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#REDIRECT [[Liberty City Police Department (3D Universe)]]
:''{{Template:LawOrganisation Info
 
|name = Liberty City Police Department|image = Lcpdgta3.png|aka = LCPD|games = [[GTA III]]<br>[[GTA LCS]]}}For the LCPD in the [[HD Universe]], see [[LCPD in HD Universe]]. For information about how the LCPD pursuit the player, see [[Wanted Level in GTA III Era]].''
 
The '''Liberty City Police Department''' (LCPD) is the police department for 
 
 
[[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], which all share similar renditions of [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]].
 
 
Like GTA police departments based other renditions of cities based on [[wp:New York City|New York City]], the LCPD is evidently based on the [[wp:New York City Police Department|New York Police Department (NYPD)]], sharing various characteristics with its counterpart.
 
 
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== Description ==
 
=== Equipment ===
 
In GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, LCPD officers wear uniforms consisting of a navy blue jacket over their uniform with their gold badge in the front and long navy blue pants. LCPD officers also have a navy blue cap with a gold cap badge on the front. LCPD stations can be found in the following places:
 
 
*[[Portland View]], [[Portland Island]]
 
*[[Torrington]], [[Staunton Island]] (headquarters)
 
*[[Pike Creek]], [[Shoreside Vale]]
 
 
The LCPD's vehicle of choice tends to be the "[[Police Car|Police]]", a generic squad car, and a police helicopter (which appears an [[Police Helicopter (GTA III)|unnamed and uncontrollable police helicopter]] in GTA III, and a [[Police Maverick]] in GTA Liberty City Stories), and the [[Predator]] for maritime pursuits. The SWAT branch operates [[Enforcer]]s.
 
 
The livery of the police car varies between the three games. In GTA III and GTA Advance, police cars are depicted with a panda-like black and white color scheme, which looks similar to the LAPD livery. The police car in GTA Liberty City Stories, however, features a black body and white roof, with a pair of horizontal white strips. The GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories renditions feature "LCPD" and "Police" text on the sides, and the trunk and boot lids, respectively.
 
 
The standard weapon of the LCPD in all of the GTA III era games is the [[pistol]], which in GTA III and GTA Advance is based off of an M1911, and the Glock 17 in Liberty City Stories. The SWAT division's standard weapon is the [[Micro-Uzi]] in GTA III and GTA Advance, and the [[Micro-SMG]] in Liberty City Stories. The only part of any GTA III Era game where the LCPD uses any different weapons is in the Liberty City Stories mission, [[The Guns of Leone]], where they use [[MP5]]s.
 
 
=== Development ===
 
In the beta versions of GTA III, the LCPD had different appearances. Vehicles (the police car, and the Enforcer) had a blue-white color scheme. Officers originally had mustaches. And there was an [[Military|army]] helicopter that may have been used alongside of the LCPD in higher wanted levels. The blue and white colors were reminiscent to that of the NYPD from which the LCPD is based off of. Changes to the final designs may have been linked to the September 11 Attacks in 2001. However the beta depictions on the [[Police Helicopter (GTA III)|helicopters]] still exist in-game. The beta LCPD still appears in the instruction manual of the original PS2 version. There is also an unused LCPD skin in the game files.
 
 
== Prominent LCPD members ==
 
There are three known police officers in the LCPD: Police chief [[Jim Ramirez]], [[Leon McAffrey]] and [[Ray Machowski]]. They keep track on the criminal elements in Liberty City. In [[1998]] they were tracking [[Vincenzo Cilli]], [[Toni Cipriani]] and [[Salvatore Leone]]. In [[2001]] they continued to track Toni and Salvatore, but also concentrated on [[Joey Leone]] and [[Luigi Goterelli]] along with investigating the gang problems in the city. The LCPD appears to be under funded by Mayor [[Miles O'Donovan]], as they only received helicopters in April 2001.[http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/apr2001/story2.html]
 
 
Leon McAffrey was a corrupt police officer, who was involved in selling stories to [[Ned Burner]] of the [[Liberty Tree]] newspaper and in helping various gangs. The first can be seen on the GTA Liberty City Stories [http://www.rockstargames.com/libertycitystories/gta_lcs.html website], whereas the second can be seen during GTA Liberty City Stories (as he helps the Leone Family and the [[Uptown Yardies]]). An investigation was launched into the corruption within the LCPD, and McAffrey is placed under arrest.
 
 
Ray Machowski, another corrupt police officer, was straight but later became a corrupt officer under the influence of McAffrey. He began to work with the [[Yakuza]], but in 2001, Leon McAffrey threatened to turn state evidence against him. He employed [[Claude]] to [[Plaster Blaster|kill]] McAffrey and then assisted him in Ray's escape from the city.
 
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery columns="3">
 
LCPD Station (GTA3).jpg
 
Shoreside Vale LCPD station (GTA3) (exterior).jpg
 
Staunton LCPD station (GTA3) (exterior).jpg
 
</gallery>
 
=== GTA III ===
 
 
 
{| align="center"
 
|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="168" orientation="none" columns="3">
 
Police-GTA3-front.jpg|An LCPD [[Police Car|"Police"]] car, GTA III.
 
Enforcer-GTA3-front.jpg|An LCPD [[Enforcer]], GTA III.
 
PoliceHelicopter-GTA3-side.jpg|An LCPD [[Police Helicopter (GTA III)|police helicopter]], GTA III.
 
Predator-GTA3-front.jpg|An LCPD [[Predator]], GTA III.
 
LCPD (GTA3).jpg|LCPD officer circa 2001.
 
</gallery>
 
|}
 
 
=== GTA Advance ===
 
{| align="center"
 
|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180">
 
Police-car-GTAA.png|A [[Police Car]] circa ~2000, GTA Advance.
 
SWATVan-GTAA.png|A [[SWAT Van]], GTA Advance.
 
</gallery>
 
|}
 
 
=== GTA Liberty City Stories ===
 
{| align="center"
 
|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="176" columns="3">
 
LCPD officer (GTALCS).jpg|An LCPD officer circa 1998, GTA Liberty City Stories.
 
Police-GTALCS-front.jpg|A [[Police Car|"Police"]] car, GTA Liberty City Stories.
 
Enforcer-GTALCS-front.jpg|An LCPD [[Enforcer]], GTA Liberty City Stories.
 
PoliceMaverick-GTALCS-front.jpg|An LCPD [[Police Maverick]], GTA Liberty City Stories.
 
Predator-GTALCS-front.jpg|An LCPD [[Predator]], GTA Liberty City Stories.
 
</gallery>
 
|}
 
[[Category:Police Departments]]
 
[[Category:Liberty City in GTA III]]
 
[[Category:Liberty City in GTA Liberty City Stories]]
 
[[Category:Law Enforcement]]
 
[[Category:Police]]
 

Latest revision as of 22:28, 28 June 2023