Durga

Not to make a pun, but it looks a little too uniform. Could use a little texture to the blue sections.

I've never seen a Captain, retired or otherwise, go out of their way to be abusive. I don't want to use a blanket excuse such as "they deserved it", or "they knew what they were doing / getting themselves into". But, sometimes, that is the case.
Looking from the outside in on what a Captain in game does can look very damning. What's likely is that the Captain has a good reason for lethaling, jailing, increasing someone's ticket, or even leaving them restrained for 10 minutes. 
Just a day or two ago, I drove a suspect back from a bank robbery. If you were on the outside of the situation, you would've seen me simply drive back to HQ, and throw him in jail without saying a word to him. In reality, he was screaming his lungs out in vehicle chat, and I'm absolutely not going to process that.
We've been on these servers long enough, 2013 btw, to have a rapport with almost everyone who has stuck around on these servers. We recognize your name and your past interactions with us. If we know someone to be toxic, troll us, bar gate us, etc, we'll give you a shorter leash. There are ways to get attention from the police that doesn't require us to dislike you for it.
While the solution isn't as simple as "Be nicer to the police", it would go a long way to correcting the issues you're bringing up, @Sean That Irish Guy. If you report an officer who's treating you like shit, and the video shows him treating you like shit, but you are also treating him like shit, it devalues your report. If you report a cop being an asshole for no reason, he'll have guaranteed action taken. The way I used to handle reports on officers boiled down to a couple of factors. Was the officer acting negatively as a reaction, did he make a mistake, or was he being malicious. Only two of those deserve punishment, and one needs a lot of context.
Sort of rambling, but if you don't give an officer a reason to mistreat you, he'll eventually get himself demoted/removed.
I can't speak for the spawning stuff in, or lethaling someone to not have to drive them back.

Captain "Issue"
Hey there. I'm going to address your "concerns" here as I feel the majority of them are likely to be unfounded and baseless.
I'll start off by saying that I feel that I was put into the position I'm in because I'm able to deal with situations in an unbiased manner and by being a level headed individual. If you've spoken to me before, one on one, you'll know this for a fact. I can almost say for certain that I have never spoken to you personally one on one, so I'd like to think this is all conjecture.
That's a fair opinion to have. The problem with spouting stuff like this in a public forum is that you will have people who have had situations arise in the past (not necessarily recently) who will say, "yeah the Captains have done this to me in the past!!! Fuck the Captains!!!" without actually giving any information beyond that. In the past, Asylum was very heavily police-admin oriented and you had admin Captains who would spawn in Armed Ghosthawks, Hunter GMG/HMGs, etc in active fights. Asylum in 2019 is completely the opposite.
The Captains, and myself even, are held to a very high standard. I will publicly say that the only time I have spawned in anything "unfair" was when I was trying out the .50 cal BW rounds for the Type 115 gun. Guess what? I got in trouble for it, because there are standards, and you should be very thankful that there are standards on Asylum. There are boundaries, and while they may not be set in stone, they're definitely understood by everyone.
Captains have the privilege of being able to go around or above the APD's guidebook when and if they feel necessary. Again, this is a privilege and not a right, and has been that way since Asylum's inception. The fact that this is being brought up and discussed now makes me think there is something else going on here.

To go into specifics on this issue here, if any officer is found to be downing a suspect, restraining them, just to take them out of restraints and execute them on the spot, they will have appropriate action taken against them.
Please take note when I say appropriate action taken. Appropriate action highly depends on the situation at hand. To give an example, you coming in here and making this post is about as useful as a random individual messaging me on TeamSpeak telling me that "a cop is abusing my rights." While I will fish for more information, word only goes so far. I can't just take the word of someone and take action on that. I need to see it happening, through sufficient evidence (video, screenshot, etc). Action taken depends on the amount of evidence given, the situation, and the context behind the situation.
I would also like to point out that it is more common to see a rebel shoot and kill their friend on the ground, or jump off a building killing themselves than seeing a cop unrestraining a suspect at the active fight to kill them.
None of our active Captains have the ability to do this except myself, and I don't do that. If you're talking about the retired Captains, there are a couple who have the ability to do this, but as I said before, I don't see this happening and I need to see evidence or a report of it happening, or nothing can be done about it.
Again, the ~17 whitelisted Captains have the ability to do this when they feel necessary. Also, when I say ~17 whitelisted Captains, only a handful of those actually log in to play on the servers. Something to keep in mind.
I'm not sure where you're getting this information from. Your one and only Internal Affairs report back in April on the 22nd was on a Corporal about racism, which is funny because you have no problem with racism at all (). All of the complaints you are talking about, I just don't see it happening.
Community Managers and Owners are able to see all reports, including Captain reports. If they feel the need to step in, they will, and do.
In the end, it's very easy to see things differently from the outside. Since I became Chief, I try to make things as transparent as possible, as keeping everything behind closed doors isn't always healthy. Disciplinary action against individuals I feel should always be dealt with behind closed doors, unless the individuals being dealt with would like to make it public. Player reports and ban appeals hold the same expectation in regards to privacy.
In the past, I feel as though the Captain role has had a very clique-like feel to it, and I prefer to keep it away from that. While the Captains and retired Captains are fairly close-knit, there is never any hesitation in regards to disciplinary if it is necessary.
I've also said this before and I will say it again, I want to see more reports if this happening. I want to see evidence, and not just APD bashing.
If you don't wish to submit a report, you're always welcome to approach the Captain you have an issue with as well. We're all big boys and can handle a one on one civil conversation that doesn't involve "you're a fucking retard."

I've never seen a Captain, retired or otherwise, go out of their way to be abusive. I don't want to use a blanket excuse such as "they deserved it", or "they knew what they were doing / getting themselves into". But, sometimes, that is the case.
Looking from the outside in on what a Captain in game does can look very damning. What's likely is that the Captain has a good reason for lethaling, jailing, increasing someone's ticket, or even leaving them restrained for 10 minutes. 
Just a day or two ago, I drove a suspect back from a bank robbery. If you were on the outside of the situation, you would've seen me simply drive back to HQ, and throw him in jail without saying a word to him. In reality, he was screaming his lungs out in vehicle chat, and I'm absolutely not going to process that.
We've been on these servers long enough, 2013 btw, to have a rapport with almost everyone who has stuck around on these servers. We recognize your name and your past interactions with us. If we know someone to be toxic, troll us, bar gate us, etc, we'll give you a shorter leash. There are ways to get attention from the police that doesn't require us to dislike you for it.
While the solution isn't as simple as "Be nicer to the police", it would go a long way to correcting the issues you're bringing up, @Sean That Irish Guy. If you report an officer who's treating you like shit, and the video shows him treating you like shit, but you are also treating him like shit, it devalues your report. If you report a cop being an asshole for no reason, he'll have guaranteed action taken. The way I used to handle reports on officers boiled down to a couple of factors. Was the officer acting negatively as a reaction, did he make a mistake, or was he being malicious. Only two of those deserve punishment, and one needs a lot of context.
Sort of rambling, but if you don't give an officer a reason to mistreat you, he'll eventually get himself demoted/removed.
I can't speak for the spawning stuff in, or lethaling someone to not have to drive them back.

I have never done anything that Irish mentioned. I play to have fun and I want others around me to have fun. The only time I break the rules is when someone truly deserves it. Captains have always been able to bend the rules. It has been appart of the rank since day one. It's what separates the Captains from the Lieutenants. We are trusted to make these calls and to not take them to far. If it does go to far then a report should be made. The past has shown that Captains are not untouchable. I understand that being on the other end is frustrating. I have been on civ plenty of times with a different name and have been bitch slapped by a Captain. I just feel this post was made due to the actions of one or two people and not the majority of the whitelisted Captains. I play with Samp and Codie quite a bit and I never see them doing anything that would be damaging to the community. We all care about the servers very much and try our best to make the experience better. We have never stabbed anyone in the back for the simple reason of "we can do whatever we want."

@Durga you an ugly mofo 

I've never seen a Captain, retired or otherwise, go out of their way to be abusive. I don't want to use a blanket excuse such as "they deserved it", or "they knew what they were doing / getting themselves into". But, sometimes, that is the case.
Looking from the outside in on what a Captain in game does can look very damning. What's likely is that the Captain has a good reason for lethaling, jailing, increasing someone's ticket, or even leaving them restrained for 10 minutes. 
Just a day or two ago, I drove a suspect back from a bank robbery. If you were on the outside of the situation, you would've seen me simply drive back to HQ, and throw him in jail without saying a word to him. In reality, he was screaming his lungs out in vehicle chat, and I'm absolutely not going to process that.
We've been on these servers long enough, 2013 btw, to have a rapport with almost everyone who has stuck around on these servers. We recognize your name and your past interactions with us. If we know someone to be toxic, troll us, bar gate us, etc, we'll give you a shorter leash. There are ways to get attention from the police that doesn't require us to dislike you for it.
While the solution isn't as simple as "Be nicer to the police", it would go a long way to correcting the issues you're bringing up, @Sean That Irish Guy. If you report an officer who's treating you like shit, and the video shows him treating you like shit, but you are also treating him like shit, it devalues your report. If you report a cop being an asshole for no reason, he'll have guaranteed action taken. The way I used to handle reports on officers boiled down to a couple of factors. Was the officer acting negatively as a reaction, did he make a mistake, or was he being malicious. Only two of those deserve punishment, and one needs a lot of context.
Sort of rambling, but if you don't give an officer a reason to mistreat you, he'll eventually get himself demoted/removed.
I can't speak for the spawning stuff in, or lethaling someone to not have to drive them back.

I've never seen a Captain, retired or otherwise, go out of their way to be abusive. I don't want to use a blanket excuse such as "they deserved it", or "they knew what they were doing / getting themselves into". But, sometimes, that is the case.
Looking from the outside in on what a Captain in game does can look very damning. What's likely is that the Captain has a good reason for lethaling, jailing, increasing someone's ticket, or even leaving them restrained for 10 minutes. 
Just a day or two ago, I drove a suspect back from a bank robbery. If you were on the outside of the situation, you would've seen me simply drive back to HQ, and throw him in jail without saying a word to him. In reality, he was screaming his lungs out in vehicle chat, and I'm absolutely not going to process that.
We've been on these servers long enough, 2013 btw, to have a rapport with almost everyone who has stuck around on these servers. We recognize your name and your past interactions with us. If we know someone to be toxic, troll us, bar gate us, etc, we'll give you a shorter leash. There are ways to get attention from the police that doesn't require us to dislike you for it.
While the solution isn't as simple as "Be nicer to the police", it would go a long way to correcting the issues you're bringing up, @Sean That Irish Guy. If you report an officer who's treating you like shit, and the video shows him treating you like shit, but you are also treating him like shit, it devalues your report. If you report a cop being an asshole for no reason, he'll have guaranteed action taken. The way I used to handle reports on officers boiled down to a couple of factors. Was the officer acting negatively as a reaction, did he make a mistake, or was he being malicious. Only two of those deserve punishment, and one needs a lot of context.
Sort of rambling, but if you don't give an officer a reason to mistreat you, he'll eventually get himself demoted/removed.
I can't speak for the spawning stuff in, or lethaling someone to not have to drive them back.

I've never seen a Captain, retired or otherwise, go out of their way to be abusive. I don't want to use a blanket excuse such as "they deserved it", or "they knew what they were doing / getting themselves into". But, sometimes, that is the case.
Looking from the outside in on what a Captain in game does can look very damning. What's likely is that the Captain has a good reason for lethaling, jailing, increasing someone's ticket, or even leaving them restrained for 10 minutes. 
Just a day or two ago, I drove a suspect back from a bank robbery. If you were on the outside of the situation, you would've seen me simply drive back to HQ, and throw him in jail without saying a word to him. In reality, he was screaming his lungs out in vehicle chat, and I'm absolutely not going to process that.
We've been on these servers long enough, 2013 btw, to have a rapport with almost everyone who has stuck around on these servers. We recognize your name and your past interactions with us. If we know someone to be toxic, troll us, bar gate us, etc, we'll give you a shorter leash. There are ways to get attention from the police that doesn't require us to dislike you for it.
While the solution isn't as simple as "Be nicer to the police", it would go a long way to correcting the issues you're bringing up, @Sean That Irish Guy. If you report an officer who's treating you like shit, and the video shows him treating you like shit, but you are also treating him like shit, it devalues your report. If you report a cop being an asshole for no reason, he'll have guaranteed action taken. The way I used to handle reports on officers boiled down to a couple of factors. Was the officer acting negatively as a reaction, did he make a mistake, or was he being malicious. Only two of those deserve punishment, and one needs a lot of context.
Sort of rambling, but if you don't give an officer a reason to mistreat you, he'll eventually get himself demoted/removed.
I can't speak for the spawning stuff in, or lethaling someone to not have to drive them back.

Nobody gives a shit about your montage. Go count your chin hairs and pop your zits. 

VOTE!

Let's just bring back 2014 altogether.
Terrorism, Nighteyes' Airforce, weapons hidden when holstered, dramatically smaller guidebook, mother fuckin' Lew & Tupair

@bamf @Gen. Henry Arnold
Since you've been doing wonderful work on skins, what are the chances you'll finally take a look at fixing the MTPs, and some of the AAF clothing skins? They're bugged, and look very strange.
You can drop them to fix them, but it often reverts or makes you naked.

I've looked through all available content at my disposal, and I can't find actual documentation on what you've done to deserve 2 points.
Is someone doing my boy Lucky dirty?

@bamf @Gen. Henry Arnold
Since you've been doing wonderful work on skins, what are the chances you'll finally take a look at fixing the MTPs, and some of the AAF clothing skins? They're bugged, and look very strange.
You can drop them to fix them, but it often reverts or makes you naked.

Civilian
Civilians can no longer purchase the following:
Suicide Vests RGO Grenades RPGs or their ammo Any 7.62 or their ammo Ifrits .50 Cals Orcas Civilian market values have gone up! The following goods / services are now 25% more valuable:
Iron Copper Diamond Sand Salt Delivery Missions Oil Rubber Medical Marijuana Fish (Handcaught fish 100% more valuable) Wreck Excavation Goods (excluding cocaine and lockpicks) Civilian misc. changes:
Removed talents to purchase/use 7.62, .50 Cals, and Suicide Vests Four-Five has been added to Gun Stores MRD sight has been added to Gun Stores Bounty Hunters now receive payment if their target logs off in their restraints  
Police
Police misc. changes:
The MXSW is now purchasable by Lieutenant+ Added talent to limit Lieutenant+ to either be able to purchase the MXSW, or 7.62 rifles Police that die in Kavala HQ should now have to properly wait 1.5 minutes to respawn Athira HQ walls are now unbreakable Wanted individuals that log off within police cuffs now split payout between all officers within 2 kilometers  
Opfor
Opfor has been introduced to the game!
Opfor have access to additional wares at rebel outposts that others do not:
Suicide Vests RGO Grenades Any 7.62 or their ammo Ifrits Orcas Four-Fives & MRD sights The following roles for opfor are available:
Drug Lord Guerilla Pilferer  
Drug Lord:
The following attributes apply to drug lord:
Expert Smuggler talent (up to rank 3): 3.3% increased payout for selling drugs to any main city drug dealer 10% increased vehicle Y inventory 50% reduced cut taken by cartels Drug lords have a chance to gain an additional unprocessed drug during collection  
Pilferer:
The following attributes apply to pilferer:
Drill Technician talent (up to rank 3): 5% reduced duration to rob the Bank of Altis 10% more laundered money from bank robberies (Pilferer must start the robbery) 50% reduced store robbery cooldown, and 50% increased payout Pilferers have a chance to steal Y inventory and items in clothing when they rob someone  
Guerilla:
The following attributes apply to guerilla:
The Warden talent (up to rank 3): 5% reduced duration for Prison Breaks Hardened Criminal talent: 20% chance to avoid 5 minute revive sickness when revived by a non professional Can purchase .50 Cals and RPGs from Rebel Outpost 10% increased payout from cartel containers 20% reduced chance for police to be alerted when you interact with an NPC When Guerillas wake up at a hospital, they wake up in Donor Town at the medic Opfor miscellaneous:
Opfor receive increased base HP (on par with police base HP) 20% chance to not trigger speeding cameras  
General misc. changes:
After choosing Blufor (police) or Opfor (rebel), you are locked to that option for 24 hours Drug collecting has reverted to it's original state, no longer requiring you to look around / walk in circles to gather drugs Finally fixed the broken visuals for many clothing options Durga has pointed out over the past 6 months  

I voted yes.