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As we near the end of the summer and the start of the autumn of 2019, another month has gone by again, and with that, many things have happened and changed within the Los Santos Police Department.
During the month of August, Deputy Chief Marco Dinkley filed for resignation and with that, left his career with the Los Santos Police Department as the Director of the Office of Special Operations, where his duties were to oversee the leadership of our Special Weapons and Tactics Division, our Air Support Division, and our Traffic Enforcement Division. I want to formally thank former Chief Dinkley for his effort dedication towards his duties as an Office Director and wish him the best of luck with his future endeavors.
Following the resignation of Chief Dinkley, I would like to congratulate Captain Daniels Shelby on his promotion to Captain and his appointment as the Special Operations Bureau Coordinator, taking on the responsibility of overseeing the day-to-day operations of our S.WA.T., Traffic Enforcement, and Air Support divisions. We have the utmost faith in Captain Shelby and are eager to see what he brings to the table for the divisions within his Bureau.
On top of that, the month of August has been a record-breaking month for the Field Training Program since it was initially launched when it comes to the total amount of sessions conducted. Throughout the month, an astonishing total of 154 unique Field Training sessions and 103 formal observations were conducted, totaling up to over 250 formal interactions with our new wave of Cadets. I would like to congratulate the current Field Training Program Commanding Officers, Sergeant Phillipe Sanchez, and Detective Eleanor Quinn, with this achievement.
For those who are interested in starting a career as a Police Officer with the Los Santos Police Department, we currently have an on-going recruitment drive with limited vacancies, so make sure to submit your application!
Deputy Chief of Police Elena Blake
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- Senior Lead Officer Scott Dunbar was born in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland and grew up in a small rural town, located just south of Glasgow. Dunbar's parents were both Chemical Engineers and they knew each other since University. After the global financial crisis in 2008, the Chemical Engineering profession became redundant. Times were rough for the Dunbar family with the threat of losing their home. Few months after his mother was offered a position at INEOS (INspec Ethylene OxideSpecialities) in Carson, California which lead to the entire Dunbar family relocating from Scotland to the United States of America. They took their time to adapt to the hustle and bustle of Carson, however, soon after Senior Lead Officer Dunbar graduated from high school with a GPA of 3.5 and attended the University of California, Irvine, where he majored in Criminology.
Soon after his graduation, Senior Lead Officer Dunbar relocated to Los Santos where he became a courier and delivered mail to people's homes. He applied for a position at the Los Santos Police Department on April 17[sup]th[/sup], 2019 and on the same day, he graduated the Academy of Los Santos Police Department and became a Cadet. Senior Lead Officer Dunbar joined the Los Santos Police Department to help the citizens of Los Santos and ensure that everyone who lives and breathes around him is safe.
Since joining the department Senior Lead Officer Scott Dunbar has been an exemplary officer. He commits himself and his time to his job at Los Santos Police Department and he always makes sure that other officers are doing their best at all times. Overall, Senior Lead Officer Dunbar has overseen 6 Police Academies and 4 of them he coordinated as the Head Instructor. Only this month the Los Santos Police Department welcomed 24 new Police Cadets with the help of Senior Lead Officer Dunbar and Basic Training Division. Since joining the Los Santos Police Department Senior Lead Officer Dunbar was selected to be the Officer of the Month in June 2019 for being a shining example of professionalism to all the Police Officers. In the month of July, he received Exemplary Field Training Officer Commendation Award for showing exemplary effort with the Field Training Program and consistently keeping up with the officers who require their training and doing so at a very high standard.
Senior Lead Officer Dunbar is a great example of an Officer. He is a keen, helpful and active member of the Los Santos Police Department. He dedicates his time to train, teach and prepare others for their future in the department. We would like to wish him the best of luck with his future endeavors both in the Los Santos Police Department and life.
Los Santos Police Department respond to a Code 1 situation on Joshua Road in Blaine County.
Roughly at 1:06 am on Wednesday, August the 14[sup]th[/sup] 2019, the Los Santos Police Department received a Sheriff's Department Deputy distress call on the radio via the dispatch. Multiple Deputies were involved in an active and long-lasting gunfight with some gang members who attempted to break out the suspect from the back of the Sheriff's Cruiser.
Multiple Los Santos Police Department Police Officers responded to the distress call immediately and the first unit on the scene of a distress call arrived within a minute. Upon arriving on the scene of a call three (3) Deputies were injured and were treated immediately for their injuries, however, one (1) Deputy passed away on the scene due to gunshot wounds. After further investigation, three (3) deceased bodies were found of the suspects who were involved in the attack of the Sheriff's Department Cruiser with the suspect inside. According to the Deputy that survived the shoot-out, "multiple suspects were either injured or gunned down on the scene".
The road and the area around the scene of the crime were cordoned and completely closed to the general public for a few hours until the investigation was concluded. The injured deputies were transported to Central Medical Department by the Los Santos Emergency Medical Services for further treatment and the three (3) deceased bodies were transported by the Coroner to Central Medical Department for autopsies and further analysis.
Lieutenant II ► 
Captain I
- Daniels Shelby
Detective II ► 
Detective III
- Jason Steel
Police Officer III ► 
Detective I
- Bonquasha Witherfork
Police Officer III ► 
Senior Lead Officer
- Edward Sharp
- Scott Dunbar
- Ilai Daniels
- Robert Jeys
- Tom Brown
Police Officer II ► Police Officer III
- Zoey Deul
- Lex Roth
- Joshua White
- Samuele Colonna
- Belle Havana Cavalera
- Steve Martinez
Police Officer I ► Police Officer II
- Philip Darling
- Jordan Basco
- Marcus Love
- Darion Rueb
- Jordan Stephenson
- Dean Donovan
- Blake Connor
- Jonathan Willowick
- Walter Pembroke
- Jo Campbell
Police Officer I
- Zachary Morris
- Blake Connor
- Abel Montgomery
- Joe Romano
- Frankie Fedler
- Miles Townsend
- Jasper Wuuuu
- Adam Nesbitt
- Felix Berg
- Bobby Monroe
- Darnell Griffin
- Emma Phoenix
- Matty Fait
- Cyrus Carver
- Kirky Blackrock
- Elijah Wayne
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- We have made great strides in our departmental divisions, welcomed some new faces, and said farewells to some old ones. Please read below about some divisional updates from the COs and ACOs themselves, and what progress they have made in the month of August.
Special Weapons and Tactics - August Update
Hello Readers!
Welcome to August special weapons and tactics update.
Roster changes
The following is a list of our operatives that have received promotions this month and the ranks they now hold.
Trial S.W.A.T. Instructor
Sergeant I - Edward Sharp
Sergeant I - Scott Dunbar
Trial Senior Operative
Senior Lead Officer - Tom Brown
Operative
Police Officer II - Samuel Colonna
Police Officer II - Mikael Cowell
Police Officer II - Elise De la Croix
Probationary Operative
Police Officer II - Adam Williams
Police Officer III - Lex Roth
Police Officer II - Lewis Sanchez
Police Officer II - John Robertson
Police Officer II - Miles Townsend
We have also had some new operatives join our ranks...
S.W.A.T. Applicant
Senior Lead Officer - Zoey Duel
Police Officer II - Walter Pembroke
Police Officer II - Jamie Richardsons
Police Officer II - Dean Donovan
Police Officer II - Tristen Augusta
Police Officer II - Callum James
Police Officer II - Jordan Stephenson
Police Officer II - Steve Martinez
Police Officer II - Elizabeth Axton
Police Officer II - Blake Connor
Division Updates
Statistics
During the month of May, there has been 49 total deployments across all of our operatives. 13 of them were David Patrols, 12 passive deployments, and 24 Active Deployments. This means a large percentage of all S.W.A.T. Deployments in August were extreme situations.
We are happy that our operatives are remembering to log their deployments but hope to see further improvement in the coming months.
Sniper Riles
This month we also saw a change to our long range weaponry. We have no decommissioned out heavy sniper and replaced it with the better suited anti personnel sniper. This is a much lighter weight weapon that will allow us to cover an equal range without impairing an operatives manoeuvrability.
Final Thoughts and Moving Forward
Moving forwards we are looking to make some changes to the swat handbook to improve how we operate under deployment. We are also hoping to press on with training our new operatives to insure they are as well trained as the rest of the division.
SWAT Captain - Sergeant II Josh Paige
SWAT Trail Instructor - Sergeant I Edward Sharp
Basic Training - August Update
The Basic Training Division is committed to its mission goal to provide the best introductory training to applicants and to ease their transition into cadets. In the time since the last divisional update, there have been a number of serious changes to the division.
Since the last divisional update, we have increased our roster two-fold, and we hope that the renewed resources will assist us in organizing academies in most shift times, for more applicants.
Since the last divisional update, the following people were invited into the Basic Training Division. Congratulations!- Police Officer III Zoey Duel
- Police Officer II Vyse Legend
- Senior Lead Officer Edward Sharp
- Lieutenant I Robert Reynolds
Since the previous update, we have:
Organized 4 academies, that lasted circa 120 minutes each, for a total time of 480 minutes dedicated towards training 27 applicants.- Joshua Khane
- Matty Fait
- Jeff Jansen
- Ricky Boothe
- Mark Sloan
- Carl Thisthon
- Stan Foxx
- Leon Lexit
- Kirky Blackrock
- Austin Thieman
- Deepam McFlies
- Cyrus Carver
- Eugene Prokopov
- Jake Lawly
- Grace Hunter
- Lucky Monroe
- Sonny Liston
- Emiko Cross
- Richard Ramirez
- Joe Millions
- Josh Durry
- Karl Manson
- Taylor Allison
- Reginald Williamson
- Karl Pedersen
- Noah Shriver
- Jack Mobray
Since the previous update, we have effected some changes to the academy curriculum, which have been received very well by applicants.
We have removed one practical demonstration, specifically the 10-55, and that has resulted in the academy time being reduced by more than 45 minutes.
The Basic Training Division respects the time of the applicants, and wishes to make the process as efficient as possible.
We have used some of the freed-up time to add additional talking points in areas that we felt would make most use of that time, and we feel that the new academy experience is just as, if not more informative, while being much more efficient.
I would like to thank all our instructors for their very valuable work, what they do is an integral step of the applicant to officer transition, and it is truly invaluable.
I would also like to thank our Director for the Office of Support Services, Deputy Chief - Ashley York, for her invaluable assistance in implementing the new changes, and more changes that have yet to come.
Sincerely,
Detective III Jason Steel
Basic Training Division Commanding OfficerField Training Program - August Update
Dear Field Training Officers,
The month of August has been my first full month in command of this prestigious division and training program and I can happily say that I believe it has been a huge success thanks to everyone who has helped behind the scenes and to you, the field training officers. August 2019 has been a special month for me because not only has it been my first full month in command with the assistance from Detective Quinn, it has also been a record breaking month for the FTP since it was founded regarding session totals. The specifics will be listed below but I just want to say on behalf of the FTP command team - thank you all for you excellent work and effort this month.
Throughout the month of August, a whopping 154 unique FTP sessions and 103 formal observations were conducted meaning that there were over 250 formal interactions with cadets throughout August - A record breaking tally for BOTH FTP session totals and Daily observation report totals - Well done everyone!
The month of August saw us introduce 10 new Field Training Officers into the Field Training Program.
- Police Officer II - Elise De La Croix
- Police Officer II - Steve Martinez
- Police Officer II - Callum James
- Police Officer II - Tristen Augusta
- Police Officer II - Jordan Basco
- Police Officer II - Vyse Legend
- Police Officer II - Carl Backwell
- Police Officer II - Brianna Raven
- Police Officer II - Elizabeth Axton
- Police Officer II - Jordan Stephenson
This month we have successfully passed 20 Cadets through the Field Training Program and are proud to see how well they have done.- Frankie Fedler
- Adam Nesbitt
- Emma Phoenix
- Elijah Wayne
- Felix Berg
- Darnell Griffin
- Bobby Monroe
- Kirky Blackrock
- Matty Fait
- Ricky Boothe
- Cyrus Carver
- Joe Millions
- Reginald Williamson
- Jake Lawly
- Richard Langston
- Josh Durry
- Lucky Monroe
- Stan Foxx
- Grace Hunter
- Noah Shriver
For the month of August, the Field Training Program Command has decided to make Police Officer III Zoey Deul our Field Training Officer of the Month for continuous outstanding effort. This month, Officer Duel has conducted 17 formal FTP sessions with 4 daily observation reports. This award entitles Officer Deul to a salary bonus of $5000 (($50,000)) paid directly from the Commanding Officer of the Field Training Program.
Furthermore, this month, FTP Command would like to formally recognize the hard work from Police Officer III Samuele Colonna. Throughout the month of August, he has conducted 8 formal FTP session as well as a whopping 26 daily observation reports meaning that Officer Colonna contributed to more than 25% of the month's total D.O.R count. Because of this, Officer Colonna will be entitled to a wage bonus of $2500 (($25,000)) paid directly from the Commanding Officer of the Field Training Program.
Be sure to congratulate both Police Officer III Duel and Colonna whenever you see them on duty.
Regards,
Sergeant II Phillipe Sanchez
Field Training Program Commanding Officer
Detective I Eleanor Quinn
Field Training Program Assist. Commanding OfficerInvestigations Bureau - August Update
Hello Investigators and Detectives, and welcome to the thirteenth monthly update of the Investigations Bureau! With this update, we would like to introduce everyone to all changes and updates that have been made within the Bureau last month, as to let you all know and include you all in what is happening in the Bureau.
During the month of August, we have had several roster changes within the Investigations Bureau ranging from internal changes or promotions to Investigators or Detectives progressing through the ranks in the Police Department.
During the month of August, the following Investigators and Detectives have been promoted. Congratulations!
Police Officer III → 
Police Detective I
- Bonquasha Witherfork
Police Detective II → 
Police Detective III
- Jason Steel
- James Sardinsky
- Bonquasha Witherfork
- Mike Adams
- Hana Nakamura
- Detective II Logan Cross has been appointed as the Commanding Officer of the Robbery Homicide Division.
- Detective III Jason Steel has been appointed as the Commanding Officer of the Gangs and Narcotics Division.
During the month of August:- A total of 7 cases have been opened.
- A total of 6 cases have been closed.
- A total of 12 cases are currently being actively investigated. (Excluding Gangs and Narcotics statistics)
- A combined total of 63 Investigation Patrol Logs have been posted.
- A total of 38 illegal weapons (excluding pistols) have been seized.
On a final note, we would like to thank you all for reading through the thirteenth monthly Investigations Bureau update post. We greatly appreciate all the work every single one of you puts in every day to make the Investigations Bureau successful.
Once again, congratulations to all those who got promoted, and keep up the good work!
Deputy Chief of Police Elena Blake
Director, Office of InvestigationsAdvaned Training - August Update
Los Santos Police Department
ATD Statistics
"TO PROTECT AND SERVE"
- In the month of August, there have been numerous certification concluded in the Advanced Training Division. Below are the statistics:
- 5 High Speed Interception Unit Certifications
- 3 Heavy Interception Unit Certifications
- 7 Denied Firearms Certifications
- 12 Accepted Firearms Certifications
- 4 High Speed Motorcycle Unit Certifications
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Lieutenant Robert Reynolds
Rockford Watch Commander
Advanced Training Division Commanding Officer
Los Santos Police Department
Traffic Enforcement - August Update
This month Head Inspector Phillipe Sanchez resigned from his position in the Traffic Enforcement Division and would like to thank him for the hard work he has put into the division. We have also have introduced a new training program for Probationary Traffic Officers to conduct training with Traffic Officer II's to get some first-hand experience on a standard traffic patrol once this is completed they will be able to take their evaluation session. During the month of August, we only hosted one Traffic Operation that was located down the road from Bayview targetting drivers who were speeding and under the influence. We plan on holding operations more frequently along with some internal training for the division.
TED Statistics as of 07/AUG/2019
PersonnelCurrently, our ranks are divided as such within TED:
TED Command: 2
Inspector: 4
Traffic Officer III: 3
Traffic Officer II: 12
Traffic Officer I: 14
Probationary Traffic Officer: 3
Traffic Officer of the monthAfter their good performance throughout the month and being very active within the division, we would like to congratulate Traffic Officer II Jo Campbell as he has been selected as this month's Traffic Officer of the month. He has been chosen in response to his continued dedication to the division. Campbell has recorded a total of 27 Patrols, 522 Citations, and 40 Traffic stops. For this, he will be awarded a bonus of $60,000. Congratulations!
Senior Lead Officer Tom Brown
Traffic Inspector
Los Santos Police DepartmentAir Support - August Update
Los Santos Police Department
Air Support Division Update - August 2019
"TO PROTECT AND SERVE"
Hello Pilots!
Welcome to the Twelfth update of the Air Support Division where we would like to introduce you all to the updates within the division for the month of August. We are looking to get these made for each month to let you all know what is happening within the division, and any upcoming changes to the division. We hope this will help to include you all more, and inform you of changes prior to them happening, so you can all come forward with suggestions of things that you all would like to see change within the Air Support Division.
Roster changes
We have recently bought on several new pilots to the Junior Pilot Program. We would like to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to the following talented individuals:
- Darion Rueb
- Blake Connor
- Carl Backwell
- Walter Pembroke
- Jordan Stephenson
- Steve Martinez
- Cynthia Shelby
- Pavel Reznikov
- Jimmy Jonway
- Harry Hornsby
- Joshua White
- Jack Bowers
- Josh Paige
- Zoey Deul | Junior Pilot -> Pilot
- Mikael Cowell |Pilot -> Pilot First Class
- Darion Rueb | Junior Pilot -> Pilot
- Alex Keller | Junior Pilot -> Pilot
Unfortunately, we have run into some issues with planning the solution we were planning to have up by September that would help the pilots with allowing to more easily log their hours but will be deployed in a test phase sometime during this month.
Also, we have made great improvements in working on the tactical certification that will allow pilots better help out SWAT in dangerous operations.
This month we are going to congratulate Robert Jeys as our featured Pilot! He has logged a total of 26 hours in the month of August and his general lack of activity in the division, as well as his paperwork, become more detailed during this month. For being the featured pilot this month he will receive a bonus of $25,000. Congratulations Robert Jeys, please see the Commanding Officer for your bonus.
I would like to remind all Junior Pilots that you are responsible for obtaining 10 flight hours and conducting your 10-hour flight check within 30 days to progress to Pilot. Junior Pilots not meeting this criterion will be removed and made to reapply when they have the time required to dedicate to the division. Several junior Pilots are eligible to schedule their ten hour flight check but have failed to do so.
On a last note, this month has been extra special as we have logged a total of 144 hours which is a 54 hour increase more than the last month that means that pilots have been in significantly more situations than the other month and I would like to see you keep making this number even higher.
Thank you all for reading this update for the Air Support Division for August 2019. Welcome to the team, all new members within the division!
Sergeant I Kristofer Avens
Air Support Division Commanding Officer
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This concludes our monthly bulletin. Thank you for taking the time to read through our update and we hope you are excited for the next one. Media Relations will work hard to provide you with a monthly bulletin, such as this one, from now on. We ask all division leaders to actively keep up with their monthly updates in order to be included in our report. If you have any suggestions, feedback, and comments, please contact the Media Relations through the means listed in the Contact Information tab.
We would like to give special thanks to the following personnel for making this monthly release possible:- Chief of Police Mick Reefer
- Assistant Chief Alex Donnelly
- Deputy Chief Elena Blake
- Commander Jay Bacon
- Divisional Command
- Media Relations Team
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