Kate Harris

Kate Harris is a character role-played by Swett.

General Description
Kate Harris is an Advanced-EMT for the Emergency Medical Services, call-sign Adam-45.

Katelyn Jackson Harris was born and raised in a small northern New England town. Her Senior year she was sat down and was asked if she really had any ideas of what she wanted to do with her life after school. Genuinely not knowing, she couldn't answer. She was suggested into the local EMT program. Willing to give it a full shot she took to the classes and found it very interesting. She quickly progressed in class and found herself near the top. However, she grew a reputation due to her more casual and lightheartedness in situations. She often found herself being reprimanded for "not taking it as serious as she should". Kate quickly found herself losing interest in the program, but pushed through and soon found herself on the local Volunteer EMS squad.

After a few years she decided the small town life wasn't exciting enough, and moved to Liberty City to further along her EMS career, and was hired at Westdyke Memorial Hospital. Despite a few complaints, she grew into one of the more liked EMT's due to her light-heartedness, and comedic attitude. She didn't judge people, when she's treating a patient she just sees a person, and does whatever she can to help treat that person, no matter what they have done. She was once overheard saying: "It doesn't matter what they have done, they don't deserve to bleed out and die on the streets." She worked for the department for a number of years bouncing between full-time and part time due to fluctuating budget cuts.

Kate decided to move to Los Santos when the department had to drastically scale down. Feeling lost, she dropped everything and made an impulse decision to move to Los Santos. After a few weeks of "floating around the city" she decided to hang around Pillbox and inquired about the EMS program. After months of off and on ride-alongs, she found herself in the Academy, and is now part of the Los Santos Emergency Medical Services.

She can often be seen wearing her signature Vietnam War era replica medic helmet. An item she holds close to her heart. She picked up the helmet on her very first day working for Westdyke, and has worn it on duty every shift she has worked.

Despite suffering from Anxiety, depression, Neurotic behavior, and ADHD. Kate is a genuinely happy person. She always tries to find the positive side in things, and will try to flip the mood around. She can be flustered very easily, and will often remove herself from situations to get her bearings back. She can be EXTREMELY hard headed at times. If she feels like something is right, she will hold on to it, sometimes pushing the boundaries. It's a character trait that has gotten her reprimanded before. Sometimes her patience can run thin. She doesn't like large crowds, and will often remove herself or move to the side of large groups. However if she is working he stays focused on the situation.

Born Keith, Kate came out as a transgender woman, on February 24th, 2022, with help from her very good friend, and mentor Bobbi Russel. After a deep heart to heart conversation, Bobbi encouraged her to be her true authentic self. Bobbi helped Kate by taking her shopping, and introducing her to various people around the city, including co-workers in EMS. Bobbi also bagged up and threw away all of Kates guy clothes, as well. It has been quite a shock to her friends and co-workers, as she kept this side of her hidden for years. She is happy to field any questions, and doesn't have any ill-will towards people who still call her Keith. She knows its a tough subject, but appreciates the support.

Kate started HRT on March 1st, 2022.

Departure from EMS
Kate resigned from EMS officially January 18th 2022. Citing burnout, and lack of faith in the future of the department. She started looking elsewhere for employment, and recently was hired as a parking attendant for MPRD, and hoped to one day join the ranks of PD. That dream sadly died, as she felt it wasn't in the best interest.

She recently took a back-packing trip across the United States.

Return to EMS
Kate returned to the EMS department February 21st 2022, with the rank of Paramedic.

Departure from EMS
Kate resigned from EMS officially July 17th 2022. Frustrated with changes and future of the department. She took on many hobbies, including a stint in the minor leagues, however the organization she went to wasn't in her best interest. She returned to Los Santos, and came back to the department with a giant piece of humble pie. She Chose callsign A-45 as 28 was taken. Citing similarities in Michael Jordan's brief baseball stint. Leaving what you're good at to try something new...and failing, only to come crawling back to what you know.