Seems they kind of have a double role. There's random Sims at the scenes and Officers are probably not excluded from the pool of Sims to choose from.
I don't think it's game breaking either unless the NPC is actually the suspect.
I'll add it to the list if you insist but I don't know if this would get a high priority in fixing.
It could be related to the issue of suspects not showing up at the police station. If I issue an APB and the suspect matches the description of one of the police Sims, my Sim is able to arrest them. When I get to the station, they are in their police role rather than as a suspect. I didn't add it to that thread because I am not sure if the issue is exactly the same. There is no way for my Sim to interrogate them.
That issue already has a thread but the description wasn't that the suspect was the one they arrested but another one.
So the police officers are your suspects ?
The way it works is that you get a set of clues to who the suspect is and you can arrest anyone who fits the clues for interrogation. There can be multiple people who fit the clues. Sometimes, the game will load a Sim as both roles as the police officer and a possible suspect. This creates a conflict of interest in the game and this conflict of interest doesn't allow the player to complete a work task.
I have had it in my game where I arrest someone and the suspect appears at the police station in their police uniform and I don't have the option to interrogate them. I didn't want to add this to the other thread because I was unsure if this is caused by a separate issue from what is going on in the other thread. I was able to possible find the issue to the suspect not appearing at the police station because I noticed it in my game. Then I noticed that the suspect was working at the police station when I returned and there was no possible way for me to interrogate them.
I'm linking the other thread here. http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/OPEN-GTW-Detective-Suspect-is-not-at-police-station-to/td-p/4456847
I can't tell what the original cause for the other persons issue is but there's definitly two issues around as it can also happen that the suspect is simply not appearing. ..
I see it was you though that reported the police officier issue already.
I tried a game but I thinkt hat was someone at the officials
I've added for now but I'm still unsure to what extent it's related to the other issue.
