LSPD in GTA III Era
- For information about how the LSPD pursue the player, see here.
The Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) is a branch of the San Andreas Police Department servicing the city of Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Description
Overview
Modeled after the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the LSPD are a prominent part of the storyline in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The department's headquarters sit adjacent to Los Santos City Hall in the Pershing Square district of Los Santos, San Andreas. This is where the player re-spawns after being arrested anywhere within Los Santos city limits.
There is also another "LSPD HQ", located in Dillimore, Red County. It is smaller than the LSPD located in Pershing Square. If you get Busted in Red County, you appear in the LSPD of Pershing Square. This means that the LSPD in Red County is uncharged of all the small towns in the Red County.
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.
SWAT
The LSPD seems to host the only SWAT team in San Andreas as the Enforcers that appear when the player has a 4-star wanted level have LSPD markings on them regardless of the players location.
Police brutality
In the underground garage of the Los Santos Police Department headquarters, the player can witness police brutality in the form of one police officer repeatedly punching a random pedestrian model while a second officer taunts or cheers on. This set piece may be inspired by the real-life beating of Rodney King by the Los Angeles Police Department, which eventually triggered the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Trivia
- There is a hidden purple dildo in the shower in the LSPD HQ. This dildo can be used as a weapon.
Gallery
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LSPD police car, GTA San Andreas.
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An Enforcer bearing the "LSPD" marking on the rear doors, GTA San Andreas.
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The Los Santos Police Department headquarters at Pershing Square, Los Santos, GTA San Andreas.
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LSPD station in Red County, GTA San Andreas.
See also