Dillon Police Jail

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The Dillon Police Jail is located at 275 Lake Dillon Drive in Dillon, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dillon Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything related to the Dillon Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Dillon Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Dillon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dillon Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to get info about anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Dillon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Dillon Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the telephone in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. This process may take from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get let go. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Dillon Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Dillon Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor has to provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Dillon Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 970-468-6078 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Dillon Police Jail you must be added to their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Dillon Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Dillon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dillon 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 Dillon 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 Dillon 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records online or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Summit County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Summit County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Dillon Police Jail might change, so it would be best to check the Dillon Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dillon 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 Dillon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 970-468-6078 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 Dillon Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Dillon Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

The Dillon Police Jail phone number is: 970-468-6078

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make are split 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 Dillon Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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