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Cop Combat Tips
1 of 7: Use the second hopper in the alley to blow up the cop who appears in a window ahead as you exit the alley.
2 of 7: Then move forward and look left to see a cop standing near some explosive barrels. (If he's not there, wait until he is.) Shoot the barrels to blow him up.
3 of 7: Search the ground carefully to find all the hoppers that have been set nearby. Reset them so they won't blow up you or your squad.
4 of 7: If you go into the open red shed in one corner that has two unset hoppers and a health pack on a table, a cop will appear in a second-story window of the building that's almost directly across the area from the shed. Either shoot him with the pistol or hide in the shed while your squad gets him.
5 of 7: Go cautiously down the stairs past where you used explosive barrels to blow up a cop. There's a hopper mine in the corner just to the right of the bottom of the stairs, and there are several cops near the shed in the back of the area just ahead.
6 of 7: Grab the hopper with the gravity gun, then go over to the fence and throw it at the cops near the shed.
7 of 7: Or better yet, drop several unexploded barrels and/or hoppers near the bottom of the stairs and then throw them at the cops one at a time while your squad provides supporting fire.
