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Metro Cop
Health: 26 (Point Insertion thru Water Hazard), 40 (Anticitizen One)
Attack Damage: 3 from pistol or SMG bullet
First Seen: Point Insertion, Section 1 (first killable in Route Kanal, Section 1)
Otherwise known as Civil Protection (or CPs), these are the guys wearing riot gear and carrying stun sticks that you can find standing around and harassing citizens all over City 17. They can't actually hurt you with their stun sticks or shoves (at first) -- they just use those to push you back if you stand too close to them or if you anger them by hitting them with thrown items. In combat zones, they usually fire pistols or SMGs at you, and they can also release manhacks. Another thing they can do is fire off a flare to call in reinforcements.
It's fairly easy to dodge their shots when you can keep your distance from them, and the pistol is a good weapon to use since it has lots of accuracy over distance. The SMG is very good for closer-up work, as its bullet spray can down a metro cop in very short order.
