San Esperito Police Department

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San Esperito Police Department
The San Esperito Police Department's primary logo. This picture is of a Meister ATV 4.
Faction in Just Cause
Goal, or purpose	They are the official police of San Esperito
Leader	Velasco, later Carmona
Starting base, or HQ	Unknown
Source of money	Government budget

The San Esperito Police Department, also known as the Policía is one of the armed groups in Just Cause (1).

Who they are

They are the official police of the Republic of San Esperito. Their duty is to enforce the law.

"Halt, citizen! This is the police." - One of their most memorable quotes.

The game never gives a civilian any heat level, so if there's a traffic accident between a police car and a civilian car, both drivers will get out and perform the same standard upset hand gesture. However if Rico should happen to scratch a civilian vehicle near them, it can trigger heat level 1, meaning that they will try to kill Rico, but call no reinforcements, so it is easy to get away.

If the policía feels that they cannot stop you and you continue to break the law, then they will call the San Esperito Military, who will take over for them in heat 4 and 5. Depending on how far you are in the storyline, you might also run into foreign security specialists, the Black Hand.

Organization

During the mission Good Cop, Bad Cop it's explained that the San Esperito Police Department is loyal to the government, though they are also corrupt and can be bribed.

Until the events of that mission, the San Esperito Police Department is run by chief Velasco. After his death, the next chief of police is Carmona, who gets mutilated (and possibly also killed) at the end of the mission Dismissed Without Honors.

Tom Sheldon explains at the beginning of the mission Streets of Fire that the police is on a "permanent vacation". However, the cops are a permanent presence in the game.

Sub-divisions:

• SWAT, or riot police. It's not known if they have an official name. They show up at Heat 3 or 4 and drive the Meister ATV 4 trucks. They wear black uniforms with grey helmets.

Headquarters

According to Kane (during the mission Dismissed Without Honors), the "Secret Police headquarters" is located in Esperito City, in the same building as a Prison. The mission objective sentence (on screen) and Inmaculada both call it a prison, but it could be both.

Police stations

Many rural villages have police stations. These stations are all identical cube-shaped buildings, painted in a combination of white and green. They don't have constant police presence and normally appear as completely usual houses.

It's possible to blow up the station buildings during Liberation sidemissions. To do that, you have to cause any explosion in the immediate vicinity of the building. The building explosion does not harm Rico. Destroyed buildings stay destroyed for the liberation only and briefly afterwards, and will otherwise appear standing . The explosion adds a negligible bonus to the liberation progress bar, the same way as drug and ammunition explosions during Cartel Villa takeover.

Vehicles

The San Esperito Police Department has many different vehicles:

• Apache Army Model 842 - A motorcycle. One of the most common police vehicles. Can spawn at all heat levels, or even none at all.
• Delta 5H4 Boxhead - A attack helicopter. Only seen in sidemissions and Good Cop, Bad Cop.
• Huerta Mesa - A 2-door SUV. Usually used in the countryside, but can also be seen in cities. Heat levels 1-5. However, it is possible to encounter one without heat.
• Huerta PA51 Aztek - Armed patrol helicopter. The most dangerous weapon in the police arsenal. Heat level 5 only.
• Meister ATV 4 - An armored-looking truck. Used during higher levels of Heat, just before the San Esperito Military is called in. Heat level 4 and 5.
• MV - A large armored-looking SUV. A unique police version appears near the end of the mission Dismissed Without Honors. It also appears in a side-mission for the Guerrillas.
• Pequod - Harpoon PC 350 - Armed patrol ship in the mission Good Cop, Bad Cop.
• Triton - G3 Taiphoon - Patrol boat which constantly patrols the waters around the El Grande Fort.
• Vaultier ALEV Patrol Special - A van. Used rarely. Heat level 4 and 5.
• Vaultier Sedan Patrol Compact - The standard 4-door police car. Heat level 3, 4 and 5. However, it is possible to encounter one without heat around towns and cities.

Weapons

The San Esperito Police Department uses relatively few different weapons:

• Harker 357 Sawback. Very common and used by almost every normal police officer who's seen either walking, or driving an Apache Army Model 842, or Huerta Mesa.
• Moretti CCW Praetorian. Used by some police officers in Liberations and during low to medium Heat levels.
• Aviv Panthera. Used by the SWAT.
• Aviv Scarab. Used by the SWAT.
• Moretti P.94. Used by the SWAT.
• Nova 9. Used by the SWAT in the mission Broadcast News when you have to defend the San Esperito Broadcast Center.

Quotes

• "Halt, citizen! This is the police."
• "Halt, citizen!"
• "Freeze, citizen! This is the police."
• "Freeze, citizen!"
• "Alto! Alto!"
• "Policia! Stop!"

Trivia

• Just Cause 2 and Just Cause 3 initially had police departments, but they were cancelled during game development. For more info see police and cut game content. As such, this faction is the only proper police force in the entire Just Cause Game Series.
• Guerrilla and Rioja side missions often feature vehicles with police markings, which are unusual for them to have and aren't used by them anyway, such as the Ballard M5B1 Scout, or the Jackson Z-19 Skreemer.
• There are a few police departments in real life with similar two-tone blue paintjobs. Examples include:
  • The Massachusetts State Police, the police department for the entire state of Massachusetts in the United States,
  • The Anne Arundel County Police Department, the police service for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in the United States,
  • The Argentine Federal Police, the national police department for the nation of Argentina.
• An interesting question would be how Velasco obtained the La Honradez, as the cost for an entire yacht would be enormous to the extent. Possible theories include he either owning the yacht before he was the police chief, or if he was extremely corrupt and so was able to obtain it while being the active police chief.
• The San Esperito Police Department's secondary logo appears on only three vehicles: the Pequod - Harpoon PC 350, the Delta 5H4 Boxhead, and the Huerta PA51 Aztek.
• The San Esperito Police Department's tertiary logo appears on the same three vehicles only: the Pequod - Harpoon PC 350, the Delta 5H4 Boxhead, and the Huerta PA51 Aztek.
• On the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game, police officers can start randomly shooting at civilians.
• In guerrilla stable provinces, few police vehicles spawn because the province is guerrilla stable, but side missions still make appearances for them. In truth, Apache Army Model 842s and Huerta Mesas spawn anywhere on the roads through the game coding.
• Depending upon the player's progress, by the end of the game, the San Esperito Police Department will have lost all their police stations in villages and cities. However, as mentioned above, Apache Army Model 842s and Huerta Mesas still spawn on the roads as part of the game's coding.

Gallery

NPC models

A usual countryside policeman.

Motorcycle policeman on his Apache Army Model 842.

Police officers who are seen during liberations. The larger officer at the lower right corner is using a Moretti CCW Praetorian shotgun.

The SWAT units that are used by the San Esperito Police Department in high government heat during liberations.

Ground vehicles

An Apache Army Model 842.

A Huerta Mesa.

A Vaultier ALEV Patrol Special, used by the SWAT in Liberations, and during government heat.

A Meister ATV 4.

A Vaultier Sedan Patrol Compact at the Rioja 07 Motor City safehouse.

Another Vaultier Sedan Patrol Compact(Rear quarter view).

Aircraft

A Huerta PA51 Aztek.

Watercraft

A Triton - G3 Taiphoon.

A Pequod - Harpoon PC 350.

Missions exclusive vehicles

An MV. Seen in sidemissions and also obtainable through the mission Dismissed Without Honors.

A Ballard M5B1 Scout.

A Delta 5H4 Boxhead. Seen once in the mission Good Cop, Bad Cop.

A Jackson Z-19 Skreemer.

Decals

The San Esperito Police Department's primary logo.

The San Esperito Police Department's secondary logo.

San Esperito Police Department HD emblems.

The San Esperito Police Department's tertiary logo.

Rather than have two stripes, like the San Esperito Military or Black Hand, the San Esperito Police Department has this text decal in the place of stripes.

Buildings

A police station, as seen in villages all throughout San Esperito before the liberation of the settlements.

A police station after the liberation of the settlements, notice the bandalized poster.

The Secret Police headquarters.

Miscellaneous

The patrol vehicles of three factions involved in a shootout. A Wallys GP of the Guerrillas at left, Huerta Mesa of the police at center, and Chevalier Street Bird De Luxe of the Riojas right. The police officer(s) was killed by the occupants of those two vehicles.

A police officer driving a Guerrilla Wallys GP patrol vehicle and shooting at the same time.

A police officer driving a Montano version of the Cutler-Randall Conquistador.