LSPD in GTA III Era

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For information about how the LSPD pursue the player, see here.
An LSPD police officer in GTA San Andreas.

The Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) is a branch of the San Andreas Police Department servicing the city of Los Santos.

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.

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.

There is also another Los Santos Police Department station, 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.

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

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Police brutality in the Los Santos Police Department parking garage, GTA San Andreas.

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.

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