Police Chief: Initial Precinct Cleanup and Workstation Setup Guide

To start operations in Police Chief, click highlighted trash piles on your main office floor to clear usable grid space, then purchase and place basic workstations—such as desks and chairs—so officers can begin receiving incident reports and processing cases.

Clearing Debris for Floor Access

Before you can place furniture or hire personnel, you must clear the garbage, old furniture, and clutter scattered across the abandoned office floor.

1. Locate Highlighted Trash: Scan the main office room for highlighted debris piles and discarded items.
2. Execute Cleanup Actions: Click directly on each trash pile to initiate the removal task.
3. Prioritize Central Walkways: Clear central floor areas first to maintain unobstructed movement paths between entry points and future workstation locations.

Clearing debris converts non-functional floor space into valid building tiles, unlocking the ability to enter build mode and place precinct infrastructure.

Workstation Placement and Grid Alignment

Once floor space is clear, buy essential administrative furniture to prepare for your initial staff. Officers require functional workstations to receive reports from the field and clear administrative tasks.

• Grid Constraints: Items must fit entirely within open floor grid tiles. Red placement highlights indicate clipping into walls, overlapping existing debris, or blocking doorways.
• Item Rotation: Rotate desks prior to placement to form grouped clusters or islands, leaving wide walking corridors between rows.
• Pathfinding Safety: Maintain at least one full tile of walking clearance around desks and doors to prevent staff pathfinding errors during active shifts.

Establishing Daily Precinct Workflow

After placing your starting desks and chairs, your precinct becomes capable of handling baseline administrative tasks and field documentation:

1. Staffing Desks: Assign available personnel to open workstations to activate case receiving.
2. Processing Alerts: Direct officers to process incoming incident logs and clear paperwork backlogs as reports arrive.
3. Pacing Expansion: Keep desk layouts centralized and manageable. Master the flow of logging incidents and processing documentation on your initial setup before spending resources on decorative items or expanding into adjacent station rooms.