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# Dispatch

Illegal races can alert your dispatch resource so police get a call, the same way any other crime would page them.

## Auto-detected resources

`Config.Dispatch.resource = nil` (default) auto-detects and ships best-effort adapters for:

* `cd_dispatch`
* `ps-dispatch`
* `lb-tablet`
* `tk_dispatch`

{% hint style="warning" %}
These community resources have multiple forks/versions with slightly different event names — **verify alerts actually fire** against your installed version after setup. If they don't, or you use a dispatch resource not in this list, use a custom adapter instead.
{% endhint %}

## Custom adapter

Set `Config.Dispatch.resource = 'custom'` and provide your own function:

```lua
Config.Dispatch = {
    enabled = true,
    resource = 'custom',
    custom = function(alertData)
        -- alertData contains title, message, coords, sprite, color, jobTable, etc.
        -- Call your dispatch resource's own alert function here.
    end,
}
```

## Relevant settings

| Key                                 | Description                                                                                                                       |
| ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Config.Dispatch.enabled`           | Master switch for dispatch alerts.                                                                                                |
| `Config.Dispatch.defaultChance`     | Fallback % chance an illegal race alerts dispatch, used when a route doesn't set its own (`/race_setdispatch` sets it per-route). |
| `Config.Dispatch.jobTable`          | Which jobs receive the alert (default `police`, `sheriff`).                                                                       |
| `Config.Dispatch.title` / `message` | Alert text; `message` supports `%s` for the location.                                                                             |
| `Config.Dispatch.sprite` / `color`  | Blip appearance for the alert on police MDTs/maps.                                                                                |
| `Config.Illegal.dispatch.radius`    | How far (game units) the alert broadcasts from the race location.                                                                 |

Per-route settings — whether a route is illegal at all, its own dispatch chance, and its wanted-crime label — are set through the route creator (`/race_setillegal`, `/race_setdispatch`, `/race_setwantedcrime`), not in `config/config.lua`.


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