San Andreas State Police

Matti Hadley wrote:Special Weapons and Tactics
The Special Weapons and Tactics team is the San Andreas State Police's support unit that provides a variety of specialised services throughout the state. This unit is tasked with numerous crime-suppression assignments including providing crime suppression details, responding to high-risk barricaded situations, hostage situations, warrant service and assisting department personnel in solving major crimes, with the common goal to reduce the incidence and the fear of crime. It is one of the biggest and most important units of the department.

I was recently appointed as commander for the unit after Anthony Nucara's departure. While the unit was left behind in a superb state, I felt that the recruitment process had its flaws and had the chance of allowing non-qualified Troopers to join the unit.

I realise that with the uprise of violent gangs it's important our Troopers have someone to rely on when they need some serious tactical support when in trouble. For those reasons, I've made some changes to the recruitment process. The biggest change being the introduction of a fitness test. This test will allow us to make sure the applicant is fit enough and able to function in extreme conditions, even after a long and quiet employment with the State Police.

More changes such as more frequent training sessions and a mandatory ride-along for Probationary Operatives have been introduced to make sure our Troopers and civilians can rely on our unit.

Marina Serrano wrote:Traffic Enforcement Division
The Traffic Enforcement Division changed a lot in the last few months. Since I have been appointed as Director, I sent out a clear message: make the division active again on the field.

The Traffic Services Unit which is what makes the Traffic Enforcement Division has been completely changed. A much faster and straight to the point recruitment system has been released, allowing candidates to get the basic knowledge and training based on their possibilities and request the exam as soon as they feel ready. For those who want to specialise as a traffic officer, more preparation will be offered when applying for the internal certifications: motorcycle, advanced driving, and pursuit intervention.

The Parking Enforcement Unit's activity was already going down in the previous months, and the resignation of the former Commander, Raymond Cooper did not help the weak stability. I alongside the FSB Command have been working for a solution in the past two weeks. More advertising on social media and more internal recruitment in order to have a functional structure that handles interviews much more efficiently and keep track of the current Parking Enforcement Operators.
We would like to thank and congratulate the new Acting Commander Marcus Rivera and Acting Deputy Commander Alexis Wilson for their dedication during this hard period.

For the upcoming month, we plan to bring up a COMPSTAT map for the traffic infractions, marking what is the critical zone across the entire state.

Kind regards,

Lieutenant Marina Serrano
Traffic Enforcement Division — Director