Locked APD Handbook Update 2/12/2017

[OG Doc 599]

Effective Immediately 

 

The Ghosthawk

1. The Ghosthawk’s weapons are only to be used on vehicles that are operated by a suspect of a crime, or on vehicles in which a suspect is known to have boarded beyond a reasonable doubt.
2. If giving chase to a vehicle piloted by a suspect of a crime, or a vehicle which is carrying a suspect of a crime, the pilot is to be notified by text message 1 time to land the vehicle, or be shot and given 10 seconds to comply. (Exception You can fire upon a Ifrit, Hunter and 50cal Off-road, if given 1 text message and 10 seconds to comply. If an aircraft is over water and receives a text from a ghost hawk it must attempt to land at the nearest body of land. If an aircraft continues to fly out to sea it can be shot down over the water).
3. If a landed aircraft is texted by a ghost hawk to stay landed and begins to take off AFTER the text is sent the ghost hawk may fire upon that aircraft without waiting the full 10 seconds.
4. If the Ghosthawk is fired upon by an armed vehicle and/or titan the ghost hawk remains guns hot regardless of wave rule until engagement has been broken for more then 5 minutes.
5. If a Ghosthawk is stolen, and its operators utilize the guns on the APD or the civilian population, the APD is authorized to use any means necessary to destroy the stolen Ghosthawk (excluding using other vehicle to intentionally ram the stolen Ghosthawk.)
6. If hostile action is taken against the Ghosthawk, the Ghosthawk may return fire with lethal force without sending a warning text first.
7. The Sergeant or higher must be the one to give the directive to use the guns.
   1. Exception: If multiple Ghosthawks have been shot down in the same situation any Sergeant and above may decide to use the Ghosthawk GUNS HOT provided they notify a member of the opposing force to leave or surrender prior.
8. Once a single Ghosthawk meets guns hot requirements, all ghost hawks in the area of engagement may go guns hot without prior warning.
9. For FEDS, JAILBREAKS, and BLACKWATER ONLY - Standard ghosthawk rules apply during a Federal reserve robbery, Jailbreak, and blackwater until a prerequisite is met. Once the prerequisite is met, the ghosthawk may respond to the Federal reserve robbery/Jailbreak/Blackwater with GUNS HOT against all hostile robbery/jailbreak participants.
   1. The prerequisite that must be met: The ghosthawk may only be authorized for use with GUNS HOT in the wave following the detonation of the bomb. (Example: If the bomb blows on wave 5, wave 5 MUST FINISH before the Ghosthawk can come out on Wave 6)
   2. Once rebels leave the Fed/Jailbreak/Blackwater, the Ghosthawk ceases fire and resets to normal ghosthawk rules. They must re-engage the fleeing rebels with proper texts.
      1. If the rebels fire upon the Ghosthawk at any point, before/during/after it goes GUNS HOT, the Ghosthawk does not have to re-engage.
      2. If a server reset occurs during an active situation and the Ghosthawk was GUNS HOT prior to restart, the Ghosthawk may return to the situation (after restart) GUNS HOT at the rebels still at and/or fleeing the fed. This is because many groups abused restart by doing feds for instance 30-45 minutes prior to restart in which they would fill up a truck with gold and then they couldn't be touched after, so they'd fire haphazardly at a ghosthawk which put the cops at a disadvantage after restart for the getaway.

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