South Simcoe Police Service - Memorial livery 1.0.0

Any Canadian (specifically, Ontario) law enforcement fans out there?  If so......this might be a livery for you!

Last Tuesday evening, October 11th, two officers with the South Simcoe Police Service were shot and killed attending a "domestic situation" in the small, rural town of Innisfil - about 90 mins north of Toronto, and south of Barrie.  Limited information released due to the ongoing investigation - so far, reports are that they were shot by a 22 y/o male, shortly after arriving on scene.  Weapon used was an SKS semi-auto rifle.  A third officer arrived, and "exchanged gunfire" with the male - who was later found dead in the home (unknown if struck by the other officer's shots, or by his turning the gun on himself).  Both injured officers were transported to a larger center hospital in the area.  One was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.  The second officer was transported by helicopter air medevac to a trauma center in Toronto, but succumbed to his injuries overnight.  

This was a personal project for me, and meant to be a tribute of sorts.   Hit close to home - close(-ish) to where I live, and I may well know some of the Paramedics that were involved at the scene.  Couldn't find any other liveries for SSPS online, and decided to make one as a "memorial".  The primary livery is as accurate as possible to the real livery currently used by SSPS.  I have included 4 photos above of their vehicles as a reference.  I went with a single vehicle model pack, a 2021 FPIU - as from the photos I found online, that is one of the primary vehicles that SSPS uses.  Even on the real vehicles, there seems to be some small variations in the livery - placement of unit number indentifiers, social media logos, Canadian flag, etc - so I went with what I felt was the best looking average.  For the "memorial" aspect, I added a few things.  The officer's badge numbers are used as the unit number identifiers.  I also created a small memorial decal (inspired by others I saw online) using the SSPS crest, a blue/black ribbon, and angel wings - along with both of their numbers.

The base template I used to make the livery was from this 2021 FPIU pack (link below), by @nm416.  It was released this summer, and has numerous great feedback comments and reviews.  Particularily about the lighting.  It is ELS, and is an "add-on" pack - so you can put it in your game without impacting your default vehicle fleet.  A couple of things to point out about the pack.  It does come with both red/blue, and blue/blue lighting options.  Please pay attention to the README provided in the pack dowload, as well as the options within the "ELS" folder provided.  I did notice that - as it comes setup in the download - the lightbar FPIU is red/blue, while the slicktop is blue/blue.  However, the all the changes to go one way or the other are provided in the vehicle pack download ELS folder - just have to drag/drop the light colours you want into the OpenIV .ytds, as well as drag/drop the .xml VCF into your OpenIV ELS folder to make the environmentals match.

https://www.lcpdfr.com/downloads/gta5mods/vehiclemodels/39973-els-2021-fpiu-pack-lightbarslicktop/

In regards to my actual livery file - once you open the main download file, you will see two folders labelled as per nm416's model names.  One for the lightbar FPIU, one for the slicktop FPIU.  In those, you will find folders for either the 2k or 4k versions of the livery .png files.  Install those onto the vehicle models as per the usual process in OpenIV.  You can certainly swap the liveries between the two models if you prefer - I just set one up specifically for each unit number identifier.  Also - while I will gaurantee the livery fit to this model template, I know it will fit other vehicles out there that use the same template.  I believe nm416 credits Emergency Distributors with the 2021FPIU model base......so likely would work with other 2021FPIUs from Emergency Distributors.

Constable Morgan Russell (#133) and Constable Devon Northrup (#229).........May They Rest in Peace.

*** on a happier note, I actually really like the overall design of this livery.  I am thinking of doing up a "regular" release for it sometime soon.  Does anyone have any suggestions of a vehicle pack they would like to see it based on?  Maybe one of the smaller 3 or 4 car packs out there?  How about a lore-friendly version - maybe for LSPD?  I know South Simcoe PS uses FPIUs.....but I did see some pics of an FPIS and an F150.  Didn't see any Chargers.....but, could always make one.  If you have any ideas of a favourite pack to use, let me know in the comments below or send me a DM here.  Thanks!

I hope you enjoy!  As always:

- please let me know if you have any issues with the liveries or all-blue lighting textures

- feel free to use these liveries on any other vehicles in your game that they happen to fit/work with

- if there is another vehicle/pack that you want the livery to work with, please let me know in the comments or by a DM - I am sure we can work something out.  Or, if you are able, go ahead and rework the livery to another template yourself.

- feel free to share photos or use in videos (would love to see some of those!)........just give credit back to me

- please do not repost/upload or claim the liveries and work as your own, on this or any other site

- I would appreciate and look forward to any feedback, comments, or reviews.......still pretty new at this

- I am not responsible for "breaking" your game........none of these files will do that, if installed properly.  If you are not sure on how to do so, YouTube and Google are your friends!