5-03/005.20 - Record and Warrant Search



The station/unit shall make a record and warrant search in the Personal History, Wanted Persons System (WPS) and Countywide Warrant System (CWS) for record and warrant information.

Stations/units shall make a record and warrant search based upon AKA information from the MAIN number supplied by RIB subsequent to a Cal-ID fingerprint verification.

When wants are indicated, the following shall apply:

  • Notify the agency which placed or holds the want that the prisoner is in custody.

In turn, the Warrants and Detainers Unit shall:

  • Order any prisoner to court who is booked into MCJ on a warrant or abstract from a L.A. County Court; and
  • Notify out-of-county agencies when a prisoner is available for pickup on an out-of-county warrant.
  • In turn, the station/unit shall:
  • Book the prisoner after the watch commander has approved all warrants or abstracts received for the prisoner in their custody;
  • Arraign prisoners arrested on warrants or abstracts issued by courts in the county if the prisoner has not been transferred to IRC/CRDF; and
  • Notify out-of-county agencies, via the Justice Data Interface Controller (JDIC), of the disposition of a prisoner arrested for an out-of-county warrant, e.g., bailed out, transferred to IRC/CRDF, released on citation, etc.