Changes/Requirements to the Warrant System

[Lunar]

What is the point of all the coding and all the work put into the warrant system if its never going to be used? No cops actually go through the minimal effort that is using the warrant system. Just from the beginning of September until now there have been 21 warrants filed, all either petty crimes or racket events, but the month of August only brought in 13 warrants. I know first hand from my time within PD how often warrants are secured/executed. Here are some suggestions I have to make the warrant system feel like it actually exists for both parties;

Grace period/execution window prior to publicity of a warrant - Based on severity of crime, jail time being faced, prior history, and anything else that could be connected to a person committing a crime should have a period where the warrant can remain private. Up to the Judges discretion and points made before window of publicity could range from 24 hours for minor crimes, to 7 days for major warrants (Murder, or plea deals that give life sentences).

Incentivize filing warrants through the system - Give a small reward to the officer that files the warrant/executed the warrant. Similar to a bail system, judges can also put a small prize on the head of someone getting a warrant on them, which could be collected with their paycheck in the computer. (image provided was a premade template of what this could look like)

Create more RP - If someone is informed that they have a warrant they will likely do 3 of the following actions;
1. Turn themselves in - encourage more Law RP within the server.
2. Avoid police by any means - Sit within properties, stay masked up, run from authorities when questioned. Ultimately add more charges in the end.
3. Quit playing/delete the character - Majority of warrants are mainly just an excuse to immediately rush someone. Once the person deletes the character or goes inactive for more than 3 weeks warrant will be updated to something along the lines of "This person has fled the city". If the person with the warrant is to come back after inactivity the warrant will be replaced on their person, where cops will be informed that they have returned to the city.

Use more investigative options - Government channels, especially the DOC exist for a reason. If there is someone with a warrant and you know that they work at a property and they return to turn themselves in you can follow the government channels to get more arrests/cause more harm to factions in the long run. This is including property raiding, arrests on other individuals for aiding and abetting.

Allows warrants to be powerful, but not overpowered - All the retarded "secret warrants" that are filed that just arent put in the system goes against the whole reason why the warrant system was introduced in the first place. It gives an opportunity for police officers to still do the arrests and large busts that they yearn for, while giving the crims an opportunity to choose their fate with the character.

I am well aware that alot of these points I made are already being used day-to-day by the police, but why add something that is supportive of both sides if its never going to be used? There is no reason to have the current in-game warrant system if nobody is ever going to use it. All the options that the crims were given are just going to be thrown out the door. Of course this is just a suggestion, but I think I speak on behalf of atleast a few crim mains when I say that there should be some opportunity.

I am open to hearing any counter arguments or any other suggestions regarding this.

[Byte]

Rewarding warrants being placed encourages bad actors which PD already has too many of. 
My suggestion? Get better cops truthfully.

[Logan]

Like byte said this encourages bad people to do shit just to get money also judge never have in this server(to my knowledge) have ever done bounties that's always been done thr PD for civ or DOJ. Also you do know major warrant probs won't be put into the system because it's on HVT and detectives (most likely) don't want that metagamed. 

 

Some of these points makes me feel you don't even know ow how warrants work, and some of these points cops already do.

For instance they want someone got proof they have access to a property and boon search warrant for that person in that building I've approved warrants as such.