GTA:Los Santos Police Service

Los Santos Police Service

Abbreviation	LSPS
Agency Overview
Formed	22nd Febuary 2020
Employees	280 Approximately
Legal Personality	Police Force
Jurisdiction
Operations Jurisdiction	San Andreas
Size	127km2 (49 sq mi)
Population	Around 29 Million
Structure
Overviewed by	Police Command Home Office Judiciary
Headquarters	Mission Row Police Station
Agency Executives	C/Supt Barry Greenhalgh Supt Matthew Miller Supt Alfie McCoy Vacant Superintendent Position
Facilities
Mission Row Police Station Vespucci Police Station Sandy Shores Police Station Paleto Bay Police Station Davis Police Station
Website
Los Santos Police Service

The Los Santos Police Service (LSPS) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement across San Andreas, covering an area of 127 km².

See below for information on applying to Join the LS Police Service. (Response times are usually between 24 hours and 72 hours however all members are volunteers and could take longer)

Operational Structure

The following chart shows the LSPS' structure, including its divisions, sub-divisions and what ranks you will find at what level within the service:

Police Command

The Silver Command is made up of four officers. One Chief Superintendent (C/Supt) and three Superintendents (Supt). These officers are responsible and ultimately accountable for the LSPS. The role is very managerial however they generally do not get involved in specific issues as the chain of command usually takes care of most day-to-day matters.

Chief Superintendent
Barry Greenhalgh
Superintendents
Matthew Miller	Alfie McCoy	Vacant

Frontline Policing

Frontline are the bulk of the LSPS, providing the residents a gold standard policing. They are the team that you will see day to day. They will be the first to attend most incidents.

Response

Response policing officers perform standard patrols around the Los Santos area whilst responding to incidents and 999 calls.

This is the primary area of the LSPS, responding to all kinds of incidents ranging from public disorder, misuse of drugs and anti-social behavior. 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 utilize Incident Response Vehicles and Area Cars.

Since 2024 Response is also responsible for the units previously belonging to Police Operations which is now disbanded. These units are NPAS, DSU, PSU and MPO

National Police Air Service

Officers in this directorate consists of pilots who pass flight training and tests. They specialise in air surveillance, pursuits and searching suspects. There is one sergeant who is leading the unit. Everyone who is part of the unit as a pilot, are regular officers in Frontline and Traffic or command of Specialist Operations.

Dog Support Unit

The Dog Support Unit has the same structure as NPAS and MPO, where a sergeant is leading the sub-unit, 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.

Marine Policing Operations

The Marine Policing Operations is specialized in water operations, and lead by one Sergeant. They are trained in diving operations, and conducting costal and waterborne policing. They utilize 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.

Police Support Unit

The Police Support Unit is the "Riot" unit of the LSPS. It handles anything from large scale public disorder or cordons in large raids to doing low/medium risk raids and assisting other units with snatch and grabs. PSU is led by a PSU SGT and has quite an extensive authorization structure, as such it's not classed as a standard patrol unit. It also has access to a water cannon vehicle.

Rural Crime Patrol

The Rural Crime Patrol is a specialised law enforcement unit that operates in the rural areas of Los Santos. Their main goal is to prevent and investigate crimes that affect Rangers, hunters, and other residents living in rural areas.

Initial Investigation Team

The Initial Investigation Team is tasked with the initial stages of investigations ranging from gathering eye witness reports to forensics.

Recruitment and Development

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 prioritizing the training in advanced skills of regular constables.

Roads Policing

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 utilize Traffic Pursuit Vehicles. Each vehicle performing Roads Policing duties is assigned the Romeo-Papa callsign.

Firearms Unit

Starting with the Firearms unit: Officers in this directorate consist of Authorised Firearms Officers (AFO) and Specialist Firearms Officers (SFO). They utilize Armed Response Vehicles (ARVs) to respond to firearms and violent crime incidents, as well as working proactively in areas of high crime to deter potential offenders. Each vehicle performing specialist operations duties is assigned the Zulu callsign while the officers inside have their own Xray callsign.

Criminal Investigations Department

The Criminal Investigations Department is the LSPS' investigatory department and is the successor to the NCA. It is made up of plain-clothes detectives. CID undertake investigations into OCGs and serious and organised crime ranging from bank robberies to drug manufacturing. CID is headed by a Detective Inspector and three Detective Sergeants. The CID follows a parallel rank structure to uniformed police, from top to bottom, being made up of Detective Constable, Detective Sergeant, Detective Inspector and Detective Chief Inspector.

Ranks

The Los Santos Police Service uses the standard British Police ranks, indicated by shoulder boards (epaulettes), up to Chief Superintendent.

Officers and Trainees:

• Probationary Police Constable (P/Constable): Still in some stage of training.
• Police Constable (Constable): Has passed all basic training and is a fully fledged police officer. Most officers within the LSPS hold this rank.

Bronze Command:

• Sergeant (Sgt): First rank within Bronze Command and often includes further managerial duties.
• Inspector (Insp): Head of a division such as Firearms or Response.
• Chief Inspector (C/Insp): Oversees multiple divisions as the head of Frontline, CID, Tactical Operations or PSD.

Silver Command:

• Superintendent (Supt): First rank within Silver Command. Oversees the entire police force.
• Chief Superintendent (C/Supt): The LSPS' highest operational rank and is hence ultimately responsible and accountable for the LSPS as a whole.

Gold Command:

• Assistant Chief Constable (ACC)
• Deputy Chief Constable (DCC)
• Chief Constable (CC)

Los Santos Police Service Ranks

	Training Ranks	Police Officers	Bronze Command			Silver Command		Gold Command
	Probationary Police Constable	Police Constable	Sergeant	Inspector	Chief Inspector	Superintendent	Chief Superintendent	Assistant Chief Constable	Deputy Chief Constable	Chief Constable
Epaulette
Paycheck	£ 840	£ 960	£ 1080	£ 1300	£ 1540	£ 1860	£ 1960	£ 1960	£ 1960	£ 1960
		Officers in investigatory departments have the 'Detective' prefix in front of their rank. This signifies their specialised role but does not give them extra authority over uniformed counterparts.

Police officers are paid according to a uniform pay scale, which increases with each promotion, starting at £840 for Probationary Police Constable up to £1960 for C/Supt.

Joining the Police Service

In order to join, aspiring recruits have to fill out the official Application Form on the government website and, once received, applications will be reviewed by Recruitment and Development.

Resources

Fleet

The Los Santos Police Service operates and maintains a fleet of various types of vehicles which are used for a range of duties, these include:

• Incident Response Vehicles (IRV): Used for patrol and 999 emergency response.
• Traffic Pursuit Vehicles: Used by Roads Policing Units to enforce Road Traffic Rules and pursue those who attempt to escape via the roads.
• Armed Response Vehicles (ARV): Used by Firearms to transport their AFOs, SFOs and CTSFOs to incidents.