Luke Bear

Luke Bear is a character played by M8_Squidyy.
==General Information==
Luke Bear is a Deputy for the Los Santos Sheriff's Department/Paleto Bay Sheriff's Department, with the badge number #3-P-07.
Shortly after arriving in the city, Luke Bear would go to the job fair for the second academy class, just hindered by the long lines. He got an invitation to have an interview for the Rangers with the Game Warden. Currently in the Paleto Bay Sheriffs Office sub department of the LSSD. 
After his promotion to full deputy he celebrated and woke up on an island to the west of the mainland. After traveling back to civilization he found himself living with a Bear Family for a little while. 
== Physical Description ==
He is suspected to be on testosterone after repeatedly winning in fist fights, while having a solid beer belly he is bulky with muscle.
==Background Information==
Luke Bear's origins start in the countryside of western Austria, his older brother Joe Bear has been always close to Luke. Luke´s father was a police officer in the little town and from young age Luke would learn about nature and spend a lot of time in the forests and Mountains. He joined the police force when he reached the age of 21 after going to the Austrian military where he was a recon scout handling intel and other unknown tasks. While he does mention his role as a scout in the military however does not elaborate on this past, records may be redacted. During his time in the police force, he took on many duties in the forest. When he came to Los Santos he quickly got bored working jobs and not being able to be in the forest. To this day he sticks to his gut feeling about people even if he is unable to read them. Bears loyalty to individuals is seemingly random and questionable to most. Bear is proud, even going as far as to run down Mount Chiliad to show of his skills. 
==Momentous Dates within the Government==
===Department of Public Safety===
Rank 	Insignia	Note 	Date
Recruit 	 	Hired as a Recruit; Badge #1-E-07 	Feburary 29th, 2024
Non-Solo Cadet	 	Completed Academy Training and Auxiliary Hours	March 14th, 2024
===Police===
Rank 	Insignia	Note 	Date
Solo Cadet 	 	Passed Solo Evaluation and joined the LSSD; Badge #1-F-07 	April 23rd, 2024
Deputy 	 	Passed Final Evaluation and promoted to Deputy; Badge #1-I-07 	July 3rd, 2024
Deputy 	 	Joined the Paleto Bay Sheriff's Department as Deputy; Badge #1-I-07	July 11th, 2024
Deputy 	 	Callsign Restructure; Badge #3-P-07 	July 27th, 2024
Deputy 	 	Recruited as a Probationary Member of the SPEED Unit 	August 3rd, 2024
Senior Deputy	 	Promoted to Senior Deputy 	September 13th, 2024
Senior Deputy	 	Promoted to Full Member within SPEED 	September 16th, 2024
==Summary of Events in Los Santos==
=== Police Career Start ===
Throughout his duty in the LSSD, he has grown fond of tactics and special operations, Luke has slowly gotten used to the shootouts and police chases that turn sour quickly. After spending some time on the range he has become quite the good shot but still chooses to carry at least 5 boxes of ammunition to be "safe". During the investigation, he enjoys stakeouts and shadowing individuals and suspects. While Bear is not the best driver he has become quite skilled in foot pursuits and catching his prey or as he calls them "Rabbits". During his time in the LSSD as a solo cadet, he has grown quite comfortable and the urge to get into the Rangers as soon as possible has died down bringing Luke to look towards SPEED and potentially SWAT.
==== Make Shift 1 LSSD great again ====
Due to some issues that Matthew Bush and Bear are facing with the structure of the LSSD, they have set out to fix this by reaching out to the command. They are also trying to convince other Cadets such as Mendoza and Cyan to join LSSD. The two Solo cadets have shown exceptional skill during pursuits and can work with Bush very well, the relationship between Cyan and Bear is a little bumpy but in the process of smoothening out. With Bush as a primary contact point being an FTO, he can reach new cadets first-hand and may be able to convince them to join.
=== The Red Tree Cult ===
One evening, Luke Bear was at the hospital performing auxiliary hours while waiting for an FTO to take him out for a session. Officer Keller pulled him aside, the two had previously talked with Keller giving Bear feedback on report writing. She asked him if he was interested in helping her with an individual who was brought to the Hospital as a John Doe, with him being a Non-Solo cadet it was however a bit more complicated for Bear to assist so they decided to have Bear investigate the location where the John Doe was found while off duty. Bear reported back to Keller with various findings but nothing specifically which would help with uncovering the context of why he was found north of the Power station. After some time passed the John Doe identified as Stephen Alexander was awake in the ICU and cleared for questioning by the Police. Keller let Bear tag along and let him ask some questions as well. Bear however isn't very good at interviewing and fumbled a little, the talk was interrupted by a shooting in City Hall. After a bit of time, Bear returned and the two continued a conversation just the two of them, exactly what Stephen wanted. Stephen Alexander talked about his past. After a while, Keller returned and the two left to let Stephen Alexander rest up. The two debriefed and continued a little conversation, Keller was skeptical from the start and did not like a lot of the things Stephen said. 
With some more time passing Keller received a journal in the mail of a dead individual by the name of Joseph Alexander, it was shown to Bear who worked on summarizing and taking notes of the 30 page Journal while he had downtime waiting for an FTO. Bear went off duty multiple times to find locations that were mentioned in the Journal and started a report which gathered all of them in one location. Keller requested high confidentiality for this case as she was under the looming fear of more cult members being in high positions of the government. From that point, Bear only talked to Keller about the case even after her switch to the FIB.
After some time passes Stephen Alexander messages Bear requesting to meet up and catch up about a few things. Bear brought along Keller and they continued a few questions and small talk. Bear had some fears confirmed and became wearier of Stephen Alexander, Keller also decided to test Stephen by giving him the name of Talula who was working in the ADA Office which he called and with that failed her test. With Bears fears, he did not want to lose eyes on Stephen. Bear watched Stephen shortly before the meeting on his favorite hill and later on when he found Stephen talking to people to try and become a Psychiatrist. Stephen also wanted to continue to talk to Bear one-on-one and Bear felt he would be able to play this angle as he was more talkative without Keller around. The two went on hikes in which they both tried to manipulate and gain more information about each other. It was a tense game of mental chess where Bear noticed he would not come out on top so he decided to put up a fake persona and make up a lot of details about himself, trying to mislead Stephen into thinking he had control over him. Bear had a large window of opportunity on the first hike to shoot Stephen but decided against it. He believed this was exactly what Stephen wanted Bear to try as he told Bear "to take it out back and shoot it in the head" if he ever encountered anyone from a cult. During the hike, the pair encountered multiple aggressive Mountain Lions which Bear dispatched quickly which might have worried Stephen as he brought along another person to the next hike to not be alone with Bear. 
During a conversation with Keller about the case they discussed lying and avoiding information output. Ranger O´Shea was also brought along as his Father had encountered Joseph Alexander during his Cadet Phase. 
Stephen caught up with Keller after some more time passed and told her about their hikes which Bear kept secret from her. She warned him about Stephen and told him it was stupid. Bear did not argue as he could not form an argument that would explain logically how it makes sense for him to try and manipulate Stephen into giving more information and trusting his faked persona. After this conversation part Bear told Keller that he would leave the investigation to focus on his Cadet phase and get it done. 
After Bear's promotion to Deputy at the beginning of July he saw Stephen Alexander at Pump and Dump and knew it was a bad omen. Bear has been ignoring or dry responding to Stephen Alexander to not alert him of any sudden changes to Bear's knowledge of himself and being put into Stephen's spotlight. Since in Bear's eyes, Stephen is like sticky slime, the more you try to get rid of it the more it will spread and continue to stick to you. After a few days however Bear found a report of the Apprehension of Stephen Alexander for Kidnapping and torturing two individuals. With this Bear panicked and started digging through files finding multiple files that happened at locations he found in the old Journal. He was overcome by the guilt of letting Stephen out of his eyes, while he did not want to blame anyone he was disappointed by Keller that he also slipped through her fingers. Veronica Wilson however was a very competent detective and quickly formed a case against Stephen with the District Attorney´s Office. Detective Wilson contacted Bear not too long after to discuss his knowledge about Stephen and ask questions. Bear started preparing and started to try and connect dots and theories with the patterns he built with the Journal of Joseph Alexander and what he was able to gather from their interactions during the hikes. Veronica did not have any access to most of Bears work as per Kellers request to keep his reports only to her. During the talk with Detective Wilson, he found that CID was almost completely in the dark regarding Stephen Alexander and his starting spree with the murder of Lizzy where the case was close to being marked as cold. The feeling of regret inside of Bear just kept growing and growing as he did not turn to anyone during this which could have stopped Stephen way earlier. Bear also was overcome by the realization that shooting Stephen Alexander would have been the right choice and he did exactly what Stephen wanted him to do. Bear quickly got through his points and tried to answer any questions with as much depth as possible, he was surprised to see how far and how many theories were close to being correct. Detective Wilson mentioned Stephen's thought-out plan on how to manipulate Bear and Keller. This piqued Bear's interest as to how successful he was with the fake persona he was able to put up with Stephen. Detective Wilson however was unable to provide any information on that. With that Bear is awaiting the trial date and results for rectification to what is long overdue.
The execution was scheduled for August 12th 2024 on the Salt Flats in Blaine County. The judge over the case held a small speech to the people and surprised all of them by letting Stephen Alexander walk under the premise that he would face the justice system in Canada but only for an attack helicopter to appear and kill Stephen Alexander with its missiles. While Bear was not there to witness it he is satisfied with the backstabbing end that Stephen Alexander got. While he also sees that death is a kindness for people like Stephen he does believe that it did him justice not to get what he wants nor be able to live and continue to hurt people. Still Bear feels a form of regret that he did not take care of Stephen himself when he had the chance and could be partially responsible for the fact that more people got hurt than needed.
-Fin
=== The new sub department ===
With the successful completion of the Final Eval, it was time for Bear to explore his options within the Police Department, with Bush requesting him to stay in the LSSD while his ultimate first goal was to join the State Parks department. Bear decides to stay with the LSSD as he would be able to join the Rangers at a later date when he has established himself further. A week in after the final Eval Bush texts Bear telling him he will follow Ron Paxton and join the PBSD and wants Bear to join the department. After Bear's promotion to Deputy on July 3rd he is now awaiting the opportunity to transfer and wearing the black tie.
The start of Paleto went smoothly with the starting roster already consisting of 10 Members over all shifts. A large chalkboard has been set up in the office with Deputies such as Bush already choosing their desks as well as being kind enough to give Luke his Bear Cave (Closet). The Bear Cave will have a lot of work to be done to it and its 3 square meters. Now Bear has time to grow in the department and work his way up with colleagues he works well with such as Leon Jericho. He has his sights on Speed and other specialities that could be established in the future such as an Air unit or Tactical unit. Paleto Bay is a great compromise in the eyes of Luke compared to the Rangers. He is able to be in the forest and the beautiful Nature around Paleto Bay, this gives him many more options to work hand in hand with other departments 
In a talk between Bush and Bear, they discussed the future in which they discussed who they would like to see in the department. Bush mentioned his hope for his sergeant rank and for Bear to become a corporal and be his right hand in shift 1. In a short amount of time, Bear was able to join SPEED to investigate Street Racers and F.I.S.T to hunt down Fugitives with Warrants. 
=== Osiris ===
With the rise of the local MC Osiris, Bush has started an investigation of the group peaking Bear's interest He can be found on the roofs of the clucking bell factory watching the Dream View Motel around the end of Shift 1. Bear has been able to investigate multiple connections of the MC to civilians and other connections that hang around the group.
== Speed Trials ==
1st 05/10/24: 21:39m
2nd 05/10/24 21:35m
==Trivia==
*Goes to the mechanic 3 times in 1 hour
*Loves to catch "Rabbits" and has grown quite proficient in foot pursuits
*Spend his free time wrestling with Bears and Mountain Lions or profiling Jaxon and Mason at Hayes for their Street racing charges
*Matthew Bush is the only person on his Emergency contact list
*06/11/24 Got his whole left arm burnt after trying to get Amelia out of a burning Ambulance, trying to hide scared he got tattoos to cover up
*Trying to make Shift 1 LSSD "Great again" with Matthew Bush
*Was known as a "Forever Cadet" after being a Cadet for 5 months 
*Has a "Personal" room in the Paleto Bay Sheriff's Department called "The Bear Cave" 
*He wants to open the Loggers Lodge a Bar for Paleto Bay 
*Has Broken his left shoulder 4 times 
*Has had been hit / run over by a vehicle 9 times 1x by an ems 
*Has "confiscated" beer from a criminal and consumed it after a bench trial
*Has a 10-Bear dubbed for any extreme pits that ends in the victim becoming airborne
==Quotes==
*"Hawara"
*"Scheiße!"
*"I didn't hit that Rabbit/Deer/Wolf!"
*"I could go for a Tall Blonde (Beer) right now..."
== Gallery ==