Cletus Cornwood

Cletus Cornwood is a character role-played by EsfandTV.
== General Description==
Cletus Cornwood is a Senior Officer for the Los Santos Police Department, Badge #100. He is also the current Public Relations Officer and Law Enforcement Liaison for the LSPD.
==Background Information==
In his college years, Cletus 'Longway' Cornwood attended East Texas Baptist University where he played American football and ran a sub-5-second 40-yard dash. Cornwood was an amazing athlete with a shining future. He could've gone pro, but destiny had different plans for him. Before serving his beloved country as a sheriff, Cornwood was a soldier stationed in Berlin, Germany during Operation Desert Storm back in the 1990s.
Cornwood was a prominent member of the eight sheriffs of L8PD back in Rust Island. He was the best sheriff that the RUST Island ever had. With his partners Chief Mizkif and Officer Spaceboy, they protected the island with their lives and kept it as safe as possible. After that, he decided to rest and retire. Searching for a different life after a harsh divorce from his wife Shelley Cornwood, he moved to Los Santos. As of March 3rd, 2021, Cletus Cornwood returned from retirement and joined the BCSO.
On April 17th, 2021, he was promoted to the rank of Captain alongside Randy Wrangler, with Kyle Pred being appointed as sheriff. On occasion he would be called back to RUST island to help the L8PD. Overtime, his long absence in Los Santos caused him to lose his job in the BCSO, long before the government collapsed.
Then on December 17th, 2023, he returned to the city of Los Santos after completing the 'burning crusade' and wrath of his former wife, Shelly Cornwood. Confused with all the changes to the city and the disappearance of his former colleagues such as Tony Andrews, Sam Baas, Lenny Hawk and Jack Ripley, Cornwood decided to return to policing under the newly defunded Police Department. 'Handsome' Cornwood managed to break himself into the Police Department, impressing Captain Slacks into rehiring him. Cornwood then negotiated to wear his old BSCO uniform due to the LSPD uniforms available at the time did not fit him.
Later that month, he announced his candidacy for Mayor of Los Santos, running against Stelio Lambros, Debra Downer, Maximilian Thoroughbred, Vivek Ramasquamy, Pilbis Toretti, Donnie McMuffin, Party Hardy, Bobby Charles, Michael Simone, Jebediah "Beef" von Wunder, Ronald Rump, Max Dumont, Doug Loftis, and Eugene Zuckerberg. He appeared to fall behind in the race, pulling low numbers in the exit polls, and officially dropped out by January, 16th. During his campaigning, he received Disciplinary Action Points for using his cuffs off-duty and during a debate with other Mayoral candidates.
On April 20th, Cornwood was elected as the law enforcement liaison for the City Council, winning by 2 votes over Malcolm Nekoda, who had total of 17 votes. 
Cornwood dreams of one day forming his sheriff's office called the Little Alamo's Sheriff's Office (LASO) to further develop better law enforcement and presence throughout Los Santos and beyond. However, due to the current state of LSPD, he is more beleaguered by so many other issues that LASO would have to wait. 
==Notable events==
Suspended from LSPD
On February 22nd, 2024, Cornwood was indefinitely suspended from LSPD after getting 10 Disciplinary Action Points. Cornwood saw this as an opportunity to learn more about the city. Before the suspension, Lance Malton had given Cornwood a bar license, making him eligible to be a lawyer. Cornwood calls his lawyer experience during suspension eye opening and made him see why the public opinion of the LSPD is so low. Cornwood also was Mayor Max Thoroughbred's note taker during one of the Council Meetings.
During Cornwood's suspension, he met another lawyer, Xavier Monroe. Cornwood having no place to stay at, Xavier offered Cornwood a place at his house and became good friends during the suspension.
During the suspension, Cornwood heard that the LSPD is trying to charge Cornwood with murder for shooting Donald Bush XXIII. This caused Cornwood to be outraged and had an argument with him and Captain Slacks in front of the Mission Row Police Department with public audience.
On February 27th 2024, Cornwood had his meeting with the LSPD regarding his suspension, with other officers being present as well as the Mayor. The outcome of the voting was 2 to 3, in favor of Cornwood being fired. Captain Slacks and Senior Officer Alice Watson voted in favor of keeping him, but demoting him to Probationary Officer while Captain Turner, Captain Ruth and Officer Aldo Jackson voting in favor of firing him. However, due to a suspenion of the former LSPD Captain, Brooke Ruth, the Mayor thought it was unfair for her to be able to vote. Due to a law being passed before, which gave the mayor oversight over the LSPD, Mayor chose to overrule Ruth's vote and voted in favor of keeping Cornwood, but demoting him to Probationary Officer. This made the vote 3 to 2 in favor of keeping Cornwood in the LSPD. He was then suspended for one more additional day and was able to continue being a police officer in the LSPD.
Cornwood kidnapped and put in ICU
Kidnapped
While Cornwood was performing a regular traffic stop on Route 68 on March 14th 2024, two unknown individuals came up to him and forced him to put his gun and radio down and get into to their vehicle. Two individuals then drove him to the Sheriff's office in Sandy Shores to sign him off duty to prevent him from being tracked. Afterwards, they drove to Grapeseed where two individuals started providing Cornwood a "therapy" session, which he seemed to enjoy. Shortly after, Cornwood and two individuals jumped back into the vehicle and started driving towards north and eventually they ended up at the beach behind the resorts on Great Ocean Highway. At the resort, Tessa Lamb, a former ranger, was waiting for him. She had organized the kidnapping because during Mayor Max Thoroughbred's and Siobhan Thoroughbred's wedding, Cornwood took a dolphin from the ocean and gave it to them as a wedding gift.
Found by LSPD
Sometime during the kidnapping, a police CVPI was reported abandoned on Route 68. The LSPD Dispatch noticed CVPI missing in their garage and Cornwood was last heard on being a traffic stop and hadn't cleared it afterwards. Senior Officer Aziz Sultan was first one notified by this and started calling Cornwood, but he wasn't answering and started asking about Cornwood's status. The LSPD Captain, Leonardo Slacks, drove to the abandoned CVPI with Siobhan Thoroughbred to search around. At the scene, Siobhan Thoroughbred noticed Cornwood's gun and radio on the ground and Captain Slacks immediately notified all available units that Cornwood had been kidnapped and all available units started searching for him. Cornwood was eventually found by Officer Lenny Hawk and Probationary Officer Declan Crane. Due a communication error between Lenny and Declan, both started chasing the kidnappers who started running away, leaving Tessa Lamb and Cornwood alone. Tessa proceeded to stab Cornwood and got away, because of the earlier communication error. However, Tessa was later arrested by Officer Jeffrey Bones at her home, since Officer Lenny Hawk had identified her on the beach before.
After Tessa had gotten away, Officer Leon Cassidy and Officer Hailey Maxwell arrived to the scene of the stabbing to find Cornwood on the ground unresponsive with a faint pulse. Officers proceeded to call for EMS and EMS drove Cornwood to the hospital.
In The Hospital
In the hospital, Cornwood kept coming in and out of consciousness. His injuries were severe enough for him to require surgery. Officers of LSPD were outside of the surgery room waiting to see if Cornwood makes it. Once the surgery was done, Cornwood was put in ICU and officers of LSPD came to talk to him. Due to Cornwood being on medicine, he was mumbling a lot and wasn't able to speak properly. Eventually, Chief of Police Beric Johnson, talked to him and was able to piece together what happened. 
Next day
The next day Cornwood woke up in ICU. Officer Christopher Watt came to check up on him before meeting began where he noticed the Heart Rate monitor had flatlined and called doctors. Officer Watt informed rest of the LSPD that Cornwood was flatlining and everyone rushed to the hospital. However, one of the doctors noticed tangled cables on the Heart Rate monitor, which was the cause of Heart Rate monitor being flatlined. Cornwood had recovered enough to be able to get back on duty the same day and was also promoted to a full officer and appointed as the first Public Relations Officer of the LSPD.
Aftermath
On April 13th, 2024, Tessa was charged with Attempted murder of a government employee and Accesory to Kidnapping. She plead not guilty and was sentenced to 65 months in prison and fined $4000
==Outfits==
File:CornwoodBlackSuit.png|Black Suit
File:CornwoodLSPD.png|LSPD Outfit
File:CornwoodSheriff.png|Sheriff's outfit
File:CornwoodSwat.png|SWAT outfit
File:CornwoodDetective.png|Detective outfit
File:CornwoodEMS.png|EMS outfit
File:CornwoodGhillie.png|Ghillie Suit
File:CornwoodWhiteSuit.png|White Suit
File:CornwoodGreySuit.png|Grey Suit
File:CornwoodBeric.png|In Beric's clothes
File:CornwoodDefault.png|Default outfit
== Momentous Dates within the Government==
===Unified Police Department===
Rank 	Insignia	Note 	Note 	Date
Officer 	 	Hired to the LSPD; Badge #100 	Hired to the LSPD; Badge #100 	December 17th, 2023
Officer 	 	 	FTO Certified 	
Officer 	 	Suspended Pending Review 	Suspended Pending Review 	February 22nd, 2024
Probationary Officer	 	Demoted to Probationary Officer 	Demoted to Probationary Officer 	February 27th, 2024
Probationary Officer	 	 	FTO Decertified 	February 27th, 2024
Officer 	 	Promoted to Officer 	Promoted to Officer 	March 15th, 2024
Officer 	 	Appointed as Public Relations Officer 	Appointed as Public Relations Officer 	March 15th, 2024
Officer 	 	 	FTO Certified 	March 30th, 2024
Officer 	 	Elected as the Law Enforcement Liaison to the City Council	Elected as the Law Enforcement Liaison to the City Council	April 20th, 2024
Senior Officer 	 	Promoted to Senior Officer 	Promoted to Senior Officer 	April 24th, 2024
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==Relationships==
 
:See Cletus Cornwood/Relationships
== Trivia and Quotes==
==Gallery==
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