Police Detective

Police Detective is a specialist police job in CIT. It is part of the law side police progression and focuses on investigating murders instead of only chasing wanted players.

How to start

Police Detective unlocks at Police Level 3 (150 arrests). /go Police Detective is the command to go on duty without visiting the marker.

The Police Detective marker is inside LSPD.

How cases work

Police Detectives investigate murders:

go to the crime scene
photograph the dead body
photograph and pick up clues
open the Case File with M
question suspects or find the murder weapon
identify the guilty suspect

Case types can be questioning, kill, or evidence cases.

Rewards

Police Detective gives 70 to 120 arrest points per solved case, depending on job level.

How the job works

Police Detective is:

a police specialist job
part of the normal police progression
focused on murder investigations
unlocked after normal Police Officer progression

The police specialist progression is:

Police Officer
Traffic Officer
Police Detective
Bomb Disposal

Unlocking Police Detective

Police Detective unlocks at Police Level 3 (150 arrests). /go Police Detective is the command to go on duty without visiting the job location.

How Police Detective Works

Police Detectives investigate murders.

The investigation flow is:

go to the crime scene
photograph the dead body
photograph and pick up the clues
open the Case File with M
question suspects or find the murder weapon
identify the guilty suspect

Case Types

The Police Detective case types are:

questioning
kill
evidence

The case solving notes are:

some cases are solved by questioning the suspects
some cases are solved by killing the attacking suspect
some cases are solved by finding the murder weapon

Role in Police Progression

Police Detective is one of the early police specialist unlocks.

The unlock order is:

Job	Unlock requirement
Police Officer	None
Traffic Officer	50 arrests
Police Detective	150 arrests
Bomb Disposal	300 arrests

Police levels later also unlock:

more vehicles
law perks
higher kill arrest payout
/sirens

Police Detective uses the normal police kill arrest payout system.

The base payout formula is:

floor(wantedPoints * 70 * dangerLevel) + 5000

Higher police levels multiply each cop's share after assist splitting. The cap is $50,000 per cop before the 20% VIP bonus, allowing $60,000 with VIP or $120,000 with VIP during hourly Double Earnings.

The maximum police level is:

60

Related Vehicle

The main vehicle tied to Police Detective is:

Undercover Police

Vehicle details:

Vehicle	Price	Top speed	Notes
`Undercover Police`	`$150,000`	`161 km/h`	Buyable at any car shop

Non VIP Recovery

For Police Detective, cops can recover:

Undercover Police from any location without VIP

Cops near a Police Station can also recover:

Undercover Police

Achievement

Police Detective work is tied to the law achievement:

Achievement	Requirement	Reward
`No Shit Sherlock!`	Solve `100` criminal investigations	`$1,000,000`

Command

Command	Use
`/go Police Detective`	Quick switch to Police Detective. The job unlocks at Police Level 3 (150 arrests)

Detective Notes

Police Detective is a police job, not a separate side
it unlocks at 150 arrests
it focuses on murder investigations
its investigation tools include photographing bodies, collecting clues, opening the Case File with M, questioning suspects, and finding the murder weapon

Related notes

Police Detective gives 70 to 120 arrest points per solved case, depending on job level.

Location

The Police Detective job marker is inside LSPD.

Job skin

Police Detective skin IDs are 87, 96, 120, 141, 147, 150, 165, 166, 186, 228, 266, 286, 295, 1012, 1056, 1057, 1115, 1120, 1121, and 1122.

Clues, evidence, and suspect houses

Each case has between 3 and 5 clues. Photograph every piece of evidence before picking it up, then open the Case File with M.

Evidence can include:

Shotgun 349, Sawnoff 350, Silenced Pistol 347, Sniper 358, Knife 335, and Shovel 337
Flowers 325, Burger 2703, Pizza 2702, food or drink boxes 2837, and Cup 2647
Rubbish box 928, Capsule 3082, Basketball 1946, Wheel 1025, and Booger 2769

For a suspect house, enter the blue marker and press N. Three houses are marked at random, and the correct house is not identified in advance.

Arresting the selected suspect through the Case File shows: The selected suspect has been arrested. Prosecutor's office charged the suspect and will surely get a conviction. Good Job!

Payment by level

Level	Cases required	Cash	Multiplier	Arrest Points
`L0`	Under `50`	`$8,400` (`$9,000` with VIP)	-	`70`
`L1`	`50`	`$18,480`	`1.1`	`80`
`L2`	`100`	`$20,160`	`1.2`	`90`
`L3`	`250`	`$23,520`	`1.4`	`100`
`L4`	`450`	`$28,560`	`1.7`	`110`
`L5`	`700`	`$33,600`	`2.0`	`120`

Case house entry and exit

Step into the blue marker at the house and press N by default to enter. Three houses are marked at random, and you will not know in advance which one solves the case.
During detective cases, Detective Enter House Key is the entry control and Detective Exit House Key is the exit control. Both default to N.
Check or change them under Job / Activity Binds in /sbinds or /settings > Binds.