GTA:Los Santos Police Service

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Los Santos Police Service
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Abbreviation LSPS
Agency Overview
Formed 22nd Febuary 2020
Employees 280 Approximately
Legal Personality Police Force
Jurisdiction
Operations Jurisdiction San Andreas
Los Santos Terrain Sat.jpg
Size 127km2 (49 sq mi)
Population Around 29 Million
Structure
Overviewed by
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.

Operational Structure

The Los Santos Police Service is organised into the following directorates:

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 Sergreants and Police Constables.

 
Police Structure

Police Command

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 8 Constables. In Specialist Operations there are only 2 teams.

Police Command
Chief Superintendent
Shane Jones
Superintendents
Shepherd Kingston Barry Greenhalgh

Frontline Policing

Frontline policing officers perform standard patrols around the Los Santos area whilst responding to incidents and 999 calls. They ustilise Incident Response Vehicles and Area Cars. Each vehilce performing frontline policing duties is assigned the Yankee-Victor callsign.

Traffic Policing

Traffic 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 vehilce performing traffic policing duties is assigned the Romeo-Papa callsign.

Specialist Operations

Specialist Operations officers receive additional training in order to utilise firearms. 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 vehilce performing specialist operations duties is assigned the Trojan callsign.

Ranks

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

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.
Los Santos Police Service Ranks
Training Ranks Police Officers Bronze Command Silver Command (Police Command)
Probationary Police Constable Police Constable Sergeant Inspector Chief Inspector Superintendent Chief Superintendent
Epaulette
Paycheck £20 £40 £40 £50 £120 £110 £120
For a comparison of these ranks with other British police forces see Police Ranks of the United Kingdom

Police officers are paid according to a uniform pay scale, which increases with each promotion, starting at £TBD for PPCs up to £TBD for C/Supts.

Joining the Police Service

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

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) or Response Cars: Used for patrol and 999 emergency response.
  • Area Cars: Used for patrolling a particular district, and for 999 emergency response, these vehicles are driven by Bronze and Silver Command.
  • Traffic Pursuit Vehicles: Used by Traffic Policing Units to enforce Road Traffic Rules and pursue those who attempt to escape via the roads.
  • Armed Response Vehicles (ARV): Used by Armed Response to transport their Authorised Firearms Officers, SFOs and CTSFOs to incidents.

Vehicles

Incident Response Vehicles (IRV) or Response Cars - (used by Frontline Policing):

  • Ford Focus (Police Roadcruiser)
  • Skoda Octavia VRS
  • BMW R 1200RT (Police Bike)
  • Vauxhall Insignia Estate (White)

Traffic Pursuit Vehicles - (used by Traffic Policing):

  • Vauxhall Insignia Estate (Black)
  • Audi A4 TFSI 35
  • Volvo V90
  • BMW 530d Touring
  • BMW R 1200RT (Police Bike)

Armed Response Vehicles (ARV) - (used by Specialist Operations - Firearms):

  • Volvo XC90
  • BMW 330D Saloon
  • BMW X5 40d XDrive

Other

  • Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (Riot Van)
  • Mercedes-Benz Vito (Dog Van)

History

The Los Santos Police Service was formed on the 22nd February 2020, as a method of Policing Los Santos.