Jim Hastings

Jim Hastings is a character played by Sock22.
== General Information==
Jim Hastings is a Deputy for the Los Santos Sheriff's Department/Greater Elysian Exiled Sheriff's Department, Badge #3-O-01.
==Background Information==
Jim grew up in seaside town Filey, North Yorkshire, where he worked as a police officer for the North Yorkshire police. Eventually, he grew tired of the small town and how quiet it was, and transferred to the Metropolitan Police in London, where he would go on to become a Detective Inspector.
Jim lived with his wife until she was killed when their house was set on fire by a suspect that Jim couldn't arrest.
He once went to his superior with concerns about a girl being stalked, with the alleged stalker having been reported to be seen in the area of the girl's house multiple times. Since technically no crime was being committed, Jim could do nothing about the man. A few days later, the man broke into the house, and attacked the family and the girl. The man was later arrested, and Jim proceeded to beat him in the cells to the point of hospitalisation.
For this, Jim was fired from his position, on the same day received a letter of recommendation from Department of Public Safety Director Bob Smith, inviting him to Los Santos and asking for his assistance in establishing the Los Santos Sheriff's Office.
==Story Arcs==
====⛰️ Mount Chiliad Mystery====
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|-|👁️ The Eye=
After being assigned an investigation by Sheriff Woods to look into a potential pyramid underneath Mount Chiliad, Harold StockHerd Well asked Jim for his assistance after he expressed interest in being Grapeseed PD's detective, believing it could be connected to the bunkers dotted around the island. The start of his investigation took him to the mountain's apex, where Jim found the mural depicting a pyramid with supposedly connected tunnels and red drawings of an eye, an egg, a UFO, and a jetpack.
Underneath the lookout platform, Jim spotted a red painting of an eye. It reminded him of a cave he found when exploring the Chiliad wilderness, and returned to investigate. Inside, Jim found a lit fire and the skull of a ram, as well as a painting of a sun and writing; "Give Thanks," "See the Eye" and "Peaise Him."
Jim decided to investigate the Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness cabins after spotting they had the same paintings as the ones in the cave. Despite lights being on and chimneys blowing smoke, the town was abandoned. New writings were found; "Embrace the Light," "His Light Shines on Us All," "Sun of God," and "Our Path is Lit." Jim managed to explore the inside of one of the cabins but found nothing out of place beyond the sun paintings on the side. He left after thinking he was seeing people.
Currently, Jim’s completely reasonable theory is that Sheriff Woods is an alien wearing Woods’ skin, who crawled out of one of the bunkers and is getting Grapeseed PD to investigate a way of opening the bunkers to release his alien siblings.
|-|🛸 The UFO=
Later while driving around Sandy Shores, Jim accidentally stumbled across another eye drawing in the “alien” hippie camp, this time with a rainy cloud underneath it. Within the area, there were even more drawings, an eye and a moon with three vertical lines between them, as well as a small prop UFO on top of a car.
Jim then investigated the Procopio Beach ocean after theorising the Paleto bunker may be drawn on the Chiliad mural. There, he found a sunken UFO on the ocean floor.
|-|🥚 The Egg=
Figuring it’s the best place to find an egg, Jim investigated Cluckin’ Bell and its farm. Unfortunately, the lead ended up dead, as did his other ideas.
On top of the UFO he found in the ocean, Jim believes there are eggs on top of it.
|-|🚀 The Jetpack=
Jim investigated the Fort Zancudo Airfield for any clues that might relate to the jetpack. So far, he has been unsuccessful.
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====🧪 Humane Labs====
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|-|🧬 Clones=
During his Mount Chiliad investigation, Jim stumbled upon a report possibly related to the bunkers, in which an irradiated man attempted to stab an individual, but was incapacitated before being able to do so. The man - Jerry Adler - died of his injuries and was confirmed by Jessie “Nova” Gallagah to match the description of previous incidents. Adler had a tattoo on his body that read “ID-HL-#43.”
Further reading of the report told Jim that officers and EMS attempted to clear Humane Labs, but found the building abandoned and too irradiated to continue into the building.
Jim later met with Ro Burto about everything happening in Humane Labs - clones, radiation, uranium. He described getting a tour of Human Labs from a ‘science guy’ who claimed to work there and the knowledge he had of physics. He also mentioned the labs had “about thirty, forty capsules” of uranium. When talking about the clones he said ‘science guy’ mentioned things being fine so long as “the originals remained locked up.” The informant noted the ‘science guy’ seemed to giggle a lot.
Jim ventured to Human Labs to investigate. Though still abandoned, he found blood stains and bloody footprints. He then ran into two men claiming to be private investigators looking for a case with the left behind blood, though they left the building with no resistance when told.
Kyle Pred claimed to know a lot about Human Labs, including having access to secret documents that got leaked. The documents described a proposal from the Government Operated Division (G.O.D.) of Research & Development for “R.G.” requesting they repurpose Human Labs to monitor the long-term effects of the fallout from the intercepted missiles. This would include research on humans and wildlife.
Pred joined Jim in going back to the Labs, claiming to know a secret way in from the ocean. Sure enough, they emerge into the basement levels after swimming through tunnels. Unfortunately, they encountered nothing but a dead end.
When recounting the day’s events to Harold, he said that they have a scientist in prison for murder, and who claimed to have WMDs inside the Labs. Jim confirmed it was the same man mentioned by the informant when Harold said he giggled a lot.
|-|☢️ Irradiation=
When checking reports, Jim found another incident in which an irradiated man was found. This one had an identification tag that read “HL#31.” He decided to check the ocean next to Humane Labs for anything he might’ve missed. After losing his car to the waters, Jim called Nova asking for a pick-up, to which he got in trouble for swimming in irradiated waters and was ordered to get checked at the hospital.
Tests at the hospital determined Jim and Nova may have radiation poisoning. They were transported to an isolated hospital in Paleto and given blue tablets for their condition. The following day, Jim awoke missing his hair and with radiation blisters, but no longer contagious so long as he kept taking the medication. As a side effect, his hair would grow back blue.
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==Momentous Dates within the Government ==
=== Law Enforcement===
Rank 	Insignia	Note 	Date 	Date
Deputy	 	Hired to the LSSD; Badge #1-I-01 	Hired to the LSSD; Badge #1-I-01 	December 9th, 2023
Deputy	 	Passed Grapeseed Trial and joined the GSD 	Passed Grapeseed Trial and joined the GSD 	January 10th, 2024
Deputy	 	Callsign transitioned to #1-G-01 	Callsign transitioned to #1-G-01 	January 27th, 2024
Deputy	 	Callsign Restructure; Badge #3-G-01 	Callsign Restructure; Badge #3-G-01 	July 27th, 2024
Deputy	 	Placed as Reserve on PD Roster 	Placed as Reserve on PD Roster 	
Deputy	 	Joined the Murrieta Oil Fields Sheriff's Office; Badge #3-O-01	Joined the Murrieta Oil Fields Sheriff's Office; Badge #3-O-01	November 19th, 2024
Deputy	 	Renamed to the Greater Elysian Exiled Sheriff's Department 	Renamed to the Greater Elysian Exiled Sheriff's Department 	November 20th, 2024
==Gallery==
==Trivia== 
*His wife is deceased and confirmed to have died in a house fire. He has also alluded that it wasn't just his wife who died at that time.
*He is often mistaken for Harold.
*He is allergic to pickles.
*He is an alcoholic, and therefore almost always drunk on duty.
* Once got a collateral on Xena Duke and a rabbit.
*His middle name is Brian.
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