Crocodile Steve/3.0

Crocodile Steve is a character role-played by Whippy.
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==General Description==
Crocodile Steve was an Officer for the Unified Police Department/3.0, Badge #U-166.
==Personality==
Self-described as the most petty cop in the LSPD, Croc adopts a tough, hard-ass attitude towards criminals, regularly taunting and mocking them, often with his megaphone. He particularly enjoys taunting the Bondi Boys MC. This attitude has earned him a particular hatred by many of the city's gangs, some of whom hunt him specifically. 
Croc is generally agreed within the Unified Police Department as one of the best pursuit drivers in the force, however this has often been overshadowed by his cockiness, abrasive attitude and his stubbornness. He excelled at Trooper Kael Soze's Interceptor Timed Trials, ranking among the top 5 within the entire police department. His fellow officers will often rip him for his driving as a bit of banter, but they, as well as criminals, are well-aware of how dangerous and capable he is as a pursuer.
==Background Information==
Croc is generally recognized as one of the best pursuit drivers in the police force and single-handedly ensured the success of high speed pursuits on several occasions. However his abrasive personality, stubborn nature and somewhat egotistical attitude when it comes to his perception of his skills has led to him becoming a controversial figure within the police department. It has often held him back from receiving promotions and other formal recognition's of his skills.
==Notable Events==
Time in LSPD
As a cadet, Croc had a particular fondness of his former "666" badge number and tried do almost anything to keep it. He went so far as to bribe Troopers Kael Soze and Tony Andrews before his Final Evaluation to ensure he retained it after promotion (which they graciously accepted). However upon being promoted from a cadet to an officer, he was made to change his badge number by Trooper Jack Ripley. He switched to "480", that way when he's in pursuit he could say on "480 active 80."
While an officer within the LSPD, Croc initially sought out to join special departments within the organisation, most notably Internal Affairs and the Street Racing Unit in order to be given the tools and roles where he felt he could be of most value to the police department. Croc was ultimately successful in joining SRU and quickly became known as one of the most capable pursuit drivers of the force.
Croc returned to active duty in the LSPD on October 28th, 2022, with the new callsign "478," but not before getting suspended for unlawfully entering a private property without a search warrant.
Rivalry with the Bondi Boys MC
Of all the gangs in Los Santos that Croc contends with, none give him more joy in messing with than the Bondi Boys MC. He's dedicated significant time trying to take down BBMC leader Irwin Dundee, but has never gone toe-to-toe with the notorious Australian criminal personally. 
When Dundee went missing after being ocean-dumped by Sam Baas, members of the club who hadn't yet met Croc tried to solicit his help in investigating their Prime Minister's disappearance, but after realizing what a hard-ass and petty cop he could be, the two sides quickly came to blows.
Croc frequently taunts the club by going down to their Vespucci Beach territory and taking selfies at the Billabong or by calling them "the Bondage Boys" to their faces. This has gotten him shot by just about every member of the club at least once. 
Being as petty as he is, Croc has tried on numerous occasions to impound their vehicles or arrest members with active warrants while in their territory. This has also gotten him shot on multiple occasions. 
Upon getting Interceptor certification, Croc began taking lead on bank robberies where members of the club had suspected involvement. This too, has gotten him either shot or ejected from his car in crashes on multiple occasions.
As for the BBMC, they consider Croc a top enemy of the club due to his behavior. Even the lowest-level members will shoot him on sight if close to their territory.
Internal Affairs
Croc also worked extensively with Richard Dark to assist in the restructure and rebuilding of the Internal Affairs department and was lined up to become a member of IA. However despite being invited by Richard Dark to join, Croc was removed from IA days later before he was even able to begin his work with IA by PD High Command due to "not being a good fit" for the role despite the objections of Richard Dark.
Croc became disillusioned with IA as a result of this and questioned if IA would ever be capable of holding bad cops accountable if they were still ultimately subject to the whims of High Command, who Croc viewed as among the most susceptible to becoming corrupt. This resulted in Croc losing interest in IA completely and deciding to not re-join even if he was given an opportunity to later down the line.
Croc's World
With Croc's IA goals now permanently shelved, Croc would look towards engaging in police work not often done by other officers as apart of his quest to earn recognition within the PD, with Croc choosing parking enforcement at Dean's World as one of his main activities. Dean's World parking enforcement became one of the most dangerous activities in Croc's entire career as a significant amount of people were more than willing to form violent mobs, riot and even gun down Croc over parking. Croc however would not be dissuaded by this and would declare "war" against Dean's World parking violators, often bringing multiple heavily armed officers down to Dean's World where he would impound any cars on the boardwalk. Croc would declare victory against Dean's World parking violations after the City added a proper parking garage to Dean's World which meant people were no longer using the boardwalk as parking.
Street Racing Unit
Croc would eventually butt heads with the leadership of the Street Racing unit over his alleged laziness when it came to repairing and refuelling interceptors after he was done with them. Eventually this lead to Croc receiving an email that he was temporarily suspended from the SRU pending a review without consultation as he had supposedly outright refused to repair one of the interceptors after being asked to do so by Skye Faye. Croc was furious at being suspended without him even being asked for his side of the story and pulled the leadership of SRU aside to make his case, claiming that he was never asked or told anything by Skye and planning to repair it but was unable to do so immediately due to an incident with "scuff", rendering one of the Interceptors he was meant to repair unrecoverable for that entire tsunami.
This explanation did not sway SRU leadership, with Matthew Espinoz countering Croc's claim that he was not told by claiming that it was his word against the other officers and he was going to believe that officer because she was "an upstanding officer" and indirectly implied that Croc was not one. Croc felt disrespected at this comment and was offended that his co-workers would not even attempt to get his side of the story in the first place and resigned from the SRU as he did not wish to be apart of a department whose members showed blatant disrespect to their co-workers. As a result Croc's Interceptor Certification and SRU membership was removed permanently. Croc would state that he would refuse to rejoin the SRU unless he received an apology and specifically invited back and wished them good luck after "losing one of the force's best drivers."
Time in SASP
Some months after this, Croc would become extremely disillusioned with the LSPD as a whole following another incident where his authorization to drive "Charger" patrol vehicles was revoked, again without his consultation or being given an opportunity to defend himself. He considered transferring out of the LSPD to avoid what he felt was an oppressive office politics environment where nobody has his back. Croc would get his chance to do so after a conversation between him and a member of high command, where him airing his grievances over the past few months was overheard by Trooper Soze. Soze offered Croc a chance to join the venerated San Andreas State Police, a department whose membership was highly coveted due to high esteem about its Troopers and that it was an invite only department. Croc accepted the offer on the spot and also recommended to Soze that Dwayne Carter and Aziz Sultan be offered a similar opportunity, which Soze accepted and invited them as well. Croc chose "222" as his new callsign, a throwback to his old "Triple 6" callsign. After several incidents in the SASP over a nearly two-month period, Croc was warned that he was making "too many mistakes." On Oct. 20, 2022, he was fired from the SASP after helping Gunner detcord a locked door on private property without a search warrant. That same day, as the final act by outgoing Chief of Police Sam Baas, Croc was rehired by the LSPD, albeit with a seven day suspension. During his week off, he became a legal aid and lost his first case in HOA Court against BBMC member TJ Walker, who sued him for the $60,000 he had loaned Croc a year before while he was still in the PD.
==Momentous Dates within the Government==
===Unified Police Department===
Rank 	Insignia	Note 	Note 	Date
Solo Cadet 	 	Government Restructure; Badge #666	Government Restructure; Badge #666 	February 5th, 2021
Officer 	 	Promoted to Officer; Badge #480 	Promoted to Officer; Badge #480 	July 22nd, 2021
Officer 	 	 	Interceptor Certified 	August 12th, 2021
Senior Officer	 	Promoted to Senior Officer 	Promoted to Senior Officer 	August 19th, 2021
Senior Officer	 	 	Motorcycle Certified 	August 2021
Senior Officer	 	 	Appointed as a Pursuit Driver in the SRU	October 15th, 2021
Senior Officer	 	 	Invited into IA 	December 7th, 2021
Senior Officer	 	 	Removed from IA by High Command 	December 12th, 2021
Senior Officer	 	 	Interceptor Decertified 	March 7th, 2022
Senior Officer	 	 	Removed from the SRU 	March 7th, 2022
State Officer 	 	Invited into the SASP; Badge #222 	Invited into the SASP; Badge #222 	September 5th, 2022
State Officer 	 	Fired from the SASP 	Fired from the SASP 	October 20th, 2022
Officer 	 	Hired to the LSPD; Badge #478 	Hired to the LSPD; Badge #478 	October 20th, 2022
Officer 	 	Suspended for 7 days 	Suspended for 7 days 	October 20th, 2022
Officer 	 	 	Interceptor Certified 	November 10th, 2022
Officer 	 	 	Appointed as a Pursuit Driver in the SRU	November 10th, 2022
Officer 	 	Transferred to the DPD 	Transferred to the DPD 	November 25th, 2022
Officer 	 	Fired due to Numerous Complaints 	Fired due to Numerous Complaints 	December 9th, 2022
Officer 	 	Re-Hired to the DPD; Badge #166 	Re-Hired to the DPD; Badge #166 	February 3rd, 2023
Officer 	 	2023 PD Restructure; Badge #U-166 	2023 PD Restructure; Badge #U-166 	March 6th, 2023
Officer 	 	Fired 	Fired 	March 6th, 2023
==Criminal Record==
*Contempt of Court x2
==Assets==
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Police Vehicle	License Plate	Value	Note
 	CROCBLOC 	$80K 	Bought by Croc after a personal loan.
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==Gallery==