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Contents

  • Basics
    • Movement
    • Nintendo Switch Controls
    • Weapons
    • Detective Work
    • The Notebook
    • Interrogation
    • Intuition & Rank
    • The Case Report
  • Walkthrough
    • Overview
    • Patrol Cases
      • Overview
      • CASE# AP001: Upon Reflection (VR)
      • CASE# AP002: Armed and Dangerous (VR)
      • CASE# AP003: Warrants Outstanding
      • CASE# AP004: Buyer Beware
    • The Traffic Cases
      • Overview
      • CASE# AT001: The Driver’s Seat
      • CASE# AT002: The Consul’s Car (VR)
      • CASE# AT003: A Marriage Made in Heaven
      • CASE# AT004: A Slip of the Tongue
      • CASE# AT005: The Fallen Idol
    • The Homicide Cases
      • CASE# AH001: The Red Lipstick Murder
      • CASE# AH002: The Golden Butterfly
      • CASE# AH003: The Silk Stocking Murder (VR)
      • CASE# AH004: The White Shoe Slaying
      • CASE# AH005: The Studio Secretary Murder
      • CASE# AH006: The Quarter Moon Murders
    • The Vice Cases
      • CASE# AV001: The Black Caesar
      • CASE# AV002: Reefer Madness (VR)
      • CASE# AV003: The Set Up
      • CASE# AV004: The Naked City
      • CASE# AV005: Manifest Destiny
    • The Arson Cases
      • CASE# AA001: The Gas Man
      • CASE# AA002: A Walk In Elysian Fields
      • CASE# AA003: House of Sticks
      • CASE# AA004: A Polite Invitation
      • CASE# AA005: Nicholson Electroplating
      • CASE# AA006: A Different Kind of War (VR)
  • Achievements,Trophies, and Accomplishments
    • Game Achievements
  • The Badge Pursuit Challenge
    • Overview
    • Badge Locations
    • Badge Locations (VR)
  • Newspapers
    • Overview
    • Newspaper Locations
  • Novels
    • Overview
    • Novel Locations
    • Novel Locations (VR)
  • Golden Records
    • Overview
    • Golden Record Locations
  • Golden Film Reels
    • Overview
    • Golden Film Reel Locations
  • Landmarks
    • Overview
    • Hidden Landmarks
  • Outfits
    • Outfit Unlocks
  • Vehicle Showroom
    • Unlocking Vehicles
    • 2-Door (25)
    • 4-Door (19)
    • Sports (8)
    • Service (19)
    • Police (9)
    • Hidden Vehicles
  • Street Crimes
    • Overview
    • Traffic
      • Map
      • 1: Boxing Clever
      • 2: Cosmic Rays
      • 3: Masked Gunman
      • 4: Shoo-shoo Bandits
      • 5: Gangfight
      • 6: Amateur Hour
      • 7: Death from Above
      • 8: Theater Robbery
      • 9: Pawnshop Holdup
      • 10: Hotel Bandits
      • 11: Army Surplus
      • 12: Hung Out to Dry
    • Homicide
      • Map
      • 13: Vengeful Ex
      • 14: Death Plunge
      • 15: Canned Fish
      • 16: Would Be Robber
      • 17: Running Battle
      • 18: Bank Job
      • 19: Unsuccessful Holdup
      • 20: Cop Killer Shot
      • 21: Honey Boy
      • 22: Misunderstanding
      • 23: Thicker Than Water
      • 24: Killer Bandits
      • 25: Bowling Lane Robbery
    • Vice
      • Map
      • 26: Commies
      • 27: Fatal Plunge
      • 28: Against the Odds
      • 29: Daylight Robbery
      • 30: The Blue Line
      • 31: Zoot Suit Riot
      • 32: THe Badger Game
      • 33: Camera Obscura
      • 34: Secret Keepers
      • 35: Bad Date
    • Arson
      • Map
      • 36: Accident Prone
      • 37: Paper Sack Holdup
      • 38: Café Holdup
      • 39: Bus Stop Shooting
      • 40: Hot Property

L.A. Noire Guide › The Badge Pursuit Challenge

Badge Locations

On the ground in front of the Hotel Roosevelt’s north-facing doorway.

Face Grauman’s Theater from Hollywood Blvd, then walk down the red carpet toward the main entrance. Stop at the doorway and turn left to find this shield on the doormat.

Beside the trash in the corner of the small fenced-in lot next to the Max Factor Building. Jump the fence or drive a car through the back gate to reach it.

In the Musso & Frank back parking lot. Look on the ground at the back door.

On the ground in the small alley between the two Crossroads of the World buildings.

At the bottom of the exterior stairwell at the south entrance of the Bullocks Wilshire department store.

Drive into the north parking lot of the L.A. County Art Museum and follow the shrub-lined path toward the building. The Shield is on a narrow walkway.

On the front porch of the shack facing the Westlake Tar Pits.

Atop a barrel on the ducky paddleboats pier in MacArthur Park.

Below the skull stage, near the entrance of the Intolerance Set landmark. Enter the set through one of the arched doorways on either side of the stairs, then work your way around the backside of the stage to find the tunnel underneath. The Shield is in the middle of this passage, almost directly below the skull.

At a Chinese store just west of the Chinatown landmark. Look on the ground between two lion statues out front.

Inside Union Station, on the ticket counter at the Southern Pacific desk.

In the guard’s booth on the first floor of the Hall of Records in Civic Square.

Beneath the Angel’s Flight incline railway. Look under the track at the lower end of the line.

Climb the gutter on the L.A. Public Library’s northwest corner. Scale the scaffold to the rooftop. Go to the front of the building and climb the platform between the two tanks to find the Shield near the roof’s edge.

On the Trolley Dogs’ condiments table in Pershing Square.

On the ground at the entrance of the RKO Theatre.

On the edge of the planter in the back parking lot of the Herald Examiner.

In front of the middle train on the train platform at the Main Street Terminal.

On a 6th Street bridge support platform. Drive down the slope between the parallel roads on 6th Street, starting at the Santa Fe Ave intersection. Follow the slope down to the flood control channel. Climb the ladder on the first support column as you enter the channel to find the Shield above.

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