Why no police uniform?

[SevenSkulls]

Why is there no police uniform and hat? All those other outfits but no police? what up with that?

[Zekiran]

Possibly because in the years before the war, there were food riots and a LOT of militarization? While Nick Valentine the detective existed, and certainly there were police departments, we don't know how much of the police had been moved on to military, or how many regular cops there really were at that point.

But yeah it is a little odd. Postman, sea captain, ... not much else.

[Minty]

There's a mod for that.

Several in fact.

[showler]

I want to know why I can't find a mod with an apron for my restaurant/bar vendors?

[Omaeka]

The NCR stole them all from the wasteland to make their city guards look civilized. =P

[GoreTiger]

Originally posted by Eddie:

There's a mod for that.

Several in fact.

The only good Mod I found for it had some stupid requirements for it to work.

[Minty]

Originally posted by KrayToast:

Originally posted by Eddie:

There's a mod for that.

Several in fact.

The only good Mod I found for it had some stupid requirements for it to work.

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/25528/?

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/24766/?

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5771/?

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/19809/

[Von Faustien]

Originally posted by Eddie:

Originally posted by KrayToast:

The only good Mod I found for it had some stupid requirements for it to work.

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/25528/?

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/24766/?

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5771/?

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/19809/

Without following the link I'm placing an bet that the female version for half those is a stripper outfit.

[Von Faustien]

Well it's nice to be wrong once in a while

[ⒸⒶⓁⒸⒾⓊⓂ]

Originally posted by jrr101:

Originally posted by Eddie:

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/25528/?

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/24766/?

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/5771/?

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/19809/

Without following the link I'm placing an bet that the female version for half those is a stripper outfit.

Originally posted by jrr101:

Well it's nice to be wrong once in a while

yeah, you should've bet with real money because that's how to get poor fast

[showler]

There is one with a fairly short dress version.

[SevenSkulls]

Seriously though, just saying "there is a mod for that", does not actually answer the question. So now I will ask a related question. What happened to the police force before the war?

[SevenSkulls]

Even the clothing clad skeletons at the police stations, none are wearing anything resembling a uniform.

[ⒸⒶⓁⒸⒾⓊⓂ]

Pete Hines: "not interested in discussing how realistic things are in an alternate universe post-apoc game w/ talking mutants and ghouls" a.k.a. "it's just a game" this is the reply from our beloved PR manager

[theguynamedguy]

Aside from the whole alternate history to consider when trying to answer this question, there's also the fact that real life police uniforms during this time period either looked like military uniforms, or dress shirts with a badge.

Now whether or not that means that it should've been easy for the developers to add them in, or that the developers decided it wasn't necessary because both military uniforms and dress shirts already exist in-game, I can't say.

The hats however, are unique. So the lack of police hats is strange.

The only lore-appropriate reason I can think of is that all the patrol officers were out on patrol, and were thus vaporized by atomic weapons. The surviving law enforcement consisted of detectives, high ranking officers, and those stuck on office duty. It's possible that they all were wearing suits and ties, instead of patrol uniforms.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Press-Photo-Boston-Police-Outside-Entrance-to-Charlestown-Prison-1950s-/202020904517
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2014/08/a-history-of-police-uniformsand-why-they-matter/378660
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/When-a-Chinese-American-woman-broke-the-SFPD-10813823.php#photo-12041281

[⎠⎝Zushikatetomoto⎠⎝ UFO]

the police was turned into robots remember?