Guidelines

Welcome to GTAPoliceMods (GPM), a community for sharing Grand Theft Auto modifications, supporting developers, and connecting players.

These Community Guidelines apply to activity on the GPM website, official GPM Discord servers, and other services operated by GPM. They work alongside our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. By using GPM, you agree to follow the applicable rules.

Members are responsible for their own accounts, submissions, and interactions. The Community Team may remove content or take proportionate moderation action, including warnings, restrictions, suspensions, and bans, in accordance with the Terms of Use.

We may update these guidelines as the platform evolves. Published revisions appear in the Guideline Change Log; material changes to what is permitted will be announced before taking effect. Our goal is a respectful, safe, and constructive community for creators and players.

GPM generally moderates behavior that occurs on the services we operate. We do not enforce the rules of unrelated websites, Discord servers, or communities, and we do not normally intervene in private disputes between their members.

We may consider credible off-platform conduct when it creates a direct and significant safety risk to GPM members or operations. This may include targeted threats, doxxing, leaking of modifications, coordinated harassment, impersonation used to harm members, or attempts to evade a GPM moderation decision. Decisions will consider the evidence, connection to GPM, severity, and our ability to verify the report.

Private commercial disagreements or allegations that someone broke another community's rules are not, by themselves, grounds for action on GPM. Intellectual-property complaints involving content hosted here should use our copyright reporting process; urgent threats should also be reported to the appropriate authorities.

You must be at least 13 years old to hold a GPM account. At the time of writing this policy, accounts are created through Discord sign-in; one person may maintain one GPM account. Browsing public content does not require registration, but downloading, uploading, commenting, and other account actions do.

Keep your Discord account secure, enable two-factor authentication, add a recovery email, and do not share or transfer your account. You are responsible for activity performed through it. Do not impersonate another person or organization, provide deliberately false information during required verification, or create another account to bypass a restriction or ban.

If you believe your account has been compromised, contact support@gtapolicemods.com. Account restrictions and deletions are handled according to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Verification indicators and account badges identify specific statuses granted or confirmed by GPM; they are not a guarantee that a member, creator, or organization is trustworthy, endorsed, or free from moderation.

Members must provide truthful information when applying for an available verification program. Do not imitate verification marks, staff insignia, organizational affiliations, or special roles to mislead others. Badges are assigned according to the requirements of the relevant program and may be removed if those requirements are no longer met or if the account violates applicable rules.

Professional or service-status verification, when offered, follows the process disclosed for that badge. Do not send identity documents or other sensitive personal information to staff through unsolicited messages.

Certain accounts may display roles or distinctions such as Community Team, developer recognition, or other designated community statuses. Roles identify responsibilities or achievements within GPM; unless specifically stated, they do not imply endorsement of a user's projects, products, opinions, or external communities.

All members, including role holders, must follow the same Community Guidelines. Role holders may be subject to additional role-specific expectations. Do not misrepresent a voluntary role as employment, impersonate staff, or claim moderation authority you have not been given.

GPM may modify or revoke special status when eligibility ends, the role is discontinued, or relevant standards are violated. Official moderation decisions are made only by authorized staff through GPM's recognized systems.

GPM medals, badges, and reputation recognize participation and achievements in the community. They are cosmetic or recognition features and do not exempt a member from the Community Guidelines, guarantee staff endorsement, or provide ownership of a GPM service.

Members must earn or receive medals through the applicable published requirements. Do not falsify evidence, impersonate a qualified member, buy or sell recognition, or manipulate engagement to obtain an award. Medals may be corrected or revoked if awarded in error or obtained fraudulently.

Limited-time awards, including First on Scene, are issued under their published eligibility rules. Eligibility for one promotion does not imply eligibility for future awards. Transfer or gifting is not available unless a specific feature explicitly permits it.

Treat other members, developers, and staff with respect. Harassment, intimidation, credible threats, hateful conduct, sexual harassment, and targeted abuse are prohibited. This includes repeated unwanted contact, slurs directed at protected groups, coordinated attacks, and attempts to expose someone else's private information.

Disagreement, criticism of a mod, and good-faith debate are allowed. Address the content or behavior at issue rather than attacking the individual. A single severe incident may warrant action even without repeated behavior.

If you encounter harassment, preserve relevant evidence and use the report function instead of escalating the conflict. We review the context and seriousness of reports before taking action.

Posts, comments, mod descriptions, and uploads should contribute meaningfully to the community. Provide enough context for others to understand your question, feedback, or work. Repetitive posts, mass mentions, misleading titles, deliberate baiting, and promotional spam may be removed.

Constructive criticism and beginner questions are welcome. Content is not a violation merely because it is simple, unfinished, or created by someone learning to mod. However, knowingly unusable uploads, empty file listings, misleading screenshots, or repeated attempts to inflate engagement may be restricted. Staff have the final say on determining low-quality content.

Before posting, check for an appropriate category or existing discussion. Make edits or updates to an existing listing when that is more useful than creating repeated copies.

Treat private communications with the same respect as public discussions. Do not use GPM-related messaging or the official Discord server to harass, threaten, scam, solicit unwanted payments, or send repeated unsolicited promotions.

Respect others' privacy. Do not publish private conversations or personally identifying information to embarrass, intimidate, or target someone. Sharing relevant excerpts with GPM staff to report misconduct, or with authorities when appropriate, is permitted.

Discord direct messages and communications on third-party services are not operated by GPM. GPM will review reports involving them only when the conduct has a sufficiently direct connection to our community or creates a meaningful safety concern. We cannot guarantee access to messages exchanged elsewhere.

Member-generated content includes comments, descriptions, reviews, images, profiles, uploads, and posts on GPM-operated services. Content must follow these guidelines, respect others' rights, and be placed in relevant categories.

Do not post illegal content, explicit sexual material, hateful attacks, threats, personal information without authorization, scams, or instructions intended to harm other users. Do not manipulate votes, reactions, reviews, follows, or reputation through coercion or artificial activity.

Discussion of controversial or political subjects is not automatically prohibited, but it must remain relevant, civil, and consistent with the rest of these guidelines. GPM may remove content that is misleading, unsafe, or unrelated to the purpose of the service where it was posted.

Members may share relevant links to their mods, creator profiles, community pages, videos, and project documentation in spaces where promotion is appropriate. Links must be accurately described and lead to legitimate, safe destinations.

Do not post unsolicited advertisements, referral spam, affiliate schemes, fraudulent promotions, or repeated invitations in unrelated discussions or unsolicited private messages. Do not use GPM to market stolen assets or require payment to access a mod hosted on GPM.

Links to external communities do not mean GPM endorses those communities. Staff may remove promotions that are disruptive, deceptive, unsafe, or inconsistent with the purpose of the area where they appear. Commercial activity, if ever expressly offered through a GPM feature, remains subject to the free-mod requirements in the Terms of Use.

Upload only files you created or are authorized to distribute. You are responsible for every included asset, script, dependency, and component. Do not submit stolen, leaked, ripped, paid, or otherwise unauthorized assets; malware; deceptive installers; or files that behave in ways not disclosed on their page.

A submission must have an accurate title, the appropriate game/category, a useful description, supported versions or requirements where relevant, and representative preview images for visual mods. Credit collaborators and third-party assets clearly. Disclose important dependencies and installation steps.

The actual downloadable mod must be hosted through GPM's approved upload process; do not submit a placeholder whose sole purpose is to send members to an off-site download or payment gateway. File authors may specify additional usage terms on the mod page, but these cannot override GPM's free-download requirement or its Terms of Use.

GPM reviews uploads before publication and may reject, hide, or remove files that fail these requirements. Approval does not make GPM responsible for the uploaded content.

Respect the intellectual-property rights of creators, publishers, and other rights holders. You may publish a mod or asset only if you own the necessary rights or have permission to distribute it. Credit is important, but credit alone does not replace permission.

Do not upload stolen content, purchased or private assets released without authorization, leaked development files, or copies of another creator's mod without the required license. Do not remove authorship notices or misrepresent someone else's work as your own.

If you believe content on GPM infringes your rights, you may report the file under the appropriate "Reason" category. Alternatively, you may use the copyright notice and counter-notice process described in the Terms of Use. Ordinary disagreements over attribution can also be reported, but staff may require evidence of ownership or authorization. Under the Terms, an account with three upheld takedowns within a year may lose its uploads permanently.

GPM is an independent fan community and is not affiliated with Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive, or Cfx.re.

All mods hosted on GTAPoliceMods are free to download for members. Files are created by their authors, and downloading a mod does not transfer ownership or permission to redistribute it.

Unless the author specifies additional permissions on the file page, you may install and use the mod for your own gameplay but may not reupload, sell, or present it as your work. If applicable, respect the author's stated license where consistent with GPM policy and applicable law. Ask the author if permission is unclear.

Mods are used at your own risk. Back up relevant game/server files before installing anything. Do not use mods in online services where they are prohibited, or use them to unfairly interfere with other players. GPM's Terms of Use explain the limits of our file-review process.

Gallery posts, screenshots, videos, and other visual media must be relevant to Grand Theft Auto modding, gameplay, or community projects. Only share media you created or have permission to publish, and credit collaborators when appropriate.

Provide accurate captions and avoid repeated duplicate uploads designed to inflate engagement. Media must comply with the general content rules, including prohibitions on harassment, paid content advertising, explicit sexual material, scams, and privacy violations.

By sharing media on GPM, you retain your rights while granting the limited hosting and display permission set out in the Terms of Use. GPM does not claim unrestricted ownership of member media.

Members are encouraged to report content or behavior they reasonably believe violates these guidelines. Use the report control associated with the relevant mod, comment, profile, or community content whenever available. For safety concerns or cases without a report control, contact GPM through the appropriate support channel.

Describe the issue accurately, select the closest available reason, and provide relevant links, screenshots, or context. A report is a request for review—not a guarantee that action will be taken or that the reporter will receive private details about another member.

Do not knowingly submit false reports, coordinate mass reporting to silence others, or repeatedly report the same matter without new evidence. Good-faith reports will not be penalized simply because staff find no violation.

Members may appeal eligible moderation decisions if they believe a mistake was made or relevant information was overlooked. Under the Terms of Use, a warning, rejected upload, removed mod, or ban may each be appealed once per decision.

Use the appeal form while signed in. If a ban prevents you from signing in, email appeals@gtapolicemods.com. Include the decision being appealed, a clear explanation, and any relevant evidence. An individual other than the original decision-maker will review the appeal.

Do not submit repeated appeals of the same decision, fabricate evidence, or pressure staff for a different outcome. An unsuccessful appeal does not authorize creating a new account to bypass a restriction.

Use GPM's official support channels for account, moderation, upload, or platform issues. Choose the closest topic and provide a clear description of the issue, any relevant links, and steps needed to reproduce a technical problem.

Support is intended to help resolve real requests. Do not create duplicate tickets to pressure staff, submit abusive or threatening messages, impersonate others, or use support to promote products or services. Staff may close duplicate, irrelevant, or abusive requests after reviewing the context.

Never send passwords, authentication tokens, payment details, or unnecessary identity documents in a support message. For account-security concerns, contact support@gtapolicemods.com; for security vulnerabilities, contact security@gtapolicemods.com.

Members may request account deletion through their account settings. Deletion is governed by the Privacy Policy, including the limited restoration period and records that must be retained for moderation, security, or legal purposes.

Deleting an account does not erase an existing ban or authorize creation of another account to evade moderation. If you cannot access your account or need help with a privacy request, contact support@gtapolicemods.com through an official support channel.

Do not send identity documents or sensitive personal information unless specifically requested through an appropriate, secure process. Consult the Privacy Policy for data retention, export, and deletion details.

Formal legal inquiries, intellectual-property complaints, and privacy requests should be submitted through the relevant official GPM channel. Copyright owners should use the notice and counter-notice process identified in the Terms of Use. General questions may be directed to support@gtapolicemods.com.

Provide a clear description, a reliable contact method, and enough information to identify the content or decision at issue. Avoid posting personal information, legal documents, or allegations publicly when they can be submitted securely to the appropriate team.

A lawful complaint, legal notice, or good-faith request for legal advice is not harassment. However, threats of violence, doxxing, impersonation, or repeated abusive conduct remain subject to these guidelines regardless of whether a legal disagreement is involved.

GPM may preserve or disclose information when legally required, consistent with applicable law and its published Privacy Policy.

GPM Links is a custom URL and redirection service provided by GTAPoliceMods that allows eligible members to create personalized links to their content, projects, or other approved destinations within the GPM community.

Members are responsible for the links they create, including their custom names and the destinations to which they redirect. All GPM Links must comply with our Terms of Use and Community Guidelines.

GPM Links must not be used for:

• Impersonation: Creating links that falsely represent GTAPoliceMods staff, official services, other members, developers, or organizations.
• Malicious activity: Redirecting users to phishing websites, malware, scams, or other harmful content.
• Misleading redirects: Disguising the true purpose or destination of a link to deceive users or circumvent community policies.
• Unauthorized content: Directing users to stolen, leaked, pirated, or otherwise prohibited material, including paid access to mods hosted on GTAPoliceMods.
• Name squatting: Reserving usernames, project names, trademarks, or other identifiers primarily to impersonate, mislead, or interfere with their legitimate users.
• Spam and abuse: Creating or distributing links for unsolicited advertising, harassment, or other prohibited activity.

GTAPoliceMods reserves the right to review, disable account access, or remove GPM Links that violate these guidelines. Link availability does not establish ownership of a name or guarantee permanent access to a particular URL.

Members must comply with any additional eligibility requirements, technical restrictions, or usage limits displayed within the GPM Links service.

GTAPoliceMods provides developer-focused tools and may offer APIs or integrations to help creators manage their releases, connect approved applications, and interact with supported platform features. These services must be used responsibly and only for their intended, documented purposes.

When using developer tools, APIs, or integrations, members must:

• Follow published requirements: Respect applicable documentation, permissions, usage quotas, and rate limits.
• Protect access credentials: Keep API keys, tokens, and other credentials secure. Do not publish, share, or use another person's credentials without authorization.
• Respect user privacy: Access, collect, and use only information you are permitted to obtain. Do not expose private account details, moderation information, or other non-public data.
• Represent integrations accurately: Clearly identify third-party applications and do not imply they are officially developed, approved, or endorsed by GPM unless that is true.
• Maintain platform integrity: Do not manipulate download counts, views, ratings, reports, rankings, or other community features using scripts, automated requests, or coordinated activity.

The availability of a developer API does not authorize automated member accounts, bulk scraping, bypassing security controls, or other actions prohibited by the Terms of Use. Automation is permitted only through features and access methods expressly authorized by GPM.

Unauthorized access, attempts to bypass restrictions, malicious code, disruptive requests, and misuse of platform data are prohibited. Suspected security vulnerabilities should be reported privately to security@gtapolicemods.com; these guidelines do not grant permission to conduct security testing.

GTAPoliceMods may limit, suspend, or revoke access to developer tools or integrations when necessary to address violations, protect the platform, or maintain service reliability.