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| | [[File:EsplanadeNorth-GTASA.jpg|thumb|391px|right|Esplanade North in [[San Fierro]].]] |
| | name = Police car
| | [[File:EsplanadeNorth-GTASA-map.jpg|thumb|Esplanade North location]] |
| | front_image = Police-GTAVC-front.jpg
| | '''Esplanade North''' is a district in [[San Fierro]], [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]]. It is situated on the northern end of the city, and is meant to emulate San Francisco's biggest tourist trap, Pier 39, also known as Fisherman's Wharf. In fact, there is a re-creation of the pedestrian-heavy Pier 39, known as [[Pier 69]], one of the numerous in-game references to the "[[69]]" sexual position. West of the district is [[Battery Point]], while to the far east is the [[Tierra Robada]] region. North of the district is [[San Fierro Bay]], while to the south/southeast are the districts of [[Esplanade East]], [[Calton Heights]] and [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]]. |
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| | caption = An [[Vice City Police Department|VCPD]] police car, GTA Vice City
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| | rear_image = Police-GTASA-LVPD-rear.jpg
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| | aka = Squad Car<br>Cop Car<br>Police<br>VCPD Cruiser | |
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| | vehicle_type = [[:Category:Law Enforcement Vehicles|Law enforcement car]] | |
| | body_style = 4-door sedan
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| | capacity = 4
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| | appearances = [[Grand Theft Auto 1|GTA 1]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto 2|GTA 2]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City|GTA Vice City]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto Advance|GTA Advance]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA Liberty City Stories]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories|GTA Vice City Stories]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]]<br>[[The Lost and Damned]]<br>[[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars|GTA Chinatown Wars]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto V]]
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| | related=[[Copper]]<br>[[Police Cruiser]]<br>[[Police Patrol]]
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| '''Police cars''' are emergency services vehicles primarily used by [[police]] officers. The cars begin to chase the [[Protagonist|protagonist]] of each [[Grand Theft Auto]] game when they have received either a [[GTA2 wanted level|police head]] or [[Wanted Level|wanted star]]. Police cars are known by different names in different games, whilst [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]] has two models of police cars: The '''[[Police Cruiser]]''' and '''[[Police Patrol]]'''. Since GTA III, the majority of police cars in the game also share the same body design as the [[Taxi]]. | |
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| Other police and [[:Category:Law Enforcement Vehicles|law enforcement vehicles]] exist. These include the [[Enforcer]] police/SWAT van, the [[Police Maverick]] helicopter, [[HPV-1000]] and [[VCPD Wintergreen]] police bikes and the [[Predator]] police boat.
| | People frequenting Esplanade North are very diverse, with many of them appearing to be tourists. The general atmosphere is one of capitalistic fervor and a sort of disdain for the area by the city's locals. Similar to Fisherman's Wharf, the occasional food retailer can be spotted in this area, as well as a mothballed submarine. |
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| ==GTA 1 — GTA 2== | | ==Events of GTA San Andreas== |
| In [[Grand Theft Auto 1]], the police car is known as the "'''Squad Car'''". Three variants of the car exist, each appearing in one of the game's three cities. In [[Liberty City in GTA 1|Liberty City]], the Squad Car is rounded vehicle with blue-white livery, appearing similar to a 1990s Chevrolet Caprice; the [[City of San Andreas|San Andreas]]/[[Vice City in GTA 1|Vice City]] variants are actually adaptations of the [[Portsmouth]], with the San Andreas version bearing a black-and-white body color design and similar angular body design, and the Vice City rendition being colored blue and white but features a modified body that appears wider and rounded. In the PC version of GTA 1, the police cars (along with the [[Ambulance]] and the [[Fire Truck]]) will have their radio tuned to [[Radio Stations in GTA 1|Brooklyn Underground FM]], unlike all other renditions throughout the series which only have the standard police dispatch radio.
| | [[Carl Johnson|Carl "CJ" Johnson's]] arrival in San Fierro is met with an enormous amount of work for him to do in this new city. In addition to renovating the derelict garage he won in a [[Farewell, My Love...|street race]] with [[Claude]] and [[Catalina]], Carl begins to establish himself as an entrepreneur in San Fierro by acquiring numerous properties and businesses throughout the city, including [[Wang Cars]], a dealership in [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]] that he uses as a front for the new chop-shop in [[Doherty]]. But this is only the beginning of Carl's work in San Fierro. He has just been informed that the entity responsible for the events leading up to this point, the [[Loco Syndicate]], is largely based in this new city, with its leaders close by. Attempting to infiltrate the syndicate, Carl begins working for the syndicate's concierge, a pimp, [[Jizzy B.]], who resides in the [[The Pleasure Domes Club|Pleasure Domes Club]] under the [[Gant Bridge]] in [[Battery Point]]. After working for Jizzy and gaining his trust, Carl meets another head of the Loco Syndicate, [[T-Bone Mendez]]. After he and Mendez [[Mike Toreno (mission)|locate and rescue]] a kidnapped [[Mike Toreno|Michael "Mike" Toreno]], the one pulling all the strings, the pieces begin falling into place. |
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| The performance of GTA 1 Squad Cars are identical in all three cities, and are all essentially the best in the game, with the highest top speed and acceleration among all cars in the game, highly responsive brakes and good grip. While the cars are given a very high export value of $2,000, but the cars cannot be exported, as are other emergency vehicles.
| | Carl begins his take-down of the Loco Syndicate by paying Jizzy an unexpected visit at the Pleasure Domes Club, after which he is forced to chase Jizzy when he runs out the front door and drives away in panic. After [[Ice Cold Killa|killing]] Jizzy, Cesar informs Carl of a meeting taking place at Pier 69 in Esplanade North. Carl heads out there to find T-Bone Mendez and Carl's old associate from [[Grove Street]], [[Ryder]], about to meet with Toreno. After blowing his cover, Carl is then forced to [[Pier 69 (mission)|chase down]] Mendez and Ryder on the pier's pedestrian mall. After shooting Mendez off the side of the guard rail, and into [[San Fierro Bay]], Carl then has to swim through part of the bay to a boat in order to chase down Ryder, who had jumped into the bay in an attempt to escape. After killing Ryder, Carl [[Toreno's Last Flight|locates and shoots down]] the [[Maverick|chopper]] that was presumably carrying Toreno to the meeting, ending the Loco Syndicate. |
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| Police cars in [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1969|GTA London 1969]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961|GTA London 1961]] are known as "'''[[Copper]]s'''". Police car in GTA London 1969 resembles to a Ford Cortina MK2 used by the British police at the time and a police car in GTA London 1961 resembles to a Jaguar Mark 2 also used by the British police
| | Later, Carl and his brother-in-law-in-courtship [[Cesar Vialpando]], the leader of the Mexican-American [[Varrios Los Aztecas]], steal [[Elegy|two]] [[Sultan|cars]] from a [[Otto's Autos|showroom]] on the edge of the district [[Test Drive|for their vehicular chop-shop business]]. |
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| In [[Grand Theft Auto 2]], the police car is known as the "'''Cop Car'''" and assumes a completely original design, looking like a retro-futuristic squad car with 1940s design cues. Like in GTA 1, it is the fastest car in the game, along with the [[Meteor]], and features responsive cornering and brakes, making it a desirable vehicle to drive. It is also the only car in the game which gives a [[Police Bribes|Cop Bribe]] when [[Crusher|crushed]].
| | ==Businesses and Locations== |
| | *[[Pier 69]] |
| | *[[The Well Stacked Pizza Co.]] |
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| | ==Weapons== |
| File:SquadCar-GTA1-LibertyCity.png|[[Liberty City in GTA 1|Liberty City]] "Squad Car" ([[Grand Theft Auto 1|GTA 1]]).
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| File:SquadCar-GTA1-SanAndreas.png|[[City of San Andreas|San Andreas]] "Squad Car" (GTA 1).
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| File:SquadCar-GTA1-ViceCity.png|[[Vice City in GTA 1|Vice City]] "Squad Car" (GTA 1).
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| File:Copper-GTAL69.png|A [[Copper]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961|GTA London 1969]].
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| File:Copper-GTAL61.png|A Copper in [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961|GTA London 1961]].
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| File:CopCar-GTA2-Larabie.png|[[Ray Larabie]]'s original design for GTA 2's "Cop Car".
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| File:Cop Car concept.jpg|3D rendering of the "Cop Car".
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| File:CopCar-GTA2.png|[[Anywhere City Police Department|Anywhere City]] "Cop Car" ([[Grand Theft Auto 2|GTA 2]]) (<small>[[:File:CopCar-GTA2-ingame.jpg|In-game, with lights]]</small>).
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| ==GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories== | | ==Stationary vehicles== |
| In all the games of this era, the police car has been known as the "'''Police'''", with the exception of GTA Advance and GTA Vice City Stories. In GTA Advance, it is referred to as the "'''Police Car'''", and in GTA Vice City Stories, it is called the "'''VCPD Cruiser'''".
| | *[[Marquis]] (x3) |
| | *[[Reefer]] |
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| Throughout all GTA III era games, police cars are very fast, with excellent handling, and moderate durability. These stats make it great for drifting. They have two sirens, one default "long-whirl", and the "rotating-weep", triggered by holding the horn button. The player will receive a [[Shotgun]] with 5 rounds of ammunition after entering a Police car.
| | ==Other== |
| | *[[Camera]] (x2) |
| | *Three [[Snapshot|snapshots]] |
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| ====GTA III & GTA Liberty City Stories====
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| The Police Car in these two games resembles a cross between a Chevrolet Caprice and a Ford Crown Victoria. In [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]], the Police Car was originally intended to have a livery similar to the then-current NYPD police cars, however, in the final version, they have standard black and white livery. The Police Cars in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA Liberty City Stories]] feature the livery intended for GTA III cars, albeit with black-and-white stripes, rather than blue-and-white.
| | [[Category:Areas in San Fierro]] |
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| File:Policecar-GTAIII-beta-side.png|Early pre-release depiction of GTA III's police car, featuring a lower profile and the 1990s/early 2000s NYPD color scheme.
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| File:Police-GTAIII-front.jpg|[[LCPD in GTA III Era|LCPD]] "Police" car (GTA III) (<small>[[:File:Police-GTAIII-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
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| File:Police-GTALCS-front.jpg|LCPD "Police" ([[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|Liberty City Stories]]) (<small>[[:File:Police-GTALCS-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
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| ====GTA Vice City & GTA Vice City Stories====
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| In these two games, the vehicle resembles a 1980's Ford LTD, and both feature a green and white livery, much like the Miami-Dade Police Department (although there rare claims that white police cars can be found after achieving 100% completion of [[Grand Theft Auto:Vice City]]). During development, the vehicle was white with red and blue stripes along each side, resembling squad cars from the Miami Beach Police Department. Reports say that the paint scheme was changed in development to the green and white scheme because of fears that players wouldn't be able to tell the difference between civillian cars and the VCPD cars. In the PC version of GTA Vice City, a gaming bug causes rare all-white police cars to spawn at car parks around Vice City, although this only occurs after achieving 100% completion in GTA Vice City.
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| File:Policecar-GTAVC-beta-side.png|Early pre-release depiction of GTA Vice City's police car, featuring a livery more alike to that of the Miami Beach Police Department.
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| File:Police-GTAVC-front.jpg|[[Vice City Police Department|VCPD]] "Police" ([[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City|GTA Vice City]]) (<small>[[:File:Police-GTAVC-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
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| File:VCPDCruiser-GTAVCS-front.jpg|"VCPD Cruiser" ([[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories|Vice City Stories]]) (<small>[[:File:VCPDCruiser-GTAVCS-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
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| File:Police-GTAVC-white-side.jpg|A white police car in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], obtained through a gaming bug.
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| ====GTA San Andreas====
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| There are three variations in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]]. The [[Los Santos Police Department]] and [[San Fierro Police Department]] versions have the same build (with the San Fierro version having slightly higher suspension, most likely due to San Fierro's hilly streets with steep inclines like it's real life counter-part, San Francisco), based on the [[Premier]], and markings for their respective cities); the [[Las Venturas Police Department]] version generally resembles a 1981-1990 Chevrolet Caprice, with the sides and back reminiscent of the 1980-1989 Dodge Diplomat. The closest civilian car in the game is the [[Tahoma]]. All police vehicles feature a standard black and white livery.
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| The police officers in the countryside employ a large, four-by-four [[Ranger]], based on the [[Rancher]], for pursuit on rough terrain.
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| File:Police-GTASA-SFPD-beta-front.png|Early design for the [[San Fierro Police Department|SFPD]] "Police" car which bears more of a resemblance to the Chevrolet Caprice than its final design.
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| File:FBIcar-GTASA-beta-front.png|An early and unnamed [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] car, later adapted into the [[Las Venturas Police Department|LVPD]] "Police" car.
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| File:Police-GTASA-LSPD-front.jpg|[[Los Santos Police Department|LSPD]] "Police" (<small>[[:File:Police-GTASA-LSPD-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
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| File:Police-GTASA-SFPD-front.jpg|[[San Fierro Police Department|SFPD]] "Police" (<small>[[:File:Police-GTASA-SFPD-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
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| File:Police-GTASA-LVPD-front.jpg|[[Las Venturas Police Department|LVPD]] "Police" (<small>[[:File:Police-GTASA-LVPD-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
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| ====GTA Advance====
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| [[Image:Police-car-GTAA.png|thumb|200px|right|LCPD "Police car" in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance|GTA Advance]].]]
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| The GTA Advance rendition of the Police is designed to bear a likeness to the Police from GTA III, with a generally rounded profile and a black-white paintjob. Unlike other renditions, the car is substantially more speedy, with a top speed matched with the [[Banshee]]'s. Being a mid-sized car, crushing the Police will only award the player with a base amount of $532.
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| == GTA IV — GTA Chinatown Wars ==
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| === GTA IV ===
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| In Grand Theft Auto IV, there are two similar but separate police cars - the [[Police Patrol]] and [[Police Cruiser]]. Two more police cars, a [[Police Buffalo|Buffalo-based Police Cruiser]] and a high-performance [[Police Stinger]], are available in [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]'s multiplayer.
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| The player can get in any police car and access the [[police computer]] while stationary. Here, the player can access [[Most Wanted]] missions, or locate and apprehend nearby criminals. The siren on the Police Car features some variations, including the classic "code-3 siren" wail, the yelp when the siren is activated and the horn button held down, and, if the siren is turned off and the horn button held down, a distorted "crowd control" air horn, as used in real life.
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| The player can dial 911 to summon the police car by luring them to a false alarm. Stealing the car (while the officer searches for any incidents), will attract a one-star [[Wanted Level in GTA IV|Wanted level]]. In some places, a police car can be stolen from a parking lot or curbside without incurring a Wanted level.
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| File:PoliceCruiser-GTA4-front.jpg|LCPD [[Police Cruiser]] (GTA IV) (<small>[[:File:PoliceCruiser-GTA4-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
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| File:PolicePatrol-GTA4-front.jpg|LCPD [[Police Patrol]] (GTA IV) (<small>[[:File:PolicePatrol-GTA4-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
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| File:PoliceStinger-TBOGT-front.jpg|LCPD [[Police Stinger]] (TBOGT).
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| File:PoliceCruiser-TBOGT-front.png|LCPD [[Police Buffalo|Buffalo-based "Police Cruiser"]] (TBOGT).
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| === GTA Chinatown Wars ===
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| [[Image:PolicePatrol-GTACW.png|thumb|200px|right|An LCPD "[[Police Patrol]]" ([[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars|GTA Chinatown Wars]]).]]
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| Police cars in [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars|GTA Chinatown Wars]] are simply dubbed "[[Police Patrol]]s", the same name for those seen in GTA IV. While having reverted to a panda body color scheme, the car incorporates GTA IV's police computer for use in [[vigilante]] side missions. Although the car is implied to be similar to GTA IV's Declasse-based Police Patrol, pre-rendered depictions of the Police Patrol ''and'' the Police Cruiser are used for "[[busted]]" sequences in the game.
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| == GTA V ==
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| Very little information is currently known about the [[Los Santos Police Department in GTA V Era|Los Santos Police Department]] in [[Grand Theft Auto V]], other than the design of their police cars, which feature their motto, "Obey and Survive". On the logo, in the bottom right corner of the Shield, there is a picture of [[Bigfoot]], which is possibly a reference to the [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] myth.
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| PoliceCruiser-GTAV-trailer.jpg|An LSPD [[Police Cruiser]] in the first GTA V trailer.
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| PoliceCruiser-GTAV-rightside.jpg|Closeup of an LSPD Police Cruiser's logo in the first GTA V trailer.
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| == Trivia ==
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| * The design of GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories' police cars serves as the basis of those featured in the [[Manhunt]] series.
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| * In GTA IV, if the siren takes a hit it will begin to make many different high-pitched noises similar to its normal siren, but severely distorted. Other cars also won't pull over if you are driving a police car with a distorted siren.
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| * In the beginning of the game of GTA San Andreas, an LSPD Police shows up. But the rims are different, similar to that of the Police and Taxi in GTA Vice City.
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| ==Locations==
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| Police cars are usually parked in front of police stations and are often locked.
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| '''GTA III''' & '''GTA Liberty City Stories'''
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| *Police Station in [[Portland View]], [[Portland]]
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| *[[Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts]] in [[Callahan Point]], [[Portland]] (''Liberty City Stories'' only)
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| *Police Station in [[Torrington]], [[Staunton Island]]
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| *Police Station in [[Pike Creek]], [[Shoreside Vale]]
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| *Within [[Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale|Francis International Airport]], [[Shoreside Vale]]
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| '''GTA Vice City''' & '''GTA Vice City Stories'''
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| *Police Station in [[Washington Beach]]
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| *Police Station in [[Vice Point]]
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| *Police Station in [[Little Havana]]
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| *Police Station in [[Downtown Vice City|Downtown]]
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| '''GTA San Andreas'''
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| *Police Impound Lot in [[Pershing Square]], [[Los Santos in GTA San Andreas|Los Santos]]
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| *Police Impound Lot in [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]], [[San Fierro]]
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| *Police Impound Lot in [[Roca Escalante]], [[Las Venturas]]
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| '''GTA IV'''
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| *[[Broker]]: [[Hove Beach]]; [[South Slopes]]
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| *[[Dukes]]: [[East Island City]]; [[Francis International Airport, Dukes|Francis International Airport]]
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| *[[Bohan]]: [[Northern Gardens]]; [[Fortside]]
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| *[[Algonquin]]: [[East Holland]]; [[Varsity Heights]]; [[Middle Park East]]; [[Westminster]]; [[Lower Easton]]; [[Suffolk]]
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| *[[Alderney]]: [[Leftwood]]; [[Acter]]; [[Acter Industrial Park]]
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| ==See also==
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| === Equivalent vehicles ===
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| *[[Copper]], GTA London equivalents.
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| *[[Police Cruiser]] and [[Police Patrol]], GTA IV equivalents.
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| *[[Police Stinger]] and the [[Buffalo]]-based [[Police Cruiser]], The Ballad of Gay Tony equivalents.
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| *[[Police Ranger]] [[Country/Desert Police]] cars. in GTA San Andreas
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| === Other police vehicles ===
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| *[[Enforcer]]
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| *[[VCPD Cheetah]]
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| *[[Police Maverick]] (helicopter)
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| *[[Predator]] (boat)
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| *Bikes
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| **[[HPV-1000]]
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| **[[VCPD Wintergreen]]
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| **[[Police Bike]]
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