JAIL DIVISION
Jail Division Administrator

The Jail Division performs many essential tasks within the Police Department including booking and housing adult men and women in the jail, Jail Administration and Support services, Civic Center security, Booking Desk operations, Business and Information Desk services, Court Affairs, and Live Scan services. The Court Bailiff’s detail and the Transportation team are essential support services ensuring inmates housed in the jail are escorted and transported to both the Long Beach Courthouse and other county facilities. The jail, business desk, booking and security for the Civic Center hours of operation are 24 hours a day seven days a week. The following information is supplied as an outline of the responsibilities of each detail contained within the division.


Booking Desk
The booking desk serves as the point of intake for adult subjects arrested and brought to the Long Beach Jail. Over 18,000 prisoners are booked at the Long Beach Police Department annually. The booking desk operates 24/7 and handles all duties associated with prisoner intake and release to include data entry and handling property.


Men and Women’s Jail
The Long Beach City Jail is one of California’s largest City Jails. Approximately 18,000 inmates are booked annually. Detention Officers assigned to the jail attend an Adult Core Corrections Officer training course within their first year of employment. Long Beach participates in California Standards Authority Standards of Training for Corrections program.

Detention Officers and Detention Officer Supervisors are responsible for the care, custody and supervision of inmates housed in the jail. This includes performing assigned tasks, which ensure the safety and security of the jail, which includes direct visual observation of inmates confined in the Long Beach Jail. Officers conduct safety checks of inmates through direct observation and insure the standards for safe facility operations are followed ensuring compliance with California Minimum Standards for Detention Facilities.

Detention Officers determine inmate housing assignments, provide inmates with an orientation pertaining to facility operations and rules, fingerprint inmates, conduct random security checks and searches, prepare required reports, provide emergency first aid and ensure inmates are safe. Officers’ monitor changes in the jail environment and ensure the facility operations, and security procedures are not breached.


Court Affairs
The Court Affairs Office is responsible for receiving all subpoenas for Department personnel and insuring court appearance information is properly entered into the automated court affairs system. Court Affairs staff accepts and processes subpoenas for records and legal summonses related to department employees. Officer personnel manage the automated court affairs system, updating data as appearance dates change, and serve as liaisons to city prosecutors and defense attorneys to insure department employees are notified in a timely manner and appear in court as required.


Court Bailiffs
The Court Bailiffs detail is responsible for escorting inmates housed in the Long Beach Jail to the Long Beach Courthouse and provides Courtroom security while the inmates are being arraigned. Court Bailiff officers escorts both male and female adult inmates to court whose charges range from infractions to felonies.


Prisoner Transport Unit
The Prisoner Transport Unit was formed in July 2007. Transportation Officers transport parolees and subjects arrested on out of county warrants on a daily basis to Los Angeles County Jail Facilities. The “T-Unit” transports over 2,000 inmates annually. They work closely with the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Deputies and Jail personnel to ensure all transportation and county booking procedures are followed.


Public Safety Building Information Desk
The Information Desk provides citizens, bail agents and other police agencies with information pertaining to inmates, police reports ranging from lost personal articles, auto burglaries and thefts, to unlawful use of debit cards and identity theft. The information desk operates 24 hours a day and handles hundreds of calls and walk in inquiries daily.

Reports filed at the information desk are always limited to those reports when the victim can provide no suspect information. Any report involving suspect information should be handled through the Long Beach Dispatch Center by calling either 911 (emergencies) or 562 435-5711 (non-emergencies).

The Long Beach Police Department Information Desk can be contacted by dialing (562) 570-7260,


Live Scan
Live Scan is digital fingerprinting and is utilized for criminal background checks. Long Beach Police Department provides Live Scan services for the public for State licensing, employment, adoptions/foster care, etc. The current Live Scan administrative rolling fee is twenty-five dollars payable in cash or check (credit cards are currently not accepted). Additional fees for criminal history processing by the California Department of Justice and/or the Federal Bureau of Investigation are also payable at the time the Live Scan is performed.

The Live Scan service is provided to the public by appointment only during the following days and times:

     Tuesday 7:30 am - 11:30 am
     Wednesday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
     Thursday 12:45 pm - 4:15 pm
     Friday 7:30 am - 3:30 pm

Live Scan services (including processing photo identification badges) for city employees, city employee applicants and volunteers are completed on a walk-in basis during the following hours: Employees can also request an appointment.

     Tuesday 12:30 pm – 3:45 pm
     Thursday 7:30 am – 11:45 am

For further information regarding services, fees and to schedule an appointment, please contact the Live Scan Office at (562) 570-5142.


Civic Center Security
The Civic Center Security detail is responsible for providing a safe and secure environment in and around the Civic Center Complex. The Civic Center complex includes City Hall, Main Library, and the Civic Center Plaza. Security officers assigned to this detail provide direct observation/monitor all deliveries, and vehicle and pedestrian traffic in and out of the complex 24/7. Deliveries, vehicles and items brought into the Civic Center Plaza to include Lincoln Park parking structure and entrance to Council Chambers are subject to random search.