Solve for Police Quest

                  By Heavy Metal, Sysop of
              Playdo Land ][ - (612) 522-3959
                 Supplied by Julian Gregory

Note: Like many Sierra On-line solves, this one gets you there,
but a little short on points.

You are Sonny Bonds, a police officer at the Lytton Police Dept.
The object of the game?  To put away the Death Angel.

First off, you are in the main room of the police station, walk to
the left side of the screen by the board. Take keys. Now walk to
the top of the room at the table.  Take radio.  Walk into the room
on the lower left. It will be a locker room, go down to the right
lockers towards the bottom.  Open your locker and take the towel.
Go up into the shower and yes, take a shower.  Then go back to the
locker and open it.  Now change again and take the briefcase, belt
and ammo.  Now you are set for the streets, except for one small
thing.  Go into the briefing room (the one above the locker room).
Go to the back table and take the paper.  Now walk up to the front
table on the right and wait for the briefing to begin.  After
Dooley is done with his jabbering, leave and go left down the
hallway and out the main door.

Save it here. Go to the car on the bottom right. Type INSPECT CAR
at various times while walking around it.  When it says you have
completed the inspection, then you are ready to drive. Be sure to
do this every time you enter your car (no matter where ya are), or
you will die in the game.  Now type START CAR and you are ready to
go.  Drive around a bit (pressing CTRL-D every once in a while to
let the station know where you are).  You get a message over the
radio saying to go to the scene of an accident. (it will actually
say a number, but I am not going to explain the numbers, nor am I
going to include a map in this file, there are other files with
those.) The accident is on screen B2.

After you arrive there (also save every so often, driving is
tricky), look at the man slumped over in the car several times,
also look at the car and window.  When you know something, hit
CTRL-D to notify the station.  Go and talk to the man standing
there in the crowd looking at the car, do this twice. He'll tell
you more, notify the station of this too.  Now wait for Dooley to
get there, and when he says to go, you can leave.

After driving around for a little while (remember CTRL-, that
seems to speed things up) you'll get a message from Steve saying
to meet you at Carol's Caffeine Castle. You'll find that on screen
A3. It's very tricky parking in these places sometimes, so you may
wanna save it here. (F4 is a quick way of dropping from the map
after you have parked). Go inside and sit by Steve (booth on the
left). He doesn't say much, but you'll eventually get a coffee,
drink it.  The phone will ring and it will be for you.  It will be
officer Hamilton telling you about who it was that got killed in
the accident.  After the phone call, you have no more business in
Carol's, so wave Steve goodbye and head back to the streets.

Drive around the area that your police station is, like C3 and D3.
You will get a message saying something about you aching to write
a ticket. Soon after that you will see a red sports car go through
a red light. Save it here. Follow the car around until you think
you have a good chance to catch it, then get right behind it and
push F8 (speeds up and turns on the lights).  You should pull her
over.  Hit F4 if you do.  Get out and walk up to her car. Look at
her, not bad eh? Ask for her license. Kiss her (yes, kiss her).
Write her a ticket.  If she gives you a phone number at any time,
save your game before you call it. (you don't have to call,
nothing to do with the game). Ok, now you have your first ticket
under your belt. Good work!

Remember to hit CTRL-D every once in a while.  Drive around there
area of Carol's place and the screen to the left.  You'll get a
complaint over the radio.  Go to Carol's. She'll tell you the
scoop. Go out to your car, open the door and sit down, take the
PR-24 nightstick.  Go inside Wino Willy's.  Tell them to move
their bike. When they surround you, type USE PR-24.  As you can
see, they clear out fast.  Wow, and old friend of your says hi!
Well, she'll be an asset later in the game. Leave and again, hit
the pavement.

This time drive up in the area of A1 and B1.  You will get a
message saying that you observe a drunk basically.  Follow him
around closely, and he'll eventually pull over. When he does, go
up to the window and ask for his license. Then tell him to get out
of the car. Hit CTRL-D to tell the station what ya have. Type
ADMINISTER FST. Then cuff him. He'll try to argue, but then type
cuff him in back (or he'll kill ya). Put him in the car, and hit
F4 to take him to jail. Hit CTRL-D after you have started to drive
away. The jail is on screen D3 across the street from the
courthouse.  Once you are there, open the door for him, he'll walk
to the door himself.  Go up to the lockers next to the door (left
side) and open one of them, put your gun in it, close it again.
Push the button on the right side of the door. Go on in. Walk up
to the jailer.  When he asks you something, type DUI. He'll then
tell ya to put him in cell number one, you'll be moved there by
the computer.  Look at the man in the next cell, heh.  Now Laura
will come in and tell you to fill out a memo to become a narcotic
dude, and the jailer will tell ya to get back to the station. Ok,
leave and remember to get the gun out of the locker. You'll
definitely need it.  Now go back to the station. (it's in C3 if
you forgot, above the jail screen).

Drop the PR-24 before you get out of the car.  Go inside the
police station.  Walk up to the table under the window with the
blinds.  Write a memo. Put memo in basket. Ok, you have applied
for narcotics.  Go into the main room.  Everyone will be standing
around. Go into Dooley's office after you find out what happened.
I couldn't find anything about this event that had the slightest
bit to do with the game or getting points. Maybe you will? If you
do, call my BBS. Well, leave the office and the guys will tell ya
something.  Go into the locker room and change, (of course shower
first). Just turn on the shower for a few secs and then go and
put on your street clothes. Take the keys to the Corvette. Leave
the locker room, and put the cop car keys back on the board and
put the radio back on the table. Ok, now go out to the parking
lot. Open the door to the 'vette. Take the wallet on the seat.
Close the door (you don't have to inspect this one, but all the
cop cars ya do). Go to the Blue Room (map B4).

Go on inside. You see your friend Jack. Sit by him. He'll start to
rattle off his problems.  When he is done, Keith will come in.
Just let these things happen. It falls into place for a while. Oh
no, you have to go back to work!  Bummer.  Leave and go back to
the station (C3). Go into the locker room and drop your keys and
then take the towel and go shower. Come back and change. Take the
ammo, belt and briefcase. Go out and up to the briefing room.
(above locker room).  Find your seat (YER LATE!).  After the
briefing, leave and take the keys from the board and the radio
from the table, and go to the parking lot. Inspect your patrol car
until it says it's ok to drive.

Drive around the area of A2, A2 and A3 and you'll get a message
saying possible stolen vehicle in yer vicinity. It's the blue
cadillac!  If you have CGA the car is a greenish color. EGA it's a
light bluish/greenish color (good use of adjectives eh?) You'll
see it speed up and slow down often for no reason, follow it and
the chase may be high speed, so save every once in a while (your
speeds are F6 - normal, F8 - fast with lights, F10 - fastest with
lights and siren).  When you are right behind it speeds up again
and it should pull over. If not, restore and keep trying, it's
not easy.  Once you pull him over, hit CTRL-D before even getting
out of the car.  When your backup arrives, open the door and load
gun if you haven't already. Hit F8 to draw your weapon. Save the
game also. Tell him to get out of the car.  Tell him to stop right
after he is out of the car. tell him to raise his hands, and then
to lie down.  Walk up to him, press F8 again and cuff him behind
back. Get him up and search him. Then READ RIGHTS. Now you can
toss him in the back of your car and take him to the jail.

You know the procedure for jail eh?  Remember to ALWAYS put your
gun in the locker outside before going into the jail. You'll get
wiped if you don't. Say drugs when you want to book the guy. After
you have him in jail, Jack Cobb (your backup) comes in and tells
you to go back to the station after you are finished. So, go back
there. (C3)

Go in to Dooley's Office.  Oh no, another Gremlin attack!  Oh
well, read it yourself. Great!  Just what you have wanted, to get
out of this uniform!  Go change and report to Morgan's office.
(Change into the clothes you wore to Jack's party, and yes, shower
first. Morgan's office is the door next to the table (left side)
in the hallway where you filled out the memo.) Go over to the
narcotics office (right side of table). After Laura's tour, go to
the file cabinet. Open the drawer, take the Hoffman file.  Close
the drawer and go to the clipboard. Look at it. Take the wanted
list. Drop the clipboard.  Take the keys on the board. Go out to
the car on the upper right. Inspect it until it says it's
driveable. Go to the Courthouse (across the street from the jail,
D3). Go inside, walk up to the clerk and ask to see judge Palmer,
he'll say she's busy, says it's an emergency. Then he'll go see
if it's possible. When he comes back he'll tell ya to hurry.  Go
in, and up to the judge. Tell her HOFFMAN when she asks who. Then
give her the list and file. She'll ask why you think they are the
same dude, type TATTOO. Aha! You have it!  Now you have to rush
over to the jail. Hop in the car and drive there, then go up to
the door (put the gun in the locker) and go on in. Give the
warrant to the jailer. Yeah! You stopped him!  Way to go dude!
Now hop back in the car and zip over to the station.  (yes, C3).

Laura will be waiting for you. She'll get in and say something
about a drug bust in the park, go to the park. (B1) Drive up
between those two lines in the park. F4. Get out and talk to
Laura. Go into the park. Load your gun again to be sure. Walk up
into the screen at the top. You should see a park bench. Hit F8 to
draw your gun. Go up and hide in the bushes at the top right.
Wait. Nice music eh? When both the dudes are out there, and it has
already said that they were arguing, now hit CTRL-D. Then say
STOP. One of them will try to run away, hit CTRL-D again (Laura
will get him). The other dude is really scared, you can hit F8,
and then just walk up and cuff him. Then search him and READ
RIGHTS. After that bring him out to the car and sure enough, Laura
has him. This as in many events in this game will take time to
complete, you may not do it on the first try, it's quite hard, so
be sure to always save before and after you come across a tough
situation. Question the bums a few times and get some info out of
them.  Take them to the jail (remember to put yer gun in the
locker). Book 'em on drugs. After you're done, get in the car and
go back to the station.  Laura will tell ya to go to the Blue Room
and see Jack. Do this.

Too bad for Jack's Daughter eh? How about that bum Taselli
escaping, jeez that makes ya mad huh?  Well, let's get back to
Morgan's Office and see what he has to say.

Ok, go to Russ and get the book, hmm, interesting, he already
killed one of those guys.  A lot about gambling isn't there?
Well, give the book back to Russ.  Now go into the Narcotics
office (right side of table).  Look in the basket on your desk.
Aha!  A note!  Read it. Ahh, so he did kill the dude. Ok, now
leave the narcotics office, then go back into the office (yes,
narcotics).  Jeez!  She must have snuck in when you weren't
looking. Anyway, walk up to her. Sweet Cheeks, oh yeah, that's the
hooker that you saw in Wino Willy's. Oh well, your work is never
done. Go over to Morgan's office and hear him out. Ok, I told you
she would be of help. Go out and drive down to the jail.  (INSPECT
car first!!). Jail is D3 of course.

Put your gun in the locker outside.  Go in. After all the talking
has happened, and you have kissed her, type HELP WITH HOTEL
OPERATION and that should be it. Then walk back out to the door.
Ok, a car is coming for her. Now go outside, take your gun again.
Now drive over to the station again (C3, ya got that by now?). Oh
no, now ya hafta run all the way down to Cotton Cove. (screen D4,
down in the corner, see the cop cars?). Once you are there, walk
up to the body and type REMOVE BLANKET. Then, LOOK BODY and LOOK
BODY a second time. It's him alright.  Walk back to your car and
get in, hit CTRL-D to confirm your identification. Now go back to
the police station(C3). Go into Morgan's office. There they all
are. Good plan eh?  Arrggh.  Jack's daughter died! Now you are
really steamed. After they are done telling you everything, go
into the locker room. Open your locker and take the towel. Ok, go
up to the shower. Turn it on and type BLEACH HAIR. then type RINSE
HAIR. Whoa! Pretty cool eh?  Well, go back to your locker and put
on the white suit (you'll automatically take the cane too). Go
out to the main room. Put the radio back on the table. Go over
into Morgan's office. Ok, now you are ready to roll!

Go over to the hotel (A2). Walk in and go through the doorway on
the upperleft hand side of the screen.  Walk up to the bar and
order a coke or something non-alcoholic.  Then Sweet Cheeks will
see ya. You two will go and sit down and Woody will bring your
drink to you.  After Sweet Cheeks goes to the powder room and
comes back, go up to the bartender and say gambling. Then things
will fall into place until he tells you to come back later. Go
outside and ring the little bell. Get a room, and go up to it.
(the farthest one to the right). go inside and over to the phone.
Dial the number 555-6674. Morgan will answer. He'll say to send
Sweet Cheeks back.  After you hang up dial 555-9222 and you'll
have the cab company. Say HOTEL then you'll tell Sweet Cheeks to
go back. Now go back down to the bar. Go to Woody and say
Gambling.  He'll take you to the back room. After he frisks you,
go in and sit at the table where 2 guys are already sitting. If
you have ever played Space Quest or Leisure Suit Larry, then you
know the process of gambling in these games. You save the game
before you start, then if you lose you just restore the game back
where you had all your money, and when you win you just save the
game under the same name so it can be restored.  This is the only
practical way to win these.

Play until you get to 1000 dollars total. Then they'll say
something about poker being your game.  Then you will be invited
back later to play for more money. Go out, and back up to your
room. Go into the bathroom and look around. After a while your
backups will come over.  Go up to the detective on the left and
say GET RADIO and he'll give you the transmitter. Now you are
ready for Mr. Big! Go back down to the bar and say to Woody the
password FRANK SENT ME! and he'll take you to the backest of back
rooms. Go in and sit down.  Ohmigosh!  You're going up against the
Death Angel himself!  Do the same thing you did before, saving,
and restoring. When you get up to 1500, it will again break out of
the game, and Frank will start talking to you.  Aha!  He wants you
to follow him to his suite. The plan is working great!  Follow him
all the way up, and hitting CTRL-D every floor or so. When you are
on the same screen as the room 404 hit CTRL-D again, then go into
his room. After his phone rings and you are standing by his bar,
hit CTRL-D a few times.  He'll come back out (and say he knows you
are a cop). Now everything should fall into place if you have
pressed CTRL-D those times. He'll shoot at you, you'll dive to the

floor, your backups will come in, and then you'll shoot him.  Good
work Sonny!

Now just read through everything it has to tell you.  "Bonds, yer
a dead man." Scary words eh? 97 years, good riddance bum.  Talk
about leaving it open for a sequel eh?  Well, you have won Police
Quest, and gotten the girl of your dreams at the same time. I hope
this file helped you out, I sure could have used it the first time
I played.  Also, if you find anything about the Gremlin, or the
guy in the toilet stall in the locker room (all you see are his
feet). Call the number at the top of the file and tell me, I'd
like to know.







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