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Make Police Impound Automated

By vajo, in Implemented Suggestions

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Bala Mentor

Bala

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I think we're all for semi-automated, cops and crims alike.

Shouldn't be punishing players OOC because we dont have enough units on duty for you to get your car out.
That being said, full automation would be bad because it's an positive interaction with someone.

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Cup Mentor

Cup

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14 hours ago, Bala said:

I think we're all for semi-automated, cops and crims alike.

Shouldn't be punishing players OOC because we dont have enough units on duty for you to get your car out.
That being said, full automation would be bad because it's an positive interaction with someone.

This. Maybe just a timer? if 15 minutes or something if noone responds you can release it or something (probably not the right idea or timing but you get my point)

Quietthecutie Mentor

Quietthecutie

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On 12/16/2024 at 6:09 PM, Cup said:

This. Maybe just a timer? if 15 minutes or something if noone responds you can release it or something (probably not the right idea or timing but you get my point)

This seems reasonable.

Icly when im giving off to a cop about being stuck at impound for over half an hour, the reason they always give is "we had more important things to do than come here to get your car out."

This is fine, and reasonable, tho an argument could be made if you have 10 cars in a single chase around the city you could prolly peel a unit off to go help. but i dont know exactly what the situation was so fair enough. but it would also be fair to say if someone hasnt responded to your impound call within 15-20 mins, its reasonable to get it out yourself. 

This isnt stealing RP from LEOs its lightening their load when they are too busy to participate in your RP. everyone wins.

Mikazuki Ueno Proficient

Mikazuki Ueno

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I use not being able to get my car easily as a reason to not get it taken and if it does, as a way to go do some non car related RP. Makes it easier to see no one coming to impound as an RP opportunity rather than something to get upset about. 

tigerpet15 Collaborator

tigerpet15

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Honestly as an SD player I go to the impound whenever I can exactly for this reason. Though I believe there is understandably different rate between paleto impound calls and city impound calls. And from my experience even as an sd pd tend to ignore those calls. In sd when no one goes there there is usually a supervisor who will ask someone to do so. So I believe the issue is more or less Ic and a lot of RP can be done towards changing that. 

Bala Mentor

Bala

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As someone that uses the impound regularly, as a cop, both impounding and releasing vehicles, I wouldn't want to see it fully impounded.

At the same time, I could see why having to wait 10+ minutes to get your vehicle out on the occasions that it does happen would be fucking annoying.

It's not really intended to be a teachable moment for people about using their cars more wisely, end of the day, them driving like shit keeps the police actively chasing and mechanics in business if we're being real.

I've replied on one of these threads before but for me;

  • Allow players to get their cars out of impound automatically, if there is less than say 3-5 cops online AND they have a valid driving license.
  • If a vehicle is perma-stalled when impounded, charge them an emergency repair fee ($500) on release which would give them a small amount of vehicle health to get to a mechanic shop for a full repair.
  • When someone rings the buzzer at the impound, start counting the amount of time they've been waiting until they leave the area (like the script for taxi/mechanics) and when they ring the bell again after 5 minutes, include the wait time in the message we get so we know that people have been waiting a long time.

I'll be honest, sometimes when people ring the buzzer for the first time, they can probably wait a few more minutes if we're busy. As a faction in PD, I feel like we'd make it a priority for people not to be waiting more than 10 minutes tops to get their car but obviously it would be helpful to know they've been waiting that long.

As a player, five minutes is probably about the limit that I would be patient waiting for my car if it was me. People dont want to be at the Impound, they wanna dip. Anything above 10+ minutes and I'd be losing my shit.

Stuff like this is definitely an area we can be more player friendly. (as a script)

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Ritchie Stones Mentor

Ritchie Stones

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alow mechanics to take out cars of the impound,  still some RP interaction, but faster, last time in paleto I stood there for 2 hours on a Saturday evening, most bussy, time on the server, 7 cops passed and they rather chase the excitement of crims, all good for me, do your thaaang, but you cant keep ignoring ppl having their experience ruined, and its like this for years now, 

I think the mechanics could be a good alternative or at least for now 

 

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Eliza Mentor

Eliza

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I can get why people would be against even a semi-automated system since it takes away from RP, but on the other end of that double edged sword is a player who just wants to get their vehicle, sometimes the only one they own, out of impound. I think it’s fair to say that waiting upwards of half an hour, especially when officers are busy with other calls, can be frustrating and, at times, feel unfair.

I could argue that players waiting for extended periods of time already takes away from RP also, because a lot of those people are criminals that want to get back to doing what they do, and they’d be able to be out on the streets faster and be able to give cops RP to do for them to enforce the law.

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Quietthecutie Mentor

Quietthecutie

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On 2/7/2025 at 11:49 PM, Eliza said:

I can get why people would be against even a semi-automated system since it takes away from RP

Heres the thing, It dosent.

If its a semi automated system which only triggers/becomes available after X amount of time has passed, then provably no one was available to participate in the RP, therefore it takes nothing away from no one and instead simply ends a frustrating wait for someone who just wants to play a videogame.

Putting an upper limit to how long someone should have to wait for their vehicle can only be a good thing. if their licence is clean and they have the cash, send them on their way.

Requiem Mentor

Requiem

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Here is my suggestion for going about this: 

  1. Allow automatic release of vehicle from impound if it was secure impounded. Most often when police secure impound a vehicle, they are simply putting it in impound to prevent the vehicle, or the possessions inside from begin stolen. If it was secure impounded, it also means the owner did not use it to commit a crime and as a result, shouldn't have a suspended license by default. 
  2. Require an officer to release the vehicle if it was normally impounded. If it was impounded in this manner, it was either illegal parked or used in a crime in some way and this would continue to "encourage good driving" from players as they will have to wait for their car if they are using it in an unlawful way. The car could be still be released in a semi-automated fashion if its late at night with very few cops playing at the time after maybe a 5-10 minute timer and their license is in good standing as others have suggested. 
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Smoke1 Proficient

Smoke1

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ive sat at impound for an hour today an two hours a week ago, 

We have enough RP in the server i feel like automatically releasing cars is the least of our problems.

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