And how do they abuse ?
The system of MTA was thought about, but wit a possible 100 players the wanted list would get too long to read in normal chat. So we had to come up with some alternative. The alternative: show wanted by colour. No need for long texts, and people can see they are wanted. From the 0.2 we added stars, which means a wanted person can see his wanted level.
To let it wear off is not a good idea. Want to lose your wanted level ? Confess or go to jail. Already enough runners.
Now about abusing cops..... people ram, shoot, insult anything to get wanted. Then they run. If they are killed, moan about abuse.
If players abuse their rights or suspect for wrong reasons, complain to admins.