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Cops and Robbers (Posted on 2002-08-17) Difficulty: 2 of 5
There is a shoot-out going on behind a school somewhere in the US. The shoot-out is between a group of cops and a band of robbers. One of the robbers was shot in the heart, and one of the police officers was shot in the head. Neither died, but instead went to the sidelines to watch, talk, and laugh.

The police managed to get the robbers under control, but the robbers were not sent to jail. This is not a game between children. Can you answer these questions?

1. Why didn't those shot die?
2. What kind of school is this?
3. Why aren't the robbers in jail?
4. What on earth is going on here?

  Submitted by Hope    
Rating: 1.8824 (17 votes)
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1. They were shot with laser guns.

2. a state police academy (You may not be familiar with this unless you are from the US. Here they are used to train each state's police squads.)

3. The robbers are police in thug's clothing, so to speak.

4. I hope you have caught on to this by now. This is a training activity for a police academy. The robbers are studing to become police officers just like the men/women that played the cops. The simulation is a shoot-out between police an a band of neighborhood thugs. This way, both groups get practise for a mission that they may someday face.

The guns being used are laser guns. If you are shot in a vital organ, you are considered dead and go sit and watch from the sidelines, but if you are sot in something a little less important, a timer is set with the aproximate time it takes for a persom to bleed to death. Once that runs out, you are also considered dead.

The cops won because they either "killed" or captured all of the robbers, or the robbers made a retreat. Had all the officers been killed, the robbers would have gotten away.

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  Subject Author Date
airslateCecilia2023-08-02 02:15:25
Puzzle Thoughts K Sengupta2023-08-01 21:29:09
maxCecilia2023-08-01 04:08:22
Wild guessAndy2005-07-09 09:57:52
Website open to six year olds? Come on journeyman!john2005-07-08 15:08:27
No Subjectsarahbeth2004-11-16 01:29:23
answerBrittany2004-04-12 16:21:49
re(2): easyJason2003-10-30 20:40:07
re: easyBrian Smith2003-09-24 15:25:19
easyBart freeman2003-09-24 15:20:41
Not too toughLawrence2003-08-27 19:14:59
Solutionto easyNich2003-06-10 08:12:57
re: ARE YOU DUMB?sharlene2003-02-07 14:51:51
Stupid RiddleEmon Hunte2003-02-01 12:47:46
Some Thoughtscops and robbersJude2003-01-18 04:24:05
WAY TOO EASY...2002-12-27 04:38:35
Man running homecges2002-12-06 05:59:13
Solutionhmm.Dan2002-11-24 13:50:50
SolutionNo Subjectdanny2002-11-18 17:56:53
Some ThoughtsARE YOU DUMB?Megan2002-09-07 09:53:23
re: Just a guessHope2002-08-18 04:28:48
Some ThoughtsJust a guessTomM2002-08-17 09:41:02
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