Respect and safety first
Harassment, hate, sexualized content involving minors, threats, doxxing, and malicious behavior are out everywhere in HCRP.
Rules & Regulations
Read the rules before you join
These standards shape scene quality, member conduct, and the kind of county roleplay HCRP expects from everyone here. Joining the community means agreeing to follow them, and violations can lead to staff action.
Community Standard
The current version of these rules is the standard staff enforce.
Read them fully before joining scenes, departments, or anything tied to the community.
Start Here
New player summary
If you only read one section before your first character or application, make it this one: stay respectful, stay realistic, stay in character, and stay current with Discord announcements.
Read the full document first, then use the acknowledgment control at the bottom of the page to unlock character creation and application submission.
Keep scenes believable
No metagaming, no FailRP, no force-RP shortcuts, and no ignoring fear, injuries, or active priority restrictions.
Treat protected areas seriously
Green zones, stations, hospitals, and private property all have stricter limits than a free-roam sandbox server.
Discord still counts
The same standards apply in community channels, and Discord announcements are where rule changes and access updates land first.
Before You Start
Know This
All members are expected to follow Discord rules and server rules at all times. Being approved in HCRP means you agree to these standards and accept staff enforcement when they are broken.
Approval Means Agreement
By joining and receiving approval in HCRP, you agree to follow the current rules and regulations.
Staff Enforce Them
Warnings, kicks, strikes, temp bans, or permanent bans may follow rule violations depending on severity.
They Can Change
This document is subject to change at any time, so players are responsible for staying current.
Discord Counts Too
Community conduct in Discord is part of HCRP standards and carries its own enforcement.
Section 1.0
General Rules
Core server standards covering violence, cheating, conduct, injuries, weapon use, voice chat, and scene control.
No RDM / VDM
No random killing and no vehicle killing. Violence has to support a legitimate roleplay scene and cannot be done on sight.
No Modding
Any form of modding leads to a ban with no path back into the server or Discord.
Respect Required
Bullying, harassment, racism, and staff disrespect are prohibited. Calmly explain your side if there is an issue instead of escalating.
No Metagaming
Do not use information your character would not realistically have in the current scene.
No Combat Logging
You cannot disconnect in the middle of a roleplay scenario. If you crash or disconnect accidentally, communicate it through Discord or TeamSpeak.
Weapon Usage
If you are bringing out anything larger than a pistol, unrack it using /me or /gme when needed. Snipers are limited to SRT units and hunting RP, and using them to kill players outside that scope is prohibited.
Restricted GTA Vehicles
Do not use stock GTA vehicles with weapons, flight capability, unrealistic armor, or other features that would not be legitimate in normal life.
Roleplay Injuries Properly
Severe crashes, shootings, and other major trauma must be roleplayed realistically. If your character takes enough damage to die, remain dead or ragdolled and do not speak while dead.
Saved Vehicles
You cannot use sold, destroyed, or newly towed vehicles, and you cannot save another player's vehicle unless it was legitimately sold or stolen.
Voice Changers
Voice changers are not allowed unless a Director or higher command has given explicit approval.
Voice Chat Quality
No mic spamming, background music, or unusable mic levels. If someone tells you your mic is too loud or too quiet, fix it.
Chat Usage
Use /ooc for out-of-character help, /me for local actions, and /gme for actions that need to reach people farther away.
Priority Cooldown
If priority is in progress, on hold, or in cooldown, no new priorities may start. That applies even if you were the original priority, and scenes started during cooldown may not become priorities later.
Section 2.0
RP Rules
Scene quality rules covering fear, realism, theft, priorities, vehicle use, character behavior, and special permissions.
No Cop Baiting
Do not intentionally commit obvious traffic or nuisance crimes just because officers are nearby.
Follow NLR
If your character dies in a scene, they do not remember what happened and cannot be used again for at least 30 minutes.
Follow FFR
Show realistic fear for life unless your character has a valid criminal basis in CAD. Third-party deadly force is only justified when realistically acting to protect someone else's life.
Respectful Scenes Only
Torture, racist scenarios, terrorism scenarios, rape scenarios, and similar content are prohibited.
Stay In Character
Remain in character in voice, chat, and scene behavior unless staff specifically remove you from roleplay.
Theft of Emergency Vehicles
Emergency vehicle theft is only allowed under narrow conditions. You cannot steal from stations or green zones, cannot do it if fewer than three law enforcement officers are online, and must realistically obtain the keys unless the vehicle is left running and unlocked.
- To keep a stolen emergency vehicle for later use, you must escape law enforcement, remove tracking devices, hide the vehicle realistically, answer investigative /gme actions, and keep the vehicle spawned until you log off.
Theft / Robbery
Stores and banks cannot be robbed unless at least three LEOs are online and patrolling. To steal someone's vehicle, pull a weapon and order them out first.
No FailRP
FailRP includes unrealistic vehicle use, breaking active scenes, swapping vehicles mid-RP, or otherwise ignoring realistic limitations and peacetime expectations.
No Force RP
You cannot retcon or "22" evidence, illegal items, or scene facts just to block another player's roleplay or an officer's search.
Stolen Vehicles Stay Gone
If your vehicle is stolen, you cannot respawn it. Contact law enforcement and play the recovery out through roleplay.
Government Agency RP
Federal agencies like the FBI, DEA, or ATF require explicit permission. Non-law-enforcement government roles may be allowed depending on the agency.
Animal RP Needs Approval
Roleplaying as an animal requires prior staff approval or the scene can be cancelled and warned.
No Unrealistic Running
Running from or attacking law enforcement requires a legitimate in-character reason, not just a routine stop or ticket.
Aviation Restrictions
Civilians need Civilian Aviation tags to fly. LEO and FD aviation requires the proper emergency-services aviation tags.
Green Zones
Police stations, fire stations, and hospitals are green zones. Crime is prohibited there and priorities cannot be brought into them.
Camera Footage
Investigators may request camera footage only when physical cameras are actually present at the location. Traffic-camera and red-light-camera roleplay is not allowed.
Section 3.0
Property Rules
Location-based rules covering restricted areas, garages, government buildings, private homes, and active businesses.
Fort Zancudo
Fort Zancudo is restricted military property. Do not enter it, stage scenes there, or use military assets without a legitimate approved reason or the proper authorized role.
Garages
Use garages realistically for storage and retrieval. Do not abuse garage systems to dodge active RP, instantly replace scene vehicles, or start conflict in what are treated as safe access areas.
Government Property
Do not loiter or trespass on police, fire, EMS, courthouse, or other government property without a valid in-character reason. Leave when directed by authorized personnel.
Houses
Homes are private property. Do not enter, search, or force scenes into a house unless you have permission, a valid RP basis, or legal authority that fits the situation.
Businesses
Businesses should be treated like active properties in the world. Do not interfere with them, trespass on them, or force scenes there without legitimate roleplay justification and realistic access.
Community Terms
Discord Rules
The HCRP standard applies outside the server too. These rules cover harassment, safety, spam, malicious behavior, and how members are expected to act in Discord.
No Harassment
Do not harass, bully, or target other members in community spaces.
No Hate or Spam
Hate speech, hateful communities, and disruptive spam are not allowed anywhere in HCRP spaces.
No Threats or Doxxing
Threats, intimidation, leaking personal information, or encouraging others to do so are prohibited.
No Evasion
Do not evade bans, blocks, or moderation actions, and do not keep contacting someone after they have made it clear they want no contact.
No Malware
Malware, phishing, hacks, DDoS activity, or anything designed to compromise another person's device or account is prohibited.
Protect Minors
Any attempt to sexualize minors or post related content is prohibited.
No Gore or Cruelty
Sadistic gore, graphic cruelty, or animal abuse content is not allowed in community channels.
No Piracy or Stolen Accounts
Do not share or promote cheats, cracks, piracy, stolen accounts, or similar content.
No Illegal Promotion
Do not promote or coordinate illegal real-world behavior through the HCRP community.
No Self Promotion
Self-promotion is not allowed unless the HCRP staff team has explicitly approved it.
No Nuking
Do not mass-delete, mass-ping, raid, or otherwise attempt to damage or disrupt the HCRP Discord server.
Ready To Join
Next Steps
Once you know the standards, join the community in Discord and keep the join details close for your first session.
Confirming this summary unlocks character creation and department applications on this site.