Police patrols

A patrol car does not have to wait in its station. You can send it on a patrol route, and it may spot incidents along the way.

Draw a route

Open Patrol routes from a police station or from a patrol car's panel, press New route and click 2 to 6 points on the map in the order you want them driven. The last point leads back to the first.

• Each police station has its own routes, up to 3.
• The points must be inside that station's area, and only that station's cars can patrol them.
• Routes can be renamed and deleted. Selling the station deletes its routes.

Send a car

In a patrol car's panel, pick a route and 1 h, 3 h or 6 h, then press Send on patrol. The car drives to the nearest point of the route and loops it on real roads. Any number of cars can use the same route. Stop patrol sends it home, and when the time is up it drives home by itself.

Besides the patrol car, the police motorcycle, highway patrol car, K9 unit and mounted police can patrol too.

Spotted incidents

About once every 15 minutes, a patrolling car spots an incident where it is. This is a new police call on top of the regular ones. It does not appear when you are at your open-call limit.

With the Premium option Auto respond, the car takes a spotted call by itself when it is enough for it alone.

Calls while patrolling

A patrolling car can be sent to calls like a parked one. The call panel shows it as "On patrol". After the call it goes back to its route while it has patrol time left, otherwise home.

While you are away

Patrols only run while you are online. When you leave, patrolling cars stop where they are and keep their remaining time.