First of all, there are 4 NPC's in Streets that can spawn, 2 of them are guards and the other 2 are civilians<ref>{{cite web | url=https://forums.the-elite.net/index.php?topic=18518.msg389472#msg389472|title=the-elite facts topic post on guard spawns|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref> (I will not bother covering the civilians, but they work similarly to the guards). When you start up Streets and the cinemas begin to play, two 20 second timers are also started, one for each guard. After 20 seconds have passed, the timers are reset with a new value which is individually set for each guard. To easier keep track of things, let's call one of the guards RED and the other BLUE.