Department Rules¶
Important Notice
In addition to these rules, all members are required to also follow the Server Rules as well as the Internal Rules specific to your faction in the Internal Rules section below.
General Characteristics¶
1. Language and Behavior¶
- As a member of a department we expect you to act diplomatically; you have freedom of expression, but without creating a toxic or disturbing environment for others.
- A certain freedom of expression is allowed, including jokes or irony, as long as these do not become excessive, repetitive or intentionally offensive.
1.1 Examples of sanctionable language toward other players:
Sanctioned with Verbal Warning:
- light insults and mockery.
Sanctioned with Faction Warn:
- serious insults or slurs.
- excessive mockery or repeated harassment.
- toxic behavior.
- discrimination of any kind or racist language.
1.2 Examples of sanctionable behavior toward colleagues:
- there must be harmony among colleagues; no insults or jokes are accepted, unless they are allowed between you.
The following are not tolerated:
- minor things that cross the limits of common sense, such as disobeying a higher rank (Faction Warn).
- things of a serious nature (Faction Warn + Dismissal).
2. Deathmatch (DM) and Drive-By (DB)¶
2.1 DM or DB without a valid reason is forbidden (sanction: Faction Warn).
2.1.1 Wanted players without the right to surrender may be taken down by drive-by or with the help of weapons.
2.2 You may not kill a civilian if they ask you to do so, nor ask one to kill you (sanction: Faction Warn).
2.3 If you are attacked, first gather proof, then you may defend yourself.
3. Activity¶
Activity General
Important
Members who do not bring enough contribution to a faction and whose only action is to occupy a spot will be considered inactive (sanction: dismissal).
3.1 Meetings
3.1.1 During meetings you will listen to the leader, subleader or trainer until they allow you to speak. Until then, you are required not to speak without a valid reason (sanction: Verbal Warning or Faction Warn, as appropriate).
3.1.2 Members present at activities are required to follow the organizer's instructions, as well as to show discipline and respect toward them. Pointless jokes at their expense are not allowed (sanction: Verbal Warning or Faction Warn, as appropriate).
3.2 Activity Report
3.2.1 Every member of rank 1-5 (except Subleaders) is required to complete the activity report.
3.2.2 Faking the activity report, or helping a colleague fake it, is strictly forbidden (sanction: dismissal).
3.2.3 Favoring and discriminating against players are forbidden (sanction: Faction Warn).
3.2.4 Members may not have an active duty for activities unrelated to the activity report (sanction: Verbal Warning on the first offense, Faction Warn if it continues).
3.2.5 Exemptions from the activity report will be made through an inactivity request on the panel. In exceptional situations, the faction leadership together with the server staff may grant an optional report manually.
3.2.6 You can unlock a bonus by completing a report larger than the required minimum, a bonus which grants a double salary and a reduction of the promotion period as well as of the Faction Warn clearing period by 3 days for each unlocked bonus.
3.2.7 The number of points needed for the bonus will be shown on [/myraport].
Failure to Complete the Activity Report
- members who fail to complete their activity report will receive a Faction Warn and enter recovery mode.
- if they still do not complete their report after entering recovery mode, rank 1 and 2 members will be dismissed while rank 3+ members will receive a rank down.
- completing the report in recovery mode means recovering the unfinished points from the previous week + completing the current week's report.
- rank 3+ members who still do not complete their report even after receiving a rank down will be dismissed.
- players with less than 14 days in the faction will be dismissed with FP 60.
- players with 14 days or more in the faction will be dismissed with FP 10.
3.3 Hours Played
3.3.1 All faction members are required to have a minimum of 10 hours played over the course of a month. Players who cannot make 10 hours per month will be sanctioned with Faction Warn on the first offense, followed by Rank Down, then Dismissal. Anyone who fails to play at least 5 hours per month will be sanctioned directly with Dismissal.
3.4 Inactivity Requests
3.4.1 All inactivity requests are made only on the panel. A member is entitled to at most 14 days of inactivity once every 45 days.
- rank 1 members are not entitled to inactivity.
- rank 2 members are entitled to at most one week of inactivity.
- rank 3+ members are entitled to at most two weeks of inactivity.
- rank 6 members are not entitled to inactivity until they have at least 14 days of seniority in the faction.
Important Notice
Members with an accepted inactivity request are allowed to connect to the server and play. They will be exempt from the activity report.
The inactivity request will extend the deadline for completing the member's current report by as many days as the inactivity request lasts.
4. Department Chats¶
4.1 Common Factions Chat [/g]
4.1.1 The general chat shared with the Government and The Company [/g] is used to discuss important matters. It will mainly be used by the Leaders and Subleaders of these factions, the others being able to use it with their approval.
4.1.2 The following are not allowed (sanction: Verbal Warning on the first offense, Faction Warn if it continues):
- using this chat without the approval of a Leader or Subleader, or without being asked something by one of them.
- interrupting a higher rank while they are speaking.
- using emoticons on [/g] (this includes *smile*, *laugh*, and so on).
- taunts, tasteless jokes, irony, mockery, comments.
- arguments (sanction: Faction Warn on the first offense, dismissal if it continues).
4.2 Common Departments Chat [/f]
4.2.1 The general chat shared between Roads, SWAT and Sheriff [/f] is used to discuss important matters: discussions about wanteds, suspects, the need for backup, coordination between departments, etc.
4.2.2 The following are not allowed (sanction: Verbal Warning on the first offense, Faction Warn if it continues):
- interrupting a higher rank while they are speaking.
- using emoticons on [/f] (this includes *smile*, *laugh*, and so on).
- taunts, tasteless jokes, irony, mockery, comments.
- arguments (sanction: Faction Warn on the first offense, dismissal if it continues).
4.2.3 Rank 0 candidates may not speak on this chat except when taking the entry test (sanction: failed test).
4.3 Department Chat [/r]
4.3.1 The chat of the department you belong to [/r] is used to talk with your department colleagues. This is a more permissive chat among department colleagues.
4.3.2 The following are not allowed (sanction: Verbal Warning on the first offense, Faction Warn if it continues):
- interrupting a higher rank while they are speaking.
- taunts, tasteless jokes, irony, mockery, comments.
- arguments (sanction: Faction Warn on the first offense, dismissal if it continues).
Vehicles and Premises¶
5. Department Vehicles¶
5.1 Vehicles General
5.1.1 Do not use faction vehicles for personal purposes (sanction: Faction Warn).
5.1.2 Using the [/fvr] command and spawning vehicles for fun, to bother a colleague, to fill the garage, etc. is not allowed (sanction: Faction Warn or Rank Down for serious abuse / multiple offenses).
Important
You must announce on [/f] when you intend to use the [/fvr] command and wait 10 seconds before using it. Failure to do so will be sanctioned according to the Fines section of the internal rules.
5.1.3 Abusive driving and disturbing road users are forbidden outside of an absolute necessity, such as chasing a suspect (sanction: Faction Warn).
5.2 Aircraft
5.2.1 When it comes to department aircraft (Police Maverick, Police Buzzard, Police Valkyrie) you are required to ask the approval of a Rank 4+ from that department before using them (sanction: Verbal Warning on the first offense, Faction Warn if it continues).
5.2.2 Rank 5+ members do not need to ask for approval, but they must give a reason on [/f] before using them (sanction: Verbal Warning on the first offense, Faction Warn if it continues).
5.2.3 You are allowed to use the aircraft (to travel with them or to fire from them) for aerial suspects.
Important
Traveling with these in other circumstances will be sanctioned with Faction Warn.
6. Government Premises¶
6.1 The department stations (both their exterior and interior) and the prison are considered government property.
6.2 Only department members, players being tested for entry into a department, surrendering suspects, governors releasing inmates, or players brought there by a higher rank for a specific reason are allowed on government property.
6.3 Using weapons without a well-founded reason in the department garage, especially in the areas where suspects are arrested, is not allowed (sanction: Faction Warn).
6.4 Players who are not allowed to stay on government grounds will be ordered at least 3 times via the [/m] command and will have 30 seconds from the last order to leave the area; otherwise they will be sanctioned with a wanted. If they leave but return, they will not be ordered again but will be sanctioned directly with a wanted (sanction: Faction Warn).
Intervention Procedures¶
7. Orders¶
7.1 Orders General
7.1.1 AFK players without a wanted cannot be ordered, while players with a wanted can be ordered even if they are AFK.
7.1.2 When ordering a suspect, the officer is required to make sure they were close enough for the suspect to see the order.
7.1.3 Only orders addressed specifically to the player and visible to them are taken into account.
7.1.4 Contacting from a distance with the purpose of convincing or forcing the chased player to cooperate is forbidden (Phone, [/pc], [/vip]) (sanction: Faction Warn).
7.1.5 Ordering players, with or without a wanted, is done using the [/ms] command. It automatically detects whether the player has a wanted, sending a specific message for each situation. If the player does not have the right to surrender or is too far away, the officer will receive a specific message and will not be allowed to issue the order.
7.1.6 Do not spam when ordering a player with the [/m] command. Giving 6 or more unjustified orders to a player is considered spam. There must be at least 3 seconds between orders (sanction: Verbal Warning).
7.1.7 An officer is required to hand over a suspect to another officer if the latter ordered them first (sanction: Faction Warn).
7.2 Approaching Ordered Players
7.2.1 Players who have a wanted player as a passenger will be ordered once to stop and hand over the wanted player. If they do not comply, they will be sanctioned automatically by the server.
8. Confiscating Ammunition and the Weapons License¶
8.1 Confiscating the ammunition or the weapons license of wanted players without the right to surrender is not allowed (sanction: Faction Warn).
8.2 Confiscating the ammunition or the weapons license of players without a wanted who attack officers is not allowed; they are instead sanctioned with a wanted for attacking an officer (sanction: Faction Warn).
8.3 The Weapons License is confiscated when weapons are used near an officer with the purpose of attacking another player for no reason.
8.4 You may confiscate ammunition when weapons are held in plain sight near a department member (events excepted).
8.5 You are allowed to confiscate the ammunition of a suspect with the right to surrender if they hold their weapons in plain sight or attack other players with them.
8.6 Ammunition may be confiscated by members of any department.
9. Searching¶
9.1 Unlike those in Roads and SWAT, those in SHERIFF will use this [/search] command less (see the internal rules).
10. Tasering¶
10.1 The taser may be used on suspects with or without a wanted when they do not cooperate or endanger other players (sanction: Verbal Warning).
10.2 In the case of suspects without the right to surrender, it is used when you are outnumbered or 1 vs 1 (sanction: Faction Warn).
10.3 The taser may be used at most 5 times on the same suspect (sanction: Faction Warn).
11. Issuing Wanteds¶
11.1 Wanted General
11.1.1 Issuing a wanted in arenas (paintball, etc.) is not allowed (sanction: Faction Warn).
11.1.2 You may not issue a wanted to players who are AFK (sanction: Faction Warn).
11.1.3 You may not issue a Wanted 4 for attacking an officer on top of another wanted, regardless of the situation. If a suspect attacks you, they lose the right to surrender and can be killed on the spot in self-defense (sanction: Faction Warn).
11.1.4 A wanted may only be issued based on your own proof (sanction: Faction Warn).
11.1.5 Any wanted will be issued within at most 2 minutes from the moment the suspect committed an offense punishable by a wanted.
11.1.6 Wanted suspects who attack officers automatically lose the right to surrender and will be killed.
11.1.7 If a player runs over an on-duty officer who is on foot, and the officer loses health, the player will receive a wanted for attacking an officer.
11.1.8 On the other hand, if the officer is in a vehicle and the player hits them with a vehicle several times, they will receive a wanted for Drive-by (sanction: Faction Warn).
11.1.9 To issue a Wanted 4 "attacking an officer", the player must attack you with fists/feet at least 4 times or once with a weapon. Make sure you have VIDEO, otherwise you risk being sanctioned for insufficient proof (sanction: Faction Warn).
11.1.10 When you try to pick up a suspect in the work vehicle and you are obstructed by other civilians, you have the right to order them 3 times on [/m] to clear the space near the vehicle. If they do not comply, the civilians will be sanctioned with a wanted for Order Non-Compliance. If you have space in the vehicle, they will be ordered to surrender. If there is no space, they will be ordered again 3 times on [/m] to clear the space near the vehicle, and if they do not comply they may be killed with the wanted they have.
11.2 Issuing Accomplice
11.2.1 If a wanted player (with the right to surrender) is a passenger in a vehicle, they will be ordered accordingly, and if the driver does not hand them over, then the driver will be sanctioned with a Wanted 6 "accomplice" with no further orders. ATTENTION! The wanted passenger does NOT lose the right to surrender (sanction: Faction Warn).
11.2.2 If a player who escaped from prison is a passenger in a car, the driver will receive a Wanted 6 accomplice with no orders.
11.2.3 If a player has as a passenger a wanted suspect who shoots at officers, they will receive a Wanted 6 accomplice with no orders.
11.2.4 If a wanted suspect has as a passenger a civilian who shoots at officers, the attacker will receive a Wanted 6 accomplice with no orders.
11.2.5 If a player intervenes in the chase of a suspect (attacking the officer with fists, leaving a car on the officer, attacking them up close with a weapon) they will receive a Wanted 6 accomplice with no orders.
12. Handling Suspects¶
12.1 Suspects General
12.1.1 Members may not ask civilians for help in chasing suspects with or without a wanted. If they need help, they can request it from the other departments, never from civilians (sanction: Faction Warn).
12.1.2 Wanted suspects in your custody must receive a cuff (sanction: Verbal Warning).
12.1.3 Once a suspect has been picked up, you are required to transport them immediately to the nearest police station. Anyone who drives them around pointlessly, stops for no reason, or drives extraordinarily slowly to mock them will be sanctioned (sanction: Faction Warn).
12.2 Processing Suspects
12.2.1 Before killing a wanted player who has the right to surrender, they must be ordered to surrender (unless they start shooting at you) (sanction: Faction Warn).
12.2.2 AFK suspects with the right to surrender will be ordered to surrender, and upon refusal they automatically receive a wanted without the right to surrender and will be killed.
12.2.3 If the suspect refuses to surrender, either by manually selecting the option that they do not surrender or automatically by selecting nothing, they automatically receive a wanted without the right to surrender and will be killed.
12.2.4 If the suspect accepts to surrender, you have 30 seconds to reach them and give them /cuff, at which point they will be frozen and unable to move. Then drive a vehicle and use the [/escort] command to transfer the suspect into the vehicle, and then go arrest them.
Promotions and Transfers¶
13. Rank Promotion¶
13.1 Rank promotion will be done by the Leader or Subleader, respecting the minimum promotion durations, when they consider that you have earned the promotion.
13.2 The minimum durations for rank promotion can be viewed in the Leader Rules -> Promotion Rules.
13.3 The Subleader rank is assigned by the leader when they consider that you deserve it, respecting the Leader Rules -> Choosing Subleaders.
Important Notice
If you are demoted from Subleader, you will receive a rank based on your total seniority in the faction.
For more details about demotion from Subleader and subsequent promotion, you can access the Leader Rules -> Replacing Subleaders.
14. Transfers¶
14.1 A department member may transfer between departments by following these steps:
- the member must submit a transfer request on discord.
- the leader must agree for the member to be transferred between departments.
- if the member is accepted for transfer, they will be subjected to a test depending on the department they want to move to.
- if the member passes the test given by the leader, they will be transferred to the new department keeping their rank.
- if the member fails the test, they will remain in the current department.
- if the member made the transfer request as a joke, the transfer will be rejected and the member sanctioned with Verbal Warning + $20,000 fine.
14.2 The member must have at least rank 4 in the department they belong to in order to submit a transfer request to another department.
Important Notice
If the Leader considers that there is a staff shortage in another department, they may transfer a member after notifying them.
Complaints, Sanctions and Dismissal¶
15. Website Complaints¶
15.1 Reporting Colleagues/the Leader
15.1.1 Reporting colleagues or the leader directly on the website is forbidden, even from secondary accounts, with the exception of illegal businesses, account hacking, codes, forbidden mods, bug abuse, advertising, scams (sanction: Faction Warn on the first offense, dismissal if it continues).
15.1.2 Colleagues can be reported to the leader or subleader through a message on discord. The leader can be reported to the admins by opening a ticket on the website.
15.1.3 Members of all departments are considered colleagues.
15.2 Proof
15.2.1 All proof from the server must include the server markings with the date, time, the player's name and the server's name (otherwise invalid proof).
15.2.2 A piece of proof is valid for at most 3 days (otherwise invalid proof). You have 24 hours to bring proof in your defense, except when you have an inactivity request. In that case you have 24 hours after the inactivity expires to present the proof.
15.2.3 For browser proof, only videos in which the page is refreshed at least once, so that it can be seen the proof is not forged, are accepted (otherwise invalid proof).
15.2.4 Once a complaint has been made against a faction player, the leader must respond to it within at most 48 hours, and the reported player may bring (other) proof within at most 24 hours (sanction: Faction Warn).
15.3 Language and Witnesses
15.3.1 Seriously insulting or speaking vulgarly in complaints is forbidden (sanction: dismissal).
15.3.2 Pointless comments in a complaint, various offenses through the proof, incitement to argument, without bringing valid proof for the reported issue and without being involved in the actions that led to the reported issue, will be sanctioned as follows:
- for the witnesses added by the COMPLAINANT, as well as for them (the one who opens the complaint): the complaint will be ignored, without the right to remake it.
- for the witnesses added by the REPORTED person, as well as for them (the faction member who is reported): they will be sanctioned with Verbal Warning for minor things or Faction Warn for more serious things, in addition to the sanction they must receive for the complaint if they were guilty of something.
Minor things: light taunts, links with soft songs, light jokes, irony, etc.
More serious things: mockery, insults, links with offensive/vulgar songs, etc.
Important Notice
The rules above also apply to deleted comments, added witnesses, as well as proof posted in complaints.
16. Removing Sanctions¶
16.1 The removal of Verbal Warning and Faction Warn sanctions is done by the Leader or Subleader, respecting the minimum waiting period.
16.1.1 The minimum durations for removing sanctions can be viewed in the Leader Rules -> Promotion Rules.
16.1.2 A manual Faction Warn Clear is a privilege offered by the faction leadership, not a right. Do not ask the Leader or Subleader for an FW clear (sanction: Faction Warn).
17. Dismissal¶
Faction Punish 0/60
- an uninvite without Faction Punish is granted to members who have at least 2 weeks and submit their resignation request without having any active complaints.
Faction Punish 10/60
17.1 Any member who accumulates 3/3 Faction Warns will be dismissed with Faction Punish 10.
- the only exception being those who have under 2 weeks in the faction.
- 3/3 Faction Warns will be given to members who have at least 2 weeks in the faction and received a ban of 3 or more days.
Faction Punish 60/60
17.2 Any member who does not have at least 2 weeks in the faction will be dismissed with Faction Punish 60.
Important Notice
There may be certain exceptions in which players can leave without Faction Punish, these exceptions being decided by the admins.
17.3 In special cases, Faction Punish 60 may also be given to members who have over 2 weeks in the faction.
- members banned for codes will always be dismissed with FP 60/60.
- members who abuse their function (intentionally giving unjustified wanteds to multiple players, intentionally confiscating without justification from multiple players, intentionally killing multiple players with the right to surrender without justification, using aircraft to intentionally destroy/kill multiple vehicles/players, spamming with or without insults/swearing on [/g], [/f], [/r], etc.) will always be dismissed with FP 60/60 as well as banned for 14 days for this.
- members who defraud the faction's applications (applying from secondary accounts with the purpose of forcing the applications to close for friends, having their friends apply with the same purpose, or other such situations) — the sanction is given regardless of the faction you belong to, even if it does not match the one where you defraud, on all accounts where you are a faction member.
Important
If you received a ban of 3 or more days, you will only be able to remain in the faction if you are unbanned through an unban request.
Other Rules¶
18. Miscellaneous¶
18.1 Tester Status
18.1.1 This status is assigned by the leader to members of at least rank 4 when they consider they deserve it.
18.1.2 Members with this status are required to follow the Leader Rules -> Testing Candidates, being sanctioned accordingly for breaking them.
18.1.3 The Subleader can mark a candidate as having passed the tests, while only the Leader can accept or reject a candidate. Changing a player's status without the leader's agreement is considered favoritism and is punished with Faction Warn the first time, Rank Down if it continues.
18.1.4 Make sure the tests are held in a location where other players who are not testers cannot see/hear the questions asked or intervene (to help or disrupt the test).
18.2 Jobs
18.2.1 You may work any type of legal job (sanction: Verbal Warning on the first offense, Faction Warn if it continues).
18.2.2 Carrying drugs or other illegal items on you is forbidden (sanction: Faction Warn).
18.3 Clearing Wanted
18.3.1 A clear will be granted only to people who were sanctioned by mistake, not to people you had kill you (sanction: Faction Warn).
18.3.2 You may not under any circumstances clear a Wanted 6 for killing an officer (sanction: Faction Warn).
18.3.3 Clearing someone's wanted without announcing a well-founded reason on [/f] is forbidden (sanction: Faction Warn).
Important Notice
A wanted can be cleared from [/mdc] on the player's profile.
18.4 Gang HQs
18.4.1 You may not stay at the gang HQs (including the HQ courtyards) without a specific purpose (DM in the HQ, a suspect in the HQ) and confiscate items or search players (sanction: Faction Warn).
18.4.2 Confiscating the ammunition of a player who is in the HQ or in the HQ courtyard is forbidden, if they do not attack you or use them to attack other players (sanction: Faction Warn).
18.5 Events
18.5.1 You may take part in any type of event. However, if you take part in illegal races and drive abusively, you will be penalized according to the rules.
18.5.2 You may take part in violent events ONLY if you are OFF DUTY. If you are caught ON DUTY at these events, you risk being sanctioned.
18.6 Player Pardon
18.6.1 High ranking Government members are allowed to pardon wanted players or jailed players up to 3 times a day.
18.7 On Duty
18.7.1 You may not have non-police people as companions while you are on duty.
18.8 Off Duty
18.8.1 When you are off duty you are required to follow the traffic rules. Otherwise you will be sanctioned within the faction.
Exceptions¶
19. Exceptions¶
19.1 We reserve the right to have exceptions to these rules. In certain cases the sanctions may be different.
19.2 These exceptions may only be made with the permission of an Admin 6.