APD Handbook Update 9/24/17

[Guest G.O.A.T.]

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This rule change is effectively immediately.

NOTE VANS: If you want to check a redzone with a van, make sure you have a MARKED APD Vehicle with you. Code 3 as always.

Feel free to post questions below.

Chapter I - Professional Standards

1. Conduct

   1. Officers are allowed to conduct themselves casually with civilians, so long as they do not go out of their way to excessively insult a civilian or go outside the boundaries set forth by the server rules.

   2. Officers are expected to treat all players with respect. This is a two way street.

   3. Officers are expected to obey the directions of higher ranking officers.

   4. Street language is not frowned upon in the APD, you may RP freely as so long as you don't cross the lines of harassment, racism, and other extreme vulgarities.

   5. Officers that do not intervene when other officers are breaking rules are subject to discipline, depending on severity and on a situational basis.

2. Role Playing

   1. Officers are expected to role play in every scenario they encounter.

   2. Officers are expected to maintain their character in every scenario they encounter.

3. Metagaming - See Server Rules

   1. Officers are not to use information gathered while playing as a civilian to carry out their duties as an officer.

   2. Officers are not to use information gathered while playing as a cop to play as a civilian.

   3. Officers are to wait at least 15 minutes in between switching factions to prevent metagaming if you are on the same server.

4. Individual Officer Redeployment

   1. APD members may respawn to any HQ if there are (5) five or less officers on the server.

5. Server Redeployment

   1. Server redeployments should be conducted by Corporals and higher when it appears that officer placement is unbalanced.

      1. Corporals must be on the server at the time of the redeploy.

   2. Full APD redeployments are conducted by Sergeants and higher to redistribute an unbalanced APD force between all of the servers.

   3. All officers are expected to follow redeploy instructions.

Chapter IV - Civilian Interaction

1. Dealing with the Public

   1. Respond to 911 Texts if possible.

   2. Officers are encouraged to find out more information from a 911 dispatch by texting the original caller.

   3. If flagged down, try to take note of the citizen’s requests for service or questions.

   4. Civilian on civilian accusations are not to be considered actionable evidence.

   5. Civilians may be detained if they are interfering with an ongoing investigation for no more than 15 minutes.

   6. If detained, the civilian must be notified as to why they are being detained.

   7. If detained, civilians are not to be left in an area that is likely to cause harm or death. (e.g. a roadway or balcony where they may fall off.)

2. Making Contact

   1. Always announce yourself as an APD Officer or “APD”.

   2. Always attempt to follow the Use of Force guidelines when dealing with any suspect.

   3. Suspects are not to be restrained while in combat. They must either be downed, have their hands up or notified why they are being restrained.

   4. If a civilian gives an officer consent to do something (searching, ticketing, lethaling, etc.) the officer is allowed to do so.

      1. You can add 1 extra charge at most.

      2. This can only affect the civilian who grants consent.

      3. The request should originate from the civilian, not the officer. Do not harass/bug civilians to add charges or let you lethal them.

      4. Wanted suspects in APD Custody are NOT to be lethaled.

3. Dealing with Vigilantes

   1. Vigilantes are subject to all civilian laws.

   2. Officers may not take a suspect from a vigilante unless the suspect is wanted for under $75k.

   3. Vigilantes are to have their weapons holstered unless acting in defense or in fulfillment of their lawful duties.

   4. Vigilantes found abusing their license (see Vigilante Rules) are to be sent to jail immediately.

4. Dealing with Worker's Protection License (WPL) Holders (see Server Rules for more information regarding WPL)

   1. Civilians in possession of a WPL or related gear are required to provide identification upon request.

   2. Civilians in possession of a Worker's Protection License are able to legally carry a TRG-20, ACP-C2, or Katiba Carbine.

 

Chapter XIV - APD Aircraft

1. Aircraft Patrols

   1. Recon Patrol - Recon patrols can be performed by any APD member, with the approval of a Corporal or higher.

      1. These patrols can not directly engage with criminals on the ground.

      2. Recon patrols can be done with any helicopter in the APD arsenal so long as the pilot is the only inhabitant of the helicopter at the start of the patrol.

   2. Rapid Response Patrol - These patrols are lead by a Corporal or higher. These patrols are tasked with rapidly responding to major calls and patrolling high crime areas.

      1. Minimum Crew: Pilot + One Gunner - Corporal or higher must be present

      2. Rapid Response patrols can be done with any helicopter in the APD arsenal so long as the minimum crew is present at the start of the patrol.

   3. To clarify, crew amounts can differ during Recon and Rapid Response patrols, but they must be defined at the start of the patrol.

2. Airplane Patrols

   1. Airplane recon patrols can be performed by an APD member, with the approval of a Corporal or higher.

      1. You may perform recon over illegal areas without using lights and sirens.

   2. Fixed Wing Patrol - The Fixed Wing Aircraft can be used for both recon and rapid response. For standard patrols, the APD may employ the use of parachutes.

      1. Minimum Crew - Pilot - Corporal or higher must be present.

      2. These patrols require an additional unit to engage using code 3 in illegal areas if the patrol utilizes parachutes, or landing to engage suspects.

3. The Ghosthawk

   1. Ghosthawk Patrol - Ghosthawk patrols are conducted by Sergeants or higher. These patrols are utilized for a heavy APD response to large gang actions or high risk rebel activity.

      1. Minimum Crew - Pilot + one Gunner - Sergeant or higher must be online.

   2. 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.

   3. If giving chase to an aircraft piloted by, or containing, 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.

      1. Exception: You can fire upon an illegal ground vehicle (including stolen APD Hunters and Striders), if given 1 text message and 10 seconds to comply.

      2. If an aircraft is over water and receives a text from a Ghosthawk 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.

   4. If the Ghosthawk is fired upon by a titan, the Ghosthawk remains guns hot regardless of wave rule until the engagement has been . broken for more than 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 breaking Server Rules).

      1. This clause also applies to any armed aerial vehicle. 

   6. 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(s) guns hot provided they notify a member of the opposing force to leave or surrender prior.

   7. Once a single Ghosthawk meets guns hot requirements, all Ghosthawks in the area of engagement may go guns hot without prior warning.

   8. For federal events only, once the prerequisite is met, the ghosthawk may respond to the federal event with GUNS HOT against all hostile robbery/jailbreak participants.

      1. The prerequisite is defined as:

         1. The bomb blowing at a federal event. (Example: If the bomb blows on wave 5, wave 5 MUST FINISH before the Ghosthawk can come out on Wave 6)

         2. Multiple Ghosthawks lost, with approval of Sergeant or higher.

      2. Once rebels leave the federal event (Inner Anti-Air circle), the Ghosthawk ceases fire and resets to normal Ghosthawk rules.

   9. 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 active situation.

4. Hummingbird

   1. The Hummingbird’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/driven by a suspect of a crime, or a vehicle which is carrying a suspect of a crime, the pilot/driver is to be notified by text message up to 1 times to land/park the vehicle, or be shot.

   3. While an APD member using a Hummingbird comes under fire by players within another Helicopter or ground unit, the Hummingbird gunners may immediately return fire without a text first.

      1. The Corporal or higher must be the one to give the directive to use the guns.

   4. If an APD hummingbird enters an area of engagement and/or is in the area where an active gunfight between APD and civs is taking place, the hummingbird may fire upon engaged ground units without sending a text (including ground vehicles).

5. M-900

   1. Patrol Officers and higher are permitted to utilize the M900 exclusively for transportation to federal events/terror.

   2. Any use other than transportation to a federal event/terror will need the authorization of an online Corporal or higher.

[Guest Excision]

8 minutes ago, G.O.A.T. said:

Wanted suspects in APD Custody are NOT to be lethaled.

So u cant ask for lethals anymore?

[Strugglebus 623]

18 minutes ago, G.O.A.T. said:

Wanted suspects in APD Custody are NOT to be lethaled.

@DINGUSDEAN right now: 

[JAMIE 249]

Officers that do not intervene when other officers are breaking rules are subject to discipline, depending on severity and on a situational basis.

this one is great

[Guest]

This earns McDili's +1

[Dangus 629]

21 minutes ago, Strugglebus said:

@DINGUSDEAN right now: 

HAHAHA

 

 

 

accurate 

[BENJI 1021]

50 minutes ago, G.O.A.T. said:

Wanted suspects in APD Custody are NOT to be lethaled.

No more firing squads 

[Guest G.O.A.T.]

18 minutes ago, McDili said:

This earns McDili's +1

I'll make sure the next one is a -1

[Guest]

"Officers that do not intervene when other officers are breaking rules are subject to discipline, depending on severity and on a situational basis."

QUIT ENCOURAGING THE RATS. YOU ARE EMPOWERING THEM. @G.O.A.T. the nig.

[Pledge 2291]

1 hour ago, Col3 said:

"Officers that do not intervene when other officers are breaking rules are subject to discipline, depending on severity and on a situational basis."

QUIT ENCOURAGING THE RATS. YOU ARE EMPOWERING THEM. @G.O.A.T. the nig.

We are discouraging people from just watching something go down and then reporting their fellow officer to get them demoted. Damn rats.

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, Pledge said:

We are discouraging people from just watching something go down and then reporting their fellow officer to get them demoted. Damn rats.

quit taking shit so serious. 

https://gyazo.com/b37d29078260f2d4b4fa86c18e75e73e

[Mercury 2107]

@G.O.A.T.

So, just to confirm, I can no longer do my famous Prowler hunts? 'Twas a gentleman's sport, like the noble fox hunt, but with more liquor and was more bloody and violent.

Unless...while technically they have been apprehended, I am letting them run free, so they are no longer in my custody, while I hunt them down and repeatedly wound them for sport until they beg for the sweet embrace of death.

[Sociopathic 717]

23 minutes ago, Mercury said:

@G.O.A.T.

So, just to confirm, I can no longer do my famous Prowler hunts? 'Twas a gentleman's sport, like the noble fox hunt, but with more liquor and was more bloody and violent.

Unless...while technically they have been apprehended, I am letting them run free, so they are no longer in my custody, while I hunt them down and repeatedly wound them for sport until they beg for the sweet embrace of death.

You can.

Can't get demoted if you aren't technically a cop

[Mercury 2107]

3 minutes ago, Sociopathic said:

You can.

Can't get demoted if you aren't technically a cop

Aye, but in a RP sense I'd be a fuckin War Criminal.

[Sociopathic 717]

Just now, Mercury said:

Aye, but in a RP sense I'd be a fuckin War Criminal.

Don't worry, the Altian Government never signed the Geneva Convention, and the small stockpile of Nuclear Weapons will keep the UN and US from ever prosecuting you.