These aerials are more visible on the slicktop variant due to the lack of emergency lights on the roof (while on the Taxi, these can be seen with the roof sign removed by crashing onto an obstacle). Both the standard and the slick-top versions, as well as the Merit-based Taxi, feature radio aerials. The slick-top is influenced by the real-life NYPD Chevrolet Impala slick-tops used in New York.
The lighting effect around the vehicle is also removed. While it is unobtainable without the use of a trainer to access its relevant file, the model removes the roof-mounted light-bar, but still allowing its sirens. The vehicle also features a slick-top counterpart, like the Police Cruiser. Like the latter, it serves as one of the LCPD's primary patrol vehicles, and its usage may vary during the game. The Police Patrol is the police version of the Merit, featuring the same equipment as on its Vapid counterpart, the Police Cruiser. Like the Cruiser, the Patrol's livery is clearly based on those of the New York Police Department's vehicles. The Police Patrol's front is modeled after the eighth generation Chevrolet Impala Police Edition while the back resembles a BMW 318i E36.
