Tigard Police Jail

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The Tigard Police Jail is located at 13125 Southwest Hall Boulevard in Tigard, OR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tigard Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything one might want to know about the Tigard Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Tigard Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Washington County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

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Who’s In Jail

The Tigard Police Jail Inmate List is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find info about anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Tigard Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Tigard Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, like your full name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate must decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to be released in the morning.

Tigard Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Tigard Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the visitation log for the requesting inmate. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Tigard Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the jail at 503-639-6168 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Tigard Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Tigard Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Tigard Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tigard Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Tigard Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Tigard Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants online or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Washington County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Tigard Police Jail inmates could change, so be sure to visit the Tigard Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tigard Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Tigard Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 503-639-6168 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Tigard Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

The only phone calls that Tigard Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Tigard Police Jail phone number is: 503-639-6168

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Tigard Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Tigard Police Jail, click the link below.

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