The Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) and Los Santos County Sheriff's Department (LSSD) will, by default, hold command over their own situations. Further clauses to this rule as follows;
Unsolicited insertion into a situation being handled by another department is not permitted, this includes remaining in the area for the possibility that it transforms into a shooting or high-risk situation. Only patrol units may respond via /911 and /991 as it marks them as a responder on the MDC. Members operating under dispatch may not respond on behalf of the department.
The Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) and Los Santos County Sheriff's Department (LSSD) will, by default, hold tactical command over their own situations. Further clauses to this rule as follows;
If a pursuit is initiated by an agency, regardless of location, and the suspect barricades themselves, regardless of location, the initiating agency may utilise their own tactical team to respond to the barricaded suspect. In the case that both departments are involved on the scene, the initiating agency shall deploy their own tactical team to handle the situation.
The rule above applies to tactical incidents of all kinds, and the example of a barricaded suspect is only one of many.
If a tactical situation originates from a 911 call, the department that responded via /911 will determine which department will hold tactical command and will be responsible for notifying their own Department's tactical team to respond. If a tactical situation originates from an emergency incident, the first arriving ground unit from the respective department will hold tactical command and will be responsible for notifying their own Department's tactical team to respond.
Agencies may request the response of their own tactical unit in certain circumstances for active high-risk situations, regardless of location. Active high-risk situations include active shooter incidents where tactical support is required (i.e drive-by shootings with the use of assault rifles and/or vehicle is occupied by armed subjects, and large-scale shootings where the specific agency's patrol staff may be pinned down and require the employment of tactical retreat.) The policy for barricaded suspect incidents and arrest warrants is covered earlier in the document.
This does not include incidents that originate from 911 calls, civilian reports or emergency incidents.
SWAT and SEB are only allowed to execute approved search and arrest warrants from their own department.
The Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) and Los Santos County Sheriff's Department (LSSD) will, by default, hold investigative command over their own situations. Further clauses to this rule as follows;
The Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) and Los Santos Sheriff's Department (LSSD) will have the ability to patrol across the State of San Andreas with as many units as they desire and proactively carry out investigations.
Any reference to personnel, deputies, officers, supervisors and Commanding Officers applies only to those who are rostered in the references department's units or sections. The term "Supervisors" only applies to those who hold the pay grade Sergeant or above in the units and sections. It does not cover "Assistant Supervisors" who usually hold an Officer or Deputy pay grade.
The Los Santos Police Department's Gang and Narcotics Division (GND) and the Los Santos Sheriff's Department's Operation Safe Streets Bureau (OSSB) are subject to these regulations.
Either department may at any time request that units do not carry out gang enforcement or passive patrol in specific areas, when they wish to carry out an operation. This can only be done for a maximum of 1 (one) hour. After 1 hour has passed unless explicitly stated the ability to carry out gang enforcement or passively patrol is restored. Afterwards, there is a 24 hour cooldown before another request can be made.
The Los Santos Police Department's Olympic Area Detective Division (OADD) and the Los Santos Sheriff's Department's Major Crimes Bureau (MCB) are subject to these regulations.
The Los Santos Police Department's Olympic Area Detective Division (OADD) and Los Santos County Sheriff's Department's Major Crimes may initiate investigations on their own and follow-up as they deem necessary. If opening a major investigation then the investigating department should contact their counterpart and ensure there is no investigation ongoing.
The Los Santos Police Department's Detective Bureau and Los Santos County Sheriff's Department's Detective Division may patrol across San Andreas with as many units as they wish. These units may have a maximum of 2 occupants per detective callsign, this does not apply to uniformed officer callsigns.
In the event of disagreement between either department's supervisor (or highest rank in their absence) as to who initiated a particular situation, the situation should be handled via a landline call which can be requested via departmental. Under no circumstances will there be a back and forth publicly over departmental. In the event a disagreement cannot be resolved amicably in-game, relinquish the situation and report it to faction leadership who will raise it with the Head of Legal Factions as per the dispute section below.
Any violation of these rules, or an unresolved in-game disagreement, must be reported to the Head of Legal Factions (HoLF) by faction leadership. The reporting party shall submit supporting evidence (video clip timestamp, server log, involved callsigns, and short incident summary). HoLF will investigate and may take action as per the enforcement section below.
Faction leadership will be held responsible for the conduct of their members. Initial instances of violations will be dealt with on an individual level; this can include, but not limited to, warnings, suspensions, demotions and removal depending on the situation - regardless of rank or position. If there are repeated instances from a specific member, unit or faction as a whole then HoLF may impose wider restrictions or punishments as deemed necessary.