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The Police work upon a [[Wanted Level]] system against the player. If the player is noticed performing a crime, he may gain a Wanted Star (increasing his wanted level). More serious crimes will grant a higher wanted level. Police responses vary depending on the wanted level, ranging from foot chases to calling in the helicopter, [[FBI]] or even [[Army]].

Relevant offenses include crashing into a police car, shooting pedestrians, having sex with [[prostitutes]] in GTA San Andreas, stealing vehicles, entering prohibited areas or occasionally unavoidable participation in certain missions (ex. bank heists). The police will not arrest you for trespassing on private property, traffic offenses (ex. speeding, running red lights), carrying weapons in public, damaging property, impersonation (ex. wearing police uniform). See a comprehensive list of arrestable offenses below.

If the player gets [[Busted|arrested]] by the police (or "Busted"), the player will respawn at the nearest [[Police Station]], but lose some money and all of his weapons. Higher levels of law enforcement are not concerned with arrest, but with killing the player. [[Wasted|Death]] is only temporary, and results in being returned to a nearby [[Hospitals|hospital]] with the loss of weapons and some money. (No weapons are lost in GTA IV)

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Wanted levels can be reduced by the use of a [[Pay 'n' Spray]]. The [[Wanted Level in GTA IV]] system allows the player to evade a wanted level by escaping from a certain radius, based on the last place they were spotted. The higher the wanted level, the larger the area.

In the [[GTA III Era]], at 4-star wanted levels, heavily armed, highly trained police officers will come after the protagonist and try killing or sometime arresting him. They all drive [[Enforcer]] trucks and are armed with weapons that will make short work of the player. Their Enforcers are fast and can smash up a vehicle in a small amount of time. Their trucks also form roadblocks. In GTA III, the have Micro UZis, Uzis in Vice City, Mac-11's in San Andreas, and Uzis in Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. SWAT teams are a real threat to the player and come in 4 men per team. Also, in Vice City and Vice City Stories, undercover "Vice Squad" officers armed with Uzis in [[VCPD Cheetah|Cheetahs]] will chase the player at 3 stars and above. Their cars ae fast, and they come two per unit.

In the [[GTA III Era]], at 4-star wanted levels, heavily armed, highly trained police officers will come after the protagonist and try killing or sometime arresting him. They all drive [[Enforcer]] trucks and are armed with weapons that will make short work of the player. Their Enforcers are fast and can smash up a vehicle in a small amount of time. Their trucks also form roadblocks. In GTA III, the have Micro UZis, Uzis in Vice City, Mac-11's in San Andreas, and Uzis in Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. SWAT teams are a real threat to the player and come in 4 men per team. Also, in Vice City and Vice City Stories, undercover "Vice Squad" officers armed with Uzis in [[VCPD Cheetah|Cheetahs]] will chase the player at 3 stars and above. Their cars are fast, and they come two per unit.

==Arrestable Offences==