[INFORMATION] General Information

General Information

Los Santos Police Department
Police Headquarters
Pershing Square
Los Santos, San Andreas

LOS SANTOS POLICE DEPARTMENT
POLICE ACADEMY
GENERAL INFORMATION

(( Policies and Procedures:

- As a cadet, you may not respond to situations, the only exception is when you're patrolling with another officer.

- You may use the department radio to call for assistance and communicate with other departments about anything that is relevant as long as you're an Officer or above, Cadets may use the department radio to call for backup only.

- If any other department wants to communicate with our department, allow someone from the HC to answer it (Chief > Assistant > Captain > Lieutenant > Sergeant) respectively, if none of them are available, you may respond.

- Remain respectful all the time when speaking to other officers, agencies or civilians, act in a professional way and try to avoid misunderstandings.

- If a suspect is wanted, you may immediately taze him without giving a warn.

- Make sure to detain the suspect quickly when there's a group of people standing around you, they could be just a group of curious citizens or some people waiting for the perfect moment to open fire against you. Let's not give them a chance to do so, right? Be smart and effective.

Using your radio

- Do not interrupt when someone's updating, if you need to report something which is not urgent, use the radio chat.

- Shootouts are and will always be our priority as they're much more dangerous than a simple traffic stop. If there's someone updating a 10-26 or 10-80 and a shootout begins, the officer involved in the shootout will have the primary to speak about the situation.

- Always use your radio to update situations, even if it's just a simple traffic stop on someone driving a sweeper.

- Don't hesitate to call for assistance, we're much stronger when we are working together and as a team. If you've heard the information that someone is FM5 for example, use your department radio to notify other agencies and get their support.

- Please avoid speaking about irrelevant information in RTO, you could be disturbing other officers when they're trying to focus.

- When it comes to shootouts, you need to respond immediately if someone has called for backup (/backup) and updated a location, if they just said 'Shoots fired.' you can easily use your detective job and /find the officer who called for assistance, please avoid asking questions like "What's the beacon?" "How much is 10 plus 5?" "Martin, can you respawn cars?" etc, if you don't know who called for backup, you may download  and it will show you in-game who's currently speaking. That means, if an officer is currently involved in a shootout, you should allow him to focus on the shootout, if he's no longer in danger or feels comfortable to update while shooting, then he can update and give you detailed information about what's going on, but avoid asking questions.

Responding to situations:

- If an officer is currently on a 10-80 and only requested one additional unit for assistance, the first one who responds with a "10-76" is allowed to respond, we don't need ten units for some guy driving a tampa.

- A simple "10-76" is enough, you don't have to tell a story about your life when you're responding.

- Pay attention to the backup calls and 911 calls, answer them, if you're responding to another agency, notify them by using your department radio or get your partner to do that.


Pursuits

- Be organized, do not interrupt another officer if he's attempting a 10-62.

- Listen carefully to the update, try to use barricades or spikes to immobilize the suspect's vehicle.

- If you're currently chasing a most wanted or a FM5 suspect, advise your partner to open fire and disable the vehicle and if you get the chance, taze the suspect so we can avoid going to the hospital to catch him. (DON'T RUSHTAZE!!!!!)


Pulling over truckers

- If a trucker is currently delivering illegal goods (materials, weapons or narcotics) you may detain the suspect and charge him for distribution of illegal weapons (for materials and weapons) or distribution of illegal narcotics (drugs).

- You may not issue a ticket to a trucker if it's a "routine traffic stop", he shouldn't be punished for doing his job. However, if he was reckless driving you have the option to issue a ticket or let him go with a warning.


Frequently Asked Questions



Question: Yo Martin, can I rush to the airport and deliver a most wanted?
Answer: If you have the suspect detained, you're not being shot at and LSI is clear with no suspects waiting for you there, you may.

Question: I've been in PD for ages, never did anything wrong, I'm very active and still haven't got a promotion. What am I doing wrong and what do I have to do to be promoted?
Answer: If you're being active and doing the job properly you should be promoted very soon. Officers who communicate well and report situations will obviously get more attention from the high command. There are some positions which require leadership abilities, some people can lead and some can't, if we notice we can use you to be a member of the high command, we'll contact you.

Question: Do I have to roleplay /frisk? What about ooc frisk?
Answer: Yes, you do. You need to always give the player a chance to respond to your roleplay, we do have a few exceptions for /detain and /cuff, but if the player is roleplaying resistance, you must roleplay accordingly. There is no such thing called "ooc frisk" and you get can get prisoned for powergaming if you do not roleplay frisking someone.

Question: I just saw an officer driving a Sultan. Can I drive it too?
Answer: We have fast cars in the garage for high speed pursuits only, because it's not an easy task to catch up with an Infernus using a regular police cruiser. You need to be a member of Traffic Enforcement to drive these cars or have permission from Captain or above.

Question: Cadets can not respond to situations when they're not with another officer or on MPS duty, okay, but what if I witness a shootout?
Answer: Call for assistance, keep a safe distance and wait for additional units to arrive before taking any action. You're still learning to become an officer, it wouldn't be safe to make decisions on your own yet, just report the situation and the suspect's description to the dispatch.

Question: Can you respawn cars, Martin?
Answer: I can, but Captains and the Assistant can do it too! Feel free to ask them too as our suggestion to make /respawnfreefactionvehs available for Lieutenants isn't implemented yet. If they aren't available, /report for an administrator.

Question: Shit, someone logged to avoid arrest and I only got a screenshot. What can I do?
Answer: Post a roleplay or send it to me on discord if I'm available.

Question: Someone just walked in the garage when I opened the gate. What should I do?
Answer: Tell him to leave, if he doesn't comply, arrest him for trespassing and failure to comply.

Question: MDC is not working, Martin. How do I check someone's criminal record or which members are in our department?
Answer: You may access the ucp  to have access to criminal record, member's list, phonebook and some other informations about your character

Question: How do I check if someone's wanted for debt?
Answer: It's a difficult situation. You're gonna have to check the UCP, type the suspect's name and check if he has committed any crime recently, because when someone's wanted for debt, random charges will be added to his name in /mdc but the UCP will show if any charges were recently added or not. Let's say you're arresting someone on February 8th and his last charge was on January 11th, he could've not played during all this period (which is rare) or he could be in debt, you can also /report for an administrator to check his total wealth and see if he's in debt or not. Currently we're trying to get a script which will show 'Debt' charge in the /mdc so you don't have to go through this process.

Question: I got a suspect wanted for debt in custody, he never showed any resistance and I've found nothing illegal on him. Should I release him?
Answer: It's up to you, but I would release him. Our department should be focusing on criminals who have committed offenses like attempted murder, reckless driving, possession of illegal firearms, etc and not on some poor guy who lost a few dicebets.