Main hall

The Main Hall of the Raccoon City Police Department is a location featured prominently in Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil Outbreak File 2. It also appears in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.

Room description
The main hall was used as the central hub for all activity by the officers of Raccoon City. During the Raccoon City outbreak, it was used as a shelter by survivors. There is a statue on the lower level of the Main Hall that opens a passageway when all of its Emerald Plates are in place. The statue also holds a key; it is dropped from the vase the statue is holding when the Unicorn Medal is placed in its slot. The statue is a remnant from when the police station served as Raccoon City's art museum. The Main Hall branches off via three doors: One door leads to the detective's offices (the hallway with the pay phones), another door leads to the waiting room, and the last door leads to the officer's lobby. There is also an extendable ladder located on the wall opposite the main doors.

The hall's central focus is the reception desk, which houses a computer, a filing system, and a typewriter (presumably for taking down incident reports, so as not to tie up the hall's lone computer). Although Resident Evil 3: Nemesis depicts the doors to the detective's offices and waiting area as being boarded up and blocked off, they are simply locked in other games.

Further notes

 * This is one of the most frequently-visited rooms in the entire series, appearing in a grand total of five console games.
 * In Operation Raccoon City, the main hall is portrayed differently than in previous games, having blood and papers scattered everywhere.
 * Until Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, an enemy had never been seen on the bottom floor.