Paleto Bay Sheriff's Office/Pre-CPD

The Paleto Bay Sheriff's Office is the predecessor of the Cerberus Police Department. The PBSO gained a sponsorship from Cerberus along with a major rebranding which was announced on October 24th, 2022. The Cerberus Police Department was formed from extensive talk though out 2022 with Cerberus and members of The Paleto Bay Sheriff's Office headed by Sheriff Kyle Pred and his High Command.

The department was formed during the dissolution of the BCSO in the aftermath of the second Sheriff election of 2021, during which Sheriff Kyle Pred was assigned to the new department with his previous rank, while then Assistant Chief of Police Domenic Toretti was assigned as Sheriff of the newly formed Senora Desert Sheriff's Office.

Chain of Command
The Sheriff, Undersheriff, Senior Captains and the Captains are all High Command.

From there, the rankings are divided by Bureaus:

Support Operations

 * Personnel and Training Division. Ranking of recruiters varies, beginning as low as Sergeant (Command).
 * Street Crimes Unit. Ranking of detectives varies, beginning as low as Deputy.

Patrol Operations
This Bureau includes Command rankings of Lieutenant (Commanding Officer) and Sergeant (Shift Supervisor), and then from there are Corporal, Senior Deputy, Deputy, Solo Cadet, and Cadet.

Deputy call-signs begin with 3 (as in, 3xx). Cadet call-signs begin with 5 (as in, 5xx), while Cadets who have been cleared for solo patrol have call-signs that begin with 6 (as in, 6xx).

Los Santos Police Dispatch

 * The Los Santos Police Dispatch works with all the executive branches including the Emergency Medical Services in the area of communications.