The golden handcuff

A second tool that carries a player floating in front of you.

A separate tool that picks a player up and carries them floating ahead of the officer, instead of the normal grab that walks them along the ground.

It is the premium version: give it to staff, sell it, or use it for a specific role.

return {
    ToolName = "Golden Handcuff",
    CarryOffset = Vector3.new(0, 0, 6),
    CarryRange = 30,
    LerpAlpha = 0.5,
    RequirePermission = true,
}

Using it

Equip the tool and click a player. Click again, or unequip, to put them down.

That is a different interaction from the rest of the system: the normal actions target the nearest valid player automatically, while this one uses your mouse.

Field	Meaning
`ToolName`	The exact `Tool` name that enables it
`CarryOffset`	Where the carried player floats, in studs. Only the Z component is used
`CarryRange`	The furthest you can be to start a carry
`LerpAlpha`	How tightly they follow, 0 to 1
`RequirePermission`	Whether the team rules apply

Range is checked once

CarryRange of 30 studs gates the pickup only. Once carrying, the player is repositioned in front of you every frame regardless of distance, so they cannot be left behind.

That is much longer than the 8-stud ActivationDistance of the normal actions, which is part of what makes this the premium tool.

Following

LerpAlpha = 0.5,

Each frame the carried player is moved a fraction of the way toward a point CarryOffset.Z studs ahead of the officer, facing the same way.

Value	Feel
`1`	Snaps exactly into place. Rigid, and jittery on a bad connection
`0.5`	The default. Smooth, with a slight lag on turns
`0.2`	Floaty, trailing well behind on fast movement
`0`	Does not follow at all

Their velocity is zeroed each frame, so they do not accumulate momentum and fly off when released.

Permission

RequirePermission = true,

Value	Who may carry
`true`	Officers with `GrabPermission` over that target, plus admins
`false`	Anybody holding the tool, on anybody

true is the sensible default. false is for games where the golden handcuff is a toy rather than a police tool.

Carrying does not cuff

The carry is independent of the three restraint states. A carried player is not marked as cuffed, their tools are not confiscated, and you cannot open the arrest form on them.

To arrest somebody you carried somewhere, put them down and cuff them normally.

What ends a carry

Event
The officer clicks again	Released
The officer unequips the tool	Released
Either player dies	Released
Either player leaves	Released
The carried player's character goes away	Released

Release restores their walk speed, jump height and network ownership.

Two officers cannot carry the same player: a second attempt returns BadTarget.

Rate limit

Toggling is guarded by half a second on the server and 0.4 seconds on the client, so a double click does not pick somebody up and immediately drop them.

Setting it up

Make a Tool named exactly Golden Handcuff.
Give it to whoever should have it: StarterPack, a gamepass script, or a shop.
Leave RequirePermission = true unless you want it usable on anybody.

The name is the only thing that matters. Model the tool however you like.

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