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The player I arrested was set free
Your arrested player was released before you reached the police station. While you take them in, do not drive away, die, get car-jacked, glue to a vehicle or use a parachute.
Steps
Do not drive away, die or get car-jacked
The arrested player is set free if you drive away, die or get car-jacked.
Source: CIT Live KB · police.md
Do not glue to a vehicle or use a parachute
The arrested player is also set free if you glue to a vehicle or parachute.
Source: CIT Live KB · police.md
Getting out of a vehicle is fine
During transport the player stays arrested if you get out of a vehicle, or if you enter a vehicle they cannot enter.
Source: CIT Live KB · police.md
Take them to the police station
Take the arrested player to the nearest police station, unless they use /surrender. You get the full arrest pay when you deliver them to the police station.
Source: CIT Live KB · police.md
See also: As a cop I got no money, or less money, for a jail, I cannot car-jack a driver, or get into a car a cop is driving
When the cop releases a player, or does something that releases them, that player gets 3 seconds of invincibility.
Other problems like this
- I cannot car-jack a driver, or get into a car a cop is driving
- Hijack mission: cannot find it, car stolen or car broken
- I cannot take drugs (use /takedrug, not /usedrug)
- As a Criminal Medic or Police Medic I cannot use some weapons
- I cannot run, enter interiors or go to LV with the Police Shield
- I cannot find a police code in /codes
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Where this comes from
The CIT knowledge base, the same one CITBot answers from.
Read on 23 October 2026 and written in our own words here.