Sheriffs Office

Citizen caught growing drugs in their garden

The Lakeside Valley Sheriffs Office is the executive branch of Lakeside and in charge of providing security and enforcing the law in Lakeside Valley and is one of the factions.

Their headquarter is is in the northern part of Lakeside. They do have a secondary station in Los Diablos. Lakeside Airport houses the departments training grounds, as the uneven terrain of the county makes it hard to find a big enough space to house training facilities.

Current Sheriff is Rick Shipp.

The Sheriffs Office has an ongoing application cycle. Once accepted, you are required to uphold certain standards and follow procedures as a whitelisted faction member.

Ranks

Department Ranks
Rank	Responsibility	Notes
Commissioner	State Management	Administrative work from the state level. Can not be upranked to Commissioner.
Sheriff	County Command	Head of the department. Manages and oversees operation.
Undersheriff	County Command	Head of the department. Manages and oversees operation.
Chief Deputy	County Command	Oversees General Operations and Special Operations
Captain	County Command	Helps maintaining the overall department
Lieutenant	Department Lead	Department or Unit Lead
Master Sergeant	Patrol Lead	Manages patrol operations
Sergeant	Incident Command	Manages patrol operations
Corporal	Experienced Sworn Deputy	Experienced patrol deputy, if interested can slowly be trained into leadership ranks
Senior Deputy	Experienced Sworn Deputy	Normal patrol duty
Deputy	Sworn Deputy	Normal patrol duty and additional trainings
Probationary Deputy	Deputy In Training	Must attend trainings and be supervised by FTOs and demonstrate skillset on patrol

Departments

Bureau of Patrol

The main department of the LVSO. Every deputy joining will go through extensive training and learn the basics of civilian encounter.

Sheriff Emergency Response Team (SERT)

A specialized unit of highly trained deputies who are able to respond to the most volatile situations.

Field Training Office (FTO)

The training department of the LVSO. They are responsible for making sure new deputies are well equipped for their future career and also assign specialized trainings

Criminal Investigation Division (CID)

The CID is still in development and currently houses the Internal Affairs division.

Complaints

The office runs their own Internal Affairs department which is unrelated to other units. Misconduct or unfair treatment can be reported and will be handled by internal investigations.

Trivia

Deputies looking down towards the hot tub
In Early Access, due to a mistake in mapping, the Sheriffs Office had an unofficial hot tub (map glitch) sometimes used by deputies involuntarily.