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The Vapid Police Cruiser or Police Stanier as its also known as is one of the two main police cars used by the Los Santos Police Department in Grand Theft Auto V. The Police Cruiser is based off of the Vapid Stanier, the first and second-generations in GTA IV and GTA V, respectively.

GTA IV
Like the Police Patrol, the Police Cruiser can be found at any LCPD station, and is dressed in LCPD livery (based on that of the NYPD). It is faster and more agile than the Police Patrol. The Police Cruiser's chassis is also shared with Vapid's NOOSE Cruiser and Taxi.



The Police Cruiser is heavily based on the Ford Crown Victoria. The chassis, windows, headlights, and front and rear bumpers are almost identical to it. The dashboard instrument cluster is unlike the Ford product, consisting of only a tachometer, speedometer, fuel gauge and temperature gauge rather than the Crown Victoria's speedometer, tachometer, central screen and gauges for fuel, temperature, oil pressure and volts.

The Police Cruiser does not appear as a driveable car in GTA Chinatown Wars (as the Police Patrol is the only police car in the game), but does occasionally surface as an aesthetic element of "busted" sequences, when a pre-rendered depiction of a modified Police Cruiser may be seen.

The decals are almost identical to those of the New York Police Department's vehicles.



GTA V
In GTA V, the Police Cruiser boasts a white and black livery with LSPD markings. The skin is modeled off of LAPD's iconic police skin. Two emergency light bars are fitted, a LED one similar to what is seen on the Interceptor, and a rotating halogen incandescent one. While the GTA IV Police Cruiser was based on the first-generation Vapid Stanier (similar to the 1992 Mercury Grand Marquis), the GTA V Police Cruiser is based on the second-generation Vapid Stanier (similar to a 1998-2011 Crown Victoria or Crown Victoria Police Interceptor) with the headlights bearing slight resemblance to both those of the 1991-1996 Chevrolet Caprice Classic and 2003-2011 Lincoln Town Car.

In the countryside, there is a "Sheriff Cruiser" variant of the Vapid Police cruiser. The Sheriff variant can be found at every police station in Blaine County.

The LSPD variant can be found in The City of Los Santos, usually parked as police stations. However, the Vapid Interceptor (also sharing the in-game name of "Police Interceptor") has replaced the 2nd-gen Vapid Stanier police car as the LSPD's main vehicle for missions and wanted levels. But the LSPD is still using the vehicle since the Vapid Stanier Police Cruiser can sometimes be found chasing the player.

The decals are obviously based off of the Los Angeles Police Department's vehicles, with the halogen lightbar topped cars bearing the same look.

Performance
The GTA V police cruiser, now on the 2nd-generation Stanier platform, handles differently than its 1st-generation Stanier predecessor in GTA IV (the 1st-gen Stanier appears in GTA V as a civilian car). Its suspension has been heavily stiffened, making rollovers less likely on flat terrain compared to the previous generation vehicle, at the cost of some turning ability. It also seems to have slightly better acceleration than the old vehicle, but it is still nowhere near the capabilities of the new Police Interceptor (which also goes by the in-game name "Police Cruiser").

However, the Stanier-based Police Cruiser does appear to be more strongly-built than the Police Interceptor, thanks to it's body-on-frame construction affording more durability than the Interceptor's unibody monocoque. The Interceptor will take only a relative few high-speed impacts before then engine starts to smoke, and also suffers from wheel locking after a decent quarter impact. The Stanier's engine is more durable, plus it takes a much harder crash to bend the front axle to the point that the wheel locks.

Overall, the Stanier police cruiser a decent choice for a pursuit car as it is sturdy enough to withstand a intense crash and still be driveable. While its not exactly an FIB Granger or Police Riot, it is respectably durable.

Variant
Another variant of the Police Cruiser in TBoGT, internally named " " (Although it still says Police Cruiser upon entry), exists as a completely wrecked but driveable version of the GTA IV Police Cruiser used during the intro cutscene of I Luv LC. Depicted with a completely charred bodywork, the  has no siren, non-functional lights and no radio, and emits a horn sounding like that of the Brickade's. Despite being a wreck, the   is still vulnerable to damage from collisions and weapons. Since the vehicle is not supposed to be obtained and is used only for decorative purposes, it shares the handling, sounds and the gxt entry with the Police Buffalo and the car is regarded as a conventional traffic vehicle which may also spawn in traffic if the player is driving a  themselves. Aside mods or hacking, the  is otherwise unobtainable in the game. The " " name, presumably stands for "police wreck"

Trivia

 * In GTA IV multiplayer and GTA Online, the Police Cruiser has a normal radio; the same applies to all other emergency vehicles.
 * The beta version of the police cruiser for GTA V has the style of the actual LAPD cruiser with the word "police" being present on the car.
 * The fact that the Police Cruiser and the civilian version are not used very often in GTA V could be explained that real - life Crown Victorias are not produced anymore since 2011, however, the Sheriff Cruiser remains as the most used car by the LSSD in-game, and the Crown Victoria is still the most widely used cruiser in the real - life LAPD. The car is yet to be replaced in later years, not by the Ford Taurus Police Interceptor, but by the Chevrolet Caprice Police Package Version.
 * The rotating-siren Police Cruiser in GTA V looks very similar to the real-life CVPI used by the LAPD.
 * The Police Cruiser is one of six updated vehicles in GTA V that do not also appear in their GTA IV and its episodes models. The other vehicles are the Sentinel, the Buccaneer, the Feltzer, the Coquette and the Police Maverick.
 * In the recent update for GTA Online, if you use the special siren on the Police Cruiser (turn it on and straight off again), and try to turn the siren on again, you will not hear the siren but other players will. This is present in single player as well. This has been patched in Patch 1.17
 * During The Good Husband, Amanda was arrested by the police, inside a Police Cruiser and Michael have the option to help her. If look closely, the roof lightbars are "glitched", with the light cover over the real roof lights.
 * This police vehicle is very rarely seen in GTA Online, and never spawns at any police stations, however it does make an appearance several times in the GTA Online trailer, this is probably due to lag and storage.
 * The police vehicle can sometimes spawn in Rooftop Rumble, though this is a rare occurrence, and if does spawn, the mission has to have at least two players, one to collect the documents and deliver them, while the other protects the police cruiser. When the mission is complete, the player should spawn inside the police cruiser, where they last were. This seems to have been patched in 1.15.

Glitches

 * Be careful when attempting to "save" a Police Cruiser (or Police Patrol) in a parking spot in GTA IV. Often times police officers will just enter the car and drive off, despite it being parked in "your" parking spot. This occurs with either a lone policeman, or if a policeman is chasing and apprehending a non-player criminal on the street then both will enter the car and the police officer will drive off. This tends to occur more often after just loading a save. If the player gets into their police car and the criminal and their arresting officer get in with them, the player will receive a one-star wanted level for obstructing an arrest and may also be pulled out of the car by the criminal and be engaged in a fight with them.