Crime Patrol is an interactive shooting game for the Philips CD-i where players assume the role of a police officer ascending from Rookie to elite SWAT and Delta Force member. The game involves completing various missions that challenge players to apprehend criminals, ranging from petty thieves to organized crime figures. Gameplay mimics classic arcade laser-shooting experiences.
Crime Patrol puts the player in the shoes of a police officer, who starts as a Rookie and has to work his way up to become a member of SWAT and eventually the Delta Force team. To do that, he has to complete missions, which involve taking down criminals in a variety of locations. Beginning with smaller-scale criminals (such as shoplifters), the hero will later have to face gangsters, drug lords, and eventually terrorists. For each set of missions, the player characters is being teamed up with another police officer. The gameplay is quite similar to any other of the large live-action laser-gun games found in the arcades - all the player has to do is take the gun (or the mouse in the computer version) and show those criminals who's the boss!