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Unit status

What each entry in the STATUS dropdown means and which one makes you eligible for assignment.

The STATUS dropdown in the Patrol CAD toolbar has six options. Changing it saves immediately and updates the roster for everyone.

The six options

OFF DUTY is the status when you arrive. The roster shows you in grey.

10-8 AVAILABLE is the status that makes you eligible for assignment.

10-6 BUSY shows you as on duty and is not eligible for automatic assignment.

EN ROUTE and ON SCENE describe your position on a call. The call detail buttons set these along with your status on the call. See working a call.

TRAINING is not eligible for automatic assignment.

Eligibility

Having the 10-8 AVAILABLE status is one of two conditions. You also have to be unattached from any call, so setting yourself available while still attached does not make you eligible.

The full eligibility and selection rules are on automatic assignment.

Status on the roster

Available units show green. Busy, en route and on scene show amber. Off duty and training show grey.

See Patrol CAD for the rest of what a roster row shows.

Related pages

  • Patrol CADThe three panel patrol screen, the toolbar, the banner that follows you onto other pages, and what the unit roster shows.
  • Set your callsign, department and subdivisionYour unit profile holds the callsign, department tag and subdivision that dispatch and automatic assignment work from, plus department access codes.
  • Working a call as a unitAttaching to a call, marking en route and on scene, adding call notes, detaching, and the disposition prompt when you are the last unit.
  • Automatic assignmentAutomatic assignment assigns available units to open calls, processes calls by priority, and can be overridden for a dispatcher session.
  • Assigning and detaching unitsAssign a unit to a call by hand, set the primary unit and detach somebody from a call.
  • Linking your game sessionPair an in-game session to your CAD unit, go on duty, and stream your position so dispatch can see where you are.

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