Polo Police Jail

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The Polo Police Jail is located at 116 South Franklin Avenue in Polo, IL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Polo Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Polo Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Polo Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Polo Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find the same information about anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information quicker if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Polo Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Polo Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You have to answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Polo Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Polo Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so call the official Polo Police Jail at 815-946-2444 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Polo Police Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Polo Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Polo Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Polo 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 Polo 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 Polo 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 check arrest warrants on the Ogle County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Ogle County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that includes a docket and all documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Ogle County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Polo Police Jail can change at any time, so you should double check the Polo Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Polo 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 Polo Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 815-946-2444 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 Polo Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Polo Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 815-946-2444

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Polo Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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