14: Robberies & Heists

14.01

Upon carrying out the heist or robbery of a specific location you are to refrain from carrying out any further robberies in that specific area. Furthermore, depending on which heist or robbery that has been carried out there may be a certain cooldown timer before any further robberies can be carried out in-general by anyone that is considered involved

Pacific Standard Bank : [5H]	Blaine County Depository : [4H]
Regular Banks : [3H]	Jewelry Store : [2H]
Bank Trucks : [2H]	Art Heist : [1H]
Houses : [NONE] -3 Houses per night	Stores : [45M]

14.02

When carrying out a heist on a location, there are limitations on the number of individuals that are allowed to participate depending on the size of the space, this does not include any form for getaway drivers, this should not be abused in any form or shape. the risk and difficulty of the heist, furthermore this is as following

Pacific Standard Bank : [8]	Blaine County Depository : [7]
Regular Banks : [6]	Jewelry Store : [4]
Bank Trucks : [4]	Art Heist : [3]
Stores : [2]	House Robbery : [2]

14.03

You are only permitted to rob a total of one location in regards to an organized heist per two hours, it is your responsibility to track the amount of time passing from the conclusion of the heist, to the conclusion of the timer that prevents you from robbing another bank or location. This does not apply to player related robberies, only organized heists as specified at the start.

14.04

Upon the conclusion of a server restart aka a tsunami, you are to wait a total of twenty minutes before initiating criminal activity, this is to provide a certain level of fairness to members of law enforcement agencies, as it may take some time to get back into the server after a restart due to queue timers and so forth. This includes but is not limited to the initiation of heists, but also generalized robberies and criminal activity towards other players.

14.05

Upon being downed in a heist, or the events following in a pursuit afterwards, you are not permitted to rejoin that specific scenario and interaction, same goes for members of law enforcement agencies, upon being downed to the point where treatment is required by the Emergency Medical Service, you are forbidden to rejoin that specific scenario, and what comes afterwards.

14.06

If you are to rob a specific location, against a player, or to carry out a heist within that specific location, it has to be done in a manner where it is considered appropriate, reasonable and realistic, it has to be executed in a manner where all parties involved may take part in the scenario and interaction, and upon the conclusion of a heist, you may not harm or kill the hostages or law enforcement officers unless a lack of cooperation has been shown from either party.

14.07

When carrying out criminal activity that involves hostages, there is a specific limit for the number of hostages that can be involved to ensure the scenario and interaction is reasonable, and fair for both parties involved, meaning both criminal and law enforcement, furthermore the limitations are as follows

Eight individuals : [6]	Six individuals : [5]	Four individuals : [4]
Three individuals : [3]	Two individuals : [2]	One individual : [1]

14.08

Any hostage-taking above the specified limits under 14.07 has to be approved by members of the staff team for specialized events or circumstances, anyone bypassing these limits will be dealt with accordingly upon the conclusion of the scenario, six is the utter max limit to make it fair for all the sides involved in the situation, anything above five will be considered excessive.

14.09

Refrain from using scuba-gear in bank robberies, specifically in a sense where you have it equipped inside the bank, it is unrealistic, as well as the fact that it provides protection to the individual that is not intended for the scuba-gear. Equip the gear upon exiting the vehicle, or within the vehicle rather than within the bank itself.