ALPR (Automatic License Plate Reader)

PulseCAD integrates with Wraith ARS 2X (wk_wars2x), the standard FiveM radar/plate-reader. When Wraith scans a plate, PulseCAD checks it against your community's records and alerts the officer in-game if there's a hit.

What triggers an alert

A scanned plate raises an alert when, in your community, the vehicle (or its registered owner) is flagged:

Hit	Meaning
STOLEN	The vehicle is flagged stolen
REG_EXPIRED / REG_SUSPENDED	Registration is not valid
NO_INSURANCE	Insurance is not valid
RO_WARRANT	The registered owner has an active warrant
BOLO	There's an active BOLO on the plate

The officer who scanned gets an on-screen notification and a tone. Dispatch also sees the hit on their board (visual only, no sound). A clean plate produces nothing — no false positives.

Setup

1. Install Wraith ARS 2X (wk_wars2x) on your server.
2. In the CAD, open Admin → FiveM and enable ALPR, then re-download / reload the resource. (ALPR is a per-community toggle and is off by default.)

That's it — PulseCAD hooks Wraith's scan event automatically. If Wraith isn't installed, the hook is simply inert.

Turning it on

Changing the ALPR toggle in Admin → FiveM applies live — installed servers pick it up within about 10 seconds (or press Push update). No restart needed just to enable/disable ALPR.

Testing without driving around

Use the manual lookup to confirm the link end-to-end without a radar:

/plate <plate>

This returns the same community-scoped flags in chat and works without Wraith. It's the quickest way to verify your server is reaching the CAD. (Unlike an ALPR scan, /plate does not push a dispatch alert.)

Where flags come from

Vehicles, owners, registration/insurance status, warrants, and BOLOs come from the civilian portal and the dispatch/MDT tools — the same records officers see when they run a plate on the web. Mark a vehicle stolen, set a registration status, issue a warrant, or create a plate BOLO, and ALPR will catch it. See Dispatch and Law Enforcement (MDT).