Findlay Police Jail

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The Findlay Police Jail is located at 318 Dorney Plaza in Findlay, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Findlay Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Findlay Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Findlay Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Hancock County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Findlay Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Findlay Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can also get info on anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Findlay Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Findlay Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological 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.

They will allow you to use the telephone to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it depends on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Findlay Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Findlay Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put in the log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at 419-424-7194 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Findlay Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Findlay Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Findlay Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Findlay 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 Findlay 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 Findlay 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, you can access arrest warrants on the Hancock County court website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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 Hancock County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Hancock County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Findlay Police Jail might change, so visit the Findlay Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Findlay 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 Findlay Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 419-424-7194 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 Findlay Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably 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 products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Findlay Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden.

The Findlay Police Jail phone number is: 419-424-7194

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Findlay Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail 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 Findlay Police Jail, click the link below.

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