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Before I start, I'd like to make it clear that I'm not trying to start a toxic argument between cops vs crims. Just putting forward my point of view and trying to start a healthy dialogue so we have a more balanced RP and generally have more fun for both groups. Lately there been a trend of cops being really harsh with criminal offences. Be it felony speeding to robbing banks everyone just seems to be on edge. I personally stop my car when I see a cop trying to pull me over, so I can atleast talk my way out of it. It usually used be a lot of fun where we could talk our way out of a speeding charge or couple of misdemeanors but not anymore. Now you get sent straight to prison regardless of the degree of crime that is being committed. If we try to evade, it always seems like it's impossible to lose a cop car that on your tail. If we use bikes it gets looked upon as a chessy strat. If we try to go for jumps which is a high risk gamble that crims take, they'd be banned for UGP. Also when we do get arrested taking most of our belongings is just kicking us when we are down. Honestly at the moment it's feels so unbalanced that it's not even worth being a criminal. All the spots we worked so hard for has been wiped and we basically have to put in all the work again. Other ways to make money is doing store robberies and bank jobs that is a huge gamble to take and is mostly hit all the time coz there seems to be not other way to make money besides hunting and trucking. Currently I see a lot of people frustrated at the present situation and are likely to leave this server even through it has an amazing community. I hope and pray that things change for the better and everyone on the server can have fun. Also to those who are reading, kindly write down your thoughts and perspectives so we can have a better understanding. If y'all just through that I'm just whining and reading too much into this, I apologise for wasting your time.

I'd like to start a discussion about the current state of how things are within the city right now, from all perspectives possible - so feel free to add in any thoughts as well. To start, I'd like to point out that the interaction between players lately has been incredibly low compared to that of the past, which can be attributed to a lot of factors that will be discussed. With the current economy, scuba diving is obviously the king of making money upfront, with the massive payouts and non-existent risk of jail time or hefty fines. While I am all for a well-paying legal job, this job in particular is incredibly anti-social and thwarts the concept of drugs for its "no risk - high reward" payout. In my opinion, scuba needs to be nerfed to be more in line with growing weed, or all the drugs need a buff in some way to make them the "huge risk - huge reward" they're supposed to be. With the recent change to how dirty money is cleaned, drugs have become all that much more nerfed in comparison to scuba diving. When the purchase to start cleaning money is initiated, there is a huge chance that the police will be at the store within minutes, sometimes only allowing us to clean around $6,000-$10,000 before they show up, which brings up another huge point. Currently, many police officers simply just stand in the store and look at the shelves during a raid, which, as Vagos, we will always defend our store in the event that the police attempt to raid it. Should we defend it successfully, we'll only be allowed the time to clean roughly another $30,000 before another raid is attempted with either more backup or more firepower, or both. If we were to unsuccessfully defend the store, we not only lose the money in the safe, but we are also going to lose all the money that was cleaned in fines/restitution. It also seems that there has been a huge lack of gang-police RP, which is unhealthy. Gangs and PD are always going to co-exist in some way and there's been a huge rift in that relationship as a result of the way many members of PD treat gangs through the use of full fines/time and sometimes excessive amount of force or stereotyping, which seriously kills the desire to RP as a gang. Obviously there are plenty of times where gang RP can get out of control, however the overall RP shouldn't be discouraged. If gangs were to disappear from the city, cops would be bored writing speeding tickets and conducting welfare checks and dealing with occasional drug calls, much like it is now with the majority of people scuba diving instead of interacting through illegal activities. Speaking with several PD members, I have heard that the thrill of dealing with a street gangs makes PD much more interesting and fun compared to chasing drug calls on the pier throughout a shift, because of the constant threat of being attacked or kidnapped, and many have told me they would like to see more gang RP taking place, such as Vagos vs. Ballas, etc. in order to change up the monotony of routine patrolling, and that includes myself as a police officer. From an EMS perspective, there hasn't been much to do as a result of the huge amount of scuba divers. There is rarely any calls for angry locals downing civs for bumping into them while selling drugs, or hardly any PD/Civ interactions that end in EMS being called after a shootout or a chase ending with someone not wearing a seat belt. A large majority of the calls are from people who want to get back on their feet and get back to making their wine or whatnot. So my suggestion is to rework some of the payouts for the drug system and to re-balance scuba diving in order to encourage more RP among players within the Civ-EMS-PD triangle. Reworking the dirty money system some more would also encourage more stores to be opened for cleaning and a rework to the steps PD would have to take in order to respond to a suspicious transaction (such as having to check the FIB building, having to actually see proof of a transaction, or even just temporarily closing down the store instead of closing it for that person for the storm) would also increase the value of stores/store raids.Â

we should be able to steal people and all their belongings, search the person, search the trunk of the car, And grab stuffs from the trunk send the gun's to the inventory to give the bad guy. or to other player's . Would RP be broken and annoying? - No Why ? giving people the opportunity to steal others would balance the server's economy a little more, giving people a real purpose to work. thus giving the real value there is life. -However, of course there must be rules. 0.0- ALWAYS remembering that in all actions, they must follow the rules of RDM , VDM , PWG, MG, (Random Deathmatch, vehicle deathmatch, power gaming, MetaGaming ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rules Like : Not Allowed to steal citizens Newcomers to the city. "" if it happens, Temporary BAN of 24 48 hours , for the user to have time to read the rules "" It is not allowed to kill the victim without any reason, unless she does not respect the value of life -After the person is robbed you should go to the nearest police station to file a complaint - The person who is being robbed, is obliged to pass all items that the thief asks --0.1-- if the thief just asked for the money, she'd only sent the money - if the thief just asked for the gun, she'd only sent the gun. -if the person does not want to collaborate, she can died 0.2 -The thief after stealing a person Successfully, NEEDS HAVE  a Cooldown of one hour Or 30 min until make Another robbery. - increase in prison time for each crime . """ suggestion """ 1.1 - fine + time in prison " max time in prision , 500 years " Example" " - Creating More SAFE ZONE* """ suggestion """ --areas of legal work -- garages car shops, gun shops , GYM , rulle - People CAN'T STEAL IN THE SAFE ZONE AND IN YOUR SURROUNDINGS* - Kidnap cops And steal your belongings, only allowed with 5 hijackers , "Example". 1.2 - in case of kidnapping, the kidnapper  ---Can not kill the victim. ----He needs to inform the police that he has kidnapped SOMEONE and wants to NEGOTIATE the life of the victim by Weapons or money. - Via Tweet-  """" It is not allowed to kidnap people of the group of friends. "" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - With this new mechanic, it would improve Police activity in the city, as well as the activity of the EMS . - Recalling also that not everyone has the purpose of stealing** - Recalling also that almost everyone who is on the server is now well educated, and knows how to make a good RP . ** - this suggestion will make the server grow, both in player's, and in terms of donations. -The server is good, and with these small changes it will look even better. -2.0 -As a result, illegal trafficking in arms could be added/made The police could approach and ask for the registration of the weapon ( weapons license ) - if the citizen does not have his license, he can pay a fine, + prison time 30 40 years " example" 2.1- Price of weapons would have to be readjusted . --- I do not want the server to become a GTA ONLINE .  I just want to see a varied rp , giving more value to the professions of policeman and EMS . the police is the Law. It is the one who commands the server, and she must insert respect for the citizens to know who's in charge in the city. Who plays thief , will have heavy sentence in prison. I do not think anyone will want to spend 100 years in prison, for robbing a person on the street  .  this is a good measure to prevent everyone from stealing . In the state that the server is, I see no reason to buy a weapon, because we can not use it, except in case of Robbable store,  at this point, it seems like we're just here to farm and talk to other people. When the server has many more RP possibilities.  For Any question Conctat me via : Discord ID : PortugalRDuarte#9453 or Email: [email protected] Â

I think it'd be a cool idea to add in a lawyer type job for when people get arrested. They can turn around and be like "I'd like a lawyer" and the cops could have a button on their menu that would put out an alert to all the lawyers and one of them could pick it up. Pay could vary pending on whether or not the lawyer is able to get their client off with a charge, reduce their sentence or fail the case entirely. Â What do you guys think?