Enzo Valentino/Career

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Overview**Career**Relationships
## **Law Enforcement**

### **Police Department**

At that time, Enzo was hired by the **Los Santos Sheriff's Department**. However, on May 8th, 1985, a significant change took place. **The Los Santos Sheriff's Department** underwent a transformation and became the Los Santos Police Department.

After realizing this was limiting his usefulness, he asked Captain Riggs to promote him to officer, as it didn't make sense for a cadet to teach others without having the ability to patrol independently. Captain Riggs promoted him to Officer on May 10th.

With his officer rank, Enzo gained access to department bikes and proposed to Harper the idea of testing them for potential use in a future motorcycle division, as well as getting the idea about what the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) should be. Harper approved his request.
Recognizing Enzo's hard work, Harper decided to promote him to the role of Senior Officer, although the promotion would not become official until May 20th.

Harper, recognizing Enzo's capabilities, made a promise to promote him to the position of Captain if she were elected as Chief of Police. Understanding the importance of preventing an unqualified candidate from assuming the role, Enzo and Joe came to a mutual agreement to run alongside Harper, with Harper agreeing. Their collective objective was to ensure that the position of Chief of Police was entrusted to the most suitable candidate.
Although Enzo's run for the position of Chief of Police ended in defeat, Harper demonstrated her confidence in his abilities by promptly promoting him to the rank of Captain on May 23rd, the same day she was elected Chief of Police.

First week of being a captain and not having Chief of Police present was rocky to say the least. Riggs appointed himself the assistant chief, got into a lawsuit. Joe and Riggs almost made Dan quit the PD. Enzo felt like he was the only responsible HC member on the roster at the time while Harper was on a preplanned vacation.
Enzo, Ace and Joe wanted to form a police union aimed at advocating for officers' rights and providing legal education and union representatives who would serve as a mediator in disagreements between the parties involved. Harper wanted paperwork for the proposal, but was generally against the idea saying, "should I just step down to Captain?". Union idea proposal had a positive response from a couple of officers, but ultimately it caused discord, leading Enzo to abandon the union idea to prevent further division within the department. From that day forward, Harper's trust in Enzo and her command wavered, as she expressed her lack of confidence by stating, "I don't trust my command."
Recognizing the staffing issues within the AU shift, with officers changing shifts without authorization from command, Enzo raised his concerns with Harper about keeping enforcing officers to stay in their respective shifts and hiring more people for that shift, but his concerns were met with empty promises of change.
Captain Joe sustained two gunshot wounds, leaving him in the ICU. Harper dedicated three days to staying by Joe's side, leaving Enzo alone with Chief of Police responsibilities. Enzo confronted Harper about her absence, sparking an argument between them.
After confronting Harper, she granted Enzo the power to make necessary changes to drive the department forward, which prompted him to organize hiring interviews with the assistance of Muffy. After reviewing 61 candidates, they successfully hired 15 new officers who will help strengthen the department.
Harper and Enzo engaged in a crucial conversation. Enzo felt Harper was overly critical, focusing only on the negatives and failing to acknowledge the good. To make matters worse, Harper referred to Muffy as "just a dispatcher", completely disregarding the significant contributions to the department she made. Also disregarding progress that Enzo made while shouldering the responsibilities of both captain and chief of police during Harper's absence. Harper unexpectedly encountered Enzo and Muffy running a red light, when both of them said they are thinking of leaving. Harper simply responded with an, "okay". Later, Harper called for an emergency meeting, in which she said that a captain and a dispatcher might be considering resignation, further adding to the conflict. Inevitably, Enzo and Muffy confronted Harper about this matter, and tensions escalated rapidly during the conversation, with Harper eventually declaring it over amidst the growing aggression. Enzo took a leave of absence after this dispute to avoid the tension.
In the midst of it, Enzo found himself dealing with Buddy Cobb, who overstepped his rank and jeopardized officer safety during a particular scene that was led by him. Buddy ignored Enzo as a Captain during the meeting. Additionally, Gio required a kidney transplant, and Harper selflessly donated a part of her kidney to help him, causing her to heavily rely on medication. Taking advantage of this situation, Buddy Cobb attempted to secure a job for his friend within the department. Enzo took decisive action and fired Buddy, only to have Harper reinstate him after he complained to her about Enzo. This led to Enzo's suspension, which undermined his position as Captain and allowed officers to disregard the chain of command. Enzo's suspension was pending a command review. He got demoted to Officer on June 21st.

### **Department of Justice**

* He was called as an expert witness for the William White-Jethro Gibbs case. Ace Ovspades who was White's lawyer failed to inform Enzo that he would be a witness. Enzo was present at the trial, got called as a witness, and got cross-examined at least half a dozen times.
* Enzo and Psymon found themselves in a difficult situation. They received a call about a person in distress, but Enzo was the only responder available. The injured person had been in a car accident, and there were no EMS around. Enzo had to transport the injured individual to PillBox. During the transport, a local driver abruptly switched lanes in front of Enzo, causing him to be thrown out through the windshield since he hadn't fastened his seatbelt. Now, both Enzo and the injured person were in need of medical assistance. Psymon didn't get any updates from Enzo for a while so he went to check out the area of the call, then found and rescued them both.
* The day after her election, Harper briefly returned to duty before taking a preplanned vacation, during which Enzo found himself tasked with representing Harper in a press conference. Tommy helped Enzo with public relations for the press conference.
* Enzo and Muffy faced obstruction charges due to inconsistencies in their statements about the Riggs case near Tequi-la-la, despite the fact that they had been under the influence of alcohol at the time and stated that they don't remember things clearly from that situation. Charges were dropped due to lack of evidence.