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I was already thinking about this a few days ago, so I am glad this topic was created. It saves me having to create one! :lol:

I would love to see many more options connected to law enforcement. With all of my ideas, it would probably have to be a full EP. Some ideas I have had (leaving out ideas that would not be approved due to their raising the game rating above Teen) are:

A community lot set up specially as a jail. The lot can be used for other things but the jail has to be large enough to accommodate the town's crime rate.

Any regular sims can be arrested and thrown in this jail where they have to wait several sim days before they can get out. Crimes would include robbery (see below), flights possibly, and trespassing (ever had a sim you ask to leave and they won't?)
Sims can try to break out of jail, or run/escape when the cell is opened for reasons other than release but even being successful will not have great consequences.
Health, hygiene, and some other motives decrease faster in jail.
If there are more prisoners than cells, sims have to share a cell which can result in fights. It is much more difficult to make friends with a sim in a cell than would be in the regular game. Prisoners cannot chat and make friends with the guards while locked up
Family can only visit sims in jail between certain hours.

New/Expanded version of the Crime career.

You can break into homes at night and steal or you can steal things during parties at homes.
You can steal from community lots at any time.
There are restrictions on the size of and how much you can steal at one time (You aren't Santa Clause with a bottomless magic bag, you know).
Your skill level determins how skillfully you steal. If low, you trip alarms more easily. If higher you learn to disable alarms, crack safes, be a pick-poket, and other skills.
Chatting with other prisoners while in jail is what helps boost your criminal skill level.

Stolen items remain in your inventory until you put them somewhere. If you are caught with stolen items on you by the police or by the owner of the items, you are arrested and sent to jail.
The only way for a thief to make money is to sell the items stolen, but after selling stolen items, you may get your house raided looking for other stolen items (like a stolen item being sold at a pawn shop and being traced back to the seller).

Hire guards at night to stop trash-can kickers and during any time to catch thieves at parties. Or call to have them drive by regularly which does not do the job as well but does not cost you anything.

Guards and new SWAT members are NPC's and can sometimes be your neighbors who have the Law career.
If the guard is caught sleeping on the job and you catch them, they can be demoted or fired from their job and you get your money back for the time the person worked.

Lots of new law-enforcement related objects and outfits.
Introduction of banks.

Sims can deposit money and gain interest.
Criminals can rob banks if they are skilled enough.

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What do you think?