Traverse City Police Jail

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The Traverse City Police Jail is located at 8870 North Long Lake Road in Traverse City, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Long Lake Township Police Department.

This guide tells you info about everything related to the Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others is welcome.

Traverse City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Traverse City Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info about anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Traverse City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Traverse City Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a telephone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Traverse City Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Traverse City Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the official Traverse City Police Jail at 231-946-2249 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Traverse City Police Jail you have to 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 because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Traverse City Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Traverse City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Traverse 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 Traverse 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 Traverse 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Grand Traverse County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear 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 Grand Traverse County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access court records on the website, or at the Grand Traverse County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you double check the Traverse City Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Traverse 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 Traverse City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 231-946-2249 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 Traverse City Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use 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 the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Traverse City Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 231-946-2249

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Traverse City Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly 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 or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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