What are the general procedures after a person is arrested?
Persons arrested in Bay County, or persons arrested in other locations and transported to Bay County to answer charges are taken to the Bay County Jail Facility at 5700 Star Avenue for booking. The booking process includes search of person, documentation and storage of personal property, fingerprinting, photographing, medical screening, a shower, issuance of jail clothing and sanitary supplies, telephone calls, classification assessment and a temporary housing assignment. Personal property, valuables and money are collected and inventoried. Property goes into the property room (with the exception of firearms, weapons and flammables) and are securely stored. The arrest is permanently recorded, and national and state crime information centers are checked for outstanding warrants in other jurisdictions. If the charges are serious and bail cannot be determined from a pre-set bond schedule, then the person is scheduled for a First Appearance Hearing that will occur within 24 hours of bookin
