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Originally Posted by maximara
Certainly the Sheriff of Zombietown U.S.A. would have those skills rather than just "Professional Skill (Law Enforcement) — 12". In fact, in Mysteries Professional Skill (Law Enforcement) "requires specialization by department or agency."
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Well:
1) Wildcards didn't exist in a similar form back in 1988
2) She's an NPC; "does cop things" at 12 is reasonable shorthand
3) Even according to the plot she's not all that great a figuring out the crime; sign of a crime she arrests the usual suspect and the PCs have to talk their way out of a crime on at least one occasion. I think the inability to actually solve complex crimes fits a small-town cop reasonably well, where the job is more settling disputes (i.e. Diplomacy) and putting people in the drunk tank (i.e. PS Law Enforcement)