Free AI Police Response

This script rewrites the base GTA V police dispatch and wanted system into something that actually fits an RP server. It was built for small QBCore servers where a full roster of player police is not realistic, so the AI fills the gap and steps aside when real officers log in. Every value sits in a commented config, so you can tune it to be softer than vanilla or far more brutal.

How it behaves

• AI police can be set to only respond when player police are offline, or when fewer than X officers are on duty.
• Players holding a police job can be flagged as immune to wanted levels, optionally only while on duty.
• Wanted stars can be cancelled automatically when a player is dying or in last stand.

Units and jurisdictions

• Custom units per zone: Los Santos, Paleto Bay, Sandy Shores, and Countryside each get their own roster.
• Each unit has a spawn chance weighting and a minimum wanted level, so riot and FBI units come in heavy at higher stars while regular patrol still shows up.
• Every unit has its own configurable ped list, so you can swap models without touching code.
• Custom, randomized loadouts per unit, each weapon carrying its own spawn chance.

Air support

• Police helicopters spawn at higher wanted levels, defaulted to 4 stars instead of 3.
• Military helicopters and planes can spawn when the player is in the air themselves.
• Ground, helicopter, and air units all have separate counts, spawn distances, and cleanup timers.

Chase logic

• Evasion times per wanted level are fully configurable.
• Police scale per player: two wanted players in the same car pull double the response, four pull quadruple.
• Units spawn server-side and their network IDs are handed back to the requesting client, so they sync properly across everyone and you will see AI chasing other players.
• Distance culling is set high so units keep working from far away.
• Stolen police vehicles will not despawn while a player is inside them, so a mid-chase carjack sticks.
• Dead and far-away units clear on separate timers per unit type, freeing slots for the next wave.

Exports

exports['fenix-police']:ApplyWantedLevel(wantedLevelHere) -- adds 1 to 5 stars to the current wanted level
exports['fenix-police']:SetWantedLevel(wantedLevelHere)   -- sets wanted to this value if higher than current

Requirements

QBCore is used for notifications, counting on-duty police, a nearby-vehicle check, and the isDying / inLastStand hooks. The dependency can be stripped out if you swap the vehicle check for the native and drop the notification and last-stand logic.