Crime Patrol is a light gun shooter video game for the Sega Saturn in which players assume the role of a police officer ascending from a rookie to elite SWAT member and eventually joining Delta Force. Players undertake various missions to apprehend criminals, starting with minor offenders and progressing to confront gangsters, drug lords, and terrorists, often partnering with another officer for cooperative gameplay.
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!