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If there was an animation for a flashlight, it could be changed to match. However, all weapon animations use 2 hands except the knife, but the angle isn't right for a flashlight.

It really is hypocritical to ask for "non-bias[ed]" opinions when you begin by trying to make the opposition to you look ridiculous. Is non-bias completely agreeing with you? On your first point, shooting at the tires has been barred from most police departments. This is because, primarily, police are supposed to shoot center mass or a rare headshot should center mass hits fail to stop some one. Shooting at the tires isn't effective, and cops are likely to miss on a moving vehicle with an experienced shooter (which police rarely are, most only drawing and firing at bi-annual qualifications that are aiming at a stationary target in a low stress environment (That's not to say all qualifications are like this, but it tends to be that at least half of them are, and few departments require more than 4 firearms certifications a year, and rarely under stress)). A bullet fired at the ground doesn't usually become instantly suspended by the ground, and will most likely ricochet and continue on, hitting whatever is in its path for several hundred feet. That's why stop sticks were invented, and why police no longer hang out the window with shotguns to shoot at tires. Next, I have failed to see a situation in America where an armored police vehicle is absolutely necessary, except for the North Hollywood Shootout, but a similar incident has very little chance of happening again. Given that most police departments have at least some cops with rifles now, the suspect would most likely be taken down long before an armored vehicle can travel from the station to the location of the shooting. The primary justification for armored vehicles at the moment is mass shootings, which almost exclusively happen in enclosed areas, rendering an armored vehicle useless. At the very least, it's a waste of tax payer money. I don't think anyone on here would argue against major cities like New York or Los Angeles having a SWAT team, or other larger agencies having one. The problem for most people comes with the small towns/peaceful suburbs that have them and the equipment that they have. There is a neighboring city to me that over the last 10 years, has had less than 10 homicides. Out of a police force of about 150, there are about 20 on the SWAT team, and equipment includes fully automatic weapons (no practical use for law enforcement, since shots are supposed to be aimed instead of sprayed), a Lenco BEAR, a tracked armored vehicle, and a .50 caliber rifle. Their justification for the .50 caliber? Taking out a car that is wired to blow up. That's despite the fact that there have been no successful car bombings in the United States, all of them have been aimed at major cities instead of a suburb, and that almost all of the attempted bombers relied on assistance from the FBI. The other one failed miserably at putting it together (New York Square car bomb). That is ignoring issues like how they are used. According to the CATO Institute, from 1995 to April 1, 2014, there have been 292 botched raids. A botched raid includes hits on the wrong house, or when innocent people are injured or killed. These alone have resulted in 40 innocent people being killed and 20 non-violent offenders killed. All for the purpose of searching a house, that used to be able to be accomplished by apprehending the potential violent offender outside as he/she was leaving and then searching the house. I don't know about you, but if I wake up at 3 AM in the morning to hear people shouting, most likely not coherent enough to understand what they are saying (if they say anything at all), then I hear gun shots and my dog whining in pain, I'm reaching for my gun and I'm assuming that whatever is about to come in is a threat. I consider it a perfectly normal reaction to at least consider something a threat after those circumstances, especially since anyone can shout "POLICE!" Before some smartass says I shouldn't worry if I haven't broken the law, again, 292 botched raids and 40 innocents killed, and then I factor in the amount of home invasions reported (about 90 in the last day reported on the news according to google). As for your arguments about riots, riot tactics that get employed tend to involve surrounding protesters, which leaves no room for bystanders or peaceful protesters to escape, and then targeting anyone that tries to get out. This is also considering that potential undercover officers often infiltrate protests and try to create violence in order for the protest to be shut down. The Quebec Provincial Police admitted that they had undercover officers at a protest that was otherwise peaceful in 2007, and despite denying that those cops attempted to create violence,

All the people that do stuff for free release stuff for free. It is extremely unlikely they would contribute to a project that would be sold, for money, if they would not get a share of that money. Then everything would have to be scratch made, and would have to not be an exact replica of a real life project. There are only 2 people in the GTA police modding community I know of that can scratch model entire vehicles, let alone entire buildings, cities, roads, and all the other infrastructure required for a city.

Do you have "+livery" added to the end of the vehicle slot in the vehicles.ini file?

I'm just surprised the Samware didn't break the game.

The problem is that donations are sparse and very little as is, and furthermore, they would need to hire modelers, more scripters and publicists to create a game as in depth as the mod on GTA IV. Besides the fact GTA IV is a terrible port prone to crashing without mods, the LCPDFR mod is close to as best as it will get. To make a game would take years, lots of money and publicists, most of which they do not have, and by the time it was completed, the map would be no where near as large as GTA IV, the animations and models wouldn't be as good, and the only thing that might be worthwhile is the scripting, which we already have.

There are actually 2 enterable hospitals on the map. The one on the top left in Alderney and the one on the bottom right in Broker Duke's.

I forgot to add this, but even if you did call to warn the police, they would still have to respond to a call as dangerous (from the information they were given) as people running around a neighborhood with guns.

About a year ago, some teenagers decided to have an airsoft war in the woods in a neighboring city to me. Not realizing what was happening, homeowners called the police because they saw people running around the woods with what they thought were assault rifles. This resulted in a SWAT callout, and they were extremely lucky that the SWAT guy that aimed at them had a magnified scope and saw an orange tip. It's absolutely stupid to run around and aim with what appear to be firearms in public (an orange tip isn't nearly as noticeable as everything else) in the current hysteria over mass shootings going on in the US. People will get killed because of this, and some one might take a life thinking they are defending themselves. I don't have a problem with people doing this without the tip on an actual airsoft field, indoors or on secluded private property, but doing this in public view is begging for trouble. Even with the tip it's hard to tell when you get a call thinking it's a gun.

If it was released, it would be available under his downloads section.

I agree with the slicktop idea, since the only slicktop with this style pushbar is Napoleion's old Impala. But back on topic, wildlife enforcement tends to fall onto a state agency, since hunting licenses are issued through the state. What about having the F-150 as another Supervisor unit, or perhaps a Search and Rescue unit?