As I said... there will be NO progress-bar on the restraining. Sorry.
I am considering another strategy, however. I have been for a few days, but I can't promise or give any timelines as to when it might materialise, or even if it will.
I'd like for 'registration checking' (of people) to be do-able WITHOUT restraint being necessary. IMHO, this would enable full identification of a person, plus licence-checking, plus wanted-status-checking all one in (progress-barred) hit. The person would not be required to stand still - just be the initial cursor-target; in this respect, the progress-bar would be different to vehicle-checking or repairing, which require the 'target' and the 'do-er' to stay within a range. It would be equivalent to a cop calling up the PNC on his radio, and receiving the response over his headset/earpiece. He could still run after a perp if needs be, without cancelling the check. Of course, if a perp runs away during a check he is still fair game, but the cop will be somewhat delayed in getting out his taser or aiming a shot if he has the registration-menu up still. But once free of that, he's got the scope to arrest the perp either by knockdown, tase or restraint, whichever is the most appropriate at the time, with little or no verbals... because the fecker is on the run, clearly. RP is established by now. Tasing *should* always be announced, but tbh, it's not always going to be prudent to do so, if Harry Hardnut is already half-way down the street and making like Usain Bolt.
The point of not requiring a restraint just for registration/licence checking is that it means the perp still has an opportunity to legitimately RP his way out of the situation. Ok, if the licences are going to come back bad, or show a wanted sheet as long as your arm, then it's going to be hard to RP out of it, and running MIGHT be a better option. But if your licences/wanted-status are currently clean (even if you have a lorry load of drugs or an illegal carbine in your bag) then there is much less chance of there being 'probable cause' for a full search. The perp MAY get away without being searched or restrained, if he plays his cards right. Obviously, if he is stroppy, rude, or in a very obvious hotspot with a very suspicious vehicle at a curious time of night, then perhaps he'll be searched under that rule, but at least he has an opportunity to play for time, choose his moment while the cop is distracted by the reg-check, and elect to follow a non-KOS strategy, and preserve both his life and the cop's.
I'd also like to introduce a 'request search' mode rather like the ticketing mode - the cops can ASK the civs (without being restrained) whether they'll submit to a search. If they answer yes on their menu, the search physically starts (in much the same way as it does now). If they move away mid-search, it fails, but they get made wanted for obstruction. If the cops moves away, it just fails, and has to be asked again. If the perp replies NO to a search request, the cop cannot ask again, but must decide whether he wishes to restrain the subject - i.e. he must have probable cause. The subject can then only be searched whilst in restraint, like it is now.
In essence, I want to see if we can avoid restraining people too quickly in the sequence. People in the UK are not routinely cuffed during PNC checks, and not even during searches, if they are polite and calm. Obviously if they are raving morons, they'll be cuffed pretty quickly at any stage, but at the moment in Altis, it is a requirement to restrain before any of the 'casual banter' involved in checking someone out can even start. I think this is the chief cause of raised temperatures and 'kill rather than be restrained' stances. I'd like to lose it, therefore.
Maratek
