Officer_Foxtail 514 Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) This clan's main goal is role-playing officers of various real life police forces and law enforcement agencies from around the world. Currently we portray the following law enforcement agencies: Los Angeles Police Department (which is our main roleplay focus), Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, Boston Police Department, Chicago Police Department, New York Police Department, Austrian Federal Police (Bundespolizei), Belgian Federal Police (Police Fédérale / Federale Politie) as well as Belgian Customs Service (Douane Belge / Belgische Douane). Each agency uses distinct uniforms, equipment and vehicles - all customized to look like their real live counterparts. Note that, since we are an international clan with members from different countries, the main language used is English. Vehicles & Uniforms (Selection) Pursuit Videos (Selection) What do we do? 98% of the time our officers patrol the streets (just like their real life counterparts), looking for open world crime taking place (i.e. criminals robbing citizens, looting shops, stealing cars and fencing stolen items). If an officer comes across any crime in progress, he/she will try to activate an official mission against the suspect (which is something enforcers can do, if the circumstances allow it) and then try to arrest the criminal. If we are lucky, a long hot pursuit through the whole town will ensue, with the criminals trying their best to shake off the pursuing units. We had some really great car chases in the past, with some truly epic moments for both criminals and officers. Our officers are asked to always carry at least one Less-Than-Lethal weapon, since arresting encountered criminals is our main priority (deadly force is only ever used as a last resort and should rarely happen). It should also be noted that our official clan vehicles do not have any vehicle mods installed. The reason for this is to make them fair to be used even against low level or new players. Similarly many of our members choose not to use any player mods, high level weapons or weapon mods - all in order to create a more level playing field. The result is of course that the game usually is very challenging, regardless of the level of encountered suspects, and our officers usually get hurt a lot (since they also try their best to make arrests regardless). LAPD Squad in Action Officer Foxtail and Officer FirstCommander both have made and posted several videos, showing the type of patrols and roleplay that we do in APB. Here are direct links to three examples that were posted in this thread: Video 1, Video 2, Video 3. One can also watch all of the videos on Foxtail's San Paro News & Pursuit Channel and FirstCommander's Jajavst Gaming on YouTube. How to join? To join us, you can do one of the following things: - post in this thread to let us know your intention to join and we get back to you - send a forum message to Officer Foxtail, Officer Deckard or Officer FirstCommander - contact us in-game (only a good option when we happen to be online) Try-out phase & issued member assets New members are issued an official clan uniform, as well as a clan police car, but only after having successfully completed a "try-out phase" and having been with us for a while. During the try-out new members ride along with our senior officers on patrol and get to experience the type of police roleplay we do first hand. That way they can better decide whether they like it and want to stay. At the same time we get to see them in action and thus can gauge whether they are a good fit for this clan. When on duty and patrolling the streets together, clan members are expected to always wear a police uniform (either the issued one or a self made/bought one) and drive a police vehicle (either the issued one or a self made/bought one). In any case when and whether or not any asset is issued is always decided on a case by case basis. Important: When a player leaves the clan, for whatever reason, he/she is of course expected to return all issued assets. Clan rules and regulations This list of mandatory rules and official clan regulations has to be followed at all times by our members: - have a trainee (new), green, bronze or silver threat level enforcer character (most of our members are bronze); but due to the threat level removal this is no longer in effect - be at least 18+ years old and display a mature, respectful behaviour towards members and other players - have at least a basic understanding of the English language (as this is the main language we use to communicate with one another) - be friendly to all clan members as well as all other players and clans (even if you loose badly) - follow clan regulations and directions given by lead officers while playing grouped with members, especially in RP situations - have to abide by the TOS of APB at all times - absolutely no obnoxious or abusive behaviour (aka griefing) of any kind towards members, other players or clans (violators will be reported) - absolutely no hacking or other game manipulation of any kind is tolerated (violators will be reported) - absolutely no discrimination or racism towards anybody on any grounds (violators will be reported) - absolutely no behaviour, tendencies, statements or display of symbols or texts that are in any way affiliated with national socialism (violators will be reported) - no selling or giving away of clan logos, clan vehicles or clan uniform pieces without explicit approval from our clan leadership and the item creator Failure to follow the above rules will result in an immediate dismissal of the offender and - depending on the type of offence committed - could also result in a report being filed. Where can one get/buy your logos, emblems, uniforms and cars? (as this point has come up a lot) Please note, that none of our assets are for sale, nor are any assets given out to non-members. LAPD Squad Discord Channel For those of you who prefer discord over using the APB forum we also have an official LAPD Squad Discord Channel: Additional information Having a microphone is definitely NOT needed to play with us, since we prefer good old text messages (all voice messages are switched off on purpose). The clan has been established back in 2014 by StevenDeckard. After a longer period of inactivity, the clan has been reactivated in December 2019. APB crime types & associated radio codes used by our clan APB Open World Crime * Code Offense-Type ==================================== mugging civilians 211 Robbery ram raiding 459 Burglary fencing stolen items 496 Receiving Stolen Property (incl. buying, receiving, concealing & selling stolen property) stealing a vehicle 487 Grand Theft (i.e. stolen vehicles in general, incl. abandoned stolen vehicles) * only those crimes that are "witness-able" by enforcers, i.e. missions that can be activated against criminals, are listed Other radio codes used: =============== Code 2 Routine Call - No Lights or Siren Code 3 Emergency Call - Lights and Siren Code 4 No Further Assistance Needed Code 5 Stakeout - Stay Away Code 6 Out of Car on Investigation Code 6A Out of Car on Investigation, Requires Assistance Code 6G Out of Car on Investigation, Gang Activity Code 7 Meal Break Abbreviations commonly used: =================== rgr - Roger sp - Suspect thx - Thanks c2 - Code 2 c3 - Code 3 -------------------------------------------------- Should you have any additional questions please feel free to post in this thread or contact one of our officers. Edited December 26, 2022 by Officer_Foxtail 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fenton 210 Posted February 28, 2020 Good luck to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevenDeckard 280 Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) @ Fenton: Thanks Fenton, much appreciated! Btw. are you a medieval reenactor (your profile photo suggests as much)? If that is the case that is awesome, we've participated in a few ourselves. @ everyone: I should add that mature "enforcer" players are always welcomed to join us on our patrols (just send us a whisper in-game). We have had loads of fun riding with random players as well as keeping the peace with other clan members like for example Officer GinoSal from the "Metropolitan Police Service" clan (which we can highly recommend for anyone who is interested in this prestigious UK police force with accurately made vehicles and uniforms as well as great members). Edited April 17, 2020 by StevenDeckard 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Officer_Foxtail 514 Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) @ Fenton: Thank you Fenton! @ everyone: We have now also added the Belgian Federal Police (Police Fédérale / Federale Politie) to our line-up (note that the uniforms are not done yet). Edited March 14, 2020 by Officer_Foxtail 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fenton 210 Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) I have done medieval re-enactment before. The profile pic was from a heavy metal vid' I did some years ago. You're more likely to see me in 14th to 16th Century stuff when I do living history camps now. Also: Ah hah! I thought I'd done similar stuff to yours before. Edited March 1, 2020 by Fenton 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BringBackTomorrow 43 Posted March 3, 2020 Good luck to you guys 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Officer_Foxtail 514 Posted March 3, 2020 @ Fenton - Awesome work, thanks for sharing those pictures! Could I trouble you to show off the NYPD Retro police car, that I have spotted in the list of one of your postings? @ Ellen - Thank you very much! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevenDeckard 280 Posted March 3, 2020 @ Fenton - Very nice police cars and uniform, thank you for sharing! I also would love to see your Retro NYPD car. The NYPD livery seems to be quite prominent among cops in APB, since I have seen quite a few of those. @ Ellen - Thanks! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fenton 210 Posted March 3, 2020 I have a couple of variations. Vegas Pioneer Broadwing And one of the uglier retro NY State Patrols. Shoot me a message if you ever want something on the market that I don't have up at the moment. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BringBackTomorrow 43 Posted March 4, 2020 Actually I do have an enforcer who's homeless. Feel free to invite me. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Officer_Foxtail 514 Posted March 4, 2020 @ Fenton - Especially like the Vegas and of course the Broadwing variant. Nicely done mate! @ Ellen - Thanks for your interest, of course you are very welcome to join up. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevenDeckard 280 Posted March 4, 2020 @ Fenton - Thank you for sharing and well done on the classic NYPD cars (I kind of like the old look much better than the new ones to be honest). @ Ellen - You are very welcome to join up! We will keep our eyes open for your character (should you spot one of our leading officers - StevenDeckard, MrFoxtail79 or FirstCommander - before we do see you, just send us a whisper, so we can invite you). 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevenDeckard 280 Posted March 5, 2020 @ Ellen - Hope we did not overlook any in-game message yesterday (Fox was pretty busy most of the time with a new car in social and I only logged in pretty late myself). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Officer_Foxtail 514 Posted March 6, 2020 @ Fenton / Ellen - Sorry if I have missed any messages while working on some updates and some brand new vehicles in social these past days (I often leave it open and am sometimes AFK as well). 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FirstCommander 108 Posted March 9, 2020 The customs logo is from the Dutch customs and not the customs from Belgium Merged. This is the one from Belgium 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevenDeckard 280 Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) Oh bummer, thanks for clearing that one up FirstCommander (good to see you here on the forums) - Foxtail will fix this error as soon as he can (sadly he also has the problem of being unable to edit his postings yet due to some strange restriction here on the forums - as soon as he is able to he will be editing the first posting accordingly). Edited March 9, 2020 by StevenDeckard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Officer_Foxtail 514 Posted March 9, 2020 Nice to see you here FirstCommander, will get the mistake you mentioned fixed right away. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FirstCommander 108 Posted March 10, 2020 I saw it when I looked at the cars 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Officer_Foxtail 514 Posted March 10, 2020 Yeah I am hoping to reach that "magic" posting number that finally will grant me editing access soon, especially since there are some updates that I would like to make. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevenDeckard 280 Posted March 11, 2020 A new branch of service that is in the process of being added to the clan roster is the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department. Fox has already made a very smart looking female deputy uniform as well as fitting LASD vehicles! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Officer_Foxtail 514 Posted March 11, 2020 We also had loads of fun the other day with Fenton and FreFa, spending at least 30 minutes just looking at each others police and EMS vehicles in Miri Kent's parking garage. Thank you for that guys! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FirstCommander 108 Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) I have updated my cars to be more realistic. My second cop is called SecondCommander - Los Angeles Police Department + SWAT - Boston Police Department - Austrian Federal Police (Bundespolizei) - Belgian Customs Service (Douane Belge / Belgische douane) + Belgian Federal Police (Police Fédérale / Federale Politie) Edited March 24, 2020 by FirstCommander 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevenDeckard 280 Posted March 13, 2020 Nice job on the updated cars mate! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Officer_Foxtail 514 Posted March 13, 2020 Awesome FirstCommander! Also I have now updated the first posting and added some of the new things like the brand new Sheriff vehicles. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
