Massive GTA Online Update Lets You Play As Cops
As Rockstar Games prepares for its next big update, GTA Online will finally let you play as cops in 2022 - well, sort of.
11th Jul 2022 10:37
Rockstar Games
Massive GTA Online Update Lets You Play As Cops
As Rockstar Games prepares for its next big update, GTA Online will finally let you play as cops in 2022 - well, sort of.
11th Jul 2022 10:37
Rockstar Games
The long arm of the law is stretching into Grand Theft Auto Online, as the online multiplayer gets a huge overhaul in 2022. Rockstar Games might've killed off Red Dead Online, but things are going a little better in Los Santos as GTA remains the developer's golden goose.
Like clockwork, GTA Online usually gets two major updates a year. While the game plodded along for the first few years, it was 2015's introduction of Heists that helped catapult GTA Online to where it is today We've heard a lot about this mythical expansion, with everything from GTA V's Michael De Santa to a huge GTA 4 crossover adding Liberty City. Now, we know what's on the way.
How Can You Play As A Cop In GTA Online?
A Rockstar blog post confirms the latest update is coming in a "few weeks" and gives us several new career options. Whether being a nightclub owner or biker, you can also go on the wrong side of the law as a gunrunner, or dress as the boys in blue to finally be a cop.
In the post, Rockstar explains you'll be able to take part in "a set of Contact Missions that presents the opportunity to be sworn in as a special IAA field operative to investigate a budding criminal conspiracy." For those who don't know, the IAA is the fictional International Affairs Agency. First appearing in GTA 4, the IAA returned in GTA V and is a major presence in Online.
There are likely to be some questions about where Michael is, especially because he's been heavily rumoured to be arriving in GTA Online. This update seems like the perfect chance to introduce him - especially given his ties to the IAA and Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB). The IAA featured as a huge presence in GTA V's bullet-riddled finale, so we're not sure why you'd go to the effort of reintroducing them but not Michael.
Can You Play As A Cop In GTA Online?
Over the years, Rockstar has never made it fully possible to play as cops in GTA Online. We guess it might be something to do with distancing the game from real-life law enforcement. You technically can become a cop in GTA Online, but it's a bit limited. Firstly, you have to steal a cop car and evade capture. Then, head to the Rockstar Editor and select Director Mode. Find the Actors option, select Emergency Services and then LSPD. You're technically a cop, but you can only assist police in their jobs.
Of course, modders have had a lot of fun with GTA Online. Although Rockstar frowns on modding, there are a tonne of mods out there that let you suit up and take to the streets as the LSPD. Rockstar has confirmed it's in the middle of developing GTA 6, but now that Red Dead Online is dead, the team should have a little more time to keep updating GTA Online. Here's hoping for a proper police academy someday.
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