Bugged Criminal Career

[kiwigirl]

I had my Sim join the Criminal Career in Sunset Valley, but when he got to work, he couldn't get inside! I got him to go home then teleport back and he still couldn't get in, so he quit his job, then went back in to rejoin the career and he still couldn't get inside! Does this usually happen? I've never had a Sim in the Criminal career so I don't know much about it. Is there a cheat I can use to help it?

[Jonna]

This happened to me once, a long while ago.  Have you tried searching the forum for a solution?  Pretty sure that whatever I did, I found it on here.  I think it might have been as simple as to go to Edit Town, change the lot type to Residential and then back to Community.  If that doesn't work, try editing the lot, deleting the building, and replacing it (if you're unaware where the rabbit holes are, go to Build > Community Objects and then scroll down until you find the building).

[revolution724]

I've had a bug sometimes with Criminal where my Sim can't go to work right after getting promoted - is that what happened to you?  Or your Sim couldn't go to work on the first day?

[Asleep]

From the Sims wikia:
There is a bug associated with this building. It occurs after a Sim fulfills the "Doomsday" (Law Enforcement career opportunity). What happens is that the game creates an invisible barrier which prevents you from entering the building. To correct this, you must go into build mode for this particular lot (edit town - edit community lot) and then use the "moveobjects on" cheat to freely move the main building a few squares until you can safely "clear" the area around the entrance with the bulldozer tool. You cannot delete the obstruction objects directly, because they do not show up, even in build mode! After you have used the bulldozer tool, move the building back into its original position, disable the cheat with "moveobjects off", save your town and exit into play mode again![citation needed]
Maybe it'll work for you?

[TGBlank]

Chiming in to confirm the existence of the bug mentioned by Simstar. Normally not a problem unless it's a legacy family or you hop families a lot (inactive sims don't do opportunities).

Still, different from kiwigirl's problem.