Use the plate reader in police cars

The plate reader, or ALPR, works like a plate camera fitted to your patrol car. While it's on, it reads the plate and speed of the car in front of you and the car behind you, and checks each plate against the CAD. If a plate has something on it, you hear a beep, get a message, and that side of the reader turns red.

This article is written for officers, so staff can send it straight to them. For switching it on and choosing what counts as a hit, see Set up the plate reader in police cars.

Before you start#

• Go on duty with a police department. See Go on duty in the CAD.
• Your community needs the plate reader switched on. If it isn't, ask whoever looks after Cameras.

Turn it on#

1. Get in a car.
2. Type /alpr to open the ONE 3000 remote.
3. Click Plate reader off so it changes to Plate reader on.
4. Click Close.

The ONE 3000 appears in the bottom right of your screen. To turn it off, open the remote again and click Plate reader on. It also turns off by itself when you go off duty. Your server may use a different name for the command.

If your community allows it, the reader also turns on by itself when you get into an emergency vehicle on duty, and off when you get out. Turn it off and it stays off until you leave that car.

The remote#

Everything the plate reader does is on the remote. Type /alpr whenever you want it.

Run plate and Make a call use a locked plate first. Without one, they use the latest hit, then the car in front.

Running a plate is logged in the CAD's lookup history, the same as a plate check in the CAD. Your fast limit, volume and lanes choice are kept on your PC, so they stay after you reconnect.

What it shows#

The plate reader is called the ONE 3000. It has two parts: the plate reader on the left and the radar on the right.

Plate reader

Radar

The lights along the bottom show your own settings: Lanes (reading the lanes either side), Auto (turns on by itself in emergency vehicles), your Fast limit and the Volume, or Muted.

Speeds are in mph or km/h, whichever your community uses for its cameras.

The reader checks your lane and the lanes either side. It shows the car in your lane first, and a car in the next lane when yours is empty or when that car is a hit. The last plate it read stays on screen after the car has gone, so you can still note it down. Its speed clears when nothing is in range.

Keys#

Opening the remote mid-pursuit takes too long, so you can set keys for the things you do most. Open Settings → Key Bindings → FiveM in GTA and look for the ones starting LonexOne plate reader: open the remote, on or off, lock front, lock rear, run the plate, and make a call from the plate. None have a key until you pick one.

Shortcuts#

If you'd rather type, add a word after /alpr to do one thing without opening the remote: on, off, lock front, lock rear, run, call, fast 70, fast off, volume 50, lanes or move. For example, /alpr lock front.

Move it#

If the ONE 3000 covers part of your HUD, you can put it somewhere else.

1. Open the remote with /alpr and click Move it.
2. Drag the ONE 3000 where you want it.
3. Click Done, or press Enter.

Your game remembers the spot, even after you reconnect. Click Reset on the remote to put it back in the bottom right. Moving it only changes where you see it, not where anyone else does.

When a plate is a hit#

A plate is a hit when the CAD has something on it, such as the car being reported stolen, a BOLO, the owner having a warrant, or the registration or insurance being expired. Your community chooses which of these count.

When you get a hit:

1. You hear a beep and see "Plate hit" with the plate, the reasons and the owner, if the car is on file.
2. That side of the reader turns red and lists the reasons. It stays red for two minutes.
3. Your department and dispatch see the hit in the CAD as a broadcast from Plate reader, with your callsign.

Run the plate with /alpr run, or in the CAD, for the full picture before you act. See Run name and plate lookups.

Something not working?#

"The plate reader is for police on duty" Go on duty with a police department first. Fire, EMS and dispatch units can't use it.

"The plate reader isn't switched on for this server. It needs the Cameras module on LonexOne." Your community hasn't switched the plate reader on. Ask whoever looks after Cameras.

The reader shows nothing. It only reads while you're in a car, and only cars in your lane or the lanes either side. Make sure the car is within about 45 metres ahead or behind.

"No plate to run. Lock one on the plate reader first." The reader hasn't read a car yet, or it's off. Turn it on and get a car in front or behind.

I can't hear the beeps. Your volume may be all the way down. Open the remote with /alpr and turn up Volume.

My keys don't do anything. The keys only work while your server has the plate reader command switched on, and lock, run and call only work while the reader is on.

A car I know is stolen didn't flag. The CAD may not have it marked stolen, or your community may not count that check. It can also take up to two minutes if you read the same plate shortly before it was marked.