# Student Handbook
# Introduction
Welcome PCSO! Congratulations on being accepted into the Police Force, we hope you are looking forward to your Police career!
This leaflet is here to provide you with the necessary information to help you understand your role as a PCSO, along with the instructions on how to carry out your job effectively. As a PCSO, your primary role is to learn and understand the rules of the server, the guidelines of being a member of the Police and how to react in different and difficult situations, whilst maintaining a high standard of roleplay.
# Code of Conduct
As a member of the Police, you are expected to conduct yourself in game and on teamspeak in the same way. The Code of Conduct states that you should treat anybody, regardless if it is a civilian or a colleague, with respect, dignity and tolerance. Never try to become personal towards anyone. As a member of the Police, with any action you take you are representing the Police Force as a whole, and so you are encouraged to set an example. Never resort to being offensive to anyone or be generally toxic.
When you are in-game, treat civilians with respect. Try to be there to help civilians as this is your job; you can do anything from repairing their vehicle to escorting them whilst they’re doing a legal run. Try to do everything in your power to improve relations and provide roleplay with the civilian population.
Police are urged not to be aggressive to civilians or rebels alike; we should always maintain a certain degree of dignity when dealing with situations, even when someone is being detained.
# Controls
To Restrain Someone:- SHIFT+R.
Remember you are not allowed, under any circumstances, to restrain anyone without asking to put their hands-up. If the person does not comply after multiple warnings then you can taze him and then proceed to restrain him. Do not just walk up to the person-in-question and restrain him without warning, as this is Fail RP. Once you have restrained someone you MUST read them their rights.
To Search an Individual or a Vehicle:- Windows Key & Press ‘Search’.
When searching a suspect, you need to have reasonable grounds to be searching him, To have reasonable grounds, the suspect needs to be within 1km of a drug field/drug processing and/or the drug dealer. You can also search the person if they have been seen committing a crime with an illegal weapon. Do not stop and search without reasonable suspicion.
To Check Licences (With or Without Restraints):- Windows Key
Use the windows key to check the license of a suspect that is in restraints for whatever reason. If you want to check a civilian’s licences without restrains (to improve RP), then windows key the civilian.
To Ticket a Civilian (With or Without Restraints):- Windows Key.
Use the Windows Key to ticket the civilian if he is in restraints. Use Windows key to ticket a compliant civilian who does not need to be restrained (e.g. issuing a speeding ticket). REMEMBER: To issue the ticket you need to say (example given):
‘I’m going to be giving you a ticket of £25,000 to you today for having possession of an illegal firearm, under the Section 3 of the Firearms Act 1968. You have three chances to pay this ticket, if you do not pay this ticket by the third chance, then you will be sent to jail. Do you understand?’
Make sure to be very clear & firm in what you say, and make sure the suspect understands what you’re saying. When you’re giving a ticket, the Police Handbook has all the correct values and ranges of the ticket to the crime. For example, if you want to seize an illegal weapon from a civilian and he is being compliant, friendly and generally not being a threat to you or your colleagues, then give him a lower value ticket than the set ticket value – it is really down to your discretion – act within reason and how you see fit. REMEMBER: the maximum ticket you are allowed to issue is £500,000. Anything over £500,000 means that you have to send the suspect to jail.
To Escort:- Windows Key & Press ‘Escort’.
Whilst escorting an individual you can also put him in a vehicle and to do so, just go up to your vehicle of choice and press Windows Key + ‘Put in Vehicle’. You can also pull the individual out the vehicle by pressing Windows Key + ‘Pullout Players’. Note this will only pull out civilians, not any Police Officers.
To Remove Weapons/Seize Illegal Items:- Windows Key > ‘Seize Illegal Items’.
If someone has an illegal weapon or is in possession of illegal items, you can remove his illegal contraband.
Send to Prison:- Go to ANY Police Station > Windows Key > ‘Arrest’.
You can send somebody to prison if the crime’s they have committed are worth a prison sentence or their ticket is exceeding the max of 100k. Make sure you get their ID and add any crimes that they have committed to ensure they serve the correct amount of time for the crimes they’ve committed.
To Impound a Vehicle:- Windows Key > ‘Impound Vehicle’.
Impound a vehicle when it has either been abandoned, left broken and/or is parked illegally.
To Check Registration:- Windows Key > ‘Check Registration’.
Does what it says on the tin.
To ANPR a vehicle:- Point at Vehicle & Press NUMPAD / ‘Forward Slash’.
You need to be in a vehicle to do this action. Preferably the passenger seat occupant should do this rather than driver, as the passenger seat occupant should then check the wanted list.
To use a Siren & Lights:- ‘SHIFT+F’ & ‘L’.
These keys give you the authorization to speed and driving on the opposite lane of the road. Please proceed with caution as there may be other users on the road.
To Check Wanted List:- Press ‘Y’ & Press the Wanted List (Pair of Cuffs Icon).
Does what it says on the tin, again.
Deploy Spike Strips:- ‘Y’ > ‘Select Spike Strips and then Use’.
To pack spike strips just mouse over them and press ‘Pack Up Spike Strips’.
When you have been knocked unconscious (Shot or Punched).
Do not talk on comm’s at all (that includes your position) and do not talk about the situation as you are unconscious so you cannot talk.
To warn a helicopter to leave the area:- ‘ALT+1’.
If a helicopter is flying low following you or illegally landing, you can warn it to leave by pressing the key binding. This will send an automated message to ask the civilians to leave. If the helicopter does not leave, fire non-lethal rounds around the helicopter. If it does not leave then you are allowed to shoot it down. NOTE: Try not to shoot at the pilot to kill him.
To warn a helicopter to land his helicopter immediately:- ‘ALT+2’.
If a helicopter is flying low following you or you need it to land, you can warn it to land by pressing the key binding. This will send an automated message to ask the pilot to leave. If the helicopter does not leave, fire non-lethal rounds around the helicopter. If it does not make any effort to land then you are allowed to shoot it down. NOTE: Try not to shoot at the pilot to kill him.
# General Rules & Information
# Police Cautions
“You do not have to say anything. But, it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned on something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do may be given in evidence.”
# 3-Minute After-Action Rule
If you want to do an action like impounding vehicles or calling a medic to a situation you must ensure that 3 minutes have passed with no shots being fired within that time.