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Dear LCPD:FR community and design specialists, I have a very specific request, and because I seem to be absolutely uncapable of doing it myself, I am here to ask for your help. Maybe you're a hobby web designer, or professional logo-creator - whatever you are, I hope you can help me. I am looking for somebody helping me 1) make a nice logo for my youtube channel and 2) animating that logo to work as an intro to my videos. You know, I am not really from the creative field, so I tried to learn After Effects and Sony Vegas with the help of youtube tutorials. While I think I did learn a little bit, my results are always the same: They look unprofessional (well ... because they are). I already have some concepts, still I fail in making them look like I really imagine them and in creating an awesome looking logo or intro from these concepts. But I really don't want to start making youtube videos like EMS MOD showcases until I can make the videos look good as well, and for that I really need an intro and a logo. So I really hope there are some guys out there who could actually help me out, I'd appreciate it!
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Yes, indeed I have. Drunk person with a knife, ambulance called on scene to help this guy. But he wasn't all that unconscious. But we just ran away and let the police do their job. As far as I know, he just dropped his knife a bit later. No need to shoot this guy. And that's where we disagree. Especially with somebody wielding a knife, you don't have to shoot that guy. I see that it is a far more difficult situation when you're confronted with somebody else wielding a gun. I probably too would try to shoot somebody else when he was pointing a gun at me. But a knife ... honestly ... just run away as a civilian. And like I said: Most people drop their knives when they're confronted with somebody else pointing a gun at them. You don't have to shoot them. And if they're launching an attack on you, get to a safe distance, use OC spray. Yes I make myself look arrogant, but I am confident that my approach of de-escalation is more intellgent than just shooting everybody who MIGHT pose a danger.
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Yeah, but you're missing the point. The high crime rate, the mass of shootings, all that happens because the US do have a gun problem. Some day back in history, that got out of control, and while I see that it would be very difficult if not impossible to disarm every criminal and citizen in the US, your government should start to get back in control of all the guns with stricter gun laws. Of course you can compare Europe and the countries in Europe to the US. Each of them are western countries, we do have a lot of common culture, and while we have different problems over here in Europe, you definitely do have a gun problem. So you say you need your weapons because of your high rate of shootings and crime - but you're ignoring that arming the people and giving the police even stronger weapons only escalates things. You can defend yourself with a pistol, you don't need an M4. And a lot of small cities in the US do have police with long guns and militarized SWAT teams while the prevalence of a shootout with that kind of weapon is almost zero. I do understand why NYPD, LAPD and whatever police organization in big cities need M4s or other weapons, but small county police departments definitely don't. I have been to life or death situations. Only that I was on the helping side, trying to save somebody, while you'd probably be on the murdering side. So I definitely prefer my side over yours. You're making a fool of yourself. Shoot first, think later is what you're saying. Hell, if somebody comes at you with a knife, you run, run away from him and try to get to safety or get help from the police who can point their guns at him. Most people will stop immediately and drop their knife. That's what good police work means. Not shooting somebody because he might pose a threat. Trying EVERYTHING to save EVERYBODY, even the perp. There are a lot of non-lethal ways to disarm somebody. Communication, less-lethal weapons, fighting techniques. That cowboy mentality you're spreading here is outdated. If a police officer doesn't know how to handle somebody with a knife other than shooting him, he shouldn't be allowed to be a police officer.
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No country in europe has police as militarized as the US. All of our officers carry a handgun (except UK) but no long guns or shotguns. If police feel like they can't handle the situation with the equipment they have, they call in reinforcements - to be more specific - every country's own SWAT team. France has RAID or GIGN, Germany has MEK, SEK or GSG9, Austria has COBRA or WEGA, ... They are better trained to handle armed suspects and are equipped with bullet proof vests and assault rifles. But if these teams encounter somebody wielding a knife, they will use their fighting skills to take him/her down. If they shoot somebody without having taken every possible other method, they'll have to stand trial and most likely be convicted. I don't understand why officers in the US think they have to handle everything. If they're overmatched with a situation, they should call in officers who are actually trained in dealing with such things. That'd prevent a lot of police shootings, because they just have no clue what they're doing. And what Pavelow said is just wrong in my view. If terrorists can get an AK-47, police doesn't need to get assault rifles. You couldn't have done anything to prevent the Charlie Hebdo shootings, with no weapon in the world would you have been able to save these people. You know, Germany has a gun-shot-murder-rate of about 30/year maximum. UK about the same. Austria (being a small country) of about 10/year maximum. The US has about 15.000/year. Of course you can't prevent shootings, there will always be people who somehow obtain a gun and shoot somebody with it. But with strict gun laws it is far more difficult to get one. So while you can't prevent shootings, you definitely can drastically lower their number. With the same statistics as the US, Germany would have 5000 gun-shot-murders every year. So all the armament of the police, it just escalates things. People start to feel like they can't trust the police and instead of respect them, they fear the police. And as for your "riot police" statement: You can identify violent protesters and separate them from the peaceful group. Absolutely NO need to break up the protests because of a few violent people. And to show up in full riot gear just to show strength is also escalating things. Over here, police officers in normal uniform follow the protesters and check for violent people in there. The riot police stays back hidden in some alley ways along the protest and if they need to intervene, they can. But they don't show off their strength. So while I really like most of the americans I met so far, I really think you guys should think about your gun problems. And you definitely should demilitarize your police and give them some proper training on how to handle difficult situations.
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2013 Ford Taurus Police Interceptor Model
Crickethill replied to OfficerNorcal's topic in GTA IV Discussion & Media
Allright, it's not a 2013 Ford Taurus, but lcoop has an unlocked 2011 version: '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>>All the unlocked versions are for free as far as I know, but I am no modeller. Hope I could help you. -
Hostage Situation In Australia
Crickethill replied to DivineHustle's topic in Law Enforcement, Current Events & Society
Very sad to loose a family member, a mother and wife, especially at this time of year. The reports I heard said that the hostages escaped, after that the gunman got increasingly nervous. So it seems like Tori Johnson tried to disarm him. The police said they moved in after they heard shots fired, so I assume all this happened after the hostages escaped. If you watch the footage, you can see some time pass after the hostages left and the police suddenly storming the café. Very unfortunate turn of events. But I hope australians can keep on with their lives and not let the islamist terror frighten them, because that would be exactly what terrorists like IS or Al Quaida want. -
Hostage Situation In Australia
Crickethill replied to DivineHustle's topic in Law Enforcement, Current Events & Society
So nice of you to only mention the english speaking countries when talking about the "developed world" ... Neither religion has brought anything materially valuable to the world. Religions are about giving a moral compass to people, giving them something to believe in, to provide them with hope. The old testament is full of pretty cruel things that represent the world back then. The new testament though preaches love and a forgiving god. Still, if you read the old testament, you will find a lot of things that you could interpretate in a way that leads you right into a crusade. And that's what Europe did in 1092, leading a crusade against islam. If you ask what good islam has brought the world, look to the middle ages. Back then, islam was a lot further in its philosophy than christianity, supporting science and exploration. That's why so many of our most important discoveries have been made in the middle east back then. So if you're asking for things that the islamic world has done for the rest of the world take medicine, mathematics, philosophy, ... Unfortunately the religion took a dark turn somewhere down the road. But why is it that christians and jews don't fight each other anymore? Because we've had our fair share of wars and tragedies. Europe had a war every decade until the end of WW2, jews have been seen as people of lower class since about 2000 years. The muslim world hasn't had a huge war since the start of the afghanistan war in 1989. The muslim world is in a lot of change right now, starting with the revolutions a few years ago and now, the collective effort to get rid of IS. Of course, religion still is a big part of rulers in the middle east. The irani government wouldn't exist, if it weren't for religion, the saudi kingdom is based on religion. It is so much more than just a phrase in a book. I won't argue that there are a lot of violent phrases in Koran, probably more than in the bible, some muslim friends of mine who actually read it in arabic have actually told me that in its original voice, the book very much says you should kill the "heretics". But like christians chose not to live how the old testament told them to, muslims can choose to follow a different path, a non violent path. There will always be those people who seek their justification in these books, and they can find them in there. But back on topic: Too sad to hear that hostages actually died. Seems like the police went in after they heard a loud "bang". -
Hostage Situation In Australia
Crickethill replied to DivineHustle's topic in Law Enforcement, Current Events & Society
It was not. Man Haron Monis was an iranian asylant who has previously been involved with the police and in court for assisting in his wive's murder and in 40 cases of sexual assault. It seems like the police doesn't think he was anyhow involved with IS. And guys, let's keep this all civilized and not make this topic about islamophobic statements. CriminalKillaz is right when he says that the Qu'ran tells people to kill people who don't share the islamic beliefs but most muslims don't go around killing innocent jews or christians. In fact, they're killing each other, a massive religious war is going on in the middle east because different groups have different interpretations about the texts they're reading. I am not a big fan of islam myself, but most of the muslims don't support terrorist acts. I can't understand those, who willingly join IS to commit crimes that are exactly the same that Hitler did. Genocide. But I am strongly against being hostile towards a group of people because of how they look (arabs). So I support the Twitter trend #I'llridewithyou that started right after the hostage situation to prevent these cases of open hostility towards arabs. -
Hostage Situation In Australia
Crickethill replied to DivineHustle's topic in Law Enforcement, Current Events & Society
NSW police just confirmed that 3 people died, the hostage taker, one male and one female hostage. 3 hostages were injured, their conditions are not life threatening though. One police officer was also injured during the confrontation, he suffered a wound in his face, but his condition is not life threatening. -
This should definitely be possible. If you open the .wtd file of the car and open the emerglightsemissive or however it may be called (contains red and blue ELS light textures) and change the orange traffic advisor to the red and blue light textures with photoshop or gimp, you should be good.
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Hostage Situation In Australia
Crickethill replied to DivineHustle's topic in Law Enforcement, Current Events & Society
ABC says that one or two people might have been shot, there may be casualties, but the media doesn't for sure at the moment. There definitely was somebody receiving CPR (so that confirms what I saw earlier), but it is not known if it is the hostage taker or a hostage or if he/she is still alive. -
Hostage Situation In Australia
Crickethill replied to DivineHustle's topic in Law Enforcement, Current Events & Society
Could've been a flashbang. There are flash grenades that flash more often and give off a lot of sound to distract the suspect(s). But there was definitely a lot of gunfire. -
Hostage Situation In Australia
Crickethill replied to DivineHustle's topic in Law Enforcement, Current Events & Society
It didn't seem like this was a planned intervention to me. It seems like more hostages escaped and police moved in right after that. I just hope all of the hostages are unharmed and it was the suspect who received CPR by that tactical police officer. -
Hostage Situation In Australia
Crickethill replied to DivineHustle's topic in Law Enforcement, Current Events & Society
Definitely CPR going on. -
Hostage Situation In Australia
Crickethill replied to DivineHustle's topic in Law Enforcement, Current Events & Society
Shots fired, police storming the café. EDIT: The scene seems clear, they're letting ambulances approach. EDIT: At the livestream it looked like there is CPR going on. -
Just check this pack by thehurk: '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> There's a RCMP CVPI in it. I don't think it is the exact same model as the one in the video, but it has an FS Legend (seems like it is the same model in the video - EVI's), Traffic Advisors and an RCMP skin :) There should be a whole lot of RCMP CVPI's though in the download section if I remember correctly from when I was last looking for some CVPIs with a FS Legend.
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Of course it is always sad to read that a police officer or firefighter or paramedic dies. But as far as I've read, she wasn't working as a first responder at that time and died while working as a fire fighter. Unfortunately, that's the risk fire fighters knowingly get themselves into. But, while that may sound hard, they know what they're going into, sometimes it is just bad luck, sometimes it's just a bad decision. The first thing you learn when going into emergency services is, that your own health is more important than for example the patient's. I would never go anywhere near a burning truck, even if I knew there was somebody inside who needs my help. You have to take care of yourself and not endanger yourself, because if you die or get hurt, you didn't help anybody. There's just two or more victims then. And especially first responders in the medical field aren't exposed to so much danger as one could say they "risk their life everyday". First responders dying is often related to code 3 runs. Some people just turn their brain off when they turn their lights and sirens on. You have to drive carefully, even though you have that flashy thing on your roof. I never felt in danger when driving on an ambulance because my drivers always drove carefully while still trying to be as fast as possible. I know of enough cases where ambulances crashed into something just because they didn't respect the rule that you have to stop at a red light to make sure everybody has seen you. So the most important thing is to not turn your brain off and take care of yourself. Sometimes though, you're just really, really unlucky if something really happens to you. But I can only tell from EMS, and most injuries there are caused by pure stupidity when running code 3.
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I have drastically lowered the number of police cars that spawn in Liberty City, that also helps making the pursuit more civilized. Sometimes, you're the only unit in pursuit in the area, and sometimes it's just three or four cars in total. That's pretty managable without getting hit and every intersection. I think the spawn rate of police cars in GTA is generally far too high, might be a gameplay decision so that escaping as Niko is more difficult, but it just results in a crash derby when playing LCPD:FR. But now that I use my custom popsycle.dat I rarely get problems with pursuits, and sometimes I even lose the suspect because there wasn't a unit close to the suspect, and I like that. Before you just couldn't fail pursuits because there were cops at every corner.
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'?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> These are the first ones that came up after I used the "search" function to look for "spokane police" and "washington state police" ;) You don't have to have an entire model made, just look for a CVPI/Impala or else that you like and change the texture on them. If they are different models, you just have to fit the texture to the car's template.
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Whelen Liberty ll WeCan Lightbar - NEW
Crickethill replied to NickieB's topic in General & Miscellaneous Discussion
I really love the look of the Whelen Liberty II. I also don't like the first generation Liberty, I don't like how it is set up, with the spaces between the lenses, the cheap looking glass edges and especially the black in it. The Liberty II changes exactly everything I dislike about the Liberty. So I'd really love to see that one in GTA IV someday, I am looking forward to some vehicles hopefully coming out soon. And maybe ... for a new ELS version ... a night/day light mode, if that's even possible, god that'd be awesome -
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