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Please do “assisted living homes”. I know it’s a weird one but hear me out. I recently visited my great grandmother who lives in one and I was amazed at all the amenities. They literally don’t have to leave. Medical center, gym, bank, market, restaurants, pre-furnished rooms. And all the things that come with those, food for hundreds of people, medication and life saving medical devices are the biggest two. It also had a basic fence and security system, a spike strip on one of the entrances, and a traffic bar on the other (not that it’ll do much). Plus I think it’ll pass the hot spot bracket.
if your fathers ALH has that he is VERY lucky. I've worked at several and most do have kitchens, rooms and dining areas i have worked at a few that have little else. Just a glorified house. Some I worked at didn't even really have security other than a camera to make sure someone didn't wander outside.
It would still be interesting to see him analyze one. My grandmother lives in one that is like an apartment complex. Not much by way of security besides a key coded lock on the entrance. But there is LOTS of land to farm and a plethora of medications in the rooms from the inhabitants. Hers is only 3 floors, so you may have to clear out any zombies, but I think it would be worth the work.
A good idea would be motels or as you said, retirement homes. A shooting range can be good as well but its too outdoors except for some. If its just you, i think a hotel room would do just the trick.
In a zombie outbreak I think police and military presence would only be "friendly" in the early stages of an outbreak, but then it's every man for himself.
@@cursedhawkins1305 More like Resident Evil. Once shit hits the fan and they start dying, officers are likely gonna either escape or barricade themselves and try to survive.
@@themanformerlyknownascomme777 World War Z (the book) was the best and most realistic scenario as the Military did have trouble fighting, but they still won because they adapted unlike in the Walking Dead where they for some reason couldn’t adapt.
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One con that you missed is the lack of fertile soil - gonna be hard to live for a prolonged period of time, as canned and dry foods will eventually run out and due to the location of Police Stations, looting for more is more challenging as well. It's a good loot or short term location, but for the long run, very challenging.
That might depend more on where you can put a farm. If you can compost the waste scraps from the food you eat and the plant matter and/or around the place in one bin, and the solid feces that you produce in another compost bin or pile, you can go a long way to fertilizing a gardening project. Ideally, I'd put plants under a skylight if there is one at the specific police station I've found, since the plants would be sheltered from the harsher elements while still getting somewhat adequate light, and, if not, set up a reflector of some sort around said skylight to catch more light at more angles.
@@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 If they don't have experience with guns then suddenly getting their hands on one is going to turn them into Rambo. Better that guns be legal & prevalent before hand so people are familiar with them.
@@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 real life ain't a video game, there's more to firearms than "just aim". You have to learn how to reload all the different guns you use, what ammo thay need, what mags thay use, zeroing the sights, Gun safety (its actually quite important, last way I want to die in the apocalypse is some idiot on my team accidentally shooting me in the back in the middle of a firefight), cleaning the firearm, ect. Long story short, firearms take some familiarization to use, at minimal.
One idea that popped into my mind when it comes to surviving a Zombie Apocalypse would be an offshore Oil platform. Let me explain with some pros that I think are useful: 1. Security, like a boat an Oil rig has the water as a means of keeping enemies out. But not just that the actual facility is generally suspended a decent way about the water which should make it even harder to attack. 2. Food and Water, like a boat they have the ocean for fish and facilities to turn ocean water into drinking water. As such all you really need to set up are some hydrophonic facilities to grow crops. 3. Shelter, Oil rigs are designed for people to live on them for months on end. As such they have fully equipped living facilities that you can use. Not to mention mess halls, bathrooms and a on site medical facility. 4. Maintenance, this is a big one and one reason why I consider this basically a super boat. Oil Rigs are designed to be durable and survive out at sea basically indefinitely. Sure there is going to be inevitable maintenance but for most you don't have to worry about the entire thing just sinking all of a sudden. 5. Fuel, this is the biggest advantage I see. Provided that you have the people with the skills to operate the machinery then you have next to no chance of running out of fuel. As modern oil platforms have facilities not just for extracting and storing oil, but also for refining it. So if you know what you are doing you basically have a nigh limitless source of fuel, not to mention whatever was still in the tanks when you got there. With this you can even make using the on board generators viable. Now that isn't to say that there are some cons, mainly that this kind of set up would inevitably be rather far from the mainland as Oil Rigs don't tend to be all that close to shore. As such any scavenging run will inevitably require you spending time and fuel to take whatever boat that you used to get to the Oil Rig back to shore to grab some stuff.
What is a solar grid? Did you mean power grid? Also police cars definitely do not have bullet resistant doors. Swat vehicles do but not all police stations have swat in them.
motorandwheels.com/police-cars-bullet-proof-test/#:~:text=In%20March%202016%2C%20it%20was,safety%20and%20protection%20for%20officers. some police cars do
I know the comment is old now but the standard isn't necessarily high for bullet resistant. It doesn't have to stop a bullet and it definetly doesn't have to stop a high caliber bullet, but it does have to slow small arms fire as a minimum and even aluminum can do that
What he means is power grid getting fried by a CME (basically a really fucking big solar fare) hiting the Earth. We narrowly missed one in 2012, also look up the Carrington event from the 1800s. One of these is basically the equivalent of a global EMP
Here’s an idea stolen from my favorite post apocalyptic series “survivors” of the BBC both the old 70’s and the recent one. A small group gets to a supermarket but the man with a plan doesn’t loot it, he goes straight to the office and digs into the paperwork to find the warehouse that provides for the supermarket. Then they go there it’s loaded with supplies, light passive security to get in and unknown to the public so no hot spot. This is a great series filled with useable ideas unlike the American flix where bullets and fuel grow on trees. In survivor surviving is hard uncertain, growing food even for a small group is horribly difficult and uncertain. The general theme is that the heroes are highly competent and yet faith strikes over and over again unlike shows like Fear of TWD where heroes are stupid but saved by the super power of the scenario. Available on RU-vid.
akwavy x hello, ok many things it doesn’t work well to insert links in RU-vid comments. If you search “BBC Survivors 1975” you will find a playlist with the videos in a fairly bad quality, not that it was so good to begin with. I’m not sure if there’s all 3 seasons but at least you will know if you want to see more with the first episodes. It starts asking the right questions about surviving without society the answer will come through out the 3 seasons that make sens in it’s progress. It can be simplified in this way. The first is a prehistoric era with scavenging, the second is the agricultural revolution, the third is an industrial revolution (energy, transport, money). Don’t expect packed with action but still i love it. The 2008 series is not available but you can see the trailer searching “Survivors Season 1 preview”. It’s obviously more modern with good characters and it also, it failed, you have a normal first season and a fast closing second one that still ends on a cliff hanger but this series is likely to never be finished.
In a police station there is a 'sally port'. A double garage sized space that can be isolated and secured from the inside and outside. You could allow small groups of Zed's in to kill them with out the fear of being over run but also to load up your transportation well still in a secure area. Safe transition space are important.
There a police station right down my street like less then two blocks. Idk if I would want to use it in a zombie apocalypse but I'm glad it's there. Can just walk up the street to get a update if something going down
The police station in my town has too many windows, and it's pretty small (my town only has about 6000 residents), so not much actual crime happens here. Just petty burglary, people that speed, and a shit ton of drugs
Most likely a police station is gonna have weapons and drugs on heavy lockdown not like that rabbit's cage Ricks dept had and if I'm looking for a weapon I would break into the trunk of a police cruisers first.
Spoiler alert. They are terrible places to stay in during a zombie apocalypse. While they would be decent for short term, they would be easy targets for hostile groups of humans. There also isn't a lot of security that wouldn't be knocked down by a modest sized horde. Another issue is size, they are just to large to reasonably defend with a reaslistic group of survivors (10-15).
My mother works in a town hall that used to be an old police station/ jail and we’ve talked about using it for shelter from time to time. It’s fortified and not too big.
Leon and Claire made it out within one night, thats why they weren't starving. Most of the food would be in the underground laboratory where the scientists live and work.
The evidence room will be full of crystal meth so you won't even need food or sleep for like ~20 days. Better hope the water fountain works, there's gum in someones desk, and you have a friend to talk to.
One of the plot-holes that bothers me alot is that survivors in many zombie movies and tv are struggling with decrepit materials. Like RV's that keep breaking down and date to the 1970s. There are thousands of RV's sitting around unsold that could be used. And using antique plows for farming when brand new Deere tractors are everywhere in farm country.
I got a lot of ideas for survival locations. A tree house A apartment in the middle of the city A golf club A gated community A restaurant A farm A lakeside cabin A overcrowded slum A military bunker The middle of a forest A train station/metro station
U missed the fact that most police stations use keypads with codes to get into certain areas, and without those codes it could be impossible to get to important rooms. Also if they use key cards that need to be swiped, if power is out theyre inaccessible as well, and even if its on it could be impossible to find a card
Don't those locks release in the case of a power outage? All the same you are kinda right, if you need to destroy these systems then it kind of defeats that advantage.
Came here to comment this. A big enough group with lots of manpower and tools could definitely crack a police station and use it efficiently, but we're talking power tools and generators that make a lot of noise and attract unwanted attention. A small group should steer clear of a police station and instead find something smaller to fit their group size, needs, and resources/manpower.
My go to spot is the public library. Like the old Carnegie ones. Usually has a fallout shelter from the 50's. Bars on the windows, two entrances and a loading dock. Ours has a large fireplace, and employee kitchen, plus a second floor. Ours is also next to the post office which has an emergency generator.
I’ll have to disagree on the radio’s being a pro. See, most actual police radios are now digital, with different send and receive freequencies. So, you have to actual have a repeater up and running. Once those go down, the radios are useless.
The Regular radios are not the only thing to sum up in the comunication . Even some of the small cc's have both short and long range radio coms alongside a closed phone line and direct lines to other nearby outposts and emegercy agencies to mantain contact during large scale disasters.
Comms is helpful, IF you're in a larger group that is going to separate or need to coordinate multiple movements. If there's less than five of you, yelling "Guys, get in here, quick!" down the hall will suffice. A radio is something that needs power (you may not have), some way to be carried (actually easy, just look for tactical/surplus gear online), and you have to program your frequencies and encryptions into it.
Thank you finally someone is asking the right questions and giving great responses no more plotting by yourself your actually doing things that we thought of
I’ve been wanting to suggest, what about a working train? For example what if it was long enough that you are going around in a circle “chasing your tail” so to speak. You could even have a community in the middle of the circle and the train would be constantly moving wall. Or even just basic train going from state to state.
That would be dope from state to state but the thing I would be worrying about is sabotage to the track from other groups. You know damn well if people see a running train they're gonna assume supplies and weapons are on it. You would have to be pretty careful.
Hotel sounds good if u can clear all the previous guests who r now Zs lol. Fear the walking dead season 2 has a hotel moment that starts good n ends horribly, u should watch it
I feel like I should clear this up - "HOTEL" have the doors to the rooms INSIDE the building down a hallway. "MOTEL" have the doors to the rooms OUTSIDE the building on a catwalk. Some catwalks are covered, some are not. Just depends on how nice the motel is. I lived in a motel for almost 2 years - only had to pay for "rent" ($100/wk) . Yes, I was THAT poor at one time. Biggest Con of the Motel room (depending on the floor plan) but mine had the door and window on the same wall. One way in, one way out! If you get a Hotel room (with the door and window on opposite sides), then the biggest Con will be the drop down to the ground. If you're on the second floor (like my motel room was), you may end up with a sprained ankle. You could (in theory) leave a rope out to throw down when you go on a supply run, but... good luck trying to climb back up WITH those supplies. Also with the rope down and you gone, it leaves your room open to looters. I'm sorry, but I really see more cons to both hotels and motels than pros.
I think i love horror n zombies so much cus id survive better in that world than this one. Some of us see the world differently... better in my opinion 😊
1 I know the difference between the 2. but thank you anyway. 2 I should watch Fear one day. and 3 think big hotel with like 8 stories or something. (I was thinking of a base I saw in 7 days to die my brother had that was a big hotel. thanks for your input though and also the roof could work as base thing or top floor.
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll keep that in mind 👍 I didn't miss it, that's why it's not a pro on the list. But I should've made a point to discuss it so I appreciate the feedback. IoI
I'm not sure if this has already been covered, but... How about a Harbor or Pier? - There are usually several shops close by most that would offer supplies. - They can be fortified to be defended, and offer limited avenues of approach or attack. - If there are boats or ships there, they can offer additional housing, storage, and if needed, escape. - Depending on the area, fishing could also be done to boost the food supplies. - Bringing a Water Desalination vehicle or vessel would provide plenty of drinkable water.
I found the perfect zombie apocalypse shelter! Lowe’s or Home Depot! What you do is gather 10-15 friends and fortify it, how you may ask? Well you have basically everything you need in there! Talk about weapons and booby traps you can make. With time you can expand it make different rooms and such. Food? Well they have soil and seeds so just build a small garden/greenhouse. With time you’ll have a whole farm. They also have water filtration systems and plumbing supplies so like you can just have the water supply if it goes down, make you’re own. And they have the solar panels so running electricity well be like no problem, with time and the right people you can even build a small farm with animals you save. And boom you basically have a fortress. I seriously wonder why no one has thought of this before!!
Don't forget hardware stores do have a nursery for plants and flowers, with sprinkler systems, lots of soil and fertilizer. But if it were me, I'd just load up the semis with loot and lumber.
Those are usually in semi to highly populated areas. There are too many entrances and very little time before you have company knocking. Be it scavengers or zombies. If it isn't one of the first places to get run over then it definitely will be a the second place because of all the resources available there.
Would a University be good in a zombie apocalypse scenario? [Here are my thoughts on this. Also, what I mention might not be the case for every university. And every university is different, the things I mention won't hold for every university.] 1) Too much space - Now, when talking about the University I go to, we have a medical campus in the downtown region, a cyber center that is far, and the main campus in the middle of high-middle/upper class neighborhood. So for this, I'm going with the main campus since it is the only one I've walked through. Now as far as campuses go, the main campus isn't the biggest, but you still have to do some walking. A lot of greenery, and trees. And parking lots, distant buildings... Yeah, too much space. However, one simple way to solve this is to pick one of the campus buildings to house yourselves in. Every major "Hall" has three floors. So one could suffice to pick one building, fortify the 1st floor, and would be golden. And I imagine you'd expand later on when you have enough people. 2) Supplies - A campus would have a lot of supplies. From one of the store buildings on the campus which the first floor has merchandise like University mugs, and regular supplies for education like lab gear, and even clothing. The second floor has a lot of books one could either use for survival purposes (IE starting a fire) or for educating the young if you decide to get frisky later on. Also, the 1st floor has a store fridge full of sodas, and also a bunch of chips and candy. Almost every "Hall" has a soda machine and vending machine on each floor, with the exception of one which has those machines on the 1st floor only. Also a building housing small meeting rooms, the library with even more books, and even a food area that resembles that of a mall food court with several different options bunched together. And one of the "Hall's" has a smaller food area. Also electronics one could scrap for parts, campus bicycles one could use to easily head from one building to the next, and a parking lot that may have vehicles to syphon gas from and loot as well. Though this could also be a negative reason since students of the campus would probably try to loot. If they can. Also, forgot to mention medical stuff. I don't know how many times I have to see a defibrillator on each floor! 3) Hunting - With a lot of trees, you get a lot of squirrels. I've seen lots of squirrels run along the grass towards other trees. So you could easily hunt the squirrels for fur and meat. Not to mention the surrounding neighborhood with a ton of trees to hunt small birds and squirrels. 4) Prime looting area - This campus is smacked down in a high-middle/upper class neighborhood. This area would be great for looting, since the campus may of been ransacked for food and drinks by former students. However, this could also be a negative because other people would also be looting the houses as well. So, take the good with the bad kind of deal. This is all I could think of when it comes to the campus I go to during the week. What do you think?
There was a subplot in WWZ about a large university organizing into a community and surviving the great panic. Cant remember the name, but a character mentions they fared great despite being in the west coast, which was crawling with zombies due to the high population numbers.
Have you done one on fire stations? They have kitchens and places to sleep along with many of them having fuel pumps for their vehicles. They are also built the be shelters and to withstand hurricanes and other disasters.
Thay will probably be occupied by the military for a while, but if thay cant get any food or water supplied to them then thay would have to leave at some point.
I work at Lowe’s and I really believe it would be a great place to set up camp during a zombie apocalypse. Plenty of weapons and food. And more then enough materials to fortify the building.
When I worked in a factory that made pre work out and protein powders I thought about this. Mainly cause there was so much protein powder I figured it would make a good meal supplement. But honestly I feel like factory is to vague. Not going to be a whole lot of useful supplies in a lot of them. Major factories can get huge! I live near a GM plant that is 7.9 million square feet! Way to big to defend. But even smaller ones you would have to worry about many dock doors. Usually paved all the way around, so no place to plant stuff long term. But that's just my opinion. I've worked in factories for 8 years now
Something you didn't mention is that a lot of big city police stations have sub stations throughout the city which could be a viable option and not a lot of people would think to go to a sub station.
A police station may also be packed full of zombies to start with. In the earliest stages of a zombie infection, before people clue in to what's happening, zombie infected may initially be rounded up and placed in holding cells while the cops try to figure out what's up. The zombie starts munching on the drunks and Florida Men that have been placed there and pretty soon you have a cell full of shamblers.
I was wondering by any chance if you can make these videos: 1.How to prepare/survive the Coronavirus. 2.Where to go before/during the Coronavirus. I'd really love to see these videos!
Here’s a thought on a place to survive; large hardware stores ( like Menards or Home Depot ) lots of room inside and out, lots of building materials, garden equipment. Maybe make a video thinking about it.
Well those places would certainly be a gold mine, but would be near usless if you dont have any building skills, and the other tools that could be used as weapons would really be the only material pro (besides faring supplies), and I'm not talking about the buildings use fulness, just the supplies l.
Almost no department has armored vehicles. And I’d also add, when the “poop” hits fan, officers will be taking their vehicles with them, and all the guns they have on them, and more then likely whoever can get into the armory will be taking all guns and ammo with them.
I know this sounds odd but could you do one on a whole town. That would be pretty cool. P.s. make sure you do this one with a lot of people in mind. Thanks ☺☺☺
I'd be curious not a whole town but like maybe a small gated type community? Retirement village, military base, town house / villa complex. Where the buildings are clustered together on a sort of campus. oooh university?
I do see your point with a lot of the pros and cons, I know a lot of videos like this mention it but the security systems are only usable when the power grid is running
Something to also consider is that Police Officers will be on the frontlines of a zombie apocalypse, like, literally. Before a state of emergency, before the military, before the government gets involved, 911 callers will be sending in calls about rabid people going nomnomnom on others, and police will come in. After some fighting, I assume the police in this scenario couldn't handle it and call in other local agencies, statewide agencies, and any federal agencies around, if the city mayor declares a state of emergency, national guard and active duty military units would be called in. In this entire thing, local PD/SO/SP/HP or whatever it is will be the first on the scene of a zombie attack, so cops would be low in numbers as they would be the ones that have been combatting the zombies openly for the longest.
Interesting video. Good job as usual. When it comes to survival in that scenario, I am still going to stick to a houseboat that can populate 4-6 people. A decent one that can travel the rivers and along the coasts. I believe, over a longer period of time, it is important to stay mobile and have a location that keeps you out of the weather when needed. Mobility will keep you alive. No matter what location you try to keep (prison, Mall, police station, etc.) you will be constantly at risk of being either overrun by a herd, or a large group of people who want what you have. A houseboat (or custimized yacht will do fine) will always keep the risk at a minimum. FYI, I am of course talking about one that does not solely rely on fuel. ;-) But, everyone can pick what they want of course. Me, I just prefer something that I can hop on (or swim to) and get away from danger if need be. Never stay anywhere too long.
My local police station has a Lenco Bearcat in the vehicle bay. Yeah they got a whole shipment of crap from the DOD including patrol rifles and new kits. I definitely think they’d make it out alive in an apocalypse.
Could you do Trains? like break down the various types of trains and see how they would work in a Zombie apocalypse from steam trains to bullet trains if possible
Police station where I worked had no armory. Plus, most their working were civilians or cops on restricted assignment with no weapons. That is in the northeast. Down south or mid west , I’m hoping that would be a different senario.
I live in a hospital campus in front of police station with shops and petrol pump in bothside and we can barricade the road and we also have a big space for agriculture. Edit: so am I going to survive?
@@brunomilocchi3897 if we are talking about the original game, yes. The newer one had other options in the city. Either way, I don't think I could stand having to run around looking for random stuff and keys to open so many locked doors/ solve puzzles lmao.
@@LowTierPancakes well, there aren't other ways in the Remake. At the end of the story, the options are: Underground Train, Helicopters, car/vehicle (before the road gets closed off by the military), subway, sewers, the forest, the tram. Obviously the "easiest" way Is by helicopter and the hardest Is either the sewers or the forest. Also, I'm referring to the Tram near the Zoo.
I have lived in tourist towns for a long time and they all tend to have well funded police departments in fairly descreet areas. 3-5 months of the year are high population, but then dead... but that PD is still just as big, with just as many resources. In my current town, they also have a fleet of high powered boats to establish trade routes along the banks... easily an 8 on the scale for me!
Keycard doors always have an emergency way to open them like a fire alarm button but more a "door bypass" button. They're unlocked until locksmith/facilities redo it. You'd need someone who knows about door technology. Assuming of course there isn't a fire exit. In a nut shell, modern country, you will always be able to exit without power. Emergency way to break the door (demagnatise) or like a regular ol' fire exit. Whatever solution implemented you'd need knowledge and access to 'relock' it because they're stuck open. So police station might work if you had a security guard or locksmith on your team that knows about that sort of thing.
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@@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 yes that maybe true you have to temeber some people who go their csnt get into the back of the gun store and their might be some guns in the storsge srea
@@coltonpatterson7632 Unless you're willing to kill someone over the store, someone else would've already claimed the store for themselves (the owner, survivors, police). That's the whole point of a 'hotspot' location, someone would already be there by the time you get there
In Canada, police guns are individually issued and your local police station doesn’t have a lot of extras/spares on hand. Also, most cops don’t carry backup guns. They also don’t have a lot of spare ammunition on hand. In a crisis situation it’s likely that the guns are mostly issued out, although in a crisis they might have more ammo available. Either you’re walking into a “hotspot” where you might find stuff but you’re going to have to fight someone to get it or the stuff is probably already going to be gone. Our police have central depots for evidence. You may find some stuff in the evidence locker but for the most part it will have been collected by forensics and transported to the central storage facility. Seized items are transferred there from local stations on a daily basis. Also Canadian police stations are not as heavily fortified as US stations and do not have the same amenities in terms of prisoner holding facilities. They’re certainly more secure than your typical apartment block or commercial building, and wouldn’t be too hard to quickly fortify further though. I’m also given to understanding that they also have generators and on-site stores of fuel for vehicles, so that might be helpful in the initial phases of the emergency. It might be theoretically possible to figure out a way to locate some solar panels and keep the lights and security systems operational after the fuel ran out.
Please do a Menards. Menards has first aid kits, lumber, those lookout places in the building (I think they're break areas for the employees), heavy metal shelves to block entrances, fire starter, garden supplies including actual plants and trees like orchard trees during the right seasons, canning supplies, dry foods, warm clothes, work grade gloves and sturdy fabrics (harder to tear or bite through), camping supplies, tarps and water collection bins, the huge fenced area in back with heavy machinery, not as much of a hot spot as the general Walmart, tools and blades to become makeshift weapons, generators, large parking lots, located normally on the edge of towns etc. I've had this idea for a while! Also not normally too big to handle for a small group!
A lot of zombie media tends to ignore the fact that an apocalypse doesn't just happen overnight. Even rapidly-spreading events are slow enough that the military and emergency personnel should be able to mobilize and try to establish order; at the very worst, they'll have gathered up anything usable from their normal bases of operation before relocating, so if you were to try raiding a police station post-outbreak you would likely either run into police already holing up inside or find an empty building.
I would have given this a 3 at best. What he fails to point out is that police stations also have... well, police. You know, the people that are not only well trained but probably even have routine exercises on what to do if their station is attacked. They are going to be the first people to go there... assuming they ever even leave. And if they decide not to hang out there with their families then there probably is a good reason.
How about a ranger station, I think that's what they are called. One with a fire watch tower. They are very rural, generally have a good view of the surrounding area, have some emergency equipment, long range radio equipment, probably their own power generation capabilities. Lots of room to grow your community, loads of building supplies near by, if you build with wood. Scavenging would be more challenging, but for long term survival and potential to grow they maybe worth a look. Hunting lodges may also work.
A plus would be that more than likely some officers would be inside the station (early on) who could give out lessons in firearms and the station would usually have exercise grounds. Worst case scenario the officers would turn you away
In a police station an armory is secure with a bank vault type door. Same with evidence storage. Food, only if vending machines are present. Weapons are not left in cars. They are stored in the armory.
My towns police station is 5 kilometers out of town on a very lightly used highway, despite only having 6 officers (Instead of the 50 in my last town), it has a lot of weapons, crowd control equipment, holding cells, almost 360 degree outer surveillance and nearly full coverage interior surveillance, no helipad but a flat roof large enough to land a civilian heli on as well as quite the stockpile of emergency medical supplies and rations.
Lack of food for SURE should be a "con". There might be *some* food in the break room, and I suppose in the evidence locker.... I don't know why food would be evidence.... Anyways, not enough for more than a few days though. Not like a school, mall, prison, store, which would potentially have a ton of food...
honestly the one "pro" I could think of, is the holding cells. not only would it be used for individual sleeping quarters like in TWD but it could be used to trap one, and help understand more effective ways to eleminate them without much risk also the motor pool, place to get gas, parts, or tools, car or not its still something, especially if you and members of your group could find a semi-working one, and haul it back for scouting runs, or just to blair the radio and go down the road a ways. draw em off the station, kill the sound, and swing on back, picking up supplies on the way.
It would kind of be like going to the military base- 1. the cops are using it themselves or 2. they used everything already as they would have to respond to an issues. Anything left would be the stuff that would take time to get to as your not going to have the keys or codes to get in/out.
