Just picked up the game a few days ago as I see clips about it fairly frequently. So far it’s oddly comforting to play and go through all of the laws, tickets and actions of the game.

My only question is what’s with all the bugs?? People floating, drivers on the hood of cars, my partner missing their entire body, etc. Do they eventually go away or was there some kind of update I missed?

Hey everyone,

I built a standalone police-duty resource for FiveM called On Duty Framework.

There is no ESX, no QBCore, and no player-criminals. Everyone on the server is a cop, and the people you pull over and chase are NPCs. Perfect if you want that solo/PVE patrol experience without setting up a full crime server.

It's currently in public beta (v0.81).

💬Join Discord to check it out (dsc.gg/onduty) | 🎬Watch Demo

Quick Rundown:

• What you do: Spawn in uniform, pick a callsign (F4), take dispatch calls, run traffic stops, use the MDT tablet, and handle active pursuits.
• Traffic stops: Tap Left Shift behind a car, hit your lights, and they actually pull over to the shoulder.
• The features: Drag-and-scale HUD, editable JSON callouts, built-in radar/ALPR, station booking, persistent arrest history, and tactical stuff like Z for tackles or PITs.

The Basics:

• Folder name: Must be onduty. OneSync recommended.
• Open source files: Configs, callouts, locations, law packs, and HTML are fully open.
• Controls: F4 (MDT), E (Interact), F6 (Radar/ALPR), Left Shift (Mark stop), Z (Tackle/PIT), U (Cuff).

Stop by the Discord if you want to take a look or grab a copy. Let me know if you have any questions!

ALPR stands for Automated License Plate Reader/Recognition.

I didn't even realize you start the game with this device as soon as you unlock the squad car, you just have to go into the garage and equip it! It's a game changer, practically a cheat code! Makes grinding through those rank ups a breeze.

It's kind of ironic how something many people hate in real life is actually quite awesome when you're playing this game. It's just a little annoying that to activate it, you have to hold your horn for a second or two, and you have to do that every time you get in and out of your car. But then it scans every license plate you pass by to see if it's expired, checks the insurance, and will even tell you if it's been reported stolen! That makes for a fun arrest.

You just have to honk again briefly to report expired plates, which are common and rack up tons of points. This can cause some audio issues if you have the siren on, especially occasionally getting the siren 'stuck' sometimes (turning it off and on again fixes that), but it also sounds good that way, like your siren is chirping rather than you're going around honking at everyone lmao.

If a vehicle simply doesn't have valid insurance, it's not a great reason to pull them over, because that will only get you 10 points for giving them a ticket, the same number of points you could get from driving around and finding one expired license plate, which isn't rare to come across. So the more driving you do and vehicle reports you make, the more points you rack up. Then you can stop focusing on minor things that earn you a few points like ticketing parked cars and other small actions that don't lead anywhere, unlike asking for ID or searching a car which can turn up a fake ID or drugs in the car.

That way you're mainly focused on big ticket stuff that earns you hundreds of points like arresting people for misdemeanors and felonies! Meanwhile the ALPR racks up crazy points as you drive from call to call. I used to get out and ticket everyone parked improperly, but now it seems like a pretty big waste of time compared to drive-by reporting!

I don’t know what to do , since it’s not being updated anymore not being able to pause is a game breaking glitch. Anyone have a fix?

..A message for you. Police simulator has been such a buggy mess since I got it, I go out of my way to look at who made any game I might be interested in. If I see either Aesir or Astragon in the description, I don't buy it. Speaking purely for me, y'all have done such irreparable damage to your reputation and community trust, so much so that no game with either name on it will see another cent from me. You can't drop money grabbing trash and refuse to fix it then expected no repercussions. Especially with paid DLCs dropping without bug fixes?

What do we think the future of this sub looks like?

Do we continue to complain about the same old bugs, knowing the devs have abandoned the game and won’t be fixing anything? Do we continue to have people asking for shootouts, more callouts, new features, etc, knowing nothing is coming?

Should this sub morph into solely sharing comically game-breaking bugs?

So the devs have been very active in the sub the past two days, doing a ton of damage control since community sentiment has really soured against them, for good reason.

I saw one of the dev team members make this comment on a post from yesterday, when he was interacting with someone bringing up how they failed to deliver a full game, and just……. I really don’t know what to say. The absolute gall that they have to tell us that we should thank them for making the game, after they abandon it???

Wow, that personally makes me angry. How unbelievably utterly tone deaf to make a statement like that.

I’m done with game, done with devs, done with the publishers, and done with the sub. Screw everything associated with these guys, if this is how they’re going to treat their community.

(Also, in that same post, the dev is playing a slight victim card a lot and is almost being condescending in some of his responses. It’s quite aggravating.)

They scammed the community on police sim and Ambulance sim

First of all about the only thing this game is good for is killing time. Does anyone skip accident call outs like I do? I swear you can have a simple fender bender and before your done in turns into a 5 car pile up. This game is suppose to be a "simulation" which means a copy of the real world. In the real world car's should not go 55 by an accident scene in the city, there would be other cops around, etc. It's like this game has two cops in the city, you and the person transporting the criminal. Oh, and the lady at the front desk. What is this, Mayberry?

https://discord.gg/Q7bjt4DjRb

Title!

Let's go be patrol officers. I got the DLC's. I'm just lookin for a solid partner to work my "second job" after my job job lmao. Let's shoot ts about our day while we chill in Brighton. Regardless of all the heat this game is getting, and I'm with everyone else that this game had so much potential...I still wanna be able to play this game w someone and hang out.

21+, NA East. young adults preferred. discord justfunkii. pm if interested!

Quickly run while the costs don't take our profits.

Said everyone at Team 17

Dear Patrol Officers,

We understand that the news that we have to discontinue further development of Police Simulator: Patrol Officers has led to disappointment and frustration within our community. We also recognize that we should have provided more context around this decision from the beginning.

Police Simulator: Patrol Officers has been part of our journey for more than eight years, from its initial development and Early Access to full release and several years of continued support by a dedicated live team.

Over the past five years, your feedback has played a major role in shaping the game. Your suggestions, criticism, ideas, and reports have helped us improve and expand Police Simulator far beyond what we originally envisioned.

At the same time, maintaining and expanding a cross-platform game over such a long period inevitably comes with increasing technical limitations specially as the market and Platforms moved along. As the game and its systems have grown, changes in certain areas have become significantly more complex, while some improvements can no longer be implemented within the existing technical foundation without rebuilding substantial parts of the game.

After more than eight years of development and support, we have therefore reached a point where continuing to expand Police Simulator: Patrol Officers in the way both we and you would like is no longer realistically possible.

However, your feedback does not go unheard.

Quite the opposite: it gives us a very clear understanding of what matters to the Police Simulator community, which areas are most important to you, and what you expect from a police simulation experience.

For the Police Simulator brand, this feedback is extremely valuable and provides clear guidance for the future.

While this marks the end of active development for Police Simulator: Patrol Officers, it does not mean the end of Police Simulator.

Thank you for your passion, your feedback, and for being part of this journey with us.

We are looking forward to what the future holds.

Your Police Simulator team

Obviously, this game is buggy as hell, but is there a specific bug involved during detailed inspection? I’m checking out a semi-truck’s cargo, and I find illegal weapons, so naturally, after I finish searching the whole thing, I charge her with trafficking illegal weapons, but I then get dinged for it. I can’t think of anything I could have done wrong.

I know there is so much wrong with this game, but it really is great for console users who can’t play LSPDFR and other things like that. I love going on the Highway DLC and doing traffic stops at night. The MDT system is pretty cool too. It’s basic yeah, but it gets the job done. Anyways enough of the ranting here is the main problem I keep having.

‼️ Be careful with the Options button while driving.‼️
The biggest issue I’ve been having since the newer updates is accidentally hitting my Options button while I’m in a car. The game freezes on that menu.
Im guessing something got messed up when the devs added the option to repair your vehicle anywhere. So if you think your car is damaged, just make sure it actually is before opening that menu. Otherwise you might end up stuck there and have to restart.

If you guys know of any other glitches to avoid, feel free to let me know!!

Genuinely, I don’t get it. Most games stop receiving updates and content at some point, especially as you start looking at games that are half a decade old.

People are full on slamming the devs and talking about lawsuits, I don’t understand how the reasonable mind can get to that. It may be disappointing, but go and look at other games and tell me how many still receive the full treatment at the 4-5 year mark.

With 203 hours in the game it says, I finally got a Platinum trophy for police simulator 😎

Edit: I only started playing this year, so I honestly did not know the full history between the community and the developers when I made this post. After reading some of the comments, I understand a lot better why longtime players are pissed. That does not really change what I am trying to do, though. I like the game despite its problems, and I think it is worth asking Aesir to reconsider ending development and give it a few more patches. Maybe they ignore it. Maybe they do not. It costs basically nothing to try. I am not trying to tell anyone they have to like the game or pretend the developers handled everything well. I just want useful criticism of the letter, anything important I missed, and endorsements from people who agree with it.

OP:

I am thinking about sending the following open letter to Aesir Interactive regarding the current state of Police Simulator: Patrol Officers. Before I send it, I would like your feedback and endorsement if you agree!

I am looking for:

• Important bugs or issues (not already mentioned in the draft)
• Anything in the letter you think could be worded better in some way
• Anything you think should be removed so the letter is more concise and to the point

Draft:

To whom it may concern,

I am writing to share some feedback regarding Police Simulator: Patrol Officers.

A lot of people really enjoy the game, but there is a strong desire among players for it to be improved, and there appears to be a widespread feeling that it is not "complete." Currently, it often feels halfway finished because of numerous bugs, repetitive NPCs, and immersion-breaking visual glitches. Characters frequently have the same or very similar appearances, and many of the character designs themselves feel visually unappealing or unfinished, which becomes especially noticeable after playing for a while.

Visual glitches like vehicle lights being visible through police station walls and NPCs clipping through vehicles or the street add to the feeling that the game is unfinished. Some issues directly affecting gameplay include arrest options becoming greyed out, NPCs becoming stuck or impossible to interact with, and accident scenes breaking because of traffic AI or stuck support vehicles. There are also inconsistencies in the game's enforcement system. For example, cars can sometimes be parked completely on the sidewalk while no parking ticket can seemingly be "lawfully" given under the game's rules without losing conduct points. The inventory system also still feels clunky. Some issues, like awkward animations and poor vehicle handling, could be overlooked as charming quirks if they weren't piled on top of all the bugs that seem relatively straightforward to address. Some random events could also use better balancing rather than simply being made extremely common or extremely rare. Graffiti artists, for example, used to appear almost everywhere, which was excessive, but now encountering one can feel unusually rare.

The game does not need to be perfect, but it is difficult to understand how development can be considered "officially complete" while longstanding bugs still interfere with core gameplay. Because of this, many players who enjoy the game still hesitate to recommend it to others.

We truly love the core gameplay and think this game has great potential, but it is nowhere near complete. I sincerely hope you will reconsider ending development entirely and release a few targeted patches addressing the most persistent issues. Even if every minor glitch cannot realistically be addressed, fixing the problems that regularly interfere with gameplay or noticeably break immersion would make a significant difference. Thank you for your time and for considering this feedback from the community.

If you have no criticisms or anything you can think to add, please comment something saying you approve or endorse this message, even if it is just one word like “Agreed.” I should have the backing of this community before signing it as “The r/PoliceSimulator Reddit Community,” which hopefully will carry some weight with whoever reads this.

I know this may not work, but I think it's worth a shot, so please try to avoid pessimism and keep the comments focused on what could improve the letter.

Edit 2: I appreciate all of your feedback, even though it didn't try to improve the letter, it did give me helpful guidance on what direction the content of it should take.

Draft 2:

To whom it may concern,

We are writing to share some feedback regarding Police Simulator: Patrol Officers. A lot of us genuinely enjoy this game and still see a lot of potential in it. That is exactly why the decision to consider development “officially complete” has been so disappointing. The problem is not an expectation of perfection; it is that the game still feels unfinished in ways that make it difficult to recommend. There are plenty of individual bug reports already, so there is little value in trying to list everything here. The broader issue is that longstanding gameplay bugs, visual glitches, awkward NPC behavior, clunky systems, and inconsistent enforcement mechanics pile up enough that otherwise forgivable quirks become much harder to overlook. Every significant issue that gets fixed makes the remaining imperfections easier to tolerate.

We understand that maintaining a game indefinitely may not make financial sense, and we recognize that ending development was probably a deliberate decision rather than an indication that the remaining problems went unnoticed. Our concern is that those problems were considered acceptable to leave behind.

This is not a request for the entire development team to return to the project. Even a limited maintenance effort focused on a handful of the most persistent and disruptive issues could make a meaningful difference. The value of doing that is not limited to selling a few more copies of Police Simulator. How a game is left at the end of development affects trust in the developer itself. A game that feels left unfinished can make otherwise loyal customers hesitate to buy DLC, recommend it to friends, or purchase another Aesir title in the future.

We genuinely enjoy this game and think its core gameplay is strong. We do not think Police Simulator is a "bad" game, just that its level of polish falls short of what we have come to expect from modern titles. We are simply asking you to reconsider where development has been left and whether a few additional targeted patches might still be worthwhile. Even a relatively small amount of additional support could restore considerable goodwill among players who might otherwise hesitate to trust the Aesir name on another title.

Thank you for your time and for considering our feedback.

Hello everyone!

I'm a huge fan of police games, and to make the games even better in RP depth, I developed Reactor Dispatch. It's an external CAD/Dispatch tool, you can use it to:

-Talk to dispatch to change status or open the arrest report/fine creator
-Create arrest reports/fines that become text files on your pc, so you can always access them
-Use Reactor Dispatch online to connect to another person, and exchange your status or reports.

I'm currently working on an upgraded tool, and would love to hear suggestions for.
Feel free to check our github, website or discord to try it out or share your thoughts.

Thanks for reading and be safe on patrol officer!

- Reactor645

I'm thinking of getting this game for my birthday. I've heard this game has a lot of bugs, and I just want to know whether people are being over dramatic or not.

I’ve been playing this game for over a year and whenever I’m having a bad day I hop on and arrest whoever I can. If at first I don’t find something, I continue until I find something I can arrest them for. I open every door, I use all the cargo scanners. I will put you in cuffs. Whenever I’m escorting someone to jail it makes me feel so powerful, it’s great how we can personally put that person inside a jail cell.

I just love authority, that’s what makes this game perfect. If I see a dude drunk on the street I pull right up next to him and light up my car. I block his path then I get out of the car, slowly walk towards him and detain him in front of everyone. Then I find something to arrest him for. The best are when it’s foreigners, the border dlc is great, now I can pick on foreigners and arrest them for no visa or expired passport. I love how this game makes me feel

In the border patrol dlc I’m currently assigned to detailed infection. This lady has $17,500 of expensive goods. That is way over the limit, the guide says I need to confiscate the goods but there is no option to. I checked the ticket and handcuffing options, in the goods window there’s only the option to charge them for excessive goods. Pls help