
In-game model of a police computer in a police car in GTA IV, a very visible sign that the vehicle supports player access to a police computer.
The Police Computer is an interactive computer found on board most law enforcement vehicles in Grand Theft Auto IV, Episodes from Liberty City, and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
Description[]
In GTA IV, when the player is stationary in any police vehicle, they can access the police computer by pressing the button (PlayStation 3), the
button (Xbox 360), or the
key (PC), allowing the player to access four LCPD functions. The computer uses Pro Tech software.
View Current Crimes[]
This allows the player to perform Vigilante-style side missions (only in GTA IV and GTA Chinatown Wars).
Search Police Records[]
Players can search a subset of the main LCPD Database for criminals. There are 54 listed profiles: the 30 Most Wanted plus 24 others. Some may not be searchable until certain points of the game and some may become unsearchable later. Players can search using an image (as seen in Portrait of a Killer) or by name. An on-screen keyboard is displayed, although PC users can simply type in a name using their keyboard. When executing the search, 51 of the 55 mugshots will be rapidly randomly cycled through multiple times for 6 seconds (357 individual mugshot transitions will play). If the player is permitted to access that profile at that time, the search result will appear, otherwise "Search Failed" will appear and the player will be automatically returned to the search screen.
First Name | Surname | Most Wanted | Mugshot image |
---|---|---|---|
Adam | Dimayev | ✘ | |
Alonso | Goralski | ✔ | |
Antonio | Rivette | ✔ | |
Barry | Lamora | ✔ | |
Bert | Reker | ✔ | |
Brucie | Kibbutz | ✘ | |
Bucky | Sligo | ✘ | |
Christov | Mahonvic | ✔ | |
Clarence | Little | ✘ | |
Danny | Hatmaker | ✔ | |
Darren | Covey | ✔ | |
Dimitri | Rascalov | ✘ | |
Dwayne | Forge | ✘ | |
Ed | Low | ✘ | |
Elizabeta | Torres | ✘ | |
Fernando | Tisdel | ✔ | |
Freddy | Paparo | ✔ | |
Frederick | Harrison | ✔ | |
Gerry | McReary | ✘ | |
Glenn | Lushbaugh | ✔ | |
Gracie | Ancelotti | ✘ | |
Ivan | Bytchkov | ✘ | |
Jacob | Hughes | ✘ | |
Jimmy | Kand | ✔ | |
Jimmy | Pegorino | ✘ | |
Juan | Haimo | ✔ | |
Keenan | Burdett | ✔ | |
Leo | Brodell | ✔ | |
Lino | Friddell | ✔ | |
Lyle | Rivas | ✘ | |
Manny | Escuela | ✘ | |
Marnie | Allen | ✘ | |
Marty | Boldenow | ✔ | |
Maxwell | Caddy | ✘ | |
Maxwell | Caughlin | ✔ | |
Mervin | Eskuchen | ✔ | |
Mikhail | Faustin | ✘ | |
Noel | Katsuda | ✔ | |
Packie | McReary | ✘ | |
Phil | Bacerra | ✔ | |
Phil | Bell | ✘ | |
Preston | Pecinovsky | ✔ | |
Ray | Boccino | ✘ | |
Rodney | McEniry | ✔ | |
Rodrigo | Stavnes | ✔ | |
Scott | Guzowski | ✔ | |
Sergi | Szerbin | ✔ | |
Shon | Kikuchi | ✔ | |
Simon | Nashly | ✔ | |
Teafore | Davies | ✘ | |
"French" Tom | Rivas | ✘ | |
Tommy | Francovic | ✔ | |
Trey | Stewart | ✘ | |
Tyler | Pickrel | ✔ | |
Vlad | Glebov | ✘ |
View Most Wanted[]
View a borough-specific list of the most wanted list and hunt them down. This is effectively an enhanced version of the Vigilante side mission.
Call Police Backup[]
Calls for LCPD backup.
Supported vehicles[]
Although the police computer is assumed to be standard on all road-based law enforcement vehicles (except bikes), this is not the case as certain models do not come equipped with it; a significant number of law enforcement vehicles in Grand Theft Auto IV may also lack an actual police computer model in their interior despite allowing the player to access one.
Vehicle | Introduced in | Police computer model in interior | Access to police computer |
---|---|---|---|
Police Cruiser | GTA IV | ✔ | ✔ |
Police Patrol | GTA IV | ✔ | ✔ |
Police Stockade | GTA IV | ✘ | ✔ |
NOOSE Cruiser | GTA IV | ✘ | ✔ |
NOOSE Patriot | GTA IV | ✘ | ✔ |
Enforcer | GTA IV | ✘ | ✘ |
FIB Buffalo | GTA IV | ✘ | ✔ |
Police Cruiser (Buffalo) | TBoGT | ✘ | ✘ |
Police Cruiser (wreck) | TBoGT | ✔ | ✘ |
Police Stinger | TBoGT | ✘ | ✘ |
APC | TBoGT | ✘ | ✘ |
Police Patrol | GTA: Chinatown Wars | n/a | ✔ |
NOOSE Enforcer | GTA: Chinatown Wars | n/a | ✔ |
FIB Rancher | GTA: Chinatown Wars | n/a | ✔ |