Difference between revisions of "GTA:Los Santos Police Service"

Each directorate is made up of 25 officers, with the exception of Specialist Operations which has 15. Each directorate has 4 operational teams consisting of Sergeants and Police Constables.[[File:GTA Police Structure.png|thumb|Police Structure]]

The Silver Command is made up of 3 officers. 1 Chief Superintendent (C/Supt) and 2 Superintendents (Supt). The Bronze Command is made up of 1 Chief Inspector (C/Insp) and 2 Inspectors (Insp) for each directorate with the exception of Specialist Operations which only has 1 Inspector. Within Frontline and Traffic there are 4 teams each led by a Sergeant each with 10 Constables. In Specialist Operations there are only 3 teams.

This is the primary area of the LSPS, responding to all kinds of incidents ranging from public disorder, misuse of drugs and anti-social behaviour. Headed by an Inspector and 3 Sergeants, the main role of Frontline Policing is to be proactive and responding to various calls whilst also partaking in raids on addresses link to serious and organised crime. They utilise Incident Response Vehicles and Area Cars.

Roads Policing officers are specially trained in enforcing road traffic laws and high speed pursuits. They are also trained in tactical pursuit tactics such as TPACs and Hard Stops in order to prevent offenders who attempt to escape via the roads. They utilise Traffic Pursuit Vehicles. Each vehicle performing Roads Policing duties is assigned the Romeo-Papa callsign.

This is the entry stage into the LSPS, newly recruited officers will undergo their initial training (OST) and then be guided by Training Officers throughout their probation. After completion of a development plan, Probationary Constables will be promoted to Constable and assigned to a team within Frontline. Recruitment & Development is headed by an Inspector and 2 Sergeants, one focusing on teaching core skills to probationary constables and the other prioritising the training in advanced skills of regular constables.

Specialist operations is a cluster of multiple units. Starting with the firearms unit: Officers in this directorate consist of Authorised Firearms Officers (AFO) and Specialist Firearms Officers (SFO). They utilise Armed Response Vehicles (ARV) in Tactical Support Teams (TST) to respond to firearms and violent crime incidents, as well as working as trojan proactive units as visible armed response vehicle patrols in areas of high crime to deter those who pose a threat. Each vehicle performing specialist operations duties is assigned the Zulu callsign while the officers inside have their own Trojan callsign.  

The Dog Support unit has a same structure as NPAS and MPO, where 1 inspector and 1 sergeant is leading within specialist operations, and the members are part of frontline, traffic or firearms. Dog handlers are highly trained to use dogs for searching, defending themselves and normal patrol duties. They utilise the Skoda Suburb.  

The Marine Policing Operations is specialised in water operations, and lead by 1 inspector and 1 sergeant. They are trained in diving operations, and conducting costal/waterborne policing. They utilise 2 boats the island class patrol vessel and the artic RHIB and one land vehicle the ford ranger. Within the unit there are different levels of officers starting from police diver going up to 1st coxswain.  

Junior Ranks and Trainees:

*Probationary Police Constable (P/Constable): "PC" written on the epaulette with "Police Constable", name and collar number also displayed.

*Police Constable (Constable): "PC" Written on the epaulette with "Police Constable", name and collar number also displayed. Note that any officer above Police Constable has passed all their initial training as provided by the Police Academy and therefore at this point officers become entirely responsible for their own decision making in relation to the National Decision Model (NDM)

Bronze Command:

*Sergeant (Sgt): Three pointing-down chevrons above the divisional call sign and shoulder number, officers above this rank may have additional powers to authorise specific actions.

*Inspector (Insp): Two Order of the Bath stars, informally known as "pips".

*Chief Inspector (C/Insp): Three pips.

Silver Command:

*Superintendent (Supt): Single crown, this is the first Silver Command rank.

* Chief Superintendent (C/Supt): Single crown over one pip.

*BMW M5 (interceptor)