Liberty City Police Department (HD Universe)


 * For the LCPD in the 3D Universe, see LCPD in 3D Universe.

The LCPD (Liberty City Police Department) is the Police Department of Liberty City in the HD Universe. The LCPD is based on the New York Police Department (NYPD).

Overview
The Liberty City Police Department has around 40,000 police officers who each serve many different roles, most notably "walking the beat" on patrol all throughout Liberty City. They reign in a "complete operational" status over Liberty City, meaning they are the single law enforcement organization in the whole city even if the FIB and NOOSE are also there. The LCPD is then organized into different divisions. They include Highway Patrol Units, Tactical Response Units from the NOOSE, Aviation Units, plain-clothes police officers from the Anti-Crime Department and the Harbour Units, College Patrol Unit, and the Mafia and Organized crime unit.

The Aviation unit of the LCPD (formed in 2001) has a fleet of helicopters (consisting of Mavericks) which are on constant patrol. Aviation assistance can be summoned from one of the four police stations with aviation facilities. The Police Mavericks can be seen often in the skies of Liberty City, most often patrolling with NOOSE Annihilators above major bridges such as the Hickey Bridge and East Borough Bridge, looking for potential sightings of terrorism. The LCPD is otherwise underfunded, unable to afford specialized pursuit vehicles beyond that of the Vapid (Ford Crown Victoria) Police Cruisers and the DeClasse Merit (Chevy Impala) Police Patrols. They occasionally injure or kill the very citizens they are assigned to "protect and serve" if necessary; some Police Vehicles accidentally hit and/or kill civilians while chasing the player or another suspect.

The "College Patrol Unit" is a college type of police force whose officers are found in Varsity Heights and near Vespucci University. They patrol for any unruly behavior typical of colelge students, such as drinking, drug use, fights, or disturbance of the peace. However if Niko, Johnny, Luis, or a multiplayer character commit a crime in the vicinity, these officers will call for back up and try to arrest or kill them as normal.

The LCPD is known for their very aggressive techniques in pursuing crime, most notably saturating an affected area of high crime rate (or one or more individuals committing several crimes in short succession) with dozens of police officers and patrol cars. They take the famous NYPD rationale of having a large police presence, ensuring prevention of and a quick response to crime. In times of emergency they respond appropriately, and pour all available resources into stopping or containing an incident, including NOOSE and/or FIB backup.

The LCPD, along with the NOOSE and the FIB, become extremely aggressive when the player is wanted and continue to use deadly force against player even after the protagonist has died and "grayed out". LCPD officers are sometimes seen writing tickets (as noticed around Middle Park and in HighWay Patrol duties on the various bridges where they await speeders). LCPD officers on foot patrol are sometimes seen chasing and apprehending criminals at gunpoint; after they are cornered by the pursuing officer(s), a marked police car is contacted to take the criminal away for processing.

The LCPD is also on an active recruiting campaign, with "Join The LCPD" posters and billboards at select locations throughout the city, and adorning the front of the LCPD Triangle/Star Junction subway station, (which is in front of a Liberty City services booth). They also appear in the streets if the player dials 911 to summon a Police Vehicle with two police officers inside. The front passenger will check around for any incidents, while the police officer in the Police Vehicle will remain in it unless an emergency occurs. However, if there is nothing happening, the front passenger will return to the Police Vehicle. The front passenger will also tell the driver that nothing happened. Same thing occurs to the driver if nothing happened while he is reaching the Police Vehicle.

If an assailant is confirmed to commit a crime (either via being reported to the police by civilians or being directly sighted by police), or attacks a police officer responding to a 911 call, two officers from a police vehicle (and other police officers in the immediate area), wielding Glock 22 pistols, will pursue the criminal and attempt to catch him. Responding officers always draw their sidearms when faced with a suspect. If there aren't any criminals around, they will get back inside their cruiser and leave or, in case of officers on foot patrol, continue walking.

Unlike civilians, who report crimes via the telephone (a lengthy process), police sightings are reported immediately. Further crimes, such as attacking a police officer, and evading arrest will increase the player's Wanted Level. They can even respond to crimes out of their sight, as civilians can call the police on their cell phones to report crimes.

When the player reaches two stars, additional police vehicles are sent to the area, and the officers in the front passenger seats of the vehicles will step out wielding Ithaca Model 37 pump-action shotguns.

At three stars, the NOOSE Immigration And Patriotism Authority will join the fight with NOOSE Patriots and NOOSE Cruisers with LCPD officers firing on the player with shotguns and handguns, as well as a Police Maverick to oversee the scene and follow fleeing suspects. The helicopters will have two LCPD riflemen equipped with M4A1 carbines (or M249 machine guns if playing The Ballad of Gay Tony) and a LCPD pilot on board; the riflemen will engage the suspect on sight. The front passengers of the NOOSE patrol vehicles will also wield shotguns.

At four stars, instead of LCPD officers in a Police Maverick, the same helicopter is deployed with two NOOSE Tactical Response Unit riflemen with M4A1s or M249s, and a NOOSE pilot. On the streets, the police will deploy NOOSE Enforcers carrying four NOOSE Tactical Response Unit officers and/or FIB Buffalos carrying four FIB agents; both of these are equipped with body armor, M4A1s, MP-10 submachine guns, and Ithaca 37 shotguns (as wellas P-90 submachine guns and AA-12 shotguns in The Ballad of Gay Tony), with Glock 22s carried as a backup weapon.

At five and six stars, two NOOSE Annihilators are deployed carrying two NOOSE Tactical Response Unit riflemen with M4A1s or M249s and a NOOSE pilot on board, and NOOSE Enforcers and/or FIB Buffalos will continue to be sent in alongside regualr police officers. Also at five and six stars, the LCPD, NOOSE and FIB will start to shoot out of their vehicles. LCPD officers are authorized to commandeer civilian vehicles to give chase to a suspect or respond to an emergency, they will often state it as "Official Police Business" to the driver as they pull them out of the car.

Senior management
Police Commissioner
 * Mitt Fitzsimmons (2008)

Deputy Police Commissioner
 * Francis McReary (Deceased under player's choice)

Deputy Commissioner for Public Affairs
 * Tom Pireni

Narcotics Agent
 * Albert Thomas

Ranks

 * Chief of Department
 * Bureau Chief
 * Assistant Chief
 * Deputy Chief
 * Police Spokesman
 * Anthony Pizzerelli
 * Inspector
 * Police Commissioner
 * Deputy Inspector
 * Captain
 * Lieutenant
 * Lieutenant Montresse
 * Sergeant
 * Detective
 * Detective Moeller
 * Detective Atkinson
 * Officer
 * Officer Bint (formerly/fired) (2013)
 * Officer Charlie
 * Officer Jeff
 * Officer Joey
 * Officer McCornish
 * Officer Matthews
 * Officer Macelton
 * Officer Mitch
 * Officer O'Toole
 * Officer Sanchez

Liberty City
The Liberty City Police Department is large and organized, possessing 5 Borough stations and 16 Police Stations throughout Liberty City.

Note: In GTA Chinatown Wars there are only 13 stations, as Alderney doesn't appear in the game.
 * Broker
 * Hove Beach Police Station
 * South Slopes Police Station
 * Dukes
 * East Island City Police Station
 * Francis International Airport
 * Bohan
 * Fortside Police Station
 * Northern Gardens LCPD Station
 * Algonquin
 * Suffolk Police Station
 * Lower Easton Police Station
 * Star Junction Police Station
 * Westminster Police Station
 * Middle Park East Police Station
 * Varsity Heights Police Station
 * East Holland LCPD Station

Vehicles
In GTA IV, LCPD officers on the streets commonly drive two variants of police cars: the Police Patrol and the Police Cruiser, based on the Chevrolet Impala and Ford Crown Victoria, respectively. Although the LCPD are known to be underfunded, their cars are actually very effective in the role they play. These serve as their primary pursuit vehicle of choice when the player reaches a 1-3 stars wanted level, and will continue to appear in conjunction with NOOSE and FIB forces in a 4 star wanted level or higher. In GTA: Chinatown Wars, the LCPD is only equipped with the Police Patrol (although game art of both the Police Patrol and Police Cruiser are still used when the player is Busted), and only appears up to a 4 star wanted level (alongside NOOSE Enforcers), as the FIB takes over at 5 stars.

The LCPD also extends their authority in the air in GTA IV with the use of Police Mavericks, which commonly patrol the sky even when the player does not have a wanted level. Police Mavericks will occasionally join a 1 or 2-star wanted level when they happen to be within close proximity of the player, but the helicopter is certain to appear only when the player has a 3 star wanted level with LCPD riflemen armed with M4A1s and a LCPD pilot, however, at 4 stars, the Police Maverick will come with two NOOSE Tactical Response Unit Officers riflemen as well as a NOOSE Tactical Response Unit pilot; the NOOSE Annihilator takes over from 5-6 stars onwards with NOOSE riflemen armed with M4A1s and a NOOSE pilot.

At sea, the LCPD is equipped with Police Predator, which appear when the player has 3 stars or more. The boats carry a police officer that pursues the player, with two police officers armed with M4A1s at the back who will use deadly force against the player. The Ballad Of Gay Tony also includes two more LCPD Vehicles, the Police Buffalo (named "Police Cruiser" in-game) and the Police Bike, a police motorcycle. Neither vehicle is used by LCPD officers, and they are only available in the Multiplayer of The Ballad of Gay Tony. A third police vehicle, the Police Stinger, does not bear the LCPD's signature blue-and-white livery, but does bear the LCPD's logo. The Police Stinger is also not used by the LCPD officers in-game as a pursuit vehicle.

Weapons and other portable equipment
The LCPD Officers carry a range of equipment on their gun belts and in their cars. As a weapon of defense, an ASP collapsible baton is in place on the officers' gun belts, but the police officers do not utilize the weapon at all in game. The baton is reinstated in the GTA: Chinatown Wars rendition of the LCPD. The Department-issue police firearm is the Glock 22 pistol in .40 S&W caliber. This is used when making felony arrests, pursuing suspects and in self-defense against a deadly threat. If a police officer is disarmed, they may resort to using their fists to defend themselves. If police officers are patrolling in a Police Cruiser or a Police Patrol (patrol vehicles always have two police officers on board), and the suspect has a two star wanted level or higher, the police officer in the front passenger seat will carry the Ithaca Model 37 pump-action shotgun with 6 12-gauge 00-buck rounds in the magazine tube. Police officers who are guarding places of high security such as the Statue Of Happiness, Civilization Committee Headquarters and the Rotterdam Tower will carry M4A1 Carbines in 5.56 NATO caliber, which is a good deterrent of both terrorist activity and everyday crime. Police riflemen will also carry M4A1 Carbines when riding a Maverick or Annihilator, though they can also use M249 machine guns for this purpose as evidenced in The Ballad of Gay Tony. When the suspect has a five star wanted level or more, the LCPD will deploy snipers to shoot the player with PSG-1 Sniper Rifles from some rooftops, specifically those in Chinatown and The Exchange.

The LCPD officers also carry personal radios in order to report crimes and call for assistance and backup - they can sometimes be seen talking into them while patrolling, as can security guards.

Also, in GTA Chinatown Wars, the LCPD was in a partnership with Ammu-Nation, in order to give away cash for old and/or used weapons of any type (all of those that appeared in the game) as shown in the game booklet.

Uniforms
The uniforms of the LCPD resemble that of the famous New York Police Department (NYPD). Depending on the in-game weather, the police officers may be wearing different uniforms, such as a raincoat with LCPD in yellow at the back and a white hat cover, however, some police officers can wear a rain coat with a police hat that doesn't have a white hat cover, only the scripted police officers in missions or throughout Liberty City do, though, like the one of the three police officers in one of the police stations of Algonquin. The uniforms of the police officers are generally navy blue with black buttons and navy blue shoes. Police officers can wear either a long sleeve, short sleeve, or short sleeve with a long sleeve black under shirt. Officers also wear a navy blue LCPD hat and have the choice of wearing ties and police jackets. The tie clips of the police officers have "LCPD" engraved in the middle. Police officers who wear sky blue shirts, as opposed to navy blue shirts, are Traffic Enforcement Officers, it can be seen by the different badge and patch on the officers with sky blue shirts. Despite the fact the game classifies them as Traffic Enforcement Officers, they do not perform the usual duties of Traffic Enforcement Officers such as issuing citations and have the same mannerisms and actions like normal police officers, the only difference being the uniform. Traffic Enforcement Officers, unlike their real-life counterparts, are armed.

The Alderney State Police officers wear different uniforms than the Liberty City Police Department; this usually consists of a sky blue shirt (with or without a navy blue jacket on top), and navy blue trousers with a yellow stripe on the side of each leg. The Alderney State Police Department's police uniforms thus bear resemblance to those of the New Jersey State Police (NJSP), however their police stations bear the LCPD logo and their vehicles have LCPD livery.

Website
The in-game Internet features an official LCPD website which can be found at www.LibertyCityPolice.com. The website features a secret link at the bottom of the page to the criminal database, which contains profiles for all characters in the game.

The LCPD also set up a sting site known as www.LittleLacySurprisePageant.com, which is used to catch people attempting to access child pornography. If the website is interfaced, the player will immediately receive a five star Wanted Level after logging off the computer.

Logo
Although the logo is based on the original NYPD, it is clearly noticeable that the LCPD is known for police brutality. In the middle of the logo, two Police Officers are shown with batons dragging a man on the floor. Below this the scales of justice are weighing a coffee cup and a doughnut. The Alderney State police officers bear a State Police logo on their shoulder pads, the same as the NJSP; however, their vehicles and police stations reuse the LCPD logo.

Trivia
- "''Hey, this is the LPCD!" ''
 * The LCPD is much more tolerant than its counterpart in GTA V; the player can even point a gun at one officer and the officer will not shoot at the player (though this will incur a one star wanted level).
 * In Grand Theft Auto IV, the LCPD patrols in Alderney. However, Alderney is a separate state from Liberty City. The only difference between the Liberty City Police Department and the Alderney State Police Department is the uniform. Also, the Alderney State police officers are more serious and less likely to say goofy things and occasionally will even announce themselves as State Troopers to the player. LCPD billboards can also be found in Alderney.
 * Killing one police officer by running them down with a vehicle will gain the player a one star wanted level instead of two or three, because it is considered as an "accidental kill". Running over two or more at the same time will gain three stars.
 * There is an occasional glitch where if the player hits a police vehicle at very high speeds, the player will not gain a wanted star for an unknown reason. The occupants of the police vehicle will simply ignore the fact the player hits them.
 * The LCPD seems to have a very low and lethal tolerance for pedophiles, indicated by the five star wanted level that is incurred when the player accesses Littlelacysurprisepageant.com.
 * When the player has a three star wanted level, the officer talking through the tannoy of the police helicopter often shouts "This is the LPCD!", when in fact it should be LCPD. This could indicate that the helicopter Pilots care less about shouting LCPD to the player than normal police officers.
 * At the LCPD Station in East Holland, if the player enters the parking lot in the back and ascends the stairs up to the helipad, he can find three police officers surrounding a person lying down on the floor.
 * On the beach in the northwestern corner of Bohan, the player can find alone police officer standing next to a homeless person lying on the sand.
 * GTA IV is unique for letting the player be able to shoot the gun off an enemy without killing the enemy. When a Police Officer's pistol is shot off, the police officer will flee. When any other weapons a police officer is wielding is shot off, he will pull out a pistol. However, for the NOOSE and the FIB, they will use a SMG or a Pump-Action shotgun as a secondary weapon, when the secondary weapon is also shot, they will use a pistol. Also, when a NOOSE Tactical Response Unit officer or a FIB Agent has a secondary weapon as a primary weapon and that it is shot, he will use another secondary weapon (they will always change it, for example, if a FIB Agent's primary weapon SMG is shot, they will use a Pump-Action shotgun as a secondary weapon) and if the secondary weapon is shot, they will use a pistol. Also, NOOSE Tactical Response Unit Officers and FIB Agents can sometimes only use a pistol as a secondary weapon when their primary weapon is shot. However, the police officers armed with shotguns will drop it when they will shoot with it for too long because they have no more ammunition and after they drop the shotgun, they will use a pistol.
 * In The Ballad of Gay Tony, the police officers are more aggressive, doing drive-bys at 4 stars instead of 5 stars and wielding more powerful weaponry such as Assault SMGs and Automatic Shotguns. Also, the police officers in helicopters are armed with Advanced MGs.
 * Though there are only male police officers present in GTA IV, originally there were female police officers as well, as seen in the first Trailer.
 * If you are in the water with at least a 3-star Wanted Level, two police officers armed with Carbine Rifles will fire at you from the back of a LCPD Predator (the Police Boat of the GTA Series).
 * You can easily steal a Police Patrol or Police Cruiser from behind the Westminster Police Station and the Algonquin police station. Beside the police station, there is a walled in alley which leads to the back of the police station. There will always be either a Police Cruiser or Police Patrol parked back there. It is locked, but, no alarm will sound when Niko breaks the window to steal the car, and no police officers will see you steal the car, so you won't get a wanted level.
 * In The Ballad Of Gay Tony, there is a LCPD motorcycle, but the ingame police never use it unless it is available for them to commandeer.
 * Outside some LCPD Stations, you can find a sign asking you to join the LCPD. It has a phone number on it saying 555-RECRUIT, you can phone it but nothing will happen.
 * The radios which the police officers carry along with them are unlimited, sometimes they will drop it to the ground whenever they are done using it, but they will use another one if they need it again. The radios dropped by the police officers can be picked up by the player and they can be thrown as objects. Should a police officer contact or receive command through their radios for more than one time while on the same spot, the radios dropped by the police officer will end up flooding the ground. However, the police officers usually stick it in their pocket, the most efficient way to make them let the radio fall on the ground is to push them, thus making them use another one.
 * In GTA IV, whenever NPCs are arrested and escorted to a police vehicle (Police Cruiser or Police Patrol), the police officers in the police vehicle will usually drive the criminal NPC around the road without even making effort to transport them to a Police Station. The criminal will eventually get off the police vehicle if something interrupts it (e.g: shooting) without even being treated as resisting arrest, the same happens with other emergency service of the city, probably because they weren't programmed to do so.
 * In GTA IV, players can get NPC drivers arrested by a nearby police officer by attacking the NPCs' vehicles with their fist or a melee weapon (doing this does not gives the player any wanted level), causing the NPC drivers to get out of their vehicle, and attack the player which will cause the nearby police officers to take action against the NPC without having the player to retaliate at the NPC. Players are advised to get to the nearest police vehicle and/or police officer while being attacked by the NPC (note that not all NPCs retaliate). Also, for doing it with a NPC who is not driving a car, the player needs to be far away from the police. If not, the police officer(s) will arrest the player instead of the NPC.
 * The LCPD Headquarters in Lower Easton is conveniently located across from a Rusty Brown's donut shop (police officers are often stereotyped as having a love for donuts), though this may just be a coincidence.
 * If the player goes to Silicon Street in Varsity Heights, Algonquin (the street one block south of the major street with a Burger Shot and a bridge leading to Alderney) with five or six stars, he will find police officers on the roof shooting with PSG-1s. Similarly armed officers will spawn at the top of some other buildings during a five or six star wanted level.
 * In one of the loading screens of GTA IV, two LCPD officers are seen. One of them is carrying a SPAS-12 with a folded stock and the other is carrying an MP5A3. Neither of these two weapons are available for the player to use in the actual game but a variant of the MP5A3 called the MP-10 is available. The MP5 was seen being wielded by Niko in screenshots before the game was released, but was ultimately replaced by the MP-10.
 * If the player is chased by LCPD officers near a safehouse, sometimes the police officers will get in to the player's car, or enter the safehouse to beat the player down.
 * Sometimes, if the player attains a 1-star wanted level in front of a police officer, he might say "Out comes Rosco!", this is a reference to The Dukes of Hazzard where one of the County Sheriffs is named Rosco.
 * There is a modification for the PC version of the game that allows the player to work for the Police, which also allows the player to use one of the police models (including those for NOOSE) while doing so.
 * Sometimes the player may hear an argument between the helicopter pilot and one of the two riflemen in GTA IV. This is an exact example of one of their many conversations:

- "It's the LCPD, you damned idiot."

- "Hey, don't be gettin' in my face now!"

- "Shut up and shoot this fucking murderer."

- "You ain't my boss."

- "I said shoot the fucking gun!"

- "You should lose your edge."

- "Hey, not everyone ca... Oh shit, is this thing on?!"

- "You didn't hear anything, people."

This may be a reference to the LCPD's carelessness and inexperience with helicopters.
 * If the player gets a 3-star wanted level, they will soon be pursed by Police Mavericks. However, if the player gets a wanted level of 1 star or 2 stars and a helicopter of any sort is flying by (such as Annihilators or regular Mavericks), they will follow them. The helicopters will not appear on the radar, will only have one occupant and will never shoot at the player. They will only shout taunts.
 * In an artwork (see above) of some LCPD officers, one police officer is firing a Desert Eagle and another one is holding a pistol that resembles the Beretta M9 This is inaccurate, as the Desert Eagle is never used by the LCPD, and the Beretta M9 is not seen in the game. This possibly means that the Desert Eagle might have originally been used by the police, and that the Beretta M9 might have originally been in the game.
 * Despite yelling numerous warnings at civilians while chasing the player, the police seem to have no regard for human life, going so far as running down pedestrians in an attempt to catch the player. This is quite amusing, as they don't even slow down. Near the end of a chase, the front of a police car may be stained with the blood of innocent pedestrians.
 * The name badge on one of the Alderney State officers is Herschel.
 * Slim police officers appear be Caucasian, African-American, Asian-American or Latin (but in this case they are Hispanic officers who speak Spanish). However, ASP officers are exclusively Caucasian; furthermore, in Episodes from Liberty City, African-American officers are seemingly replaced by Asian-American ones. Overweight officers are either Caucasian or African-American regardless of whether they appear in the original GTA IV or in Episodes from Liberty City.
 * Overweight police officers do not spawn by default in Alderney. Furthermore, they do not simultaneously spawn alongside slim officers; instead the game will alternate between the two types of officers, something which is noticeable if surviving a wanted level for a prolonged period of time.
 * Usually the overweight officers will only use their pistols, meaning that they do not equip Pump Shotguns when exiting a police vehicle nor do they wield a Carbine Rifle in areas where slimmer police officers would do so. However if they are in a police helicopter or a Police Predator, they will use the Carbine Rifle (or the Advanced MG in The Ballad of Gay Tony) as normal.
 * There is a model error in all of the police officers in the game regardless of belonging to the LCPD or ASP; if an officer is driving a Police Cruiser or Police Patrol, his hat will disappear, once he exits the car, the hat will reappear, though sometimes it won't. This is common to most pedestrians in the game, however.
 * If the player gains a wanted level and makes officers enter a strip club, they will leave it as soon as the player loses the wanted level.
 * The police will try to block you from accessing other boroughs via bridges if you have a three-star wanted level; at higher wanted levels, this responsibility passes over to NOOSE and/or the FIB.
 * The LCPD Computer Database appears in GTA V's Los Santos Police Department Interceptor for unknown reasons, as the LCPD and the LSPD are two different departments who are independent from one another.
 * In real life, Traffic Enforcement Officers are unarmed as they are civilian staff who have limited, if any, police powers.
 * Contrary to the LCPD, ASP officers can be found much more often in Alderney highways than the LCPD, indicating they are Highway Patrol/State Police like in real life.
 * In the Spanish version of GTA IV, LCPD officers and the whole department overall are called "la pasma" as well as "maderos" by the characters, these are all referencing the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (the national and main police department in Spain) as well as some other police departments in Madrid, Spain.
 * Even when raining or at late night in the gritty areas of the city (where fewer people are roaming around) officers still patrol these zones normally, and if raining, a raincoat is used.
 * When the officers are shouting through the megaphone during a chase, the police sirens will go off until the officer stops talking.
 * As seen in the instruction manual for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the LCPD is running an 'GUNS FOR CA$H' [sic] amnesty program that implores people to hand in used weapons in return for cash money. Humorously the same page for the amnesty invites those reading it to log onto AmmuNation.net and purchase new, military-grade weaponry after handing in their original weapons, which can be seen to defeat the purpose of the program.