Copperas Cove Police Jail

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The Copperas Cove Police Jail is located at 202 South 4Th Street in Copperas Cove, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Copperas Cove Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything related to the Copperas Cove Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Copperas Cove Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Copperas Cove Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get information on anyone processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Copperas Cove Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Copperas Cove Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged. It also can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Copperas Cove Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Copperas Cove Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Copperas Cove Police Jail are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Copperas Cove Police Jail at 254-547-4272 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Copperas Cove Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Copperas Cove Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Copperas Cove Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Copperas Cove 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 Copperas Cove 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 Copperas Cove 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 check court records on the Coryell County jail 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. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Coryell County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Copperas Cove Police Jail is likely to change, so be sure to visit the Copperas Cove Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Copperas Cove 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 Copperas Cove Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 254-547-4272 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 Copperas Cove Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Copperas Cove Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Copperas Cove Police Jail phone number is: 254-547-4272

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts 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 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 Copperas Cove Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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