Police Suggestion Pursuit specialist role: A massive change, but an idea that could work.

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Brief description of idea:
The goal here is to establish a unit specialising in high risk pursuits and the likes.

The Pursuit Specialist role will be similar to TFU, in the sense that only a limited amount of officers can put on the equipment required for it.

Pursuit specialists could go by the following names:
Tactical Pursuit Unit (TPU)
Pursuit Specialist Officer (PSO)
High-Risk Pursuit Unit (HRPU)

Requirements to become a Pursuit specialist would be the same as TFU in terms of difficulty getting in, however, it would require a different set of skills. Skills that will be required to become a Pursuit specialist officer would be:
- The ability to drive at high speeds with minimal risk of impact, loss of life, etc.
- The ability to maintain solid communication
- The ability to keep track of a suspect vehicle without losing it.

Just like how TFU Isn't exclusive to patrol, Patrol officers will be able to become pursuit specialists.

The equipment will require a trip to the armoury NPC. Another option for "Equip Pursuit Gear" will become available.

The controversial part of the idea people won't like:
This will result in the Mercedes vehicle becoming something exclusive to this sub division. My reasoning for this is:
- To give less incentive to join RTU Over patrol. (Sounds cruel but is much needed, anyone with time can become RTU for more benefits)
- To give this role a reason to join.
- And lastly, To ensure this powerful vehicle is used correctly. Too many times lately I've seen RTU in the Merc lose suspects they shouldn't be losing.

A model for officers in the "Pursuit" Gear could be a normal officers clothes but with combat / racing gloves, sunglasses, and a beanie.

Pursuit specialists won't have access to any weapons they currently do not have access to as a standard uniformed officer.

Whether or not this becomes a patrollable position is down to PD command organising this, Personally, I would say no more than 1 officer may patrol with this, the rest might just have to gear up in an emergency. Pursuit officers will however not be responding to incidents where they won't have any more advantage over a normal officer except life threatening incidents.

Pursuit specialists should have access to the following vehicles:
- Mercedes Speed enforcer car (Limited / VIP)
- Maybe a completely new police car? TDMCars has emergency vehicle variations of the Mitsubishi Evo Lancer that has plenty of templates available. I think that car would be good too!

My reasoning for this idea:
As it stands, the mercedes is a vehicle that should be used only by experienced officers who are perfectly capable of staying alive in a pursuit. Unfortunately, too many times recently have I seen the merc just being used as an Incident Response Vehicle, or worse so, Driven in a pursuit with the precision and grace of a drunk pensioner pissing into a knee high urinal.

Officers patrolling in the mercedes also cannot do prisoner transport which is annoying at times. Another reason it should be a specialist vehicle only.

This addition will also allow people who only want RTU for car chases to have a division they can join to do that effectively without having to join RTU. Of course RTU officers will be favourable for this role due to them being experienced in the field.


What benefits would this idea have for the department:
Gives officers something to grind for:
Once you get TFU and corporal you really don't need anything else. This will allow for yet another sub division to join that will be action packed and fun.
Existing RTTO's could fill the role for training responsibilities for this position:
I hold full trust in @Mimball and @Bert 's abilities to organise training for this sub division and ensure officers get a fair chance at everything. I also believe the RTO team can do this and serve as shining examples as trainers for this division.
Allows officers to further demonstrate their skills as individuals:
This ones self explanatory.


What potential negatives could this have for the department:
In order for this idea to be fully implemented without making the PD "Too grindy", their could have to be reductions in RTU Training, or alternatively it could be scrapped altogether.
The idea will also "Take away" the speed enforcer car from officers until they apply for the role and pass.
Other additions:​
 
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Seems easier to whitelist the Mercedes to certain officers or change the rank requirement again? Don’t get me wrong though I think I know what you mean, I’d love to have a more elite sub division of RTU with perks for people that actually know what they’re doing.

Some forces have a force proactive unit which are essentially elite traffic officers with the best vehicles, in real life districts have to bid for them to come and work in their area.
 

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In terms of this idea I love it, however, this will most likely not happen, this isn’t my place to say if it won’t or not as its not my choice but right now me and @Bert are actively combatting the issues you have raised in this suggestion and I would love feedback on how you think we are doing.

In terms of more specialist training, this is something we can achieve without a separate division and is definitely something we can look into hosting, this should set apart the officers who just join RTU for the cars and the officers who actually want to progress and learn.

Overall I love the suggestion but I think it’s a bit of a long shot at the moment
 
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We really need to kick everyone out or make a sub division for top 15 officers who have better cars and more equipment, there’s so many perks they can have
 

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In terms of this there’s nothing I personally can do to ‘remove’ the officers that don’t use RTU properly. In its current state as people have said, people only join RTU for the faster cars.
This has been highlighted by myself and is something I personally have been cracking down a lot more on, officers ate simply being retrained and if they don’t attend or aren’t up to standard and just removed.

I agree there should be some form of qualification system which states what ‘level’ driver you are but chances are this won’t come for a while.

So how do we fix this short term? We could look into more voluntary training sessions for the officers who want to learn more, then make note of those that don’t attend.
I could also look at the activity of officers within RTU and it they are even using their role as, like you have said there are lots of stagnant officers who come on once in a blue moon and think everything was the same as when they left.

Im open to other short term fixes but at the moment there’s not much I can do, however as you can see I am trying my best
 
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Like Mimball said, increased quality of Traffic Officers currently is a top priority. After we address this issue, I really like this idea overall and if we were to give a more elite rank and position to traffic officers who choose to pursue a more rigorous training path. While the majority of commands time is currently occupied with retraining for current officers, if you want to have a meeting in TS sometime about further development of this suggestion I would be more than willing. TLDR I really like this idea, and after we really work on increasing the viability of normal traffic officers this will definitely be something we look into.
 
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" increased quality of Traffic Officers currently is a top priority " Have you seen Jay Hatch's manner of driving? Must of had your eyes closed during training. Also, the Merc and unmarked cars should not respond to normal incidents even if it's life-threatening.
 
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He has delayed and impeded motor skills though as a direct result of ASD.
 
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I’ve actually been taking a direct approach with working with Jay, as Benji mentioned Jay has a harder time learning and understanding certain aspects of gameplay. I’ve been trying to take a more constructive approach with Jay so he can maybe take something from PERP and apply it elsewhere. He’s a really good kid, and has been working hard to improve, he deserves a lot more credit than he is given.
 
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@The HitMan yes, it’s something me, mimball and the training staff have taken note of. This is one of many things I have been planning to work with Jay on over the coming weeks. It’s not exactly something he can control or prevent, without more practice. And he truly has been working extremely hard as of lately.
 

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@The HitMan Seems like most of the time it’s lag, in my own personal experience I was pitted by him, seemingly by accident it seems... but unsure on other people’s situations
 

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@Bert not trying to attack a single person, but how can you sit and say you are addressing it? Why allow someone who can’t drive into RTU? Surely you observe applicants while driving?
 

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@Bert But based on replies above this UNNAMED officer can not drive at all, how did he pass your stages?
 
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@Bert During my times patrolling with Jay Hatch I think his driving has been near enough the standard expected of RTU officers, so i don't quite understand this one? I also don't really think its fair to use Jay as an example of driving at all.

--EDIT-- Maybe his driving standards vary, and have decreased recently?
 
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@Samuel not sure, I wasn’t in command at the time so I can’t speak for prior command members! Although I will say since I have joined command we have taken an extra focus on training policy, as well as general recruitment standards, and are cracking down on poor performers within the division. @CaughtRed we had multiple reports of this unarmed officer running into people, and other cars.
 
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