Jacqueline Jones

Overview
Lieutenant Jacqueline Jones is a young African-American woman from Old Los Angeles, and a police officer part of the New Los Angeles Metropolitan Police Department. She recently volunteered to be part of the NLAPD Special Response Unit 'Bloodhounds'.

History
Jacqueline was born on September 12th, 2225 to a poor family in Compton, where Jacqueline was exposed first-hand the rough nature of the streets. Before the war, Compton was already in poor state due to governmental incompetence and general lack of interest from city and state officials to help the impoverished town, but after the war however, the place was considered to be among the most unsafe regions of Los Angeles, with constant gang violence, drug and black market cybernetic implant trafficking, and mutant attacks from the old ruins of nearby Old Los Angeles. The government had completely forgotten them, and rarely the NLAPD would send officers down to the neighborhood.

Her father died when she was ten years old, killed during a gang war. Her mother, traumatized and burdened over her husbands death, committed suicide two years later. This left a young Jacqueline with her Grandmother, Davea Jones, who raised her granddaughter the best she could. When she finished high school, she wanted to join the police force, surprising everyone she was friends with and disappointing most of them. The truth is that she never really thought ill of the police who many viewed as incopetent, and in the case of older generations, a grim reminder of the tumultuous 20's and 30's. But being a young, naïve, and an optimistic person, she had always romanticized the police force as the stalwart protectors of the innocent that sometimes had their hands tied by corporations and the government. She wanted to change things in the police force for good, and help the people of Compton best she could.

But once she experienced the life of a police officer in one of the most dangerous cities of the UNNA, she realized that the change she wanted was impossible. The police had their hands tied in many occasions, sometimes because of other law enforcement agencies. She had to deal with discrimination and sexism from some of her own colleagues and had to fight for her life in many occasions when dealing with some of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the UNNA. This made her depressed over the years she's served in the force, but thankfully, she wasn't alone, she became an admirer of Chief Richard Powell, a genuinely dedicated police officer who believed what he preached and later became close friends with her partner, officer Sam Hanson, a quiet but honest and hard working officer. The three of them want the LAPD to change, even if most consider it impossible. One day, when Powell asked for volunteers to help in a new attempt to revive the 'Bloodhounds', she and Hanson were the only officers that volunteered willingly, seeing this as a chance to revitalize the police.​

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Personality
Despite her depression, Jackie is described by some members of the NLAPD as an extravagant character. She often calls herself one of the best police officers of the NLAPD, and seemingly takes everything as a joke. Even in the shootout with a gang cell that costed her arm and both her legs, she continued to crack jokes as Hanson dragged her out of the shootout. Very few times she can be seen acting seriously. But when she does act serious, her partner Hanson can only describe her as 'scary'. While she might be irritating to some, she's always quick to make friends and is always trying to help those she likes. She likes to invite friends to taverns and bars or to clubs during the weekends.

Sam Hanson
Sam and Jackie have been partners for the past 6 years. Hanson had similar liberal ideas when he joined the police force. That came crashing down after almost twenty years of being a police officer, and thus he shares the same cynical views of Jackie. Despite the age and rank difference between the two, she's come to respect Hanson not only as a police officer but as a friend. The two are considered inseparable by other members of the police force, and Hanson's daughters have come to call Jackie 'Auntie'.

Latifah Jones
Jackie loves her grandmother to bits, and considers her 'the strongest woman she's ever met in her entire life'. She often visits her at her old house in Compton, and brings her money and gifts. She always tries to convince her to move with her in New Los Angeles, but Latifah refuses to move from her house much to Jackies stress.

Richard Powell
Jackie has a lot of respect for the chief. She considers him a good man and a father figure for most rookies in the force. She often calls him 'the most stressed man in all of the New Los Angeles', and jokes with him but tries remain respectful at all times.

Jack M. Hayes
Jackie barely knows about the old Bloodhounds, but she knows the legend around Jack Hayes and has come to respect the name. Now with the resurrection of the Bloodhounds, she's more than happy to work with him.

Equipment
As a police officer, Jackie is equipped with the typical equipment of a police officer. Cuffs, radio, taser, metal extendable baton, pistol, etc.

Her standard issue pistol is the Armatech P915. It uses typical 9mm ammunition, and the magazines carry up to 15 rounds.

During a gang shootout, Jackie lost both her legs and her left arm. She had originally bought two mechanical legs from Dawson & Bucannon Industrial, but has then switched to synthetic body parts made by Lazarus Medical Technologies, almost unnoticeable by normal people. These limbs do grant her the benefit of running for longer periods of time and her left arm is definitely stronger than her right one.

Trivia

 * Many men in the police force consider her a rap and hip-hop hipster, and is constantly listening or quoting old rap songs from previous centuries.


 * Her favorite food is pepperoni pizza, and is often spending her free time eating in pizza places.


 * Despite her flirting and lascivious comments, she has barely dated any people and insists that she does not have the time nor patience for love.