LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT
"To Serve And Protect"
The Police Department’s goal is to protect and maintain Los Santos’ high quality of life and prevent crime. The department is responsible for enhancing overall community safety and safeguarding the rights of individuals. The Police Department is organized into specialized units and teams, staffed by both full-time, and volunteer officers to manage calls for service and facilitate problem-solving throughout the community.
Chief of Police
The Chief of Police oversees all the operations of the police department and has the final say on any and all situations. The Chief commonly meets with all supervisors and receives their input for ways to make the department thrive.
Bureau Chief of Police & Assistant Chief of Police
The Assistant Chief of Police keeps the Chief of Police informed of all operational activities on a day-to-day basis. The Assistant Chief Directs the activities of either the administrative or operational side of the Police Department. They oversee command staff operations and help the Chief along with the other command staff members in making decisions.
Deputy Chief of Police
The Deputy Chief of Police is part of the “Team of Chiefs” who make major final decisions and aid each other in making those decisions. At their rank, they have the same duties as commander and help them with any inquiries they may have, but they can also make major decisions on their own. They can freely promote officers that they feel ready.
Police Commander
The Police Commander(s) are part of the command staff team. They oversee all department policies, and patrols, divisions, supervisors, and procedures. The Commander(s) usually help make large decisions such as sub-division supervisor picks, SOP reviewal, senior staff picks, and other administrative duties. In the event that there are multiple commanders, they would split up duties i.e sub-divisions, patrol officers, supervisors.
Police Captain
Captains are the highest ranking officer who doesn’t hold an administrative position. They oversee large patrols and act as a watch commander.
SUBDIVISIONS
TEU [Traffic Enforcement Unit]
The primary duty of the TEU Officer is to enforce traffic laws in Los Angeles to reduce and help manage traffic collisions while keeping the flow of traffic as fluid as possible. TEU focuses in areas of high crash rate and areas of DUI drivers. Speed is a key factor in TEU as our response times are unmatchable yet safe to the public, which is why we train our drivers in TEU well. Our main focus is to keep the streets fluid for traffic, reduce DUI incidents, and respond to priority vehicle chase situations.
Port Authority
The goal of Los Angeles Port Authority is to ensure the safety and well being of all who travel as well as ensuring the safe travel of legitimate commodities is not interrupted or put in danger. Through the use of specialized team of Los Angeles Police Department, we protect and serve the citizens of California, whether it be by Air, Land or Sea. We support the LAPD in multiple ways as listed below.
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Vessel Pursuits
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Publix Transportation Security
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Airport and Port Security
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Search and Rescue
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Evidence Recovery’
Detectives Bureau
The Detective Bureau is built on detail. We strive to never miss a clue and to cover every open end. The goal of the Bureau is to contain organized crime and ensure the right people are prosecuted for the right case. The duties of the bureau include reporting and providing assistance of missing persons, theft reports, and overseeing our two divisions
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Homicide Detectives
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Special Crimes Investigations
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Narcotics Investigations
ASU [Air Support Unit]
The LAPD Air Support Division provides an eye in the sky during a pursuit or searching for a lost person. The helicopter always finds a way to be of service. The Division can assist in Vehicle Pursuits, Missing Persons/Search and Rescue, and many more operations including but not limited to trailing suspects, assisting with VIP escorts, airborne insight and tactical insight in large accidents.
Apart from being very fast and very secure, the LAPD ASU also patrols Los Angeles from above. Especially with high-risk situations such as demonstrations, large group gatherings and events, the great oversight that the “eye in the sky” has, is a way to reduce units on-scene and to create a safe and more secure feeling for the public.
VICE Unit
The VICE Unit was established to increase specialized enforcement of social-order offenses within the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. The goal of VICE is to deter the street level crimes, ranging from gang activities to high risk operations such as arms trafficking, with the assistance of other divisions within the LAPD. While the unit participates in high-risk enforcement, the unit also looks to focus on increasing civic engagements within the community and strengthening relationships between community members and the LAPD.