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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 (VR)

Case Office

This first Shield is located on the leather chair in front of Phelp’s desk.

Patrol Case: Upon Reflection

This Shield is located on the windowsill on the left side of the alley, before you reach the bloody door.

homicide case: the silk stocking murder

This Shield is located in the diner at the beginning of the case. Go around the corner toward the back and find it in the potted plant.

Patrol Case: Buyer Beware

This Shield is located behind the sidewalk trashcan where you find the FN Browning handgun with the serial number clue.

Patrol Case: Buyer Beware

This Shield is located at the feet of the stuffed bear, in the back hallway in Eagleson’s Gun Store.

Traffic Case: The Consul’s Car

Find the Shield at the crime scene, in the bushes near the Consul’s Car.

Traffic Case: The Consul’s Car

Find the Shield in the Dewey Bros Dealership’s service garage. It’s on top of the workbench, behind the car that’s being repaired.

Traffic Case: The Consul’s Car

This Shield is located inside Gabriel Del Gado’s tool shed, under the workbench. Find it while you look for clues before talking to his girlfriend, Anna Rodriguez.

Traffic Case: The Consul’s Car

Descend the stairs to the basement inside the Central Police Station. At the bottom, hug the right walls until you find the locker room. The Shield is located on top of the urinals, in the bathroom area near the showers.

Traffic Case: The Consul’s Car

This Shield is also located in Central Police Station. Find the Captain’s Office on the second floor near the stairs. The Shield is on the bookshelf behind his desk.

Homicide Case: The Silk Stocking Murder

This Shield is located on a wooden plank table near the edge of the same pigeon coop rooftop where you find the letter to Mrs. A. Maldonado.

Homicide Case: The Silk Stocking Murder

This Shield is located on the back porch near the kitchen entrance at Angel Maldonado’s Residence. After you arrest the brothers inside, head outside and go around the back of the building. Climb the stairs to the second floor balcony to find the Shield.

Homicide Case: The Silk Stocking Murder

You can easily spot this Shield shining behind Maldonado’s head. It’s on the fan shelf in the interrogation room’s corner, in the Central Police Station.

Homicide Case: The Silk Stocking Murder

This Shield is inside the El Dorado Bar. It’s on top of the jukebox at the back wall. You go there to interrogate the bartender and receive the divorce papers for the attorney’s letter clue update.

Vice Case: Reefer Madness

This Shield is on a green table, on the second-floor exterior balcony of the Hollywood Police Station.

Vice Case: Reefer Madness

This Shield is on the ground in Juan Cruz’s backyard, between the chicken coop and the fence.

Vice Case: Reefer Madness

Find this Shield on the cabinet behind Doris’s desk, on the second floor of Parnell’s Soup Co. Factory. Doris is Harold Parnell’s personal secretary.

Arson Case: A Different Kind of War

This Shield is on the floor between the fireplace and the chair to the left inside Dr. Fontaine’s surgery.

Arson Case: A Different Kind of War

After arriving at the bunkhouse, at the old Rancho Rincon, be sure to go to the bathroom before leaving. Here you will find the Shield in the middle stall.

Arson Case: A Different Kind of War

This last Shield is located on the left wall inside Nuclear Bug & Rodent Control. Make sure to visit here at the start of the case.

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