Lake Tapawingo Police Jail

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The Lake Tapawingo Police Jail is located at 144 Anchor Drive in Lake Tapawingo, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake Tapawingo Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything related to the Lake Tapawingo Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Lake Tapawingo Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake Tapawingo Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Lake Tapawingo Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Lake Tapawingo Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. It also can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Lake Tapawingo Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Lake Tapawingo Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Lake Tapawingo Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Lake Tapawingo Police Jail at 816-224-6645 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Lake Tapawingo Police Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Lake Tapawingo Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 a 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 Lake Tapawingo Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake Tapawingo 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 Lake Tapawingo 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 Lake Tapawingo 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Jackson County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Jackson County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail change frequently, so review the Lake Tapawingo Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake Tapawingo 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 Lake Tapawingo Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 816-224-6645 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 Lake Tapawingo Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products such as 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 Lake Tapawingo Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 816-224-6645

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Lake Tapawingo Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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