A-M. COMBAT ZONE WALL GATEWAYS

While there is no police presence inside the Zone, the entrance gates are manned by officers at all times in department issue Metal Gear. The number of officers manning each gate is 2-4, depending on the assessed threat level of each section, and many gates have a backup officer piloting an ACPA. The gates can be reinforced with extra police in very short order in the event of major activity or to stop a fleeing suspect from entering the Zone. The wall is 20 feet tall, with concrete reinforced steel plates on each side and topped with surveillance cameras in armored housings and razor wire. They have an SP rating of 250 with a structural damage capacity rated at 300. Steel tracks still lie along the wall, testament to the deception during the walls creation that it would be a new elevated train line.

Access into the Zone is virtually unimpeded, and police will only stop vehicles or pedestrians from entering if they are extremely suspicious or if they match an active BOLO (Be On Look Out) order. Police will however caution women and young people, particularly if they don’t look like they belong here, against going in. People leaving the Zone are scrutinized much closer, cars are searched randomly, and suspicious vehicles or pedestrians are always stopped, searched, and checked against active warrants.

It’s a sad fact that many of the officers at the gates can be bribed. In effort to minimize this, officers are randomly selected from different precincts to supplement the officers regularly assigned to Gate duty. After Carnival, the doors to each gate were removed, and by law they cannot be replaced.

Currently, entrances B, C, E, F, G, J, K, and L have the highest security rating due to violent gang activity. The entrances have at least 4 Cops on duty at all times, with B, C, E, F, G, and L, also having a police ACPA unit stationed there, usually a Militech Policenaught, though Constables and Bladerunners have also been assigned.

Written By Deric Bernier, images by Deric Bernier, Hellhounds, AD Police, Vamore, and unknown cosplayer.

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