This Red Dead Redemption 2 mod lets you play sheriff and actually enforce the law

Red Dead Redemption First Response (RDRFR) is a mod for Red Dead Redemption 2 that flips the script entirely — instead of playing an outlaw, you badge up and enforce the law. You can be a small-town sheriff, a marshall hunting fugitives, or a beat cop in the bustling city of St. Denis.

Getting started is simple: walk into any town's sheriff's office (marked with a star on your map), activate the mod via the ledger on the desk, and you're on duty. A wardrobe inside lets you pick your uniform — classic St. Denis cop, marshall's outfit, or plain cowboy clothes with a star pinned to the vest. You can also cycle through randomized lawman character models until you find one you like. Go off duty and you snap back to Arthur Morgan. On the job, citizens run up to report crimes, you interrogate locals for clues, and you chase down fugitives with your lasso — or your gun, if it comes to that. The mod draws a clear line from the LCPDFR and similar mods for GTA 4 and GTA 5 that let players work the other side of the law.

In practice, things go sideways fast. A stolen horse in Tumbleweed refuses to be calmed and eats an entire in-game day of failed attempts. The first fugitive shoots the player dead before an arrest can happen. A partner guns down a suspect already caught in a lasso. A jailed outlaw, not frisked, pulls a knife and stabs the player — who then accidentally kills him with a punch while holding a knife. Small towns turn out to be a rough proving ground when there are only a handful of NPCs who can secretly be the villain.

St. Denis is where it finally clicks. A fugitive is found calmly eating dinner in a saloon, and a proper arrest goes down — guns drawn, hands up, frisked, tied up, backup called in by police whistle. It's messy, it's chaotic, and it's exactly the kind of emergent chaos that makes RDR2 mods worth playing.