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Dealing with the police

This page explains police stops, handcuffs and searches, tickets and fines, and arrest and jail time.

Summary

When an officer tells you to stop, stop where you are and show your hands.
An officer can only see your items after you accept a search.
You check and pay your fines with /fines.
Jail time only counts down while you are online, and you can see the time left with /prisontime.

1. Traffic stops

When you are signaled to pull over with lights or a siren, stop at the roadside and turn off the engine.
You show your driver’s license with /sdl officer-ID.
You show your car’s details with /vinfo officer-ID.

Once you are handcuffed, an officer can drag you (/drag) or put you in a car.
When you receive a /frisk search request, accept it with /acceptfrisk requester-ID or refuse it with /frisk decline requester-ID.
A search request can only be sent within 3m, and it lasts 2 minutes.

Type	Details	Check and pay
Parking ticket	$25–$500, attached to the car	At the impound desk if the car is impounded
Fine	Issued by an officer	`/fines`
Impound	$250 + $50 a day (at most $1,000)	`/impound` at the impound lot

If you are arrested, you go to prison for the sentence you were given.
The sentence only counts down while you are online. You can see the time left with /prisontime.
You open your cell storage with /stash.
Running and resisting are part of RP too, and you must accept the outcome as RP.

Warning

Even if an arrest feels unfair, you handle it IC during the scene. If a rule was broken, report it with /report after the scene.