L.A. Noire

L.A. Noire

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The Long Arm Of The Law

The Long Arm Of The Law

Complete all street crime cases.

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How to unlock the The Long Arm Of The Law achievement in L.A. Noire - Definitive Guide

This achievement is pretty simple and is not missable. Street crimes are mini side cases that pop up throughout each detective desk that require you to do certain objectives such as chasing a perp or shooting bank robbers. Each street crime usually takes around 2-4 minutes. I personally left this achievement until the end of the game as I didn't want to cause any damage during cases as I was going for five stars.

Each desk has a certain amount of street crimes, with each street crime being specific to a certain desk. You can go to https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/lan/checklist and connect your xbox one account to see how many street crimes you have completed in each desk.

To complete the street crimes, go to a specific desk from the main menu and select free roam. When you spawn in, open up your map and you will see red markers in the shape of a guy running. These signify the ones that you have not completed. Simply mark them on your map and travel to them and you will trigger the street crime. Some crimes are specific to day and night, so if you are playing during the day and you are still missing a street crime specific to the arson desk for example, simply exit to the main menu and start up that desk's free roam again to get night time. Once you have completed all street crimes within a certain desk, you will get a notification on the top left hand corner stating all street crimes in this desk have been completed. Simply go through each desk and complete all street crimes. Easy as pie. If you have any tips, let me know in the comment section.
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26 Nov 2017 23:21

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Thank you for this I asumed it was 10 each desk. +1
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By oMike on 05 Dec 2017 00:28
Can these be done through replay?
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By SolaceConquest on 04 Mar 2019 14:45
@SolaceConquest I don’t really know. Shouldn’t be an issue though as you they are not missable as you can go into free roam as mentioned in the guide.
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By GameGod03 on 05 Mar 2019 05:30
There seems to be an unusual delay on this achievement, possibly glitched this was my last towards 100% and it hasn't popped more then an hour after finishing the last street crime.
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By My Ringtones on 03 Jun 2022 03:31
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There's a total of 40 street crimes you'll need to complete to unlock this achievement and they'll be available from the Traffic promotion onwards. The only way to receive a street crime is if you're in a police vehicle. While driving around from location to location the KGPL will call in via your radio and notify you of a crime in process.

When his happens, press  to take the crime and a little running man icon will now show up on your mini map. Simply head over to it and complete the street crime for it to count towards the 40. If you don't get them all while playing the story, don't worry. You can go back into free roam at any time and complete the ones you missed.

Certain street crimes can only be accessed when playing through certain desk cases and times in the game. For a full guide on all the street crimes, please go HERE.

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There's a total of 40 street crimes you'll need to complete to unlock this achievement and they'll be available from the Traffic promotion onwards. The only way to receive a street crime is if you're in a police vehicle. While driving around from location to location the KGPL will call in via your radio and notify you of a crime in process.

When his happens, press to take the crime and a little running man icon will now show up on your mini map. Simple head over to it and complete the street crime for it to count towards the 40. If you don't get them all while playing the story, don't worry. You can go back into free roam at any time and complete the ones you missed.

Certain street crimes can only be accessed when playing through certain desk cases and times in the game. For a full guide on all the street crimes, please go HERE.

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Street Crimes are Desk specific and can only be complete during that Desk or in the free roam of that Desk. There are 40 cases in the game. Once you have completed all the cases while on a specific desk, you will be notified at the top left, that all the case in this desk have been completed. While on the main menu go to cases, pick a desk and go to the streets of L.A. in free roam. If you are having trouble finding a case you haven’t completed yet, press and use the / to cycle through the street crimes that are completed or still need to be done.

Please note that if all the street crimes are not completed on a specific desk and you cannot find them on the map in free roam (you do not see the Red-Man icon), simply quit the game and restart the free roam of that desk. The reason the street crimes do not appear on the map is because they only occur during a certain time of the day. Example: If you have completed 9 out of 10 crimes and all 9 were day-time crimes the 10th crime will not appear on the map until it becomes nighttime.

  • Red icons that look like a person is running are unassigned cases that are not completed.
  • Yellow icons are ones that you are on and have on your map as a point of destination.
  • White icons are the ones that are completed.

If you are having trouble finding the street crimes that you need completing just do the white ones that you have up on the map already. That way the ones on that specific case that you haven’t done yet will pop up as red icons. Street crimes will be listed by department desk and during what time they can be triggered. Please use the list below as a check list.

Traffic Desk only -- 12 street Crimes

  1. Boxing Clever-- 21:00-04:00
  2. Cosmic Rays-- 21:00-04:00
  3. Masked Gunman-- 21:00-04:00
  4. Shoo-shoo Bandits-- 21:00-04:00
  5. Gangfight-- 21:00-04:00
  6. Amateur Hour-- 20:00-04:00
  7. Death From above-- 20:00-04:00
  8. Theater Robbery-- 19:15-21:00
  9. Pawnshop Holdup-- 08:00-16:00
  10. Hotel Bandits -- 08:00-16:00
  11. Army Surplus-- 08:00-16:00
  12. Hung out to dry-- 20:00-04:00

Homicide desk only -- 13 Street crimes

  1. Vengeful Ex--08:30-18:00
  2. Death plunge--08:30-18:00
  3. Canned fish--19:00-19:30
  4. Would be Robber--08:30-18:00
  5. Running battle--08:00-19:00
  6. Bank Job--19:00-19:30
  7. Unsuccessful Holdup--08:00-16:00
  8. Cop killer Shot--08:00-16:00
  9. Honey Boy--08:00-16:00
  10. Misunderstanding--08:00-16:00
  11. Thicker Than water--07:00-19:00
  12. Killer Bandits--08:00-16:00
  13. Bowling Lane Robbery--08:00-16:00

Vice Desk Only -- 10 Street crimes

  1. Commies--08:00-16:00
  2. Fatal Plunge--08:00-16:00
  3. Against the Odds--08:00-16:00
  4. Daylight robber--08:00-16:00
  5. The Blue Line--08:00-16:00
  6. Zoot Suit Robber--19:00-07:00
  7. The badger Game--19:00-07:00
  8. Camera Obscura--19:00-07:00
  9. Secret Keepers--08:30-17:40
  10. Bad date--21:00-05:00

Arson Case only -- 5 Street Crimes

  1. Accident Prone--19:00-07:00
  2. Paper Sack Holdup--19:00-07:00
  3. Cafe Holdup--08:00-18:00
  4. Bus stop shooting--08:00-16:00
  5. Hot property--08:00-16:00
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There are a total of 40 street crimes in the game, divided between departments. The simplest and most unobtrusive way: go through all the cases of one department, then after saving and before starting a case in a new department, exit the game to the main menu and select CASES, there select the department we completed, and then Free Roam. Next, when receiving a message from the dispatcher, click to confirm and while sitting in the car or being next to it, press to "teleport" to the crime.


Number of missions in each department:

  • Road — 12
  • Killer - 13
  • Department of morals - 10
  • Firefighter - 5
Some missions are only available during the day, some only in the evening. The change of day and night in Free Roam is much faster than in the story mission. In the meantime, you are waiting for night or day to set in, you can start collecting missing films or visiting attractions.


Designations on the map:

  • Yellow man - selected task (can be either an uncompleted or completed task)
  • Red man - unfinished task
  • The Gray Man - completed task
You can view your progress on completed missions on the official website in the Social Club .
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26 May 2011 08:16

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After you complete all the crimes within one department, the inscription “All Crime for this desk complete” will flash in the upper left corner. Pay attention. It will help people like me, who later looked for uncompleted quests and didn’t know what things to look for.
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By ACh on 28 Jan 2018 20:32
I don’t know how it was then with completed tasks, but now they just disappear and don’t come to hand.
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By amph1r on 19 Jul 2015 18:28
(Click Me For A Street Crime Video Guide)

Traffic Desk only -- 12 street Crimes

  • Boxing Clever-- 21:00-04:00
  • Cosmic Rays-- 21:00-04:00
  • Masked Gunman-- 21:00-04:00
  • Shoo-shoo Bandits-- 21:00-04:00
  • Gangfight-- 21:00-04:00
  • Amateur Hour-- 20:00-04:00
  • Death From above-- 20:00-04:00
  • Theater Robbery-- 19:15-21:00
  • Pawnshop Holdup-- 08:00-16:00
  • Hotel Bandits -- 08:00-16:00
  • Army Surplus-- 08:00-16:00
  • Hung out to dry-- 20:00-04:00

Homicide desk only -- 13 Street crimes

  • Vengeful Ex--08:30-18:00
  • Death plunge--08:30-18:00
  • Canned fish--19:00-19:30
  • Would be Robber--08:30-18:00
  • Running battle--08:00-19:00
  • Bank Job--19:00-19:30
  • Unsuccessful Holdup--08:00-16:00
  • Cop killer Shot--08:00-16:00
  • Honey Boy--08:00-16:00
  • Misunderstanding--08:00-16:00
  • Thicker Than water--07:00-19:00
  • Killer Bandits--08:00-16:00
  • Bowling Lane Robbery--08:00-16:00

Vice Desk Only -- 10 Street crimes

  • Commies--08:00-16:00
  • Fatal Plunge--08:00-16:00
  • Against the Odds--08:00-16:00
  • Daylight robber--08:00-16:00
  • The Blue Line--08:00-16:00
  • Zoot Suit Robber--19:00-07:00
  • The badger Game--19:00-07:00
  • Camera Obscura--19:00-07:00
  • Secret Keepers--08:30-17:40
  • Bad date--21:00-05:00

Arson Case only -- 5 Street Crimes

  • Accident Prone--19:00-07:00
  • Paper Sack Holdup--19:00-07:00
  • Cafe Holdup--08:00-18:00
  • Bus stop shooting--08:00-16:00
  • Hot property--08:00-16:00
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By FxMxM on 02 Sep 2011 10:24
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There are 40 of them in total
*Road department - 12
*Homicide Department - 13
*Department of morals - 10
*Arson department - 5
Some are available only at night and some only during the day, it’s up to you to knock them out during story missions or after in free mode, the trophy will be counted anyway
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19 Nov 2017 15:42

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You can see icons on the map with crimes that are marked in red - those that were not prevented. After you complete all street crimes in one of the departments, the game will tell you that there are no more crimes in this department.
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By RAPCorp on 19 Nov 2017 19:17
You can, of course, finish off street crimes and then, in free mode...
But I still recommend doing this immediately when going through the story, driving the car with your own hands (you still need to drive 194.7 miles and discover attractions), regularly being distracted by calls from the dispatcher . The reason is simple: the main plot cases do not suffer much from the action, and the street ones at least slightly diversify the passage. Just be more careful, because you need to close the main cases with 5 stars!
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By Kazuma-2 on 11 Jan 2018 04:16