They commandeered an RPD cruiser and drove to the Raccoon Police Station to seek shelter and answers. Retreating into an alleyway he met Claire Redfield, another newcomer, who was herself fleeing from Zombies within a diner. In one account, he drove southwards into the city as normal and was surrounded by Zombies while investigating a body in the middle of the unusually quiet main road. Īccounts differ as to when Kennedy realised the crisis in the city. Driving through Arklay County, he passed through the highway blockade erected by the United States Army and Army National Guard, which had fallen due to the chaos within the city. In one count of events, his journey to Raccoon City took place a week after a confusing phone call urging him not to come in to work. Kennedy continued driving into the city hungover and now late for reporting in to the station. Stopping at a motel for the night, he passed out from heavy-drinking and woke up on the afternoon of the 29th of September, on a Tuesday. Kennedy had no travel plans or apartment in Raccoon City, and in the hasty departure, his girlfriend broke up with him. Leon commenting on his first day as a Raccoon City Police Officer ' This is not how I imagined my first day.'
