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    Training Request - Weekend Training

    in Training Center

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    Absolutely not I'm afraid. The training officers received a most specific decree, "Thou shalt not host trainings upon the ends of the weeks, to include the days of Fri (Friday), Satur (Saturday), or Sun (Sunday)." It is important that we not violate this sacred order, lest we incur the wrath of the powers on high, whom reserve the sentence of death for those who transgress.

     

    Wrote this just for you @Mitch

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    August Absence Request

    in Lieutenant Requests

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    Officer Name: Bilbo Baggins

    Player ID: 76561198147762932

    Rank: Lieutenant

    Application URL: 

    Month(s) of Absence: 1 (August)

    Reason: I am just getting back on my usual work schedule after graduating the academy and have had to work a lot of additional overtime on top of it due to shift shortages. There has been additional personal life issues I've been dealing with the past month that I can go into more detail in TeamSpeak if needed.

    APD FAQ/Grey Area

    in Helpful Topics

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Nicolas March said:

    I have 5 questions

    1) Can you use illegal drugs while on cop? ex: using weed for the better aim (while weed is illegal)
        - If cops cant use these drugs, can UC cops use these drugs?

    2) For the longest time, the rule around pulling someone out of a car was: If you can pull them out and you are initiated, doesn't matter the circumstances, you are allowed to pull them out. Is this still true when pulling out someone that is auto-hovering 2M above you in a heli (while not downed)

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    3) I was told that if you start seizing after the 1 minute is clear, and then the gunfight restarts, you can keep seizing if you had already started. Is this still true?

    4) If you see someone with a illegal weapon in a car, then they get out of the car and you search them and they don't have it, can you search the car they were in? (if they dont have keys to it)

    5) If you have someone in custody, but then you learn that you broke a cop rule to get them into custody (ex: you didn't realize you were talking in group chat and rdmed him) are you allowed to just let him go, to hopefully catch him a other time? (you take his illegal weapon and comp him, but don't pardon him)

    1) Cops should not be using drugs while on duty. With the exception of UC officers, who may do so when necessary to keep their cover.
    2) To my knowledge, there is no set in stone rule of when you can or can't use the pullout option, but use common sense. If it is likely to cause an explosion of the heli and kill the guy, why bother? If he hasn't actually taken off yet, but is spooled, by all means. Hard to give a solid answer here, as it tends to be case by case on whether or not it was reasonable.
    3) If you have a 1 minute all clear and begin seizing, you do not need to stop in the middle of your seize. It is not your fault they chose to wait long enough for you to seize.
    4) It seems rare that this would happen, as typically if they stored it, they have keys. Nonetheless, if they don't have the gun anymore, and you saw them with it, there is only one other reasonable place it could be.
    5) Cops are human, and as humans, they make mistakes. In this situation, it kind of depends. What was the rule broken? Would it have made a difference on his capture or not? You need to use some discretion here, but ultimately, just be fair. You do need to take the weapon if it is illegal, for sure. Most of the time I see these individuals get pardoned (fair is fair) but I have, on occasion, seen it be treated as just turning themselves in depending on what policy it was that was violated. Finally, while you are not necessarily obliged to comp him, it would certainly be the right thing to do.

    Hope this answered everything. If not, quote me for more clarification and I'm happy to help.

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    Request - Leadership Training

    in Training Center

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    5 hours ago, Sandwich said:

    Heyo! Been a while since I've been around but I've recently gotten back into cop duties again!

    One thing I've noticed is that a Leadership Training would come in handy for a couple reasons. Not only would it be a nice little refresher for some of the higher ranks, but this type of training would also be great for the lower ranks that are getting the hang of the APD flow. Any upcoming Constable looking to be Corporal and any Corporal looking to be Sergeant would thrive from this - taking what they learn and showing it off in the field.

    Things have changed a little since I've been around, but Leadership sessions are always very beneficial and can be made into a lot of different scenarios which would be great fun!

    **Edit:** I see Bilbo did a Leadership Academy last year in October. Maybe having another one of those 6+ months later and then here and there on a common basis would be nice!

    I'm eager, willing, and intending to do another Leadership Academy as soon as I have the time and manpower to manage and organize one. I currently have a lot going on with my real work, so my attention is a bit too divided at the moment. But once I'm back on track, I intend to not only host more Leadership Academies, but I am working on other Academies to host as well. I found we had great results from the last one, with many of the officers who attended getting successfully promoted to anything from Corporal to Lieutenant not long after. Academies are not easy to set up, per se, but rest assured more will happen as soon as we can.

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    Undercover weapons

    in APD Suggestions

    Posted

    21 hours ago, Patato said:

    Needs to be the other way.
    Newest SGT gets the gun. Oldest SGT gets relegated to a Zubr as a constant reminder that they aren't good enough and its time to retire.

    +1
    Keep this in mind @P.FitzWallace, its specifically for you. You don't have to retire, as long as you never forget 🙂

    Path To Corporal

    in APD Suggestions

    Posted

    Just now, Cynica said:

    I know a lot of people that were held back on their promotions because nothing more than bad raport with those that made the decision and that's unfair to them.

    If they have bad rapport with the rank they are suppose to assist if they got promoted, why would they be promoted? A corporal acts as a higher up in the absence of SGTs and LTs, so how can the SGTs trust them to perform well as a corporal if they already have bad rapport? I wouldn't vote for someone to be a SGT if their rapport with the LTs was not in good standing. I can't expect the SGTs to do any different when voting for corporal. 

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    Path To Corporal

    in APD Suggestions

    Posted

    I am personally, and have always been, against making it super easy to get promoted, as well as promoting super large amounts of people. Firstly, in my humble opinion, it is not very difficult to get corporal. But, beyond that, I also believe more in quality of officers at higher ranks being better than a high quantity of them. I'd rather have two or three good corporals I can trust and expect to do well versus ten corporals I've never heard of before. Lastly, corporal is a big jump in terms of what officers get access to. There are only so many whitelisted slots like undercover and medic, so I'd rather not flood these, since they already fill up during peak times as it is. Not to mention since corporals get access to the hunters now, I don't care to see every APD officer who's just been a cop for a few months start armor rushing every rook banging kid in a city that got a lucky kill on them. 

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  21. Changelog Christmas

    in Patch Notes

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, KrazyKnight said:

    Historically speaking, when pills are touched, the sheets are too. I was wondering if the sell price changed with the pills too.

    Probably just the pills. Considering how much quicker you can do just pills with just refining, you could make about as much if not more as doing sheets by just doing pills. One box truck of the pills would sell for ~200k, and take less than an hour to do.

    Illegal Vehicle Apprehension

    in Training Center

    Posted

    Seems more appropriate to not just focus on illegal vehicles then, since legal quilins, hunters, etc. could easily fall under this as well. Mayhaps a vehicle disablement training would more suit our needs if vehicles escaping from pursuits is becoming a problem? It can always help to go over the vulnerable spots of vehicles with officers, as well as the tactics and equipment useful to the disablement of vehicles in pursuits.

    As for the APD armor part, we could, in future, look into doing trainings focusing on armor v. armor combat and pursuit, though this can be a little more difficult to properly instruct on, seeing as Arma 3's handling of armor v. armor physics is, at times, sub par at best.

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