LSPD - We Are Listening

[MrSilky]

A lot of issues I see with PD/Crim interactions stem from a lack of knowledge of policy/protocol due to a lack of transparency on PD's side. As such, I have sent out an announcement today to promote PD members to be more transparent in their reasoning for their actions. I do not want my faction members to blindly say "Go to IA" or "It's IC" etc moving forward - if you genuinely feel something went wrong be that IC or OOC, you should be able to ask for the justification for action without being turned away still wondering why something happened.

Example:
A player is pulled out of their vehicle at what appears to be a standard traffic stop. If this player feels this is too much and asks why this is happening, they should be able to ask IC or OOC why this happened. The PD member should then take the time to respond and explain something such as "It is a specific gang policy due to your recent violent charges".

The goal of this is to reduce the toxic assumption cycle and also give everyone a platform to report misconduct with a factual foundation. I appreciate that if you do not know the content of the manual and the policies within, you may not know if something was wrong and if someone should be held accountable.

This is hopefully a step towards my end-goal of enjoyable interactions with all regardless of IC outcome.

[USA3535]

9 hours ago, MrSilky said:

A lot of issues I see with PD/Crim interactions stem from a lack of knowledge of policy/protocol due to a lack of transparency on PD's side. As such, I have sent out an announcement today to promote PD members to be more transparent in their reasoning for their actions. I do not want my faction members to blindly say "Go to IA" or "It's IC" etc moving forward - if you genuinely feel something went wrong be that IC or OOC, you should be able to ask for the justification for action without being turned away still wondering why something happened.

Example:
A player is pulled out of their vehicle at what appears to be a standard traffic stop. If this player feels this is too much and asks why this is happening, they should be able to ask IC or OOC why this happened. The PD member should then take the time to respond and explain something such as "It is a specific gang policy due to your recent violent charges".

The goal of this is to reduce the toxic assumption cycle and also give everyone a platform to report misconduct with a factual foundation. I appreciate that if you do not know the content of the manual and the policies within, you may not know if something was wrong and if someone should be held accountable.

This is hopefully a step towards my end-goal of enjoyable interactions with all regardless of IC outcome.

I appreciate you saying that but, I just feel it will continue, all they say is Go to court, or such. and court takes too long; there should be another way for consequences as 3 hours in jail for a cop breaking policy is insane.

[HobGoblin]

45 minutes ago, USA3535 said:

I appreciate you saying that but, I just feel it will continue, all they say is Go to court, or such. and court takes too long; there should be another way for consequences as 3 hours in jail for a cop breaking policy is insane.

At least wait 24 hours and see the change in effect.