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Gary Schaffer: “Hey, remember who you're talking to, you son of a...”
Lionel Starkweather: “Listen you fuck. It's your job to clean up this city's mess. That's what you get paid for.”
Gary Schaffer and Lionel Starkweather during Press Coverage.

Gary Schaffer is a character in the 3D Universe of the Grand Theft Auto series who is mentioned in Grand Theft Auto III and returns as an unseen minor character in Manhunt.

History[]

Background[]

Schaffer is first mentioned on a Lips 106 radio news segment in Grand Theft Auto III, before appearing as a minor character in Manhunt.

He is the chief of police for the Carcer City Police Department.

Events of Grand Theft Auto III[]

In 2001, it is briefly mentioned that Gary Schaffer was cleared on charges of corruption due to the disappearance of many witnesses.

So I'm sitting here, reading the Liberty Tree, and it says 'In nearby Carcer City, a good day for law and order as police chief Gary Schaffer was cleared of corruption charges in a controversial decision by the courts. Let's hope those missing witnesses turn up safe and sound.
Andee on Lips 106, while playing Bump To The Music.

Events of Manhunt[]

In 2003, it is revealed that Schaffer was being paid by Lionel Starkweather, a former Vinewood film director who runs an independent movie production business "Starkweather Quality Productions" for the online snuff film publisher Valiant Video Enterprises.

Under Starkweather's payroll, Schaffer enlisted several corrupt CCPD officers as actors for Starkweather's snuff film ring, who were involved in the movies CCPD Brutality Caught on Tape and In-Carcer-ation Blues, featuring real footage of police brutality.[1]

On the night of November 19, 2003[2], a recently "enlisted actor", James Earl Cash, escapes from a snuff film recording scene in which his death was intended to be filmed. Schaffer is briefly heard being told to send a CCPD unit after Cash. Eventually during the same night, Cash infiltrates Starkweather's estate in Wapona Hills, killing Starkweather and his private security, before vanishing.

This leads the police to discover Starkweather's film ring and the links between the director and police chief Gary Schaffer, who is once again put on trial after his involvement was discovered.

Inspiration[]

Schaffer's character might have been inspired by Milton Milan, a former mayor of Camden, New Jersey (one of Carcer City's influences), who was convicted of 14 counts of corruption, and was jailed in 2000.

He appears to be named after Gerard John Schaefer, also known as the "Killer Cop", a former sheriff's deputy in Martin County, Florida, who was convicted of the 1972 murder and mutilation of two teenage girls in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Mission Appearances[]

Manhunt[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

GarySchaffer-MH-Fake'Shaffer'

ProjectManhunt fan website – Origin of the fake image of unseen character Gary Schaffer, using a screenshot of a generic cop model (S1B), misspelled "Shaffer" and wrong mission appearance listed. (Archived)

  • Gary Schaffer, along with Phil Cassidy, BJ Smith and Candy Suxxx, is one of the few characters to be cited between the Manhunt and Grand Theft Auto series.
  • Due to an author oversight at the fan-owned ProjectManhunt website (currently offline), Gary Schaffer is commonly mistaken for one of the generic CCPD officers sent by Schaffer during Press Coverage (specifically the "Cop #4 - Model S1B" model). Gary Schaffer does not have an official character model.
    • On the fan website, the author uploaded polaroid pictures of several in-game characters, seemingly inspired by Mr. Nasty's official hall of pain portrait, on a character list page. Schaffer's surname is also misspelled in the same list, also listing the wrong mission appearance.

References[]

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