Police Quest Timeline

The timeline for the Police Quest and SWAT games is not consistent, therefore it is not possible to use the following article as an official timeline of events, but rather just an assortment of referenced dates.

The original three games more or less are in order chronologically. Although in some cases, especially in the file cabinets and crime computer in Police Quest 2, two or more dates were given for the same event. Sometimes the dates given put the events out of order from their occurences in the previous game.

The games have commonly given reoccuring characters multiple birthdates over the course of the series.

The remake of Police Quest 1 actually set the events in game one year after date of events in Police Quest 3. Below is a list of dates in chronological order with reference to were the dates originate.

Note:For the case of Police Quest 2 dates, the source of the date will be given wherever the dates in the file cabinet and crime computer are at odds. Some alternate birth dates may exist due to the character's alternate identities.

Game Chronology

3/20/1928

Moffet Dickey is born (PQ2).

7/27/1928

John Dooley is born (PQ2).

1/2/1930

Jaspar Loofin is born (PQ2).

2/10/1930

Mary Loofin is born (PQ2).

6/21/1933

Maynard Fogg is born (PQ2).

4/19/1934

Peter Swift is born (PQ2).

11/30/1935

Kenneth Smith is born (PQ2).

9/11/1937

Robert Bridford is born (PQ2).

3/1/1939

Jason Taselli/Marvin Hoffman's birthdate in Lytton's crime computer database (PQEGA/PQ2).

9/20/1939

Calvin Haines is born (PQ2).

1/25/1940

Robert Adams is born (PQ2).

2/14/1940

Frank Catskill is born (PQ2).

3/26/1940

Kenneth Mills is born (PQ2).

4/10/1945

Mario Gelepsi is born (PQ2).

11/13/1945

Lorin South is born (PQ2).

2/19/1948

Donald Colby is born (PQ2).

2/20/1948

Jonathan Dooley is born (PQVGA)

4/10/1948

Laura Watts is born (PQ2).

4/22/1948

Fletcher Hall is born (PQ2).

6/12/1948

Lloyd Pratt is born (PQ2).

10/30/1948

James Pierson is born (PQ2).

3/1/1949

Marvin Hoffman's birthdate in the police Hoffman file.

4/22/1949

Julia South is born (PQ2).

4/22/1950

William Jerome is born (PQ2).

5/18/1950

Keith Robinson is born (PQ2).

2/3/1951

John Willis is born (PQ2).

3/13/1951

Steve Jones is born (PQ2).

11/30/1951

Jessie Bain's date of birth (PQ2).

10/30/1952

Sonny Bonds is born (PQ2).

2/14/1953

Marie Wilkans is born (PQ2)

4/20/19xx

Marie Wilkans Bonds birthday (PQ3 Manual).

4/28/1955

Birthdate on fake Leroy Pierson id (PQ1EGA).

3/15/1956

George Snow is born (PQ2).

6/2/1956

Birthdate on the fake Marvin HOffman id (PQ1EGA).

8/22/1956

Rambus Botts is born (PQ2).

6/15/1958

John Dooley is appointed to the Lytton Police Department (PQ2).

6/30/1958

Sonny Bonds is born (PQ3).

3/3/1960

John Dooley helps break up the largest auto theft ring in the history of Lytton (PQ2).

7/19/1960

Wilma Snider is born.

12/7/1960

Norma Quikel is born.

2/6/1961

Marvin Hoffman's birthdate according to his police file at Lytton Police Department (PQ1VGA).

2/14/1961

Woodrow Roberts is born (PQ2).

12/15/1961

Calvin Haines is appointed to Lytton PD (PQ2).

2/10/1963

Lonny West is born (PQ2).

3/15/1963

Jose Valencia is born (PQ2).

4/2/1963

James Simpson is born (PQ2).

4/22/1963

Kim Walters is born (PQ2).

6/19/1963

Granandez is born (PQ2).

8/24/1963

Laura Watts is born (PQ1VGA)

3/1/1964

Laura Waters is born (PQ2).

8/17/1964

Jack Mulkins is born (PQ2).

6/6/1965

Chico Martinez is born (PQ2)

6/15/1965

Robert Adams is assigned to Lytton PD (PQ2).

6/21/1965

Richard Martinez is born (PQ2)

4/10/1966

Sonny Bonds is born (PQ1VGA)

4/14/1966

Victor Simms is born (PQ2).

8/17/1966

Clyde Ramsey is born (PQ2).

12/15/1966

Fletcher Hall is appointed to Lytton PD (PQ2).

2/26/1967

Robin Jones is born (PQ2).

3/30/1969

Censurable Reports for Robert Adams (PQ2).

6/15/1969

Laura Watts and Kenneth Mills are appointed to Lytton Police Department (PQ2).

12/15/1970

Mario Gelepsi is appointed to Lytton PD (PQ2).

4/2/1971

Laura Waters rescues a small child from an irrigation ditch (PQ2).

12/15/1971

Sonny Bonds and Lloyd Pratt are appointed to the Lytton Police Department (PQ2).

3/1/1972

Laura Watts successfully diverts traffic to an alternate route to avoid an area effected by mud slides and road closures (PQ2).

3/15/1972

James Pierson is appointed to Lytton PD (PQ2).

2/3/1973

Mario Gelepsi is accused of being belligerent and verbally abusive while stopping a party for a traffic violation (PQ2).

4/16/1973

James Pierson was put under report for three preventable traffic accidents during a month period.

6/2/1973

Robert Adams receives a community involvement reward (PQ2).

9/3/1973

Lloyd Pratt is wounded in the line of duty (PQ2).

3/1/1975

Mario Gelepsi is presented with the "Outstanding Effort" award (PQ2).

4/8/1976

Lloyd Pratt saves a child from a burning vehicle (PQ2).

6/xx/1976

Sonny Bonds is a Cadet at the Lytton Police Academy (PQ3 Manual).

5/15/1976

Jonathan Dooley is hired by the Lytton Police Department (PQ1VGA).

10/20/1976

Banes was released from a state penitentiary, serving a short sentence for armed robbery he commited as a teenager. While in the state penitentiary he recruited a gang of robberts and murderers...

11/1976

Bains murders several people.

12/15/1976

John Willis is appointed to Lytton PD (PQ2).

3/1/1977

Calvin Haines is dispatched to Cotton Cove to subdue a nude white male. The suspect tossed his badge into the cove (PQ2).

6/15/1977

Steve Jones is appointed to Lytton PD (PQ2).

5/5/1978

Robert Adams is accused of insubordination and failing to maintain himself in a professional manner (PQ2).

6/15/1978

William Jerome is appointed to Lytton PD (PQ2).

6/3/1978

Lloyd Pratt saves a heart attack victims life by performing CPR (PQ2).

6/5/1978

Fletcher Hall's outstanding investigative methods successfully bring about the arrest of Slinkard Pington.

6/15/1979

Keith Robinson is assigned to Lytton PD.

2/2/1980

John Willis successfully holds off three membes of a motorcycle gang using only his PR/24 (PQ2).

5/3/1980

Bain and Elizabeth Gomez are caught smuggling heroin in the diaper of a eight year old baby boy. The case is dismissed due to no warrant.

5/22/1980

Steve Jones rams a vehicle he was chasing and arrests the suspect (PQ2).

6/3/1980

James Pierson assists a women in giving birth in the back of a car outside the police station (PQ2).

6/9/1981

William Jerome receives a gold medal and Kenneth Mills receives a bronze medal during the shooting event of the Summer Police Olympics (PQ2).

12/8/1981

Keith Robinson successfully manages traffic at the site of a double fatal accident on the Lytton Freeway.

12/24/1981

Lloyd Pratt is accused of insubordination, alleged of on-duty drug consumption (PQ2).

5/5/1982

Jose Valencia convicted for possession of narcotics and assault on a police officer (PQ2).

7/22/1982

Chico Martinez convicted of sale of narcotics (PQ2).

6/14/1983

Granandez is convicted for auto theft.

8/15/1983

Lonny West is murdered by Jason Taselli (PQ2 crime coputer)

8/20/1983

Chico Martiniz is murdered (PQ2).

9/7/1983

Jason Taselli is arrested by Sonny Bonds (PQ1EGA)

9/9/1983

Jason Taselli is murdered by Jessie Bains (PQ2 File Cabinet).

9/15/1983

Lonny West is murdered by Jason Taselli (PQ2 File Cabinet).

Julia South is murdered by Lorin South.

10/5/1983

Donald Colby and Victor Simms are convicted for selling narcotics (PQ2).

10/22/1983

Lorin South is convicted of murder (PQ2).

10/25/1983

Woodrow Roberts is convicted (PQ2).

Jessie Bains is convicted (PQ2 File Cabinet).

1/4/1984

Laura Watts is caught exposing her as the "Gremlin" (PQ2).

1/15/1984

Bains is caught in New Hampshire, and is charged with the murder of a fourteen year old girl. The conviction was reversed after the Supreme Court judge ruled that the search of his automobile had been unreasonable.

12/16/1984

Mary Loofin is murdered by Jaspar Loofin (PQ2).

12/5/1985

Frank Catskill is convicted of 2nd offense of extortion.

3/7/1985

Fletcher Hall fails to pass physical performance test (PQ2).

3/15/1985

Laura Waters is appointed to Lytton PD (PQ2). Kenneth Smith is murdered (PQ2).

4/14/1985

William Jerome misuses his sick time (PQ2).

6/15/1985

James Simpson and Kim Walters are appointed to Lytton PD (PQ2).

8/1/1985

Kim Walters becomes team leader the protective service unit assigned to the mayor Thomas Schmuck (PQ2).

8/5/1985

Wilma Snider is convicted for selling narcotics (PQ2).

11/12/1985

Rambus Botts is convicted of murder (PQ2).

12/14/1985

Sonny Bonds is hired by Lytton Police Department (PQ3).

2/20/1986

Richard Martinez is murdered by Granandez.

4/2/1986

Donald Colby moves to Steelton (PQ2).

6/6/1986

George Snow is convicted of selling narcotics (PQ2).

6/10/1986

Laura Watts is hired by the Lytton Police Department.

6/13/1986

Bains is caught smuggling contraband drugs in a small town in Massachusetts. He was released three years later.

7/5/1986

Maynard Fogg is convicted for 13th offense of pornography.

9/9/1986

Jason Taselli is murdered by Jessie Bains (PQ2 crime computer).

10/3/1986

Moffet Dickey is convicted for narcotics possession (PQ2).

10/20/1986

Peter Swift is murdered (PQ2).

12/1/1986

James Simpson assigned to traffic and as a member of "B" sector team. The team successfully reduced accidents by 20% that year (PQ2).

12/4/1986

Jason Taselli steals a 45 caliber, automatic handgun in Chicago (PQ1EGA).

12/6/1986

George Snow's parole date.

2/5/1987

Sonny Bonds promoted to Narcotics Detective (PQ3 Manual).

6/5/1987

Robert Bridford is convicted for 3rd offense of Book Making (PQ2).

6/6/1987

Robin Jones is convicted of narcotics possession (PQ2).

6/18/1987

Norma Quickel is arrested for possession and sale of narcotics (PQ2).

8/9/1987

James Simpson verbally abused and spit at a child beating suspect. He receives a 2 day suspension without pay for conduct unbecoming of an officer.

8/20/1987

Grenandez is convicted for murder.

3/2/1987

Jose Valencia faces probation violation charges (PQ2).

5/15/1987

Jessie Bains is arrested (PQ3 Manual).

6/6/1987

Robin Jones is convicted for narcotics possession (PQ2).

10/25/1987

Jessie Bains is convicted (PQ2 crime computer).

12/27/1987

Kim Walters receives a Commendation Award for her successful team leadership of the protective service unit assigned to the Mayor (PQ2).

1/20/1988

Sonny Bonds is commendated for the capture and conviction of Jessie Bains, and having received the Key to the City in 1987 (PQ2).

5/15/1988

Jessie Bains is convicted (PQ3 Manual).

6/12/1988

Sonny Bonds performance between 6/1/87 and 6/1/88 are evaluated (PQ3 Manual).

6/30/1988

Sonny Promoted to Homicide Detective (PQ3 Manual).

11/25/1988

Sonny and Marie Bond's wedding anniversery (PQ3 Manual)

9/10/1989

Police report to the press that Jessie Bains was killed by Sonny Bonds (PQ3 Manual).

9/20/1989

Internal Review rules that Bains death was justifiable homicide (PQ3 Manual).

9/1/1990

Laura Watts is promoted to Detective in the Narcotics division (PQ1VGA).

11/1/1990

Lorin South's Parole Date (PQ2).

1/30/1991

Sonny Bonds promoted to Sergeant Detective (PQ3 Manual).

4/1/1991

Sonny Bonds is hired by Lytton Police Department (PQ1VGA)

9/14/1991

Bonds stops and issues a ticket to Juan Jose Ruiz. Later that day Marie is Stabbed by Micheal Bains. (PQ3)

5/15/1992

Joseph Taber is promoted to Detective in the Burglary division at Lytton Police Department (PQ1VGA).

xx/xx/1992

Jessie Bains is arrested (PQ1VGA).

xx/xx/1999

SWAT 2

xx/xx/2005

SWAT 3

Other Dates

xx/xx/1968 or 1971

Sonny Bonds is appointed to Lytton Police Department (PQ1EGA). Three seperate dates are givein PQ1EGA including 9/7/83 (Sonny arrests Jason Taselli), 1985 (Taselli FBI warrant, #219293-1985, and 1985 Yamamama motorcycle), and 12/4/86 (Gun stolen in Chicago by Jason Taselli). Sonny is said to be a 15 year veteran of Lytton PD, this would place his appointment at 1968 (15 before 1983) or 1971 (15 years before 1986). Note that PQ2 placed his appointment on 12/15/1971.

5/8/xx (Monday)

Police Quest 1 begins (Official Book of PQ). The novelization is based on the PQ1EGA version, however the year when the game takes place is unclear both in PQ1, PQ2, and PQ3, the year could be either 1983, 1986 or 1987.

6/xx/xx

Police Quest 2 begins (Official Book of PQ). This would most likely be 6/xx/1989.