GTA 6 Police: Every Police Car and Agency Seen So Far

GTA 6 Police Cars List

Search for a vehicle or choose an agency. A vehicle with two documented liveries appears under either department.

16 vehicles

Vehicle	Type	Agency	Seen in
Buffalo STX Pursuit	Patrol and pursuit cars	Vice Beach Police Department, Vice-Dale Police Department	Vice City screenshot 06 and Jason and Lucia screenshot 09
Gauntlet Interceptor	Patrol and pursuit cars	Highway patrol livery	Trailer 1, 1:04
Police Lowline	Patrol and pursuit cars	Not identified	Launch Trailer, 0:48
Vapid ghost-livery patrol car	Patrol and pursuit cars	Vice City Police Department	Trailer 2, 0:47
Buzzard (police)	Police aircraft	Not identified	Squalo screenshot 04
Airboat 09 (police)	Police and coast guard boats	Not identified	Rockstar screenshot: Jason and Lucia 13
Contender 39ST-inspired police boat	Police and coast guard boats	Not identified	Rockstar screenshot: Jason Duval 08
Defender class-inspired boat	Police and coast guard boats	Not identified	Rockstar screenshot: Leonida Keys 01
L35P (police)	Police and coast guard boats	Vice City Police Department	Squalo screenshot 04, Vice City Police boat on the left
RB-S II-inspired coast guard boat	Police and coast guard boats	Coast Guard	Trailer 1, 0:36
Bison 1800 (police)	Police SUVs and trucks	Not identified	Launch Trailer, 1:01
Montagne (police)	Police SUVs and trucks	Not identified	Trailer 2, 1:58
Police Granger	Police SUVs and trucks	Not identified	Launch Trailer, 1:11
Police Riot	Police SUVs and trucks	Not identified	Trailer 2, 1:58
Vapid lifeguard truck	Rescue and medical	Lifeguards	Trailer 1, 0:14
Verus (lifeguard)	Rescue and medical	Lifeguards	Vice City screenshot 05, red lifeguard quad at the tower

Police Agencies in GTA 6

At least four distinct policing bodies are identifiable in the pre-release material: three named city or county departments and a state highway patrol whose official in-game name has not been revealed. Correctional officers, the Coast Guard and lifeguards are part of the wider emergency services rather than city police departments.

Every Police Vehicle Seen in GTA 6

Watch the liveries as well as the vehicles. The same Buffalo STX Pursuit turns up in Vice Beach and Vice-Dale colours.

Patrol and pursuit cars

The Gauntlet Interceptors close in on an overturned vehicle at 1:04 in Trailer 1. The Buffalo STX Pursuit is the four-door sedan, and its Vice Beach and Vice-Dale markings are particularly clear in Rockstar’s galleries.

Police SUVs, trucks and armoured vehicles

The Bison 1800 police pickup is parked by an arrest in Vice City screenshot 03. The much taller vehicle in the Trailer 2 convoy at 1:58 is the Police Riot. The Montagne is another SUV in the fleet.

Police aircraft

The marked Buzzard places police air support above Leonida.

Police and coast guard boats

The Airboat 09 can work the shallow inland waterways, while the coast guard response boat has an enclosed cabin and a hull built for open water. The police L35P is a third boat with its own Vice City Police markings.

Rescue and medical vehicles

The Vapid lifeguard truck and the lifeguard Verus quad are emergency vehicles, but they are not armed police patrols. Search for lifeguards to see the two together.

How Police Work in GTA 6

GTA 6 is not simply adding one more wanted star. The major change is that police responses have memory and an evolving description of the people they are looking for.

Shown in An Extended Look: the wanted display reaches six stars, compared with five in GTA 5. Its solid, flashing and hollow states communicate whether police have visual contact and whether they know who the suspect is.

Shown in the presentation: a heat display sits alongside the wanted stars. It represents a continuing search rather than a clean slate the instant a patrol car disappears behind a corner.

Rockstar North co-head Rob Nelson describes Heat through which police retain a suspect’s appearance, clothing and vehicle. He calls a separate, longer-term reputation system the Criminal Profile. Changing a car or clothes can therefore change what police know during an active search.

According to Nelson, police reporting is tied to witnesses or alarms, and officers are not simply tracked as permanent dots on the minimap. This makes what police know different from where they last saw you.

Rockstar’s demonstrated pursuits include cars taking damage and helicopters coming under fire. The new search and reporting rules may make escape more tactical.

The crucial difference for drivers is persistence. Leaving a crime scene in the very car the police remember may carry the pursuit with you, even after the first wave loses sight of it.

Can You Steal a Police Car in GTA 6?

A preview participant reports that police cars carry tracking devices, which could make a stolen cruiser a poor getaway vehicle. Rockstar North’s Rob Nelson has separately demonstrated trackers on some stolen civilian cars. Rockstar has not confirmed that every police car has one, and the detailed theft rules are still unclear.

The distinction makes the new fleet more interesting than a collection of police-themed paint jobs. A fast Interceptor could help you break contact, but the tracker reportedly turns that advantage into a liability once the search continues.

GTA 6 Police in Real Life

Rockstar’s Leonida police designs have also crossed into real-world promotion.

In October 2026, a convoy of real cars wearing Leonida-themed plates travelled through Miami. A police-liveried Lamborghini Huracán led cars styled after GTA sports and classic vehicles. It was a promotional display, and Rockstar has not shown a police Tempesta in the game. Reports differ on which fictional department name was written on the Lamborghini.

A separate 2013 Chevrolet Caprice PPV, decorated in Vice City Police colours, was sold at auction in 2025. The seller described it as a vehicle Rockstar had 3D-scanned for GTA 6. Rockstar has not confirmed that account.

GTA 6 vs GTA 5 Police

The useful comparison is not a fictional horsepower figure. It is the information police can act on after they lose sight of a suspect.

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