Important Read: Mission Statement and Out-of-Character Core Values

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Important Read: Mission Statement and Out-of-Character Core Values

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(( COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING QUALITY ROLEPLAY.
The faction will always, before anything, pride itself in providing equal, fruitful and quality roleplay to the server. The faction will always prioritize quality over quantity. Confiscating a lot of guns and/or weapons will not help you advance to the next rank. Locking up people for reckless driving will not advance you to the next rank. Jumping between calls in-game will not help you advance to the next rank. This faction's motto has and will always be: "We're not here to police the server, we're here to provide quality police roleplay."

PASSIVE ROLEPLAY.
In this faction, we aim to also conduct passive roleplay. Upon joining this faction, you are expected to provide and generate roleplay on your own. Other members of the faction will not spoon feed you roleplay, and no one is obligated to. Roleplaying a unique and realistic character is encouraged. You do not have to roleplay a perfect textbook deputy. No one is going to belittle you for wanting to roleplay a fat Cantonese deputy who failed detective school and became a traffic deputy and so on. The faction encourages unique but also realistic roleplay concepts.

PLAY-TO-WIN.
This faction will not tolerate any instances of play-to-win mentality. As a law enforcement officer, you are given an enormous amount of both in-character and out-of-character power, and with that comes responsibility. You are expected to treat other members of the community with courtesy at all times. As a cop, you have the power to turn a scene into a good or bad roleplay scenario. Roleplay the situation out when possible. If someone's fighting with your character, don't immediately pull out a taser as a first resort and start spam tasing them. Forcing your character to find a well-hidden firearm or drug will achieve you nothing out-of-character. Forcing a player to roleplay a gun on their person because the server rules dictate "what is on is on you" will achieve you nothing out-of-character.

OUT-OF-CHARACTER COURTESY
A big part of providing quality-police role-play is ensuring that the other parties that you are interacting with are having an enjoyable, interactive experience. This also works to diminish play-to-win mentality and it helps bridge the gap between law enforcement and the wider GTA:W community. An example of this is being understanding towards other role-players on the server and not wriggling our way out of disagreements by simply saying "It's IC" and ignoring the other player's concerns. For example, if you arrest somebody and they question it out-of-character, take two minutes to explain it to them out-of-character and continue the role-play. Always imagine as if you were in their shoes and you were new on the server. Give other members of the community benefit of the doubt when possible. This effectively means, in a general context, be courteous. If someone breaks a rule, is not interested in role-playing or harasses you, report them and then move on and continue the role-play. Remember that we are all community members, not game administrators and we should not be taking their position. Give other members of the community benefit of the doubt when possible.

EMULATION OF THE REAL LIFE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
Our faction aims to emulate its real life counter-part, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, whenever deemed feasible and possible. While we cannot do a carbon-copy of everything one-to-one because of video game limitations, the faction will emulate and portray certain aspects of the its real-life counter part where and when possible, as long as there is no detrimental gameplay repercussion. As such, you are expected to research and accurately portray a real life deputy of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in a modern day setting.

CLOSING STATEMENT.
The faction recruitment process is a very complicated process where multiple people are involved in reviewing your app, including a member of the Executive Staff. Law enforcement factions in the past has been very focused on operational efficiency and have often sacrificed role-play. In the Los Santos County Sheriff's Department, role-play should come first before anything else. We expect you to role-play a realistic character, as well as provide high quality and equal role-play to all parties involved. Members should also promote the faction's out-of-character values, such as our guiding principle of providing quality police role-play to the server and not policing the server.

If you are not sure or are confused about anything, look for guidance from other members of the faction, higher ranks and experienced members. Don't berate others, but give them the benefit of the doubt. Be genuinely approachable to all, treat others how you want to be treated, and let these principles define how you carry yourself and how you come across to others.

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Sheriff Gregory Reznik
Los Santos County Sheriff's Department ⎯ "A Tradition of Service"
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