addEvent("onClientFollowTheCop", true)
function onClientFollowTheCop ( officer, arrestedPerson )
    if ( officer ) and ( arrestedPerson ) then

        local officerX, officerY, officerZ = getElementPosition ( officer )
        local prisonerX, prisonerY, prisonerZ = getElementPosition ( prisoner )
        local distance = getDistanceBetweenPoints3D ( officerX, officerY, officerZ, prisonerX, prisonerY, prisonerZ )

        local officerRotation = ( 360 - math.deg ( math.atan2 ( ( officerX - prisonerX ), ( officerY - prisonerY ) ) ) ) % 360
        setPedRotation ( prisoner, officerRotation )

        if ( distance > 15 ) then
            setControlState ( "sprint", true )
            setControlState ( "walk", false )
            setControlState ( "forwards", true )
            setControlState ( "jump", true )
            setElementPosition (prisoner, officerX + 1, officerY + 1, officerZ)
            local followTimer = setTimer ( onClientFollowTheCop, 500, 1, officer, prisoner )
        elseif ( distance > 9 ) then
            setControlState ( "sprint", true )
            setControlState ( "walk", false )
            setControlState ( "forwards", true )
            local followTimer = setTimer ( onClientFollowTheCop, 500, 1, officer, prisoner )
        elseif ( distance > 6 ) then
            setControlState ( "sprint", false )
            setControlState ( "walk", false )
            setControlState ( "forwards", true )
            local followTimer = setTimer ( onClientFollowTheCop, 500, 1, officer, prisoner )
        elseif ( distance > 1.5 ) then
            setControlState ( "sprint", false )
            setControlState ( "walk", true )
            setControlState ( "forwards", true )
            local followTimer = setTimer ( onClientFollowTheCop, 500, 1, officer, prisoner )
        elseif ( distance < 1.5 ) then
            setControlState ( "sprint", false )
            setControlState ( "walk", false )
            setControlState ( "forwards", false )
            local followTimer = setTimer ( onClientFollowTheCop, 500, 1, officer, prisoner )
        end
    end
end
addEventHandler("onClientFollowTheCop", root, onClientFollowTheCop)