Commonwealth Cops. Where are they?

[SatansPooper]

Hi Everybody,

 

So there are Police Stations throughout the Commonwealth, right? Yes, there are quests that take you to many, if not all, of them to collect holotapes and piece together a certain individual's shared backstory with a long lived unrepentant criminal. That being said:

 

Where are all the cop cars?

 

How come we have no S.W.A.T. vans or paddy-wagons to loot? (Yes, I know it takes mods to be able to do this, see below)

 

Did I miss these in-game? Or, more likely, do they not exist in game until one of the Mod Wizards who reside here decides to do some really convoluted stuff and make a spell that puts these vehicles in-game? I am not a modder, have a novice understanding of how they are created and don't really understand the intricate details of it all. I am seeking understanding.

 

Sure, we get those big ugly ass street sweeper / zamboni looking vehicles that I think are meant to represent (and fail miserably at) city works vehicles. They look like the smaller one that you find inside dungeon cells. I think those are meant to represent floor waxers or big vacuum cleaners or steam cleaners or something. They look the same to me, big or small.

Are there lore-based reasons why all the cop cars and other city vehicles, I'm thinking garbage trucks here, and firetrucks now that I think about it, are not in the playable environment? Did the survivors of the immediate impact on Judgement Day take all working emergency vehicles to the outskirts of the city in order to survive out in the woods and that is why there are none of these vehicles left in the playable area?

 

So far in my travels through 2 play-throughs in the Commonwealth, I have seen beat up cars, vans, tractor-trailer trucks, pickup trucks and Trains. Also some construction equipment and specialty farming equipment, as well as some military vehicles such as A.P.C.s, Tanks and Aircraft.

 

I have not seen Cop Cars, Firetrucks, S.W.A.T. vans and/or Paddy-Wagons, Military Jeeps/Hummers, and probably a couple other few that I am forgetting at the current moment. (I may update this list later as I think of them)

 

 

Can anyone explain if it is feasible to create a mod that adds any or all of these vehicles?And if they could possibly contain loot? I have been using Vehicle Salvage by spligitmoose for this effect of looting cars and this mod got me thinking about why I don't see any cop cars, because I wanted to loot any shotguns that might still be in them, then I realized that SV does not give you weapons as loot, only junk and stuff. Oh well, the seed of the idea remained and that is why I am bringing it to you guys.

 

 

Please share your thoughts:

 

 

 

 

SatansPooper

[Wunderbot]

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/18732/?

 

This mod might be something you're looking for.

[Fonger]

Hi Everybody,

 

So there are Police Stations throughout the Commonwealth, right? Yes, there are quests that take you to many, if not all, of them to collect holotapes and piece together a certain individual's shared backstory with a long lived unrepentant criminal. That being said:

 

Where are all the cop cars?

 

How come we have no S.W.A.T. vans or paddy-wagons to loot? (Yes, I know it takes mods to be able to do this, see below)

 

200+ years after the bombs fell

 

be glad there's even a grocery store left standing to loot