Version: 1.0 Last modified: 2/8/2016
How to survive the Police
The citizen's guide to not get shot.
ForewordThe citizen's guide to not get shot.
This guide is intended for all of you who have no idea what to do in certain situations, and endanger your lives daily and complain about getting shot or detained, here you can find information on how not to get detained or shot!
1. Life on the streets
Chances are, that if you are out on the streets you are going to encounter the Police. It'll be most likely that they are in a hurry and have their lights and sirens on, so what do you do? Here's a list of tips you should follow to stay safe:
- Does the cop has his light and sirens on? Pull over! Regardless if it's for you to pull over, make space for the officer to move through, especially if they are SWAT, if you don't pull over for SWAT expect to be barged out of the way.
- Is the cop in foot pursuit? Stop your car, wait for him to pass by. DO NOT INTERVENE. You may find yourself shot by the criminal or the police if you decide to attempt to stop them. Leave arresting criminals to the professionals UNLESS you are instructed otherwise by an officer.
So, you just got pulled over, what's the first thing you do? "AM I BEING DETAINED?". No, you are being stopped. However that does not give you the right to drive off, just talk to the officer and follow his instructions! There's absolutely no need to make any trouble if you don't have anything to hide. If you do, step on it you weirdo, why did you stop?
Lets move on, you see a dead body, some officers, a cop car and a gun on the floor. What do you do? You cross at the nearest crossing and stay away from the scene. Do not attempt to pick up the body. And of course do not pick up the gun or you'll find yourself shot... even if it's your friend, do not approach the scene UNLESS you have essential details that might lead to the perpetrator, in that case approach a SUPERVISOR, if none are on scene it's okay to walk up to an officer, when they ask you to leave calmly explain you have information they could use.
2. Driving
You have most likely encountered an emergency vehicle in traffic before, this is actually very simple: pull over to the side of the road, do not however that emergency drivers don't have much time to decide their directions, so INDICATE when pulling over.
What the hell? Some dude is flashing his headlights at me. Just turn on your head and back lights.
3. I'm a hostage/mugging victim what do I do?!
So you've most likely been mugged once in your time in Paralake City, but you most likely reacted wrong and got yourself killed.
A important thing to remember is that your stuff is most likely as good as gone, BUT you can still give him the inconvenience of going to jail for 7 to 10 years. So report it to the Police.
You're being mugged, you see a cop walk up and notice it, what do you do? Nothing. You comply with the mugger until an LEO instructs you otherwise. Keep an eye on the officer as he might signal you, but don't make it to obvious, 9 times out of 10 officers can use the element of surprise to their advantage.
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