Just to clarify, I'm not agreeing we should just disband the LSSD and make do with the LSPD, all I'm discussing is that the server shouldn't perhaps gone with 2 LEO's to start off with and if that were the case, the LSPD would be the most logical one to have.
We've got to look at the circumstances that are happening on this server and it's clear that the roleplay in the county is almost nonexistent, apart from the people who occasionally go to the county side for some nature roleplay, a person who evades the cops by using the county or a trucker who is forced to go there because of the routes. Looking through the screenshot and videos section on this forum, this only confirms that the majority of roleplay is within city limits. If I'm not mistaken, the Sheriff's Department recently closed down their Paleto Bay station and moved its 2nd station within city limits for the same exact reason: not enough roleplay.
I highly doubt criminal roleplayers will move their operations outside of the city, the city itself is big enough for them to do whatever they want without being disturbed by the police. And even if they'd move their operations to the county right now, there is no one patrolling it.
I'm aware you're going to disagree with me and that's fine, this is something we'll probably never figure out or come to a compromise.
Honestly, I don't know how this server is going to be active again with a decent player base. There is a big competitor out there where a lot of people are already ''settled'', no one wants to start building their entire imperium again, do UCP tests, write character backgrounds or fail the driver test 4 times and then start off with fewer than 5k. It's extremely hard to get your head above the water and gain attention. People who were playing the game in 2015 era have since grown into their adult lives and are occupied with far more important things and aren't interested in playing a roleplaying game anymore. That coupled with the fact that the launch has been delayed a few times, communication has been bad and transparency hardly seen, good luck gaining the trust from people that have given up.