LSPD in GTA III Era

The Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) is a branch of the San Andreas Police Department. They are modeled after the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and are a prominent part of the storyline in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The department's headquarters sits adjacent to City Hall in the Pershing Square district, and is where the player re-spawns after being arrested anywhere in the city.

The LSPD houses a branch known as C.R.A.S.H. (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, based on a real-life anti-gang branch of the LAPD), of which officers Frank Tenpenny, Eddie Pulaski, and Jimmy Hernandez are members. Tenpenny and Pulaski also represent the main antagonistic element throughout the game's entire storyline, and use their authority as LSPD officers to achieve their sinister ends.