
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
 1 hour 5 minutes 51 seconds 88 66
9
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes 51 seconds 92 66
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 5 Doughnut
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 1 hour 50 minutes 51 seconds 92 69
11
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 2 hours 48 seconds 92 69
12
  • 5 Handcuffs
  •  1 Police Tape
  • 2 Fingerprints
 2 hours 25 minutes 48 seconds 96 69
13
  • 5 Handcuffs
  •  1 Police Tape
  • 2 Fingerprints
 2 hours 50 minutes 48 seconds 96 72
14
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 2 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes 45 seconds 96 72
15
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
  • 2 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes 45 seconds 100 72
16
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes 45 seconds 100 75
17
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 50 minutes 42 seconds 100 75
18
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes 42 seconds 104 75
19
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  • 2 Golden Shield
 6 hours 42 seconds 104 78
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 39 seconds 104 78

 

 

Training Center– already built

UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 4 Flashlight
  • 8 Radio
 5 seconds 2 minutes 120 80
2
  • 7 Flashlight
  • 16 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 5 minutes 1 minute 54 seconds 120 80
3
  • 10 Flashlight
  • 24 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 10 minutes 1 minute 54 seconds 126 80
4
  • 14 Flashlight
  • 32 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 15 minutes 1 minute 54 seconds 126 84
5
  • 17 Flashlight
  • 40 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 25 minutes 1 minute 48 seconds 126 84
6
  • 20 Flashlight
  • 3 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
 35 minutes 1 minute 48 seconds 132 84
7
  • 23 Flashlight
  • 3 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
 50 minutes 1 minute 48 seconds 132 88
8
  • 27 Flashlight
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
  1 hour 5 minutes 1 minute 42 seconds 132 88
9
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes  1 minute 42 seconds 138 88
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 5 Doughnut
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 1 hour 40 minutes  1 minute 42 seconds 138 92
11
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 2 hours  1 minute 36 seconds 138 92
12
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 2 Fingerprints
 2 hours 25 minutes  1 minute 36 seconds 144 92
13
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 2 Fingerprints
 2 hours 50 minutes  1 minute 36 seconds 144 96
14
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 2 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes  1 minute 30 seconds 144 96
15
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
  • 2 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes  1 minute 30 seconds 150 96
16
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes  1 minute 30 seconds 150 100
17
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 50 minutes  1 minute 24 seconds 150 100
18
  •  1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes  1 minute 24 seconds 156 100
19
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  • 2 Golden Shield
 6 hours  1 minute 24 seconds 156 104
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 –  1 minute 18 seconds 156 104

 

 

Surveillance Van– already built

UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 8 Flashlight
  • 4 Radio
 5 seconds 5 minutes 150 120
2
  • 16 Flashlight
  • 7 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 5 minutes 4 minutes 45 seconds 150 120
3
  • 24 Flashlight
  • 10 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 10 minutes 4 minutes 45 seconds 158 120
4
  • 33 Flashlight
  • 14 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 15 minutes 4 minutes 45 seconds 158 126
5
  • 40 Flashlight
  • 17 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 25 minutes 4 minutes 30 seconds 158 126
6
  • 20 Radio
  • 3 Doughnut
  • 1 Fingerprints
 35 minutes  4 minutes 30 seconds 165 126
7
  • 23 Radio
  • 3 Doughnut
  • 2 Fingerprints
  50 minutes 4 minutes 30 seconds 165 132
8
  • 27 Radio
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 2 Fingerprints
 1 hour 5 minutes 4 minutes 15 seconds 165 132
9
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
  • 3 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes 4 minutes 15 seconds 172 132
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 5 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
  • 4 Fingerprints
 1 hour 40 minutes 4 minutes 15 seconds 172 138
11
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
  • 4 Fingerprints
 2 hours 4 minutes 172 138
12
  • 2 Handcuffs
  • 5 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
  2 hours 25 minutes 4 minutes 180 138
13
  • 2 Handcuffs
  • 5 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
 2 hours 50 minutes 4 minutes 180 144
14
  • 2 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes 3 minutes 45 seconds 180 144
15
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 2 Police Tape
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes 3 minutes 45 seconds 187 144
16
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes 3 minutes 45 seconds 187 150
17
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 50 minutes 3 minutes 30 seconds 187 150
18
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes 3 minutes 30 seconds 195 150
19
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 2 Golden Shield
 6 hours 3 minutes 30 seconds 195 156
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 3 minutes 15 seconds 195 156


Metro Police Workstations:
Squad Car– reach level 6 Metro Police to unlock:

  • Costs 800 Flashlight and 140 Doughnuts to build, takes 6 hours
  • Once built you can collect the Handcuffs resource
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 4 Flashlight
  • 10 Radio
 5 seconds 10 minutes 200 200
2
  • 8 Flashlight
  • 19 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 5 minutes 9 minutes 30 seconds 200 200
3
  • 12 Flashlight
  • 28 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 10 minutes 9 minutes 30 seconds 210 200
4
  • 16 Flashlight
  • 37 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 15 minutes 9 minutes 30 seconds 210 210
5
  • 20 Flashlight
  • 46 Radio
  • 3 Doughnut
 25 minutes 9 minutes 210 210
6
  • 23 Flashlight
  • 3 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
 35 minutes 9 minutes 220 210
7
  • 27 Flashlight
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
 50 minutes 9 minutes 220 220
8
  • 31 Flashlight
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 3 Handcuffs
 1 hour 5 minutes 8 minutes 30 seconds 220 220
9
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes 8 minutes 30 seconds  230 220
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 5 Doughnut
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 1 hour 40 minutes 8 minutes 30 seconds 230 230
11
  • 6 Doughnut
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 2 Fingerprints
 2 hours 8 minutes 230 230
12
  • 6 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 2 Fingerprints
 2 hours 25 minutes 8 minutes 240 230
13
  • 6 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 2 Fingerprints
 2 hours 50 minutes 8 minutes 240 240
14
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
  • 2 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes 7 minutes 30 seconds 240 240
15
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
  • 3 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes 7 minutes 30 seconds  250 240
16
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes 7 minutes 30 seconds 250 250
17
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 50 minutes 7 minutes 250 250
18
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes 7 minutes 260 250
19
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 5 Fingerprints
  • 2 Golden Shield
 6 hours 7 minutes 260 260
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 6 minutes 30 seconds 260 260


Jail Cells– reach level 7 Metro Police to unlock:

  • Costs 1000 Flashlight and 160 Doughnuts to build, takes 12 hours
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 5 Flashlight
  • 11 Radio
 5 seconds 15 minutes  250 260
2
  • 9 Flashlight
  • 22 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 5 minutes 14 minutes 15 seconds  250 260
3
  • 14 Flashlight
  • 32 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 10 minutes 14 minutes 15 seconds 263 260
4
  • 18 Flashlight
  • 42 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 15 minutes 14 minutes 15 seconds 263 273
5
  • 22 Flashlight
  • 53 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 25 minutes 13 minutes 30 seconds 263 273
6
  • 27 Flashlight
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
 35 minutes 13 minutes 30 seconds 275 273
7
  • 31 Flashlight
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
 50 minutes 13 minutes 30 seconds 275 286
8
  • 35 Flashlight
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 3 Handcuffs
 1 hour 5 minutes  12 minutes 45 seconds 275 286
9
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes 12 minutes 45 seconds 287 286
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 6 Doughnut
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 1 hour 40 minutes 12 minutes 45 seconds 287 299
11
  • 7 Doughnut
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 2 hours 12 minutes 287 299
12
  • 6 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 1 Fingerprints
 2 hours 25 minutes 12 minutes 300 299
13
  • 7 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
 2 hours 50 minutes 12 minutes 300 312
14
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
  • 2 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes 11 minutes 15 seconds 300 312
15
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  • 3 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes 11 minutes 15 seconds 312 312
16
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes 11 minutes 15 seconds 312  325
17
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 50 minutes 10 minutes 30 seconds 312 325
18
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 5 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes 10 minutes 30 seconds 325 325
19
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 5 Fingerprints
  • 2 Golden Shield
 6 hours 10 minutes 30 seconds 325 338
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 9 minutes 45 seconds 325 338


K-9 Unit– reach level 8 Metro Police to unlock:

  • Costs 1250 Flashlight, 320 Handcuffs and 225 Fingerprints to build, takes 1 day
  • Once built you can collect the Police Tape resource
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 7 Flashlight
  • 17 Radio
 5 seconds 1 hour 400  780
2
  • 14 Flashlight
  • 33 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 5 minutes 57 minutes 400 780
3
  • 21 Flashlight
  • 49 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 10 minutes  57 minutes 420 780
4
  • 28 Flashlight
  • 66 Radio
  • 3 Doughnut
 15 minutes 57 minutes 420 819
5
  • 35 Flashlight
  • 82 Radio
  • 4 Doughnut
 25 minutes 54 minutes 420 819
6
  • 41 Flashlight
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
 35 minutes 54 minutes 440 819
7
  • 48 Flashlight
  • 6 Doughnut
  • 3 Handcuffs
 50 minutes 54 minutes 440 858
8
  • 55 Flashlight
  • 7 Doughnut
  • 4 Handcuffs
 1 hour 5 minutes 51 minutes 440 858
9
  • 8 Doughnut
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes 51 minutes 460 858
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 9 Doughnut
  • 7 Handcuffs
  • 2 Fingerprints
 1 hour 40 minutes 51 minutes 460 897
11
  • 10 Doughnut
  • 8 Handcuffs
  • 3 Fingerprints
 2 hours 48 minutes 460 897
12
  • 9 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 3 Fingerprints
 2 hours 25 minutes 48 minutes 480 897
13
  • 10 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
 2 hours 50 minutes 48 minutes 480 936
14
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 5 Fingerprints
  • 2 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes 45 minutes 480 936
15
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 5 Fingerprints
  • 4 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes 45 minutes 500 936
16
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 6 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes 45 minutes 500 975
17
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 7 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 50 minutes 42 minutes 500 975
18
  • 2 Police Tape
  • 7 Fingerprints
  • 1 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes 42 minutes 520 975
19
  • 2 Police Tape
  • 8 Fingerprints
  • 2 Golden Shield
 6 hours 42 minutes 520 1014
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 39 minutes 520 1014


Chiefs Office– reach level 9 Metro Police to unlock:

  • Costs 1750 Flashlight, 85 Police Tape and 5 Golden Shield to build, takes 2 days
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 8 Flashlight
  • 19 Radio
 5 seconds 2 hours 30 minutes 800 1,950
2
  • 16 Flashlight
  • 37 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 5 minutes 2 hours 22 minutes 800 1,950
3
  • 23 Flashlight
  • 55 Radio
  • 3 Doughnut
 10 minutes 2 hours 22 minutes 840 1,950
4
  • 31 Flashlight
  • 74 Radio
  • 4 Doughnut
  15 minutes 2 hours 22 minutes 840 2,047
5
  • 39 Flashlight
  • 92 Radio
  • 5 Doughnut
 25 minutes 2 hours 15 minutes 840 2,047
6
  • 46 Flashlight
  • 6 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
 35 minutes 2 hours 15 minutes 880 2,047
7
  • 57 Flashlight
  • 7 Doughnut
  • 3 Handcuffs
 50 minutes 2 hours 15 minutes 880 2,145
8
  • 61 Flashlight
  • 8 Doughnut
  • 5 Handcuffs
 1 hour 5 minutes 2 hours 7 minutes 880 2,145
9
  • 9 Doughnut
  • 6 Handcuffs
  • 1 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes 2 hours 7 minutes 920 2,145
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 10 Doughnut
  • 8 Handcuffs
  • 2 Fingerprints
 1 hour 40 minutes 2 hours 7 minutes 920 2,242
11
  • 11 Doughnut
  •  9 Handcuffs
  • 3 Fingerprints
 2 hours 2 hours 920 2,242
12
  • 10 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
  2 hours 25 minutes 2 hours 960 2,242
13
  • 12 Handcuffs
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 4 Fingerprints
 2 hours 50 minutes 2 hours 960 2,340
14
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 5 Fingerprints
  • 3 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes 1 hour 52 minutes 960 2,340
15
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 6 Fingerprints
  • 5 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes  1 hour 52 minutes 1,000 2,340
16
  • 1 Police Tape
  • 7 Fingerprints
  • 2 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes 1 hour 52 minutes 1,000 2,437
17
  • 2 Police Tape
  • 7 Fingerprints
  • 2 Golden Shield
 4 hours 50 minutes 1 hour 45 minutes 1,000 2,437
18
  • 2 Police Tape
  • 8 Fingerprints
  • 3 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes 1 hour 45 minutes 1,040 2,437
19
  • 2 Police Tape
  • 9 Fingerprints
  • 4 Golden Shield
 6 hours 1 hour 45 minutes 1,040 2,535
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 1 hour 37 minutes 1,040 2,535


Special Agent Workstations:
Interview Room– reach level 6 Special Agent to unlock:

  • Costs 800 Radio and 140 Doughnuts to build, takes 6 hours
  • Once built you can collect the Fingerprints resource
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 10 Flashlight
  • 4 Radio
 5 seconds 10 minutes 200 200
2
  • 19 Flashlight
  • 8 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 5 minutes 9 minutes 30 seconds 200 200
3
  • 28 Flashlight
  • 12 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 10 minutes 9 minutes 30 seconds  210 200
4
  • 37 Flashlight
  • 16 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 15 minutes 9 minutes 30 seconds  210 210
5
  • 46 Flashlight
  • 20 Radio
  • 3 Doughnut
  25 minutes 9 minutes 210 210
6
  • 23 Radio
  • 3 Doughnut
  • 1 Fingerprints
 35 minutes 9 minutes 220 210
7
  • 27 Radio
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 2 Fingerprints
 50 minutes 9 minutes 220 220
8
  • 31 Radio
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 3 Fingerprints
 1 hour 5 minutes 8 minutes 30 seconds 220 220
9
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
  • 3 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes 8 minutes 30 seconds 230 220
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 5 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
  • 4 Fingerprints
 1 hour 40 minutes 8 minutes 30 seconds 230 230
11
  • 6 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
  • 5 Fingerprints
 2 hours 8 minutes 230 230
12
  • 2 Handcuffs
  • 6 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
 2 hours 25 minutes 8 minutes 240 230
13
  • 2 Handcuffs
  • 6 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
 2 hours 50 minutes 8 minutes  240 240
14
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 2 Police Tape
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes 7 minutes 30 seconds  240 240
15
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 3 Police Tape
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes 7 minutes 30 seconds 250 240
16
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes 7 minutes 30 seconds 250  250
17
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 50 minutes 7 minutes  250 250
18
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes 7 minutes 260 250
19
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 2 Golden Shield
 6 hours 7 minutes  260  260
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 6 minutes 30 seconds 260 260


Sketch Room– reach level 7 Special Agent to unlock:

  • Costs 1000 Radio and 160 Doughnuts to build, takes 12 hours
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 11 Flashlight
  • 5 Radio
 5 seconds 15 minutes 250 260
2
  • 21 Flashlight
  • 9 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
  5 minutes 14 minutes 15 seconds 250 260
3
  • 32 Flashlight
  • 14 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 10 minutes 14 minutes 15 seconds 263 260
4
  • 43 Flashlight
  • 18 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 15 minutes 14 minutes 15 seconds 263 273
5
  • 53 Flashlight
  • 22 Radio
  • 3 Doughnut
 25 minutes 13 minutes 30 seconds 263 273
6
  • 27 Radio
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 1 Fingerprints
 35 minutes 13 minutes 30 seconds 275 273
7
  • 31 Radio
  • 4 Doughnut
  • 2 Fingerprints
 50 minutes 13 minutes 30 seconds 275 286
8
  • 36 Radio
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 3 Fingerprints
 1 hour 5 minutes 12 minutes 45 seconds 275 286
9
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
  • 4 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes 12 minutes 45 seconds 287 286
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 6 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
  • 5 Fingerprints
 1 hour 40 minutes 12 minutes 45 seconds 287 299
11
  • 7 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
  • 5 Fingerprints
 2 hours 12 minutes 287 299
12
  • 2 Handcuffs
  • 6 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
 2 hours 25 minutes 12 minutes  300 299
13
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 7 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
  2 hours 50 minutes 12 minutes 300 312
14
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 2 Police Tape
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes 11 minutes 15 seconds 300 312
15
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 3 Police Tape
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes 11 minutes 15 seconds 312 312
16
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes 11 minutes 15 seconds 312 325
17
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 50 minutes 10 minutes 30 seconds 312 325
18
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes 10 minutes 30 seconds 325 325
19
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 2 Golden Shield
 6 hours 10 minutes 30 seconds 325 338
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 –  9 minutes 45 seconds 325 338


Forensics Lab– reach level 8 Special Agent to unlock:

  • Costs 1250 Radio, 225 Handcuffs and 320 Fingerprints to build, takes 1 day
  • Once built you can collect the Recorder resource
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 17 Flashlight
  • 7 Radio
 5 seconds 1 hour 400 780
2
  • 33 Flashlight
  • 14 Radio
  • 1 Doughnut
 5 minutes 57 minutes 400 780
3
  • 49 Flashlight
  • 21 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 10 minutes  57 minutes 420 780
4
  • 66 Flashlight
  • 28 Radio
  • 3 Doughnut
 15 minutes 57 minutes 420 819
5
  • 82 Flashlight
  • 35 Radio
  • 4 Doughnut
 25 minutes 54 minutes 420 819
6
  •  41 Radio
  • 5 Doughnut
  • 2 Fingerprints
 35 minutes 54 minutes 440 819
7
  • 48 Radio
  • 6 Doughnut
  • 3 Fingerprints
 50 minutes 54 minutes 440 858
8
  • 55 Radio
  • 7 Doughnut
  • 4 Fingerprints
 1 hour 5 minutes 51 minutes  440 858
9
  • 8 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
  • 5 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes 51 minutes 460 858
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 9 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
  • 7 Fingerprints
 1 hour 40 minutes 51 minutes 460 897
11
  • 10 Doughnut
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 8 Fingerprints
 2 hours 48 minutes 460 897
12
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 9 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
 2 hours 25 minutes 48 minutes 480 897
13
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 10 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
 2 hours 50 minutes 48 minutes 480 936
14
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 2 Police Tape
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes 45 minutes 480  936
15
  • 5 Handcuffs
  • 4 Police Tape
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes 45 minutes 500 936
16
  • 6 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes 45 minutes 500 975
17
  • 7 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 4 hours 50 minutes 42 minutes 500 975
18
  • 7 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 1 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes 42 minutes 520 975
19
  • 8 Handcuffs
  • 2 Recorder
  • 2 Golden Shield
 6 hours  42 minutes 520 1,014
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 39 minutes 520 1,014


Division 51– reach level 9 Special Agent to unlock:

  • Costs 1750 Radio, 85 Recorder and 5 Golden Shield to build, takes 2 days
UPGRADE UPGRADE ACTION ACTION ACTION
 RESOURCES NEEDED TIME TAKEN TIME TAKEN COINS REWARD XP REWARD
1
  • 19 Flashlight
  • 8 Radio
 5 seconds 2 hours 30 minutes 800 1,950
2
  • 37 Flashlight
  • 16 Radio
  • 2 Doughnut
 5 minutes 2 hours 22 minutes  800 1,950
3
  • 56 Flashlight
  • 23 Radio
  • 3 Doughnut
 10 minutes 2 hours 22 minutes 840 1,950
4
  • 74 Flashlight
  • 31 Radio
  • 4 Doughnut
 15 minutes 2 hours 22 minutes  840 2,047
5
  • 92 Flashlight
  • 39 Radio
  • 5 Doughnut
 25 minutes 2 hours 15 minutes 840 2,047
6
  • 46 Radio
  • 6 Doughnut
  • 2 Fingerprints
 35 minutes 2 hours 15 minutes 880 2,047
7
  • 54 Radio
  • 7 Doughnut
  • 3 Fingerprints
 50 minutes 2 hours 15 minutes 880 2,145
8
  • 62 Radio
  • 8 Doughnut
  • 5 Fingerprints
  1 hour 5 minutes 2 hours 7 minutes 880 2,145
9
  • 9 Doughnut
  • 1 Handcuffs
  • 6 Fingerprints
 1 hour 20 minutes 2 hours 7 minutes 920 2,145
10 VISUAL UPGRADE

  • 10 Doughnut
  • 2 Handcuffs
  • 8 Fingerprints
 1 hour 40 minutes 2 hours 7 minutes  920 2,242
11
  • 11 Doughnut
  • 3 Handcuffs
  • 9 Fingerprints
 2 hours 2 hours 920 2,242
12
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 10 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
 2 hours 25 minutes 2 hours 960 2,242
13
  • 4 Handcuffs
  • 12 Fingerprints
  • 1 Recorder
 2 hours 50 minutes 2 hours 960 2,340
14
  •  5 Handcuffs
  • 3 Police Tape
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 15 minutes 1 hour 52 minutes  960  2,340
15
  •  6 Handcuffs
  • 5 Police Tape
  • 1 Recorder
 3 hours 45 minutes 1 hour 52 minutes 1,000 2,340
16
  •  7 Handcuffs
  • 1 Recorder
  • 2 Golden Shield
 4 hours 15 minutes 1 hour 52 minutes 1,000 2,437
17
  •  7 Handcuffs
  • 2 Recorder
  • 2 Golden Shield
  4 hours 50 minutes 1 hour 45 minutes  1,000 2,437
18
  •  8 Handcuffs
  • 2 Recorder
  • 3 Golden Shield
 5 hours 25 minutes 1 hour 45 minutes 1,040 2,437
19
  •  9 Handcuffs
  • 2 Recorder
  • 4 Golden Shield
 6 hours 1 hour 45 minutes 1,040  2,535
20 VISUAL UPGRADE

& UPGRADE COMPLETE!

 – 1 hour 37 minutes 1,040 2,535

NOTE: you can only upgrade one workstation at a time unless you are VIP

Are there items for my home that can increase my sims job level? So far there isn’t anything for the police career

Orange Suitcase? Can’t send your sims to work?

This is because you have already sent them to work once today, if you are VIP level 1 you can send them to work twice in a day (this will cost you 15LP still if you are VIP)

Wait until tomorrow and you will be able to send them to work again without being VIP.

Do I need to be VIP to use the police station?

NO! If you are VIP you can send your sims to work twice a day (VIP level 1), upgrade more than one workstation at a time (VIP level 7) and use the mega spin (VIP level 2) but you do not have to be VIP

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100 thoughts on “The Sims Freeplay- Profession Careers: Police”

  1. I’ve decided it’s better to upgrade the prebuilt stations before taking on the others. That way actions are faster and items get collected faster. Im not sure about the “only one sim can upgrade per badge.” Both police required the same items to be promoted and after I earned enough for one, they both were promoted.

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    • I didn’t say only one sim can upgrade per badge did I? Where did I say that? I said ‘Only one badge can be collected per shift’ as in each sim can only earn one badge a shift, I will change the wording to make that clearer.

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    • I have questions. Sometimes 2 sims need to help 1 person since they have two different specialties. But, in this article it says that 1 sim need to do all tasks to have helped that person. Why is it like this? My medical sims hardly ever help 15 sims in the amount of time that they are there. So, 2 sims help this one person, but no one gets +1 in how many people they have helped during their shift? Also, when 1 sim have helped 15/15, the other one seems done with their shift as well. Does only 1 need to have helped 15/15?

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  3. I have to help 2 important sims but it’s been over 2 weeks and I’m not seeing any important sims at the police station, just normal bubbles with doughnuts etc. Is this normal?

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  4. Thank you so much for your awesome guides, they always help me when I have odd questions! Well I now have an odd question that I can’t find the answer to. I am trying to build the chief’s office and am trying to figure out if the only way to collect golden shields is to trade resources? I’ve been playing for days and not one person I’ve helped has had a golden shield as the reward.

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    • You’re welcome! I have not seen anyone with a golden shield resources either, I asked someone at EA and they said they do appear but they are a rare resource so I would recommend you trade your resources for them as you could be waiting a very long time for someone to show up!

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  5. Hi there,
    Thanks so much for this awesome blog.
    Just wondering is there a faster way to collect resources? To open up the interview room I need like 140 Donuts and 800 walkie talkies 😰

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    • You’re welcome! The best way I found to collect resources was to send the unspecialised sims so those who are level 6 or below to work as they only get the first three workstations so can complete their shift quota a lot quicker to earn those extra resources, this video shows you how this works if you are still unsure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1gwEJakC4o (just ignore the bit at the beginning about it being Christmas as this was part of my Christmas Calendar videos last year!)

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  6. I’m finally taking the time to do the professions and almost have all stations at all three professions built. I’m wondering, however, what happens once all stations have been upgraded? What then are the sims going to work for? Just Simoleans? Thanks so much for your help!

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  7. Hi, and thanks for your blogs, I find them really helpful 😊
    Re the resources – are there any ways to “encourage” particular ones? I’ve been stuck on needing 20 donuts to move to the next profession level for about a year, and can never get more than 10 in a shift (even that’s rare!). I’ve tried swapping but this doesn’t count, I used loads of LPs to finish tasks quickly hoping they would eventually appear – I’m getting fed up 😣
    Thank you

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    • You’re welcome, I’m glad it helps!
      Unfortunately you cannot encourage them to appear. The only thing I can think of is if you send two unspecialised sims to work there first until all the tasks are the short ones and then cancel the shift for one of them and then send your sim with this badge requirement there so the only long tasks you will get are the ones that sim can complete then the other sim who is unspecialised can work on all the short ones, hopefully this will allow you to help more sims in a shift to find these donuts. Sorry I couldn’t be more help!

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    • No you do not need to be VIP to send your sims to work but you do need to be VIP to send them twice in one day, if the suitcase is orange just wait for the next day to be able to send them again.

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  9. I have a question that may be hard to understand, but I’ll do my best in my explaination. So I just finished a shift with two sims that are specialized (Special Agent and Metro Police). I started another shift with a sim that is brand new to the work place (Cadet). However, the “customers” that need help are still at the police station from the last shift; meaning that all their needs require a specialist. How do I basically “clear” them so that new customers can appear so that my Cadet can actually help them?

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    • Unfortunately you can’t clear them you have to wait for them to leave and that can take a few days, the best thing to do just before your higher level sims finish is make sure they have done all the tasks that lower level ones can’t do and leave the ones they can do,for example if you have to help a sim using the front desk and jail cells make sure you complete the jail cells one but leave the front desk one for your cadet so when they have finished with that sim a new sim will come in with tasks they can complete.

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  10. Do you have any tips or tricks for completing a shift on the higher levels? I have one Sim in each police specialization and both are on level 8. I am having a hard time completing 25 customers per 8 hour shift. So many 57 minute tasks! I can barely finish 10 customers before the shift is over. I’ve tried working my two Level 8s together and also pairing each one up with a lower level officer for a shift. Nothing really works so far. Any suggestions that don’t involve burning through LPs to finish tasks early?

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    • You said you tried pairing them with a lower level sim but did you send two unspecialised sims to work there first until all the tasks are the short ones and then cancel the shift for one of them first? If you do this and then send one of your specialised sims to work the only long tasks you will get are the ones that sim can complete then the other sim who is unspecialised can work on all the short ones so you should be able to complete a shift quicker. If you do need LPs to speed up tasks this post may help: https://thegirlwhogames.blog/2015/01/14/the-sims-freeplay-how-do-i-have-so-many-lps/

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      • Thanks, I’ll try that! I’m also working on station upgrades to reduce the completion time on the longest tasks. It is taking forever since I’m distracted by all the other game events this month, but I’ll get there eventually.

  11. Is there any way to build skill level with this profession outside of work? Like practicing on a fire hydrant if employed at the fire station, or practicing making film if employed at the movie studio.

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  12. Hey so one of my police officers is the Metro Police specialization. He has one more badge to fill before he can go on to level seven. for the past 5 days I’ve played it says his badge is earned. I earned it.one day and didn’t go on to the next one like usual. I will start his shift and it still displaying the last batch saying it’s earned. Do you have any idea how I can fix it

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  13. Hi,
    I had a sims a while ago that was at level 7 metro police and they started to help an important sim but didn’t finish, before they became a senior and eventually died. One of the tasks remaining is the level 7 clean jail cell task. As i am tying to level up a newer sims it is asking me to help 2 important sims but as it is a level 7 task it is not allowing me to complete it and u can only have one important sims at a work ace at once.
    Therefore i am unable to complete this task.
    Is there anyway for me to bypass this badge task or complete it another way. I don’t mind having to use LP or SP
    Thanks x

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  14. YOUR BLOG IS GLORIOUS. Now, apologies but I can’t find the answer to this question, so I shall pose it: both of my specialized police Sims have reached the 100% bar in their careers, but my two unspecialized police workers arent progressing. I know they can’t move beyond level 6, but it’s like the glow in their bars won’t move. My two unspecialized film workers were able to reach 10/10…so I’m just curious why the police are not able to move forward. The film workers could practice filming at home, which helped move them along, but nada for the cops. Is it more likely if I send them to work “offsite” as I can’t always get devote enough time to have them help 25/25. Any insight?

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    • They won’t progress further than the beginning of level 6 when they are unspecialised in any profession career so your film making sims shouldn’t have been able to reach level 10 if two other sims are specialised

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  15. Okay, so I am currently trying to get the Forensics lab built. It requires 1250 walkie talkies, 320 fingerprints, and 225 handcuffs. I currently have 1339 walkie talkies, 158 handcuffs, and 271 fingerprints. I get walkie talkies and flashlights by the buckets, but can only get pinches of fingerprints and handcuffs.

    So my question is why does this happen? I’ve been trying to get the Forensics lab built for months.

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    • They like to make these profession careers impossible! The only other way to get them is to trade, you can get 10 handcuffs for 6,000 police coins and 10 fingerprints also for 6,000 police coins using the resources exchange tab at the police station

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    • I have reached level 6 in filmmaking I’m trying to build the audition room but when I Collect resources that I need to build , it says I have no storage so I can’t collect more to build I can use Lp to build it but I don’t have Lp .

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      • You may need to sell some resources you don’t need or use the trade tab to trade them for resources you do need or are there any other areas you can build first using the resources you have?

  16. Hi! So i had one level 7 sim that turned into a senior. As a result, I don’t have one of the workplaces anymore until I reach level 7 with another sim to unlock it. Will I have to buy the workplace again?

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  17. You are awesome! I know what it takes to make a game blog, and WOW, the work you put into this!
    Just started Freeplay and found you, been snooping around the blog.
    Wanted to see how much it was to build the work rooms – ouch – but thank you.
    This will be my go-to blog for Freeplay.
    Again, you are AWESOME!

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    • Aw thank you so much!
      Oh yes they are expensive! If you’ve just started I wouldn’t worry too much about professions just yet, I would say main quests should be your priority right now 🙂

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  18. Hey, I love your bog, but when I send my sim to work at the police station with me helping him the bubbles that are meant to appare over his head are just not there. This annoys me because I need to complete the professions training quest and to complete a bubble is one of the tasks so I can’t continue with the quest and the quest has to be completed before I can get my other sims to new jobs. I am worried it a glitch or I’m not pressing the right thing. What are you thoughts on how to fix this?

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  19. Hi! Im working at the police station and a message pops up that says my sim needs to be near or at a bbq in order to complete the task. I tap on the bbq near the playground but nothing happens. This is the first time this bbq message has ever popped up. thanks for all your great info!

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  20. Hi so I have a bit of a problem that I can’t seem to fix. So I have a metro police guy and I have unlocked the squad car and been using it for ages with no problems but no when someone needs to use the squad car for the reward, it comes up saying “to complete this action your sim needs to be able to get to, and use, a BBQ” but there is nothing in the way and I don’t know what to do

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  21. I keep trying to get my police officer to complete an action but it keeps popping up an error message “To complete this action, your Sim needs to be able to get to and use a BBQ.” I have literally done this action a hundred times and now all of the sudden it won’t let the Sim do the action. Any idea how to fix this issue?

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  22. Hi, for some reason my metro police sim won’t complete the squad car action. It comes up with an alert saying that he can’t reach the barbecue.

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  23. Love your blog, lots of great info. I haven’t seen this anywhere and I’m wondering if I’m just missing something. I just unlocked the Squad Car, and the tasks show green when my level 7 Metro Police Sim clicks on a customer, but when he selects the task, I get a pop up that says “Action Failed. To complete this action your Sim needs to be able to get to, and use, a BBQ.” What does that mean? I can see a BBQ in the little park area, and he can get over there. Do I need to upgrade the squad car or something?

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    • Thanks! This isn’t meant to happen it is a glitch that is affecting a lot of players with this latest update, I have let the makers know about this issue so hopefully it will be fixed soon

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      • Hi is there a way to earn more coins to upgrade your storage? For the movie actor one I need 31000 coins just to upgrade my storage. Is there a quicker way? X

      • Have you tried sending two sims who can only use the first 3 workstations? They are able to complete shifts a lot faster than 2 sims who are specialised so you can earn coins quicker.

  25. I just downloaded a Sims Freeplay update for my game today, and I’ve already noticed a problem going on at my SimTown’s police station. I’ve got 3 Sims that work there, a detective, a police officer, and a trainee. The police officer is the one I’m having a problem with. Whenever I have him go do the “Team Building” request, he refuses to do it, and a pop-up will say that “To complete this action, your Sim needs to be able to get to and use a BBQ”!

    Nothing is blocking the way to the BBQ, and I actually had him walk over there just to get him to realize that. Yet he continues to pull off the “no way/uh-uh” gesture and the pop-up will appear again. He can do the other tasks without a problem. It’s this one that’s a problem. I’ve had to cancel his shift, wait a few hours, then send him back, but this problem still persists. Closing out of the game also does nothing.

    I’ve been tempted to just have him quit and make the trainee the new police officer, yet I’m afraid that I’ll have the same problem with him. You’ve told the others before that you’re going to contact someone and get them to fix the problem, but until then, do you have any ideas as to what I should do about this?

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  26. I see a lot of people are having trouble with the squad car BBQ glitch. I am also having this problem. Is there any word from EA about when we might expect a fix? Have they said anything about why it’s happening?

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  27. Hi, so a new event has started and now I am unable to complete the jail cell action. It doesn’t come up with an error message, it just stops halfway through. Has this been an issue for anyone else?

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  28. There is a glitch with the police profession where I can’t “Clean Cells” or “Uphold the Law”. I’ll send the Sim to do the task and then I come back, supposedly being finished, and the game will say that the sim can’t access it. Any idea what’s going on?

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  29. all of my specialized sim are now lvl 8/9 and im stuck on that one badge where you have to collect 3 or 5 super rare material like the police tape or tape recorder, i tired but never could collect enough amount to finish the badge, any tip on getting pass this badge? Thank you ❤

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  30. Do I really need to be VIP so I can unlock the jail cells? I can only unlock up to the squad car. Says I need to be VIP 7 to unlock other units. 😦

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    • No you don’t, you have to be VIP level 7 you can upgrade more than one workstation at a time, if not you need to wait for the squad car to be upgraded and then you can start on the jail cell.

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  31. I’m stuck with my secret agent sims. She is 9/10 in her specialization and she should collect 5 recorder resources, but ony one or two appears in a shift. It’s so annoying.

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    • Unfortunately you just have to keep going until the right sims come in which they will do eventually- they like to make things almost impossible to complete! If this keeps happening I would suggest giving feedback to the makers to see if they will sort this out (they probably won’t but it is worth a try) this post explains how to contact them if you are unsure: https://thegirlwhogames.blog/2016/05/29/the-sims-freeplay-contacting-ea-firemonkeys/

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      • I solved the problem. I spent a rookie to work and he helped a bunch of customers. When someone come with a recorder prize, I let them wait. At the end there was 4 customers with recorder prize, so I spent the high ranking officer to work. After she helped these customers I needed one more recorder, so I used Lifestyle points to help more customers and eventually come one with a recorder prize.

  32. If my sims who maxed out their levels in a workplace, end up dying because of LD&L, and my workstations are 100% upgraded and unlocked, will they stay that way after my sims pass? Thanks

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      • Ok so, like, my Sims are lvl 9 in their professions, and the workstations are all unlocked and fully upgraded, but I don’t have the outfits yet… Do I need to get them to level 10 before letting them die?

  33. Hi, thanks for your amazing blogs. They’ve been such a great help! 🙂
    Is it possible to build the k9 unit before jail cells? Or do I have to do it in order?

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  35. Hello.
    I have a problem with a Chief’s Office. It doesn’t appear even after reaching
    the maximum levels for both sims at the Police Station.
    All other workstations are completed.
    Do you have any idea what to do about it?

    Thank you,
    Den

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  36. Hello.I have many unlocked workstations because I have one police at level 10. I dont have enough resources to build the workstations yet (takes forever to collect since I never use real money for LPs..). If this police at level 10 dies, will the workstations he unlocked be closed again? Or can I continue with the same workstations if I get a new Sim to start his carreer here?

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  38. Hello! I swear to god that i don’t know how I’d do without your blog! ❤ Not too sure if my question is easy to understand but, my police is stuck at level 6 investigator. I have done collecting all badges required and meet all requirements each shift, but it's just not progressing to L7. I need help! Thank you!

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  39. Customers have too high requests for my low-level police people. They can’t complete any of them. Can I dismiss them somehow? Frustrating

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    • Unfortunately you can’t dismiss them. Do you have any other police sims at a higher level who can help them as they shouldn’t arrive until your sim is at a high enough level to deal with them.

      Reply

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