The Whittier Police Department has a holding facility
only. As identified by the State of California Title 15
and 24, we are a Type I Jail. Our facility holds
prisoners for only 72 hours. After that 72-hour period
the prisoner is turned over to the court.
The jail unit is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The jail unit is responsible for the processing of all
prisoners. This includes and is not limited to booking,
fingerprinting, photographing, feeding, issuing clothing
and personal items and physically monitoring the
prisoner while they are in our facility.
The Whittier jailers use a top of the line
finger-printing identification system called LiveScan.
The Live Scan Fingerprint System is an automated system
that provides an effective way of capturing a person's
fingerprints, without the use of ink. Designed for law
enforcement agencies that require fingerprint systems
for identification, the Live Scan unit offers several
advantages over the traditional ink method.
The Live Scan unit enables subjects' fingerprints to be
transmitted by phone lines to the California Department
of Justice in Sacramento. This capability provides
timely identification of individuals, while they are
still in custody.
The Whittier Police Department has a holding facility
only. As identified by the State of California Title 15
and 24, we are a Type I Jail. Our facility holds
prisoners for only 72 hours. After that 72-hour period
the prisoner is turned over to the court.