Locked APD Handbook Update 12/30/2018

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Chapter XI - Illegal Areas

Drug dealers, drug fields, drug processing, Federal Events* (during robbery), rebel outpost areas, Cartels/Warzone, and any other area marked with a red crosshatch are all considered illegal areas.

1. *Federal Events are defined as: the Federal Reserve, the Federal Penitentiary (Jail), and the Blackwater Weapons Facility.
 
Officers must announce themselves within any illegal area with code 3 (Lights and Sirens).*Texting to engage in an illegal zone is NOT ALLOWED*

1. When using code 3 to enter an illegal area, this automatically engages all weapon-bearing civilians inside the illegal area.
 
Officers may only patrol illegal areas every 15 minutes.


 

5. Bolt Cutters are ONLY to be used by Patrol Officers or higher when the owner of a house is NOT online.

          1. Exception: Bolt Cutters may be used to open the opposite Federal Reserve Dome Gate after the bomb has been planted (Opening the doors before hand in any way unless to help someone out is prohibited).

 

 Officers may only enter Cartels/Warzone when:

1. Must follow same standards as entering a Rebel.

          1. Only Active SAPD members on the Chain of Command may raid Warzone without Probable Cause.

2. May patrol only once every 45 minutes.

          1. Exceptions: 

          1. Reasonable suspicion that an APD member was kidnapped and taken to Cartels/Warzone.

          2. Reasonable suspicion of a suspect that you were once in active pursuit of entering a Cartel/Warzone.

 

 

6. The SDAR can be used by POs+ without approval of a Sergeant as long as the suspect is in the water or there is no other way of dealing with him (I.E. Suspect is on an unreachable roof). In other words, use it as a last resort.

          1. In all other cases, a Sergeant or higher will need to approve the use of an SDAR.

                   1. SDARs may only be authorized at an active Federal Reserve and Blackwater with less than 5 minutes left on the bomb timer and a text must be sent to the gang/group participating in the event that SDARs are being authorized. 



The topic of the red zone check timer has been discussed for a long time and it a simple change. You may now only check redzones every 15 minutes rather than 10.

The bolt cutting option was only meant to be temporary until the auto open feature was implemented. It is now in the game, so no need for this exception anymore. 

Before anyone with a non limited Sgt+ rank were able to raid warzone freely within the guidelines. To prevent the amount of people entering warzone freely, we have limited access to only ACTIVE sAPD members who are presently on the Chain of Command. 

We have also raised the check time from 30 minutes to 45 minutes to further limit constant checks in warzone. We do not believe it was a valid issue, but we were willing to make the change as it was a fair argument. 

SDARs will follow the same standard they always have, the difference is simply that during an active Federal Reserve or Blackwater they may not be authorized until the 5 minute mark until the bomb blows has passed AND a text must be sent to an individual participating in the event that SDARs are being authorized. I still dont foresee them being used often as we attempt to keep SDAR authorization to a minimum, but in the rare case, these limitations will be applied.