Police Station

The Police Station is a small, cylindrical building that first appears in. The Police Station's purpose is to accommodate items for the 'lost &amp; found', a service that stores items that villagers around town have found. The Player could claim all of the items on display without any consequences. Twenty items can be stored in the police station at one time, after which the oldest ones are removed and then replaced by new ones. Items such as stationery, clothing and furniture could all be found on display.

After the GameCube versions of Animal Crossing, the police station and the Train Station's functionality were merged and replaced by the Town Gate during and. In, the two were separated once again and the Police Station made a return as an optional Public Works Project

In Animal Crossing
In, the police station has the town map displayed on a board outside, and a small paved area around it. Copper the dog, stands outside to give the Player information regarding events, while Booker waits within the building to assist the Player with the Lost Property. Copper will thank the Player for visiting after they exit the building.

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf
The Police Station makes a return in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf the Police Station is one of Public Works Projects that cannot be removed. This is requested by random type of villager and costs 264,000 Bells. There are 2 models of the station, with Copper working inside the Modern Police Station and Booker running the Classic Police Station. However, the Mayor has to choose between either one of them, meaning that the player can only build one Police Station and only have either Booker or Copper, not both. The only known way to acquire a Tricky Pitfall seed is to acquire one from a Police station.

Players visiting a town cannot take items from the shelves in that town's Police Station.

Trivia

 * In Dōbutsu no Mori +, it is called a Koban, which is a mini-police station in Japan.
 * The police station's music in New Leaf has some of Wild World and City Folk's town gate themes mixed in.