WARRANTS

The Precinct 5 Warrants Unit handles tens of thousands of warrants every year, ranging from Class C offenses to felony charges. The warrant deputies assist the courts issuing the warrant by apprehending the offender, or getting them to contact the respective court to pay their fines.

Many times, a warrant is cleared by arrest as the result of a traffic stop, whether made by Precinct 5 or another agency. Even with these combined efforts, the division typically receives several hundred new warrants in a single day, and at any given time averages around 80 thousand warrants needing resolution.