yes a city version would be a lot better.... like a Emporium sized cop "Station" like in Rochester NY(my home City)
The past three lego cop sets have no real look to them... yes playability, but if you go out and buy one of those "Play sets like from playschool or other "some assembly required toy companies...You then give it to your child, they play with it for like 10 minutes and walk away never to play with it again.... So should playability be incorporated into a Lego city set (keep in mind it has no look to real city layout) so us as adults would help build the cop shop and let our child play with it... sure as Shite, 10 minutes later he/she is walking away or have destroyed it already....
But if it was modular, then the ability to change the floor layout or even add a floor would be a nice replay value...
As for adults buying it for them selves, 5 days after I buy a booooooring set like those cop shacks, it is break down time.... Like I stated before, if and when I buy a cop box, I will be getting both 2008 and 2011 models to morph together... I need the back blocked off... wal to wall "WALLS" I require!
But yes... if they can make a fire house modular, then why not a police office as well?