If someone were arrested by the highway patrol of a state, what facility (jail/detention center) would they be transported to? Would it be the city jail where the offense occurred? A county jail? The nearest facility?

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In the judicial jurisdiction the arrest was in. Normally, it is the county jail of the county the arrest was made in.

The above is a basic answer because some counties contract with other counties to house prisoners. Also, a magistrate, normally with jurisdictional authority advises the prisoner of his rights and may set bond. Each state is probably different than here in Texas.

Typically the detention center for the jurisdiction where the arrest was made.

As to whether it would be a city or county facility, that depends. Some bigger cities run their own jails. Many cities rely on county jails. Some cities have their own jails but only accept misdemeanor arrests, with felony arrests being housed in county jails. Some smaller cities don't have a jail, and their smaller county doesn't have a jail either, so they have a contract with a detention center in a neighboring area. Etc. So the answer will vary, depending on the exact arrangements for that specific area.

In my county anyone arrested for a local or state violation goes to county jail ran by the Sheriff. This includes arrests made by any of the numerous state agencies.

Federal arrests go to a Federal facility a couple counties away... it’s actually a contracted portion of that counties jail.

We can not book on federal code violations, if isn’t possible. We run into that occasionally, most recently on a case where someone came froma different state to pimp our a minor. It was an interesting situation where they couldn’t make it to federal facility that night. After going around and around for a bit we did a “courtesy hold”.... which is just a no paperwork hold for a very short amount of time.

In my jurisdiction, arrested folks charged with misdemeanors were taken to whichever jail that serves the municipal court that would hear the case. In the case of a felony, the county jail was used. The county jail also was used if the local jails were full.

In Massachusetts the State Police hold their own arrests, a clerk magistrate will set bail or the subject will be brought to the district court if open or the next day.

Most likely the county jail of the county they were arrested in.

In NC, troopers took the guy to the magistrate in the county where the crime occurred as this is also the county the court where the case would be heard. Then, if the magistrate placed the guy under a bond, he was incarcerated at the jail( usually run by the sheriff for that county).

If the guy could post his bond when the magistrate sets it, he’s free to go and never even gets to jail, if he can’t stand the bond he goes to jail and afforded the time to call a bondsman or someone who can bring him cash to bond out. If he can get someone or a bondsman, he will usually be tossed into a holding cell for a few minutes until the bondsman shows up, otherwise it’s time for the orange jumpsuit and off to your cell.

Not trying to imply that I'm any sort of authority on this topic, ( ) but in my experience, the above posters are correct - a person in that situation is typically transported to the nearest county detention facility.

I am retired local LEO, but I have a bunch of state buddies. If you want something more definite from their policy, I can ask. Of course, it will be Texas specific.

One of the other considerations is that many DAs are for single counties in larger populated areas, but my county and neighboring counties were in a single jurisdictional district. In that instance, the state officer has more choices.

I grew up in Houston, and HPD has a municipal jail. I don’t know if state officers have the choice to book there or not since I don’t have that experience. The county jails there in Harris County May be their only option.

Most city jails in AZ have disappeared due to cost. I am retired state. We booked into a county facility. Sheriff Joe always had room at 'Tent City' whereas some outlying facilities would turn us away to reserve room for their deputies arrests.

Jail in the county where the arrest was made.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Does this count as your one phone call?

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This is a classic case of "it depends."

As is often the case with legal questions, the answer varies with where you are, and also with the nature of the offense.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
This is a classic case of "it depends."

As is often the case with legal questions, the answer varies with where you are, and also with the nature of the offense.

Yep, the Kentucky State Police are not bound by any kind of rules or guidance on which jail they use. It is not uncommon for them to take the person to another county if that jail is geographically closer to the point of arrest.

Or if a particular jail/jailer/jail staff pisses off a trooper or troopers, they will use another jail.

The situation exists here in Dallas. Yesterday I noticed a strange black SUV with blue and red lights pulling over a car near my home. Curious, I paid attention to what was painted on the vehicle: "State Trooper" in big white letters. Since the stop was made within the city limits of Dallas, I was curious and queried my Best Friend, who's a cop in Greenville, TX. He responded that several State LEOs have been loaned to the DPD to perform traffic duty, because DPD is short of personnel.

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Most of our local jails are closing and the county jails are expanding. I think Ohio State Patrol uses whatever's convenient. They're no longer just on the freeways. They're doing traffic enforcement on local streets now.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Does this count as your one phone call?

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