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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 1 Oct 2026

GTA 6 Police Maverick: the Vice-Dale Police Helicopter

The white, green and gold helicopter on the speedboat’s tail at 2:27 of Trailer 2, with Lucia shooting back at it. “POLICE” runs along the boom and “VICE-DALE” across the side; fans call it the Police Maverick, a name Rockstar has not used.

ManufacturerBuckinghamClassHelicopterSeats4
Based on
Eurocopter AS350B

Identified

Identified in Rockstar’s footage by outside editors; Rockstar has not named it. Rockstar has published no vehicle statistics for GTA 6, so this page prints none.

Our drawing of the Helicopter class, not the in-game Police Maverick
Our drawing of the Helicopter class — not the in-game Police Maverick

Police Maverick in GTA 6 — real-life model, liveries, can you steal it

Each answer carries how settled it is and who settled it. Where nobody has said, the card says that instead of guessing — and says what stays open even after the answer.

Has the Police Maverick been seen in GTA 6?

Shown, not stated

Yes — in Trailer 2 at 2:27.

Vice-Dale police helicopter chases the speedboat Jason is steering while Lucia shoots at it (Trailer 2 at 2:27). These are identifications made from Rockstar’s own footage — Rockstar has not named the vehicle in any of them.

Still open — Whether it can be driven, bought or modified — none of that shows in a frame.

What helicopter is the GTA 6 Police Maverick based on?

Sources disagree

A Eurocopter AS350, by GTABase and GTA Wiki. One index lists the civilian Maverick’s Bell 206L LongRanger instead — a two-bladed design, on a helicopter with three.

Since GTA 5 the Police Maverick no longer shares the civilian Maverick’s airframe: GTA Wiki traces the redesign to the Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil, with a twin exhaust closer to the AS355 and a livery after the Los Angeles police’s H125s, and GTABase names the AS350B. GTA Wiki lists GTA 6’s as three-bladed too. Mapheist, logging GTA 6’s police aircraft, puts the Vice City police helicopter closest to the Airbus AS350/H125 family and the Vice-Dale one very close to it. GTA Intel’s record gives a Bell 206L LongRanger — the two-bladed helicopter behind the civilian Maverick.

Still open — Rockstar never names the real aircraft it draws from — this is a reading of the shape.

Which police helicopters are in GTA 6?

Shown, not stated

At least two police liveries: Vice-Dale’s white, green and gold, chasing a speedboat in Trailer 2, and Vice City’s pale blue and yellow.

At 2:27 of Trailer 2 a helicopter with a white body, green underside and gold lines — “POLICE” along the boom, “VICE-DALE” and a gold crest on the fuselage — chases the speedboat Jason is steering while Lucia shoots at it (Mapheist; GTA Wiki’s shot list calls it a VDPD Police Maverick). Mapheist also logs a Vice City police helicopter in pale blue with yellow, a large VICE CITY and a badge. The red, white and black Weazel News helicopter over Mount Kalaga uses the same shape, by GTA Wiki’s reading.

Still open — How many agencies fly one, and whether the name “Police Maverick” survives — Rockstar has not used it.

Can you steal or fly the Police Maverick in GTA 6?

Nobody has said

Rockstar has not said. In GTA 5 it can only be stolen, never bought; in GTA Online it cannot be kept at all.

GTABase records that the GTA 5 Police Maverick cannot be bought in story mode — only taken from where it sits — and that in GTA Online it cannot be acquired or stored as a personal vehicle. GTA Wiki lists the GTA 5 helipads it sits on. Trailer 2 shows the GTA 6 one only in the air, flown by the police.

Still open — Whether GTA 6 lets you take one, and where it lands.

Has the Police Maverick been in earlier GTA games?

Stated

Yes — including GTA: Vice City, GTA: San Andreas, GTA: Vice City Stories, GTA IV, GTA V and GTA Online.

The name returns from Rockstar’s earlier releases, which GTA Wiki lists for it. What carries over is the name and the maker; whether GTA 6’s model drives or costs the same is not known.

Still open — Whether anything beyond the name and the look carries over.

How we checked this page

Our own record named the wrong helicopter. It followed GTA Intel’s Bell 206L LongRanger; GTABase and GTA Wiki both read the police version as a Eurocopter AS350, and a 206L has two rotor blades where this one has three — so the record now follows them, and the card keeps GTA Intel’s reading visible. The 2:27 frame is in both GTA Wiki’s Trailer 2 shot list and Mapheist’s police log. A Trailer 1 sighting at 0:27, given by one list only, was left out.

Seen here, not proven there

  • Trailer 2, 2:276 May 2025
  • GTA Wiki editors (read)1 Oct 2026
  • The game itselfnot yet
  • Trailer 2, 2:27GTA Wiki editors (read)Strong link
  • GTA Wiki editors (read)The game itselfUnverified

Evidence ledger

  • NameNamed

    The vehicle is called Police Maverick.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • Based onIdentified

    The model is drawn from the Eurocopter AS350B.

    SourceReference database · checked 1 Oct 2026

  • ManufacturerReading

    Manufacturer is Buckingham.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • ClassReading

    Class is Helicopter.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • SeatsReading

    Seats is 4.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

Trailer timestamp route

  1. 2:27

    Trailer 2

    Vice-Dale police helicopter chases the speedboat Jason is steering while Lucia shoots at it

    HighSource

Frames identified from Rockstar’s published footage by GTA Wiki editors, read 1 Oct 2026. An identification, not a statement by Rockstar — each card opens the video at that moment.Where we read it

What is still unknown

  • Top speed, handling and every other statistic of the Police Maverick: Rockstar has published none for GTA 6.
  • Its GTA 6 price: Rockstar has published no vehicle prices.
  • Whether Rockstar will use the name “Police Maverick”: it has not named this vehicle.
  • The full list of earlier games: our source marks its list as partial.
  • Whether the player can buy, steal or keep it: nobody has said.

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