Burlingame Police Jail

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The Burlingame Police Jail is located at 1111 Trousdale Drive in Burlingame, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Burlingame Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Burlingame Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find San Mateo County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that could help others will be much appreciated.

Burlingame Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Burlingame Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can find the same information on anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Burlingame Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Burlingame 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 a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take from 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Burlingame Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name to the Burlingame Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Burlingame Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the facility at 650-692-8440 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Burlingame Police Jail you must be on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Burlingame Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Burlingame Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Burlingame 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 Burlingame 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 Burlingame 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 find out by checking the court records online or you are able to 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 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 have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the San Mateo County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the San Mateo County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

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

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates could change, so it would be best to visit the Burlingame Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Burlingame 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 Burlingame Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 650-692-8440 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 Burlingame Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Burlingame Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 650-692-8440

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Burlingame Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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