- For information about how the LSPD pursue the player, see here.
An LSPD police officer in GTA San Andreas.
The Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) is a branch of the San Andreas Police Department servicing the city of Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The LSPD is the largest police force in the state.
Description
Overview
Modeled after the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the LSPD are a prominent part of the storyline in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The department's headquarters sit adjacent to Los Santos City Hall in the Pershing Square district of Los Santos, San Andreas. This is where the player re-spawns after being arrested anywhere within Los Santos city limits.
There is also another smaller "LSPD HQ", located in Dillimore, Red County; while unspecified by its signage to be within LSPD's jurisdiction, the game dubs the station as an "LSPD HQ" when the player enters the station. This may be because when the interior was used the name was as well. However, if the player is busted in Red County, the player respawns at the Pershing Square LSPD instead. This may indicate the LSPD in Red County is uncharged of all the small towns in the Red County.
The LSPD houses a branch known as C.R.A.S.H. (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, based on a anti-gang branch of the LAPD), of which officers Frank Tenpenny, Eddie Pulaski, and Jimmy Hernandez are members. Tenpenny is also represent as the main antagonistic element throughout the game's entire storyline, and him along with pulaski who is also an antagonist use their authority as LSPD officers to achieve their sinister ends.
SWAT
The LSPD seems to host the only SWAT team in San Andreas as the Enforcers that appear when the player has a 4-star wanted level have LSPD markings on them regardless of the players location.
Police brutality
Police brutality in the Los Santos Police Department parking garage, GTA San Andreas.
In the underground garage of the Los Santos Police Department headquarters, the player can witness police brutality in the form of one police officer repeatedly punching a random pedestrian model while a second officer taunts or cheers on. This set piece may be inspired by the real-life beating of Rodney King by the Los Angeles Police Department, which eventually triggered the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Trivia
- There is a hidden purple dildo in the shower in the LSPD HQ. This dildo can be used as a weapon.
- No matter where you are in the state, LSPD Enforcers will chase you.
- Even if you have a police uniform, the police will still shoot you.
- In a beta screenshot you can see a blond officer, implying there was originally going to be other officer models.
- They appear again in GTA V where their motto is Obey and Survive.
- In GTA V, what appears to be Bigfoot appears on the LSPD Emblem, possibly a nod to the bigfoot rumours from San Andreas.
Gallery
 LSPD police car, GTA San Andreas.  An Enforcer bearing the "LSPD" marking on the rear doors, GTA San Andreas.  LSPD Car in GTAV  LSPD Officers chase an unnamed Hispanic male. The motto of the LSPD in GTA V. |
