Theres a lot of things in the next update to swing the balance back towards a happy middle ground.
I've implemented Desk Duty for cops if they get killed by a criminal they will respawn at the PD and need to file some reports (only lasts maybe 30seconds to a minute) of pushing a button, they got a little bit of score and money from it.
If needed we could lock their guns away too??? not sure on this, they'd just stand around and wait instead of playing the game and doing something interactive at least, even if its just mashing a button to make the progress bar go up.
Lyricist wrote:
A system should be put in place that when a COP dies they should have at least a 30 - 60 seconds cool down time at the hospital. The reason behind this is simply because after a gun fight with a cop they may spawn nearby and immediately return for you when you have low health. The civ is left with little to no time to gather resources and prepare. While the cop just grabs a quick armor and ammo etc.
Iirc Mike made it so they couldn’t spawn at the nearest PD to where they died to help out for this a bit… (if in LS they spawn in AP)… not sure if that is still the case or how that works with LV though.