A.)You are to be 16 years of age to join ArmA 3 Life. NO EXCEPTIONS
B.)You are to own a legal, full copy of ArmA 3 to join A3L.
C.)We here have a Chain of Command in state, it is as follows
1. Support Team
2. Moderators
3. Administrators
4. Senior Administrators
5. Head Administrators
6. Project Lead
Failure to follow the chain of command will result in a ban, depending on the extent of the rule break, and admin choice.
D.) Anyone caught cheating in our game servers will be removed from the servers for permanent time period, and information will be sent to BOI.
E.) Please realize this is a role-playing game. Some scenarios you may be placed in may include some adult content.
F.) Please realize serious abusive attitudes towards others will not be allowed, nor will any constant fighting.
G.) We do not accept any racism in ArmA 3 Life (Count for Ingame aswell) - Whether it be comments on color, nationality, etc; NOT ALLOWED
H.) We try to welcome and help new members completely. If you are a current member who restrains us from helping new members, you will be removed.
I.) Administration's decisions are final - No excuses.
J.) We require you to have a microphone here at ArmA 3 Life. - No mic, take a hike.
K.) Don't whine and complain about hackers. Simply inform someone on Admin Team that you suspect someone of cheating, and they will look into it. If no staff are available, please just record and put it on the forums.
L.) Head Admins and Project Leads are the last people you want to talk to, for serious issues only. Stupid messages to the HAs or PLs will result in you being removed from ArmA 3 Life. We have plenty of support staff, and lower tier'd staff that are willing to help.
M.) Don't go asking all our staff the same question - If you get an answer from one admin, don't go to another in hopes of a different answer. You will be banned.
N.) A proper RP name is required, names such as (e.g. FN: Bad LN: Ass) isn't a proper RP name.
O.) For public knowledge, these are our current staff members:
1. Project Leads: Josh Skinner
2. Head Admins: Jesse Musgrove
3. Project Manager:
4. Senior Admins:
5. Administrators:
6. Moderators:
Section 1 (Shoutbox Rules):
A.) The shoutbox is not a location to ask for support. Users doing so will no longer have access to the shoutbox.
B.) Our disrespect rule still applies in the shoutbox. Our shoutbox is not there to allow you to insult and harm members.
C.) No stupid behavior. Links to screamers, rants, anger towards members, etc; will result in your removal of the shoutbox.
D.) Advertising is not permitted in the shoutbox. Users doing so will be subject to a perm ban.
E.) Advertisements of companies, and political parties are allowed once per hour.
Section 2 (Forum Rules):
A.) Disrespecting members on the forums is not tolerated here at ArmA 3 Life, and will result in a ban.(Subject to banning admin's decision)
B.) No advertising. Advertising of other communities, websites, etc; is not allowed here, and will result in a perm ban from A3L.
C.) You are allowed one forum account. If you are found to have more than one, you will be removed from the community permanently.
D.) Moderators on the forums have the freedom to issue warning points to anyone who they see is abusing / breaking the rules.
E.) A topic for a topic - Use the search function, and see if someone already posted the topic you wish to. If they have, simply reply to it. Don't start your own.
F.) No religion. We do not need any religious discussions, rants, etc; on the website(or in game, covered below)
G.) Topics are to stay on topic.
H.) Subforums are able to have their own rule sets, to add onto these. Please read the stickied posts to see if such a rule set exists.
I.) Signatures are allowed - 1 Image, 600x200 - Users found breaking this will lose their signature abilities.
J.) All posts are to be written in English.
K.) Usernames must be the same - Must contain A-Z characters, 0-9 numbers- Nothing more.
Section 3 (Teamspeak Rules):
A.) To be in the game server you must have the Task Force Radio mod downloaded.
B.) Don't spam - Leaving mic open when not talking for longer periods.
C.) Harassment, racism, and very abusive language is not permitted - You will be banned.
Section 4 (Gameserver Rules):
A.) Speed Limits:
1. City Limits: 50 km/h (Game Speed Measurement)
2. Outside Limits: 70 km/h (Game Speed Measurement)
B.) Must drive on left side of street (AU Laws)
C.) Illegal to pass other vehicles
D.) Must obey all traffic lights, signs and arrows
E.) Illegal to park on sidewalk
F.) Illegal to do U-Turns
G.) Must yield to all emergency vehicles
H.) Obstructing traffic (Must pull to the side of road)
I.) Failure to use headlights during Dusk til Dawn
J.) Failure to use signal
K.) Failure to yield right of way to pedestrian crosswalks
L.) Following an emergency vehicle
M.) Following too closely
N.) Open Container
O.) Noise Violation (Loud Music from vehicle)
P.) Leaving vehicle unattended
Q.) Too fast for conditions
R.) Street Racing
S.) Baiting Police
T.) Reckless Driving
U.) Driving Under Influence
V.) Possession of Drugs and Related Paraphernalia
W.) Must possess Valid Drivers License
X.) Fleeing or attempting to elude police
Y.) Unauthorized Use of Sirens, Whistles and Horns
Z.) Also including all A.U. Traffic Laws that are not listed above
Section 4B: Firearms
A.) Possession of any caliber weapon larger than 9mm
B.) Discharging weapons within any City Limits
C.) Must possess a firearm licenses in order to carry concealed
D.) All weapons must be holstered when interacting with other civilians and Police
E.) Selling weapons to civilians with felony background
F.) Any firearm used in criminal activities will be confiscated
G.) Possession of any fully automatic firearm is a felony offense. Any weapon with the ability to be fired at a fully automatic rate is not a lawful weapon. This illegal weapon charge will be added in addition to a weapon that is a higher caliber than what is legally allowed.
Section 4C: Lawyers
A.) Must be employed by a registered Law Firm on the forums
B.) Must have a License to be an Attorney (Soon to be implemented)
C.) Must not have any warrants out for their arrest
D.) Must not have any felonies on record
E.) Must not have been directly involved in the reported crime/incident
F.) Public Attorney is only available if an authorized Attorney can be reached. Upon no Attorney being found, Police can sentence you to jail
Section 5 (PD Rules):
Section 1 (General Civilian – PD Rules)
A.) It is illegal for civilians to be inside of the Police Department fenced in area. It is considered a PD Restricted Zone. The lower floor of the bank is also considered this. It is illegal for you to be in these areas, and will be met with fines or in game jail time.
B.) Stealing a Police Vehicle from the Police Department grounds is not allowed, you will be met with lethal force.
C.) It is bannable to take and wear any Police clothing. You may take weapons, but no clothing.
D.) Any civilians wearing masks or concealing their identify within city limits is probable cause for police to stop and search
Section 2 (Police Lethal Use of Force)
A.) Police are cleared to use lethal force towards anyone who is a direct threat to themselves, or one who is partaking in some of the following crimes:
When your own, or someone else's life is in DIRECT danger.
Flying Over the prison (No fly zone, will be met with a warning shot, then lethal force)
Section 3 (Search and Seizure)
A.) Police have the right to identify all occupants of a vehicle during a traffic stop. (No Meta Gaming)
B.) Police do not have the ability to search random civilians. They must have probable cause.
C.) Police are able to search and inventory all civilians taken into custody, as well as searching any vehicle that should be traffic issue related.
D.) Police can setup checkpoints that allow police to check licenses, and vehicle registration, but cannot search an individual civilian unless probable cause is there.
Section 4 (Police Policies)
A.) The only officers who are able to have a ‘Sniper’ or larger weapon, or tactical accessories are officers with the SWAT training, or SERT training.
B.) Officers must always have some form of non-lethal on them, unless in martial law.
C.) Officers must obey all traffic laws, unless responding to an emergency call. Officers must also utilize their lights and sirens while responding to the calls. If they are the reason for an accident, they can be held responsible.
D.) Improper vehicles parked or blocking areas, the officer must attempt to contact the owner of the vehicle. If no response is given, a tow truck may be called.
E.) All vehicles in a crime must be impounded or towed from the scene.
F.) Officers may restrain a civilian for upwards of an hour, at most, to gather evidence on a crime. Also a civilian may be restrained if they officer feels their live(s) may be in danger.
G.) Sheriff Dept. should be patrolling outside of the city limits, but may come into the city to assist the local PD.
H.) Only Deputies in the Sheriff’s office are allowed to drive Sheriff vehicles.
I.) Only PD officers can drive Police Dept. cars.
J.) Officers must respect their own PD Chain of Command.
K.) The areas inside the MAIN Doors of the Jail are considering in custody. If you do not read the rights, and discuss charges to the person you are arresting, before you put them in jail, you are in the wrong, and they can get out. Rights and charges must be read and discussed with the suspect before going into the Jail Walls.
L.) Miranda Rights must be read to all individuals before being questioned or arrested. They are allowed to have a lawyer present during questioning. (Based on the availability of Officers on as to whether the additional RP can be continued during this time- less than 5 officers)
M.) Off duty Officers while interacting with Officers must identify them selves immediately that they are an off duty officer
Section 5 (Police Corruption)
A.) Corruption in the PD isn’t allowed unless there is an Internal Affairs officer online.
B.) Police Corruption is infact allowed, but will be dealt with the ingame Internal Affairs officers, and can lead to the officer being removed from PD and charged with their crimes.
C.) Police cannot transport drugs for Civilians, but can look the otherway ( Goes for all crimes ).
Section 6 (Police Aviation)
A.) Police Helicopters can only be flown by trained and licensed PD officers.
B.) Helicopters cannot be landed on streets.
C.) Helicopters can only be flown at a low altitude during a PD Emergency, or assisting in apprehending a suspect.
D.) Helicopters cannot be used to ram / fly into other helicopters (**GLOBAL SERVER RULE**)
Section 7 (Checkpoints):
The police have the right to setup checkpoints that allow for probable cause to search for either weapons, drugs, or illegal items and licenses and warrants. Upon entering the checkpoint, anyone being dealt with must be told what the checkpoint is for and what they are being searched for.
If a checkpoint is setup to search for licenses and weapons, any drugs or illegal items will be confiscated, but they cannot be charged with items found that aren't listed as for what the checkpoint is for.
Any vehicle evading a check point gives cause for a search
Section 8 (EMS Rules):
A.) EMS are a neutral force. Do not take sides.
B.) You are not to revive players in an active firefight. Wait till it’s over.
C.) Drive like a responsible person. Just because you have lights and sirens doesn’t mean you can drive however you wish.
D.) Respect rules apply, to all members of the EMS.
E.) Use the vehicles you are allowed to use according to your rank.
F.) No criminal activity is allowed as an EMS. You are neutral, do not work with criminals. You cannot aid them.
G.) Use proper radio procedures, no stupid talk or mic spam.
H.) To operate an EMS helicopter, you must have passed your EMS Flight School training with an EMS Command.
I.) You are to do your best in your attempt to revive all players.
Section 9 (Staff Powers):
A.) Project Leads and Head Admins have the ability to kick, ban, remove players, etc; freely. - Whenever we feel it is needed.
B.) Senior Admins can kick, ban, remove players for a perm time period.
C.) Administrators can kick, and ban players for a period shorter than 3 weeks. Must ask for extension in ban request areas.
D.) Moderators can kick and ban for a period of 1 week or shorter.
E.) Support Team have no powers, but can ask a moderator or higher to look at something on behalf of themselves.
Section 9 (Ban Procedures):
A.) All ban requests must be posted in the public 'Ban Request' area on the forums, under the 'Support' category.
B.) To submit a ban request, please give proof. Don't say " I saw it " - No, we want video evidence of the issue, or we will not be able to help.
C.) Admins are to follow the same procedure, but if they witness the issue themselves, can issue the ban on the spot.
D.) Game Server Ban Times ( May Vary ):
These times may vary depending on each situation, etc.
First, second, and third offenses are based on current warning points. All third offense bans are permanent because 30 warning points is a permanent ban.
Attempting to use modified PBOs/files to modify the Arma 3 Life mod, or your stats in the mod
Permanent
Fail RP
1 day
1 week
Permanent
Glitching or Exploit
5 days
2 weeks
Permanent
Looting Weapons
1 day
5 days
Permanent
Disrespect
1 week
3 weeks
Permanent
EMS Abuse (stealing EMS vehicles, robbing EMS, etc.)
1 day
1 week
Permanent
New Life Rule (NLR)
3 days
2 weeks
Permanent
Flying or hovering under 200 meters
3 days
2 weeks
Permanent
SDAR or Hunting Rifle Abuse
1 day
1 week
Permanent
Green Zone Violation
1 day
1 week
Permanent
Combat Log
1 week
Permanent
Side Chat Abuse/Spam
Kick
1 day
1 week
Permanent
Out of Character
1 week
3 weeks
Permanent
Police Giving Weapons or Gear
3 days
2 weeks
Permanent
Civilian - Taser Abuse
1 day
1 week
Permanent
Using Air Vehicles as Weapons
3 days
2 weeks
Permanent
Rape
2 weeks
Permanent
30 warning points
Permanent
E.) Staff Who can vote on bans:
Heads of Banning Process: Caiden, Zannaza, Delgado, and Don Emerson - Say matters most.
People allowed input: Senior Adminstrators, Administrators
F.) Warning Points
Whenever you are banned from ArmA 3 Life, no matter the time, you will receive 10 warning points on the forums. After 30 points, you will be perm banned. Warning points given for bans under 2 weeks will be removed after a month. The rest will remain.
G.) Out of Character (OOC)
It is against server rules to break character while playing in game for any reason. That means to ask a question, threaten the nerd that just ran over your boy/girl friend and etc. If there is an issue that someone has caused a server or rule violation, you are to continue the RP and immediately move to "Waiting for Ingame Admin".
Penalties : People will be banned for 1 week
B.)You are to own a legal, full copy of ArmA 3 to join A3L.
C.)We here have a Chain of Command in state, it is as follows
1. Support Team
2. Moderators
3. Administrators
4. Senior Administrators
5. Head Administrators
6. Project Lead
Failure to follow the chain of command will result in a ban, depending on the extent of the rule break, and admin choice.
D.) Anyone caught cheating in our game servers will be removed from the servers for permanent time period, and information will be sent to BOI.
E.) Please realize this is a role-playing game. Some scenarios you may be placed in may include some adult content.
F.) Please realize serious abusive attitudes towards others will not be allowed, nor will any constant fighting.
G.) We do not accept any racism in ArmA 3 Life (Count for Ingame aswell) - Whether it be comments on color, nationality, etc; NOT ALLOWED
H.) We try to welcome and help new members completely. If you are a current member who restrains us from helping new members, you will be removed.
I.) Administration's decisions are final - No excuses.
J.) We require you to have a microphone here at ArmA 3 Life. - No mic, take a hike.
K.) Don't whine and complain about hackers. Simply inform someone on Admin Team that you suspect someone of cheating, and they will look into it. If no staff are available, please just record and put it on the forums.
L.) Head Admins and Project Leads are the last people you want to talk to, for serious issues only. Stupid messages to the HAs or PLs will result in you being removed from ArmA 3 Life. We have plenty of support staff, and lower tier'd staff that are willing to help.
M.) Don't go asking all our staff the same question - If you get an answer from one admin, don't go to another in hopes of a different answer. You will be banned.
N.) A proper RP name is required, names such as (e.g. FN: Bad LN: Ass) isn't a proper RP name.
O.) For public knowledge, these are our current staff members:
1. Project Leads: Josh Skinner
2. Head Admins: Jesse Musgrove
3. Project Manager:
4. Senior Admins:
5. Administrators:
6. Moderators:
Section 1 (Shoutbox Rules):
A.) The shoutbox is not a location to ask for support. Users doing so will no longer have access to the shoutbox.
B.) Our disrespect rule still applies in the shoutbox. Our shoutbox is not there to allow you to insult and harm members.
C.) No stupid behavior. Links to screamers, rants, anger towards members, etc; will result in your removal of the shoutbox.
D.) Advertising is not permitted in the shoutbox. Users doing so will be subject to a perm ban.
E.) Advertisements of companies, and political parties are allowed once per hour.
Section 2 (Forum Rules):
A.) Disrespecting members on the forums is not tolerated here at ArmA 3 Life, and will result in a ban.(Subject to banning admin's decision)
B.) No advertising. Advertising of other communities, websites, etc; is not allowed here, and will result in a perm ban from A3L.
C.) You are allowed one forum account. If you are found to have more than one, you will be removed from the community permanently.
D.) Moderators on the forums have the freedom to issue warning points to anyone who they see is abusing / breaking the rules.
E.) A topic for a topic - Use the search function, and see if someone already posted the topic you wish to. If they have, simply reply to it. Don't start your own.
F.) No religion. We do not need any religious discussions, rants, etc; on the website(or in game, covered below)
G.) Topics are to stay on topic.
H.) Subforums are able to have their own rule sets, to add onto these. Please read the stickied posts to see if such a rule set exists.
I.) Signatures are allowed - 1 Image, 600x200 - Users found breaking this will lose their signature abilities.
J.) All posts are to be written in English.
K.) Usernames must be the same - Must contain A-Z characters, 0-9 numbers- Nothing more.
Section 3 (Teamspeak Rules):
A.) To be in the game server you must have the Task Force Radio mod downloaded.
B.) Don't spam - Leaving mic open when not talking for longer periods.
C.) Harassment, racism, and very abusive language is not permitted - You will be banned.
Section 4 (Gameserver Rules):
- Disrupting our gameserver with stupid, immature behavior is not permitted. Anyone found doing so will be removed. - Includes spamming, taunting other players, or RDM.
- Exploiting, Hacking, Bug abusing or abuse of game mechanics will result in a permanent ban.
- Users caught spamming will be banned for a time frame according to the severity of their spam - DONT DO IT.
- Check sub sections (PD, EMS) for more rules that apply to the varying sections.
- Otherwise, all rules in this topic apply in the same manner here.
- No crime is allowed in the Greenzones; Greenzones are as follows: 50m around any NPC, PD Fenced areas, ATMs, Civ Spawn, EMT Base
- Running into a greenzone whilst in a combat situation makes the zone no longer a "green zone". This means you can still be shot/robbed/killed. You cannot use the greenzone's as an excuse for poor role-play
- While in game, you are to be in character. This is a hardcore RP server, and we expect you to RP to the fullest extent. If you fail to RP, you will be removed from ArmA 3 Life for disrupting gameplay for others. (Starting a bank robbery and then immediately leaving the scene is considered Failure to RP).
- The NLR ( New Life Rule ) is as follows: You die, fully die as in respawn. You forget all details that led up to your death ( Killer, location, etc; ) . You can remember friends, who you work for etc; You are not to return to your death site for a 1km radius circle around it. Unless in the city, then it would be 500m.
- NLR - You can not return to where you died until at least 10 minutes has passed.
- If you are interested in RP'ing as a Lawyer, or Public Defender, you are required to be in a business suit, or at least a tie. You cannot show up in full rebel uniform, trying to be a lawyer.
- VDM is preferred to not happen. You can do it though in significant RP situation. If you're being robbed by someone standing infront of your vehicle, and they threaten your life, you are able to hit the gas. Otherwise, you are to not VDM.
- RDM is considered killing without RP. You are to stay away from RDM.
- Any Players that have been revived by a medic - must go with the medics to the hospital to continue role-playing and can't reengage in the activities that caused the revive (Accidentally Death, VDM, RDM and etc applies to this rule) Failure to comply will result in a 24 hour ban and/or perm ban
- Using the tow truck in a way that it's not intended to be used; e.g. Towing a box truck to double your payload, using the towtrucks to steal vehicles from other players (Tow trucks are used to remove vehicles from an accident, pull a vehicle out of the mud, or to impound) will result in a perm ban.
- Driving through town at speeds unsafe, or driving unrealistically and not following traffic laws will result in a 24 hour ban. After that, a perm ban will be issued. (Pursuits are exempt)
- Players are to utilize the crossing walks located at the intersections. Failure to do so will result in drivers being able to press charges against you in court. You could also face fines along with jail sentence for repeat offenses. Jay walking isn't allowed.
- Robbing the bank with under 7 cops online is not allowed.
- Stealing EMS vehicles / destroying their cars is not allowed. Only EMS can drive EMS vehicles, do not hinder their ability to do their job.
- Hacking is your account's responsibility. We don't care who actually hacked, whether it was your brother, sister, turtle, etc; Its your account, take responsibility and keep control over it.
- Repeatedly Baiting/taunting the police to engage in a police chase by speeding up and down the street and blocking the street is not tolerated. (You can do it once but for example going back into the pd over and over again after being punished or death is fail RP)
- Any city/town is a no fly zone, you can't hover under 200m, if you want to land, you must land in an open field out of the city/town limits.
- You may only play music inside of a vehicle or house, Playing music whilst on foot is allowed and is not punishable.
- During any admin event that does not require weapons, No Weapons will be used During the event near or in the event premises. Failure to comply will result in a ban of any duration(up to the admin). No Cops in the event will be able to arrest, or detain someone for brandishing weapons during that event.
- Combat logging is absolutely not allowed and is a bannable offense, and generally an obvious rule on most RP servers. If you have time to play, then you have time to wait for the respawn timer to end.
- Side chat is ONLY for advertising services and businesses, you have Mics, Radios, and tablets to communicate, offenders will be kicked.
- Picking up cop gear or using it is NOT aloud.
- We do not tolerate stream-sniping in any form. Anyone caught using streams as a source of knowledge either in or out of game RP will receive a hefty ban. You may never watch an A3L stream and play at the same time. This does not matter if you gain information from watching the stream or not. NO STREAM SNIPING-FULL STOP.
- The only medical supplies you can carry is a bandage, ONLY EMS can carry other medical supplies other than bandages. Any abuse of the CSE system; using it to RDM people is an offense. EMS are there to give medical attention, it's not your job. CSE OUT
- Using a voice changer while in-game is prohibited.
- You're not allowed to use any air vehicle as a weapon for example, kamikaze, air-ramming, VDM or attempting to stop a car by landing on it.
- If you RP any sexual violence for example but not limited to; Rape, Sexual Harassment or suggestive actions towards any member of the community, It doesn't matter if they're male or female you will be permanently removed from the server. DO NOT RP RAPE OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE - Punishment permanently ban.
- Any city/town is a no fly zone, you can't fly/hover under 200m, if you want to land, you must land at a safe open location outside of the of city/town limits. (EMS/PD may land inside there base on the designated landing pads, Subject to Pilot training/Air unit) - Punishable by a 3 day ban.
- You cannot use any Police or EMS equipment as a civilian. This includes but is not limited too; Any police vest, Any police uniform, Any medic vest, Any medic uniform and you're also not allowed Tasers due to them being broken on civilian.
- Currently you're not allowed to loot people, Taking items/weapons/gear off them when the message states "You're not allowed to loot dead bodies" will result in a ban. Also, you are not allowed to loot using the scroll menu either. This is an exploit if I see anyone doing it you will be removed for abusing a bug / exploiting. However, you may still loot items such as money and any briefcases dropped from when the person died. Police may take weapons from civilians bodies as evidence.
- You can not use the SDAR (Underwater rifle "AkA" Turtle Harpoon) above land / against players for any reason. This is a tool to hunt fish and turtles only and needs to be RP'd as such.
- You can not use the CZ550 (hunting rifle) for any other reason other than hunting. It is a tool to hunt animals only and needs to be RP'd as such.
- Bank Robbery Rule- Unless you are in the bank, or directly set up as a sniper for the robbers you may not hide in crowd as an onlooker
- Exception is if you're a scout, you may only scout and may not shoot police at all.
- You may not randomly join in the bank robbery or sneak around unarmed, then pull out a gun and assist. - DO NOT buy any building with NPC's in. You're not allowed to own any stores/shops like the gun store, If you do buy these you will receive 10 warning points and removal of the property in question with no compensation. This is currently a bug in the current version do not abuse it.
- If you are to be on the second floor inside the bank while there is a situation ongoing (such as a bank robbery, etc.), you must be standing up. You may not prone or crouch on the second floor of the bank.
- Lakeside is a no fly zone and you may not land inside Lakeside unless there is a proper RP reason (such as an EMS with urgent pickup on the east side of Lakeside) or as (a police officer picking up suspects from the bank).
If you wish to scout for a bank robbery, you must not fly under 200m.
A.) Speed Limits:
1. City Limits: 50 km/h (Game Speed Measurement)
2. Outside Limits: 70 km/h (Game Speed Measurement)
B.) Must drive on left side of street (AU Laws)
C.) Illegal to pass other vehicles
D.) Must obey all traffic lights, signs and arrows
E.) Illegal to park on sidewalk
F.) Illegal to do U-Turns
G.) Must yield to all emergency vehicles
H.) Obstructing traffic (Must pull to the side of road)
I.) Failure to use headlights during Dusk til Dawn
J.) Failure to use signal
K.) Failure to yield right of way to pedestrian crosswalks
L.) Following an emergency vehicle
M.) Following too closely
N.) Open Container
O.) Noise Violation (Loud Music from vehicle)
P.) Leaving vehicle unattended
Q.) Too fast for conditions
R.) Street Racing
S.) Baiting Police
T.) Reckless Driving
U.) Driving Under Influence
V.) Possession of Drugs and Related Paraphernalia
W.) Must possess Valid Drivers License
X.) Fleeing or attempting to elude police
Y.) Unauthorized Use of Sirens, Whistles and Horns
Z.) Also including all A.U. Traffic Laws that are not listed above
Section 4B: Firearms
A.) Possession of any caliber weapon larger than 9mm
B.) Discharging weapons within any City Limits
C.) Must possess a firearm licenses in order to carry concealed
D.) All weapons must be holstered when interacting with other civilians and Police
E.) Selling weapons to civilians with felony background
F.) Any firearm used in criminal activities will be confiscated
G.) Possession of any fully automatic firearm is a felony offense. Any weapon with the ability to be fired at a fully automatic rate is not a lawful weapon. This illegal weapon charge will be added in addition to a weapon that is a higher caliber than what is legally allowed.
Section 4C: Lawyers
A.) Must be employed by a registered Law Firm on the forums
B.) Must have a License to be an Attorney (Soon to be implemented)
C.) Must not have any warrants out for their arrest
D.) Must not have any felonies on record
E.) Must not have been directly involved in the reported crime/incident
F.) Public Attorney is only available if an authorized Attorney can be reached. Upon no Attorney being found, Police can sentence you to jail
Section 5 (PD Rules):
Section 1 (General Civilian – PD Rules)
A.) It is illegal for civilians to be inside of the Police Department fenced in area. It is considered a PD Restricted Zone. The lower floor of the bank is also considered this. It is illegal for you to be in these areas, and will be met with fines or in game jail time.
B.) Stealing a Police Vehicle from the Police Department grounds is not allowed, you will be met with lethal force.
C.) It is bannable to take and wear any Police clothing. You may take weapons, but no clothing.
D.) Any civilians wearing masks or concealing their identify within city limits is probable cause for police to stop and search
Section 2 (Police Lethal Use of Force)
A.) Police are cleared to use lethal force towards anyone who is a direct threat to themselves, or one who is partaking in some of the following crimes:
When your own, or someone else's life is in DIRECT danger.
Flying Over the prison (No fly zone, will be met with a warning shot, then lethal force)
Section 3 (Search and Seizure)
A.) Police have the right to identify all occupants of a vehicle during a traffic stop. (No Meta Gaming)
B.) Police do not have the ability to search random civilians. They must have probable cause.
C.) Police are able to search and inventory all civilians taken into custody, as well as searching any vehicle that should be traffic issue related.
D.) Police can setup checkpoints that allow police to check licenses, and vehicle registration, but cannot search an individual civilian unless probable cause is there.
Section 4 (Police Policies)
A.) The only officers who are able to have a ‘Sniper’ or larger weapon, or tactical accessories are officers with the SWAT training, or SERT training.
B.) Officers must always have some form of non-lethal on them, unless in martial law.
C.) Officers must obey all traffic laws, unless responding to an emergency call. Officers must also utilize their lights and sirens while responding to the calls. If they are the reason for an accident, they can be held responsible.
D.) Improper vehicles parked or blocking areas, the officer must attempt to contact the owner of the vehicle. If no response is given, a tow truck may be called.
E.) All vehicles in a crime must be impounded or towed from the scene.
F.) Officers may restrain a civilian for upwards of an hour, at most, to gather evidence on a crime. Also a civilian may be restrained if they officer feels their live(s) may be in danger.
G.) Sheriff Dept. should be patrolling outside of the city limits, but may come into the city to assist the local PD.
H.) Only Deputies in the Sheriff’s office are allowed to drive Sheriff vehicles.
I.) Only PD officers can drive Police Dept. cars.
J.) Officers must respect their own PD Chain of Command.
K.) The areas inside the MAIN Doors of the Jail are considering in custody. If you do not read the rights, and discuss charges to the person you are arresting, before you put them in jail, you are in the wrong, and they can get out. Rights and charges must be read and discussed with the suspect before going into the Jail Walls.
L.) Miranda Rights must be read to all individuals before being questioned or arrested. They are allowed to have a lawyer present during questioning. (Based on the availability of Officers on as to whether the additional RP can be continued during this time- less than 5 officers)
M.) Off duty Officers while interacting with Officers must identify them selves immediately that they are an off duty officer
Section 5 (Police Corruption)
A.) Corruption in the PD isn’t allowed unless there is an Internal Affairs officer online.
B.) Police Corruption is infact allowed, but will be dealt with the ingame Internal Affairs officers, and can lead to the officer being removed from PD and charged with their crimes.
C.) Police cannot transport drugs for Civilians, but can look the otherway ( Goes for all crimes ).
Section 6 (Police Aviation)
A.) Police Helicopters can only be flown by trained and licensed PD officers.
B.) Helicopters cannot be landed on streets.
C.) Helicopters can only be flown at a low altitude during a PD Emergency, or assisting in apprehending a suspect.
D.) Helicopters cannot be used to ram / fly into other helicopters (**GLOBAL SERVER RULE**)
Section 7 (Checkpoints):
The police have the right to setup checkpoints that allow for probable cause to search for either weapons, drugs, or illegal items and licenses and warrants. Upon entering the checkpoint, anyone being dealt with must be told what the checkpoint is for and what they are being searched for.
If a checkpoint is setup to search for licenses and weapons, any drugs or illegal items will be confiscated, but they cannot be charged with items found that aren't listed as for what the checkpoint is for.
Any vehicle evading a check point gives cause for a search
Section 8 (EMS Rules):
A.) EMS are a neutral force. Do not take sides.
B.) You are not to revive players in an active firefight. Wait till it’s over.
C.) Drive like a responsible person. Just because you have lights and sirens doesn’t mean you can drive however you wish.
D.) Respect rules apply, to all members of the EMS.
E.) Use the vehicles you are allowed to use according to your rank.
F.) No criminal activity is allowed as an EMS. You are neutral, do not work with criminals. You cannot aid them.
G.) Use proper radio procedures, no stupid talk or mic spam.
H.) To operate an EMS helicopter, you must have passed your EMS Flight School training with an EMS Command.
I.) You are to do your best in your attempt to revive all players.
Section 9 (Staff Powers):
A.) Project Leads and Head Admins have the ability to kick, ban, remove players, etc; freely. - Whenever we feel it is needed.
B.) Senior Admins can kick, ban, remove players for a perm time period.
C.) Administrators can kick, and ban players for a period shorter than 3 weeks. Must ask for extension in ban request areas.
D.) Moderators can kick and ban for a period of 1 week or shorter.
E.) Support Team have no powers, but can ask a moderator or higher to look at something on behalf of themselves.
Section 9 (Ban Procedures):
A.) All ban requests must be posted in the public 'Ban Request' area on the forums, under the 'Support' category.
B.) To submit a ban request, please give proof. Don't say " I saw it " - No, we want video evidence of the issue, or we will not be able to help.
C.) Admins are to follow the same procedure, but if they witness the issue themselves, can issue the ban on the spot.
D.) Game Server Ban Times ( May Vary ):
These times may vary depending on each situation, etc.
First, second, and third offenses are based on current warning points. All third offense bans are permanent because 30 warning points is a permanent ban.
Attempting to use modified PBOs/files to modify the Arma 3 Life mod, or your stats in the mod
Permanent
Fail RP
1 day
1 week
Permanent
Glitching or Exploit
5 days
2 weeks
Permanent
Looting Weapons
1 day
5 days
Permanent
Disrespect
1 week
3 weeks
Permanent
EMS Abuse (stealing EMS vehicles, robbing EMS, etc.)
1 day
1 week
Permanent
New Life Rule (NLR)
3 days
2 weeks
Permanent
Flying or hovering under 200 meters
3 days
2 weeks
Permanent
SDAR or Hunting Rifle Abuse
1 day
1 week
Permanent
Green Zone Violation
1 day
1 week
Permanent
Combat Log
1 week
Permanent
Side Chat Abuse/Spam
Kick
1 day
1 week
Permanent
Out of Character
1 week
3 weeks
Permanent
Police Giving Weapons or Gear
3 days
2 weeks
Permanent
Civilian - Taser Abuse
1 day
1 week
Permanent
Using Air Vehicles as Weapons
3 days
2 weeks
Permanent
Rape
2 weeks
Permanent
30 warning points
Permanent
E.) Staff Who can vote on bans:
Heads of Banning Process: Caiden, Zannaza, Delgado, and Don Emerson - Say matters most.
People allowed input: Senior Adminstrators, Administrators
F.) Warning Points
Whenever you are banned from ArmA 3 Life, no matter the time, you will receive 10 warning points on the forums. After 30 points, you will be perm banned. Warning points given for bans under 2 weeks will be removed after a month. The rest will remain.
G.) Out of Character (OOC)
It is against server rules to break character while playing in game for any reason. That means to ask a question, threaten the nerd that just ran over your boy/girl friend and etc. If there is an issue that someone has caused a server or rule violation, you are to continue the RP and immediately move to "Waiting for Ingame Admin".
Penalties : People will be banned for 1 week