Platte City Police Jail

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The Platte City Police Jail is located at 900 Fourth Street in Platte City, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Platte City Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Platte City Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Platte County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Platte City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Platte City Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get information for anybody booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Platte City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Platte City Police Jail is made up of the following 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.

You will answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take from 10 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge still needs to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Platte City Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Platte City Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 816-858-5150 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Platte City Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make 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.

No phones at Platte City Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 Platte City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Platte City 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 Platte City 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 Platte City 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records on the website or you are able to 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 inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Platte County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Platte City Police Jail might change, so it would be best to review the Platte City Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Platte City 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 Platte City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 816-858-5150 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 Platte City Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Platte City Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Platte City Police Jail phone number is: 816-858-5150

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, 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 Platte City Police Jail. The prices 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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