Petaluma Police Jail

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The Petaluma Police Jail is located at 969 Petaluma Boulevard North in Petaluma, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Petaluma Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Petaluma Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that would help others will be much appreciated.

Petaluma Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Petaluma Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info for anybody who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you have their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Petaluma Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Petaluma Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a judge must figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Petaluma Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Petaluma Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Petaluma Police Jail at 707-778-4372 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Petaluma Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Petaluma Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Petaluma Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Petaluma 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 Petaluma 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 Petaluma 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, you can access court records on the Sonoma County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Sonoma County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, 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 money to people in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to visit the Petaluma Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Petaluma 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 Petaluma Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 707-778-4372 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 Petaluma Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Petaluma Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 707-778-4372

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 Petaluma 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 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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