Cop

The Cop is a both an NPC and playable character in Streets of Rogue. They are seen wearing police uniforms complete with a badge and a blue peaked cap.

The Cop is unlocked by bribing 3 cops in multiple runs.

NPC
The Cop is an NPC that you will find often (about 10 per level). They will patrol around the city and attack everyone who is not following the law. They always have a Police Baton or a Pistol in their hands. Cops work together and assist each other, attacking lawbreakers with deadly force. Bribing a Cop or paying off the corruption debt will give you the effect Above the Law.

In Lockdown Disaster levels, Cops upon spotting anyone outside buildings will become Hostile and will attack them on sight.

Cops are replaced in Uptown by their more heavily armed and dangerous counterparts, Supercops.

Drops

 * Money.png Money
 * Pistol.png Pistol
 * PoliceBaton.png Police Baton

Playable

 * How to fight: Use Handcuffs as often as possible. But remember that people aligned with your enemy will attack you. Stay with other cops to have some support. Do not hesitate to fight if necessary.
 * How to finish a mission: Handcuffs is a great way to get extra XP. Not just because Arresting is worth more than Killing but because you can get the Killed No One and Alerting No One mission bonuses for +200 extra XP. Try to arrest whenever you can. Use noise to divide and conquer your foes if they are too close to each other.
 * Don't be afraid to steal food to heal yourself. You only lose 10 XP when you steal from the innocent. You can steal from guilty NPCs without penalty, however.
 * The cop can arrest everyone without fighting. However, if you are arresting innocents, you will lose some XP. A person linked to a mission will be a criminal, even if they did nothing wrong.
 * If you are having trouble with completing the Big Quest, you can create guilty NPC's by leading a Crepe to a Blahd or getting an NPC to hit another by mistake, this can be done by hitting an NPC and having them accidentally shoot/hit another one.
 * As a Cop other Cops are Aligned with you and Supercops are Friendly with you. Try to use this to your advantage.
 * Also try to get No In-Fighting as it will prevent you from accidentally hitting other Cops and vice-versa.
 * You can get XP (and Big Quest points) by breaking out prisoners and then arresting them, because they are marked guilty right after the door opens.
 * The cop should take any opportunity they can to acquire a Freeze Ray or Taser. Since anyone who attacks the cop is automatically guilty having one of these two items will allow the cop to incapacitate more than long enough to arrest their attacker.
 * You can also use banana peels as well to stun your attacker to arrest them.

NPC

 * While the Cop's Attributes are standard, shared with the Gangster and Mobster. However they mostly don't appear alone and will work together and they will attack you in groups, and should not be underestimated.
 * Characters like the Doctor and Comedian will poorly fare against groups of them. It's best to avoid angering them and breaking the law, by doing it out of their vision or by bribing them.
 * If you're playing as a Cop or a Character with The Law trait, and you are on a bad situation, try to find a NPC Cop to support you.
 * Cops don't appear in the Park Stage, as they're replaced by Soldiers and Cannibals instead. They will however appear in the Park if you're playing as a Robot, protecting Power Boxes in the Robot's Big Quest, Dark Fate.
 * Cops will attack non-owners (NPCs without a "home" or spawned wandering the level) if they see you get assaulted by one. However they will assist and help establishment owners against you if they see you get attacked by the owner – most of the time. However they can still get accidentally hit by them and they will attack the owners.
 * Cops will however either assist you if they're aligned towards you, Or ignore you if you're Above the Law after bribing them or inside riding the Mech.
 * Playing as a Shapeshifter, Cops are Hostile towards you by default. And is a death sentence when running into a group of them without a possessed body. However Possessing one will make other Cops Aligned with you letting you walk around without worries, but be careful that stealing and killing innocents will make you loose XP when possessing a Cop.

General chat:

 * Keep your nose clean, citizen!.
 * Does this bloodstain on my shirt make me look badass?
 * Psssst, I can be bribed easily! REAL easily!
 * If you break the law, can you do it in front of me? Makes my job easier.
 * There's no corruption in our department, only mild crookedness.


 * Lookin' sharp, fellow peacekeeper! (If the player is also a Cop or has The Law trait)

Upon being Bribed:

 * If player is alone: Alright, we'll turn the other way for your future misdeeds.


 * If player has followers in the party: Alright, we'll turn the other way for you and your scuzzy friends.


 * If player talks to a Cop after bribing: We got yer back.

At the Homebase:

 * Relax, I'm not gonna arrest you. Actually I've never made an arrest, I just murder people.

Trivia

 * Cop's will not hesitate to haphazardly spray gunfire at the player, usually resulting in the death or injury of random bystanders. This is a complete violation of all orthodox law practices.


 * In the early Chinese version of the game, All law enforcers were changed and renamed, Cops were called No-Fun Enforcers and wore magenta uniforms and fezzes instead of blue uniforms and peaked police caps.