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Cleaned The Mean Streets achievement in GTA 4

Cleaned The Mean Streets

Capture 20 criminals through the police computer.

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How to unlock the Cleaned The Mean Streets achievement

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    Easiest way: After getting into a cop car, bring up the police computer. "To get a police car to come to you, bring up your phone, then press up on the d-pad to enter in numbers. Call 911 and ask for police, and a car should be near you within seconds." Take a contract where the criminal is on foot because it is much easyer. Go kill them and keep doing this over and over to get the achievement.

    Thx to Psycho Joe 1 for adding the calling 911 part

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    Doesn't matter same thing just happened to me as @Genius Blog haha :)
    Posted on 23 Mar 11 at 18:17
    mothb0In reference to the cheats, so long as you save at a safehouse and re-load your game, the achievements will be unblocked until you use the cheat again
    Posted by mothb0 on 30 Sep 13 at 23:37
    WTG x RoCK STaRUnless auto save in enabled.
    Posted by WTG x RoCK STaR on 21 Jul 20 at 01:06
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  • HordrissHordriss
    19 Dec 2009 19 Dec 2009 19 Dec 2009
    Arm yourself with a pistol (it's all you will need) and get a cop car.

    You can dial 911 and then jack the police car when it arrives, but this then gets you a wanted level which you have to get rid of before you can do anything else.

    It's far easier to use the cheat code to spawn the FBI buffalo, as this will mean you won't get a wanted level for getting in the car. The code is 2275550100 dialled into your phone.

    Once you're in the car, press LB to access the police computer, then select 'view current crimes'. Make sure to select a 'criminal on foot' crime, as with this you will only be up against one crook. If there's no 'criminal on foot' crimes to attend, just drive a block or two and then check the computer and there should be one showing then.

    These missions are timed, and the time limits can be quite harsh so you will need to drive fast but carefully. Once you reach the crime scene, the time limit no longer applies - all you need to do is take out the crook. Arm your pistol and a headshot will do it. You will usually get more ammo than you used, and some cash as well, from the dead criminal.

    Do the above 20 times in total, and you will get the achievement.

    NOTE:- The cheat code to spawn the FBI car does NOT affect getting the achievement, however, the cheat codes for getting weapons does, so be sure not to use that one.
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    Broon43Great guide! Thanks for the info on the FIB car! I can confirm that using that Cheat does NOT affect the achievements. I spawned a new car after every crime scene, and the cheev popped. Thanks again.
    Posted by Broon43 on 12 May 13 at 09:34
    ParadoxReal8Great guide!
    Sad that someone thought it was too long and copy it to put it in 3 lines. Lolllll facepalm
    Posted by ParadoxReal8 on 04 Aug 17 at 13:28
  • SuperRichie03SuperRichie03
    29 Sep 2010 02 Jul 2010 02 Jul 2010
    I did it exactly the same way as the previous solution (BlackFlame0729). I just wanna add that you should do it in Bohan because its the smallest Island and you won't have to travel far to capture the criminal. It only took me around 30 minutes like this.
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