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1. Introduction This document contains information about the division. This information is detailed and covers the main points which you will need to remember and take note of. Reading this guide once per week will help to enforce your knowledge. You must take your time reading this and if you have any questions, contact the upper command staff of ACS. Keep your Hand Book safe 2. Rules and regulations Along with the main SAPD regulations, you must also follow these rules; -You must have a full understanding of the ACS Brief. -You must be willing to work in the country areas. -You must be willing to face feedback. -You must not troll on duty. -You must respect your superiors. -You must respect other departments. -You must not leak information to non-ACS. -You must only patrol in police vehicles. -You must follow the ticketing guidelines. -You should avoid being punished regularly. -You must log every patrol. Including two pictures minimum. -Even when reported 10-7 you are still representing the SAPD and ACS, so please remain professional and follow regulations.

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3. Patrolling When you are on standard patrol, you should follow these basic guidelines. You are a person responsible for upholding the law, which is why you are expected to follow them yourself. You should actively patrol in the country areas. You are a Trooper. When a Code 30, 207, 211 or other major situation is called, respond, regardless of the area its in. Have a partner. No matter who it is, 2 is always better than one. If its a new officer; help him. Teach him. Guide him. Use an official police vehicle. This goes without saying, patrol only in police vehicles, preferably ones with country colors!

Doing an organised patrol is a great way to recruit and interest future members. When doing one you should first of all paint a set of cars into a unique country color, make it fairly bright and recruit some units to join you. Then work as a team to cover the country areas.

4. Country work As a Trooper, you should actively be spending your time in the country areas, working to protect those who live and work in the country areas. As mentioned the section 3, you should spend the majority of your time in the country areas, working to s olve crimes in the areas we cover. When a major situation occurs, do respond to it, help your fellow departments, team work is key. Country work is some of the most difficult, and some of the most dangerous. While the actual crime rate may be somewhat lower than in the city areas, the crimes that occur in the country areas are often more difficult than that in the city. The criminals which use the country to get away from our city partners, are often more prepared and equipped. The areas that we serve are; Red County Palomino Creek, Montgomery, Blueberry, Dillimore, Blueberry Acres, Fern Ridge, Fisher's Lagoon, Hampton Barns, Hanky Panky Point, Hilltop Farms, Montgomery Intersection, North Rock and The Panopticon

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Bone County Fort Carson, Las Brujas (Ghost Town), Las Payasadas, Unnamed Town, Valle Ocultado, Arco del Oeste, El Castillo del Diablo, Hunter Quarry, Green Palms, Lil' Probe'Inn, Area 69, Octane Springs, Regular Tom, The Big Ear, The Big Spread Ranch and Verdant Meadows Tierra Robadda Aldea Malvada (Ghost Town), Bayside, El Quebrados, Las Barrancas, Bayside, Marina, Bayside Tunnel, Robada Intersection, Sherman Reservoir and The Sherman Dam

Flint County Back o' Beyond,Beacon Hill, Easter Bay Chemicals, Easter Tunnel, Fallen Tree, Flint Intersection, Flint Range, Flint Waters, Leafy Hollow, Los Santos Inl et and The Farm Whetstone Angel Pine, Mount Chiliad, Shady Cabin and Shady Creek

These are the areas and places of interest which you should spend the most of your time in 5. Civilian Interactions Youll come across a varied amount of people within the country side, and it is important that you maintain good relationships with our citizens. If you see a stranded citizen in the area, pick him up, offering him a lift back to civilisation. If you see a fellow officer alone, ask him if he wants to join you, team up. If you see a person having issues with something, maybe fixing a car or finding a lost dog, help him out. If you get a tip off about a possible crime, head off to investigate it, dont go in top heavy, keep calm and talk it out. The civilians make up the major part of the population, keep them happy!

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6. Traffic Stops When you perform a traffic stop in the country area, you need to do it safely, ensuring that neither yours, theirs, or the publics life is in danger. 1. Put your lights and sirens on, signal the person to stop with the megaphone. 2. Have him pull to the side of the road, as far as safe to do so. 3. Park your car behind him, with your car pointing out slightly into the traffic to cover you when at the drivers door. 4. Ask the driver to stop his engine through the megaphone. 5. Turn your siren off 6. Report the situation in the radio 7. Walk up to the driver and conduct the actual stop. a. Greet yourself in a polite manor. 8. If required, ticket him where appropriate. 9. Head back your your car and report the status of the situation 10. Once done, have him pull off first, after around 3 seconds, pull off yourself.

7. Ticketing procedures When in the country areas, where the 120 km/h speed limit applies; use the following guidelines for speeders.

Verbal warning for speeds between 129-139 $120 Fine for speeds between 140-149 $180 Fine for speeds between 150-159 $200 Fine for speeds between 160-165 $250 fine for speeds over 165

Use your discretion when fining for any other crimes. Remember that if you plan to ticket, DO NOT suspect!

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8. Inter-Department work Working with other departments is vital to successfully policing San Andreas. When a suspect you are in pursuit of enters another jurisdiction, call for the respective department to assist you, once they arrive for backup, continue with the chase until he is stopped and downed and then thank the department for your assistance. Respect. Respect other departments, at all times, this goes without saying, you MUST, at ALL TIMES, respect them and work with them. Any personal issues you may have with the city cops must be forgotten. Any sign of rivalry will result in actions being taken. 9. Weekly Trooper review The weekly trooper review will overview the weeks work of each Trooper. You will be instructed of one positive and one negative for that weeks work. This will also include some small other comments. This aims to help you understand how to improve yourself. 10. Strike system The strike system will set out to keep you on the straight and narrow. Each officer will have 3 strikes. These strikes are cleared each month for certain offences, while other offences only clear every 3 or 6 months. These strikes could occur for a variety of things. The full list is given in the Strike System topic. 11. Medals and rewards The medal and rewards system will provide rewards for the most hard working Troopers. At the monthly meetings, these will be given out to the troopers. A full list of what you can be rewarded for can be found in the topic. 12. Desk work Reporting each shift you do, is required. This is to help keep progress of your work and to help us monitor who is the best suited for future command positions. Keeping your desk maintained and updated is vital. You should include at least two dash-cam pictures of your work. Your desk is found in the Trooper Central.

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13. Operational Logs All major operations which are done by an ACS member, must be logged in the Operational logs board. This helps us to keep a rack of the significant work that you do. Please see the guidelines in the board on what to post.

14. T.T.P. The Trooper Training Program is a program which aims to keep each Trooper up to shape and tip top. These will be held in either one-on-one sessions or in a group team. For further details see the topics in the board. Selected members will also be selected to hand out these elite sessions. 15. Summary I hope you find this basic guide useful and that you are able to make use of it to the fullest extent. If you have any further questions, please do post them in the ACS board!

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