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Mine Theft AutoVICE CITY

Game systems

Wanted & Police

Stars, tickets, arrests, chases, and how the city keeps cops and crooks balanced.

The star ladder

Every crime adds wanted stars, up to 5. Stars fade about every 6 min: faster with no police nearby, and frozen while a cop is within about 50 blocks. Lying low genuinely works, just slowly.

Wanted levels, fines, rewards and jail
StarsPolice canThe numbers
1★Ticket youFine $1,500
2★Ticket youFine $5,500
3★Ticket youFine $9,500
4★Arrest youOfficer earns $25,000 · jail 5 min · bail $7,500
5★Arrest youOfficer earns $35,000 · jail 7 min · bail $12,500

Tickets must be paid within 120 seconds or your stars jump. Ways out of jail →

Everybody glows

Every player glows in the world, so a chase is always readable. Police glow blue, civilians white, and wanted players shift from yellow to gold to red to dark red as their stars climb.

  • Police
  • Civilian
  • Wanted: yellow
  • Wanted: gold
  • Wanted: red
  • Wanted: dark red

Anatomy of a chase

  1. 1

    A crime happens. Crime alerts, with the location, go out to every officer who has /pa switched on.

  2. 2

    Officers close in. They track the suspect with /gpstrack and call in /backup.

  3. 3

    The arrest. The officer gets within about 3 blocks, right-clicks with the Stick, and holds the cuff for 3 s (4 s at 5★) without being hit or drifting out of range.

  4. 4

    The suspect has options. Bribe, run, fight, or be freed later by a friend. Arrests at 4★ and 5★ pay the officer and count toward rank.

The evasion bounty

The city balances itself

The server watches police versus criminal numbers. If the police are outnumbered, robbery payouts shrink and every officer gets a bonus. If the cops dominate, payouts rise and criminals get a bonus. The underdog always has an edge, and balance messages are broadcast now and then.

Police ranks

  1. 1Cadet
  2. 2Officer
  3. 3Officer II
  4. 4Senior Officer
  5. 5Corporal
  6. 6Sergeant
  7. 7Lieutenant
  8. 8Captain
  9. 9Deputy Chief
  10. 10Chief

Daily pay grows with rank, from $500 as a Cadet to $15,000 as Chief. Rank comes from arrests and tickets (/policerank).

The rules of the badge

  • Cops can't fish, can't do holdups and can't buy drugs.
  • The illegal-kill fine: killing someone who hasn't attacked you costs $10,000, and grows each time.
  • Paid /patrol routes pay $5,000 on arrival.
  • Confiscating a drug plant pays $5,000 per plant.

Read the Police Officer class guide →

Numbers last verified 25 September 2026. Prices and odds are live settings and can change, so the game is always the source of truth.