[Roleplay with PD #0001] Pull Over Guide.
I'm going to write a series of guides about roleplaying with legals and making it fun and fair for the both sides. Here's my first installment to that. I'll hope to continue this series if time and my mood permits me.
Pull Over or A Traffic Stop or A 10-95
Pull Over starts with a police unit turning on it's sirens- merely just flickering them while driving right behind you, followed by several overhead megaphone warnings. These warnings if not complied already shall be followed by several more stern warnings- including threats of being fired upon if the situation is an emergency. Whether you approve it or not you're going to get pulled over for a routine traffic stop by an officer or maybe even due to APBs and BOLOs from /wlist regarding your look or your vehicle's look. Server rules are pretty strict about this one, so why do you bother to even take it to the limit of taking it to a limit when it requires you to engage into something else rather than a merely friendly encounter with your local cop? Each traffic stop does not end with a ticket, infraction or a jail ALL the times, it's just you that brings it on you by pissing off the roleplaying officer. I've chosen this topic since it's the most wide but frequent situation that occurs between legal side and illegal side.
STEP 1 :
You were using your fast sports car- and maybe broke a speed limit, or just forgot to saw a police vehicle just passing by you and managed to lead the officer to think that you might be violating a traffic law. The unit shall get behind you and turn sirens on and instruct you to pull over. Even though you're armed with weapon, you should pull over. Starting off a police chase is just going to make it harder for you when it ends. (inb4 they frisk on pull over lol- NO, every high rank including Bill himself asks police officers not to be consistent about frisks in such minor situations unless absolutely necessary since we all know rest of the population except LEAs are criminals and would be possessing illegal items for sure. You can report them for excessive use of force, and they shall face consequences.)
STEP 2 :
Once you do pull over, you'd be asked to turn the engine off. So roleplay twisting the keys into ignition and turning engine off of your vehicle. Once done that- you must remain seated along with absolutely no movement. Officer shall now ask you to make your hands visible. You may do it by placing them onto steering wheel, further apart from each other, or merely leaning them both out of the window. If it's night time, you may roleplay turning on your vehicle's overhead interior light. Officer shall now either reach to your vehicles window himself or would request the driver to step out of the vehicle. This is the time when only and the only driver should exit the vehicle and without making any sudden or suspicious movements- interact with the officers. (Rest of the mafia friends should stay in the car however bad ass they are
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STEP 3 :
It's time to be nice towards the officer. You may not have to speak with him by referring him as a sir, but referring him to as an officer is quite a kind gesture. Don't go 'Fuck police, WHY YOU PULL ME OVER !!??, FUCK YOU MEN!11' or '(( Reported for pull over no reason. ))' You should instead take it In Character and be nice and complying towards the officer. The officer is supposed to treat you with respect and can be punished/suspended if found ill-treating the civilians. You can report that as well to his superiors and make him face consequences for real instead of -10k for death. The pull over could even be sometimes set up from abusive officers or corrupt once, the right way to deal with them is to report them and not to kill them. Killing them will just give them a free pass and right to continue it with someone else, whilst reporting shall get them kicked and/or banned from enlisting in such a powerful position with one of the powerful faction(and I do mean script wise before some of you go 'pd powerful, lol right) on the server.
STEP 4 :
Officer shall now proceed to check your papers, it's validity by running a regular search on your name in his system. Meanwhile, if he notices anything wrong with your car, he has right to search your vehicle along with you. (Suspicious items may include open alcohol container, thick smoke indicating possible marijuana, pipe or any other weapon). As I've stated above you can report an officer for abusing his authority and utilizing excessive force if he forces you to comply with his search without any valid reason stated above or a possible APB with someone to your resemblance. If you're seeming to be under influence of alcoholic beverage or any other narcotics substance, the officer may perform several basic or advanced test with you. This may include walking in a straight line for several steps, or counting numbers or the same thing in reverse. He may as well ask you to stand straight without taking any support, eventually on a single feet. Advanced tests may include breath analyzer tests or other medical test which could be carried out at station or at All Saints hospital.
The officer shall now come to decisions of what punishment you deserve according to the gravity of the crime, some of them would just even let you go on token of good faith just for staying along and roleplaying it decently or just merely for your good In Character behavior towards them.
NOTE :
Every LSPD cruisers/vehicles does have continuously recording dashboard camera which will be recording your constant movements. So do take screenshots if you feel like being ill-treated IC and join up with them in your report. It'll just make it easier for higher ranks to understand the situation and can be easily dubbed as evidence taken from the dashboard cameras.
It's about time we stop /r POLICE STOP ME !! /bk /bk. Do believe me, we're trying our maximum to make sure that PD members behaves accordingly on the other side.