So, whenever you're patrolling and you see a tiny red dot near you, that means that person has just done something.  You can't pull them over.  SHIFT doesn't work to get them to pull over.  When they finally pull over because they can't drive their vehicle anymore, they get out with hands up, but you can't cuff them or anything.  Even calling for backup, the guys are like "what do you need?"

How do you make traffic stops that don't start out as Calls?

You have to drive behind a vehicle to make a traffic stop. Then you press shift and turn on your siren (default by "E"). A text will appear in the upper left corner. The vehicle then pulls over.

 

1 hour ago, mcoulter876 said:

So, whenever you're patrolling and you see a tiny red dot near you, that means that person has just done something.  You can't pull them over.  SHIFT doesn't work to get them to pull over. 

Right, you can#t pull them over because he is fleeing. Holding "B" you can call in a pursuit.

 

1 hour ago, mcoulter876 said:

When they finally pull over because they can't drive their vehicle anymore, they get out with hands up, but you can't cuff them or anything.

Sometimes they surrender, sometimes they run away.

1 hour ago, mcoulter876 said:

Even calling for backup, the guys are like "what do you need?"

Because you didnt call in the pursuit.

1 hour ago, mcoulter876 said:

but you can't cuff them or anything.

At gunpoint holding "E" they will get on the ground. Then you can cuff them Holding "E" again.

That worked.  Another thing; SHIFT while chasing a suspect worked once or twice, but doesn't anymore.  No plugins added.

Had one today when I chased him and called in Backup to start the pursuit, he eventually stopped and got out of the car.  I couldn't arrest him, though.  Why's that?

You have to hold the key "B" to start the pursuit. After that you can call backup if you want.

Arresting via gunpoint and holding E or hold E to stop him and hold E again to detain him.

2 minutes ago, OfficerChris1 said:

You have to hold the key "B" to start the pursuit. After that you can call backup if you want.

Arresting via gunpoint and holding E or hold E to stop him and hold E again to detain him.

Did that.  Chased him and held B until the red progress bar filled and the pursuit then started.  Shot out his tires and he stopped and got out.  Held down E, but he wouldn't do anything but stand there.  Had to call for backup again and they detained him.

https://youtu.be/1Jk7XEq4IW0

4 hours ago, OfficerChris1 said:

https://youtu.be/1Jk7XEq4IW0

Love the vid.  I can honestly say that didn't work for me, but it wasn't a random car... it was a red dot.  Those seem to have a glitch that comes with them.  Having said that, I don't have "Stop The Ped" installed, so using that may cure the issue.  I noticed that at times it didn't do anything when I used SHIFT to get them to stop until I installed LSPDFR+, and now it works every time.  Thanks for your responses, though.  Truly appreciated.

https://youtu.be/gsaBE1s_thA

Here it is... red dot action, can't arrest.  When he gets out, I'm aiming at him and holding E, which usually works.  Even tried tapping E and holding Q.  Nothing works.  Just a reminder that this is not a Callout.  This is a random small red dot that shows up on my minimap at the bottom left and I go after them.

Looks like a bug, Im gonna try to do the "mission" with the red dot, which is the stolen car callout by LSPDFR default. And arrest him at gunpoint.

Sry, the stolen car mission is not showing up after 30 min playing... sry

2 hours ago, OfficerChris1 said:

Looks like a bug, Im gonna try to do the "mission" with the red dot, which is the stolen car callout by LSPDFR default. And arrest him at gunpoint.

The Callout works fine.  It's just the random red dot that shows up every once in a while that won't allow you to arrest.  Going to exit and restart the mod to see if that does anything, as it helps with some of the glitches.