Changes: National Office of Security Enforcement

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For the 3D Universe counterpart, see SWAT.

“

Let's tighten the noose!

”

— NOOSE agents battling the player in Grand Theft Auto V.

The National Office of Security Enforcement (NOOSE) is a government law enforcement agency responsible primarily for heavily armed police responses in the HD Universe.

Description

The NOOSE is based on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) teams. It replaces the SWAT from previous games.

Grand Theft Auto IV

Artwork-Noose-GTAIV — An early artwork showing a NOOSE Tactical Response Unit in action. Note they are using M16A1-style rifles.

The NOOSE is called upon to assist the police when the player has a wanted level of at least three stars or four stars in single-player and in any multiplayer mode (excluding Cops n' Crooks). There are two known divisions:

The NOOSE Patriotism And Immigration Authority agents are the same as the LCPD and as the ASP (only in single player) in behavior, weapons, appearance and mannerisms.
NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents, however, appear as tactical teams with heavy equipment and weaponry. Similarly to FIB agents, TRU officers are equipped with Body Armor, allowing them to withstand more gunfire before going down. Their appearances may vary from every NOOSE NPC and different combinations of headgear (gas masks, goggles on face or helmet or, sometimes, no headgear).

In Multiplayer, NOOSE is the main rival force during Hangman's NOOSE, in which players must escort Kenny Petrovic from the Francis International Airport to Charge Island.

During one of The Lost and Damned's Multiplayer game mode known as Witness Protection, a team of players take charge of the NOOSE Team to protect (and escort) the Prison Bus and its occupants to a few police stations in Liberty City. This game mode is the only time players work for the NOOSE Team (as the NOOSE Team normally attacks players in almost all of their appearances).

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

NOOSE Tactical Response Units are deployed when the player has a three-star wanted level, they chase the player in Enforcers.

Grand Theft Auto V

The NOOSE returns in Grand Theft Auto V with their own headquarters. Unlike in GTA IV, they do not have a defined division, but they are always TRU units. They begin to assist the LSPD when the player has a wanted level of three stars and above.

On ground, NOOSE agents are dispatched in FIB Grangers (in Los Santos) or Sheriff SUVs (in Blaine County), with two agents hanging off the side of the SUV and using their pistols to shoot the player at four stars. If the player barricades himself in a building, or tight cover, the TRU agents will begin to use Tear Gas to force them out; they also use gas on streets, and in open spaces.

In the air, NOOSE agents will begin to appear in Police Maverick helicopters that will be sent after the player at three stars (they will shoot at the player using Carbine Rifles), and at four stars, some helicopters may carry four NOOSE members who will rappel down to the ground, or the helicopter may land and they will get out on the ground.

All NOOSE members wear balaclavas, goggles and tactical helmets, along with blue and black uniforms in addition to their ballistic armor. They are usually African-American, Hispanic, or Caucasian.

Basic Behavior

After the suspect is killed or arrested, the NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents will remain in the combat area for at least 5 minutes. This is the same as in reality, as SWAT officers and other law enforcement officers are trained to remain at crime scenes in case there is another potentially dangerous suspect.
NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents are well protected with Body Armour and do not lose health very quickly. Even if they wear helmets, a single headshot will instantly kill them like all pedestrians, however. It is the same thing with the FIB agents, but unlike the NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents, they do not wear helmets. (However, it is notable that the pilots of the Police Mavericks used by NOOSE in shootouts sometimes do not wear helmets).
NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents always use good cover (behind cars, behind walls, etc.)
- NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents will also hide in unseen places to capture the suspect when they are off guard.
NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents always move together as a unit and pursue the player more aggressively than LCPD officers on foot.
NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents are usually in a crouched position making it harder to get a headshot.
Like FIB agents, Tactical Response Unit agents will disappear off camera when the player has no Wanted Level.
Law enforcement will do anything to arrest/kill the suspect and will keep shooting afterwards to make sure the suspect is down (you will find that when you have a two-star Wanted Level onward, the police will kill the player and they will not arrest him except if he is in a vehicle).
NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents are programmed to remain in crouched position. It can be proven by spawning NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents using a Third Party Trainer (GTA IV only); however, NOOSE Helicopter Pilots can walk freely without crouching.
When firing their weapons, NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents always scream or show anger until they stop firing.
NOOSE Tactical Response Unit agents can drag the player out of their escape vehicle exposing the player to law enforcement.

Employees and Associates

Mitch † - Officer seen escorting a convoy. Deceased in an ambush.
Jeff † - Officer seen escorting a convoy. Deceased in an ambush.

Image Gallery

Vehicles

NOOSE use a variety of modified vehicles throughout the series. The majority of their vehicles use a generic black or tan/grey color, with the exception of the NOOSE Cruiser and NOOSE Patriot, which possess a Patriotism and Immigration Authority livery, distinguished by green and blue stripes.