Police department

A police department is the law enforcement building in The Sims 3 and a community lot in The Sims 4: Get to Work.

The Sims 3
This is where Sims get a job in Law Enforcement and where they go if the Sim is in jail. In Sunset Valley, it's near the square, the city hall and quite far from the abandoned warehouse despite the info given in the preview poster given in pre-order.

Like the science lab, it has a statue in the front of the building, the SVPD (Sunset Valley Police Department) and RPD (Riverview Police Department) have a police badge. Sometimes, a police cruiser can be seen parking in the front of it, as it is a reward for reaching career level 5.

Having a job in this building may cause Sims to be distrusted by Evil Sims or any Sim who is working in the Criminal career.

If The Sims 3: Ambitions is installed, the player can join the Investigator profession by going to the police station.

There is no police department building in Bridgeport, Appaloosa Plains, Starlight Shores, Moonlight Falls, and Isla Paradiso. Sims living in these worlds and working for the police department instead work at the City Hall, as it contains the combined police department and military base.

The Sims 4: Get to Work
Police departments return in The Sims 4: Get to Work (as police station) as a special lot, only accessible for Sims working in the detective career. There is only one police station located in the Civic Center sub-neighborhood and are not available anywhere else.

Police Station
Police Station is the workplace for the detective career. It is a two-story building with jail cells, an interrogation room, an office type room full of computers, chief inspector's room and two bathrooms with showers. There is also a small gym with a kitchen on the second floor. The police station can not be edited in build mode without the usage of bb.enablefreebuild cheat.