UNIT ROLES

Unit Roles will host every single type of unit that an officer may go on duty as, their deployment criteria (if applicable), and their responsibilities. This has been created to allow everyone to RP as their desired type of unit in the correct manner.

OFFICE OF OPERATIONS

Basic Patrol Unit

Basic Patrol Units are the bread and butter of any law enforcement agency. These are units that patrol areas, complete traffic stops, and respond to 911 calls in their area.

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San Andreas Highway Patrol: Due to the nature of their role, SAHP shall utilise the Lincoln callsign for normal field activities, with Adam callsign being used for a 2-person unit. When broadcasting, SAHP units shall omit their letter designator, and only utilize the numbers in their callsign.

Note: Further information about what SAHP units may or may not do can be found in 103.6 AGENCIES.

Extra Basic Patrol Unit

Extra Basic Patrol units are additional patrol units. These can be used when there's a minimum of three already on duty Basic Patrol units. Detectives assigned to uniform duties for a shift fall under this unit if authorized by the Watch Commander (for special events). Extra Basic Patrol units conduct the same duties as Basic Patrol units.

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San Andreas Highway Patrol: Due to the nature of their role, SAHP shall utilise the X-Ray callsign for normal field activities where the deployment criteria for X-Ray units are met. When broadcasting, SAHP units shall omit their letter designator, and only utilize the numbers in their callsign.

Foot Beat Unit

Foot Beat units are officers who patrol areas on foot. They drive out to busy areas, park up and begin patrolling on foot.

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Area Cycle Detail Unit

Area Cycle Detail units patrol areas by bicycle. Depending on the agency, they transport their bicycle by a vehicle to a specific location before unloading their bicycle.

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Report-Taking Unit

Report taking units patrol in the same way as Basic Patrol Units, however, they only respond to low risk calls and calls that only require a report to be taken, such as a theft report call, etc. Report taking units may respond to higher profile calls when assigned by a supervisor, or when requested by an on-scene unit. Report taking units shall respond to Help Calls. When responding to such scenes, they should be, so to speak "last one in, and first one out" (do note, this is not a rigid policy, just a philosophy that should guide their response). Report taking units are usually staffed by Police Officer I in the final stage of their field training. 

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Area Command Centre (ACC) Personnel

ACC personnel are assigned to the front desk at the station. They interact with members of the community who walk in and wish to communicate with police.

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Area Gang Enforcement Detail Unit

Area Gang Enforcement Detail units are Officers assigned to GED. Duties include: patrolling known gang locations; surveying known gang members; traffic stops in gang areas; and, responding to gang-related 911 calls, or 911 calls in gang areas. They are very proactive, identifying active gang members with hard, sufficient evidence through field interview cards, conducting interviews with other gang members whilst keeping in mind the fragile nature of maintaining the balance between gangs, etc. Officers shall use both community-oriented policing, making informal contacts with the community to address major problems with gangs, in the process gaining sources of information, and a broken-window-oriented strategy, in which Officers enforce minor crimes such as vandalism and public drinking to create an atmosphere of order and lawfulness, preventing serious crimes, anti-social behavior, and civil disorder which creates a progressively more crime-ridden urban environment.

If a case is to be made from evidence gathered during a patrol, the Gangs and Narcotics Division should be notified through an Investigation Forwarding form. 


Officers shall primarily respond to calls related to gang crimes, crimes in areas that are known to have gangs operating in them, or other high-profile or violent calls. Officers shall not respond to non-gang-related Priority II incidents, unless no other unit is available to attend the call, as per LE Manual Policy 304. GED Officers should generally avoid responding to Priority I incidents, unless the incident occurs in their assigned area, is gang-related, or no other units are available. Supervisors shall only respond to supervisor requests or situations that might require a supervisory presence only when no other supervisor is available. In addition, should there be no other supervisor on duty besides the gang unit supervisor, they should consider switching to basic patrol in order to be more versatile.


Deployment Criteria: Must be at least 3 basic patrol units on duty for every GED unit. Must be a Police Officer III or higher, however, the initiating Police Officer III may choose to allow a Police Officer II to ride along with them, in which they are responsible for them. Any Detective assigned to Gangs and Narcotics Division (GND) may choose to ride along with a Police Officer III as a GED unit and shall act as a liaison between GND and GED to promote the effectiveness of their patrol.
Uniform and Vehicles: Officers assigned to GED shall use their standard patrol uniform, Class A, B, or C, unless specified otherwise by a supervisor. They shall drive any GED vehicle found in the relevant Department section in the Vehicle Structure.
Agencies: LSSD's equivalent of GED is the Gang Enforcement Team (GET) and shall operate in the same manner as the LSPD. 

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Area Detective Unit

Detectives assigned to an area desk are well-rounded investigators, capable of tackling all of the most common aspects of crime. They are full time members of the Detective Bureau whose duties include investigation of crime scenes, interrogation of witnesses and suspects, and interception and apprehension of criminals, often cooperating with other divisions of the department. They might be deployed either on as-needed basis, or might be on standby at their assigned area station.


Deployment Criteria: Must be in Detective Bureau. Must be atleast 3 black-and-whites for every Area Detective unit waiting for a DB-related call at the station. In other cases, they are to patrol as a marked unit, switching to Detective on an as-needed basis.

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Watch Commander

Watch Commanders
Watch Commanders are officers put in charge of an entire watch (shift). They have many responsibilities including the following:

Note: For any agency that does not have a Lieutenant rank, a base rank Sergeant may be assigned as the Watch Commander.

Note: For any agency that does not have a Sergeant II rank, a base rank Sergeant may be assigned as the Watch Commander.

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Assistant Watch Commanders

Assistant Watch Commanders shall assist the Watch Commander with their duties, and may be designated by the Watch Commander to perform their duties. There shall be a Watch Commander on shift in order for an Assistant Watch Commander to deploy.

Deployment:

Note: For any agency that does not have a Sergeant II rank, a base rank Sergeant may be assigned as the Assistant Watch Commander.

Note: This should only be the case if the Watch Commander is a Sergeant II.

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Special Detail Unit

Special Detail Units are units that are assigned to a specialised detail within the department, such as Beach Detail, or LSSD Court Services Division. Some of these details have an entire SOP, such as LSSD Court Services Division, others take on responsibilities of a Basic Patrol Unit in a more specialised fashion, such as a Beach Detail Unit, or a Dirt Bike Unit. Supervisors may also designate other assignments as a Special Detail Unit, depending on the circumstances.

Beach Detail Unit:
Beach Detail Units are responsible for patrolling beaches that are popular tourist and recreation destination, providing policing presence and community policing. They are more flexible than regular patrol units due to their usage of police bicycles and vehicles that have been designed to go through uneven, sandy terrain of a beach. Beach Detail Units are expected to respond to Code 2 and Code 3 calls that are whithin the vicinity of their assigned beat, or those that are releveant to their duties. Beach Detail Units shall respond to Help Calls.


Deployment Criteria: May be outlined in Specialised Detail SOP, or supervisor's discretion.

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Special Problems Unit

Special Problems Units are units that are assigned to an area with the purpose of acting as a tactical team that connects the dots between gang affiliates, document-fraud rings, and burglary crews, also responding to assist with riots and unusual occurrences. 


Deployment Criteria: Shall be authorized by the Watch Commander.

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OFFICE OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS

Traffic Enforcement Unit

Traffic Enforcement units are officers assigned to traffic activities. Duties include: traffic stops; setting up speed radar positions; responding to traffic-related 911 calls; setting up checkpoints for example DUI checkpoints. Read through Traffic Division SOP for further information.

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San Andreas Highway Patrol: Due to the nature of their role, SAHP shall utilise the Edward callsign for Commercial Vehicle Enforcement. Normal SAHP units shall utilise the Basic Patrol unit type. When broadcasting, SAHP units shall omit their letter designator, and only utilize the numbers in their callsign.

Collision Investigation Unit

Collision Investigation units respond to TCs involving, but not limited to: department members; members of any other public safety agency; serious injury; or, death.

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San Andreas Highway Patrol: Due to the nature of their role, SAHP shall utilise the Tom callsign for Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team. When broadcasting, SAHP units shall omit their letter designator, and only utilize the numbers in their callsign.

Street Racing Taskforce

Los Santos Police Department Street Racing Taskforce officers are assigned to the entire County of Los Santos, often assisting other agencies' traffic enforcement arms with the purpose of takeover, exhibition of speed and street racing abatement. If operating outside of the City of Los Santos, the nearest Bureau's traffic division shall deploy.

Deployment Criteria: May deploy once 3 active basic patrol units are operating AND must have reasonable suspicion that a street race may occur, is occurring, or has recently occurred.
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San Andreas Highway Patrol: San Andreas Highway Patrol are responsible for Street Racing Taskforce anywhere outside of the County of Los Santos. SAHP units on duty as SRT shall utilize the Zebra callsign. When broadcasting, SAHP units shall omit their letter designator, and only utilize the numbers in their callsign.

Transit Services Unit

Officers of the LSPD and LSSD assigned to the Transit Services Unit patrol the infrastructure of the Los Santos Transit system, providing policing presence in stations and around other facilities. This can be it The Arrow light rail line, spanning 11 stations across incorporated areas of Los Santos County, or The Bullet bus network, serving stations all around Los Santos county.


Officers assgned to TSU usually drive LS Transit marked patrol cars. Officers assigned to the LSPD may also conduct this detail as an overtime assignment.


Deployment Criteria: Must be at least 3 basic patrol units on duty for every transit unit.
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Note: For LSSD, station numbers are not required to be used in callsigns. For LSPD, station numbers are required, as such the following are designations for each station.

1: LSIA Terminal 4 Station shall be designated as Station 1, i.e., "31FB1##".

2: LSIA Parking Station shall be designated as Station 2, i.e., "31FB2##".

3: Puerto del Sol Station shall be designated as Station 3, i.e., "31FB3##".

4: Little Seoul Station shall be designated as Station 4, i.e., "31FB4##".

5: Pillbox South Station shall be designated as Station 5, i.e., "31FB5##".

6: Strawberry Station shall be designated as Station 6, i.e., "31FB6##".

Area Vice Unit

Area Vice Detectives are members of the Detective Bureau, specialising in investigation of crimes related to narcotics, pornography, prostitution and illegal gambling. They may choose to work undercover, adopting a personal appearance not associated with law enforcement, in order to gain a tactical advantage when dealing with such crimes.

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Detective Bureau

Detective Bureau is staffed by detectives and support personnel whose duty consists of investigation and analysis of high profile crimes, such as homicide, robbery, vice, narcotics, missing persons, gangs, cyber crime and other organised crime. Detectives usually respond on an as-needed basis, but may take a more proactive approach with their assignments when needed.

The Detective Bureau is made up of the following desks:

Tactical Response Teams (Crime Suppression)

Tactical Response Teams are staffed by officers assigned to the CTSOB's Metropolitan Division. TRT only answers calls that are inherently violent or match the missions mentioned in the guidebook. The crime suppression model focuses on target specific apprehension, such as high profile fugitives, mission specific deployments where high levels of expertise are needed (e.g., uniformed support for covert operations), problem specific deployments, or high visibility deployments, intended to increase police presence.


Deployment Criteria: Tactical Response Team’s personnel may deploy once four (4) active units are operating as a standard patrol unit. Each TRT unit must be composed of two TRT personnel who will work under a single unit identifier.
Agencies: LSSD's equivalent of TRT is the Operation Safe Streets Detail and shall operate in the same manner as the LSPD. 

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K9 Unit

The purpose of K-9 units is to assist patrol units and detectives in the search of outstanding felons, suspects armed with a firearm, missing or lost persons aswell as evidence. If a situation requires it, a bomb detection canine can be deployed aswell.

Deployment Criteria: Must be in K-9 Unit. Must be at least 3 black-and-whites for every K-9 unit. 

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SWAT Unit

SWAT Units are reactive units of especially trained officers, using specialised or military equipment and weapons not usually seen with Basic Patrol Units. SWAT units usually work in fire teams and are trained in wide variety of tactics designed to resolve situations beyond capabilities of ordinary law enforcement, those which would be deemed too high risk. Such situations might include protection detail, counter-terrorism, crowd control, hostage taking, armed robberies and high risk warrant service.

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Search and Rescue Unit

Specialised units assigned to the Los Santos County Sheriff's Office, Blaine County Sheriff's Office, and United States Coast Guard. Their duties consist of the search for, and provision of aid to, persons, ships or other craft which are, or are feared to be, in distress or imminent danger. Search and Rescue units do not patrol. However, they may be awaiting assignment at an appropriate station, or be activated when a relevant call is received.

Mayor and Mayor's Security Detail

The Mayor and their Security Detail may be present in Law Enforcement frequencies during special events attended by the Mayor and their Security Detail. As this is an unusual occurence, all officers shall be briefed about this occurence in advance, to coordinate better with the Mayor and their Security Detail.

Officers on an appropriate assignment within the Counter Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau may fulfill the role of Mayor's Security Detail.

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Chief of Police and Chief of Police's Security Detail

The Chief and their Security Detail may be present in Law Enforcement frequencies during special events attended by the Chief and their Security Detail. As this is an unusual occurence, all officers shall be briefed about this occurence in advance, to coordinate better with the Chief and their Security Detail.

Officers on an appropriate assignment within the Counter Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau may fulfill the role of Chief's Security Detail.

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Airship

Airships are used to provide air support to patrol and specialized units of the department. Duties include: tactical situations; perimeter searches; tracking mode in pursuits; aerial platforms for ERG personnel; observation of crimes; and, riots.


Deployment Criteria: For an airship to be used, there must be a minimum of 3 ground units, excluding the unit(s) transferring to the airship. Pilot (and TFO) are required to have reviewed the ASD SOP and abide by it.

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Marine Unit

Marine units patrol water areas. For every deployed Marine unit, there must be at least 3 basic patrol units on duty (A, L, X).

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Command Post

Command Post units are used by Incident Commanders for major situations. They contain all the necessary equipment to maintain control of the situation, and they also have the ability to relay wireless video to the equipment set up in the trunk.

The Command Post Trucks are deployed by Counter-Terrorism and Special Operation Bureau's Emergency Services Division Emergency Management Section. Deployment of and MOBILE Trucks must be done through the ESD OIC or AOIC.


Deployment: Any supervisor may take out a Command Post vehicle when necessary.

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Office of Special Operations

Security Services Division

Officers assigned to Security Services Division (SECSD) are responsible for the safety and security of Los Santos City facilities, elected officials, employers and the public. Click here to be taken to the SECSD page.

Deployment: Officers may only go onduty as SECSD when the AOP permits, due to the division belonging only to the Los Santos Police Department. In the AOP, there needs to be some type of Los Santos City facility such as the Los Santos Observatory in Galileo Park.

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Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau

Metropolitan Division

Air Support Division

Emergency Services Division

Emergency Services Division is split into multiple Sections:

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OFFICE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

Custody Services Division

Custody Services Division Police Officers

Custody Services Division Police Officers are peace officers, and shall be responsible for transporting subjects in custody. Most commonly, this will be multiple subjects at a scene back to station for processing, via a transport van. 

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Custody Services Division Detention Officers
Custody Services Division Detention Officers are not peace officers, but may assist with safety and custody procedures within Department facilities within custody areas.

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Training Bureau

Training Division

Officers assigned to Training Division are instructors responsible for teaching and training the next generation of Police Officers. They usually do not participate in patrol duties, instead, they teach an approved curriculum in an academy setting.

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Recruitment and Employment Division

Officers assigned to Recruitment and Employment Division (RED) have the following duties:

Deployment: Officers must be in Training Division. There must be atleast 4 other Basic Patrol units on duty. There must be an active recruiting event.

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Vehicles: Officers assigned to RED shall drive standard marked Patrol vehicles to and from events.

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Administrative Services Bureau

Motor Transport Division

Motor Transport Division (MTD) provides the Department with a safe and effective law enforcement vehicle fleet. Personnel assigned to MTD are non-sworn staff, and so they have no police powers. They have a set up shop at all major Department stations/divisions. They are responsible for:

Deployment: There must be a minimum of 2 other Basic Patrol units to go onduty as MTD.

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Behavioral Science Services

Behavioral Science Services

Civilian employees assigned to Behavioral Science Services are certified alcohol drug counselors, and licensed health professionals that include police psychologists and a dietitian nutritionist, BSS provides services across four major domains: intervention, assessment, operational support, and organizational consultation.


Deployment Criteria: Must be a Police Psychologist I/II. Shall only be on-duty if requested by a Supervisor.

Uniform and Vehicles: Must wear smart plainclothes, and drive vehicle assigned in the Structure.

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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE

Community Safety Partnership Bureau

Community Safety Partnership Bureau

Officers assigned to the LSPD's Community Safety Partnership (CSP) Bureau are responsible for engaging with members of the community. These Officers help to provide a sense of safety and security in the area to the local residents. They are actively seen in the area, communicating with residents, discussing potential problems of the area and solutions to said problems. They build rapport with the community, to gain the community's trust and allow police and residents to help each other out. Link to their page.

Deployment: There must be atleast 2 Basic Patrol units before you may deploy as a CSP Officer.

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Police Commission

Commission Investigation Division

Commission Investigation Division is the regulatory arm of the Police Commission. They are in charge of processing, issuing, investigating and enforcing Police Commission permits.

Deployment: Providing there are sufficient Basic Patrol units, any Detective II or above may go onduty as Commission Investigation Division.

Uniform and Vehicles: Officers assigned to Commission Investigation Division wear smart plainclothes, and drive Dual Purpose vehicles.

Note: Deployment criteria requires an officer be Police Detective II or higher, however when going on duty as an officer assigned to Commission Investigation Division, they RP as a Police Officer III.

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Relevant permits are required by the following businesses:

Permits are also required for any property (residential and commercial) to have an active Burglary Alarm system.

Professional Standards Bureau

Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs Division investigates incidents and possible suspicions of law-breaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force. At this time, duties of this Division are fulfilled by the Law Enforcement Command Staff Team in cooperation with the Chief. Under the authority of IAD, as well as authority inherent to their rank, Command staff investigates in character, as well as out of character complaints against faction members, issues disciplinary action and maintains records of such. Should the Chief and their Command Staff Team's integrity come into question, such matters become the Server Directorate issue.

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Force Investigation Division

Detectives assigned to Force Investigation Division (FID) are responsible for investigating all categorical use of force incidents involving the department. Their investigations determine whether officers acted lawfully, and within department policy.


Faction Supervisors assigned to the Detective Bureau may choose to respond to FID related investigations under this assignment, as stipulated by department policy 104.262.2.

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