The Los Santos Police Department was reformed in May 2017 to what it is today, and it has since then, strived to provide the community with realistic role-play. The Los Santos Police Department adapts our structure and standard operating procedures to real-world policing in the United States, with a specific focus on the Los Angeles Police Department. The fundamentals of the faction are to have strict In-Character as well as Out-of-Character policies, regulations, and procedures, as we believe that it is the core to ensure that we can provide the community with the best realistic police role-play.

• This faction thread is Out of Character and information on this thread may not be used for In Character purposes. This is purely to introduce you to the Los Santos Police Department and give you a more in-depth view of our core principles, the structure as well as the role-play that we provide to the community.

• To Protect and Serve - The official motto of the Los Santos Police Department came into effect in 1955, it was submitted as an entry by LSPD Officer Jim Stirling into the Department's official contest to come up with a Department slogan. The motto received a tremendous amount of support from employees of the Department as well as from officials outside of the Department. The slogan stands for the core values and principles of a Law Enforcement Officer, "To Protect" to protect persons, "To serve" to serve the community and its persons with utmost dignity, upholding the oath of service.
  
  In 2018, the Department held an internal vote on whether the motto should change to "C.P.R" which stands for Courtesy, Professional & Respect, however, it did not receive sufficient support and thus it became our community values instead.

• It is the mission of the Los Santos Police Department to safeguard the lives and property of the people we serve, to reduce the incidence and fear of crime, and to enhance public safety while working with the diverse communities to improve their quality of life. Our mandate is to do so with honor and integrity, while at all times conducting ourselves with the highest ethical standards to maintain public confidence.

• Service to Community - We are here to serve the people of Los Santos.
• Reverence for the Law - Honor of duty obeying and respecting all laws.
• Commitment to Leadership - Striving to motivate and set a good example.
• Integrity in word and action - Truthfulness and transparency.
• Respect for individuals - Aiming to improve the quality of life for all citizens.
• Continuous Improvement - Constant review and progression of standards.

• Courtesy, Professionalism & Respect, or C.P.R, are the key values that every officer in the department must uphold. The Department is to Protect the rights of all persons of Los Santos to be free from criminal attack, to be secure in their possessions, and to live in peace. The Department serves the people of Los Santos by performing the law enforcement function in a professional manner and following our Community Values.

• During the San Andreas Gold Rush, the State of San Andreas was guarded by its County Sheriff and multiple militias that was created to aid the already existing County Sheriff. It wasn't until 1869 when the first paid police force created, to what we today know, as the Los Santos Police Department.
  
  The force started with six paid Police Officers that served under City Marshal Jackson White, however, White was shot by one of his deputies in 1870 and was soon replaced by John F. Smith, by the newly created Board of Commissioners. Smith's succession as the City Marshal lasted only a year, as he was replaced by a saloon owner, William Harris. During the years of 1876 to 1889, the Police Force had fifteen different police chiefs.
  
  The Los Santos Police Department did not provide its officers with official training until 1916 when the first police training was introduced. This is the police training that has been the fundamentals to what we know as today and is the reason why the Los Santos Police Department is one of the largest and statistics driven Police Department.
  
  Chief Gas Ketse was appointed Chief of Police on January 21, 2017, but soon found himself replaced by Chief Sebastian Freeman in May 2017. Chief Sebastian Freeman and his staff began the reform of the Los Santos Police Department shortly afterward, successfully managing to re-create the entire structure of the Los Santos Police Department, Bureaus and Divisions within. After a successful reform of the entire department, with the help of his staff, Chief Freeman was appointed to become one of the city's first Government Commissioners in July 2017, and his successor, Chief Ramon Carter took over reigns in the Los Santos Police Department. 
  
  Chief Ramon Carter followed the path of his predecessor and continued to improve and push the Department to strive further success and improvements. Chief Carter, just like his predecessor, was appointed the second Government Commissioner on September 19th, 2017. His successor, Chief Samuel Osborn, was appointed Chief of Police the same day. Chief Osborn's reign only lasted until October 20th, when he stepped down and allowed his successor, Chief Katherine Taylor to take reigns of the Los Santos Police Department.
  
  Chief Taylor was the longest serving Chief of Police of the Los Santos Police Department, she was appointed Chief of Police on October 27th, 2017 until she stepped down on September 28th, 2018 and assumed a new role in the Los Santos Police Department. During Chief Taylor's reign, she pushed for further success and improvements in the Departments and to further strengthen the relations between the community and the Police Force. Chief Taylor and her staff pushed for the Department's second-biggest structural revamp on July 21st, 2018, and that's when the Department expanded the previous 5 Bureaus, to 7 Bureaus divided into 3 Offices. 
  
  Chief (McCall place holder) was re-appointed and sworn in as the Chief of Police on September 28th, 2018.