Law Enforcement



"People will do anything if a cop tells them to. If we meet anyone, tell'em were cops!"

- Francis



Law enforcement or Police describes what is left of civilian police forces and Sheriff deputies during the Infection. Like the Military and CEDA, they played a role in attempting to contain the Infection and assisted with the evacuation of citizens during the early days of the outbreak. Also like the military, many of its officers have succumbed to the Infection when they were called to duty and so they appear in their uniforms as part of the huge army of Common Infected in the original Left 4 Dead.

Involvement with containing The Infection
In Fairfield, police were working with CEDA in an attempt to contain and evacuate citizens as well to try and stop the Green Flu epidemic from spreading after things got out of hand. At first, CEDA policy banned civilians from possessing firearms, which the police enforced and may have just arrested infected individuals attacking people and rioters taking advantage of the situation such as looting and protesting.

When the situation worsened, police along with CEDA and quickly began to turn infected since they had direct contact with those individuals. When CEDA ordered the cities to be evacuated, law enforcement in the areas began to help evacuation efforts by keeping the public orderly and directing them where to go and began to use lethal force on infected individuals. However, the number of infected outnumbered the civilians and slowly the cities became overrun causing the officers to become infected and joined the horde or were killed in the line of duty.

Fairfield, Pennsylvania
When reports of the Green Flu virus began to outbreak in the city, police officers were the first on the scene and attempting to deal with the problem. Realizing that the infected were "sick" and needed medical attention, officers assisted in taking people to the city's main hospital, Mercy Hospital as well as contact CEDA. When CEDA arrived, they used the police force to block off and quarantine the infected parts of the city as well as begin mass evacuations of the city sadly by this time, much of the city became overrun along with the police officers.

Riverside, Pennsylvania
Just outside the town of Riverside, remaining refugees along with police officers tried to make their way to the military protected town. One unit is seen outside the town, the vehicle is abandon with the lights left on, and the trunk open with the remaining supplies the officers didn't take.

Newburg, Pennsylvania
Newburg police were mainly in charge of enforcing the quarantine in the city as per CEDA. People realizing that the Green Flu virus is a lot more serious then previously realized and the measures failed to contain the virus, police were forced to take measures and shut down Metro International Airport as well as barricade certain streets and blocks to prevent further spread of infection. Once again, containment measures failed resulting in the officers becoming infected and the military ordering a bombardment on the city.

Savannah, Georgia
Also working along with CEDA, the Savannah Police Department was aiding in the evacuation of civilians and containing the infection. Police cars can be seen near CEDA evacuation sites such as The Vannah Hotel and Liberty Mall. No police officers were seen as infected or part of the horde, therefore CEDA may have actually had the chance to evacuate them.

Griffin County, Georgia
The County Sheriff was aiding and directing fleeing refugees on The Highway to make their way to Whispering Oaks Motel and Whispering Oaks Amusement Park where another CEDA evacuation site was set up to aid civilians. The civilians were sadly attacked in their vehicles and a mass panic caused the highway to become gridlocked leaving everyone at the mercy of the infected. The officers and deputies most likely fled the scene and headed towards the amusement park where CEDA again evacuated them by bus or helicopter (since none where seen again being part of the horde).

New Orleans, Louisiana
With fewer and fewer police officers, CEDA hired a private security firm to help the police department in controlling crowds and aiding in the evacuation. In New Orleans, realizing that the virus was out of control, the police department was to mainly used for crowd control and directing evacuees. However, once the infection turned up and the private security firm officers becoming infected, the military may have allowed the police officers to fall back with the soldiers and shoot all remaining other people whether infected or not.

Fort Harris County, Texas
Similar to the city of Fairfield, when the infection first broke out, police officers were called upon to help control crowds and evacuate civilians out of the city at the city's stadium. With the infection out of control, many officers at the police station were attacked and killed by the infected or joined the horde as an infected individual. The remaining officers were evacuated at the stadium leaving some refugees behind as seen in The Law.

Technologies used in the series

 * Police vehicles ― are the most common form of transport for police, and through most campaigns in both games can be mostly found in evacuation areas but are also found in locations such as highways or in the streets occasionally with their lights on. Their design is based on the common American and Canadian patrol car, the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor.
 * Police barricades ― police forces in each series used different types of barriers to help keep and maintain control from the public. In Left 4 Dead police used tall metal barriers and fences to keep certain areas under quarantined as by order by CEDA as seen in No Mercy. In some instances, police even used the yellow police tape to indicate to people not to cross the quarantine line. In Left 4 Dead 2 pedestrian barriers were seen throughout The Parish campaign which were used for crowd control and to help keep groups of people together.

Left 4 Dead

 * Auto Shotgun
 * Assault Rifle
 * M1911 Pistol
 * Pump Shotgun
 * Submachine Gun

Left 4 Dead 2

 * Glock
 * Combat Shotgun
 * Sniper Rifle
 * Nightstick
 * MP5
 * Steyr Scout
 * Accuracy International AWSM