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The '''Liberty City Police Department''' ('''LCPD''') is the police department for [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]], which share the same rendition of [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]. The LCPD is based on the [[wp:New York Police Department|New York Police Department (NYPD)]].

The Liberty City Police Department is around 40,000 officers strong, with many different roles, most notably on beat patrol all throughout [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]. They reign in a "complete operational" status over Liberty City, meaning they are the single Law Enforcement organization in the whole city, besides for the [[FIB]] and [[NOOSE]]. The department is then organized into different divisions. They include Highway Patrol Units (while usually freeway/bridge duties are transferred to a State Police agency), tactical response units from [[NOOSE]] tactical units, aviation units, plain clothes officers from the Anti-Crime department and the harbour units. The Aviation Unit of the LCPD (formed in 2001) has a fleet of several [[Police Maverick|helicopters]] (consisting of [[Maverick]] type copters) which are on constant patrol. Aviation assistance can be summoned from one of the four stations with aviation facilities. The [[Police Maverick]]s can be seen often in the skies of Liberty City, most often patrolling with [[Annihilator|NOOSE Annihilators]] above major bridges such as the [[Hickey Bridge]] and [[East Borough Bridge]]. The LCPD is otherwise underfunded, unable to afford specialized pursuit vehicles and as a result have to use their regular patrol cars to chase suspects. They ''very'' often injure, kill, or arrest the very citizens they are assigned to "protect and serve". For instance, if a civilian is seen pushing the player, the civilian is arrested or flees. ''Many'' police cars accidentally or on purpose hit and kill civilians while chasing the player.

LCPD officers are sometimes seen writing tickets (as noticed around [[Middle Park]] and in Highway Patrol duties on the various bridges where they await speeders). Officers on foot patrol are sometimes seen chasing and apprehending criminals, which after they are caught, a radio car is contacted to take the criminal away for processing. The LCPD is also on an active recruiting campaign, with "Join The LCPD" posters and billboards at select locations throughout the city, and adorning the front of the LCPD [[Star Junction]] Sub-Station, (which is in front of a Liberty City Services Booth). They also appear in the streets if the player dials 911 to summon a police car with two officers inside. One officer will check around for any incidents. If a criminal attacks an officer, two officers wield pistols and pursue the criminal and catch the protagonist at gunpoint. If there aren't any criminals around, they will get back inside the vehicle and leave. Unlike civilians, who report crimes via the telephone, a lengthy process, police sightings are reported immediately. Further crime, attacking a police officer, and evading arrest will increase the player's [[Wanted Level in GTA IV|wanted level]]. At two stars, police cars are sent to the area. At three stars, NOOSE vehicles are deployed, as well as police maverick-type helicopters. At four stars, NOOSE Annihilators and FIB Buffalos, complete with four FIB Special Agents in body armor and equipped with automatic weapons, are deployed. LCPD Officers are authorized to commandeer civilian vehicles to continue chasing a suspect or respond to an emergency, often stating it as "Official Police Business" to the driver as they pull them out of the car.

'''Police Commissioner'''  

* [[Mitt Fitzsimmons]]

* [[Francis McReary]]

*Chief of Department

*Bureau Chief

*Police Officer, Detective

==Website==

The in-game [[Internet in GTA IV|Internet]] features an official LCPD website which can be found at [[Libertycitypolice.com|www.libertycitypolice.com]]. The website features a secret link at the bottom of the page to the [[LCPD Database|criminal database]], which contains profiles for all characters in the game.

==Trivia==

* A Liberty City Police Department [http://www.twitter.com/lcpdnews twitter page] has been made by a fan. It includes fictitious crimes from throughtout the city sort of like a police scanner.

* Though there are only male officers present in GTA IV, originally there were female officers as well, as seen in the first trailer.

[[Category:Police Departments]]

[[Category:Liberty City in GTA IV]]