Police Bribe
A police bribe is a pickup in the Grand Theft Auto series intended to eliminate the player's wanted level.
Description
First introduced in Grand Theft Auto 1, the pickup is intended as an cost-free alternative to respraying the player's vehicle at a spray shop, although its scarcity makes the tactic more difficult unless the player memorizes their locations. Police bribe locations vary widely, with some showing up in obvious locations, while others are well hidden from plain view. Some require performing a jump in an automobile to reach, as they are positioned at a slight altitude, and inaccessible on-foot.
In its first appearance in GTA 1, the bribe assumed the appearance of a spinning gold coin that will eliminate the whole of the player's present wanted level. In GTA 2, it appears as a rotating dollar-shaped pickup, with the same function as the GTA 1 pickup.
In GTA III era games, the bribe appears as a rotating, star-shaped police badge pickup and will reduce the player's wanted level by one star when picked up; once the player obtains the bribe, his/her wanted level will be immediately reduced by one star. However, any higher-level police presence (SWAT or FBI for example) in the area prior to obtaining the bribe will continue to pursue the player (assuming a wanted level is still in place), but more of such vehicles will no longer appear. The one exception is the Police Maverick, which will disengage from pursuit of a player with a 3-star wanted level upon obtaining a police bribe (reducing his/her wanted level to 2 stars).
The pickup is absent in both Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, as revamped wanted level systems render the bribe redundant.
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Locations
GTA III
GTA Vice City
- Downtown
- Little Haiti (x3)
- Little Havana (x2)
- Prawn Island
- Vice Point (x3)
- Washington Beach (x2)
- Ocean Beach
GTA San Andreas
- Las Colinas (x2)
- East Los Santos
- Ganton
- Ocean Docks (x2)
- Glen Park
- Verona Beach
- Mulholland
- Rodeo
- Vinewood
- Foster Valley (x2)
- Missionary Hill
- Avispa Country Club
- Doherty (x2)
- Hashbury
- Ocean Flats
- Easter Basin
- King's
- Santa Flora
- Calton Heights
- In the underground tunnel (near The Big Ear and Fort Carson)
- Las Payasadas
- East of Fort Carson, near Cluckin' Bell, Octane Springs and Hunter Quarry
- Near the road leading to Verdant Meadows and the Snake Farm, east of Area 69
- Far northeast of Verdant Meadows
- Julius Thruway East (x2)
- The Emerald Isle
- Redsands East
- Redsands West
- Las Venturas Airport
- Pirates In Men's Pants
- Royal Casino
- The Camel's Toe
- LVA Freight Depot
- The Four Dragons Casino
- Julius Thruway South
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories