My suggestion is to get the Remington SPS-V in .308. I believe it's Dicks that runs the package deal ...like $500-$550 for the rifle and a scope (cheapie), rings, and a base. Get the rifle...Ditch the optic/rings/base and sell those. That will bring the cost of the rifle down to about $400-$450 ish. From there you can buy a proper base and rings (Badger/Near MFG...) and still be under what you're looking at paying for a 700 Police. The rifles are the same. Identical barrel/trigger/action. The difference is the stock. The SPS-V stock is cheap but will hold you over until you can find a good stock that you like...and allows you to get shooting earlier. Go for the rifle first so you can get it set up and all you have to do is find your smoking deal on a scope and pick that up as well. On that note...don't buy rings until you know what height you'll need...buy those last after the scope.

If you're content with the stock on the 700 Police and you can live with that then just pick up the police. I'd personally save the money. If you're not dead set on Remington....Savage is the best rifle out there under $800 right now. It'll shoot sub-moa out of the box and the trigger is far better than the new Remington X-Mark triggers. The Savages are ugly as sin but they put them in decent stocks now and it's worth looking into if you really want an accurate rifle. If you're worried more about looks get the Remington.