Policy Change

APD Playtime Requirements:

1. Captain: No requirement —> 15 Hours per Month

   1. This requirement will start February 1st.

APD Mafia Raid:

1. When the APD is raiding the Mafia Stronghold, officers should use lethals ONLY. Once the mafia loot is sold, officers will return to the normal lethal policy. [ Cadets can still attend and down, a Constable+ should attempt to lethal anyone a cadet downs if possible. ]

   1. If Rebels are raiding the Stronghold, normal lethal policies will apply.

Policy Change:

SRT:

The Special Response Team (SRT) is a team of officers that operate and partake in higher risk operations than standard patrol. They respond to Asylum Domination events as well as occasionally disrupting gang ownership of cartels in attempts to curtail rebel activity on Altis. Due to the high risk nature of their role, the following policy will be adhered to regarding SRT:

SRT Officers may be deployed for the following purposes:

1. Asylum Domination Event

2. SRT Cartel Raids

3. APD Convoy Event

4. SRT Bases Raid

Domination SRT:

1. When an Asylum Domination event is active, any Constable may deploy for SRT.

2. This is done by clicking “Deploy as SRT Domination” at a Warrant NPC at any APD HQ while domination is active.

2. During domination, officers deployed as SRT may go to the domination capture points and attempt to uncapture them. 

3. While deployed as SRT during domination, only lethal ammunition may be used. 

4. SRT does NOT count towards federal event counters. No officer deployed as SRT should respond to any federal event except the APD Convoy and SRT Base Raid as described below.

SRT Cartel Raids

1. SRT Cartel Raids must be authorized by a SGT+
2. To activate, the SGT+ will “Activate Elite Squad” at a Warrant NPC at any APD HQ.
3. All officers involved in the raid MUST be SRT (Maximum of 6 SRT)

4. In order to start SRT Cartel Raids, there must be a minimum of 40 civilians online; OR, there is a group of 5+ online that own the cartel(s).

5. SRT Officers may respond to this raid as many times as needed while the APD is still uncapping/controlling the cartel flag. If the raid/flag control is lost to the rebels, officers may be revived, but can no longer return. 

6. If SRT fails to complete a raid at any cartel, they may NOT attempt to raid and uncap that cartel for the remainder of the restart. 

7. All SRT Officers involved in cartel raids will only use lethal ammunition. 

8. Only 3/4 of the active cartels may be captured per restart.

9. SGT+ shall mark the map at their chosen cartel after the raid.

APD Convoy: 

1. An APD Convoy event must be started by a SGT+ and must be authorized by the highest ranking SGT+ online.

2. There must be a minimum of 5 officers in attendance to start a convoy. (Including the SGT+ initiating it).

3. The officer driving the convoy vehicle must drive the vehicle to Athira HQ. While driving the convoy vehicle, the officer may NOT stop to fight or engage in combat unless they are defending themselves when stuck or disabled. 

4. During this event, the contents of the vehicle may NOT be removed from the inventory. 

5. Only lethal ammunition will be used during the convoy escort. Normal lethal policy will go back in place once the convoy is delivered.

6. SRT must be disabled by a SGT+ once the convoy event is over.

SRT Base Raid: Rebels may sometimes attempt to raid the SRT Base to try and get the money pooled from uncaptured cartels.

1. SRT may be deployed when an SRT Base Raid is started

2. All officers must respond for a minimum of two (2) lives to attempt to stop the raid. 

3. If the event vehicle is stopped after it escapes and officers find the contraband (Banded Bank Notes) inside the vehicle, which has no registered owner, the driver of the event vehicle will be charged with any illegal contents. 

4. Once the SRT Base Raid is over, the SRT Base Security MUST be re-enabled.

SRT Loadouts and Equipment may ONLY be used while deployed for SRT. As soon as SRT is disabled, or anytime an officer has an SRT loadout when SRT is not active, all SRT gear MUST be dropped and seized. 

SRT Base may NOT be used as an HQ to process civilians if the defense systems are active. 

Abandoned Target Range:

• The inactive ordinance range will be treated as an illegal area and will follow the standard policy regarding patrol of illegal areas. 

• Any civilian found to be in possession of Bomb Fragments or Bomblets will be charged with Possession of Explosives. 

Effective Immediately 

Policy Change

Mafia Stronghold

Sergeant+ Only may initiate the raid on the Mafia Stronghold. Each Sergeant+ may only initiate a raid once per restart. In addition to this the following criteria must be met.

• The highest ranking officer on duty must approve of the raid.

• 3 or more officers are required to start a raid

Helicopters

Old

• Sergeant+ patrolling in a helicopter must make use of the Air Patrol channel to patrol illegal areas without the need of a ground unit.

New

• Sergeant+ may patrol illegal areas in a Helicopter without need of a ground unit.

Traffic Stops

Constables+ may make use of traffic cones and road barricades for the following reasons. Concrete Barriers are still not to be used outside of checkpoints.

• To signal a road closure due to a crash

• To signal of an active traffic stop

• To tape off an active crime scene.

• To secure an area around a known IED

• To cordoned off a section of road to make use of an ad hoc landing pad.

Officers are to their best ability to clean up any remaining objects after the aforementioned situations are finished.

Road Barricades and Cones shall not be used to stop a fleeing vehicle.

Corruption

Sergeant+ may now allow Civilians to keep Illegal items if they meet the following criteria additionally must not be associated with the party.

• Non aggressive

• Civilian with the new player tag

Or

• Civilian was apprehended due to a game bug or a server rule violation

Before

After

House Raiding

Barricaded Suspects

An individual inside a locked house will be considered a barricaded suspect when:

• He/she is actively wanted or needs to be charged
• Is wearing/holding illegal item(s)
• A civilian/officer/medic is held against their will inside the house.
• A civilian is shooting inside of the home.
• OR Suspects within the house have been downed or restrained and officers need to remove them from the house.

Barricaded Suspects as described above no longer grants LT's the Ability to Seize the Inventory of Houses during a Raid. (Captain Only)

SGTs Can now Breach the Door of Locked Homes. See Below

The SGT+ must:

• Have proper initiation before breaching the house.
• Announced in direct chat that they will be entering the house.
  • If a suspect has engaged in a firefight with APD and the suspect(s) within the house have been downed, they waive their right to surrender themselves to the SGT+. The SGT+ may enter the house, restrain the suspects, and remove them from the premises. No other action may be taken by the SGT+.
    • Sergeant+ are no longer required to have an officer guard every unlocked exterior door of the house to retrieve an already downed suspect.
• Upon restraining and removing all suspects from the house, the SGT+ must relock any exterior doors they unlocked.

House Raiding Section - Removed references to Actively shooting barricaded suspects.

Changed - Constable/Corporal/ Sergeant home entry to - Constable/Corporal home entry.

Patrolling

Disabled Vehicles

APD Officer discretion to attend.

• Standard Red Zone rules apply.
• Must maintain 1 minute all clear after securing the vehicle

Rebel Weapons Cache

APD Officer discretion to attend.

• Standard Red Zone rules apply.
• Must maintain 1 minute all clear after securing the vehicle

APD Cache

APD Officer discretion to attend.

• Standard Red Zone rules apply.
• Must maintain 1 minute all clear after securing the vehicle

Hotzone Event

• While the Hotzone Event is active the APD may only enter if in active and visual pursuit
• Captains are not permitted to raid an active cartel event

SWAT

Officers may not drop any SWAT gear, any gear dropped must be immediately seized. 

Patrolling in a Helicopter

• Sergeant+ patrolling in a helicopter must make use of the Air Patrol channel to patrol illegal areas without the need of a ground unit.

Patrolling Illegal Areas

• Officers have a 1 Life Rule when Patrolling Illegal Gathering Fields and Illegal Processors.

  • Officers Cannot Return to the fight if killed in these zones unless revived. 

  • If all Officers in the Illegal zone are killed. Requested backup may still arrive and must follow the 1 life rule.

• If there are 5 or less officers online Officers may disregard the 1 Life Rule above and can return to the illegal area and continue the engagement.

Illegal Areas

• 30 20 minute Cooldown for Checking  Illegal Drug Areas (Processors, Fields, Dealers)

Drones

• Drones are returning Sergeant+ will follow standard APD Drone policy 

All clear function - 

The all clear function on the phone will become the primary way of marking illegal zones going forward. When marking a field, it will turn orange and place it on a 20 minute timer (Currently 30 due to temp policy.)

The zone will turn orange when on cooldown ,when on cooldown you must have one of these 6 reasons to enter

• If a 911 text is sent within the illegal area.
• If a fugitive pings from inside of the illegal area.
• If a vehicle with a tracker enters the illegal area.
• If nearby traffic enters the illegal area.
• Active visual pursuit into the illegal area.
• If an officer needs to update a warrant or APB.

Removed from the Guidebook

• Possession of Tobacco

• Possession of Dark Fungi

• Possession of Heisenberg Meth

• Possession of Patient Remains

• Possession of LSD

• Possession of PCP

• Possession of High Potency Cannabis 

• Possession of Illegal Jewels

• Possession of Antiquities

• Possession of High Power Rifles

• Possession of Illegal Weapon Modification

• Possession of Cocaine Bricks

• Possession of APD intelligence

• National HQ breach

• Gas Mart Robbery

• Raiding the Evidence Lockup

• Any reference to Stash houses

• Any reference to Prestige gear

• Any reference to Armed Jeep/Armed Quilin

• Any reference to MQ-12 Falcon/Blackfoot

• Any reference to ED-D 1D Pelter

APD Crime Suppression Unit (CSU)

In an effort to increase police activity throughout the island, Officers may deploy for CSU. This two man squad will be solely dedicated to responding to 911’s and patrolling illegal areas/cities.

• CSU requires 7 active officers on duty, two officers may deploy for the patrol unit into the required TS channel. This unit must operate in a pair of officers at all times.

  • If at any instance there are no longer 7 active officers on duty, CSU must disband and return to regular patrol.

• The unit must be in marked uniforms/cars and are limited to 6.5 caliber max. 

• The unit’s primary objective is to respond to 911 from civilians, and patrol the island. 

• The unit can not use drones at any point, or use a helicopter to patrol illegal areas at any point.

• The unit will be allowed to ignore federal events unless called upon by a SGT+. (Can be ordered by a SGT+ who is on TS but not in game if no SGT+ is online.)

• The unit can not be staffed by the highest ranking officer on duty.

Undercover

Going forward, we’ve felt that the APD has lost its sense of identity with the amount of higher ups who have access to undercover. Going forward we will be restricting its use additionally.

• Officers who are Undercover should be conducting their own tasks away from marked units. If a marked unit requests for backup, a UC may respond then should separate from marked units afterwards.

• Undercover vehicles can only be used while conducting undercover situations. (Should switch to marked vehicles for Federal events/assisting marked units when possible.)

• Officers who are UC may follow the server rule, red=dead as long as Use of Force is followed

Federal Event Priority List

1. Federal Reserve
2. Casino
3. Bank of Altis
4. Prison

Temporary Patrol and Ruling Changes 

• No house raiding will be performed at this time

• Officers may not use drones at this time

• All cop ranks will follow helicopter guidelines. (No searching illegal areas without ground units)

  • Cops may only respond via helicopter if ground units in area.

  • 20 30 minute Cooldown for Checking  Illegal Drug Areas (Processors, Fields, Dealers)

  • 2 1 Life rule for all illegal drug areas regardless of how many cops are online (Ex: 5 cops or less is no longer valid) 

    • Officers killed in an Illegal zone have a 1 life rule therefore they cannot return to the fight unless revived. If all officers on scene are KIA. All responding officers in route must divert

Changes to the Guidebook 

• Terrorism $15,000 - 3 or more Civilians Shooting at police inside an HQ - Due to the threat they pose, suspects may be sent straight to jail at officer discretion

Any questions please seek out an active Captain if any questions

Armed Prowler

• Officers may only use the Armed Prowler to pursue, engage and seize a civilian controlled Armed Prowler from the Shipping Robbery Federal Event. Once the civilian Armed Prowler is secured/seized, all APD Armed Prowlers must be seized.

Federal Event Priority List Update 5/31/2024

1. Evidence Lockup

2. National APD HQ

3. Nikolai’s Compound

4. Casino Heist

5. Federal Reserve

6. Bank of Altis

7. Jewelry Emporium

8. Altis Shipping

9. Prison Break

10. Gas Mart Robbery

Bank Delivery Mission

• Officers have probable cause to stop and search occupants of the Green Camo Bank Hunter
  • Money Laundering $10,000  - Anyone found in possession of Illegal Bank Notes from the Bank Delivery Mission.
  • Officers need to impound the Camo Hunter because it's being used illegally

• Civilians will be provided an Spar-16 by the bank. Those firearms are Legal even without a Bounty Hunter’s License during this mission.

  • If the civilian uses the supplied spar against officers and does not have a Bounty Hunter License it will be considered illegal. (Spar-16 can only Legally be posses during the legal variant of the mission and as long as they have not used it against the APD)

New Vehicles

The APD has acquired funding for new vehicles to help combat the rebels of the Altis island due to the previous success of the Ghost hawk being implemented.

Going forward - A SGT+ will be limited to one armed vehicle per individual, and will be responsible for the safety/security of the vehicle.

• Sgt+ - Armed Jeep

  • Up to three armed jeeps may be active at a time

  • May be used for an HQ defense or to assist in Federal Events.

• LT+  - Armed Quilin

  • Only 1 active at a time

  • May not be used along side the armed Ghost hawk

  • Only 1 Qilin per Lt per restart.

• The Armed Qilin may only be pulled for the following reasons.

  • Heavily out numbered at a federal event

  • Constant federal event spam with no reprieve (3+ federal events back to back)

  • HQ defense - Active assault of 5+ individuals

Stash Houses

• Will be treated as a turf going forward.

LSD Factory

• Due to the new location of the LSD Factory, constables/corporals will no longer be able to patrol it in a helicopter solo

Zubr

• Zubr is now a legal firearm

Prestige Weapons

Constable+ may now use any prestige weapon they can purchase from their normal cop weapon shop
 

Charges

The following is a clarification on the correct weapon to be charged

From

Possession of High Powered Rifle - (Zafirs, RPG-42, Mar-10, M320 LRR, Cyrus, .45, SPMG, Lynx, Type 115 .50 cal mags) $10,000

To

High Power Rifle Changes - Possession of Elite Weapons - (Zafirs, RPG-42, Mar-10, M320 LRR, Cyrus, Four Five, SPMG, Lynx, Type 115 .50 cal mags) $10,000

Nikolai’s Compound

• Officers are allowed only 1 attempt on opening the vault, officers are required to secure the gate on successful or unsuccessful breaching of the vault.

House Raids

Lieutenants are no longer required to have an officer guard every unlocked exterior door of the house to retrieve an already downed suspect.

• The Lieutenant is still responsible to ensure everyone who shouldn't be in the premise is removed prior to relocking the door(s)

Internal Affairs

Current

Updated

APD Drones

ED-D 1D Pelter - Captain Only

• Only 1 active at any given time.
• Must only operate within a 7km radius from the operator.
• Standard drone policies apply

UGV Stomper  and MQ-12 Falcon - Lieutenant+

• Must only operate within a 7km radius from the operator.
• Standard drone policies apply.

Standard drone policies are as follows.

• Only 1 active drone per Sergeant+ at any given time

• May not patrol illegal areas

APD Suppressors

• APD officers may no longer drop suppressors under any circumstances.
• Officers may only use the following suppressors while UC .45, 5.56, 5.7mm, and 6.5mm suppressors.
   

Charges

High Power Rifle Changes - Possession of Elite Weapons - (Zafirs, RPG-42, Mar-10, M320 LRR, Cyrus, .45, SPMG, Lynx, Type 115 .50 cal mags) $10,000

Possession of Illegal Weapon Modification - Applies to anyone found with possession of a suppressor. - $17,500

Driving an Illegal Vehicle - Applied for the Ifrit, Strider, .50 cal Offroad, armed Jeep, Armed Qilin, and Minigun Boat. Illegal Vehicles must be seized.

Domination

Officers are not to drop any weapons other than the mk20 they spawn with

SGT+ will be allowed to deploy SWAT officers to cities/HQ’s during extreme circumstances under the following stipulations:

The highest ranking officer (SGT+) on duty is solely responsible for activating SWAT and will assume command of the entire situation until SWAT is deactivated. Failure of the activating officer to command and direct the entire situation will result in severe repercussions. A set amount of SWAT officers will be deployed depending on civilian count in the cities and must report directly to the SWAT deploying officer as well as adhering to standard SWAT policies. Failure to follow the command and direction of the SWAT activating officer will result in severe repercussions.

The SGT+ may currently authorize SWAT officers for the following situations:

• HQ Defense

  • Having a suspect in custody worth 200k+. Can not be used for someone who has turned themselves in.

  • HQ is being actively assaulted by 3+ civilians

• Riot Control

  • Any Suspect(s) involved must be using high caliber weapons 6.5+ or explosives

  • Inability to bring stability to a city after 3+ attempts with 5+ suspects identified

Once SWAT is called, a crate of illegal loot will spawn inside of the city and officers will be required to attempt to gain control of that crate once it is unlocked. An LT+ may call for officers to disregard the crate allowing civilians to obtain the crate uncontested from officers. (If a call to disregard the crate is made, a message must be sent to the active captains on why that call was made.)

Once the SWAT activating situation has been handled (per the activating officers discretion) all SWAT officers must be deactivated.

Casino/Athira Entertainment Policy

The Casino/Entertainment Center will be off limits for on-duty APD officers. However, officers are allowed to go to Casino/Entertainment center with legitimate reason, such as: 

• Active Visual Pursuit

• Rescue a kidnapped officer

Once officers arrive at the location they may only retrieve the suspects involved. They may not restrain anyone else at the Location, you may only apprehend the suspects involved in the active visual pursuit and the suspects involved in the kidnapping.  

Any questions/comments/concerns please reach out to a Captain.

New Federal Event Order-

1. Evidence
2. APD National HQ Robbery
3. Mental Asylum
4. Nikolai's Compound
5. Federal Reserve
6. Bank of Altis
7. Jewelry Emporium
8. Shipping Robbery
9. Prison Break
10. Gas Mart

Nikolai’s Compound - 

• Civilian side - Will follow normal 2 life federal event rules.
• Cop side - When a SGT+ is online, the highest ranking officer must be the one to authorize a breach into the vault. Due to the small window of the vault being open, this is to ensure any/all officers will have sufficient time to enter.
  
  In the event of no SGT+, a unanimous vote will be required to authorize a breach into the vault.

Stash House -

• Is a restricted areas. Officers may only enter them when in active visual pursuit.

New Charges - 

• Tobacco - Possession of Illegal Tobacco/Cigars - $15,000
• High Power Rifles - Possession of Elite Weapons (Zafirs, RPG-42, Spar-16S) - $10,000

Prestige Weapons -

• Officers are not allowed to use any prestige weapon without the appropriate prestige tier
• Do not drop prestige weapons to officers without the proper prestige tier
• The MXSW is now the only firearm that can not be dropped under any circumstances
  • Edit 2/8/24 - Due to the Spar-16S still having a Bipod bug, it may not be dropped under any circumstances.

Federal Event Changes -

National APD HQ Robbery -  Due to the nature of valuable intelligence inside, the National APD HQ will have slightly different responding policy, listed as following, officers must give a minimum of 2 lives for the main event. In the event that the vault begins to be breached, officers are to give at least an additional 2 lives and securing of the vault will supersede the federal event priority list. 

Any Civilian found in possession of APD Intelligence shall be charged for “Possession of APD Intelligence”

The Gas Mart - Sgt+ now may limit the amount of officers responding to a gas mart robbery effectively allowing other officers to maintain current patrol. If done so, the Sgt+ must respond to the event themselves to ensure that it will be secured. 

New Federal Event Order

1. Evidence

2. National APD HQ

3. Mental Asylum

4. Federal Reserve

5. Bank of Altis

6. Jewelry Emporium

7. Shipping Robbery

8. Prison

9. Gas Mart

Jewelry Charges -

Possession of Illegal Jewels - Applies to Jewelry Emporium jewels and Counterfeit Jewels.

Possession of Illegal Antiquities - Applies to rolled gold/silver, Villains Chair, and Cruellas Bed

New Charges -

Anyone found in possession of Mead and Aged Mead shall be charged with “Possession of Illegal Liquor”

Anyone found in possession of Shepard Hide they shall be charged with “Possession of Turtle/Dog Meat”

Illegal Vehicle Disassembly has been added in-game, this will be used instead of “Money Laundering”

Illegal Areas -

Antiquities Forge now has a red zone circle, this area will be treated like any other Illegal Area.

CMR-76 -

UC Officers now have access to the CMR-76, officers are not allowed to drop the rifle to anyone without the appropriate Prestige Tier

The APD is introducing the use of Armed Ghost-Hawks
Information below:

1.  Actively Seated Captain must be in the helicopter to ensure proper use of the armed Ghost-Hawk.

• The armed Ghost-Hawk shall not be used to land officers into an active firefight.

2. Only one Armed Ghost-Hawk may be used at a time or:

• In the event the APD lose control of an armed Ghost-Hawk, another may be dispatched to disable the stolen helicopter.

• A stolen armed Ghost-Hawk will take priority over everything until it is secured. Once the Ghost-Hawk is secured an Actively Seated Captain may issue one officer to pilot the stolen Ghost-Hawk back to an HQ, no other officers may occupy the Ghost-Hawk's gunner seats at that time.

3. Armed Ghost-Hawks shall only be used if cops are heavily outnumbered and/or are repeatedly responding to federal events with no reprieve.

VOID

Jewelry Charges 

Two new charges have been added based around Jewelry Emporium

• Possession of Illegal Jewels - $10,000 - Applies to jewels from the emporium. Some examples include - (Watches, Blood Diamond, Sack of Gold nuggets, Bag of Exotic Jewels, Engagement Ring etc.)
• Possession of Illegal Antiquities $7,500 - Applies to Rolled Gold/Silver 

When a civilian is in possession of Illegal Jewels and Rolled Gold, individuals will be charged with Illegal Jewels. This follows the same methodology as drugs and their purified form when civilians are found with both.

Drug Drop -

The location of the drug drop will be treated as an illegal area following standard rules.
 

• New Charge - Possession of Pixie Dust - $12,000 - Applies to Pixie Dust

Federal Events

The Gas mart has been added, only requiring 3 officers to start; it is meant to be an entry level federal event for newer civilians on the island. 

As such, Lt+ may limit the amount of officers responding to a gas mart robbery effectively allowing other officers to maintain current patrol. If done so, the LT+ must respond to the event themselves to ensure that it will be secured. 

The new federal event order is as follows

1. Evidence Lockup

2. Mental Asylum

3. Federal Reserve

4. Bank of Altis

5. Jewelry Emporium

6. Shipping Robbery

7. Prison Beak

8. Gas Mart Robbery

Going forward, we are implementing new activity requirements for our APD staff. This is meant to put a balance towards more in-game presence while retaining our current staff amounts.

We will be standardizing additional playtime at 3 hours per one activity instead of the incremental increase as before. Meaning an LT with 5 interviews must do 28 hours, or a SGT with no RA's must do 32 hours etc.

Lieutenant - 

• 25 hour requirement
• 6 Interviews
• 6 other activities

Sergeant - (No change)

• 25 hour requirement
• 2 Ride Alongs
• 6 other activities

Any questions please reach out to a Captain.

Casino Policy

The Casino will be off limits for on-duty APD officers. However, officers are allowed to go to Casino with legitimate reason, such as: 

• Active Visual Pursuit

• Rescue a kidnapped officer

Once officers arrive at the casino they may only retrieve the suspects involved. They may not restrain anyone else at the casino, you may only apprehend the suspects involved in the active visual pursuit and the suspects involved in the kidnapping.  

Changed charges

• Possession of Reggie Weed -> Possession of Cannabis/Marijuana
• Disobeying an officer - $500 -> $1000 (Still warn, ticket and jail for 3rd offense.)

These charges are now must charge if observed due to increased ticket price

• Discharge within city limits - $500 -> $2000
• Landing within city limits - $500 ->$2000

• The Following Charges are NO LONGER STACKABLE

  • Weapon Trafficking - Now a $5,000 charge

    • This charge is applied when an Individual is in possession of 3 or more weapons that exceed the limit of Personal Use.

  • Possession of Federal Reserve Gold (Gold Bars) - Now a $15,000 charge

    • This charge is applied when an individual is in possession of gold bars

  • Money Laundering- Now a $10,000 charge

    • This charge is applied when an individual is in the possession of Banded Bank Notes

• Policy regarding event vehicles

  • Any legal server spawned vehicle will have the following policy in place.
    Shipping, Evidence, Mental, Jewelry vehicles are all standardized to
    1 minute all clear to seize, or 3 minute APD control to drive to the nearest HQ.

  • Any Illegal server spawned vehicle will have the following policy in place.
    Example - Jewelry/Shipping Minigun Quillin -
    1 minute all clear to seize, or 3 minute APD control for an LT+ to drive to the nearest HQ.

• APD VEHICLE Update 

  • The Marid has been replaced with the Gorgan. The Gorgan will follow all previous policy of the Marid.

  • CPL+  can Utilize the APD Rhib Boat which can be Purchased at Boat Shop (This falls under standard vehicle use policy)

THIS IS A CLARIFICATION

Terrorism Charge and Definition per APD Guidebook:

• Current Definition:

  • Applied when 3+ civilians assault a police HQ or government building (Does not apply to bank or fed). Due to the threat they pose, suspects may be sent straight to jail at officer discretion.

• New Clarified Definition:

  • Applied when 3+ civilians assault a police HQ or government building in an aggressive manner (Does not apply to federal event locations).

    • This can include 3+ coordinated individuals, armed, aggressively attacking an HQ therefore causing Police Officer's to fear eminent harm

      • Coordinated from a cop perspective

  • Due to the threat they pose, suspects may be sent straight to jail at officer discretion.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact a Captain.

   - The Captains

We will now grant ACTIVE seated captains the authority to take unconventional measures when dealing with heinous individuals/groups who consistently violate/disrupt the community. Captains will be allowed to exercise discretion/alternative methods outside of the guidebook to address misconduct ensuring a more effective/immediate response.

This is meant to encourage Captains to create an environment where lower-ranking officers can actively participate in an enjoyable experience. 

Captains will still be bound to the guidebook on these sections with zero leniency. 

• Marid/Ghosthawk
• House Raiding
• Cartel Raiding
• Professionalism

Captains actions can be subject to review via SAs for severe cases of misconduct and will be handled on a case by case basis.

Disarming a civilian:

• Officers now have the option to disarm a civilian if they are caught escorting another player in Police restraints.  Officers do not need to give warning to this.  

Retired Captains:

• Retired Captains may now give disciplinary action to APD officers if they are found to be violating APD Guidelines.  Current Captains may still overrule disciplinary action given out by Retired Captains if they deem it necessary.

APD Staff Retirement:

• You must serve 6 active months in total as an APD staff member in order to retire.  
  • Sergeant - 6 months
    • If unable to complete 6 active months as a Sergeant - Demoted to Corporal with activities.
  • Lieutenant & Captain - 6 months 
    • If unable to complete 6 active months as Lieutenant or Captain - May retire from APD with previous rank if total active time served is 6 months or more.