Interrogations are a very valuable tool for us in the CMG PS to gather intelligence regarding gangs, criminals, and crime across the city —when done correctly. If you, as a CTSFO officer, believe you can extract useful information from a suspect and wish to interrogate them, there are a few new steps you must follow.
You MUST ensure that the suspect has no devices on them, such as a radio or phone. Take them to a secure area, and always attempt to question them in a friendly manner first. If they are uncooperative, you may then refer to the guidelines in this document to assist you in obtaining the necessary information.
Once the interrogation has finished, you must knock the suspect out and leave no evidence of your presence.
If this is the case, you must NOT remember any of the events or intel which you gained. In order to judge this, you should imagine that you have made the car journey to to Mission Row and wait a few minutes for the bodycam footage to upload to the servers.
Depending on your location this should take around 5-10 minutes after the situation has ended entirely.
If you are captured by a gang member and they threaten you in order to gain intel, then here is what you can and cannot say :
You must not give names of any CID / CT members as you yourself should not know these.
You can give the information that is on your warrant card (Callsign) and you may make up a fake but believable name in the situation.
You may say the names of other command members, for example GC , NPAS , ERPT and RPU as this is all public information on the e-library.
If they ask for information on other organisations, comply with their demands but be vague and only give them the very minimum.
Not have read the individual their rights
Be Interrogation and Advanced IGD Trained
Wear a mask at all times
The suspect
Their outfit
The suspect with their weapons
The suspects ID card
The suspects car
The location where they were taken into custody
Proof of ANY crimes committed
After each scenario you should submit an intel form with the information you have gained, making sure to include evidence captured by your police camera, bodycam or messages with a suspect. This intel should only be submitted if you experienced the events and can verify that they occurred.
NOTE: Intelligence submitted can just be proof of x crime by x gang. We do not require paragraphs explaining everything in every form if its a simple store robbery.
Verbally threaten the suspect
Threaten people with throwing them off a cliff
Threaten the suspect with killing them
Threaten the suspect with prison time
Hit the suspect with a baton
Knock the suspect out
Flashbang / taze the suspect
Headbag the suspect
Shoot around the suspect but do not actually hit them with any bullets.
Use other non-lethal approaches
Physically harm the individual (excluding using non-lethal force such as a taser and baton)
Throw the suspect off a cliff.
Shoot the suspect.
Burn the suspect.
Kill the suspect.
Drown the suspect in water
Force the suspect to jump from heights
Excessively using your baton on the suspect (beating them to death)
You don't have to use all the questions bellow you should allways try to be creative first before looking at these.
What is your name?
What is the name of your group?
Are you considered a family, organisation, gang, etc.?
How many members are in your group?
What are the names of some members?
Can you share some phone numbers of members?
How does the ranking structure of your group work?
What type of clothing fits the different ranks?
What are the group's intentions within the city?
Do you have any locations that your group uses or owns?
Where do you get your weapons/drugs from?
Who is the dealer of your weapons/drugs?
How long have you been a part of the group for?
How did you get recruited to the group?
Are there any other groups that you are affiliated with or work with?
Do you have beef with any groups within the city?
What services do you provide to other groups?
Who has access to important information?
What’s the biggest challenge your group faces?
Who keeps records or remembers details?
If someone wanted out, how would that happen?
What rules does your group follow, and What happens when someone breaks those rules?
How are members recruited?
Who organizes operations?
What relationships matter most?