Suspect won't join me at the station, can't interrogate! Help!

"livy6738;14034775" wrote:
Same problem!!! I've tried 3 times and the same suspect has been there. I know it's him as he fits the description, but every time I go and arrest him, he isn't there when I go to the police station. And he couldn't have aged as he is an elder and the description says it is an elder.

Hello @ivy6738.
You may like to press " me too" on this EA Bug thread link that refers to the issue.
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/GTW-Detective-Suspect-is-not-at-police-station-to-interrigate/td-p/4456847

Sometimes when you go back the next day, the suspect is there.

"Poisonivory07;14644344" wrote:
My sim arrested the suspect but when I arrived at the station he had becone the chief! Not in uniform but in his normal clothes.. now I'm unable to start a new case or interrogate him

Hello @Poisonivory07
This is a link to a solution to your problem that crinrict has written and posted on their blog.
http://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2016/01/arrested-suspect-cant-be-found-at-police-station/

"Lostandfound;14849753" wrote:
My problem is a little bit tricky. My Sim was a Cadet (Lvl 1) and does the usual thing, crime scene, crime analysis, etc. Then after that I got the suspect and was promoted. So I downloaded a new police station and replaced it with the default one, but I seem to interrogate my suspect and my Sim has this footsteps with an X sign over his head whenever I click that. Doing other things are just fine but I can't interrogate the suspect. So I quit AND applied as a police AGAIN and I thought I could start over but NO, the suspect is still there and one of the things to do that day was interrogate suspect when I'm still a Cadet. I'm so confused and I've already quit and apply for the police for THREE times but the suspect just can't go away and for my Sim to get a new case. I don't wanna delete my Sims and reinstall since my Sims wife has a job and is pregnant (I have hit rock bottom). I was hoping to look for some solutions but I can't find any. Hope someone can help me with this because I'm stumped.

Hello.
There may be an issue with the career lot that you downloaded from the gallery.
Start a new game file. Have a sim join the police career and go with them to work. Enter bulld mode by typing
testingcheats true
bb.enablefreebuild

Then save the career lot to your library . Then exit the game and go back to your normal save game, and go with your sim to work. Enter build mode on the career lot, and place the saved build from your library onto the lot.
Then test to see if your sim can interrogate the suspect.

"Lostandfound;14851710" wrote:
Hi @rosemow, sorry I don't really understand. So you're saying I should save the hospital lot from another Sim's life and then place it on the police HQ lot from my saved game? Sorry I'm just really confused.

Hello @Lostandfound .
I am so sorry! I wrote doctor and I meant police career! I apologise! It would have been very confusing!
There may be an issue with the police station build that you downloaded from the gallery. If the simmer who built the lot didn't use the default version of the interrogation table, it can cause your issue that you are unable to interrogate the suspect.
You can either go into build mode on the police station in your current game, and change the interrogation table back to the default version. Or you can start a new game file. Have a sim in the new save game join the police career and go with them to work. Enter bulld mode by typing
testingcheats true
bb.enablefreebuild

Then create a room and place the default version of the interrogation table in it. Save the room to your library.. Then exit the game and go back to your normal save game, and go with your sim to work. Enter build mode on the career lot, and place the saved room that has the interrogation table in it, onto the lot. Remove the other interrogation table that came with the career lot that you downloaded from the gallery.

I am so very very sorry!
Edit : I have fixed up my error in the earlier post.

Also, it would be easier to just try making a room with the interrogation table in it, rather than saving the whole carreer lot. If you are still having issues after using the default version of the interrogation table, then try doing what I suggested in the earlier post and save the whole default version of the police station to your library, then replacing the career lot in your current game with it.

I had this problem and i figured out how to fix it. Once you arrest a suspect save the game 3 times then travel back to the police station. Once you're back if the sim is with you then save 3 times again.

I had issues when arresting a vampire, he didn't return to the police station with me. My sim was friends with him so tried inviting him to the current lot but it just keeps telling me that he's a vampire and can't come over right now. Tried working late but still got the same response. While I can appreciate you don't want the vampire to burn up in the sun he was at the gym in the middle of the day when I arrested him so why he be invited over. Surely he/she could go directly into the police station when arrested to prevent him burning up?

This happened to me after the huge patch update for Get Famous. I haven't reimported any mods yet so that's not the issue. In fact with the mods, I never had this happen. I've arrested two suspects on an APB but when we return to the police station they're gone.

It’s 2020 and this is still a problem! 10/10 sims creators for sorting this out.

How I fixed my problem...


I tried arresting this guy three times, and each time I got to the station he was not there to interrogate.
I decided to up my fitness. I was almost at three, so I figured maybe he WAS escaping like someone suggested.
I believe that is EXACTLY what is going on. It makes sense right?

I upped my fitness to 3, then called the APB again. I got to where he was, and this time, I decided to be a little
Mischievous to put him off guard. I "scared" him, laughed, at which point he starts to laugh too, then arrested him.
This time when I got back to the station, he was there, and the interrogation worked. I think this is to make it not
"too" easy on the officers. Because if you think about it, you need to be fit and have logic to do good police work, right?
If you are not fit enough, you aren't going to get your guy. If you are not intelligent enough, maybe you don't get enough
clues. This guy was kind of big, so it makes sense that I would need to be fit in order to successfully bring him in.