Police Riot

The Police Riot is visible in Grand Theft Auto VI’s second trailer during a pursuit involving Jason and Lucia. It follows them with two VDPD cars shortly before Lucia fires a grenade launcher at the pursuing vehicles.

The trailer shows a revised version rather than an entirely new design. Its front and rear wheel arches are much broader, its mirrors differ from the GTA V truck, and its cabin roof begins sloping forward from the cab instead of dropping behind it. A handled roof hatch is visible, while a smaller emergency lightbar, steel wheels, metallic-black finish, and extra rivets around the front bodywork are also shown.

The rear compartment no longer appears separated from the cab when viewed through the windscreen. No GTA VI gameplay role, price, spawn location, or mission use is established by the footage described.

The vehicle begins with the Brute Stockade’s rear armored body, making it closely related in shape to that security truck. Its underlying truck inspiration is the 1989–2001 International 4700 Series.

Its altered front section draws heavily from the Lenco BearCat G3, especially examples produced around 2010 to 2013. The resemblance extends to the grille profile, hood, fender vents, protected headlights, long running boards, wheel arches, and part of the functional-looking front bumper. The grille and lamps also have possible fourth-generation Chevrolet C/K influence.

On the GTA V model, the Stockade-derived rear body lost its side door and instead used three small windows per side. The revised GTA VI truck retains the broad armored-truck concept while changing the cab-to-rear-body arrangement and adding more visible fasteners.

In GTA V and GTA Online, the Police Riot carried National Office of Security Enforcement markings and seals, with LSPD lettering at the front and on the doors. It was used by the LSPD at high-wanted-level roadblocks and by NOOSE TRU in selected missions, rather than routinely joining ordinary police chases.

Despite its name, the truck generally did not deploy a rear squad. Normally it held only a NOOSE driver and passenger; NOOSE personnel more often used the FIB Granger. The Paleto Score and the Pacific Standard Job, when civilians were killed during the siege, were exceptions. Dialogue in The Paleto Score identifies the responding teams as the Bomb Squad.

It succeeded the Enforcer from GTA IV. GTA V’s original PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 release gave it paired rear wheels on each side, whereas enhanced editions changed these to single rear wheels.

The GTA V-era truck had bullet-resistant armor and protective window netting. Its side glass resisted shattering but was not wholly bulletproof, while most windows gave substantial outside protection to occupants. Fire from Molotovs or gasoline did not damage it effectively; several grenades could damage it, whereas an RPG hit or tank shell could destroy it immediately.

Its front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and much of its driving behavior were shared with the Stockade. Top speed was about 105 mph, but acceleration could require up to ten seconds to reach an ordinary speed. Braking was serviceable and its wide stance provided lateral stability, although its size limited cornering pace.

Rather than a conventional police siren horn, it used a truck horn. Enhanced versions assigned one of several horns at random. Small openings under the rear doors resemble ports for riot-control equipment such as tear gas, but they have no usable function, and the updated hood cannot be opened or detached.

In GTA Online, entering one at Vespucci Police Station, Davis Sheriff’s Station, Sandy Shores Sheriff’s Station, or the Paleto Bay Sheriff’s Office granted full Body Armor after patch 1.17. It could also form a roadblock at four or five wanted stars. In GTA V, roadblock appearances at those levels became more common when explosives were used in a chase or when the player was flying an aircraft.

Enhanced-edition players could buy it from Warstock Cache & Carry for $4,800,000 after naturally losing a four- or five-star wanted level. Completing the Gangbanger Robbery’s Tactical Gear preparation reduced that price to $3,600,000. Warstock’s initial description incorrectly said it could be modified at a purchasable property; this was later corrected. Its Social Club listing also omitted Warstock as dealer despite the vehicle arriving for sale with The Chop Shop update.

It appeared in roadblocks or enemy transport roles across Asset Seizure, Dispatch I, Dispatch VI, the Casino Heist, several Project 4808 survivals, The Union Depository Contract, and the Doomsday Heist’s Keycards preparation. During the Pacific Standard Job, the roadblock truck was replaced by a Police Cruiser if civilians had not been killed during the siege.