This article describes the best solution(s) to the Civil Detention Call Incident. Follow the instructions below to learn how to get the most Reputation Points and/or other benefits, and avoid unnecessary penalties or complications.
The Civil Detention incident is completely linear; it will work the exact same way each time you play it. As a result, the instructions given in this article will always be best.
Optimal Conversation[]
The following conversation flow guarantees the best outcome for this incident with the fewest clicks necessary. It also chooses the specific path that requires the least police response.
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Operator | - This is 112, how can I help you? | |
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Caller | - Hello? Police? Please get here as fast as you can! This boy! Stand still, I can't let you go!... | |
| ADDRESS? | |||
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Operator | - Ok, what's the address? | |
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Caller | - It's <address>!
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 Grand Theft Smartphone Scene discovered.
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| SENDING THE POLICE | |||
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Operator | - I'm sending the police unit. | |
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Caller | - But I can't hold him much longer! | |
| TAKE A PICTURE | |||
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Operator | - Well, take a picture of him. It will help in the search. | Search Area size set to 3x3 sectors. Dialog timer deactivated. |
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Caller | - Right! I have to... Oh! . . . | |
| SIR? | |||
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Operator | - Sir? | |
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Caller | - He's gone... Sort of... I guess... It's a bit blurry... A shame we don't have a CCTV, otherwise we might get them both... | Grand Theft Smartphone scene Reputation Reward increased to 3. Thief element removed fromGrand Theft Smartphone scene. Search Area discovered.
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| POLICE WILL LOOK | |||
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Operator | - The police will look for him. | |
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Caller | - Of course... I'll tell them everything... Thanks... | Call ended. |
| Ignore the search area. Send one police unit to the Grand Theft Smartphone scene. | |||
Hidden Timer[]
Remember that you have 80 real-time seconds (one minute and 20 seconds) to reach and select TAKE A PICTURE before the conversation is forced into a different (sub-optimal) path. Since it's only a few lines to get there, 80 seconds should be plenty of time.