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11-09-2019, 02:26 PM | #1 |
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TL 9 Police Tactics
With TL9 equipment, police tactics change dramatically because defensive equipment improves greatly. In the case of patrol officers, reflex tacsuits give them superior protection (DR 20/10) for minimal weight (15 lbs) and minimal cost ($3,000). In the case of SWAT officers, powered combat armor gives them incredible protection from conventional weapons.
In addition, nonlethal weaponry greatly improves. The average patrol car with probably add a CAW with Sleep rounds and a Portable MAD for crowd control. SWAT vans will probably add an ETC Anti-Material Rifle and an ETC Payload Rifle with a wide variety of rounds to allow them to fulfill a wide variety of missions (an ETC Anti-Material Rifle can deliver a 15 mm Biochemical round filled with Sleep Gas from 3,000 yards away). Primary sidearms would include Electrolaser Carbines with 25 mm UGLs with Tangler rounds while secondary sidearms would include Electrolaser Pistols. So, what else would near future police carry? Would there be any reason to carry lethal weapons when there are so many good and effective nonlethal options? Of course, nonlethal only refers to the weapons, accidents can still happen. |
11-09-2019, 02:57 PM | #2 |
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Re: TL 9 Police Tactics
Why would SWAT wear powered armor? I could see combat hardsuits or sealed tacsuits, but powered armor seems overkill.
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11-09-2019, 05:31 PM | #3 |
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Re: TL 9 Police Tactics
Because of the criminals using powered industrial exoskeletons and/or homebuilt combat armor. Not to mention the occasional bootleg milspec powered armor.
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11-09-2019, 06:06 PM | #4 |
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Re: TL 9 Police Tactics
These things are answered by giving the SWAT snipers a couple of APHC or APEP rounds for their biggest guns. You don't fight gangers with baseball bats with nails in them by giving cops actual maces.
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11-09-2019, 07:17 PM | #5 |
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Re: TL 9 Police Tactics
PCA is cheaper than replacing highly trained SWAT. It also gives them superhuman strength, good movement, and good jumping distance.
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11-09-2019, 07:24 PM | #6 | |
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Re: TL 9 Police Tactics
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Anyone who wants to get into heavy combat with the cops does not get a reply in kind. The SWAT team may not even be who responds to a call of "powered armor" but whoever does probably uses a guded missile in response.
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11-10-2019, 12:51 AM | #7 |
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Re: TL 9 Police Tactics
So, I've studied crime (a little) from a statistics point of view and have talked with a police chief (who represents a whole state of police chiefs to the state legislature).
One thing he doesn't anticipate changing is that police really want to deter crime more than react to it. And one of the best ways to do this is to be seen as a presence in the community. So... Do you want to go friendly or unfriendly with your world? A nice friendly way is to have minimally armed/armored police with some way to arm up if the situation arises. This can be SWAT teams on rapid response vehicles, or rapid-deployment armor/weapons in the car. It could even be some kind of mobile armory or drone delivery service for weapons and armor. A less friendly way is to have remote-controlled police robots and make them fairly ubiquitous. If there are police drones within a mile of any given location and 20 within 5 miles, and all can be equipped and respond within 2 minutes, that's pretty effective. Add to that a camera on the top of each one being monitored by the remote officers, and you have a pretty effective, pretty creepy system. Another option is surveillance. London is already headed down this path, but if everybody knows that they are being watched by the police at all times... That deters crime. Then police may stop and question anybody seen behaving in an unusual manner on cameras. Currently, systems are patchwork, but if cameras get cheaper, they could be everywhere. And a quick deployment of officers could be effective. Then, you could also have police supervisors giving orders with remarkable efficiency like they were looking at a battle map. A creepier form of surveillance involves citizen reporting and secret police. Everybody is expected to report suspicious behavior. Some people are tapped to behave suspiciously to test the system, so NOT reporting your friends or strangers on the street could get you in trouble too. Now, almost everybody reports. Almost everybody conforms. And... Dystopia.. |
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Re: TL 9 Police Tactics
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Reflex is a nice midway point between anticipating a response and interacting with normal folks, though I suspect even lighter clothing that will count as a few points of DR. For officers that mostly interact in "normal" situations, they won't want to wear around the equivalent of heavy winter clothing. Quote:
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Combat Shotguns just get better too. You can have a variety of rounds depending on your needs. I suspect each patrol car will carry one for instances where you need breaching or stopping power. Gyrocs are another possibility. Judge Dredd style peacemakers for everyone... Quote:
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11-09-2019, 03:39 PM | #9 | |
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11-09-2019, 03:42 PM | #10 |
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Re: TL 9 Police Tactics
I imagine a bad cop ignoring the warnings and getting tazed by his own suit. I like it.
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