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  1. Posted

    On 7/29/2018 at 4:51 PM, Gizzly said:
    On 7/13/2018 at 7:23 AM, AgentRick said:

    I'm hoping this isn't a total nerf to the HVR and its capabilities for CQB. It takes a lot of skill to be able to successfully utilize an HVR when the enemy is up in your face.

    Quickswitching and crazy shots like the one below are hopefully what they're looking at removing:
     

    I've watched this a solid 20 times, I can't seem to find the skill, just a noob being a noob with a weapon that's not supposed to be able to do that cqc
    That's precisely the point I was trying to make. There was no skill involved in that, just a bunch of luck associated with a broken mechanic. As for the noob comment? Don't know who you are, doubt you can do better.

  2. Posted

    On 7/20/2018 at 9:42 PM, TylerL said:
    The clan and SPPD SCU are not good clans. 
    Every clan that kicks you out is "not a good clan". Have you ever taken the time to consider that maybe you and the way you behave are the problem?
     

     

    On 7/20/2018 at 5:31 PM, TheValiant said:

    This clan has some really toxic members. Played in a match against Shassandra2, after i killed her a few times she got very upset started whispering me a bunch of hate. Then later in the mission she tries to kill me with a secondary machine pistol but i jump around with a shotgun and kill her so she calls me a hacker. Based on my experience with Shassandra2 would not recommend this clan.
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    I have spoken with and interacted with several leaders from the SPPD and we are on good terms. They are serious about being professional, and any raging you may have encountered would be rectified quickly if you reported it to their leadership rather than bashing the clan on their recruitment post.

  4. Posted · Edited by AgentRick

    19 hours ago, TylerL said:

    SCU is not a good clan. I helped this clan from designs to recruitment and in return, and they booted me without a reasonable explanation. SCU are just a bunch of mall cops. I'm glad we don't have any ties with SCU at all. 


    You're the person who insisted we were roleplaying in your reply before. Unless you can provide your actual in-game name and accurate details on your alleged membership, your statement is invalid.

    There is only one individual who we booted from our clan that lended an eye and gave some opinions for our designs and assisted with recruitment. Assuming that is you, I am attaching the letter we distributed the day you were removed.
     
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    06/18/18- Unfortunately, we were forced to remove a member from our ranks this evening. After six counseling attempts by multiple members of our Command Staff, including a temporary suspension, we could not rectify the behavior of this particular member.

    In =167=, we make every attempt to mediate, counsel and work at rectifying any and all issues a member may have when they are with us. Removal from the clan is always a last resort, and the decision is made when we feel that no amount of corrective action will resolve the issues associated with that member. Generally, we will give problematic members many chances to rectify their negative behaviors and actions, and only when they appear uncorrectable and when they negatively impact the clan as a whole, are we forced to take that level of action.

    What made this decision difficult was the fact that this member was helpful in various aspects of the clan. We firmly believe that he had good intentions with the ideas he brought to the table and with the effort he placed into helping the group. Unfortunately, all helpful actions were diluted and suffocated by the regular incidents and hostile environment this member caused when they were online. We were forced to make a decision based on what is best for the overall welfare of the clan.

    We wish him the best of luck in his journey, not only within APB, but with the career he is currently seeking outside of the gaming world. We also want to thank him for the positive contributions he brought to our clan and hope he can find success and fulfillment with another clan and with life as a whole.

    Take care, Officer. We will hold the line from here.

    We hold no malice toward ex-members, and we certainly don't enjoy removing members from our clan. That's not a good practice to keep an active clan, is it?

    We have a zero tolerance policy for toxic behavior, racism, or any kind of drama. There are some situations where we have to make decisions for the betterment of the clan- this was one of them.

    I'm sorry you are unable to accept the decision we made and move on.

  5. Posted

    On 7/10/2018 at 6:53 PM, VirckCS said:

    Is the clan casual friendly?  I'm a father and have other commitments.

    Thanks for reaching out.

    We are causal friendly and regular activity isn't a requirement to remain in the clan. We understand people have responsibilities and lives outside of gaming and we accommodate the members that do.

    We ask that members be in touch with us at least once per week, or if they cannot, to send a message to a member of the leadership team so we are aware.

    If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I hope to hear from you soon.

  6. Posted · Edited by AgentRick

    13 minutes ago, CrunkGirl said:

    LittleOrbit's Privacy Policy (which is nearly inaccessible, the only clear way I find it is by going to https://register.gamersfirst.com/register/apb/ and clicking "Terms of Use" (https://www.gamersfirst.com/terms/) and then scrolling all the way down to "Disclosure of information" to find this link: https://www.gamersfirst.com/privacy/)

    Only protects LittleOrbit and subsidiaries, as well as outlining that people's real life information is collected and is accessible upon request.
    Your site may affect people in real life, should they have a breach in privacy, or someone poses to be the person they request information about.

    In other words, should your site be used by another third party to perform things such as libel or slander based on real-life information they extracted illegally from someone's account, you could be liable for damages even if the user who did it was caught.

    Getting every person you make a bust report on's permission would negate that.

     

    In my experience, most privacy notices, hold harmless agreements, consent forms and liability release forms don't really hold up in a civil court case if a crime or negligent action was performed, and they generally don't protect the entity requesting that people sign them or agree to them.

     

     

    Despite that, even with a small likelihood, the above scenario is within the realm of possibility. I'll have to research various privacy policy templates, canned user agreements and other statements relating to data breaches. Thank you for your observations.

     

     

    And that is also with respect. If I'm wrong that the entire thing is an unfair advantage because you could easily take the largest amounts of money you all have cataloged, type in-game "/FriendAdd (insert Mr. MoneyBags here)" and keep them from enjoying that part of the game indefinitely. That's also assuming only your clan uses the service. There's nothing stopping me from getting on BlitzKitty and using your website to really screw with players.

     

    That is possible, but we have an internal policy in place that prohibits camping or repeated witnessing of the same person(s) in a short period of time. Unless the individual has a lot of money on them, we generally won't go after them for a while after we bust them. We are happy that APB is coming back to life under the banner of Little Orbit, and we don't want to chase out new or existing players.

     

     

    It is also possible that other enforcers could use our database to add people to their friends lists based on our busts. Should they use that information maliciously, especially if they harass players based on that, they will have to suffer the consequences associated with that behavior. It would be unfortunate should an enforcer misuse our database and I discourage any enforcers reading this discussion from doing so. Should they want to go around witnessing, we have a great patrol program and we actually have some level of morals- they should reach out to us instead.

  7. Posted

    1 minute ago, CrunkGirl said:

    I claimed you could easily fight the 3rd instance with "Freedom of Speech" not that you violated it. I won't do the research you should be doing to own a public domain and using private assets that belong to other people.

    My mistake, I misread the sentence about the constitution.

     

    I believe I have a decent knowledge when it comes to expectations of privacy and so far, everything you mentioned has not convinced me, based on my knowledge and understanding, that I violated anything. Again, if I have unintentionally violated a law or policy, I would respectfully modify/remove the database from the homepage to comply.

     

     

    I would understand if I owned a for-profit business or company and was using people's character names to generate business or revenue- that would be a completely different story.

    I would also understand if this was the real world and I was violating someone's legally defined expectation of privacy. My clan is not a company, it is a bunch of ordinary people that play the game, laugh when they get blown up by OSMAWs and have fun. The only difference is we are more organized and methodical in the way we do certain things when compared to other clans.

     

     

    I have never received negative feedback (believe it or not) in regard to the bust database. Generally, criminal players that I converse with jump on the site and search to see if they've been busted, and they usually laugh about it if they have been. The intent of the public database is to be a conversation-starter, nothing more, nothing less. The "Top 5 Busts" section displays essentially the same information as the database, just sorted for ease of viewing, and it is there to recognize the members of the clan for an achievement-worthy bust.

     

    Because it is evident you feel strongly about the matter, I will send a broadcast message to my members that they shall not list your name in the database, out of respect. Despite disagreeing with the severity of your false light statement, I feel adding "In-Game" to the "Confiscated Funds" column wouldn't do any harm and is a fair clarification simply to be proper.

     

     

    Thank you for your input and I hope you have a nice holiday.

  8. Posted · Edited by AgentRick

    24 minutes ago, CrunkGirl said:

    Invasion of Solitude: This person was playing a game alone, you used the features in-game which is well within your rights to do, and you beat them and got a large sum of in-game currency. However, you publicized the action that this person was taking within the game, which this person obviously wasn't making public on a 3rd party website.

    The person was playing a multiplayer game on a Little Orbit server. There is no expectation of privacy in any respect when you play a multiplayer game.

     

     

    24 minutes ago, CrunkGirl said:

    Appropriation of Name or Likeness: You're using this person's in-game identifier and actions to advertise your clan publically without permission.

    This occurs whenever anyone streams on Twitch, uploads a gameplay video on Youtube or posts a screenshot of a mission's scoreboard on Steam. Cite me an example where someone is sued for doing any of the aforementioned actions and is forced to remove them. You're losing sight of the fact that this is a video game, not reality, and my group is a bunch of people who play a game, not a company or corporation.

     

     

    24 minutes ago, CrunkGirl said:

    Public Disclosure of Private Facts: The information your posting is of something someone did within the confines of their own home, and you're publicising it without permission. This is easily fightable with the first amendment of the US Constitution though.

    I make no mention of anything someone is doing in their own home, only their actions in a multiplayer game on a Little Orbit server. This is an extreme stretch, and since we only list that they were "busted", we are not disclosing any private facts.

     

    Also, the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America protects citizens' freedoms of religion, expression, assembly and the right to petition from the government of the United States. This is like claiming someone's fourth amendment rights were violated when they went to a sporting event and had to open their purse. The stadium is owned by a private business who has full rights to search and seize property- rights not violated.

     

     

    24 minutes ago, CrunkGirl said:

    False Light: Your website fails to disclose the fact that the monetary figures represent in-game currency in writing. For all anyone knows the person(s) posted in here were busted with real-life money.

    This is another huge stretch. There is nothing to debate here.

     

    I am a law-abiding citizen and I follow the Code of Conduct, Terms of Service and guidelines set forth by Little Orbit. Should the database be violating an actual law that you can cite (not copy/paste a few sentences and claim you are protected by an amendment), or should Little Orbit determine the database is against ToS, I would be happy to take it off the front page of the website.

     

     

    Your character and her actions in a multiplayer video game are entirely different from you and your actions in the real world. Again, I see no invasion of privacy, violation of any laws or ToS. More so, I am unaware of any privacy law that protects your in-game character (owned by Little Orbit) or their actions (performed on a video game server owned by Little Orbit).

  9. Posted · Edited by AgentRick

    38 minutes ago, CrunkGirl said:

    That's the Website's Terms of Use.
    I'm talking about using 3rd party services to gain an advantage in-game.
    It's also against GamersFirst's Original ToS which still applies since this was a "database" created and maintained before LO.

    It is in-fact an invasion of privacy to post an alias I use in real life and in-game, linked to an action performed within the game, without my knowledge or consent on any website.
    My reasonable expectation of privacy is not voided to anything outside of the game, therefore appropriating my alias to gain users in your clan, or to spread my name and likeness to your current users on a 3rd party outside of the game is illegal.

     

    Again, you are welcome to discuss this with me privately.

     

     

    As I said in my original reply, please include specific laws, statutes or policies in your PM, as again, I am not aware of any violations. If the old Gamersfirst Terms of Service you refer to was still in effect, it would be openly posted. Your statement regarding our database violating previous Terms of Service (despite not believing it applied to this situation anyway, even when it was in place) is irrelevant.

     

     

    Claiming you use the name "CrunkGirl" as an alias outside of APB: Reloaded is like me claiming to call myself, "Byron Bloodrose" and claiming APB is infringing my rights by using my "alias" and depicting me as a criminal.

     

     

    Our database lists the bust date, criminal name(s) and amount we busted the criminal for.

     

    You have no reasonable expectation of privacy for your character's name when you are playing a multiplayer game online, and yet again, your argument does not coincide with my knowledge of expectations of privacy or common sense. Once more, your character is intellectual property of Little Orbit, you have no ownership. Your character's name and likeness could appear in a gameplay video of APB and you wouldn't have any recourse should you approach the creator of the video and threaten them to take it down.

     

     

    My clan is an online group of gamers spread across a dozen countries. I do not use anyone's character names for appropriating users in my clan, and even if I did, the clan is not a for-profit business. Since you do not own your name in APB (Third time I think? Little Orbit does), and since "CrunkGirl" is not your legal name, and since I am not spreading libel or any hearsay about "CrunkGirl", I still fail to see any violation of ToS or the law.

     

     

    Should you continue to discuss this with me, again, please cite specific laws, statutes and policies. Once more, you are welcome to request that we omit your name from our database and we would be happy to do so, if it made you feel better.

     

     

    Happy gaming.

  10. Posted · Edited by AgentRick

    We are happy to serve. I have responded to your statements below.

     

     

    22 minutes ago, CrunkGirl said:

    You've never busted me and you never will

    If you don't commit an open-world crime, you're probably right.

     

    22 minutes ago, CrunkGirl said:

    using 3rd party services to gain an unfair advantage over other players (website with information on players) is against ToS.

    Please review Little Orbit's Terms of Service, located here: 

    https://www.gamersfirst.com/terms/

     

     

    Nowhere in the Terms of Service does it state using a third party service such as a website is prohibited. Furthermore, the new APB Reloaded Code of Conduct also does not mention anything of this nature. Our database is created by clan members for clan members to catalog criminal busts- there is nothing illegal or unfair in that.

     

     

    22 minutes ago, CrunkGirl said:

    It's also an invasion of privacy to catalog a person's activities without their knowledge or acceptance.
    If I ever find my name or social/gaming alias on your website I will call a lawyer and press any and every charge I can against you.

     

    I'm afraid your list would be a blank piece of paper. Your gaming alias as it pertains to APB: Reloaded is owned by Little Orbit and unless you hold a copyright, trademark or patent over your name, you have no legal recourse for it being listed on a website. With your statement regarding invasion of privacy, that would mean recording any in-game footage that includes your character name (say you were killed in my mission) would be invading your privacy.

     

     

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    All content on the Website and available through the Service, including designs, text, graphics, pictures, video, information, applications, software, music, sound and other files, their selection and arrangement, and your Account (the "Site Content"), are the property of the Little Orbit or its licensors with all rights reserved.

     

    There is no violation of any terms of service or local, state or federal laws that I am aware of.

     

     

    If you wish to debate this, you are welcome to send me a private message on the forums. If you choose to do so, please include specific statutes, laws or policies that support your claim that a bust database is illegal/disallowed in APB.

     

     

    Out of respect for your feelings, despite having no legal recourse, if you request we don't add your name to the bust database should we bust you in the future, I will happily oblige, just ask instead of threatening. You get more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

     

    Have a Happy 4th of July.

  12. Posted · Edited by AgentRick

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    We want to thank all of the heroes that serve our proud country today and everyday!

     

     

    We are one of the only clans that have awards for the heroes who serve/served their countries in the military and in public safety roles. Our members are permitted to wear the "Military Service" and "Public Safety" ribbons they have earned on their uniform in-game.

     

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    Happy Independence Day everyone!

  13. Posted

    3 hours ago, MattScott said:

    Hi everyone,

     

    Let's talk about yesterday a little.

     

    I just got back from Melbourne on Friday, and finally had a chance to get back in the game yesterday. 

    A player alerted me that the game was running poorly, but we had been on mitigation, so I got on but wasn't sure what to expect.

    I started with Financial and started running around with the other player.

     

    You'll have to excuse my ignorance, but I had not actually experienced rubberbanding. Until yesterday.

     

    The game was literally unplayable, and I'm sorry for that. It's inexcusable.

    I'm sure many of you experienced the same frustration and terrible issues during your missions and attempts to play.

     

    I spent the better part of the day doing latency tests and pulling my dev and network team in on a Saturday to look at the problem.

    All total I played on 4 different servers across PC and PS4, and at one point I was on a server entirely by myself. The rubberbanding was just as bad.

    We finally decided it was better to quickly reboot the Jericho servers to continue testing.

     

    After the reboot, I got on again. I even played in a couple missions in green.

    (Yes. You may have seen me running around Financial and Waterfront. I got my patootie handed to me. I think I got one kill the entire time.)

     

    Here are a couple things I want to acknowledge from yesterday's research:

    • Mitigation for DDOS causes latency.. maybe 20-30ms extra on Jericho. Less on Citadel. It certainly affects the game, but nothing like what I saw.
    • We run real hardware not cloud servers. And while it's entirely possible that our servers aren't strong enough, after rebooting, the servers I played on ran great.
    • In my opinion, this is clearly an issue in the server code, and my team is working through the server logs from yesterday to determine what happened so we can fix it.

     

    Unfortunately in our efforts to try and clear more support tickets, we had more of our GMs handling tickets.

    Going forward Lixil has re-tasked them all with staying in-game to help report latency issues, so we can quickly reboot servers is there are issues.

     

    I had something of a celebration planned for this week, and we're still going to run it, but given the circumstances I'm going to change that theme to something else. Ultimately we appreciate you guys for hanging in there. I'll post tomorrow with more details.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

     

    Matt,

     

    Thank you for putting out a statement.

     

     

    The recent issues (which will likely be resolved in the near future) aside, I feel like you and your team at Little Orbit have done some pretty incredible things with APB.

     

     

    Within your first couple weeks, you removed or back-seated the old staff members that were causing problems and animosity within the game. You implemented a brand new anti-cheat system, and you unbanned accounts that were unfairly banned by the aforementioned staff.

     

     

    I have been following your blog posts, road map and the recent announcements and have to say that I'm impressed at how well you and your team grasp the current state of the game. The CEO actually reaching out to the community is something we never saw with Gamersfirst, we were lucky to have occasional communication with Tiggs. Come to think of it, I played since Open Beta, I don't even recall the G1 CEO's name.

     

     

    I want to thank you and your team for the efforts you are taking in revitalizing this game. My clan has seen a major boost in recruitment since the initial announcement of Little Orbit purchasing APB and it continues to flow steadily.

     

     

    Please maintain the enthusiasm, professionalism and persistence that you and your staff have exhibited for bringing this game back. I know that a lot of players (myself included at some points) are frustrated with the current lag and issue with various blatant hackers, but I understand and try to convey to others that this is a growing pain associated with any transition of this nature. I am confident that if the player base can exhibit some patience during the transition, they will likely be surprised and pleased with where the game will be in the not-so-distant future.

     

     

    Again, thank you for your diligence and for reaching out and communicating with the community.

     

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  14. Posted

    3 hours ago, WtfSerbianoo said:

    Wow,wow,wow sexually harassing a woman on work? Dude you seriously need to chill out, first of all choose your words, don't flip them against me or in a way to proove yourself or all people on forum that you are a "Hero" and protective to women of people like me???!! First of all i didn't have time to explain my thread completly( and i didn't want to because who listen to us "normal players"). Second all i said was joke, many people understood that i am joking, i believe even lixil understood that and accepted that way so she didn't want to " buzz me" or w.e. Thank you for explaining my words wider than i said or wanted them to be said. Just avoid few words of calling me "names" here and spitting on me on my thread. Thank you. Peace "Hero"

    For other people that follow this thread. Back in a days game had more challanges than today. You had to play good, and more to gain reputation. There was no dethreating, or afk players. Pure skills. Clans were bigger, people was giving more effort to get a higher threat to gain reputation for many "good" clans, skilled players were good known in community and well respected. But like i said only old players can understand what i wanted to say. No need for explanation to people who never tried old threat system. 

    If you expect people to support your suggestion who never experienced the old system, you should take the time to actually explain it to them.

     

     

    All due respect (little is due), you've destroyed any credibility your suggestion may have had by your other posts. Instead of continuing to argue, you should go back and clarify so people understand what you're actually suggesting, since your suggestion is surprisingly a good one.

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  15. Posted

    3 hours ago, DopeSV said:

    Better new one...not everyone knew how "Old threat system" work's 😕

    He doesn't want the old system back. He wants the numbers back. Ex: Gold 9

     

     

    OP just lacks the ability to properly articulate his suggestion.

  16. Posted

    5 minutes ago, Deathshow99 said:

    At least they could make the number private and only visible to the player himself.

    Even that would be better than hiding the number altogether.

  17. Posted · Edited by AgentRick

    All troll comments aside, the old threat system of Gold 1 - 10 should be re-implemented. Please don't let the OP derail the thread with his idiocy, this is a legitimate suggestion and there would be many benefits with bringing it back.

     

     

    As far as I'm aware, the old threat system is still active, we just can't see whether we are Gold 1 or Gold 10 anymore. The threat number should be visible, at the very least it would allow players to gauge themselves against others, and clans to somewhat gauge applicants and members based on their skill.

     

     

    Anyone who votes against this poll likely doesn't understand the question. The OP is simply asking "Should they make the number next to threat color visible again?". He doesn't want to bring back the old threat system that everyone hated, nor is he suggesting to bring back old rank icons- just the numbers next to your threat color.

     

     

    OP- can you clarify in your original post? Perhaps explain the old threat system in a little more detail so newer players understand what you're suggesting.

  21. Posted

    I was unable to find the definition of roleplaying that you mentioned. I was able to find these, however:

     

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    To act and speak as if you are the character you're portraying. To roleplay is as much about what not to say as what TO say. It means to keep your speech in the context of the setting in which your character (or avatar) exists. Context can be defined as both time and place. 

     

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    For short,RP. When someone acts or pretends to be a certain character. Also to act out your imagination of a "different life".

     

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    Role-play is the act of imitating the character and behavior of someone who is different from yourself, for example as a training exercise.

     

    By your definition, any clan that has a ranking system, organized divisions or positions of responsibility are role-playing. That would mean that most of the well-known APB clans (On Enforcer and Crim) are role-players. Loosely, that would also mean that anyone who makes their Enforcer look like an "Enforcer" or Law Enforcement would also be role-playing.

     

    Semantics aside, the message I was trying to convey was that we don't participate in traffic stops or fantasy activities- we don't pretend to be Law Enforcement. We play the game by doing missions and witnessing people, while using the vehicles, uniforms and structure as our shtick.

     

    Thank you for giving me the opportunity to clarify for those who may have been confused.

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  22. Posted · Edited by AgentRick

    Ready for a pursuit? The 2-Slot Growl is one of the premier vehicles we offer our Officers once they pass their probation.

     

    Premier vehicles, such as a the Growl, are priced at the production cost plus market sales tax. Once a member purchases a premier vehicle, it is theirs forever, even if they depart our clan. All that is required is a mail-back to strip the SCU decals.

     

     

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    Premier vehicles are another reason why joining the SPPD Street Crime Unit is for you!

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  25. Posted · Edited by AgentRick

    Are you ready to join the Patrol Academy? Recently, we were deemed the "Bane of Ram Raiding" on Reddit.

     

    What is the Patrol Academy? It is a two-part training program that teaches Enforcers everything they need to know about patrolling and witnessing. Only available to SPPD Street Crime Unit members, the Patrol Academy will prepare Officers to take down groups of up to 4 high-rolling criminal ram raiders as a team, or even alone.

     

    The first section is a hands-on demonstration of the most effective witnessing practices for both the Financial and Waterfront districts. After the demonstration, trainees will be placed in a live patrol scenario and will be tested on what they learned.

     

    The second section is a classroom-like presentation which covers all of the mechanics, tricks and strategies of witnessing. The presentation has many illustrations, and we are confident that everyone will be able to learn something from it- whether they are brand new to witnessing or they are seasoned in patrol.

     

    Below, you'll see one of our Patrol Officers with three Probationary Officers who are in the process of completing the Patrol Academy.

     

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    Join us and let's hit the streets.

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