Welcome to Kestrel

This section is for people using Kestrel — dispatchers, patrol/fire/EMS staff, civilians, and the community owners who set it up. If you're building your own integration against Kestrel's API instead of using the official FiveM resources, see the API Reference.

The three ways you'll touch Kestrel

Surface	Who	Where
Dispatch console	Dispatchers, supervisors	Web browser, full-screen
MDT + in-game commands	Patrol, FTO, detectives, fire/EMS crews	FiveM, in-game overlay or a second monitor
Civilian portal	Everyone else on the server	Web browser

Community owners and department admins also get an admin console for setup and day-to-day staff/department management — see Setting Up Your Community.

Pick the page that matches your role:

• Dispatch Console — dispatchers
• Officer Field Guide — patrol, FTO, detectives, fire, EMS
• Civilian Portal — everyone else
• Records & Reports — people, vehicle, and warrant records
• RMS & Incident Reports — writing and reviewing full case reports
• Forms — custom department paperwork
• Civilian Services — tow, coroner, DOT, and other support-service jobs
• Radio & Communications — voice radio and the signal HUD
• Nexus (Investigations) — detectives and investigators
• Marketplace & Plugins — admins choosing what's enabled
• Setting Up Your Community — community owners, department admins
• FiveM Resource Configuration — full convar/config reference
• FAQ & Troubleshooting — "why won't this work"

Linking your FiveM account

Before any in-game command or the MDT will work for you, your game client has to be linked to your Kestrel account once:

1. In the Kestrel web app, go to Account Settings → Link FiveM Account and copy the code shown.

2. In-game, run:

   /kestrellink <code>

You only need to do this once per account/server pairing. If you play a cop character and a civilian character on the same server, link whichever character is active at the time — Kestrel tracks status and permissions per active character, not per account, so switching characters in-game switches which record you're acting as.

Going on duty

Most staff commands and the MDT require you to be linked and on duty. How you go on duty depends on how your server is set up:

• QBCore servers — use QBCore's own /duty command.

• ESX and standalone servers (or any ESX server not running esx_service/esx_duty) — use:

  /kestrelduty

  This also lets you drop off duty for roleplay purposes without losing your job, then come back on later.

Going off duty while you're still attached to an open call requires you (or a supervisor) to resolve it first — Kestrel won't let a unit vanish off a live call silently.

No command needed for a few things

Once you're linked and on duty, your live position, your GPS waypoint when dispatch assigns you a call, and (if your server has it configured) your radio signal strength all update automatically in the background — see Officer Field Guide for what those look like.