Police Headquarters is the prologue episode and first job in Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. It follows Sly Cooper as he breaks into the Parisian police station to recover a hidden case file. This file contains vital information regarding a group of villains responsible for attacking his childhood home and stealing his family's secret heirloom.
The bronze trophies "Sucker Punched", "Foxy Lady", and "Coin Collector" are earned during this job in the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions of the game.
Plot[]
The story began as Sly crossed the rooftops of Paris to reach the top of the Parisian police station. With him in position, the mission began, with his friend Bentley expressing anxiety about breaking into a police station. He pointed Sly to an air vent as a point of entry. While making his way there, Sly noticed some blue lights lining the lower ledge of the roof's water tower. Bentley's research revealed them to be stealth auras, sparkles that would allow Sly to perform sneaky moves, such as sneaking around ledges in this instance. Sly used these auras to guide himself around the tower and reached the air vent.
Sly with the file in hand.
Once he broke his way in and bypassed the security, Sly found Carmelita's office located behind a locked red door. After Sly entered from the window, Bentley gave him the code to Carmelita's vault. Once open, Sly took the file and left a calling card. As soon as he set foot on the fire escape, he was spotted by Inspector Carmelita Fox, who appeared on a rooftop nearby. After a brief banter between the two, Sly rushed to the van, with Carmelita firing at him continuously, destroying the fire escape and many police cars in the parking lot. Once Sly jumped in through the van's back doors, he and his friends drove off, leaving the fox furious.
Walkthrough[]
After the mission briefing with Bentley and Murray, you can freely explore the rooftop to learn Sly's basic moves and even increase your coin count by busting open some of the objects.
For the main task, you must sneak inside the police station through the air vent. Follow the small ramp lined with coins up to the ledge of the water tower, where you will discover blue sparkles called stealth auras. Follow these sparkles around the tower (
to interact, then 
to move). Use 
to jump across the two TV antennas to reach the air vent. Use 
to break it open with Sly's cane, then head inside until you reach a ledge above a vertical shaft of yellow lasers below. To reach the bottom, you must carefully leap down to the other ledges leading down (indicated by coins), avoiding the laser beams. If you hit a laser, the alarm will trigger, and the lasers will turn red and become harmful. Upon reaching the floor, destroy the siren to open the door to the halls.
Turn left twice when going through the corridor, and you will find Carmelita's office, marked by a locked red door. Exit through the open window right beside it and follow the ledge to reach the window of Carmelita's office. Once inside, approach the vault to begin cracking the code. You can use 
, , or the directional left and right buttons to switch between dials. Use either , 
, , or the directional up/down buttons to turn the tumblers.
With the file in hand, the last thing to do is run to the van. Step onto the fire escape, and Inspector Fox will confront you. While dodging Carmelita's shots, run down the fire escape and rush through the parking lot to reach the van. The lot is filled with police cars and barriers. Do not jump over any of the police cars, as Carmelita will shoot them, causing them to burst into flames. Instead, run in between the vehicles and bust through any barriers that block your path. The doors to the van will open as you approach it; jump inside to finish the job.
Behind the scenes[]
When Sly opens the vault containing the police file, a bottle with "HOKYO" written on it can be seen on top of the vault. This is a reference to Hokyo Lim, one of the concept artists back at Sucker Punch Productions.