San Andreas High Speed Traffic Enforcement

1.0 Mission Statement

The aim of the High Speed Traffic Enforcement Unit, referred hereafter as HSU is to be a fast deployment and chase unit, and to keep track of HVTs (High value targets) evading at high speed.

The best use of HSU is to keep tail of an evading HVT and lead it into a road block or any other trap laid out by other officers.

2.0 Requirements

HSU is not a permanent status and is not on an apply/approval process.

Officers wanting to patrol as HSU will have to enter the monthly diving course challenge and record the fastest time.
Challenge rules are as follow:
– You can train on the course as much as you want
– You only have two official tries
– Tries have to be done under the supervision of a command staff officer
– Any collision with an obstacle will end your try

Once qualified as the fastest driver for the month, you will have to prove your handling of the HSU vehicle by beating the time of TBD on the driving course without touching any obstacle, and then perform a Highway loop code 2 with a supervisor (on the whitelist) to get a better understanding of the vehicle behavior in real conditions.

After that second step, you will be able to run as HSU any time you want until the next month.

3.0 Standard Operating Procedures

The SOPs are the policies that the HSU follows in order to correctly carry out its role. These serve as standardized procedures that can be referenced back when necessary.

3.1 Standard patrol

Due to its nature, the HSU vehicle is only equipped with a radar, no ALPR system, no heavy weapons and a very limited first aid kit.
In this regard, the HSU vehicle can only be used for speed enforcement and should not be used in any other regard.

The HSU vehicle is to be used only on the highway. The aim of the unit is to prevent suspects to outrun the other law enforcement units with sheer speed.
HSU can only drive out of the highway for the following reasons:
– Getting from and to a Police station
– Refueling
– Getting to the final stop of a pursuit they were involved in. In which case it will be announced on radio and done code 2 at reasonable speed.

3.2 Traffic stops

HSU will be able to conduct standard traffic stops on the highway as per SAHP regulations.

3.3 Vehicle pursuit

In case of vehicle pursuit, HSU is to maintain visual contact with the target suspect on the highway until either a unit equipped with a push bar is able to take over for a PIT (not advisable at high speed) or the target suspect vehicle is stopped by other means. (road block, spike strips …)
When engaging a pursuit as primary, you have to radio call for backup. If no backup is available you are required to take as many details as possible on the target, break pursuit and put a BOLO out.

If the suspect gets out of the highway, the HSU officer is to break pursuit and stage himself for a potential reentry of the suspect on the highway.

3.5 Rules & Policies

HSU is a very exclusive role. As such, it has very strict and specific operating policies. Most of them are repeated from the procedures above.

• HSU is to only be operated on the highway
• HSU is to never be used code 2 or code 3 outside of the highway, except in the specific conditions explained in point 3.1
• Damaging the HSU vehicle will result in a temporary step down followed by an investigation with the potential consequence of a removal of the HSU rights
• All chain of command and standard patrol policies still apply

4.0 Uniforms & Vehicles

4.1 Uniforms

Due to the vehicle restrictions, HSU is to be run with class A uniform and a ballcap.

4.2 Vehicles

There is only one HSU vehicle. It can be run marked, ghosted or unmarked at the discretion of the HSU operator.