I have been trying to push for a more corrupt force than we currently have but it is not an exclusive way of portraying your officer or the DEPD in general. I've created a new role for experienced officers/players wishing to be corrupt in the form of the Vice Squad role, more on that below. Generally though the DEPD will remain a balanced force with people free to choose what kind of police officer they wish to play, the good, the bad or the just plain fugly.

In order to better organise the DEPD and make better use of the tags i've worked up a new structure for the group with the roles being more set out in what they're all about, so the new DEPD role call looks like this:

Rookie: New members, instead of going straight into officer status, new officers now will spend a period of time (soon to be defined on how long) as rookies, to gain an officer or detective role they will have to not only be in the group for a minimum period but will also have to show a minimum amount of activity before being promoted. This'll create a more realistic storyline for these new officers as well as help us keep a tack on who and who isn't active in the group and on sim.

(( NB. All present officers will remain so, only people joining after the slightly altered app system will be placed into this new role. Though anyone who wishes to play their character 'from the bottom up' can request the rookie tag if they so wish.))

Officer: One of two 'standard' roles for the force, officers are the backbone role to the force and players are free to portray their character as they wish with this role. This role is unchanged from it's previous form.

Detectives: The second of the two standard roles, as above but officers must be plain clothed, with this role more for investigative and undercover operations.

Sergeants/Lieutenants: The Senior Officers whom control a certain aspect of DEPD operations and answer directly to and pass on orders from the Captains. To become a ranking officer you have to show a certain level of experience and activeness on sim as I find these roles very important to helping keep the RP all glued together.

Captains: IC'ly the heads of the DEPD and the OOC admins, though i may change this if there's a call for more of this rank. Currently it's me and Eph in this role and we run the DEPD between us.

*DEPD Vice Squad* This is another new role, probably the most specific role in the group. Only experienced players, who wish to portray corrupt officers will be granted this role. The aims of this role is to push forward the Noir/KRP aspect of the sim as well as a more generalised corrupt out look, they will be the dark side of the DEPD the ones with the power and influence to make bad things happen, members of this rank will be IC'ly aware of Captain Morrisey's and Ehrler's dark plans played out through the DEPD. This role will also be closely linked to some of the criminal factions on sim. Players will wear the specific tag for this role as a form of an OOC heads up to any and all on sim to expect the officers to be corrupt and hopefully help along RP and prevent confusion.

And that's that. I hope everyone finds this slightly new and 'improved' set up acceptable, i certainly hope it will make the DEPD more 'user friendly' and easier to understand.