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Traffic stops aren't always about speeding, expand your imagination. As a couple of examples, one was for green accent lights which there is no law against in my state, but I was told they were "too close to blue" which is an emergency vehicle color, and was let go without a citation, since he couldn't cite me for something I didn't have. He was polite, but the whole traffic stop was essentially just a big waste of both our time. Another was for my tag light being out on my vehicle the day I bought it. I was again; let go without a citation. And as stated by someone from the UK up earlier in the thread; they'll match your speed and park behind you when they're stopping you. When you see either red or blue lights behind you in the U.S., you're supposed to pull over and stop until the emergency vehicle passes, not pull over and maintain your speed. You're also supposed to do this even if the emergency vehicle is going in the opposite direction in the other lane. Most people don't do the latter of the two because they don't give a s*** and they know a cop won't abandon an emergency call to spin around and pull them over just to bitch them out about being an idiot.

A nearby community college in my state has also adopted a police academy training center (more or less re-purposing some unused campus space and existing classrooms, then slapping some P.D. logos on the doors). They train in brown, S.A.-like uniforms (sorry, but it's true) when not wearing sweatpants running around the streets surrounding the campus, and they wear fake, blue plastic guns on their uniform belts. Recruits in my state for all police departments are allowed to go home unless you're a state trooper candidate. They have a separate academy and you must live there for the duration of your course. It is indeed outlined on state-run websites regarding the police academies that more or less all free time will be spent studying for exams. I'd be shocked of Las Vegas Metro even let those people you mentioned into the academy at all. Police departments around here are supposed to vet you for your criminal record and hire you first, then send you to the academy on their dime. You can pay for yourself to go to the academy, but you may or may not pass, and you're out of the thousands of dollars it costs whether you do or don't. It's better to get hired and get "sponsored" by a department instead.

I've never heard of a state EMS agency, but I don't live in New York State or NYC. New York City has its own fire department, and they do indeed have an EMS crew rolled into it. It wouldn't make much sense to me to have one dispatch center handle all the calls for an entire state. They'd get slammed with direct 911 calls or re-routes, and they'd get all of the crews mixed up (not just with who's on duty, but splitting up crews into different territories to determine who responds to what call based on location). That's my view on it, anyway. In my state, the majority of EMS work is covered by a hand full of private EMS companies. They go around selling contracts to towns across the state promising to respond to all EMS calls so fire departments don't have to pay the cost of buying new ambulances, vehicle and equipment upkeep, paramedic salaries and having to pay for a doctor to play the role of medical oversight. They're fairly successful. They don't always have the best reputations with police departments due to incompetence, lack of knowledge of the towns and where calls are going to be located, lack of compassion for townspeople they don't live with and corporate bulls*** these companies put their employees through. I passingly spoke with a person from one of these companies who I crossed paths with. I asked him how he liked his job to make small talk, and he gave me a face and didn't respond with any words. All I could say was "Sorry to hear that". The biggest company I know of in this state was founded by a family who owned a funeral home. Might as well try and save some of them before you build them a casket, right? Some fire departments do get EMS crews if their townspeople are willing to pay higher sums of money for a paid fire department. Many fire departments are volunteer only where equipment is donated, and they don't have a "budget" to speak of. The whole issue of contracted EMS crews and Fire Departments is something that never really sat well with me, based on the potential for disastrous results like this: Note the lack of turnout gear in the top video and inexperienced/untrained crew, their lack of knowledge of whether or not anybody was inside the building, and their inability to work with "real" fire departments when they show up to help. The house was lost. And keep in mind the homeowner paid these people to show up in case of a fire. The second video is just another example of the crappy equipment this "fire department" was working with. They were trying to respond to a massive forest fire. Key word 'trying'. This is an obvious example of a private Fire Department company simply pocketing all of the money from the contracts they had instead of spending it on equipment and good staff.

Sure thing. I don't want to necessarily depress people or make anyone live in constant fear. But you'd be surprised what kind of people walk the same streets we do. Somebody today who was either under the influence or had a serious mental problem started being belligerent with me while I was speaking with another person entirely. I didn't feel scared, but I definitely saw that things were about to flame up just based on his body language and tone, even though I tried to deescalate the situation by talking to him before getting physical or asking for help from a bystander. I had never seen the man before in my life.

I can't tell you anything specific, but as I've said in other topics: Bringing everything back from LCPDFR is a major priority for LSPDFR, and ambient traffic stops was one of those things, so our work with the mod certainly isn't done. I have no deadlines for you though, nor do developers at this time. G17 takes the "It's done when it's done" approach. Glad to hear you'd like to add this to your mod, which I think is the right thing to do to ensure quality control. I'd like to see how it turns out.

Well, you know what they say. If you want to get to Carnegie Hall: Practice, practice, practice.

I understand why the police agencies want military background, but considering today's America, that's an antiquated idea. People should be hired on who they are, not who they were trained to be. Many academies now allow you to go home. They merely make you study constantly in order to pass . I'm not knocking the National Guard, but I have a bunch of friends who are in different branches. My friends in the Coast Guard and National Guard have never been deployed, ever, despite being the ideal age for it at the time. 2003, 2007 and 2009 were very long ago. While we live with the threat of terrorism, I doubt a large mass of troops are going anywhere any time soon. Not until we pick a fight with another country. National Guard soldiers likely are more disciplined, as they're going to be watched much more closely while on U.S. soil. Movies like Jarhead or Platoon, while fictional, depict pretty accurate how soldiers lived while over seas waiting for action. That goofing around wouldn't be tolerated at a real military base with serious superiors around. Anyway, it's an easy way to tick the check box, if he wants military experience on his resume. I personally don't believe I should have to go enlist just to further my resume. That's not the right reason to join the military.

Many fire departments have their own Paramedics instead of contracting EMS calls out to 3rd party companies, so they'd have the same liberties as regular fire fighters. Most fire fighters are at least certified EMT's. A fire fighter crew was the first to respond when I dislocated my knee (ouch). Most police officers I know are either not medically trained, or they have "First Responder" training (Emergency Medical Responder). You aren't taught much else other than CPR and how to deliver oxygen to someone if you're "ranked" there. I'd like to see all police trained the same way across the country, but that's a pipe dream right now.

Well that's the problem. I don't believe any dialogue of that sort exists in the game, because that event doesn't exist in the game. While driving around listening to the radio chatter, you'll hear dispatch say "officer has been shot" or "505" or "503", and of course when backup is called manually, generic police responses like "We're at the coffee shop around the corner!" exist, but that's all I've ever heard. Now, I haven't dove into the audio files searching for each and every little trace of police pedestrian sound files, but none of this stuff existed in GTA IV, nor do I expect it to in GTA V. This would mean that these things would either need to be done with no notification at all, a blip on the mini map and a generic PA shout (a'la LCPDFR's ambient traffic stops), text notification, or existing sound files being re-recorded to house new dialogue from amateur voice actors with negligible quality, or completely new sound files being inserted into the game, or called on from an outside source the way 'Police Mod' did with its radio chatter by dumping a bunch of sound files into the GTA V root folder.

Usually dispatch is the one with the "advanced" dialogue that calls out street names. I've also never heard a cop pedestrian say the words "traffic stop" over the radio, but I only beat the game once, so maybe I'm wrong and I haven't played it enough. This scenario is certainly a consideration (as it was a reality in LCPDFR, it just never came to full fruition in my view), but at least in the earliest stages of its implementation, any "advanced" dialogue will probably start out as text.

You might be able to negate the "run away" behavior by either replacing the flash light model with a radar gun and getting rid of the lighting effect, or by modifying the pedestrian reaction to the weapon in question to mimic the reaction to a flashlight. Copy and paste, possibly.

I have epilepsy and it makes no difference in any emergency work provided you don't talk endlessly about it, and you take medication to control it. I haven't had a seizure in 10 years (since I started taking medication for it), and unless they specifically ask you to list every medical condition you have, I wouldn't make mention of it. If you're truly concerned about something like that, you may submit your concern to a review board when you get to the police academy, and they will deliberate on whether it's going to be an issue or not. But as I mentioned above, if it doesn't interfere with your life, it's not an issue. I take two pills along with my multivitamin and allergy medication in the morning and I'm the same person I was 10 years ago.

That's arguably more of a "suck up" move than buying a CVPI, and can lead to the problems you listed in 'D'. The best way to get on the good side of a police officer is to not break the law. And if you do, don't be an ass****, just own up to what you did, admit you were wrong and that you'll accept the consequences.

This is assuming he wants to do anything other than be in law enforcement until retirement age. That's the wrong attitude to go in this field with. You're also incorrect about the criminal justice degree somehow being a negative. These courses are often taught by police officers and detectives who can serve as a great recommendation as to why you should be hired if absolutely nothing else. That being said, I myself would advise getting a degree in another subject of interest in case you cannot get hired no matter what you try, which does happen unfortunately. There are only 800,000 full time police officers in the United States, and each position is highly contested. I'd make college priority, as it helps you make more money in all fields and gets you access to better jobs. Even if you work a retail job, it can mean a position as a manager earning a yearly salary, instead of a cashier earning an hourly rate, and that's no joke. You can always half-ass the military thing and join the Army Reserve, National Guard or Coast Guard, which means you're less likely to see overseas combat. I always found that requirement to be a bunch of bull****. It's completely true that it helps your resume. I've heard it straight from a police chiefs mouth that they get automatic bumps to the top of the resume pile. But the theory behind it is a bunch of crap. We don't need a bunch of people with PTSD walking around with pistols who deal with angry and unpredictable civilians who don't respect police. That's a recipe for more people getting shot and more cops getting fired. As one or two people mentioned earlier, the civil servant exam is a consideration, but people who pay attention in the academy, take a criminal justice course or completely read through a law enforcement educational book can get a score in the high 90's easily. There are indeed agencies that do not require it. Someone above mentioned they were from Massachusetts. I was born in that state, and I happen to know that the Sheriff's Department in the area I was born in does not require you to take the civil servant exam. That being said, that county is strange compared to the rest of the country with how the police agencies work. It was explained to me (by a local officer) that in most of the U.S., the Sheriff's are the "real police" (his words) and the local cops just handle small things, but in that county in particular, the Sheriff's Department handles the jail and prisoner transport only, despite having their own K9 unit and plenty of squad cars. This particular scenario would potentially allow somebody who doesn't have military experience and has not taken the civil servant exam to apply for the Sheriff's Department, get the same training that a local cop would get, then they can simply transfer to a local agency and get their firearm certification. It's an odd loophole but it would technically work. U.S. jails are packed, so it's a safer bet that you'd get hired there vs. a local department. Another odd distinction I was told about the state of Massachusetts is that for the State Police, you must live in the police academy. Local police have their own academy and can go home. One state to the north in New Hampshire, there is only one academy and all agencies (State, Sheriff, Local) go to the same places, and upon graduation, your resume gets submitted to every agency in the state automatically. The civil servant exam is mandatory in that state last I checked. Long story short, check your local protocols. If you're considering moving, check out Connecticut. Their state police agency has a lot of people who are retiring right about now, so they'll have some positions open in the near future. I'd also like to debunk the "it's not what you know, it's who you know" rumor. I had a personal reference from a 27 year D.E.A. veteran who worked for the N.Y.P.D. first, who just happened to apply for a post-retirement job in the same company as me when he retired. I met him by complete chance and he liked me enough to give me a good recommendation and support my endeavors. It didn't help me at all. (I'm not saying don't get references from LEO's, I'm just saying don't rely on them. Be self sufficient.) *EDIT* I'm remembering now that he also suggested I become a courthouse police officer, work that job for two years, then put in for a transfer. So maybe that's another loop hole you can exploit.

Fire departments in parts of the United States do have permission to enter your home under certain circumstances. An apartment complex I lived in used to have a special type of key for the door. It obviously allowed residents inside their houses, but it was also a key that anybody from the fire department could use to open your door. They key was under no circumstances available to police agencies, to keep your fourth amendment right in-tact. So a house breach certainly isn't unheard of. That being said, I don't think it's always the wisest decision. The medics here did what they did in the best interest of who they suspected was a downed patient in need of urgent care (you can thank the neighbor for giving the 911 operator that idea, effectively making the death partially his fault). As stated above, had it been me wearing the turnout gear, I would have called for PD to do a forced entry. They have bullet proof vests and side arms to shoot back, firemen and EMS personnel unfortunately don't have those same advantages. This is just a sad story. Security sounds nice, but I think the best solution would be to combine the job functions of EMS/Rescue and Police. Imagine a world (as much of a fantasy world as it might be) where every police officer was medically trained to the point where they could save a choking victim by performing an emergency tracheotomy instead of watching them turn blue while an ambulance takes 8 minutes to arrive, or revive a heart attack victim by using intraosseous medication, rather than pounding on someones chest for minutes on end. Imagine a world where every EMS worker could properly document, contain and even take action at crime scenes or crash scenes that they still have to respond to under today's circumstances. Rape cases where EMS workers simply have to tell victims to leave seminal fluid where it is, car crashes where somebody is obviously drunk but you don't necessarily have the legal right to detain them, being unable to do anything more than call out which direction they're running from the scene of the accident they caused. This type of super-job would require a lot of knowledge, and a special type of person, but because of that; it may help in ensuring that these new super-police / super-EMS officers would be comprised of nobody but the absolute best people you could hire. Your average boot camp graduate with a chip on his shoulder couldn't land this job. Nor could a fat, disgruntled EMT who's content working for $14 an hour for the rest of his life. This is likely never to happen, but it's certainly a tempting proposition.

Life isn't always that easy. People are often hurt by the ones the love and trust the most, not necessarily by random strangers. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-man-attacks-wife-kills-young-children-article-1.2605175 A father of two young kids was having dinner at a Chili's restaurant in Florida with his ex-wife. There was an argument, he left, hid in the trunk of their car, and then stabbed the mother when she came outside, then ran her over. Then went home, picked up his two kids, shot them to death, went on a police chase, then shot himself dead. Despite past marital troubles, this was a man the family should have been able to trust. And he ended up being a murderer. But random encounters that turn lethal do happen for no apparent reason too. This incident was fuel for the fire of presidential candidate Donald Trump's claims about Hispanics being criminals and rapists (not my words, his, go fact check if you want, he's said some pretty horrible stuff): http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2015/07/06/illegal-immigrant-kills-woman-in-san-francisco-chose-city-for-sanctuary-policies-n2021735 This man who has been deported before attacked a young girl who was walking with her father on a boardwalk in San Francisco, supposedly a relatively nice city in California. There was absolutely no motive to this. No robbery occurred, he did not know her or the father. He walked up and shot her to death, then ran, and to the best of my recollection he hid the gun, then sat down outside a restaurant at a table as if nothing happened. Police just walked right up to him and placed him under arrest. He may have been under the influence of drugs, as he insinuated, but that doesn't excuse what he did, or dismiss the fact that there is now a father without his child. All of this grim business I mentioned above is meant to underscore that you cannot prepare for everything, and minding your own business and being a good citizen sometimes isn't enough for people to leave you alone. Hell, sometimes not acknowledging a person who is being hostile to you can set them off. No matter who you are, or where you are; stay alert, be aware of your surroundings, and expect the unexpected. Humans are arguably the worst species on this planet. They're tolerable to be around at their best, and they're stupid, irritable, unpredictable, and sometimes downright insane at their worst. History proves that.

No. I've been pulled over about 8 or 9 times by four different agencies. No sirens either, I always saw the lights in my rear view and side view mirror and pulled over. Possibly. When you learn to drive in the United States by going to a driving school (as opposed to sitting on your ass until you're 18, then flying by the seat of your pants through the written and driving exam), you're taught to check your rear view mirror every 5 seconds (just using a split second glance, don't stare at it). If you learn this technique at the early age of 15/16, you typically carry it with you. LED lights are pretty damn bright too, and most American police cars have lights in all sorts of other places. The side view mirrors, wig-wags in the headlights or running lights, sometimes an added dash light, etc.

I'll try and describe this first by listing what you need vs. what you have. What you'll need: -An associates degree or better in something. Anything. Criminal justice would be preferred so it shows that you have interest in the job. -Passion for the job beyond "I want to help people". They'll say "next" as soon as you drop that line during an oral interview. -Previous military experience is preferred. Some departments accept this instead of a college degree. You generally will not be taken if you don't have either of these. -21 or older, usually people in their late 20's are preferred, since they have more life experience. -Live in the town you apply to. -Good physical shape. -Had at least one steady job for 2-3 years. -Plenty of non-family references. -Clean criminal record, generally no more than two traffic tickets, some departments want a 100% clean record. -Good oral communication skills. -Leadership qualities. -Be the correct gender/ethnicity for the jobs available. Police departments are supposed to serve a community with integrity, and to do so sincerely, they want their employee base to represent the community above all else. They usually require a minimum number of female officers. What the number is depends on the department. If you're a female and 50 males apply who are ex-Marines with Harvard Law degrees, you'll probably get hired first. If you are white and you apply in a community of 80% Dominicans, a Hispanic officer will get hired over you, even if you took 6 years of Spanish in school and lived in Spain/Argentina/Colombia/whatever for a year. What you have: -Passion for the job. -Good physical shape? Maybe? -Clean record? Maybe? -Steady job? Maybe? Maybe not since you're 19? -Correct gender/ethnicity for the slot available? Maybe? -Live in the town you apply to? Maybe? Lets put this information in perspective. A college degree is really important. It's possible to get a job without one, but it will almost always be a job in retail or some other service industry job. My first police ride along was with a department that had a maximum of three patrol cars deployed at once, usually two, so you can imagine how small that department was. They had 100 applicants that year. You will not get hired if you have no qualifications and there are 99 people who do. It's mathematically not possible to appear to be more qualified than the others (when you aren't) unless you have a family member or very good friend who already works in the department who will constantly bug the chief of police to interview you. When I went to a citizens academy for another police department near me, almost all of their officers had 4 year degrees, two or three of them had associates degrees. All of them had military experience. Police view it as a free firearms training course, a way to instill discipline in you without having to do it themselves, and the loyalty to defend the United States of America and it's citizens. Police departments who look at your resume will view you for what your resume says. Not for who you are as a person. You have to land an interview to get to that point, and when they see what is effectively a blank piece of paper, you won't get called. I'm sorry to be a bummer about this, but I'd rather you be told the truth instead of floundering for several years not getting called back. Go back to school and hit the books, or join the military, try not to get shot and you can try and apply then and maybe a department with lower standards that hire ex-military people above all else will hire you. If I were you I'd rather stay safe and earn a degree that helps with all resumes than spend time fighting for something I don't care about or believe in inside a country that doesn't want me there, or sitting on my ass in fatigues in the National Guard.

I'd like everyone to keep in mind what LSPDFR is. LSPDFR is essentially; a script modification that manipulates existing items in the game to do things we want them to do. LCPDFR was never about adding in lighting rigging, or enabling a custom ENB, or changing car models, or altering sound files, etc. These are all things that may not suit everyone, as everyone's tastes are different, we cannot guarantee their quality, or their reliability when figuring in game stability. LSPDFR will most likely stay within the confines of a script, much like LCPDFR did, as it keeps things simple, and leaves things open for customization. I'm not LMS or Sam, but I'll address your suggestions as best as I can as a tester. -Your siren issue, as far as I'm aware, will probably be fixed when ELS is introduced, so you'll have to wait until that gets released. I'm not aware of a way to force toggle the sirens to always be on, and even if there was, you'd have to have it switched that way during the entire pursuit before you get out of your vehicle. Maybe LMS knows a way, but as I said, ELS will probably take care of this. -The "woop" is far more realistic than being a prick over the P.A. system. You can remove that sound by replacing the "woop" file with a blank audio file, but then you'd wind up with nothing happening when you double tap the horn key quickly in a police cruiser outside of traffic stop scenarios. I'm sure this scenario will be taken into consideration, but I don't see this as a priority as it's more or less a nitpick issue. We'd like to further script stability, perhaps add more calls natively, perhaps introduce native measures for stopping pursuits like spike stripes, improve chase AI, improve arrest AI, suspect AI, etc. The more we can add to the core script without having to rely on a ton of 3rd party add-ons, the better, the way I see it. -I expect the I.D. check system to be expanded in the future (including the return of the ability to run the names of ALL occupants of a vehicle, not just the driver), so I'd look out for that in the coming builds. We'll let everyone know with another preview what the next build will have in store. G17 and the testing team have made it a priority to bring back all features from LCPDFR, and as the I.D. is one of them, I think it's a safe bet. -This will likely not be a part of LSPDFR as it goes beyond the confines of manipulating AI behavior, and is up to user preference. This is more of an ENB, Radience or ELS issue. Have a look at those mods.

Different departments have different policies regarding weapons, as I mentioned earlier. And you're incorrect about the pepper spray. You're required in several states to have a license to own it, and a concealed carry license too, the same as a handgun. You also have to take a safety course, just the same as if you had a firearm. Understand that pepper spray blinds people, but it doesn't stop them from fighting. Pepper spray also can't be used in the back of an ambulance. Everyone in there would get hit with it. A taser would be the best side arm, but even then it would only work if the person you fire it at didn't have multiple layers of clothing and both probes managed to hit. That's Detroit for you. Since that video was filmed, the police department got a brand new fleet of vehicles and some new equipment, along with a little more staffing, so they are starting to take back the streets slowly, but they have a long way to go. It's still the most dangerous city in the U.S. I believe. There have been a few new Ambulances brought in, but not as many as promised. But this is part of why crime got so bad in Detroit: And this is why the EMS service was/is so bad in Detroit (3:40 always makes me laugh): And a follow up: I'm a proud American, but this government really needs to get its s*** together. The same can be said about all of the chaos in New Orleans.

The murder rate is near identical. North Carolina is 5.1 per 10,000 people, Illinois is 5.3. And ownership certainly does mean something when you have a higher chance of pissing off the wrong person, and 4/10 people in your state are armed. Broadly speaking though, this is an American problem, not just a specific state problem, as across the US; 1 in 3 people own a gun. Those are not good odds when you combine them with human emotions like anger, or substances that alter your mental status like alcohol, drugs, etc. Also, see this: http://myfox8.com/2016/02/29/the-30-murder-capitals-in-the-u-s/ "3 NC counties make list of top 30 ‘murder capitals’ in the U.S." - February 2016 Religion and politics are two of the three "protected topics" in social conversation, generally speaking, so I'd advise that no matter what state you live in. But yes, the south is the bible belt, more churches, more right wing beliefs, etc. I'd like to refer to my figure I gave Lundy up above, though. The murder rate is the same as Illinois, so the violence is about the same, sorry to say.

It's actually more than doubled. 20.2% of people in Illinois are registered gun owners. North Carolina is 41.3%. He lives in the south. That's gun country. Good luck out there.

It's actually not. It's a common threat in the EMS field that new EMTs, paramedics and fire fighters are made aware of during training. Many fire fighters are trained as an EMT, and some Fire Departments (such as the one in this case) have their own Ambulance as opposed to contracting EMS services through a third party company. As an EMS worker, your job is indeed to take medical calls and ensure the well being of those who may be injured or sick. However, the reason this shooting took place boils down to a bad decision: The decision to breach the home without summoning police first. The shooter will likely walk free because the people he attacked were not the police, and were plausibly burglars as far as the man knew. (This may extend to the police eventually, as a Superior Court judge in North Carolina ruled last year that if the police conduct a no-knock entry or raid on your house, you have the right to shoot them dead and not get charged with it. Scary thought, isn't it?). While some EMS workers wear bullet proof vests, most of them don't, yet they face arguably similar chances of getting shot at or coming under other physical harm while performing their duties each day. In the city of Detroit, there is a fire fighter or EMS worker assaulted once every 30 minutes. There is an EMS-specific self defense class that has gained so much popularity that it now "travels" by hosting seminars in major cities all across the country. Even your EMT/paramedic books you study from suggest ways to defend yourself, and how to approach an occupied car with somebody who may not want to see you, or might think you're the police. It's done eerily similar to how a police traffic stop at night time goes, using a specific approach to the car, what items to carry in your hands on approach, what items you can throw at a hostile person, which part of the door to stand at, how to position your ambulance or fire truck, how to position the lights so it blinds the driver and passenger, etc. There has been an ongoing debate for years as to whether EMS workers and fire fighters should carry weapons on them as police do. As somebody with EMS training myself, I believe the answer is yes. I'm not sure if a pistol is the best idea, but I would certainly approve of a taser and pepper spray, along with lapel positioned body cameras attached to each worker to document any physical force and why it had to be used. I'm aware of EMS agencies in rough neighborhoods that carry batons on their belts or extended length flashlights for the purpose of striking somebody if necessary, and I recently read of an agency that has all of their employees conceal carry a pistol on them for the duration of their shift. Assaults on EMS workers has become an epidemic, and it's one that needs to be addressed, as they don't get equal rights or equal treatment to their police officer counter parts. The charge you get for assaulting a fire fighter or EMS worker usually isn't special. If you attack a cop, it's a felony. If you attack a member of a rescue service, you get a simple battery charge, unless you happen to be in a city where an EMT, paramedic or fire fighter is classified as a city official, in which case you get the elevated charge of 'battery on a city official', although it still doesn't carry the same penalty. And that's wrong.

LCPDFR is a script, so I don't think that's causing the crashing. Most commonly crashes are caused by too many car mods.

To the size of a postage stamp, I'd reckon. Integrated chip sets aren't even supported.