Vigilante
Law-enforcement side activity using police vehicles to stop crimes across classic and HD GTA titles.
Overview
Vigilante missions activate when players enter law-enforcement vehicles outside official police work. The player responds to in-progress crimes — robberies, assaults, and gang shootouts — and neutralizes suspects before they escape. San Andreas tracked Vigilante levels for completion; GTA V offers bounty-style variants without identical progression. Mission progress saves at most checkpoints in supported titles, and the pause-map legend continues to display active objectives while players manage wanted levels or switch protagonists when the strand allows.
Walkthrough
1. Jack or spawn a police vehicle. 2. Wait for Vigilante dispatch alerts on the radar. 3. Race to the crime scene and eliminate or arrest targets. 4. Return to patrol for the next alert. 5. Repeat until level requirements for that game are satisfied. 6. Review the mission summary on the results screen for payout totals, respect changes, or unlock notifications before returning to freeroam.
Fail Conditions
Suspects escaping the search radius fails the dispatch. Player death ends the vigilante session.
Trivia
Vigilante complements Police Scanner radio content and LSPD faction missions in GTA IV. Rockstar documents these beats in the retail mission text, phone scripts, and pause-menu checklist where applicable.