Body Camera

The Sonoran CAD bodycam enables dispatchers to see live video from units in-game.

Bodycam cloud footage storage is limited based on your subscription plan.

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What is the live Body Camera?

Sonoran CAD is the only external CAD system offering livestream video from in-game users accessible through the live map, active units preview, or a dedicated window.

Activation Guide

1. Download and Install the Resource

This submodule is already enabled by default when installing the Sonoran CAD FiveM resource.

The locations submodule includes all logic required to send bodycam images to the CAD and is already enabled by default. Keep this submodule enabled to maintain functionality.

2. Adjust the Configuration

The bodycam settings are stored inside of the /configuration/bodycam_config.lua file.

Configuration Options

Variable	Description
command	The command name to toggle your body camera on or off.
requireUnitDuty	If enabled, the player must be logged into the CAD to use the body camera.
enableAnimation	Play an in-game animation when activating or deactivating the body camera.
enableOverlay	Enables or disables the blinking body camera image on screen when enabled. Default true
overlayLocation	The position (corner) of the screen where the body camera image is displayed. Options: top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right Default: top-right
enableBeeps	Enables or disables the body camera beeping when turned on. Default: true
beepType	Type of audio that the beeps use. native = GTAV Native Sounds nui = Custom Sound File
beepFrequency	Adjusts the frequency at which unit body camera beeps when turned on(in milliseconds). Default: 30000 (30 seconds)
beepRange	The range at which a person can hear the bodycam beeps
screenshotFrequency	Adjusts the frequency at which unit body cameras update (in milliseconds). Default: 2000 (2 seconds)
defaultKeybind	The default keybind for toggling the bodycam.
autoEnableWithLights	Automatically enable bodycam when emergency lights are enabled/disabled.
autoEnableWithWeapons	Automatically enable bodycam when a weapon is drawn.
clothing	Clothing items that must be worn in order to have a body camera.
weapons	Weapons that when drawn enable bodycam.
bodycamCommandChangeFrequency	The command to adjust your individual body camera screenshot frequency to be different than the server's screenshotFrequency value. Default: bodycamFreq

3. Ensure Players are Linked

Ensure the player has already linked their CAD for this integration to work.

In-Game Usage

When in-game, units must also be actively signed into the dispatch, police, fire, or EMS panel.

On first usage, players will be prompted to grant permission for the bodycam:

Commands

In-game commands can be used to

• /bodycam Toggle the bodycam on or off

• /bodycam sound Toggles the beeps on and off locally

• /bodycam anim Toggles the bodycam animation on and off locally

• /bodycam overlay Toggles the bodycam overlay on and off locally

• /bodycam forceoff Toggles the force-off state

Keybind

Users can customize a keybind to toggle their bodycams on and off.

Navigate to Settings > Keybinds > FiveM and look for the keybind Toggle BodyCam under the resource sonorancad.

Body Camera Overlay

When your bodycam is on and being viewed in the CAD a periodic beep and body overlay will appear on your screen.

Beeps

The body camera plays server-sided beeps periodically while activated.

• beepFrequency determines how often these beeps are played

• beepRange determines how far away these beeps are heard

Automatic Activation

The body camera will automatically activate when an officer activates their lights or draws a firearm.

• autoEnableWithWeapons enables automatic activation when one of the weapons items are used.

• autoEnableWithLights to enabled automatic activation when emergency lights are enabled.

Force Off

You can now force your body camera off using /bodycam forceoff until you manually turn it back on via the /bodycam command. While in the forced-off state, the body camera will no longer automatically turn on when someone is viewing, or based upon any automatic events.

This command can be restricted via ACE permissions:

-- Ace permission required for /bodycam forceoff (leave blank to disable ace check).
forceOffAce = "sonorancad.bodycam.forceoff",

Unit Duty Requirement

By default, the requireUnitDuty configuration value is set to true. This requires the unit to be logged into the Police, EMS or Fire portions of CAD in order to activate their bodycam.

Animation

When toggling your body camera on or off an animation will play. To disable this, set enableAnimation to false.

In-Game Recording

By default, each recording includes a 30-second shadow buffer followed by 1 minute 30 seconds of video, for a maximum total length of 2 minutes. The shadow buffer length can be adjusted with recording.shadowBufferSeconds, but the total recording length cannot exceed 2 minutes.

Recording can be started manually using a configurable keybind located under Keybinds -> FiveM -> Sonoran CAD. You can also enable automatic bodycam recording through recording.autoRecordEvents.

Developers can also trigger bodycam recordings with a client event.

Recordings can be viewed in the CAD under Unit Management > Body Cam Recordings

CAD Usage

Active Units

In the active units panel, hover over the camera icon to view a preview of their bodycam.

Window

Click on the active unit preview or the pop out button on the live map to open a dedicated bodycam viewer window.

Live Map

In the live map, selecting a unit or hovering near a unit in the 3D map will show the bodycam.