Buffalo Grove Police Jail

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The Buffalo Grove Police Jail is located at 46 Raupp Boulevard in Buffalo Grove, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Buffalo Grove Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Buffalo Grove Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Buffalo Grove Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Lake County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Buffalo Grove Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Buffalo Grove Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info about anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Buffalo Grove Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Buffalo Grove Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you must answer some questions, like your full legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Buffalo Grove Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Buffalo Grove Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 847-459-2560 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Buffalo Grove Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Buffalo Grove Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Buffalo Grove Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Buffalo Grove 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 Buffalo Grove 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 Buffalo Grove 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Lake County court website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Lake County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Buffalo Grove Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Buffalo Grove Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Buffalo Grove 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 Buffalo Grove Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 847-459-2560 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 Buffalo Grove Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Buffalo Grove Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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 privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 847-459-2560

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Buffalo Grove Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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