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Emergency vehicles in Grand Theft Auto VI cover police cruisers, sheriff patrol cars, armored tactical trucks, and the supporting fleet used by law enforcement across Leonida. The released trailers give an unusually detailed look at police vehicles thanks to trailer analysts identifying multiple livery styles and agencies, including the Vice City Police Department, the Leonard County Sheriff's Office, the Port Gellhorn Police Department, and the Leonida Highway Patrol.

Overview

The Grand Theft Auto series has used emergency vehicles as both NPC-driven traffic and playable vehicles since its earliest entries. In GTA VI, emergency vehicles appear to expand beyond the single Los Santos Police Department of GTA V into a much richer multi-agency layer. Fans tracking the trailers identified nine distinct law enforcement organizations, each with its own jurisdiction and likely its own fleet livery.

The main cruiser models shown are built on the series' long-standing Vapid (Ford analog) and Bravado (Dodge analog) brands, while the armored tactical vehicle is a Brute (utility brand) product. As with every other class, Rockstar has not yet published a full emergency-vehicle roster, so this article focuses on units specifically identified in Trailer 1, Trailer 2, or official screenshots.

Confirmed Models

Vapid Police Cruiser (Interceptor)

The Vapid Police Cruiser Interceptor is the most commonly confirmed patrol car. Its design is based on a real-life Ford Taurus. Trailer 1 showed it operating under the Vapid Police Interceptor name during the Dirt Bike Dirt Bags chase at 1:07, while Trailer 2 showed the same chassis wearing VCPD badges and "Port Gellhorn" lettering on the side. The cruiser appears to be the workhorse unit for multiple city-level agencies, consistent with how American police departments share the Taurus platform in real life.

Vapid Stanier-Style Cruiser

A second Vapid cruiser style was spotted in Trailer 2, built around a Crown Victoria silhouette. The Crown Vic is the older-generation American police sedan, and its presence alongside the modern Interceptor suggests that smaller or older agencies still run legacy units. This mirrors real-world Florida fleets where county and city departments continue to operate Crown Victorias well past their retirement from production.

Leonard County Sheriff Cruiser

At about 2:28 in Trailer 2, a police car with a green and white Leonard County Sheriff livery is seen briefly on a road before being rammed by an Astron SUV pursuing Jason and Lucia. The vehicle is equipped with flashing headlights, a pushbar, and a blue and red LED lightbar. Its short screen time makes full identification difficult, but it's clearly a distinct sheriff unit rather than just a city-department cruiser.

Brute Police Riot

The Brute Police Riot is a confirmed emergency vehicle that appears in Trailer 2. It is an armored tactical truck inspired by the Lenco BEAR, built for riot control and tactical police operations. Its role in-game is likely to mirror earlier entries: it arrives at high wanted levels or during scripted SWAT-style responses and is very difficult to stop with small-arms fire.

Police Helicopter

The police helicopter that hovers over Jason and Lucia's window escape in Trailer 2 is the aerial component of the emergency vehicle roster. It is covered in more detail on the aircraft page, but fits squarely into law enforcement's wanted-level escalation pattern.

Law Enforcement Agencies

One of the most notable reveals from trailer analysis was the sheer number of separate police and law enforcement agencies operating in Leonida. Nine distinct agencies have been identified so far, spread across the state's counties and cities:

• Vice City Police Department (VCPD)

• Vice-Dale Police Department

• Port Gellhorn Police Department (PGPD)

• Kelly County

• Ocean Beach

• Leonard County Sheriff's Office

• Leonida Department of Corrections

• Leonida Highway Patrol

• United States Coast Guard

Each agency likely has its own livery, jurisdiction, and potentially its own vehicle fleet. Trailer 2 already shows at least three distinct color schemes (VCPD, Port Gellhorn, and Leonard County), which suggests the emergency vehicle class will be visually richer in GTA VI than in any prior Grand Theft Auto game.

Fire, Medical, and Other Emergency Services

Fire trucks and ambulances are standard Grand Theft Auto emergency vehicles and have appeared in every HD Universe title, but they have not been specifically confirmed by name in either GTA VI trailer or the associated Newswire posts. They are expected to return at launch based on series precedent, but this article restricts the confirmed list to vehicles that Rockstar or multiple reputable outlets have directly identified.

The inclusion of the United States Coast Guard among the nine identified law enforcement agencies does suggest a marine emergency vehicle layer, probably tied to the boats and watercraft class and the Leonida Keys setting. Specific Coast Guard vessels have not been named by Rockstar yet.

Gameplay Role

Emergency vehicles in GTA games serve a specific set of functions that GTA VI is likely to continue:

• Wanted-level escalation: cruisers arrive at low wanted stars, tactical units at higher stars, and helicopters for aerial support. Trailer 2's window-escape scene stages exactly this escalation.

• Jurisdictional distinctions: city-level cruisers patrol Vice City streets, sheriff units cover rural Leonard County, and highway patrol handles the interstates. The vehicles should behave differently based on where a chase crosses into.

• Ramming targets and stealable vehicles: emergency vehicles have always been steal-able in GTA, and will continue to let players commandeer patrol cars for disguise or firepower.

• Mission enforcement: scripted heist responses often use specific police units. The Brute Police Riot in particular tends to show up in higher-tier mission responses.

Setting and Usage Notes

Trailer 2 showed cruisers participating in chases in urban Vice City, along Interstate 97, on rural roads near Leonard County, and through Port Gellhorn. The geography of Leonida implies that Coast Guard vessels will also be part of the emergency footprint wherever the Leonida Keys or coastal Vice City are in play.

Protagonists Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos are shown as targets of police action in Trailer 2 rather than as occupants of emergency vehicles. Some outlets have theorized based on dialogue cues that Jason may have a previous law-enforcement background, but this has not been confirmed by Rockstar and should not be treated as established canon.

Tips and Notes

• Confirmed emergency units by name or clear livery: Vapid Interceptor (VCPD, PGPD), Vapid Stanier-style cruiser, Leonard County Sheriff cruiser, Brute Police Riot, and a Police Maverick-style helicopter.

• Fire trucks and ambulances are expected but have not been specifically confirmed in the trailers. Treat them as likely returns rather than canonical confirmations.

• Nine law-enforcement agencies identified across the trailers means the emergency vehicle roster is likely one of the most diverse in the series.

• Additional emergency vehicles, specific unit names, and law enforcement AI behaviors will be confirmed closer to the November 19, 2026 launch.

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