Police Suggestion Police picking up lockpicks

[Floppa]

Suggestion Title: Police picking up lockpicks
Suggestion Description: Make it so police cannot pick up lockpicks, and it instead confiscates it like crowbars as it can be used to breach properties illegally by officers and not on equipment list.

Why should this be added?:
- To fix possible abuse from officers.
- So its not only crowbar that gets confiscated.

What negatives could this have?:
- None

What problem would this suggestion solve?:
- To fix officers being able to abuse it and unlock any door they want.

 

[Swifter]

I always see officers abusing their power into breaking into houses which are completely clean. It is a good idea to set this into place so officers can stop breaking in without having a warrant.

 

[Floppa]

Lockpicks dissapear from inventory when going on-duty, but you can also just pick them up which makes no sense.
Resulting in that if i have 5 lockpicks on me i can literally drop it before going on duty and then pick them up.

 

[Niko]

DO NOT, I MUST INCREASE MY INVENTORY STACK, I AM CARRYING 39 RIGHT NOW!!!! PLEASE1!1!!!!1!11!!!1!!!!!!!11!1!!!!1!

I always see officers abusing their power into breaking into houses which are completely clean. It is a good idea to set this into place so officers can stop breaking in without having a warrant.

Make an Internal Affairs complaint


tbh it doesn't really make much sense that we can pick them up while crowbars get confiscated, especially since they're actually lockpicks now instead of just being called bobby pins like before

 

[Floppa]

DO NOT, I MUST INCREASE MY INVENTORY STACK, I AM CARRYING 39 RIGHT NOW!!!! PLEASE1!1!!!!1!11!!!1!!!!!!!11!1!!!!1!


Make an Internal Affairs complaint


tbh it doesn't really make much sense that we can pick them up while crowbars get confiscated, especially since they're actually lockpicks now instead of just being called bobby pins like before

Why make an internal affairs when its an issue, if you cant transfer it from storage or have it in inventory when going on-duty its clearly a server issue of some kind or something else. It makes no sense that you can pick them up from ground but not transfer or have it on you.

 

[Allen Kennedy]

If cops can't carry and use lockpicks then there is literally no recourse to just locking a lower ranked officer in a room, which is utterly retarded. They're for emergencies only. If cops are breaking into places for no reason, make an IA. It will be accepted.

I remember specifically that for a short while, it was made so cops and other emergency services couldn't equip lockpicks, and the change was reversed shortly after.

 

[Swifter]

If cops can't carry and use lockpicks then there is literally no recourse to just locking a lower ranked officer in a room, which is utterly retarded. They're for emergencies only. If cops are breaking into places for no reason, make an IA. It will be accepted.

I remember specifically that for a short while, it was made so cops and other emergency services couldn't equip lockpicks, and the change was reversed shortly after.

If that is so do you know where this change was announced? So i can make my mind afterwards?

 

[Allen Kennedy]

If that is so do you know where this change was announced? So i can make my mind afterwards?

It was a PD change some time in 2022. I remember specifically that for about a week or two no city employee could use lockpicks, and it was very frustrating, because, especially if you were a medic, people would lock you in the back of shops and there was no way of getting out.

 

[Bnjemann]

I haven’t had to buy a Bobby pin in years directly due to the ability to keep lockpicks as cop. Having them at your disposal helps government employees and misuse is very obvious and easy to deal with.

 

[Jimmy]

free bobby pins are the reason i play cop

 

[JuanBonita]

I love telling officers that we should wait a second before confiscating because they are about to take the bobby pin so i can get it

 

[Cal Heller]

I love telling officers that we should wait a second before confiscating because they are about to take the bobby pin so i can get it

I just take em regardless like they were candy or bonus points, broad daylight - no one has thrown a fit before.

free bobby pins are the reason i play cop

See point #1

 

[Swifter]

It was a PD change some time in 2022. I remember specifically that for about a week or two no city employee could use lockpicks, and it was very frustrating, because, especially if you were a medic, people would lock you in the back of shops and there was no way of getting out.

I think it was a quick change and see nothing announced but I will go by what you say. -1 I I am downvoting now because people can get trapped and which they may have no way getting out which causes them to be stuck therefore that is my downvote reason.

 

[rogue]

As a technicality, Lockpicks aren't illegal. If an officer has broken into your property with a bobby pin, there are systems in place to report them